Welcome, everybody. A special edition of starting point, live this morning from newtown, connecticut, the site, of course, where an unthinkable massacre at an Elementary School has really shifted the landscape in the gun control debate. Here is the latest on that president Obama Meeting with senior staff and cabinet members yesterday, to see proposals that will include reinstating a ban on automatic weapons. Overnight, weve learned Dicks Sporting Goods has banned the sale of ar15 rifles and other guns like it. In fact, the modern sporting rifles section of dicks website, blank this morning. The Company Released a statement saying this. Out of respect for the victims and their families, we have removed all guns in our store nearest newtown and suspended the sale of modern sporting rifles in all of our stores chain wide. In this community, grief counselors and extra Police Patrols will be on hand this morning when children, all over newtown head back to class for the First Time Since fri
Michael thanks for watching the young turks. Im michael shure. Cenk uygur will be back tomorrow to host the young turks. Vip is next with john fugelsang. John president obama gave his fifth state of the Union Address last night. There are many highlights, especially the moment where he mentioned governor romney and everyone in congress replied who . Marco rubio proves its possible to sweat profusely when youre standing in near darkness. And the Voting Rights act. Two things that could hurt republicans come election time voting and rights. Kim novak is 80 and its the birthday of peter gabriel. Its Henry Rollins birthday. [ music ] japan good evening im john fugelsang. Coming up its ha st. Zinger, not r atzenberger my bad. And marco rubio channels his inner mitt romney before blaming god for last nights splashdown. And rand paul doubles the tea partys fun with the state of the United States address. President obama laid out legislative agenda including a hike to minimum wage. Reader effo
And a 19yearold found dead with multiple stab wounds inside the gunmans apartment along with another man. The three men students at the university of california Santa Barbara were rogers first victims before taking off in his black bmw to this Sorority House. I saw a gunshot wound to her abdomen and her side and one through her head. Reporter this is where police shot Katherine Cooper, killed right in the front yard. Less than two blocks away, roger opens fire again at the deli mart, according to officials, killing a 20yearold student. Video captured customers diving and scrambling for cover. Ill never have another child. Hes gone. Reporter cnn spoke to chriss father who blames the government for a lack of gun control. I cant tell you how angry i am. Its just awful. No parent should have to go through this. No parent, to have a kid die, my kid died because nobody respo responded to what happened at sanny hook. Those parents lost little kids. Its bad enough i lost my 20yearold, but i ha
White house despite not being able to obtain security clearances. More than 100 officials operating without full security clearances, including the president s daughter, ivanka trump, as well as her husband jared kushner. Even white House Counsel don mcgahn, operating without a full security clearance. So that news is breaking tonight, in light of the ongoing scandal surrounding the white house staff secretary who left last week. Well have continuing coverage of that breaking news tonight. But now were going to go live to parkland, florida. Were expecting to hear from the Florida Governor in just a moment. Another horrific day, a detestable day. Absolutely sick to my stomach, to see children who go to school armed with backpacks and pencils, lose their lives. This nation, we need to see something and say something. If we see different behavior, aberrant behavior, we need to report it to local authorities. Since weve last briefed, weve identified 12 victims within this school. We will n