my fellow americans, enough. enough. it is time for each of us to do our part. it is time to act for the children we lost, the children we can save, for the nation we love. let s hear the call and the cry, let s meet the moment, let us finally do something. president issued several proposals including a ban on assault weapons, or at least raising the age to purchase them to 21. expanded background checks, new rules for safely storing weapons, new red flag laws, repealing the immunity that protects gun manufacturers from liability, and addressing mental health. his speech came at a night when democrats on the house committee passed a string of proposals that have little to no chance of getting passed republicans in the senate. this morning, the teacher falsely blamed for leaving a back door propped open ahead of the mass shooting at robb elementary school is speaking out. amelia marin says the accusations left her second guessing herself and feeling alone. cnn s omar jim
b brought on by potential suicide, the brady bill would have the effect of reducing the number of handgun deaths. reagan s support was key to martialing bipartisan support. the nra mobilized against the wall, a waiting period replaced by a computerized background check. finally, reagan joined with former presidents gerald ford and jimmy carter by a bill co-authored by senator joe biden. this trifecta of ex-presidents cited in 1993 cnn gallup poll, 77% of americans support a ban on the manufacture, sale or possession of semi-automatic assault guns like the ak-47. while noting that during the past five years, more than 40 law enforcement officers have been killed or wounded in the line of duty by an assault weapon. reagan s support was considered pivotal in the bill s passage, by a two vote margin. the assault weapons ban was allowed to sunset in 2004 and
you know, being forced to turn the plane by a hijacker or intruder. but i was informed by a senior malaysian government official this morning that the more they have looked at the pilots, the less they believe, in malaysia, that they re involved in this. that everything comes back negative on them. that the search of their residences found no notes or noggin crim naturing. no notes of potential suicide or saying goodbye to the world. because these are malaysian sources you re talking to. malaysian government. you remember, the egyptair pilot who committed suicide took that plane into the egyptian government to this day denies it was pilot suicide. they for whatever patriotic nationalistic reasons, they refuse to accept that. and there s some suspicion that malaysians would refuse to accept the notion that how a distinguished pilot in malaysia could go ahead and do such a dastardly in a way, they re in trouble either way as a government. because if not, how did an intruder p
jessica upshaw. local news reports say that she died from a single gunshot wound to the head. the simpson county sheriff is quoted as saying it appeared to be a suicide. brian todd is covering the developments and joins us. this is a very unusual story. not so much that it s a state representative and that there is will potential suicide, but for where this person was found. can you explain? we can a little bit. we ve gotten new information. we just got off the phone with a close friend of representative jessica upshaw, this friend was her yesterday. this friend does confirm to us that she died outside the home of a former inin mississippi ste representative who lives in mendenhall, mississippi more than 100 miles from the home district of jessica upshaw. this friend who was with jessica upshaw tells us that she had struggled with depression for many years, had been battling it and really aggressively battling