United states, Johan Verbeke today told reporters here at the embassy that brussels has been bracing for some kind of retaliation. Last week it captured the suspect in the paris attacks last fall. Brussels has been on the highest alert, with visible military presence. Despite all of that, terrorists today were able to avoid detection and detonate bombs at metro downtown and at the airport. I came from brussels, yesterday. And i took a plane to washington yesterday. A lot of military people were around. Not withstanding these precautionary measures, something dramatic took place. Within the past hours, secret Service Police swept the Embassy Grounds in preparation for a Courtesy Call from you United States secretary of Homeland Security jeh johnson. He along with ambassadors and International Dignitaries are coming to express their condolences for the killings caused by the terrorist bombings. The secretary of ago. And ahead at 6 00, well see how ordinary washington citizens are stoppin
King of new york, a republican, that his bill could be brought to the interior and all of us ce the responsibility of selecting whose side do we stand on . We stand for the safety of americans and prevent people that are too dangerous to fly being able to buy a gun or do we stand with those on the nofly list and say, you ought to be able to buy a gun even though you can fly. All of you, voters and non voters, dont you think it is time for your representatives to stand before you in this house and say we agree that if you are too dangerous to fly and too dangerous to buy a gun, or stand here before all the American Public and say, no. No. No. Go ahead and buy a gun. Thats what a discharge petition will do. It will take mr. King to bring it to the floor and put it before the house of representatives, the representatives of the American People, and cause us to make a choice for your safety or for the presumed right of a person who is too dangerous to fly, to buy a gun. Well see what happe
The hands of dangerous people, who would threaten this country, while also protecting the rights of lawabiding citizens. That is what we are discussing here today. Have put forward commonsense legislation that adheres to a simple principle. If you are not allowed on a plane, because you are on a nofly list, because you are suspected of threatening the country, then you should not be allowed to buy a gun. I want to repeat what senator schumer said, because i think people dont think this is real. Allow, if you are on the nofly list, you cannot buy a gun. According to the Government Accountability office, between suspected terrorists attempted to purchase guns from american dealers at least 2233 times that we know of. Cases, 91 ofse the time, those suspected terrorists succeeded. That is just unacceptable. It is time we closed the loophole that allows suspected to purchase guns. After the horrific tragedy last week in San Bernardino, that was carried out by radicalized individuals, it is
Days, downtown columbia and first alert weather center. Exactly correct, i have called up three of our cameras, sumter, look at you, sunshine, orangeburg, right over the lake, soon to be sunshine. Temperatures, rebounding here. No 30s like we have been around the noon hour, 52, lexington, 45 chester, 43 lancaster. That is where the clouds are hanging at this point. Exit stage right. There go to clouds. Here comes the sunshine. Certainly sunshine by this afternoon few clouds headed our way. All in all, lovely day. Sunshine, mix with clouds, temperature, 50, fall into the 40s. Notice the bottom doesnt fall out. We are 58 or so this afternoon, well talk about the rest of the thank you, tim. Follow up to breaking news on sunrise. 17 salt minors in upstate new york stuck 900 feet underground. More on their rescue. Reporter nine hours after an elevator was stuck, all 17 minors rescued. Traditionally their mine was a safe one. One of the steel vertical beams became loose causing it to be stuc
They are survivors. Governor haley is stepping up to fight against Domestic Violence in the state. South carolina is still the number one estate in the country when it comes to cases of women killed by men and she is hoping to change that. This afternoon the governor unveiled the results of a yearlong study. She issued three executive orders today. She extended the work of her to mess Domestic Violence task force for another year. She is also ordering agencies that regularly screen people for assistance to look for signs of Domestic Abuse. We have more on what those actions will mean. One of life is too many. Thursday afternoon governor nikki haley announced the findings of a yearlong study on Domestic Violence in this date. We dont stop until we have empowered every part of the state to make sure we are doing haley signing three executive orders that will help the fight. Stop one will make sure state agencies change policies to provide more resources to survivors. Where shelters are w