Desperate search for survivors after micro boat sink a 6 month old baby is amongst dozens dead in the mediterranean. Welcome to the program. We begin in the u. S. Where top Election Officials have released a statement describing the 2020 president ial vote. As the most secure in u. S. History, donald trump has refused to concede and claims without any evidence that rampant voter fraud stole victory from him. But authorities on the election and Cyber Security say right now across the country Election Officials are reviewing and double checking the entire election process. Prior to finalizing the result, there is no evidence that any Voting System deleted or lost photos changed votes or was in any way compromised. Lets get more on this. Alan fischer, hes following events for from washington d. C. Its a major announcement from an important electoral body. Allan, is it a game changer when it comes to sort of ending any election controversy . And part of it done in bold type is well to emph
Background checks. This legislation with desperately needed Immigration Reform. Still not clear what all of that means. Thats why were waiting to hear more from the president. Whats your sense . What are you hearing from white house officials about what does the president mean when he says strong background checks are needed . Reporter they are not going to answer that right now because the president will have to answer that for himself. Aids aren aides arent clear what he means by that. He has mentioned this in the past. Democrats have treed to strengthen the checks before. Lengthening the time of review from tree to ten days and requiring the checks for every firearm that is sold. The president seems to present a new idea of marrying legislation on gun reform with immigration refo reform. Two extremely difficult issues. We should mention this isnt the first time hes made a call for stronger controls like this. After the shooting at Marjory Stoneman douglas high school, he said the sa
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
There this morning. 47 is what it feels like in the temperatures are in the 50s. In the low 40s for algona and fort dodge. Once the sun starts to come out, we are going to raise the temperature by mid50s. It is going to be a nice afternoon to be outside. Alyx thanks, frank. Breaking news to update you on. An Early Morning fire broke out at copart auto auctions. Several cars were engulfed. The cause of the blaze is unknown. Today is a big day for politics in des moines. 7000 democrats are expected to gather in des moines tonight for political rallies and the Jefferson Jackson dinner. Our chief political preview from hyvee hall. Cynthia their speeches will be delivered in the round, in the center of the audience. The tables are set for 2000 chicken dinners, the teleprompters tested, the ballroom lit with stars and stripes but the fun will start hours before the main event. Hillary clinton will hold a 3 00 rally with husband bill but katie perry may steal the show. Its not unusual to brin
Theyre always over there. Mark in fact, West Des Moines police data shows, so far in 2015, police have been called to the home and astounding 54 times. Most were medical calls, including falls, seizures, chest pain. But several calls were criminal in nature, including a burglary, domestic assault, theft, and violation of a nocontact order. I always wondered what was going on over there. I figured someone was fighting over there, but i didnt know he went that far to set her on fire. Mark the alleged victim, jackie gilbert, told police she and morning. And at some point, moore allegedly doused gilbert in a liquid and set her on fire. For some reason, she didnt call police for almost 24 hours. We dont know what led to the delay of the victim calling and reporting it. Were trying to actually find out what took place during that time. Mark Police Report moore was house police are familiar with. Do we have a history of this type of assaults here . Seems to be a familiar address to me. Mark g