With the National Rifle association. Reporter across the country gun sales have been especially busy. Any time that the president gets up there and starts talking gun control, people actually, you know, go and get guns. Reporter potential gun restrictions were a motivating factor for this buyer. Because all the gun laws, all these strict rules that are coming out, and every day or every month theres a shooting. People want to be protected. Reporter today president obama will announce new actions that are expected to focus on Mental Health issues, update the background check system and close the socalled gun show loophole that allows some people to buy guns without background checks. These are not only recommendations that are well within my Legal Authority and the executive branch, but theyre also ones that the overwhelming majority of the American People including gun owners support and believe in. Reporter the announcement the president ial candidates. I will not only keep it going,
At the university of iowa hospitals and clinics this morning. In news we first brought you yesterday morning a gunshot hurt the boy late sunday night. Police say they found the boy with injuries to his jaw around 1145 sunday night at 942 main street. Police say the bullet came from a handgun. The hospital has not released his condition. Police told tv9 there is still quite a bit of confusion about what happened, including the first call for help. The original call to 911 said it happened at 920 main street. This is dispatch traffic right after the call came in. All cars report of a possible shooting at 920 main street. We got a call from a subject saying there was a subject accidentally shot. They were going to be transporting disconnected. Police say they arrived on the scene before the child left in that green camry. They say some people there told officers the child was not actually shot, but rather cut with some broken glass. But as paramedics took a closer look, they determined he
The cold just adding to problems this aftereron in johnson county. Thats where crew launched a water rescue at Coralville Lake after a canoe with two people in it capsized. Teams were able to pull one person from the icy water. They are now receivinintreatment at university of iowa hospitals and clinics. The second person is still missing and as of an hour ago crews were still searching. So far no word on whether they were fishing or the identity of the two people in the canoe. Iowa lawmakers head for des moines in less than two weeks and one of the hot t tics up for debebe is major changes in medicaid. Federal officials halted governor branstads plan to privatize medicaid pushing back the proposed change to march 1st. 1st. Fox 28 News Reporter steffi lee is here to explain why patients and lawmakers are concerned. Matt and joy, half a million iowans will be affected by this change. With final federal approval managed Care Coverage of medicaid will start in about two months. The two mo
Wanted. Des Moines Police have identified a person of interest in a shooting investigation. Who they are looking for. And how you can help. Campaign sto than a month away from the iowa caucuses. The candidates you can expect to see across iowa in the next week. Voter registration. Registering to vote just got a lot easier. The new way you can get registered by the click of a mouse. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 democratic president ial frontrunner Hillary Clinton today. Holding organizing events in davenport, cedar rapids, and right here in des moines. Good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us state addressed a room full of of the des moines historical museum. Mike dasilva with more. Hillary clinton addressed the news of the day. She said she will standup to the gun lobby and fight to get common sense gun safety measures. She said shes so proud of what president obama announced today, that hes going to use executiv
Health restrictions from possessing guns. Hiring more than 230 additional fbi employees to help process background checks. And a Budget Proposal for an additional 200 agents and investigators at the bureau of alcohol, tobacco firearms. Now, after meeting this afternoon with his attorney general, loretta lynch, the president said he was confident these changes are consistent with the second amendment, that theyre not an unconstitutional end run around congress, but, scott, one thing is all but certain these proposals and these executive actions are going to be challenged, whether in congress or in court. Just as the president s executive actions on immigration have been challenged in court. Jan crawford at the white house tonight. Jan, thank you very much. The president s shot was heard everywhere on the campaign trail today, and with less than four weeks to the first voting, candidates are turning to their own big guns. Major garrett is in New Hampshire tonight. Reporter scott, republi