Wednesday, April 12, 2023
The 7
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🗓️ 12 April 2023
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Wednesday briefing: Louisville shooting body-camera footage; Colorado River cuts; Indiana fire; outdoor exercise benefits; and more
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| 0:00.0 | We have an update on the Louisville shooting and the EPA just proposed its toughest |
| 0:06.7 | vehicle emissions limits ever. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm Jeff Pierre and this is the seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:12.6 | It's Wednesday, April 12. |
| 0:14.9 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:18.4 | First up, police release body cam footage of the Louisville shooting a gunman fatally shot five of his coworkers at a bank on Monday |
| 0:30.1 | The video was released yesterday. It shows a firefight that left one officer in critical condition. |
| 0:36.0 | The 25-year-old shooter was killed by police. |
| 0:39.0 | Authorities say that he carried out the attack with an AR-15 |
| 0:42.0 | that he legally purchased six days earlier. |
| 0:45.9 | The AR-15 is the best-selling rifle in the U.S. and 10 of the worst mass shooting since 2012 |
| 0:52.0 | have involved AR-15s. |
| 0:54.5 | In related news, Tennessee's Republican governor Bill Lee signed an executive order yesterday |
| 0:59.4 | attempting to strengthen background checks for gun purchases. |
| 1:02.9 | The state is still grieving from a school shooting in Nashville last month that left six people |
| 1:06.9 | dead. |
| 1:10.9 | Number two, the U.S. outlined drastic options yesterday for cutting water use from the Colorado River. |
| 1:17.0 | The river supplies water for tens of millions of people in the West, |
| 1:21.0 | but there's not enough to go around after decades of drought. |
| 1:24.8 | U.S. officials are mandating unprecedented cuts this summer, but states can't agree on what |
| 1:29.4 | those should look like. |
| 1:31.1 | A government report yesterday outlines some options. One option would be |
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