Objectives here. Reduce crimes of violence while still not eroding the Second Amendment. A police chief advising the president speaks exclusively with america tonight. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im adam may sitting in for joie chen tonight. It has been a politically charged week in our nation. The gun debate is back centerstage. After president obama took executive action to strengthen gun laws. A new poll shows he has the support of most americans. But opposition sits at nearly onethird and that includes the republican party. It may seem like consensus on this issue is nearly impossible but one man is working to change that. In this america tonight exclusive, the police chief advising president obama takes us behind the scenes. Hold on, wane gets paid to sell guns, jim johnson gets paid to protect. What was that like . Very, very challenging. Jim johnson not only takes on the National Rifle association, he oversees the 18th Largest Police department in north america, Balt
Again, successfully detonated a miniaturized Hydrogen Bomb at a weapons testing facility this week, confirmation came in the form of aan earthquake measuring 5. 1 on the richter scale. Almost immediately the South Koreans condemned the test as did leaders in japan, china and the united states. The United Nations Security Council followed suit. Accusing the North Koreans of violating u. N. Resolutions. North korea has been under International Sanction since 2006. When it said it detonateits firsdetonated itsfirst nuclear. Since then, it debt nataldevices in 2009 and 2013 in addition to this in addition to provocative blaballistic missile tests. That proves north korea has the capability to hilt parts of the united states. South koreas military responded to the news by going into full alert as almost 29,000 u. S. Trooption stiltroops still state south. North koreas move is a reminder that its still a powder keg that could explode at any moment, and could cost american lives. All the focu
Been anything learnt for the second time in this week chinese stocks have plunged and markets closed after heavy losses triggered an automatic trading halt, wiping 640 billion dollars off in 15 minutes. That has been because of low relations. Traders are worried about the weakness of the chinese currency and thats causing them to pull out of investments. On monday, signs that the economy was weaker than expected, shares plunging more than 7 . That was on the first trading day of this year. Since the stock sell off began last april, its down 23 from its peak. Speaking to adrian brown about the reaction from than investorss with the fall in the chinese markets. Reporter what has been happening this week on china stock markets is in a way unprecedented. For the second time in just three days trading was halted in shenzhen and shanghai after the index fell below 7 . A lot of focus today among the analysts weve been talking to about the socalled Circuit Breakers, these systems that shut dow
For the second time in less than a week chinese stock markets have shut for the day. The move comes after shares fell by 7 . Al jazeeras adrian brown has more from the chinese capital. Reporter well, the new year really has got off to a bang on chinas jittery stock market. Trading was halted twice on monday. On thursday the same thing happened again. The first session lasted just 12 minutes before the index dropped by 5 . That was enough for halt trading for 15 minutes. Trading then resumed, but the market then dropped by 7 . After just three minutes. So on thursday, just 15 minutes of trading was possible. Why is this happening . Well, chinas currency is continuing to weaken. That is further confirmation that the worlds second largest economy is continue to go slow. Also on thursday came reports that the head of one of the countrys biggest Security Exchange was under arrest for a corruption and insider trading. But also eyes will be on the market on friday because this is when china o
Otoday account this kind of issue was able to be peacefully resolved. Reporter kerry was alluding to the fact that he and Mohammed Javad zarif communicated tuesday. Iranian officials first had accused the sailors of suspicious behavior and the local press said they had been arrested. However, observers say tehran had a vested interest in tamping down the rhetoric. The nuclear deal between iran and the international community. Over the next few days the deal is going to be fully implemented by all parties involved especially the United States. And at the same time, the Iranian Armed forces the i. Rgc commanders dont want to take any unnecessary risk. Nuclear Weapons Program may be a reason why the u. S. Isnt making a big deal out of this statement there one of the sailors on iranian tv displp it wa. It was a mistake that was our fault. The iranian behavior was fantastic while we were here. We thank you very much for your assistance. Isnt an official policy and wasnt sure if this was a v