one of the climbers putting his arms up in a v? reporter: it was terrifically exciting because for a while today we thought they may not finish. they were moving so slowly early in the day, it looked like they may not finish this before dark. and they were committed to getting over daylight so if they didn t finish, about the time they did 3:00 or so this afternoon, it s starting to get dark here now. they finished just in time and it was a big crowd waiting for them, friends and family at the top. lots of cheers up there, as well. so we are happy to have it over with. wheel hear from them tomorrow morning. with all the video they have been releasing this was a social media phenomenon, too. there s going to be a heck of a documentary about this. reporter: indeed. there were cameramen climbing along with them. the camera crews doing it the easy way, easy perhaps, but climbing on ropes, documenting this whole climb. so it should be a good movie when we see it. john blac
it was a moment for the president to focus on the victims, the survivors, the families, but new behind-the-scenes video shows it still comes back to him. the video from the president s visit to el paso where 22 people are dead and more than two dozen injured, eight still in the hospital. cnn white house correspondent kaitlin collins is live for us at the white house. if you would, tell bus this new video and what it shows. reporter: if you remember the white house didn t let cameras into the hospital because they didn t want it to turn into a photo opportunity though they did release videos of their own. now we re getting a look at what the president said beyond those videos that came from the white house. this is coming from someone who was inside the hospital where at the beginning of this video, the president thanked the medical staff for their response, their quick response to that shooting, but then the president quickly pivoted to talking about himself. i was here t
no. just checking. hello everyone. the nra has a new warning for president trump. we ll look at how it is reportedly trying to stop him from moving on background checks. we ll show you brand new polling on where americans stand on that very issue. we have new details on the heart wrenching story from mississippi. an i.c.e. raid pulls 680 workers from their jobs, leaving their children, who are at their very first day of school, behind. we ll go inside the community and speak with the superintendent of the school where many of those kids learned about their parents arrests. unbelievable. plus a new child sexual abuse crisis. this time it s the boy scouts of america. a new lawsuit identifies 350 predator scout masters and claims the organization is hiding a pedophile epidemic. we ll speak to one of those attorneys on the case. today president trump and the entire nation are still grappling with how to tackle the ongoing gun violence epidemic after the mass shooti
gene is bringing a little bit of dignity to the show. a little mean. mean, but accurate. that s what we strive for. freaks and geeks. i love any category that donny is in. a fair assessment. we have serious stuff to get to. police in missouri arrested a man yesterday after he brandished a loaded tactical style rifle inside a walmart. a 20-year-old man was taken in to custody within three minutes of police receiving panicked calls to the springfield missouri, walmart. he recorded himself walking through the store when the manager pulled the fire alarm. that s according to our local affiliate station and then the suspect made his way out the emergency exit where an off duty firefighter held him at gunpoint in the parking lot until police arrived. the suspect seen here was wearing a bulletproof vest. he had more than 100 rounds of ammunition on him. police still determining a motive. but say the man s intent was to quote obviously cause chaos. no shots were fired, th