welcome back, everybody. well, post-newtown, lawmakers have introduced legislation to strengthen care for the mentally ill. a big issue in the gun control debate, as well. that s right. the bill would expand access to treatment and enable community clinics to provide round the clock psychiatric care. a closer look at the issue of guns and the meantry ill. reporter: the search for solutions after the massacre at sandy hook elementary cut through this minneapolis jail this week, where the sheriff rick staneck told us he sees firsthand a link between gun violence and mental health. this is not about those who are receiving treatment. they re no more violent than anybody else. but untreated, we have a problem. reporter: staneck is president obama s ear, using white house meetings to push for more resources to identify and treat the mentally ill and keep dangerous people away from guns. the problem can be seen at jails across the country like this one, where an estimated
have. i feel strength like i have never felt before. good evening. as we come on the air this friday night, millions of people are trying to drive home on sheets of ice. the giant snowstorm still on the move. think of these images as a kind of sos, planes paralyzed, highways a danger zone. as one monster storm is winding down, another is powering up. abc s john schriffen is in minneapolis where streets have become a slip and slide. reporter: snowy, icy roads tonight turning mush of the midwest into a deadly skating rink. crash after crash from this monster storm. nearly 300 accidents in minnesota alone. it s a mess. it s really a mess out here. reporter: in ohio, this tractor trailer dangles precariously after it skidded up onto an overpass. and watch as this bus in missouri loses control, knocking down a street lamp. even the most experienced of drivers, those long haul truckers, forced to pull over. more just keeps coming in and getting stuck because of the hot
only last night did authorities put two and two together. quan is the daughter of retired lapd captain randy quan, who was instrumental in getting christopher dorner fired. in a rambling manifesto posted online, dorner blames quan and other lapd officers of a smear campaign, after dorner reported witnessing a fellow officer commit police brutality. the manifesto vows vengeance. i will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in lapd uniform whether on or off duty. early this morning, that appeared to be no idle threat. 1:25 a.m., corona, an hour east of l.a. police officers acting on a tip exchanged gunfire with a man believed to be dorner. the officer, grazed by the bullet, unable to pursue. 1:45, riverside. two more officers on a protective detail ambushed. one killed, the other seriously injured. officer shot, multiple times! reporter: by sunrise, jittery police opened fire on this blue trick, similar to the suspect s. bum the people inside were just in
SHOALS – The Colbert and Lauderdale County Democratic Parties have opened the candidate qualifying period for those seeking to run as a Democrat in the 2024 election cycle. Candidate qualifying