Provider. Next, testimony from officials with the atf and the air force on proposed firearm regulations. And updating the criminal background check system. The measure proposes banning bump stocks and similar devices that enable guns to fire as fast as an automatic weapon. Senator Dianne Feinstein is the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary committee. She introduced the legislatio and thank you for attending todays hearing. We gather here today in the wake of violent acts of an evil man in las vegas and Sutherland Springs and those two places get all the attention, but theres lesser numbers of people who have died other places as well. Today with the help of our witnesses, we hope to learn more about how those tragedies might have been prevented. And we will discuss various proposals on preventing similar tragedies in the future. Before october 1st, 2017, few americans knew what a bump stock was. Then a shooter used bump stocks to fire more than 1,100 rounds into a crowd attending a
Something. Let us know something. The situation is stable. The students have been returned to their classrooms. There are not fights. There are not people wandering the halls. Reporter police say the incident began with a fight between three male students. Why and how it escalated to the point of a double stabbing is still under investigation. All of the kids involved are expected to be okay. This student wants better security inside of his school. The school doesnt really take a proper precaution or what happens in the school and who has what, whats being brought into the school. So, its really a school thing they have to get under control. Reporter Prince Georges County police say the knife used was somewhere between two to 3 inches. The ceo for the Prince Georges County School System says he does not envision magnet ometers but they envision it in the coming days. Im tracee wilkins. Back to you in the studio. Concerned students and parents. Thank you, tracee. We have some breaking n
Melissa smarz. They get in the water, you know, it doesnt take much to be pulled away from the boat and that youre too far from the boat and youre in trouble. Where the friend reported that they had not returned from vote boating. The males body was found floating, maryland search crews were using sonar to locate the body. It uses a pulse to take a picture of the under the water floor and trying to identify anything. Reporter when their boat was locate this morning by the coast guard, the music was on and food had been prepared. Clear indication that there were people on board and most likely obviously they werent on board anymore and most likely fell overboard. Reporter the Stafford County couple has lived together for more than 18 years where neighbors were stunned. And that the experience boaters had run in to some kind of trouble. Wow. Yes, charles and melissa. I feel like im dreaming. Reporter charles graduated from Virginia Tech in 1981. With a degree in mechanical engineering. H
Leshan, wusa9. Thank you, bruce. That search warrant also says investigators seized cell phones, letters, lap tops, but we do not know what they found on those letters or those devices. Lets get to a developing story out of wyoming where three people from our area have been killed in a plane crash. It happened saturday in cody. That is in northwest wyoming near the montana border, killed in the crash were joyce bartoo of d. C. , diane stubbs and her husband Gerald Stubbs both from annapolis. The pilot from colorado also died in that crash. The group took off from share Sheridan County airport and turned toward cody and then crashed. The flag flown at half staff in honor of the Service Members killed in chattanooga les week. It happened only after last week. It happened only after criticism from House Speaker john boehner. Scott broom is on the hill with reaction to how it all happened today. How did this just get started, scott . Reporter well, theres a lot of symbolism that goes with
Of fair weather clouds popping up. 77 boy 5 00 and 74 boy 7 00. Here comes the school bus and were looking at a chill one on the bus stop this morning, so keep in mind light jacket on the kids might not be a bad idea. 47 in some suburbs between 6 00 and 8 00 and about 55 in philadelphia. Worry still watching Hurricane Irma, which is still giving us category 1 strength winds, which, of course, is down from category 4, which is what it was when the storm came in earlier in the weekend on the florida keys then a second landfall over the weekend in marco island, but a dangerous storm and pretty much taking aim on northern florida and georgia. Well check out the future of hurricane jose. Coming up in the sevenday. Were looking outside live and looking good on the schuylkill. This is at the blue route westbound traffic towards gulfs mills, the overnight construction is clear, both lanes reopened and moving a lot better, no problems on the schuylkill, on the big picture, we can see episodes m