School safety against targeted violence. I want to welcome everybody to the hearing room. I actually want to thankour witnesses for taking the time for your testimony. And in particular i want to give a shout out to max and tom and your families and the other families of the families for attending here and for just your unbelievable dedication turning your tragedy into hopefully some positive action that can prevent tragedies for other families, its remarkable what so many of the families have done in reaction to so many of these tragedies which date back to about 1998 is where we had the first directed attack, numbers of 56. I know in your testimony youre talkingabout 710 shootings since columbine in 1999. Columbine, 13 people were killed, 12 students, one teacher, 21injured, sandy hook in 2012, 26 killed. Two were injured and parkland, at Marjorie Stoneman douglas school, 17 killed and 17 injured. Anthe death and casualty toll is simply unbelievable, quite honestly. I grew up in the
United states has been arraigned on fell analyst charges. This time for alleged crimes against democracy itself. After pleading not guilty, im told he was in a sour and dejected mood. This is a very sad day for america. This is the biden plolitical law fair. This is election interference at its finest. It feels like a great vindication of the rule of law. They turn. Very concerned about the charges and privately hes been really frustrated. What it means for his legacy. This is going to be a threat to public trust in the Justice System going forward. Theres no question that donald trump. Absolutely laughable. Whats the fraud . Tell me what the fraud is. Youre entitled to raise a question. Thats the uniqueness of the first amendment. Thats the uniqueness of america. Were going to have to lose another psych toll figure you we have to pick somebody else other than donald trump. This could be an inflection point. Demonstrating our commitment to the rule of law. This is a huge case. They are
good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. we begin this very busy hour with breaking news from the supreme court. in a major 8-1 decision, the court upheld a statute that bars people subjected to domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. joining us now, nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor. good morning. break this down for us, if you would. reporter: this is a supreme court saying there are limits to the second amendment and in this case if you are somebody who is found in violation of domestic violence laws, and restraining order, you can temporarily have your firearms and access to firearms be taken away from you. i think it is interesting here because as you said, it is an 8-1 opinion. we talk about the supreme court being a 6-3 conservative majority. here in this case, you had liberals and conservatives on the same side, with chief justice john roberts writing the majority opinion here. the one dissenter is ju
Crash on route 40 in hamilton township. The teens were on their way to a Charity Soccer game when police say a pickup truck crossed the centerline and set off a threevehicle crash. Good morning, im renee shenlt fa chenaultfattah. They are trying to provide assistance to thousands of workers out of a job after the closing of two more casinos. Live in Atlantic City, ted, what is being done to help these laid off workers . Reporter renee, good morning. To handle the extremely large number of people laid off all at once, a new resource opened this morning at the Atlantic City Convention Center. Weve seen hundreds of people arrive so far all looking for help. Help all these individuals find new employment. Reporter the center opened shortly after 9 00 this morning with a prayer for those who have lost their jobs. Organizers from unite here local 54 and the state of new jersey expect to assist more than 5,000 people over the next three days. Most from the just closed show boat and revel casi
With how the Sherriffs Department is searching for the shooter. Reporter you can see highway 85. It was at 1 00 p. M. When the officer heard a noise, his back window shattered. He realized his car was shot, that led to a investigation and a shut down of highway 85 with many questions unanswered. Reporter police wouldnt identify which marine was driving this car. Shattered windows. You see a car with three bullet holes in the drive side doors. He gets alerted, notices there is a pop from his window. Pulls over and quickly discovers that he has been shot at. More than once, multiple times. Reporter to answer the questions investigators shut down interstate 85. This is where the car was hit. The search was on for evidence. As you can see from news chopper 2 traffic was at stand still for an hour as investigators paced the freeway. While it is unclear where the shots came from the Sherriffs Department does not believe the driver was targeted because he is a u. S. Marine. He had a jacket on