Hi, friends. Good morning. Its sunday the 12th of june. Im anna kooiman. Breaking right now, fox news alert, gun fire erupting inside an orlando nightclub. The gunman just confirmed dead. Police now calling it a mass casualty situation. Orlando to command, we have shots fired on scene. Requesting you to stay back. Command all units to position of cover behind your apparatus. Garrett tenney has the breaking details. Garrett, what can you tell us . Reporter good morning,
yall. Theres still a lot we dont know about the situation because the police have had their hands full. But just a minutes ago, they confirmed on twitter that the shooter inside the club is dead. They said they will advise us shortly with more information. But what we know right now is that shortly after 2 00 a. M. , there was a mass shooting at the pulse orlando nightclub. Around 2 30 a. M. , the gay dance bar posted everyone get out of pulse, and keep running. Police tell us there has been multiple injuries and you can
Want and i will vote yet. Dean heller is the only republican standing for reelection in a state that went for hillary clinton. And he has a fellow republican who is the governor who doesnt like this bill. Hes in a tougher place. Im not exactly sure what Mitch Mcconnell could come up with that would move mr. Heller into the yes column. His rhetoric has been pretty emphatic. If you have got rand paul who is the least likely of the 10 at the conservative end and dean heller at the more moderate end, if heller thinks its too frugal, the more you push it one way and make it more generous, you will lose the frugal folks. Arthel lets take a listen. This is still a work in progress. Though the leader of the United States senate is very good at establishing coalitions to see that legislation passes. But its still a lot of work to be done to determine whether it gets to 51 votes. Maria what is your gut . Do you think it happens this week . My gut tells me this is very difficult. I hate to say th
Reporter immediately there were cracks in the president s conservative base, breitbart dubbed the president amnesty don while ann coulter tweeted, at this point who doesnt want trump impeached . The white house tried to contain the fallout. The president would consider citizenship for the dreamers. Outraging hard liners. Not discussing amnesty. What the Trump Administration is a responsible path forward in immigration reform. That could include legal citizenship over a period of time. Reporter on the ground in florida, the president contradicted that. Were not looking at citizenship, were not looking at amnesty, were looking at allowing people to stay here. Reporter then insisted the wall is coming. The wall to me is vital. If i dont get the wall, then we will be coming to you. Reporter after being left out of the discussion between the president and democratic leaders, House Speaker paul ryan insisted, there was no deal. It was a discussion. Not an agreement or a negotiation. Reporter
Why rob portman is hopeful. Mick mulvaney is warning. And steny hoyer is fighting mad. Theyre all here and only here. We begin with blake burman with the latest. Blake . Its clear here in the halls of the capitol as House Republicans mark up their bill and the senate will release their bill later this week. Theres a host of issues to work through. Earlier today, the club for growth, an influential Republican Group put out a note saying they have issues with four Different Things on the individual side of this House Republican plan. Here they are. Top tax bracket for millionaires with the possibility that those that make in the low Million Dollar range can see the top end taxed north of 45 . They take issue with a portion of passthrough profits would be taxed 25 . Growth. You had big deficits. It wasnt tax cuts that did it. Cuts create growth and growth creates revenues neil but you left out Ronald Reagan. I know. Deficits didnt grow with him. The first two years were high because we ph
Paramedics from imerg to treat victims. Florida Speaker Of The House is now weighing in. What we have here is a poorly run agency. He has got every Single Person under investigation but he doesnt want to hold himself accountable for all these people that he has to investigate for their wrongdoing but he has done none. The height of arrogance. And the attorney for Scott Peterson, the deputy who failed to run in to stop the shooter says in his statement quote the allegations that mr. Pertson is a coward and his performance under the circumstances failed to meet the standards of Police Officers are patently untrue. Finally guys, several agencies are also taking heat for missing warning signs about the shooters mental health. Nikolas cruz is due back in court for a hearing on obtaining evidence. Steve thank you very much. Of the Florida Senate did act yesterday. They passed legislation that would raise the legal age in that state for buying a handgun and any gun to 21. Also, they authorize