i m chris jansing in for jose diaz-balart. right now on capitol hill, democratic lawmakers are about to gather for a remembrance event marking two years since the deadly insurrection at the u.s. capitol lawmakers, staff and law enforcement fear for their lives after a pro-trump mob stormed the halls of congress. norma torres will account her experience on that terrible day. we re day four of an intense speakership battle where a group made up of 2020 election deniers is rebebl belling against kevin mccarthy s bid throwing congress into paralysis. mccarthy isn t backing down. we re going to make progress. we re going to shock you. why? why what? how are you going to shock us today? you re going to get there today? i don t know, you ll see progress. reporter: a brand now gnu jobs report shows a better than expected 222,000 jobs were added in december. we ll ask the labor secretary what this means for the state of our economy. also this hour, we ll take you live
Tonight for the services, jessica . After 75 years in an unmarked grave father Aloysius Schmitt is finally welcomed home to his hometown and his home parish. St. Lucas iowa home to st. Lukes parish the church that nearly a hundred years ago fostered the faith of a man who would go on to save lives, to be a hero, but never return home that is until now. nat service father al schmitt a homtown hero welcomed with open arms by a community that never though they would get that chance. At 5 years old del left to serve. To me, it is just part of your life. You are put on earth to do good and whatever happens to you, happens. You cant relive your life. nats chant leading the prayer up to a then 18 year old father schmitt. Well, he can come over and play checkers with lee. So that is what he did. He came over and we played a couple of hours of checkers, as far as that is concerned. We parted best of friends and i didnt make any contact with him again until his first mass in 1935. But i found hi
Running mate mike pence decided to skip the gop rally. In a statement. Pence said he was offended by trumps comments but is standing by him. Melania trump released a statement, too. Saying in part. The words my husband used are unacceptable and offensive to me. I hope republicans are calling on trump to resign. S rep. Joe heck, rnv i believe our only option is to formally ask mr. Trump to step tweeted. I will never drop out of the race, willer down maga trump will get another chance to defend himself as he and Hillary Clinton square off in their second debate sunday night. Standup su Jennifer Johnson half of the questions at the debate will come from undecided voters. Just the people trump has to win over. Now more than ever. Jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. As a reminder the you can catch that on kwwl dot com. A pleasant fall weekend across eastern iowa. Lets check in with storm track seven meteororligist kyle kiel from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for you
The 15 year old boy has lifethreatening injuries. Police say he shot himself just before eight this morning outside the schools auditorium. They rushed him to a hospital and roped off the area where it happened. Jefferson went under a short lockdown, but no one else was injured. Kcrg tv nines Dave Franzman joins us from Jefferson High School tonight. Dave, what have students told you about this . Who reported hearing some kind of a popping sound as they were entering one of the school buildings. Police dont believe anyone witnessed the shooting, and it was the sound that prompted those here to investigate and find the wounded student. Immediately after the reports of a selfinflicted shooting, jefferson began a lockdown procedure. That means one student who was off campus when it happened also discovered that meant you couldnt come back inside either. I called my mom because they wouldnt let us in. They told us to go home, and then they sent a call out later saying we could come back. T
On how elections are being run here in philadelphia. Are the handful of people in charge of elections actually doing the job they were elected to do . Right now the Watchdog Group the committee of 70 is working to change the way those who oversee elections actually land their jobs. Ceo David Thornburg believes philadelphia commissioners should be appointed rather than elected. The Philadelphia City commissioners are a threemember bipartisan board. Theyre the people who make sure your vote counts, literally. Theyre in charge of elections and Voter Registration for the city. Commissioners are elected to fouryear terms, and there are no term limits. Right now the three commissioners serving are chairman anthony clashing, vice chairman al schmitt, and lisa. Anthony clark has been under fire for not showing up to work as chairman. He makes nearly 140,000 a year. But clark says he stays in touch with his staff by phone, even when hes on vacation and often works away from the office. Well, wi