And what legislative steps could be taken to curb gun violence. This is just over an hour and a half. The forum will come too orde, please. We welcome everyone and thank them for being here. Our speakers, thank you very much 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 policy. Unfortunately, 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 we wait, if you wait this out, it will just go away. Well, were not going away. Were not going to go away because childrenir are dying, ad the tron is scaring an entire generation. As of this week, i find her children unde
Michigans contom mated water supply. As always well take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host good morning on monday, september 16. Well begin this morning with calls from some democrats to Impeach Supreme Court Justice Brett kavanaugh after the New York Times over the weekend corroborated, they say, previous allegations of Sexual Misconduct and revealed new allegations. Those allegations raising questions about whether Justice Cavanaugh perjured himself during the confirmation hearings last year. Democrats, 2027488000, publicans 2027488001 and independents, 202748800 it 2 2788003 or go to twitter and post comments on facebook. Com cspan. Well get to your thoughts in a minute. Lets begin with the new york piece that ran over the weekend and the headline was Brett Kavanaugh was one of the privileged kids and she didnt fit in with the privileged kids. A story about Deborah Ramirez and her allegations that surfaced
Today we are here to discuss the eradication of evil and some of the medical advancements learned in trying to suppress this deadly disease. The outbreak started in guinea liberia and sierra leone and spread to mali, nigeria and senegal and even beyond the continent of cases in italy, spain, United Kingdom and i think we all remember the cases in the United States. The the ebola epidemic has been heightened because its in the conflict zone in the democratic abhappens to have more than 100 active armed groups in the region. North kivu also shares a border with uganda and is a hub for travel and trade but also various other types of Movement Across the border. New cases are hard to determine because of the violence and political unrest in the affected areas have further restricted the communitys access to healthcare. The lack of security in the region is also hindering the Ebola Response by making it difficult to trace contacts and organize Crucial Community outreach activities. Some Hea
But today, they are coming in for what could be five or six hours or so given the votes in the house as well to consider the legislation on the gun violence prevention, and principally three bills. One is a bill to ban high capacity magazines, and the other would prohibit people convicted of a misdemeanor or crime to purchase a gun, and then the hr1246 to enact so called red flag laws to allow the police to seize guns from those found to be in danger to themselves or others. And principally, those are the three pieces of legislation that we will see come up this afternoon. Also down the road, there is a piece by David Cicilline of rhode island seeking to revive the assault weapons ban that was in 2004 and passed in 1994 and ended in 2004 and the Judiciary Committee is not considered that today but they will be looking at it later in the month. For a look of what the committee is going to consider today, we are joined on the phone by todd ruger who is the staff writer for cq roll call.
Okay. From what we understand, two structures threatened and again, fear about the fire spreading into these subdivisions. Media briefing is about to get under way. I hope to get more information for you and to be able to bring that back to you later in the show. Reporting live out here in dublin, Lesley Brinkley, abc7 news. Thank you. We will check back with you. Numerous abc7 viewers provided video of this afternoons grass fire. It put up smoke visible for miles. It spread quickly which is why homeowners were told to be ready to evacuate. This video shows how close it came to houses even from across the freeway. It put up a thick white cloud of smoke. This picture was taken everybody quiet a distance from the fire, giving you an idea of just how big it got in a short amount of time. Let us quickly go to Spencer Christian with a look at conditions in the area in particular of the wind. Wind is the main concern. In terms of weather conditions. Only 79 degrees in dublin right now. Its n