The mass shooting at an Oregon Community college in october that the president decided he had to take executive action on guns. He made the announcement today in his weekly address, posted on the white house web site. A few months ago i directed my team at the white house to look into any new actions i can take to help reduce gun violence, and on monday, ill meet with our attorney general, loretta lynch, to discuss our options. Reporter sources tell cbs news those options include expanding the definition of who is in the business of selling guns so that more gun sales trigger background checks and requiring enhanced reporting and tracking of lost and stolen guns. Today, the president blamed the Republican Congress for giving him no choice but to take unilateral action. We know we cant stop every act of violence, but what if we tried to stop even one . What if congress did something, anything, to protect our kids from gun violence . Reporter last month, Senate Republicans blocked democr
The mass shooting at an Oregon Community college in october that the president decided he had to take executive action on guns. He made the announcement today in his weekly address, posted on the white house web site. A few months ago i directed my team at the white house to look into any new actions i can take to help reduce gun violence, and on monday, ill meet with our attorney general, loretta lynch, to discuss our options. Reporter sources tell cbs news those options include expanding the definition of who is in the business of selling guns so that more gun sales trigger background checks and requiring enhanced reporting and tracking of lost and stolen guns. Today, the president blamed the Republican Congress for giving him no choice but to take unilateral action. We know we cant stop every act of violence, but what if we tried to stop even one . What if congress did something, anything, to protect our kids from gun violence . Reporter last month, Senate Republicans blocked democr
Patrick, michelle. What a night to say the least. It was only a few hours ago thousands packed these streets now cleanup crews are still working to bring some normalcy back to las vegas boulevard. Take a look at some video from just a few hours ago. People from all over the world packed the Las Vegas Strip to ring in the new year. And it seems everything went off without a hitch it was fun. Bottom line. It was fun. it was pretty fun. Loud. There were a lot of noise makers. The fireworks were beautiful. They were everywhere. You just look everywhere they were coming out of the hotels near circus circus where you can see like above the circus circus and above the stratosphere. Michael Stevens the fireworks display lit up the sky. A soon as the clock hit midnight. And thousands celebrated the start of 2016. Metro police had a very strong presence out here from the beginning of the night. And many remain out here controlling the crowds. And blocking off traffic from the boulevard. Again th
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