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Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. And this is the western edition of the broadcast. We begin tonight in nepal where the police say more than 1,000 people are dead after the worst earthquake there in more than 80 years. The quake hit nepal, a small impoverished nation sandwiched between india and tibet in the himalayan mountains, around noon today. To give you a sense of just how strong this earthquake was, its magnitude of 7. 8 makes it 16 times more powerful than the earthquake that devastated haiti in 2010. Mount everest is in nepal, and the quake caused a deadly avalanche at the climbers base camp. Tens of thousands of people in nepal are now spending a chilly, stormy night out in the open. Heres Charlie Dagata. Reporter it was just after noon when the killer earthquake struck and triggered chaos on the streets of the capital kathmandu. Brick by brick, rescuers raced against time in a desperate search for survivors and any sign of life. But throughout the day, the death toll kep
National epidemic of shooting sprees. Nine shot dead in an oregon classroom and everybodys reaction was, here we go again. President obama got angry about how this is much too routine. Jeb bush is under fire for shrugging and say stuff happens. Was he making a legitimate point . Will anything change . Ill talk to senator Richard Blumenthal introducing a gun control bill this tuesday. Larry pratt, head of gun owners of america, says gunfree zones are the problem. And gail saltz who says blaming Mental Illness is wrong. First, the latest news, trying to combat years of inaction, connecticut senators Richard Blumenthal and chris murphy, representing the state where Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting took place interduing new legislation on tuesday that will bar gun sales until background checks are complete. Richard blumenthal joins me now. Senator, if we couldnt get Something Like this postsandy hook with 20 young individuals, young americans, slain in a school setting, why might this
And pratt who says gunsfree zones are problem. First, the latest news, trying to combat years of inaction, connecticut senators Richard Blumenthal and chris murphy kepting the state where the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting took place introducing new legislation on tuesday that will bar gun sales until background checks are complete. Richard blumenthal joins me now. Senator, if we couldnt get Something Like this postsandy hook with 20 Young Americans slain in a school setting, why might this time be different . This time should be different. History shows that time is necessary to accomplish effective measures to prevent gun violence. The president of the United States, ronsd reagan was almost assassinated. And jim brady paralyzed. It still took 12 years to accomplish the brady bill. In stockton, california, more than 30 people were mowed down by an assault weapon. In fact, an automatic machine gun. And the ban took five years to establish. So every reform has a tipping point. Th
Poses an immediate threat to the american way of life and the future of this country. Clinton made her case in detroit at the annual convention of the Service Employees international union. Were not talking about any ordinary antiunion, antiworker republican. A lot of republicans themselves say donald trump is a disaster waiting to happen to america. Trump economics is a recipe for lower wages, fewer jobs, more debt. He could bankrupt america like hes bankrupted his companies. I mean, ask yourself. How can anybody lose money running a casino . Really. This comes as polls show the likely general election race between clinton and trump tightening. Theyre in a statistical dead heat in a new nbc news wall street journal poll which had clinton up by 11 points a month ago. Its a big shift as republicans clearly start to consolidate around trump as their presumptive nominee. While democrats remain divided between clinton and her ongoing rival Bernie Sanders. More on that coming up in just a b