Astronaut, and that isjohn mcfall. John mcfall has been selected using exactly the same criteria as all european astronauts. But unlike any of the others, he has a physical disability. Now he s taking part in a ground breaking project. Being an amputee, being an astronaut was never really on my radar because like the military, you wouldn t pass the medical selection process. I thought i would have the skills, a mix of skills and scientific background that i could really help them answer this very aspirational question of can we get someone with a physical disability into space, to work in space safely? and i thought i could be that person. For the last ten years, john s been working as an orthopedic surgeon. Hi, sir. How are you? but his life s about to change, possibly forever. It s daunting. It s quite scary, because i m giving up the security of being being a doctor. It s a fantastic profession, i love it. There are so many aspects about it that i absolutely love. So, trepidation fr
a shooting at a mall. let us listen in. before the chief gets up, i have a few comments i d like to make. i ll not be able to say anything of what s already been said by so many sites at mass shootings in america. i don t want to be among the mayors that has to share these statements but i am. i grieve for these senseless killings and i ache for the stars left behind on the victims and on our community. and as we stand here in shock, i m proud of my first responders who instantaneously responded to the scene. the men and women of the greenwood police department, the greenwood fire department, the johnson county sheriff s office, the indianapolis metropolitan police department, the fbi, the atf and other departments as well, we want to thank them for their assistance in this operation last night. also, we have the faith community to show its support to the mental health experts, the red cross and government leaders at all levels. we ve been contacted by our state, our federa
democratic politician who has had enough and the governor of texas defending his state s gun laws. in washington halle jackson with garrett haake and tom llamas in texas. garrett, we re specifically talking about this warning from the shooter, that he was going to not only shoot his grandmother but he was going to attack an elementary school. a spokesperson clarified these northern the facebook posts, no the public posts. these were private messages that apparently or presumably were only found after the fact. what else are we learning? reporter: yes, that s right. we heard about those private messages from the governor in this press conference just now. he also described in a little more detail how this shooting took place, how it began on the street behind me, where the gunman shot his own grandmother after what appears to be some kind of argument and drove to the school, his truck off in a ditch getting into a classroom and essentially barricading himself inside. he was