Afternoon for sure. This is the Perfect Place for start of the warmup here if chrissy field. You can see the golden gate under mostly sunny skies. Just a beautiful afternoon. Catching the sunshine across the region. A live look, ux see blue skies over downtown San Francisco. 24 hour temperature change, much warmer compared to yesterday at this time by several degrees. If youve been outside, you have felt the difference. From below average temperatures yesterday to above average temperatures today, San Francisco, a high of 72 as we head through the rest of the afternoon. Oakland, 77. San jose, 84. Concord, 91 degrees. Two to four degrees above average for this time of year. This is just the beginning of the warmup. Well talk about how warm it will get where you are coming up. Thank you. And im emily turner at the live news desk. A live look at President Trump speaking right now in lieu byville, kentucky, to the American Veterans convention. One of the major topics is gun control. Hes ex
Raising your voice is to help shape your communities. Thank you so much. We are thrilled to be here. I will turn it over to step. Stef. [applause] i mentioned the amazing young people that are here today. My name is stephanie cruz, i am on the board of mikva challenge. It is exceptionally exciting to hear the stories we are going to hear. These young people represent 25,000 young people who have participated in the soap box challenge. We are very lucky to hear these amazing stories. I am going to turn over to get it kicked off. [applause] thank you both so much. Myself and my colleague will be emceeing today, and we are thrilled to hear these speeches of brave young people who will speak out on the issues that matter to them that they want to see change that are affecting young people around the country and the world. I wont be speaking so much because we want to center their voices and their wisdom and their perspective. So without further ado, im , going to call our first speaker, mo
If you oppose it, 202 7488001. You can weigh in on social media. You can also post a comment on facebook. Post has aington special section, 12 pages, where they get personal. They talk about the lives lost, many pictures of victims of Mass Shootings. Of deadly Mass Shootings in the u. S. Has accelerated. People represented here died between the sandy hook massacre in which 20 children and six adults were killed in 2012 and last weeks attack in dayton. They account for one third of those killed in Mass Shootings since 1966. Thatare making the point this is just between sandy hook and this past week. If you look further into this section, they break it down yearbyyear. They begin in 1966 with the university of texas tower shooting. They also put names to the pictures. They list the names of the People Killed since 1966. 54 years, 165 Mass Shootings, 1,196 victims. This is about 12 pages long. Congress iswhat going to be doing, support for gun control is rising, but there is a chance they
Travel to missoula, montana. With a population of about 66,000, montanas second largest city sits on the western part of the state in the heart of the northern rocky mountains. Over the next hour, well learn about the history of missoula and the surrounding region. Missoula is located in the western part of montana. We probably claim it to be the largest city inside the rocky mountains. Because we have a branch to our east and a branch to the west. So were located in the heart of western montana. In a very ferre tile area. When captain christopher p. Higgins established missoula, actually established hellgate first, which is the immediate predecessor, it was because, it was the nexus, it was the hub in western montana. Because to the north youve got the mission and to the south youve got an increasing settlement in the Bitterroot Valley and in 1860 you have lieutenant john mullin completing the military road from fort benton in the east to walla walla in the west. So anything everybody
Nationalist rally in charlottesville, virginia, turned deadly, the president said this you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. Reporter today, mr. Trump pledged more federal resources to combat domestic terrorism. He also recommended curbing the glorification of violence found in video games and restricting access to firearms for the mentally ill who pose a threat. Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun. Reporter but mr. Trump did not talk about the need to mandate strong background checks on gun buyers which he tweeted this morning and initially supported after the 2018 shooting at a florida high school. And im pissed because my daughter im not going to see again reporter just days after meeting with victims and family members, the president had what he called a great meeting with the nra and backed off his background check pledge. Today, former president barack obama issued a lengthy statement calling for tougher gun laws and in a rare rebuke