The president wants congress to reinstate a weapons ban that was in place but expired in 2004. He says america can no longer sit back to allow massacres like the one in connecticut to keep taking place. I will use all powers of this office to help advance efforts aimed at preventing more tragedies like this. We wont prevent them all, but that cant be an excuse not to try. The president says he supports a limit on high capacity clips and more stringent background checks and noted a culture glorifying gun asks violence must be examined and access to Mental Health care connecticut medical skmer wants to research adam lanzas brain to dempl if there are identifiable diseases associated with the violent behaveo, family and friends held Funeral Services for four students and the principal and steecher. Soto died protecting her students. Some escaped uninjured. One mourner who knew soto says shes not surprised by the bravery. There are good people out there. Here being one of the best. And god
Times i asked him again. He said he absolutely did not meddle in our election. He did not do what theyre saying he did. John roberts is reporting on this on a moving bus at this moment. John, its a fine distinction, but the president didnt say he believed putin. He said that he believes that putin means it, right . Yeah. There is a different here and the language is what is important. Were pulling this bus, by the way, up to the royal palace in downtown hanoi, where the president and the president of vietnam will hold bilateral meetings. The president did make a lot of news on Air Force One when he said that he talked to President Putin about whether or not Russia Meddled in the election. He got a denial from putin. Headquarters of raqqa fell. And the president and President Putin agreed they would find a way forward and political solution to syria under the framework of the u. N. Security council on syria. The two leaders saying that efforts to deconflict between the two militaries ha
Plus, unusual requests. New word that President Trump urged the cia director to meet with a conspiracy theorist over russias meddling in the president ial election. Youll hear why. Up first, democrats dominate. Theyre celebrating the partys first big election victories of the trump era. Meanwhile the president on his trip faces a shifting Political Landscape back home. The virginia governors race was a major win for the democrats. Ralph northam defeated ed gillespie by a wider than expected margin. Northam won by nine points in who was predicted to be a close contest. President trump was quick to distance himself from the losing gop candidate tweeting this, ed gillespie worked hard but did not embrace employee or what i stand for. Dont forget, republicans won four out of four house seats and with the economy doing record numbers, we will continue to win even bigger than before. But a virginia congressman blamed the loss on the president s divisive rhetoric. Democrats showed up last nig
A majority of the IRS's office buildings are running at less than 50% capacity, the tax agency's inspector general said Monday in an audit prodding officials to speed up their consolidation plans.
Legislation to eliminate the subminimum wage for tipped workers statewide appears unlikely to pass before lawmakers adjourn this week, but the coalition pushing the measure vowed to continue its efforts.