Pawnshop in alabama last year. Joining us now is cnns ryan noble with more on this investigation. Reporter hey fredricka. The theater itself is still closed to the public but were able to get right up in front of the building and actually see the door in which John Russell Howser attempted to escape from. A corporal from the Lafayette Police department told me exactly what howser found when he came out that door. He exited out of this door right here, which is the auditorium. We had approximately 30 people that bought tickets to that showing. I believe it was based off of response by officers, he then reloaded and reentered the building and did not flee to a vehicle which was feet away in the parking lot. And the corporal told me theyre going to continue to keep the theater an active crime scene as they continue this investigation, just in case a question pops up as they comb through all the evidence that theyve collected. And theyve collected a lot. I should say hundreds of pieces of evidence from inside the theater that theyre going through right now. Theyre hoping they can turn the theater back over to its owners as soon as monday but that is still tentative based on the progress of the investigation. One other interesting thing, fredricka, that the corporal told me and that is that he is just amazed by the presence of mind by that teacher who thought to pull the fire alarm in the midst of all the chaos of the shooting. He said if it werent for that act of bravery, more lives could have possibly been lost. Yeah it was incredibly brave. Thank you so much. Today friends and family are saying goodbye to sandra bland the 28yearold woman who died while in Police Custody after being stopped for a Traffic Violation in texas. Police say her death was a suicide. Her family is still awaiting independent autopsy results. Right now, donald trump speaking to a crowd of supporters in iowa. He is looking to hold on to his lead in the polls among gop candidates. But he has barred the Des Moines Register newspaper from todays event over its editorial earlier this week which stated trump should drop out of the race adding if he were merely a selfabsorbed blist celebrity, his unchecked ego could be tolerated as a source of mild amusement. But he now wants to become president which means that he aspires to be the leader of the free world, and the keeper of our Nuclear Launch codes. Lets bring in cnns politics reporter m. J. Lee, at the event which has already gotten under way. What is he talking about right now . Theres a very full auditorium. The audience is incredibly excited. You can hear a lot of clapping and cheering. They actually started the event by mentioning the register made a joke that the Des Moines Register is standing outside and he got a lot of cheering for that. He then went on to talk about Hillary Clinton and the email investigation that came out yesterday. 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Com were learning details about John Russell Howser, the gunman in the louisiana shooting. Extreme erratic behavior and that he legally bought the. 40 caliber semiautomatic pistol in the attack. As victims are being remembered others are being seen as heroes. Two teachers that were shot by howser, but still managed to save the lives of others. Reporter High School Teachers gina moe and ali martin were celebrating a last girls night out before the start of school. Wow. They took their training and put it into action even outside of the classroom. Reporter their training as teachers, says friend and coworker training you dont expect to use while watching a movie. One teacher jumped in front of her friend, potentially saving her life. The second teacher said that bullet was coming for her head if her friend hadnt jumped on top of her. Both teachers were injured. The second teacher were injured in the legal. Both shot, bleeding, yet somehow the friends who saved each other then thought of the 100 others in the theater. Officials say martin headed to a fire alarm. Pulled the fire alarm to alert individuals who was beginning on. Who knows how many lives she saved by doing that. People inside ran out, then began helping the wounded. First responders tipped off early by that fire alarm flooded the theater. And now all too familiar image of grief and shock, a moment these teachers had prepared for at their high school. The teachers met seven years ago. Best friends, the schools librarian ali martin an english teacher. On facebook the students wrote about their bravery and courage, the pride in an act that likely saved many lives. But they seemed unsurprised. Because after all, this is what their teachers do. Keep others alive. How can we help others get to safety . How can we help our kids get to safety in the classroom . They did it in the blink of an eye. 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So at this time, i ask all americans to join me and michelle in keeping all the victims and their families including gaby in our thoughts and prayers. Im sure that many of you who are parents here had the same reaction that i did when i heard this news. As a country, we have been through this too many times. Where its an Elementary School in newton, or a Shopping Mall in oregon, these are men and women who were going to work doing their job. Were heartbroken that Something Like this might have happened again. Ive had to make statements like this too many times. Usa today reports since 2006 there have been more than 200 mass killings in the United States. Yet gun control legislation remains a controversial issue, one which has frustrated many president s. Joining me right now is a president ial historian and distinguished professor at the department of history at american university. Good to see you, doctor. Always a pleasure. At the top of that reel of all those sentiments from the president , you heard the most recent, which took place during his trip abroad. And he said this has been the biggest frustration. He has felt very stymied. Has it been a particularly uphill battle for this president . Its been an uphill battle for most president s. Really have not made progress on gun control whatsoever in more than 20 years, and even before that the progress was very very limited. And let me tell you the dirty little secret about the polls. While the polls do show a slight plur plurality of americans do not favor gun control regulations. When you look at specific provisions, the numbers shift dramatically to large majorities in favor of things like tightening up the gun show loophole, making it more difficult for the mentally ill, like the shooter in louisiana, to get guns and banning assault weapons. Even the state of nevada conservative republican state, just passed legislation making it more difficult for the mentally ill to get guns. No one is talking about banning guns. And then even when you listen to what the president was saying, saying its been his biggest frustration, you didnt get a sense in that interview or in the tone of his voice that this is Unfinished Business that he plans to try to resolve while hes got a year and a half left of his presidency. When you think about this recent wave of Mass Shootings going as far back as columbine under the clinton administration, this frustration that recent president s feel why does it seem there is no real response or movement from congress when most of these recent year president s have all said something has to give . Whats happening . Two reasons. Number one, i can spell it out in three letters. Nra, the National Rifle association. Are you talking as it pertains to lobbying . Lobbying and money in politics. A small highly organized, highly financed group can actually cancel out the sentiments of the vast majority of americans who do favor particular common sense gun control legislation. The second thing is timid politicians. They dont have a backbone. Theyre not willing to stand up to the nra or refute its absurd arguments like people kill people, guns dont kill people. Well of course people have the motive but guns are the means. I grew up in a really tough neighborhood in brooklyn. We had plenty of fights. But we never killed or seriously hurt each other. Why . Because we didnt have guns. If we had guns i assure you we would have been shooting and killing each other. Do you think as you kind of reflect, is there an area that any sitting president can go as it pertains to you know challenging or trying to inspire tougher or different laws as it pertains to the Second Amendment . You know, right of bearing arms. That will appeal to everyone those who believe in and advocate for the right to bear arms and those who are, you know a little reticent about it . Well i think there is an opening here. And that has to do with access to arms for those who shouldnt have it. The mentally ill. Those with a serious criminal record. There are huge loopholes in our laws that allow virtually anyone to get access to guns. And if you look at the statistics on these Mass Shootings, most of these horrific killers got guns legally under these laws that have loopholes big enough to drive several trucks through. So i think that might be a possible opening. Its going to be very difficult for barack obama to get anything through a Republican Controlled Senate and a republican controlled house. Professor Allan Lichtman of american university. Thank you so much. Thank you. Well be right back after this. And stay awake during the day. This is called non24. Learn more by calling 8448242424. Or visit your24info. Com. 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