celebrations. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in a rare prime time television address, presidentjoe biden has called on congress to ban assault weapons. from the white house, he said that it is time to act following a string of high profile mass shootings, and appealed to congress not to let the american people down. over the last two decades, more school aged children have died from guns than on duty police officers and active duty military combined. think about that. more kids than on duty cops killed by guns. more kids than soldiers killed by guns. for god s sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many more innocent american lives must be taken before we say enough, enough? i know that we can t prevent every tragedy, but here is what i believe we have to do here is what the overwhelming majority of american people believe we must do here s what the families in buffalo and uvalde, in texas, told us we must do we need to
of the country, we report from the frontline in ukraine s eastern most region, luhansk. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a gunman has shot dead at least 19 students and at least one teacher at a primary school in the us state of texas. the pupils were between the ages of 7 and 10. the mass shooting was in the small town of uvalde, around 135km west of san antonio, at robb elementary school, which is made up of a largely hispanic community. authorities say the suspected attacker was an 18 year old, named salvador ramos. he was shot dead by law enforcement officers. he is believed to have purchased two military grade rifles and is suspected of killing his grandmother before heading to the school. he crashed his car outside the campus and went into the classrooms, wearing body armour. from uvalde, the bbc s angelica casas has more. this is likely the large police purpose and is that this montana uvalde has seen. today it is the target of a school ma
1 12 1 25president trump1 26 1 32brendon oneal lead inthe man who carried out the deadliest shooting in modern American History had an arsenal of weapons in his Las Vegas Hotel room and his home vicki as we learn vicki vicki as we learn more about what happened in las vegas we are hearing stories from bay area survivors. Many of whom just arrived back. Kron 4s j. R. Stone is following the story and spoke with a woman from the north bay about her experience. j. R. yes, ive talked with several survivors tonight from the bay area. One said that at one point she hid in a porta potty with another woman as a way to try and take cover. You can see the woman im talking about in the small box on your screen. Her name is katie cheetham. She is from novato and went to the three day Music Festival mainly to see Country Singer jason aldean. She was in this crowd. When gunshots ran out she and her girlfriend origionally thought they were firecrackers. Then quickly realized that was not the case. Eve
And as we get into this bathroom, there is a girl who is just shot in the head. Dozens died including jenny parks a mother of two who was a california kindergarten teacher. Sonny melton a registered nurse from tennessee died protecting his wife. Also killed Rachael Parker a records technician for a California Police department. Captain tim hageman Manhattan Beach police dept. she was a true professional and just a truly nice person. The gunman killed himself. He was a retired accountant who according to his brother wasnt violent. Eric paddock gunmans brother he was a wealthy guy and he liked to play video poker. He went on cruises. The gunmans father was a convicted bank robber and at one point spent time on the fbis most wanted list. But the shooter wasnt known to Law Enforcement. Investigators say he had weapons stashed in his hotel room and his house. Now police are trying to determine why the gunman went on a murderous rampage. President trump it was an act of pure evil. President
Posted on facebook that stacee was killed in the shooting. The post says stacee leaves behind two children and a loving husband. Kron fours will tran will have a live report with more information coming up. mark and this morning investigators are still looking for answers in the Las Vegas Shooting. At least 59 people were killed and 527 were injured. darya we are also learning more about the shooter and the people affected. Kristen holmes reports from las vegas. Kristen holmes las vegas good morning. Here in las vegas, the big question remains why. why this 64yearold man, a retired accountant, with no known criminal history, a man whose neighbors described him as a quote gentle giant, chose to come here, check into this hotel, and open fire on 22,000, killing at least 59. A day after the deadliest mass shooting in modern us history, authorities are learning more about the man who fired into a crowd of thousands from a hotel room high above a Country Music festival. Police believe Steph