Out the door on this thursday morning skies are noticeably hazier to this morning were going to see air quality not quite as clear as it was yesterday for many parts of the bay. Freeze warnings in effect right now for parts of marine sonoma and napa counties due to those chilly temperatures up in the north bay. Temperatures in a range of 30s 40s to 50s with our chilliest of areas being double in at 37 napa right there with you fairfield at 33 right now in petaluma at 34 degrees. So a lot of spots, especially the further north you get are starting off with some frigid conditions from the 40s and 5th 35th ease and 50s where we are right now to some 70s this afternoon a really comfortable day ahead, mild temperatures, some hazy skies at times but overall big improvements from where we have been robin all right. Thank you john, the victim back up here at the bay bridge toll plaza. Traffic stacking up quickly and im losing my voice to all make it through this report though he was heading in
Were killed in Mass Shootings in this country while we were on the august recess when we should have been here doing our job. 100 americans are killed every day from gun violence. There are 100 desks in this room. There are 100 chairs behind each one of those desks. And if these were the americans killed by gun violence, they would add up to every single desk thats in this room. And yet the majority leader didnt bring us back during the august recess, didnt say we should cancel our vacation and come back to work for the American People, hasnt put a bill on the floor or given the opportunity for anybody else to put a bill on the floor now that weve been back in session for the last two months. In colorado alone in the last 1 months weve 18 months weve lost 882 people to gun violence. Thats a record in my state, madam president. Ifthe house of representatives s done their job. More than 200 days ago they passed background checks over there, and we havent even taken them up over here. Thi
The sport that they play. Creating change, creating opportunities. This is a nice step in the right direction. It signifies a shift in the direction. At minimum, the changes needed. Reporter this was signed into law today. This would allow student athletes to hire agents, and profit from their names and likenesses, just like it works in the pros. But blowback from the university has been hearts. The pac12, which includes four california schools, says that this will lead to the professionalization of call the sports. Reporter the ncaa, the called sports governing body, says quote a patchwork of different loss from different states will make unattainable the goal of providing a fair and level playing field. He says this has been the case for athletes for years. It is a dictatorship. It is backwards. Somebody needs to enforce this dictatorship to change. Reporter the ncaa is now looking into this is legal or otherwise. While athletic departments across the country ours dating to gain the
This is mr. Thompsons focus has been on protecting the children, hence the name of this impasse on gun violence on children and the need to pass universal background checks. He is joined in that by congresswoman kelly, who has been a champion on saying while our hearts break, we mourn and we want to act upon the highmroe file events that have taken lives in our country, we must remember every single day in our cities and across the country, we lose young people to gun violence. Thanks mr. Phillips, a newlywed, taking the time, married just this weekend, it was very important to be here. Bobby rush has been a victim of gun violence in his own family. The list goes on from all of our distinguished members who can consider this of the highest priority. I also want to acknowledge the work that mr. Mcmurray talked about to ensure domestic tr tranquility. Yesterday was the birthday of our constitution. Yesterday was the birthday, its ratification. In it, as you know, as you quote in the beau
We will come to order, please. We welcome everyone and thank them for being here. Our speakers, thank you for being here. Our fellow members and guests of the committee, thank you. We are here today because 203 days ago, the house passed bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation. And the u. S. Senate has done nothing. After every mass shooting that makes the headlines, leader mcconnell says its too soon to talk about policies. There have been more Mass Shootings this year than there have been days in the year. If we wait for a day without gun violence to talk about it, we will be waiting forever. The Senate Leader mcconnell hopes if he waits this out, it will go away. Well, were not going away. Children are dying and the trauma is scaring an entire generation. As of this week, 500 children under the age of 11 have been killed or injured by someone using a gun. Over 2,000 kids between the ages of 1217 have been killed or injured by someone using a gun. Almost every child in america