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
Ands available for sale signing at the conclusion of the program. So please, without further ado join me in welcoming him this , evening. [applause] dan thank you so much. Thank you, amanda. Really generous and sweet introduction. Thank everybody for being here, otherwise, i would be up here by myself. Especially, amanda told me the smithsonian associate people have reminded me how engaged these audiences are. I really give you my a game to take that seriously. Be a little intellectual, be a little heavy. Theres a lot of material in the book. Look at that. It is right there. Everything from teaching my daughter to drive to a freudian analysis of henry ford. I wanted to talk about the automobile and a little bit of this theory of how one understands that. To reason i am doing that is put us in the present moment, whereas some of you may have heard, Driverless Cars are on the horizon, but at the end of the day, i really want to talk about cars. I am both a lover and hater of cars for a v
Troy hutchinson. Former United States senator and governor of the commonwealth of virginia george allen. The former governor of South Carolina jim hodges. Former majority leader of the us house of representatives, eric cantor and formally finally form your Senior Advisor and chief of staff under george w. Bush, the amazing karl rove. Doesnt it seem that the moment we are living in is the most chaotic and dysfunctional that we have ever seen in american politics . We know looking back through history its really not. We want to talk today and have you explore what it is at the federal level and the state level that has made government so dysfunctional and problematic and what are the was looking for that all of you and all of you can help get past that. I covered the Virginia State legislature and talk about the first recover meant republican governor elected since reconstruction with democratic lieut. Gov. And atty. Gen. Who wanted to be the democratic governor, and the phone ring when
Out max and tom, and your families, and the other families of the tragedies for attending here, and for just your unbelievable dedication turning your tragedy into, hopefully, some positive action that can prevent tragedies for other families. It is just remarkable what so many of the families have done in reaction to so many of these tragedies, which really dates back to about 1998 is where we really had sort of the first directed attack. I know in your testimony, were talking about 710 shootings since columbine in 1999. In columbine, 13 people were killed 12 students, one teacher. 20 more were injured. Sandy hook in 2012. 26 killed. Two were injured. Parkland, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, 17 killed and 17 injured. The death and casualty toll was simply unbelievable, quite honestly. I grew up in the 50s and 60s. We were concerned about the nuclear holocaust. We would hold drills, and talk under our desks. We never had to worry about someone entering our school and opening
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Annemarie green is off, im brook silvabraga. President trump is lashing out after the release of an explosive whistleblower complaint that is fueling the impeachment inquiry. It accuses mr. Trump of abusing his power and officials of covering it up. A new npr pbs hour marist poll shows the nation is split over the democrats impeachment investigation. 49 approving, 46 disapproving. Marc liverman is in new york with what were learning about the president s response. Good morning. Reporter good morning, brook. The president compared the person in the white house who supplied information to the whistleblower to spies and suggested that he committed treason. President trump says hes at war following the release of a whistleblower complaint detailing his phone call with ukraines president. Whos the person that gave the whistleblower the information . Reporter in a video of a closed door gathering of u. S. Diplomat