Children who die. The debates will once again ensue. Speed us to the day when the wisdom of solomon might inspire our congressional members beyond the limitations of sound bites and platitudes before more and more american citizens are deprived of their lives. Lord, the suffering of our world is all around us. Stimulate our hearts and minds so that everything we may do this day would be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his pproval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be bead the gentleman from South Carolina, mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson everyone, including our guests in the gallery, please join in. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker pro tempore the chair will e
Over 55 people are dead. Over 500 have been wounded, and this tragedy has fundamentally altered the lives of countless families, thousands of eople. They will have to learn to lead very different lives. As gabby has. As i have. They are not alone. We are not alone. Every year roughly 33,000 people die from guns. Over 100,000 more are shot. This is the worst Case Scenario and haunted our dreams that we would wake up to the news of a massacre like this. Weapons of war in the hands of a determined killer with a tactical advantage. This was an ambush if there ever was one. This was domestic terrorism. Gabby and i are heart broken. Days like today remind us how quickly things can change. We are angry. But we also have a choice. We can offer thoughts and prayers and move on through life , numb to these losses. We can accept this galling reality. We can accept the wounds. We can accept that folks like gabby will just have to pay the price for the status quo. We could accept the enormous socia
Go to tucker first . Were going to do that . Lets go to Tucker Barnes to get the details on what will be spring like day today. Thank you, tony. Yeah, starting off with temperae s in the 50s across much of the area. One more warm day. Upper 60s near 70 and then the g kabosh here. Much cooler air on the way. Lets get to it and show you the numbers. Reagan national 58. Temperatures jumped 4 degrees. Dulles 61. Got a front across the area and thats Holding Temperatures back. Bwi 41. Low 40s to mid 60s at the moment. A lot of clouds today and eventually rain showers move in. And the rain when it moves in will be heavy at times during the nighttime hours. Most of the day should be cloudy and sun seasonably warm and late this afternoon and tonight the rain moves in. We could be looking for potential of an inch or two. Because of that we could have issues with Flash Flood Warning. Issued a Flash Flood Warning and a wind advisory for counties out to the west. Winds could gust along the ridge l
0 trial. has an is accused of attacking the fort hood base. 32 people were kill would and others injured. the defense department is handling the attack as a case of workplace violence. feds are holding a former u.s. soldier in sir yampt eric was arrested after his plane landed in dulles international airport in virginia. he is charged with plotting to use a rocket propel would grenade. his father said the charges make no sense. allegations that he was working along side a group affiliated with al qaeda. no, i don t believe that. that is not true at all. that is not. he would never do that. eric posted videos on line claiming he would fight against syrian president assad envoking that and protect innocent civilians when they are facing a grave threat of slaughter by their own regime and that we in the west have this responsibility to protect . we envoke that in libya when there is no actul slaughter and here we are in syria and where the responsibility to protect here . why hasn
the host of cnn s reliable sources and his partner in crime lauren ashburn from the daily beast with us as well. it s friday, november 9th. it s friday. starting point begins right now. and good morning our starting point this morning, the u.s. is just 53 days to falling off that fiscal cliff. today, president obama is going to deliver a big speech about the economy. one of the main components of the president s spending plan is higher tax rates for the wealthy. that s something that house speaker john boehner doesn t seem to be buying. listen. raising tax rates is unacceptable. and, frankly, it couldn t even pass the house. i m not sure it could pass the senate. without a budget compromise, drastic cuts amendmently kick in. that, of course, could send the economy spiraling back into a recession. white house correspondent brianna keilar is live for us this morning from washington. john boehner was the guy who said he didn t think a lame duck congress could do big thin