purpose, to kill a lot of human beings quickly. an assault weapon is a weapon of war with no place, no place in a civil society. after back to back mass shootings, republicans are looking elsewhere for answers. just in the last two days, gop senators ted cruz and ron johnson and former president donald trump floated a laundry list of reasons for the country s mass shooting epidemic. here they are, they include video games, social media, wokeness, critical race theory, absent fathers, declining church attendance, too many doors at schools, and the list goes on and on. but one thing not on their list is the one thing that is unique to the united states of america. hundreds of millions of guns and minimal restrictions for acquiring them. to be sure, gun violence in the u.s. is a multifaceted problem that requires a multifaceted solution, but gop leaders are willing to consider every facet, except this glaring one. this debate is raging as a devastating picture emerges about tu
this. evan gershkovitch and paul whalen are americans. a chance they could come home. putin hopes to find a solution to release them from jail. they have been in moscow for some time. what it all means is not clear. gershkovitch is the reporter for the wall street journal detained since last may. whalen has been behind bars for five years, december of 2018. so we re watching that story. we ll bring you updates if they become available. meanwhile we are off to the races, america. a federal prosecutor accused of running interference for joe biden will testify this morning all part of the official house impeachment investigation which became official as of 5:29 yesterday eastern time. good morning, everybody. it s thursday. you almost made it. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the news broke during the five yesterday. we got all our opinions out there and more news today. they aren t wasting any time. today s witness is lesley wolf. a
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