for commonsense gun violence prevention, with gabby giffords here in the chamber as our witness, democrats will stand ur ground. many of us just celebrated christmas. the birth of christ. and sharing in our humanity god enabled us to participate in divinity. y -- his this spark is acknowledged in every faith and tradition in recognizing the spark in others, we reaffirm it in ourself. honor it -- honoring it -- honoring that spark of divinity we're commanned to respect the dignity and worth of all of god's children and to work ogether for the common good. in that spirit i offer my congratulations to the speaker of this new congress, a proud son of wisconsin, paul ryan. paul ryan is a leader of principle, immersed in ideas, and gifted with experience. as we all know paul ryan has had the full breadth of experience on capitol hill from waiter to hill staffer to congressman, he went on to be a sincere and proud advocate for his point of view as chairman of the budget committee and chairman of the ways and means committee. in a place as demanding as the speakership, i know he gathers

, with gabby giffords here in the chamber as our witness, democrats will stand ur ground. many of us just celebrated christmas. the birth of christ. and sharing in our humanity god enabled us to participate in divinity. y -- his this spark is acknowledged in every faith and tradition in recognizing the spark in others, we reaffirm it in ourself. honor it -- honoring it -- honoring that spark of divinity we're commanned to respect the dignity and worth of all of god's children and to work ogether for the common good. in that spirit i offer my congratulations to the speaker of this new congress, a proud son of wisconsin, paul ryan. paul ryan is a leader of principle, immersed in ideas, and gifted with experience. as we all know paul ryan has had the full breadth of experience on capitol hill from waiter to hill staffer to congressman, he went on to be a sincere and proud advocate for his point of view as chairman of the budget committee and chairman of the ways and means committee. in a place as demanding as the speakership, i know he gathers strength daily from the family he loves so

common sense, gun violence prevention with gabby giffords here in the chamber as our witness, democrats will stand our ground. [ applause ] >> many of us just celebrated christmas, the birth of christ. in sharing in our humanity, god enabled us to participate in his divinity. this spark of divinity is acknowledged in every faith tradition. in recognizing the spark in others, we reaffirm it in ourselves, honoring it, that spark of divinity, we are commanded to respect the dignity and worth of all of god's children and to work together for the common good. [ applause ] >> in that spirit, i offer my congratulations to the speaker of this new congress, a proud son of wisconsin, paul ryan. [ applause ] >> paul ryan is a leader of principal, immersed in ideas and gifted with experience. as we all know, paul ryan has had the full breadth of experience on capitol hill from waiter to hill staffer to congressman, he went on to be a sincere and proud advocate for his point of view as chairman of the budget committee and chairman of the ways and means committee and in places demanding as

gabby gifford, the arizona congresswoman who was shot, who the obamas actually knew and had a lovely relationship with, or about the newtown massacre or about any of the other terrible events they confronted as president and first lady. i wanted to understand more about how a president and first lady copes with those things and is able to respond to them in public. the other thing i think to remember about your comment is that both obamas have been so viciously attacked during this administration. washington is such a polarized place and really has been throughout their administration. one thing that struck me in the last couple of weeks is that michelle obama right now in so many ways is at the height of public adulation. the good-byes to her as first lady have been so emotional. it's a -- the tribute you just paid to her. you're not alone in your feelings. and yet even as she feels all that public love she's subject to some really terrible attacks. i don't remember remember but trump's cocampaign chairman in new york recently unleashed a kind of breath-takingly vicious and pretty r

congresswoman gabby giffords. a lot of kids dreaming about being astronauts. >>> they went to astronomical hots. >> the dow opens above the 20,000 mark for the first time in history. >> it tells us it will go even higher. the markets have moved higher you can chalk it up to enthusiasm. there's your 20,000 on the dow. but keep in mind, the nasdaq and the s&p have hit all time highs as well. really the dow actually tells you the least. that's because the dow 30 industrial is only measuring 30 stocks. the move of one stock can affect the whole index. it gives stocks with higher prices more weight. gold man sacks is and apple are both measured on the dow the. apple is the more important company. it is worth more. it employs more people. but goldman's share price is higher. because of the way they calculate the dow index, goldman gets a lot of influence on the dow based on its price. >> elon musk supports rex tillerson as secretary of state and is is defending that opinion pointing out he did a good job running exxon. musk defended his relation donald trump saying attacking trump w

marks six years after the shooting targeting gabby gifford. six people were killed in the shooting. 13 were wounded including gifford. participants were invited to form a human embrace symbol that was photographed from the air. the photos will be turned into posters, whose sales will fund a future memorial. the shooter is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. >>> apple is about to celebrate a big birthday. tomorrow will be exactly 10 years since the late apple ceo steve jobs revealed the iphone to the world. jobs made the announcement in san francisco. the iphone quickly took off, fueling the age of smart phones and launching apple to become one of technology's biggest companies on the planet. last year, apple sales hit a wall but the company is set to deliver a new device in the fall. >>> coming up on kron 4 news at 10:00, the gusty winds causing a major problem for some people hiking on mount diablo. a hiker caught her experience all on camera. the video is coming up.>>> and i am meteorologist the ship. we are tracking and other system on the heels of this sy

cooper. there's paul mccartney, gabby giffords, mark kelly, john legend, sir paul mccartney i should say. robert deniro. what are they celebrating at the white house? there's kelly roland. >> they're celebrating, yes, and kelly was at the white house earlier today for the first lady's address. none of them will be invited back. donald trump doesn't need celebrities, remember? >> exactly. >> well -- >> they're excited. >> wow. look at that. last time they would get in the white house. this is quite different. how do you compare this bash to the upcoming inauguration? >> i mean, you know, the obamas had what, ten inaugural balls and trump saying he's going to have three. they're having trouble book talent to sing. it's totally different. that moment when beyonce was singing "at last" and president obama and the first lady were dancing, you know, it's hard to replicate that if you're not getting like "a" list celebrities. i think that people in this election proved that you know, people don't care about the celebrity contingent. they don't want to be told who to vote for that that's par

americans for responsible solutions which was organized by gabbi giffords and mark kelly a couple of years ago, and that merger, it's synergy in its greatest form because it gives us a much stronger platform to spread our message and it gives them the legal expertise they really need to accomplish their goals. so i think if anybody wants to talk more about that, i'm happy to discuss it with any of you. >> thanks, lindsay. if you guys are curious about your state and how your state's firearms law compare to other states, at the law center they have a great report card for all 50 states and the district of columbia? >> i'm not sure if we include -- >> maybe not the district of columbia. probably not guam or the northern mariana islands. yeah. check out the website. a lot of great information. thank you, lindsay. moving on, i actually just met penny yesterday? yesterday. but she comes highly recommended. i have heard wonderful, wonderful things about her so i was really exciting to get to know her. she has been working on gun violence since 2000 when she was a coordinator for volunteers

trump quickly tweeted thoughts and prayers for all. stay safe. former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords tweeted saddened by today's shooting in ft. lauderdale. thinking and praying for those impacted by this terrible tragedy. giffords, you remember, a victim of gun violence herself. she and her husband, astronaut mark kelly, were just on capitol hill two days ago meeting with lawmakers on reducing gun violence. >> kristen, thank you. >>> we have new details about a plane that crashed in lake erie killing six people. divers have located the wreckage, including a portion of the tail and the plane's cockpit voice recorder. the fuselage may have broken apart at some point. investigators hope the recording can help them figure out what happened. two ohio families were killed when it crashed while returning from a cleveland cavaliers game last week. >>> president-elect donald trump got his official briefing today on the investigation of russian hacking during the presidential election. >> this as we're learning more about just what was in that report. abc news reporter karen travers

, with gabby giffords here in the chamber as our witness, democrats will stand our round. host: that was the start of the 115th congress. anglo is next, connecticut, democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. i just wanted to say something about the democrats are supposed to be so bad, but yet back in the 1940's, roosevelt gave them, you know, social security. back in 1965, the democrats gave them medicare. republicans have been crying since before then how giving the people something would just destroy the country. well, it hasn't yet. a man comes along, obama, they didn't give him a shot for eight years. they didn't give this guy a shot for eight years, but yet he straightened out wall street for crying out loud. who made the money? republicans always made the money. republicans will always make the money. with people behind him like fox, murdoch, and people like in the house right now in the senate, these senators, they didn't work with this guy for eight years, and all of a sudden they want to work. you know, it's just too bad that people don't have common sense in this

if there is an attempt to silence our voices for commonsense gun violence prevention, with gabby giffords here in the chamber as our witness, democrats will stand ur ground. many of us just celebrated christmas. the birth of christ. and sharing in our humanity god enabled us to participate in divinity. y -- his this spark is acknowledged in every faith and tradition in recognizing the spark in others, we reaffirm it in ourself. honor it -- honoring it -- honoring that spark of divinity we're commanned to respect the dignity and worth of all of god's children and to work ogether for the common good. in that spirit i offer my congratulations to the speaker of this new congress, a proud son of wisconsin, paul ryan. paul ryan is a leader of principle, immersed in ideas, and gifted with experience. as we all know paul ryan has had the full breadth of experience on capitol hill from waiter to hill staffer to congressman, he went on to be a sincere and proud advocate for his point of view as chairman of the budget committee and chairman of the ways and means committee. in a place as dem