Much dirt. Could it be the answer to feeding the worlds growing population . Virginias government for has declared a state of emergency, severe storms and as many as 16 tornados tearing through the midatlantic state. This is Al Jazeera America live in new york city. Im del walters. At least seven people are dead after two days of violent weather. Four of them dying wednesday in virginia where the guard has been called in to help clean up. Reporter the winter storm that slammed the south brought its rage to north and east overnight. In virginia at least four people died, the result of tornados. It picked up about three feet off of the ground and then just dropped it straight down. Reporter the town of waiverly took a direct hit, three of his neighbors, two adults, and a toddler were killed. Around four dozen tornados have wreaked havoc since tuesday. From louisiana to a twister that destroyed an rv park. God let us get through this. There are family members calling in that has not made
And its less than an hours drive from my Congressional District. We mourn all the people who lost their lives on friday, including 20 Elementary School children and six educators. Over the past few years, we have seen innocent lives lost to gun violence in a supermarket parking lot in arizona, a Movie Theater in colorado, an army base in texas, a College Campus in virginia and now an Elementary School in connecticut. The weapons have spawned these tragedies and long past time that we control them. The Second Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms but does not guarantee an absolute right to militarystyle, high caliber, semiautomatic, combatassault rifles with high capacity magazines to anybody who wants them. It just does not and must not let Interest Groups persuade us otherwise. We need restrictions and sensible gun control legislation. We need them here and we need them now. Our children are counting on us and we really need to not let them down. I yield back. Mr. Murphy i yield