officials of violating his rights by censoring his communication with the press the details from chiappe curiosity behind bars later in the show. it's tuesday january twenty eighth four pm in washington d.c. i'm lynn neary david you're watching r.t. america. we begin today with the gun violence in the u.s. over the weekend a mall shooting took place in columbia maryland a city located just outside of washington d.c. the shooting highlights the increase the increase in gun violence across america in recent years research released by yele school of medicine estimates that out of the over ten thousand kids shot in the u.s. in two thousand and nine at least one third of them died additionally according to a usa today report put out last month nine hundred thirty four people died in mass shootings over the past seven years that's only one percent of all gun related homicides and it's this high volume of shootings that makes the latest incident feel somewhat routine artie's making lopez was in columbia maryland and brings us the story. it's become an all too common scene in the u.s. less than