he's now a member of the tucson area school board.for having us. >> i want to start with you, daniel. i know you were here in washington just this week participating in meetings to try to reinvigorate the conversation over gun safety. tell me what was the reaction that you got? >> you know, we were getting a lot of the same kind of messages that we've been getting for a long time from people saying, don't turn this into something political. let's wait. but the reality is, this is not something that is just happening every couple of months as it is happening with navy yard or tucson or aurora or elk creek. there's this urgency those of us who are victims and family members of victims are trying to press that we can't keep waiting. this is a huge health and safety issue we need to start addressing right away. >> there was a story of some of the survivors talking about the need to be more graphic to try to get people's attention because of waning sort of attention on this issue. and actually the mother of one of the victims was on with d

. >> he says he sold a $1,400 engine to a guy in tucson, arizona. this guy. but the buyer claims that the engine wasn't what he was expecting so he called up his credit card company, cancelled payment but never shipped back the engine. so this guy is ticked. he tried for months and months and months and tried to get him to send this lump of an engine back. so he decides to take it into his own hands. >> this is the thief that stole our engine right here. calling the cops. >> get away from my car, please. >> there's a bit of a confrontation out on the street. the guy who he claims is thethe on the phone with police. >> where's my engine? give me my engine and we'll go. >> the police did show up. the guy from tem ek u la says i have this paper work saying the engine belongs to me. so his ducks are in a row. in this guy's garage, they check the vin numbers against their paperwork. these guys bought a pickup truck, engine lift, hook it up and off they go. >> the cops basically said give this guy their engine back? >> we reached out to tucson police and they said

do you know how hot it is in tucson? it is like being a solar reflector.rtiests were wearing sleeve shirts and they could smoke and drink and do whatever they want. they wouldn't even let them change the habits for white ones. they must've been miserable. and they were taught to be very there were large class sizes and they were beating the children. it was very frightening. there are a lot of nuns right now who are my heroes. there is a woman down in new orleans that is really close friends with karen and they don't have any property tax down there, so there is no money for the government to help poor people. sister jane is the only one down there dealing with hunger and homelessness. and she walks the walk. she helps people every single day. my experience with those , it doesn't apply to all nuns. are in it and they really did the right thing. you, hasportant, to your faith been? have you wavered in that? where do you find yourself now? >> i call myself a recovering catholic. your basic atheist that believes that i am a spiritual atheist. i don't believe

he was an agent for almost 10 years in the tucson sector. disturbed by what he described as a pattern of cruelty among his colleagues withholding food from migrants in custody, needless crowding, name-calling he started reporting abuses to his superiors. he says he was met with silence, framed, and eventually forced to resign. >> no one from the u.s. border patrol, office of inspector general, u.s. attorney's office, customs and border protection, dhs, congress has reached out to me. this a senior border patrol agent, one of their guys, reporting observed abuses of detained migrants. what do you think they're going to do when it's an outsider? >> do you feel as though allowing those less serious forms of abuses paves the way for the more lethal officer involved cases. >> when they see there is no consequence for misdeeds, they think, "if i get myself into a situation out in the field i can do whatever the hell i want.". and what you see is the delay tactic answers such as "the investigations are on-going" and "pending." and what eventually h

hood, tucson, aurora, sandy hook and now the washington navy yard. these tragedies are just somehow the way it is, that this is somehow the new normal. we can't accept this. >>> meanwhile, the nra's wayne lapierre is pushing for more armed guards. on "meet the press" he reiterated comments he made following the newtown shooting. >> the whole country, david, knows the problem there weren't enough good guys with guns. when good guys got there, it stopped. >> a dramatic rescue now in california courtesy of the u.s. coast guard. the rising tide and choppy waters made the trail unhikable and their only option was to bring each woman up in a basket one by one. as you can see it did not go without tense moments. one of the women was swept in the water. but the two others quickly pulled her out of the rough tide. all three hikers are thankfully okay this morning. >>> a night of big wins and sometimes big upsets at the 65th annual prime time emmy awards. nbc's stephanie stanton reports from los angeles. >> "breaking bad." [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter:

january 2011, tucson, arizona, six killed. and former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords severely injured. november 2009, texas, 13 killed. 29 wounded. april 2007, virginia tech, 32 killed by one shooter, the worse mass shooting in u.s. history. >> question, president obama on tuesday says if voters want gun legislation to get passed in congress, they should focus attention on congress. president obama highlighted of today's congress in order to deflect attention from joe biden. >> there are lot of gun laws on the books right now that aren't properly enforced. to ask congress to pass more laws when we are not making sure, you know, gun checks are taking into account people's mental health history -- [ talking at the same time ] >> do you remember joe biden being tasked with this -- [ talking at the same time ] >> it didn't evaporate. they were all voted down except one and that had to do with mental health -- [ talking at the same time ] >> if i could finish, ron barber who was injured when gabrielle giffords was shot, s

tucson. aurora. sandy hook. and now the washington navy yard. and these mass shootings occur against a backdrop of daily tragedies. as an epidemic of gun violence tears apart communities across america. from the streets of chicago to neighborhoods not far from here. and so once again we remember our fellow americans who were just going about their day. doing their jobs. doing what they loved. in this case, the unheralded work that keeps our country strong and our navy the finest fleet in the world. these patriots doing their work that they were so proud of and have now been taken away from us by unspeakable violence. once more, we come together to mourn the lives of beauty and to comfort the wonderful families who cherished them. once more, we pay tribute to all who rushed towards the danger, who risked their lives so others might live and who are in our prayers today, including officer scott williams. once more, our hearts are broken. once more, we ask why. once more, we seek strength and wisdom through god's grace. you and your families, this

in tucson, the gabby giffords shooting, six dead. and, and, and, a and. fbi definition of mass murder in which a killer takes four other people's lives, whether or not the killer takes his own life in the incident. most of those i just mentioned are not famous. whenever there is one that is shocking enough or big enough to be famous, it rises close to becoming a policy matter, close enough to becoming a policy matter that leaders do get asked about it. after yesterday's mass hooting which the fbi siz was committed by a young man who was acting alone. after that one, that one is big enough and famous enough to rise to the level that our leaders get asked about it. president obama was asked about it tate. he was asked whether we should stop hoping whether this kind of thing will ever get any better. >> are we condemned to live in a country where massacres are just part and parcel of our daily existence? >> we don't have to be. and the overwhelming majority of the american people understand that there's some common sense gun safety laws that we can put in pl

. >> that was in tucson. >> in the tucson shooting, a 63-year-old woman whom i have met stopped the shooterm reloading. obviously, horrible things had already been done, but additional horrible things were not done because he needed to reload. so reloading after 15 rounds to me is -- that's a big number. i mean, a revolver is going to have six shots in it before you've got to reload. >> internalize it to make it something that appeals to you. but when you anecdotalize, when you use incidents like arizona or sandy hook or in your own state, aurora, you have to balance that anecdote against the statistical evidence that s.e. and i are sitting here share wug i don't. it isn't just us. this is the cdc. this is the national institute for justice. you must reconcile your laws with the goal you want the to achieve and balance that against our your right was determined when we could shoot one at a time and now you can shoot 15. i haven't infringed on your rights. >> i'm guessing my rights were crystallize in the 1776 and they haven't advanced? >> a few more questions. i appreciate your passion and

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my family have been through this, the families of the people that lost loved ones in tucson have been through this, we know the pain and grief that's going on and i want to stepped stepp my condition dole lenses. as to the question about good guys with govern, i don't know if that's the answer. i'm focused on two parts. on the mental health piece and then on the background check.'m. on the mental health piece and then on the background check.f . i'm focused on two parts. on the mental health piece and then on the background check.th. i'm focused on two parts. on the mental health piece and then on the background check. i think we can move forward on both of those and i have a bill in play in the house, it has a companion piece in the senate called mental health first aid act which really is an attempt to increase public knowledge and awareness of mental health issue so is we can get people into treatment before something terrible happens because they're melting dupe own or going over edge. we can treat people well and we just needed to make sure we identify them and get to them earlie

it's the afternoon of february 5th, 2009, in tucson, arizona. a home surveillance camera captures a chrysler 300 driving leisurely along this quiet street, but the occupants of the vehicle are not out for a casual drive. they're out for something more sinister. detective e.j. gueron. >> you can see the suspect's car drive by the house, by the resident. >> instead of proceeding down the block, the car stops abruptly. >> you see it stop as if it's casing the place. the garage is open. it appears the suspect sees this and sees it as an opportunity to commit the crime. >> within an instant, the car screeches around the corner and pulls into the driveway. four men jump out and guns draw. >> the homeowner's standing inside the garage and senses trouble, but instead of giving in, he decides to take matters into his own hands. >> he gets inside the house. he's able to keep them out. he does see the gun, gets in and is able to get access to the firearm and fire back. they shoot at the house and the subjects take off. some on foot. the other leaving in th

we've shown you the images of senator john mccain getting push-back from his constituents in tucson. abc's senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny starting us off from the white house tonight. >> reporter: in the most consequential campaign of his second term, tonight, president obama is losing. his bid to launch limited military strikes against syria, colliding with a wave of public apprehension and congressional opposition. syrian president bashar assad issued a new denial tonight of using chemical weapons and in an interview with charlie rose, airing monday night on pbs, assad is quoted as pledging some kind of retaliation, if a strike is made. this, as the white house is mounting an unprecedented 48-hour push to make its case. the president's chief of staff appearing on all five sunday talk shows. >> i've been talking to dozens of members of congress, not a single one of them so far has rebutted the intelligence. should there be consequences for his having used gases, chemical weapons, to kill more than 1,000 of his own people, including more than 400 children? >> reporter: t

president i have now grieved with five american communities ripped apart by mass violence: fort hood, tucson, aurora, sandy hook, and now the watthewashington navy yard. these mass shootings occur against the backdrop of daily tragedies as an epidemic of gun violence tears across communities of america from the streets of chicago to neighborhoods not far from here. >> the president noted that in other countries notebly the u.k. and australia, when there had been mass shootings, there has been changes made to the law to minimize the chances of it happening again. but that has not happened here he said. he said there was a fear of a sense of resignation that this was a new normal because our politics are frozen. there are people with very differing opinions on gun control, among them wayne lapierre, who spoke on the sunday talk shows. he blamed the security and he said it was a weak criminal justice system and weak mental health system which do not flag people with mental problems and keep them off the streets. it's a debate which is sure to grow hotter in the weeks to come. >> certainly, gean

president i have now grieved with five american community ripped apart by mass violence: fort hood, tucson aurora, sandy hook, and now the washington navy yard. these mass shootings occur against the backdrop of daily tragedies, as an epidemic of gun violence tears apart communities across america from the streets of chicago to neighborhoods not far from here. and so once again we remember our fellow americans, who are just going about their day, doing their jobs, doing what they loved. in this case, the unheralded work that keeps our country strong and the navy the finest fleet in the world. these patriots doing the work that they were so proud of now taken away from us by unspeakable violence. once more we come together to mourn the lives of beauty and comfort the wonderful families who cherish them. once more we pay tribute to all who rushed towards the danger, who risked their lives so others might live, and who are in our prayers today including officer scott williams. once more our hearts are broken. once more we ask why. once more we seek strength and wisdom through god's grace. you

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we'll talk to tucson shooting survivor turned member of congress ron barber. meanwhile on capitol hill, cruise control or controls. it's house republicans versus the senate conservatives as the tea party drive to defund the president's health care law hits speaker boehner against the texas senator named ted cruz. plus with the senate set to consider caroline kennedy, a look at the intersection between policy and how it compares. good morning, it's thursday, september 19th. we'll begin with more that we're learning about the red flags surrounding the alleged gun map aaron alexis and the days and weeks before monday's massacre at the washington navy yard.map aaron alexis and the days and weeks before monday's massacre at the washington navy yard. the investigation is complete on site. building 197 is mostly reopened. but the probe into alexis' background is just beginning. he sought help as recently as august. he visited two va hospitals and complained of insomnia and was given a generic anti-depressant. when questioned, he denied depression. the doctors were no

the tucson shooter slipped through the background check system.ighten it up, you'll have less opportunity for folks to do this kind of thing. >> in all fairness, the average nra member probably has a low crime rate. probably a very low violence rate. yet their positions on the constitution and their strict abhorrence of any type of gun safety law allows people who are the bad people or crazy people or dangerous people to get those guns. that's a fact. >> we talked about this before, but the interesting thing about the nra is there's a big divide between what reign and the nra leadership are trying to do in washington and what the average nra member is. >> you say that. i know the politics you're expressing here, mark. good try. but if they didn't want them as their leaders, they wouldn't be paying them. sam, your thoughts about this. be objective here. i think it requires objectivity that the average nra person is as law-abiding. my brother's a big gun guy. wouldn't kill a deer in a million years. a good buy, but he supports gun rights to the last

. >> we moved out here with the team from tucson and that was 30 some years ago. >> reporter: have been coming to games and tailgating ever since. >> it kind of ends the era where we were killed coming up doing this. >> it's a very sad time because it's been in this area for so long and now it's going to move away. and awful these people who have supported the team all of these years are now being shut out. >> reporter: rich memories, richer food and drink. >> joe montana, jerry rice. we're going to miss everybody. we're going to miss candlestick. it's con convenient. >> reporter: game day parking has an industry for the candlestick neighbors. they'll miss it but will the tailgaters miss the often windy and cold old stadium? >> if time to bring out change. >> reporter: the last season here say they already have new tickets for the new stadium. >> i'm looking forward to earn there and it will be a different experience. >> reporter: out with the old and in with the knew. >>> talk about change some time after the season ends it will be ohm loaded to make way way for a shopping center. >>>

more clues and moisture from phoenix to vegas, flagstaff, tucson northward. medford could be one of the hottest spots out there at 95. tuesday, betty, look at portland and oregon up to 91 and those 90-degree days are numbered. if you like the heat, you know, tomorrow may be one of the last ones for you. >> where do you see that ever? >> doesn't happen often. >> thank you, bill. >>> well, vin diesel muscled his way into the top spot at the movies this weekend. "riddick" won the first post-summer movie over the weekend with over $18 million. >>> the new game show "the million second quiz" makes its highly anticipated debut right here on nbc. host ryan seacrest heads up the live interactive contest where players on set and online have a shot of taking a seat in the money chair and winning millions. >>> arsenio hall is back after a 19-year absence. the '90s talk show giant debuts his new syndicated program tonight, which could create more historic moments like this when a then candidate bill clinton showed off his charisma with a saxophone. >>> according to "the

tucson. aurora. sandy hook. and now, the washington navy yard. these tragedies are just somehow the way it is. that this is somehow the new normal. we can't accept this. >> the nra's wayne lapierre is pushing for tougher security and more armed guards. he reituated the comments he said after the newtown shooting. >> when the good guys with guns got there, it stopped. >>> a dramatic rescue in california, courtesy of the u.s. coast guard. the chop ya waters made the trail impassable for three days sunday. so, the coast guard's option was to bring each of the women up in a basket one by one. one woman was swept into the water. but the two others pulled her out of the tide. all three hikers are thankfully okay this morning. >>> a night of big wins. and big upsets at the 65th annual primetime emmy awards. >> "breaking bad." >> reporter: a week before saying good-bye, the cable series "breaking bad" picked up its first emmy as best drama. also part of "breaking bad's" big night. >> anna gunn as best supporting actress. but gunn's co-star missed out for

tucson, same for you. vegas, 93.e finally cooled it off in boise and salt lake city after a very hot summer. even areas of central california have cooled it off. today's a nice day. it looks like that storm in the northwest will be moving in in the days ahead. that's ydiego either. enjoy. this is it. this is probably as beautiful as we'll get for awhile. >> you said it, my friend. looks really great in the west today. >>> coming up for you, a good story of good karma. remember that homeless man who turned in a backpack with $42,000? just wait until you hear what he's getting in return now. "early today" is back in two minutes. >>> welcome back. clicking the like button on facebook is protected free speech under the constitution so says an appeal court in virginia. the judge said clicking like can be considered the 21st century equivalent of a yard sale. they fired a political sheriff for supporting someone in 2009. >>> an 8-month-old old baby can be named messiah. the judge reversed the lower court decision that said

daniel hernndez ayud a salvarle la vida a la congresista gaby giffords durante la horrenda balacera en tucsonisladores que acten. s/randy serrano aunque existen medidas sobre el control de armas en varias jurisdicciones del país, estos activistas dicen que no pararan de ponerle presión al congreso hasta no ver una legislación universal que regule la compra y venta de armas en todos los estados. s/daniel hernandez, activista "personas que no pueden comprar armas en un estado lo compran en otro y luego lo traen y hacen un crimen en un lugar. queremos asegurarnos que tengamos la misma ley alrededor del país". aunque un 73% del pas apoya medidas sobre el control de armas, el senado rechaz una ley que hubiera ampliado el sistema de revisin de antecedentes criminales y hubiera eliminado armas automticas de alta capacidad. en abril, cuatro meses despus de la matanza en la --a solo 2 semanas que el puente de la bahia tuviera que cerrar, se reporta que podria clausurarse otro puente. vo --esta vez seria el puente "golden gate" ya que es muy probable que se tengan que efectuar trabajos de construccion

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los angeles to phoenix, tucson to el paso, up to houston. flynn: it's the i-10.g off the highway to find his victims. bingo. do you have any dna matches? [ telephone rings ] no law-enforcement agency's entered any dna into the national database on this guy. chief? agent howard. oh. thank you. pardon me. here she is. thanks. hey. you ready for more info on your el paso car? oh, fritzi, how can i thank you? wait until your dad and charlie leave, and i'll come up with something wholly inappropriate. mejores motors only sold one vintage red mustang in the last two years to a jeffrey webb of el paso who recently relocated to los angeles. faxing everything over to you right now. oh, fritzi, thank you so much. i'll see you tonight. tao: besides the mustang, dmv records show that jeffrey webb has six cars registered to him, all purchased in texas. he's also been having serious marital issues -- multiple restraining orders. wife describes a volatile temper and physical abuse. chief, webb's definitely not inside. we're rinsing the drains for blood now. we checked the garba

this happened in tucson with jerod loeffler. i think his mother said that he was clearly psychotic. she could not do anything or was told we cannot do anything to pick him up to treat him or incarcerate him. until he does something. so you have to kill until you are treated. that is the tragedy at the root of this. >> this is my swiss army knife. i cannot walk into a government building with this. how did this guy get a shotgun onto the navy yard, a major military facility? that is all.ag, he had a past that allowed him in. >> don't they have metal detectors? >> we cannot limit the inquiry two things we have just talked about. consider the absurdity of this. a few days ago he goes into a gun shop in virginia across the bridge and he wants to buy a pistol. allow youw will not to sell a handgun because you are out of state, but we can sell you a shotgun. so he has a shotgun. happy days. isn't that absurd? nots i understand, you do need a secret security clearance to have access to the naval base. there are 16,000 people to go in there every day. that is why they do not have metal dete

six at a sikh temple in wisconsin. 12 in aurora. 6 in tucson. 13 at fort hood. 32 killed at virginia tech. now 12 here in washington, brian. >> tom costello rounding out our coverage tonight in washington, d.c. tom, thanks. >>> now to the other front we are covering tonight and have been for days on end. we shift our coverage to boulder, colorado, where today they officially set the all-time record for rainfall. it has resulted in a desperate situation there, as you know. the latest numbers from there are grim. seven people confirmed or presumed dead. at least 19,000 homes destroyed or damaged to say nothing of the estimated 30 bridges that are out. most urgently, hundreds of people are still officially unaccounted for. in a moment, an extraordinary view of it all from just above the unfolding situation. but first the very latest from the ground against this fight against water in boulder, colorado. our national correspondent kate snow is there for us tonight. kate, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. it is believed to be the most massive aerial search and rescue effort s