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CNN.com – The Lead with Jake TapperThe Lead with Jake Tapper Pediatrician Describes “Carnage” Of The Uvalde School Shooting; Gymnast Sexually Assaulted By Larry NASSAR Seek $1 Billion Plus From FBI Over Mishandling Of Investigation; Gymnast Sexually Assaulted By Larry NASSAR Seek $1 Billion Plus From FBI Over Mishandling Of Investigation; NFL Assistant Coach Calls Jan. 6 Capitol Attack A “Dust-Up” Despite ongoing talks on Capitol Hill, today, it is still illegal in most states for an 18 year old to buy a semiautomatic weapon. CNN’s Josh Campbell went to a gun range to show us just what such a weapon can do. (BEGIN VIDEO TAPE) JOSH CAMPBELL, CNN SECURITY CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They are known as ASSAULT style weapons and have been used in some of the country’s deadliest shootings from Uvalde, Tulsa and El Paso to Parkland, San Bernardino and Sandy Hook, the high powered ASSAULT rifle has been the weapon of choice. for many of the killers. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Light (ph) is hot. CAMPBELL (voice-over): The Los Angeles Police Department demonstrates an AR style semiautomatic rifle for us on the department’s gun range. SGT. JAMES ZBORAVAN, LOS ANGELES POLICE: You have a 16 inch to 20 inch barrel, you have a stock that is shouldered, you’re going to be accurate at farther distances, as opposed to a pistol. CAMPBELL (voice-over): Not to mention like some other weapons it can fire a bullet with enough power to appear soft body armor something Sergeant James Zboravan knows firsthand. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Jesus, it’s a definitely an automatic weapon. CAMPBELL (voice-over): He took ASSAULT weapons fire during the now infamous 1997 North Hollywood shootout where to bank robbers wearing body armor fired on police for nearly an hour, injuring eight people and 12 officers including Sergeant ZBORAVAN: You’re being hit with pieces of the vehicles we were hiding behind, asphalt. radiator fluid felt like we’re being stung by bees. CAMPBELL (voice-over): That shooting changed policy, prompting the LAPD and other departments to upgrade their own weaponry to counter the increasingly powerful guns used by assailants. You see this temporary cavity here happening, so that expansion is what happens in the body and then it collapses down. So that’s where your damage comes in. CAMPBELL (voice-over): Now watch as the team fires around from an ASSAULT rifle. BIR: We see a lot more disruption. This round actually breaks apart, it doesn’t exit. So, it’s about 3,000 feet per second and all of that energy goes into the soft tissue. We have a piece of plastic here to reflect to do the videos and it actually lifted the plastic up off the table with the energy. CAMPBELL (voice-over): An aftermath photo of the handgun rounds shows a relatively straight line through the tissue exiting the other side, but not so with the round from an AR-15. BIR: It basically goes into the body and creates an explosion inside the body. CAMPBELL (voice-over): Trauma surgeons say the wound from an ASSAULT rifle can be catastrophic. DR. CHETHAN SATHYA, PEDIATRIC TRAUMA SURGEON: And the worst part is in a child, all the vital organs are that much closer together, so each of those bullets causes, you know, irreversible damage. CAMPBELL (voice-over): In Uvalde, Texas, families were asked for DNA swabs to help the authorities identify their children. The gun can jam or the suspect could be engaged by law enforcement or bystanders. [17:05:04] (voice-over): Knowing the damage that sustained firepower can do, researchers hope their critical findings lead to awareness. (on camera): Regardless of where one comes down on the gun control debate, it’s indisputable that the ASSAULT weapon causes significant damage inside the body. BIR: Definitely, but this is the reality. This is what’s happening. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, thanks so much. Appreciate it. Gold Medalist Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney and others are among the gymnasts seeking a billion dollars from the FBI for their agents having ignored the sexual ABUSE complaints and allegations against Larry NASSAR, the next step in the gymnasts’ long fight for justice. Then the eyebrow raising comments from an NFL assistant coach about January 6. Why the House Select Committee might want to pay attention. Kaitlan Collins, thanks so much. Appreciate it. Searching for justice, what will it take for the people meant to protect us gymnasts to be held accountable for allowing Dr. Larry to continue to sexually ABUSE hundreds of gymnasts. Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney, they’re trying to find out. Stay with us. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) [17:23:59] TAPPER: In our sports lead, the biggest scandal in the history of athletics. Today, more than 90 women and girls sexually abused by convicted child molester and former team USA GYMNASTICS Dr. Larry NASSAR are seeking more than a billion dollars from the FBI. The gymnasts say that investigators could have ended NASSAR’S ABUSE and protected them and other victims had FBI agents not mishandled the case. Claimants include Olympic champions Simone Biles and Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney, each of whom have submitted claims for $50 million. And as CNN’s Jean Casarez reports for us now, authorities now has six months to settle those claims before a lawsuit can be filed in federal court. (BEGIN VIDEO TAPE) JEAN CASAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The FBI on official notice. SIMONE BILES, GYMNAST: We have been failed and we deserve answers. CASAREZ (voice-over): Ninety female athletes victimized by disgraced Dr. Larry NASSAR, seeking more than a billion dollars in damages from the agency and administrative claims are a required step before a lawsuit can be filed. [17:25:00] BILES: I blame Larry NASSAR and I also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his ABUSE. CASAREZ (voice-over): The FBI Indianapolis field office was notified in 2015 that NASSAR, a longtime team doctor for U.S. Olympic GYMNASTICS, and MICHIGAN STATE University had sexually abused female gymnasts. MCKAYLA MARONEY, GYMNAST: I then proceeded to tell them about London and how he’d signed me up last on his sheet so he could molest me for hours twice a day. I told him- I told them how he molested me right before I won my team gold medal. CASAREZ (voice-over): The FBI interviewed the athletes, but according to an inspectors general report senior officials, quote, “failed to respond with the utmost seriousness and urgency, made numerous errors” and failed to, quote, “take steps to mitigate the ongoing threat posed by NASSAR. MAGGIE NICHOLS, GYMNAST: I am haunted by the fact that even after I reported my ABUSE so many women and girls had to suffer at the hands of Larry NASSAR. CASAREZ (voice-over): The Inspector General also found the FBI Supervisory Special Agent made false statements to investigators “in an effort to minimize or excuse his errors.” MARONEY: What is the point of reporting ABUSE if our own FBI agents are going to take it upon themselves to bury that report in. a drawer? CASAREZ (voice-over) was convicted in 2017 and sentenced up to 175 years in state prison. ALY RAISMAN, GYMNAST: Imagine feeling like you have no power and no voice. Well, you know what, Larry, I have both power and voice and I’m only beginning to just use them. And every time you hear about this, every time we talked about it, Jean’s report, you just get angry all over again. What this nation failed to do for these women, forget for a moment that they’re heroes and you’re cheering for them and so red, white and blue and they’re winning Olympic gold medals and they’re great role models for your kids, forget all of that, just American women, girls and women to. be failed so miserably by everything, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, USA GYMNASTICS, Justice Department, the FBI, and it was two weeks ago, the Justice Department decided, Jake, not just prosecute the two FBI agents who so egregiously just basically tabled this horrifying news that they heard in 2015 allowing perhaps. another 100 women to be abused by Larry before anyone woke up to what they were hearing in Indianapolis before making a phone call to Michigan. The most basic FBI work failed to do it and then the Justice Department fails to prosecute them. This is why we’re seeing this lawsuit today. TAPPER: Take a listen to what three time Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman told me last year. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) RAISMAN: I think there needs to be an investigation of the FBI, USAG and USOPC and also looking at the interplay among all three organizations. Because if we don’t have answers, then we’re relying on guesswork and people that enabled our ABUSE might still be in positions of power. [17:30:00] So saying that you’re sorry, or we will never forget this will happen again, it’s not enough. Those are just empty promises. (END VIDEO CLIP) TAPPER: It’s really interesting that she cited in that interview three organizations that she wanted there to be an investigation of. One was USA- the USA Olympic Committee, one was USA GYMNASTICS, and the third was the FBI. BRENNAN: Right. Right. All new leadership of the USOPC. A lot of the bad people are gone, the people that were involved in this. USA GYMNASTICS has had about four different leaders, obviously, still concerned about that, but there has been a change. I’m not saying it’s over, but there have been new- there are new people. The FBI, though, again, one was let go of the two agents who blew it back in 2015. One was let go, the other retired. And these women continue to have to fight. And when they do this, Jake, as you know, they talk about how this plunges them back, once again, into the horrors of Larry NASSAR. So we, as a nation, are making them relive this so that they can fight these battles, and hopefully get justice in the end. TAPPER: Yes, they are fighting these battles for future generations of boys and girls.
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White Law PLLC was founded to provide more personalized representation to clients facing legal dilemmas. Whether you have an issue that is complex or relatively straightforward, any legal matter can have a significant impact on your life. Our team of experienced lawyers based in Okemos, Michigan, strive to deliver outstanding legal services that exceed your expectations. We utilize our extensive legal knowledge and the latest in technology to bring you effective and proven solutions to your legal issues.