the family is suing the park saying the ride was unsafe. is synthetic pot the blame for killing three people and making many more sick in colorado? the drug known as spice may have sickened 75 people since august. the formula involved is said to be hundreds of times stronger than previous recipes. the cdc has sent a five-member team to that state to conduct an investigation. also in colorado, voters there have thrown out the leader of the state senate. john morse and another senator angela guerin have succeeded in elections. gun rights advocates pushed hard for their removal after they backed the state s strict new gun laws there passed there in the aftermath of the aurora shooting massacre. other news have been good it comes to tropical weather. but now, we go to the big time meteorologist indira petersons.
capacity. when the question is posed regarding universal background checks, it s been pretty consistent that people would like to see something done there, including republicans and members of the nra, in early polling and now. i think you see some of that sentiment broadly. it s important to remember where the sentiments are most intense. and that s the people who value the protection of their second amendment rights. they believe that congress could step over the line here. the question here is whether or not they re passing something that s actually going to protect kids in schools. the nra put forth that program that they believe would actually do that. i think it needs to be taken seriously. the second thing is making sure that people s second amendment right is protected. it s not just about protecting kids at school. gabby giffords was shot at a grocery store. the aurora shooting massacre happened at a movie theater. jessica, let me bring you in. we have seen universal suppo
mike mclelland and his wife, who were gunned down in their home just weeks after one of his top deputies was also killed. at the local courthouse, security is tight. and employees all have armed escorts. investigators are asking whether a white supremacist group or drug gangs may be related. a colorado court apologized to the family of the state s prison chief murdered by a man who was let out of prison early because of a clerical error. evan ebel was mistakenly freed in january. last month he killed the prison chief. then died in a gunfight with police in texas. that s led investigators to ask whether the colorado murder is linked to those murders of the texas prosecutors. some families who lost their loved ones in the aurora shooting massacre are welcoming the decision by prosecutors to seek the death penalty. others say they fear emotionally wrenching trials which could last months. abc s brandi hitt is covering the case. reporter: prosecutors want the accused gunman behind la
mike mclelland and his wife, who were gunned down in their home just weeks after one of his top deputies was also killed. at the local courthouse, security is tight. and employees all have armed escorts. investigators are asking whether white supremacist group or drug gangs may be related. a colorado court apologized to the family of the state s prison chief murdered by a man who was let out of prison early because of a clerical error. evan ebel was mistakenly freed in january. last month he killed the prison chief. then died in a gunfight with police in texas. that s led investigators to ask whether the colorado murder is linked to those murders of the texas prosecutors. some families who lost their loved ones in the aurora shooting massacre are welcoming the decision by prosecutors to seek the death penalty. others say they fear emotionally wrenching trials which could last months. abc s brandi hitt is covering the case. reporter: prosecutors want the accused gunman behind last
disarmed the tucson shooter, she was in the room at that john mccain town hall. she saw the whole thing happen. she saw that woman ask the question about what john mccain thought should be done about gun violence and saw him answer by saying you need some straight talk. and patricia maisch, who was in the room, told talking points memo in an interview after the town hall that she found senator mccain s response unsatisfactory. in my opinion squoerks she said, the comment the senator made saying karen needed some straight talk was a bit dris respectful in light of her son being murdered by a man with a gun less than a year ago. according to tpm s interview patricia maisch said she s hopeful mccain will expand background checks for gun sales but then said you never know what w. these guys. i hope he does the right thing. at john mccain s town hall yesterday in arizona discussing gun rights a woman whose son was killed in the aurora shooting massacre was there. the woman who disar