Sensibilities may not be of the average man, but this probably is the worst i have seen or the worst that i know of any of my colleagues have seen. The massacre occurred in newtown, connecticut, just miles from the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the nations second most powerful progun lobby in the country after the National Rifle association. We will host a debate on gun control between the gun honors for america and the coalition to stop gun violence. Then we will speak to paul barrett, author of, glock the rise of americas gun. And we will get a report from the streets of cairo from Sharif Abdel Kouddous. Of voting among the division. Egyptians headed to the polls on saturday in the sixth National Election in nearly two years. This time, to vote on a referendum and a hotly disputed constitution. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has vowed to take action against gun violence in the
A roundtable ensemble discusses and debates the days news. Work. One of the reasons is because the messaging by the democrats and the unions was really good. They had one of these ads that showed workers get paid an average of 8 an hour compared to this is what ceos get. It was effective messaging. Some of the things we talk about up here in new york, big picture we are not releasing whats happening on the ground and some of these places. Jesse that is right. Also talking about branding. Ben jealous, very upset. Hes running for governor in maryland. Former naacp director. He was asked about being branded a socialist for his republican opponent, and this is how he responded. Not to put too fine a point on it, but do you identify with the term socialist . Are you [bleep] kidding . Jesse while. Greg i think i would vote for him just for that response. It was so natural. I would say to your point,
ivy league educated, but his policies on immigration are so neanderthal that i dont know how
Sunshine and this beautiful view from scotland. Here and in Northern Ireland so far that there is some sunshine to be had but for england and wales there is a lot of cloud around and for some it is raining. You can see this on the radar picture but it is gradually edging further south as we go through the rest of the afternoon. Living Northern Ireland and scotland with showers and sunny spells. Some of us in northern england, things to brighten up by the cloud and rain still with us for the midlands, east anglia even at the end of the afternoon. These are the average wind speeds, feeling colder in north wales and the north of england but mild in the far south east with more sunshine to be had. Going through this evening and tonight this area
of cloud and rain is sticking around across many of the same areas. For north wales, north england, Northern Ireland and scotland quite a sharp frost to come in the colder rural spots but tomorrow morning plenty of sunshine. Starting to cloud over
The head of hmrc, how it will work, when businesses will see their cash. Watford are set to become the Third Premier League club to agree wage deferrals because of the coronavirus pandemic. Youll never walk alone. As if raising £26 million wasnt astonishin enough, captain tom moores Charity Single with michael ball and an nhs choir is on course to top the charts. Good morning. Today dry and sunny with a spot of rain across the south west of england and the Channel Islands and a cool westerly wind. Its monday the 20th of april. Our top story after a weekend of warnings that some supplies of personal protective equipment for nhs workers are on the verge of running out, a number of hospitals across england say their stocks of gowns are now critically low. It comes as the government is criticised over delays to a delivery of ppe, including 400,000 gowns from turkey, that had been due to arrive yesterday. An organisation representing hospital bosses says ministers should stop making promis
The stip fire marshal reports just under 6,200 were at the venue, the blk center that can hold some 19,000. The trump team disputing that saying the number was actually closer to 12,000. Either way, attendance fell far short of expectations for what was supposed to be trumps big return to the campaign trail. Cnn learned that while the president was en route to the event, he received a report that only about 25 people william assembled in an overflow space they thought would hold thousands. Close to 40,000 according to trump himself. I want to bring in cnns kristen palm at the white house. Pushing back on reports many who asked for tickets may have been trolling the president in a stunt organized through tik tok, the social media app. Tell us more. Reporter boris, ill go ahead and categorize this under 2020 is a wild time here. So just to give a little background. Cnn learned there was a coordinated effort on tik tok, the social media app to get people to register for the event and then