cutouts. we are also taking steps to make the background check system more efficient. under the guidance of jim comey and the fbi, our deputy director tom brandon at the atf, we are going the be hiring more folks to process the applications faster, and bring an outdated background system into the 21st century. [ applause ] these steps will actually lead to a smoother process for the law abiding owners and stronger system to protect the public from dangerous people a. that is number one. number two, we will do everything that we can to
exercise their constitutional rights, we d all be safer. and keep this in mind, chris if there were such a thing as an executive order that the white house was able to finally enact on more gun restrictions, if the atf that would have to ultimately enforce it. this as that agency continues to operate without a permanent chief you probably have heard about tom brandon. he s been acting chief. and that term is set to run out on october 27th. and the white house simply won t nominate him for a permanent posi a bruising possible battle on capitol hill. chris? kevin corke reporting tonight. kevin, that. a city without gun stores and with some of the worst gun violence in the country is chicago. tonight correspondent mike tobin looks at what s happening in the windy city. which is likely blowing away the previous chicago record for shootings. calling chicago a war zone, members of the city council s black caucus, say a typical weekend in the troubled
exercise their constitutional rights, we d all be safer. and keep this in mind, chris if there were such a thing as an executive order that the white house was able to finally enact on more gun restrictions, if the atf that would have to ultimately enforce it. this as that agency continues to operate without a permanent chief you probably have heard about tom brandon. he s been acting chief. and that term is set to run out on october 27th. and the white house simply won t nominate him for a permanent position because of a bruising possible battle on capitol hill. chris? kevin corke reporting tonight. kevin, that. a city without gun stores and with some of the worst gun violence in the country is chicago. tonight correspondent mike tobin looks at what s happening in the windy city. which is likely blowing away the previous chicago record for shootings. calling chicago a war zone, members of the city council s black caucus, say a typical weekend in the troubled neighborhoods, riv
reports from the pentagon. more than three weeks after centcom s general made the admission that only four or five rebels have been trained. the administration pulled the plug on the army s training program. i wasn t satisfied with the early efforts in that regard and so we re looking at different ways to achieve the basically the same kind of strategic objective. a new program to take its place will quote provide equipment packages and weapons to a select group of vetted leaders and their units. what they re going to focus on now are efforts that have proven effective in the past. critics see it as another sign of administration indecision. that as russian forces escalate their syria presence. while the u.s. launched only two air attacks in the last 24 hours, russia conducted 67 sorties and hit 60 targets, often bombing the very rebels the u.s. is backing. it s unconscionable that we will not do anything to protect them. what we should do, we should have created
checks to cover violent criminals who try to buy some of the most dangerous firearms by hiding behind trusts and corporations and various cut-outs. we re also taking steps to make the background checks system more efficient. under the guidance of jim comey and the fbi, deputy director tom brandon at atf, we are going to hire more folks to process applications faster and we re going to bring an outdated background check system into the 21st century. and these steps will actually lead to a smoother process for law-abiding gun owners, a smoother process for responsible gun dealers, a stronger process for protecting the people, the public from dangerous people.