Thousands of people in florida, including survivors of wednesdays mass school shooting, have taken part in a rally to demand tighter gun controls in the United States. The event took place outside the Court Building in the city of fort lauderdale, a short distance from the school where a former student, nikolas cruz, killed seventeen people. Laura westbrook reports. Chanting no more outside the federal courthouse in fort lauderdale, this was the message to lawmakers. Among the protesters was emma gonzales, who took cover on the floor of the schools auditorium as a gunman started shooting. She had this to say to donald trump. If the president wants to come up to me and tell me to my face that it was a terrible tragedy and how it should never have happened and maintain telling us how nothing is going to be done about it, i will happily ask him how much money he received from the National Rifle association. What shes referring to is the millions of dollars the nra has given towards the tr
Well start with the Winter Olympics in pyeongchang. And after Super Saturday it hasnt gone to plan for Great Britain today. James woods just missed out on a medal in the ski slopestyle, finishing fourth after a nail biting finish. The sheffield skier was in the bronze medal position after two of the three runs. But he couldnt better that in his final effort and was eventually overtaken meaning he finished in an agonising fourth place. Result wise, amazing. Performance wise, you cannot engineer perfection. I did that run three times in a row and thats mega, its seriously mega. If every run had been perfect, it would have meant last place. If one or two people had slipped up, wouldve been on the top. That is the game of perfection, man. Britains Womens Curling Team lost their latest match in controversial fashion. Gb lost 8 6 to sweden after a decisive 11th end. Gb skip eve muirhead was ajudged not to have let go of her final stone before the line, meaning the shot was void. That gave th
As a gunman started shooting. She had this to say to donald trump. If the president wants to come up to me and tell me to my face that it was a terrible tragedy and how it should never have happened and maintain telling us how nothing is going to be done about it, i will happily ask him how much money he received from the National Rifle association. What shes referring to is the millions of dollars the nra has given towards the trump campaign. On a visit to the hospital where the victims of the attack are being treated, the president once again made no mention of guns or gun control. Instead, he says the problem is mental illness. Just a few kilometres south of where the protest is being held, a gun show is taking place. In the us, there are as many guns as people. The nra is the most powerful lobbying organisation in the us and they have successfully resisted every move to tighten gun controls. And for their supporters, it is a fundamental freedom. When someone infringes a right for p
Welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week we discuss a british plea on european security, south africa after president zuma, and the continuing absence of a government for Northern Ireland. My guests this week are the guardian columnist polly toynbee, dr Vincent Magombe of africa international, the irish writer and broadcaster brian oconnell, and Thomas Kielinger of germanys die welt. Welcome to you all and thanks so much for being here. The british prime minister, theresa may, has urged the European Union to sign up to a security treaty to ensure that cooperation continues after britain leaves. Addressing the munich security conference, she warned that if the eus aim in the brexit talks was to avoid cooperation then the security of all would be damaged. If the eus aim is to avoid cooperation, Thomas Kielinger, as a european, as a german, what do you make of that language . I have long given up to try to figure out what goes on in the mind of our leaders and this phrase i
Northern ireland. I mild day, between ten and i3 Northern Ireland. I mild day, between ten and 13 degrees. Cool in the east with the rain and drizzle. That will still be around tomorrow night. You can see the main areas of rain kind of converging. The cloud breaks later in Northern Ireland and across western scotland. Perhaps not wales and north west england as well. There will be a breeze. Mild under the cloud as we head into tuesday. Rob lee a chilly wind blowing across the midlands, east anglia and the south east. Some outbreaks of rain on tuesday. That slowly peters out, and further west across england and wales, more likely to season sunshine at times. Still some decent temperatures at ten or ii still some decent temperatures at ten or 11 degrees. Colder in eastern england. We will find things drying up england. We will find things drying up because High Pressure is building in across the uk. It will keep the weather front at bay. We havent seen much High Pressure in the last few