People all over america and around the world. Hear, hear the social media told the story. Jonathan republicans called it a publicity stunt without real substance. House speaker paul ryan. The reason i call it a stunt is because they know it isnt going anywhere. After it ended exhausted house leader nancy pelosi said the fight is beginning. This is not about politics or elections or campaigns. This is about the safety of the american people. We can tell you this now in the last two hours the senate did vote on a compromise measure that would stop people on the nofly list from being able to buy guns. The question now is its not clear whether this bill will go any further. Republican leaders say it is time to move on to something more constructive. At the live desk, im jonathan elias. Alison thank you. While some of the lawmakers spent the night inside the House Chamber outside the capitol to support action inside. Todays abc7 instapoll asking if you believe House Democrats were successfu
Following our own bride to be Nikki Battiste as she gets ready to say i do on this tuesday, june 21st. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everyone. Im kendis gibson. And im diane macedo. We begin today with the Trump Campaign. Yeah, a lot of news happening with the Trump Campaign including some stuff that took place overnight. With just a months to go before the general election. New Financial Reports so that the trump camp began june with just 1. 3 million in cash on hand while Hillary Clintons campaign started the month off with 42 million in the bank. Meanwhile, trump has fired one of his closest aides just a month before the gop convention. Were talking about Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski on the left there who was abruptly let go amid rumors of friction with other top staffers and trumps own children. Some donors have also failed to sign on. Trump told fox news last night that its time for a different kind of the turbulent day coincided with a new p
Do your job kimberly gun control advocates gathered 250 strong. Among them Virginia Tech shooting survivor colin. Im one of the very few survivors who were shot and lived. Kimberly with three bullets still lodged in his body, a rod in his knee and now hours away from the birth of his first child he stood before signs reading, disarm hate. What do you say to people who say you have to arm yourself against hate . The idea that if only more guns in more places of our country made us safer, the United States of america with 300 million guns in circulation already would be the safest place in the world and we are not. Kimberly this crowd standing up for democratic members of congress who literally sat down on the house floor. 24 hours later the democrats emerged down the Capitol Steps and up a small ladder to thank the protesters. We want to continue to push, to pull, and if necessary sit down. Kimberly congressman and longtime civil rights activist john lewis staged the sitin. Violation of
This is a very telling story. First off, cleanup underway. Its such a mess. I would probable argue in fact im sure this a fact. There are several hundred people in this lovely town and im certain more hail pellet fell and hit vehicles than there are residents in this town. The remarkable thing about this block we are walking down is all of the vehicles minus one are owned by the same family. The murray family. All the vehicles, total of eight sustained some damage. Here is curtis murray. A major hailstorm. I seen nothing like it before. It pounded 15 minutes. Bigger than golf balls. It looked like there was snow on the ground. Thats how much came down. Jay thing you notice all over middleburg is greenery. It seems like this storm just stripped away much of the greenery. Off trees. This is just coated all over town. The other thing i wanted to show you is this is literally a couple of blocks up. Chunks from a power pole ripped off during the storm. Thankfully nothing catastrophic in tow
Now. The democrats have been hosting this citizen for 11 hours now. You saw just then, House Speaker paul ryan tried to reconvene on other matters, triggering anger and chaos. We are live on capitol hill with the latest in just a moment. Leon amazing scene. First, we start on stormwatch as strong storms are approaching the region with some having the potential to be severe. Alison we have the chance of gusty wind and heavy rain triggering a Flash Flood Watch in some parts. Leon steve rudin, what is the word tonight . Steve the futurecast just in, with showers and heavy rain in the Early Morning hours from about 7 a. M. , the heaviest activity off to the west. Comes across the district in southern maryland, then over the bay, and that is just the beginning. We have mo potentially become strong to severe. I will track the storms and let you know where they are coming up. 7 when stay with abc there is Severe Weather on the radar. We have you covered as soon as you wake up with good mornin