Thousands of people in florida, including survivors of wednesdays mass school shooting, have taken part in a rally to demand tighter gun controls in the United States. The event took place outside the Court Building in the city of fort lauderdale, a short distance from the school where a former student, nikolas cruz, killed seventeen people. Laura westbrook reports. Chanting no more outside the federal courthouse in fort lauderdale, this was the message to lawmakers. Among the protesters was emma gonzales, who took cover on the floor of the schools auditorium as a gunman started shooting. She had this to say to donald trump. If the president wants to come up to me and tell me to my face that it was a terrible tragedy and how it should never have happened and maintain telling us how nothing is going to be done about it, i will happily ask him how much money he received from the National Rifle association. What shes referring to is the millions of dollars the nra has given towards the tr
As a gunman started shooting. She had this to say to donald trump. If the president wants to come up to me and tell me to my face that it was a terrible tragedy and how it should never have happened and maintain telling us how nothing is going to be done about it, i will happily ask him how much money he received from the National Rifle association. What shes referring to is the millions of dollars the nra has given towards the trump campaign. On a visit to the hospital where the victims of the attack are being treated, the president once again made no mention of guns or gun control. Instead, he says the problem is mental illness. Just a few kilometres south of where the protest is being held, a gun show is taking place. In the us, there are as many guns as people. The nra is the most powerful lobbying organisation in the us and they have successfully resisted every move to tighten gun controls. And for their supporters, it is a fundamental freedom. When someone infringes a right for p
About the gunman nikolas cruz. Houses in wales shake as an earthquake of 4. 4 magnitude hits the epicentre just north of swansea. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Lizzy yarnold has won team gbs first gold medal at the Winter Olympics in south korea. Shes won the womens skeleton, making yarnold the first british competitor to defend a winter olympic title. Yarnold headed into the final run 0. 02 seconds behind leaderjanine flock, but a poor finish from the austrian saw her drop out of the medal places. Our sports correspondent, David Ornstein, is in pyongchang. An extraordinary day here, one that will live long in british olympic memory. The most successful in british winter olympic history. Thats largely because of Lizzy Yarnold winning the gold medal here in the skeleton and defending her title. Her parentsjoin me now. Clive, can you sum up your emotions . Its unbelievable emotion, that lizzy has achieved what she said she would. She has done it and it is mind blowing. It would
Survivors of wednesdays Mass School Shooting in florida have taken part in a rally to demand tighter gun controls in the united states. The event took place in a short distance from the school where a former student, nikolas cruz, killed 17 people. There was strong criticism of President Trump and other politicians for taking Campaign Contributions from the powerful National Rifle association. If the president wants to come up to me and tell me to my face that it was a terrible tragedy and how it should never have happened and maintain telling us how nothing is going to be done about it, i would happily asked him how much money he received from the National Rifle association. To every politician who is taking politicians from the nra, shame on you. We will bring you more on that later in the programme. The mexican defence secretary has apologised for a helicopter accident that killed 14 people on friday in the Southern State of oaxaca. The military helicopter was carrying two senior me
Im nkem ifejika, and this is bbc world news. Thousands of people in florida, including survivors of wednesdays mass school shooting, have taken part in a rally to demand tighter gun controls in the United States. The event took place outside the Court Building in the city of Fort Lauderdale, a short distance from the school where a former student, nikolas cruz, killed seventeen people. Laura westbrook reports. Chanting no more outside the federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, this was the message to lawmakers. Among the protesters was emma gonzales, who took cover on the floor of her schools auditorium as a gunman started shooting. She had this to say to donald trump. If the president wants to come up to me and tell me to my face that it was a terrible tragedy and how it should never have happened and maintain telling us how nothing is going to be done about it, i will happily ask him how much money he received from the National Rifle association. What shes referring to is the million