this is cnn newsroom. both outrage and approval have erupted across the united states after a judge in california overturned the nation s first-ever ban on assault weapons. california s governor slammed the ruling saying he s not backing down from the fight for commonsense gun laws. meanwhile, the nra is praising the move, calling it well reasoned. cnn s polo sandoval has more on the controversial decision. reporter: california s ban on certain semiautomatic rifles has weathered decades of opposition, until now. san diego u.s. district judge roger benitez ruled to overturn it. passed in 1989 on the heels of a school shooting in stockton, california that left five children dead, the law was touted as california s first assault weapons act. it established what an assault weapon is and made them illegal to buy or possess in california. this week judge benitez ruled that ban unconstitutional and deprived law-abiding californians of weapons allowed in other states, weapons h
army knife. that gun is the semiautomatic version of the rifles used by the military in the u.s. and other countries, and as you can see here, it has been used repeatedly in the deadliest mass shootings in recent u.s. history. take a look at this map here. each of those red dots signifies a mass shooting this year alone. victims and survivors of gun violence fear that california s ruling will only lead to more carnage. cnn s polo sandoval reports. reporter: california s ban on certain semiautomatic rifles has weathered decades of opposition, until now. san diego u.s. district judge roger benitez ruled to overturn it. passed in 1989 on the heels of a school shooting in stockton, california that left five children dead, the law was touted as california s first assault weapons act. it established what an assault weapon is and made them illegal to buy or possess in california. this week judge benitez ruled that ban unconstitutional and deprived law-abiding californians of weapo
fbi to talk a little about how they were able to recover within the space of a month the millions of dollars that colonial pipeline paid to these hackers that carried out this attack. as you said, debilitated the east coast when the pipeline was shut down. what happened, what we re told by sources, is that the fbi worked with colonial to track the payment to the cryptocurrency wallet that was being used by the hackers. now, the company has said they paid about $4 million, $4.4 million, and that they did it simply because they were fearful about the extent of the damage of the intrusion by these hackers and were fearful how long it could take before they were able to restore the operations of the pipeline. behind the scenes, what they were doing is working with the fbi, which was able to track these payments and now we know that the fbi has been able to recover it. now, this is a rare outcome. again, this is an attack that happened a month ago and we re going to hear today fro
through a loading dock out back, other customers were forced to hide inside the store until police cleared it out an hour later. witnesses describe how the horrific scene unfolded. i heard a big bang. it was probably three seconds before we heard another. i immediately sprinted over to her. i said we have to get out of here. we just kept going. we just ran. there was somebody laying in the road and i tried to run towards him, and nicholas pulled me away and said we have to go. we just ran. police say the gunman was injured and is in custody but has not been identified. only one victim so far has been identified. that s officer eric talley, who was killed after responding to the attack. talley had been on the boulder police force since 2010 and he leaves behind a wife and seven children. law enforcement escorted officer talley s body from the scene as it was driven to the coroner s office. police say they re working as fast as they can to identify everyone killed. we w
i thought how k. and joy in the stream research shows that exposure to reading material early in a child s life has both an immediate effect on the capillary general knowledge and comprehension skills. studies have also shown that nonwhite children who see their own identities and experiences reflected have higher self-esteem better social emotional functioning and increased classroom engagement so then why is it that there is such a dearth of children s books that include diverse characters with diverse attributes this info off summarizes well things are in the us and numbers are improving but hardly where they should be today may 3 autists with changing. as always as conversation is for you and our community growing up did you see book characters that reflected your life so many of you have already shared your thoughts and there is much to talk about so join our conversation live on you tube or message us at e.j. stream or twitter on twitter or instagram that s what robin t