Ill tell you how republicans are destroying them. All that plus e. J. Dionne, karen finney and Jonathan Alter on why conservatives are actually trying to blame the super bowl blackout on the president. Good to have you with us tonight, folks. Thanks for watching. There is a Major Development on Gun Legislation today, but there is a good chance you havent heard about it. President obama continued the push for commonsense gun reform today in minneapolis. He was surrounded by Law Enforcement officers with the city and the state. The president asked americans to stand with the men and women in the line of fire. Weapons of war have no place on our streets or in our schools or threatening our Law Enforcement officers. Our Law Enforcement officers should never be outgunned on the streets. [ applause ] the president has outlined a full list of proposals to curb gun violence in america. Very quietly, many of those proposals are picking up steam on capitol hill. Senate majority leader harry reid
Rybak on how he is lowering gun violence in his city, and how he thinks Senate Majority leader harry reid needs to get to work on guns. The boy scouts are getting ready to end their policy of discrimination against gays, and the president is standing with them. Should scouting be open to gays . Yes. Ill tell you how conservatives are fighting the process. Its the super bowl commercial everybody is talking about. God looked down on his planned paradise and said i need a caretaker. So god made a farmer. God created the family farmer. Ill tell you how republicans are destroying them. All that plus e. J. Dionne, karen finney and Jonathan Alter on why conservatives are actually trying to blame the super bowl blackout on the president. Good to have you with us tonight, folks. Thanks for watching there is a Major Development on Gun Legislation today, but there is a good chance you havent heard about it. President obama continued the push for common sense gun reform today in minneapolis. He wa
Local Officials Say they are overwhelmed after responding to hundreds of gunfire, property damage, and burglaries in the last couple of days. As our own ali velshi continues to stress, most of these protesters are not destructive or violent. But a little more than an hour ago, despite that relative peace, police fired tear gas where ali was reporting in minneapolis, an action he said was unprovoked by protesters. Reporter nobody was doing anything. They pulled in. They opened fire. Look at them. Theyre aiming their fire now. Theyre walking towards us. Step back. Get back, get back. Youre hit. Hes hit. Step back. I got it, i got it. Whoa, watch it, guys. We got gas here. All right. Back up, back up, back up. All right. They are now moving toward us. Theyre now moving toward us. Theyre shooting, guys. Put your helmets on. Miguel, stay with me. Yeah, we got gassed. Highly dramatic situation as you can see. And tensions have flared in other cities from philadelphia and pittsburgh to columb
Arrest. This was a truly elaborate escape from the clinton correctional facility. The prison lies just 25 miles south of the canadian border. It was the first time in history anyone escaped from the maximum security section. Their escape reads like a movie script. The inmates put makeshift dummy dummieses in their beds, used power tools to cut through steel walls, walked on jbto this cat walk six stories up before going in a tunnel. Busted through a brick wall two feet thick. A 24inch pipe they crawled through. Before exiting a manhole one block away from the prison. They even left a taunlting note that read have a nice day. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo toured the escape route this weekend. Earlier today he said the inmates probably had help from somebody inside with their prison escape. I think they had help. I dont believe they could have acquired the equipment that they needed to do this without help. And we have a separate investigation thats going through exactly that question.
What their scandals and responses say about all of us. And see something, do something. A new group helping ordinary people perform extraordinary acts for strangers. Were going to meet the 22 founder of todays big idea. First, though, we start with that deadly shooting in florida. Police are right now trying to figure out why a gunman shot and killed six people at an apartment complex overnight. Two other hostages were rescued by police. Very bad night for these people in this building, for this neighborhood. I mean, it was very scared and they had every reason to be. But everything ended eight hours later but it did end with the shooter being killed by police. Nbcs mark potter for us right now near miami. Mark, for of all, what can you tell us about where the investigation is . The investigation is under way, although we are told that soon, within half hour, we will hear a statement from the Police Department right behind me here from the spokesman right at 2 30 eastern time. At least