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she s talking about her survival story. and we do say good tuesday morning, everyone. we re going to get to all those stories in just a moment but we want to start with some breaking news coming from overseas from brussels. a tense situation unfolding there this morning amid fears of a bomb attack. police surrounded a major shopping center and now have a man in custody. it s believed he had told authorities he was wearing some sort of bomb vest. but police now say the man was not actually carrying any explosives. the belgian capital has been on high alert since the terror attacks there in march at the brussels airport and the subway station. those bombings killed 32 people and we, of course, will stay on top of this breaking story. but first we want to turn our focus right now to the battle over gun control stalling once again on capitol hill. the senate rejected all four gun control measures that resurfaced after the orlando nightclub shooting largely along party ....
republicans are standing firm. good evening. thank you for joining us. i m ama daetz. no one can remember anything like this happening before. no, republicans are call it a political stunt. the democrats promise to stay till congress takes action. all cameras and microphones were shutoff leaving c-span to pick up periscope live streams from the chamber. here s more everywhere abc news reporter megan hughes. be in order. reporter: a turn of events in the house of representatives wednesday night. members will record their vote by electronic device. republicans pushing forward with a previously scheduled vote unrelated to gun reform. ignoring a sit-in by democrats that shut down the house since the morning hours. we ll call on the leadership of the house to bring common sense gun control legislation to the house floor. give us a vote. let us vote. reporter: the sensational protest democrats interrupt republicans. declaring they ll sit in on the house floo ....
calling for action gun control on the orlando massacre. i will stay here until hell freezes over. i don t know when that s going to happen but it hasn t happened yet. lawmakers shouted down house speaker paul ryan and continued to demand a vote on no fly, no buy bill aimed at prohibiting anyone on a terror watch list from buying a gun. we ll be here the whole night. we ll be here as long as it takes. rise up, democrats! rise up, americans! reporter: lawmakers led by georgia representative john lewis took over the chamber shortly before noon wednesday. newtown, charleston, atlanta, what is the tipping point? are we blind? reporter: speaker ryan called it a publicity sign and said there will be no vote on gun legislation. we are not going to talk away a citizen s constitutional rights without due process. reporter: the tv cameras inside the house chamber are controlled by the speaker of the house. as the sit-in start, ryan shut down the cameras. the rest ....
buy bill aimed at prohibiting anyone on a terror watch list from buying a gun. we ll be here the whole night. we ll be here as long as it takes. rise up, democrats! rise up, americans! reporter: lawmakers led by georgia representative john lewis took over the chamber shortly before noon wednesday. newtown, charleston, atlanta, what is the tipping point? are we blind? reporter: speaker ryan called it a publicity stunt and said there will be no vote on gun legislation. we are not going to take away a citizen s constitutional rights without due process. reporter: the tv cameras inside the house chamber are controlled by the speaker of the house. as the sit-in started, ryan shut down the cameras. the rest of the contentious and emotional debate played out on social media. [ screaming ] cad cat islam! radical islam ] reporter: as the night continued, democrats dug in. if you don t think the bill is right, come down here and tell us why! reporter: the ....
leadership, at the top of the democratic party, that will stand with working people. reporter: donald trump s hammered away at a roanoke virginia rally. hillary clinton knew what was going on. shoe knew everything that was going on. shoe knew it is a rigged system. that bernie sanders never had a chance. okay. reporter: as clinton made campaign stops in north carolina today her campaign told reporters it believes the hack was commit by russian interestness an effort to benefit trump. sunday night on 60 minutes clinton said she could not comment on what the e-mails said. i cannot speak to what people who were not working for me, who were saying whatever they were saying, i cannot speak to that. reporter: fbi says it has opened up an investigation of the hacked but questions about the fairness of the dnc are likely to linger for clinton campaign. just a few moments ago the dnc released a statement and we want to read you a part of it. we want to offer a deep sin ....