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those allegations. and now to today's 20th anniversary of the brady bill. in a week where we've seen progressive forces push back against potentially discriminatory bills in arizona and other states, and where recent headlines indicate that despite another potential repeal vote, obamacare isn't quite the rallying cry for republicans once was, events mashirking tods anniversary remind us that effective gun control is one area where the progressive movement still struggles for a foothold. signed by president clinton in november of 1993, the bill itself took six years of politics to pass. 13 if you start counting from the attempted assassination of president reagan. but once it did pass, the number of lives saved can be calculated by the number of gun sales blocked. the brady center to prevent gun violence reports that more than 2 million gun sales to people who failed their background checks have been blocked in the past two decades. that includes more than a million would-be sales to felons and more than a quarter million to domestic abusers. that's the good news. but efforts to close gun show and internet loopholes which account for about 40% of gun sales have failed. and speaking at an anniversary event today, nancy pelosi pointed out it's not because background checks are unpopular. >> if we take this bill up on the floor, it will pass. the votes are there. the american people are more than there. >> last year, johns hopkins university researchers found universal background checks are popular across the board with a vast majority of both gun owners and nra members saying basically yes, we approve. that poll was conducted shortly after the december 2012 mass shootings in connect the cut that killed 26 children and adults at sandy hook elementary. after that tragedy, progressives and others thought effective gun control was pretty much inevitable. instead of bipartisan bill introduced in the senate by pennsylvania republican pat toomey and west virginia democrat joe manchin failed to pass a critical hurdle in the legislative process. and that's despite getting more than 50 votes. in fact, the "new york times" reports that last year the gun control movement actually lost ground. 109 state laws passed, 70 of them loosening restrictions primarily on things like concealed carry. if anything, the obama years have been for the business in the gun industry very, very good. and according to the atf, the number of guns manufactured in president obama's first term alone nearly equals the number manufactured in president bush's two terms. as an editor for a pro gun magazine told business week, barack obama is the stimulus package for the firearms industry. the program director for moms who demand action, which was formed in the wake of the newtown tragedy. jennifer, quantify for us in your view the impact that the brady law has had on the u.s. since it was passed. >> well, it's impossible to quantity guy the effect because goodness knows how many lives have been saved. as you you mentioned, more than 2.1 million dangerous people, fell on, domestic abusers, other folks who shouldn't have a gun have been prevented from getting one. so we'll never know how many lives have been saved, but the impact it's had has been immeasurable. >> and i want to bring in jan withers, mothers against drunk driving. you formed a grass roots group in response to it apepidemic of deaths related to drunk driving. you can give us lessons from what you learned that might help mothers demand action to be more successful? >> i think one of the most successful things about madd is that we put a face to the issue. we're a true grass roots organization that is out in the forefront, and many of those people have been personally victimized by drunk driving ppg so we continue to keep a face to the issue instead of it just being statistics and numbers. we really show the human element of the effects of drupg drink d. >> i want to go back to on you that jennifer. clearly moms demand action with the horrific tragedy we saw in newtown and gun deaths that we've seen, the jordan davis case, why is it that that visibility, that personal face is that being placed on the issue of gun violence hasn't been more successful in moving legislation? >> well, we've had enormous success and enormous grass roots success in the 14 months since sandy hook. and this is a marathon, not a sprint. the gun lobby has had a head start on moms, but we really woke up in the wake of sandy hook and our organization was explicitly -- we explicitly looked to mothers against drunk driving for lessons as to how we could be the most effective. and in just 14 month, we've had incredible amount of energy devoted to this issue. moms have woken up to this. we have our children's lives at stake and we are tenacious. myself, i have not had a loss due to gun violence, but i got involved in this organization because i don't want to. and i think that we work with moms like lucy who have been impacted by that loss because there is no more eloquent face than the face of a grieving mother to show the impact. >> are you focusing your efforts on federal legislators or -- >> have not given up the fight on extended background checks. we've had enormous success at the state level, as well. we do have a chapter in every state. last year background checks were passed in colorado, new york, connecticut and delaware. so we are moving the issue. and we are very confident that we are going to change the culture, not just the laws, but the culture. >> and goal back to jan, just taking the lesson from madd which has been so successful, in terms of moving the culture, what advice would you give in term of the agentity vicctivismf getting bigger social movement going? >> change the culture is exactly right. and just keep on. i think a major, major issue on this is to remain laser beam focused on the mission. it's so easy to drift away from it and get distracted, but do what works. we in ma can dd follow the data. and we do what research shows is most effective in preventing drupg driving. but progress is not enough. we've cut the deaths in half from drunk driving since madd began. but that's not enough. and we won't rest. and we are as determined as ever up there are no more drunk driving deaths. >> and going back to jennifer, just looking at what happened in arizona, i think what was so remarkable to people was the fact that not just the moral outrage was mobilized there, but really economic pressure was put on arizona because of all of the big corporations that also weighed in. is will a plan in place with moms command action and other similar groups to start to marshal friends about the big business world to get on your side? >> absolutely. i would point to our campaign asking starbucks to change their begun po gun policy. what we were con froshfronted w were people carrying ar 15s into get their lattes and we pressured sar bucks to say this is not acceptable. we have moms in states like north carolina that have passed laws to allow guns in places like bars and establishments that serve alcohol. they are knocking on doors and making the business owners aware that they have the right to post a sign that says no firearms are allowed here and they're having great success. so you are absolutely right that it's a cultural change. there are many ways to move us from a country that has 33 deaths due to gun violence a day to a country that has far fewer. >> well, you guys are doing excellent work. thank you both. and still ahead on the reid report, breaking through the partisan gridlock. we talk with congressman cummings about what is and isn't getting done on capitol hill. and yes says it's time to stop the bickering and find some solutions. and later, is the jury system broken? 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>> i don't expect that she will. her lawyer has already made it clear that if she comes, she will be taking the fifth. and i think basically this is an extension of the republicans' effort to draw this irs investigation on and on and on. keep in mind these investigations have gone on for now more than nine months. irs employees have been tied up more than 250 of them tied up and working more than 90,000 hours trying to address issues that have been raised by the republicans. and so far they have not found any evidence of any involvement by the white house with regard to this so-called targeting of enemies. and political enemies. and they have not found any political motivation. as a matter of fact, you would think that if we were going to do a good investigation, that person who started all this should be brought before the committee, conservative republican who says he's the one who started looking into the various 501-c 4 organizations that were seeking that status. and he has never been brought before our committee. which is incredible. and by the way, he's a republican and a conservative. >> it's interesting because you also got out all of the entire transcript, the previous information showing that really this gentleman did say this started with me. but i want to read to you a little bit of the letter that you wrote, a letter to the editor yesterday in the "washington post". he said rather than bickering about baseless accusations, our committee and congress as a whole should focus on enacting solutions to help our constituents including creating job, raising the minimum wage and creating quality affordable health care to millions of americans. there are 306 days left in the year, but just 94 legislative days on the calendar. and there is still a lot left on the table. does it frustrate you that none of that seems to be getting done, and is there any chance that substantive work will get done on any of those things this year? >> first of all, it's extremely frustrating because our constituents sent us here to lift them up and make their lives better. republicans seem to be went on doing nothing, absolutely nothing. and so you have -- we did think that we hadwent on doing nothing, absolutely nothing. and so you have -- we did think that we had went on doing nothing, absolutely nothing. and so you have -- we did think that we had went on doing nothing, absolutely nothing. and so you have -- we did think that we hadent on doing nothing, absolutely nothing. and so you have -- we did think that we hadent on doing nothing, absolutely nothing. and so you have -- we did think that we hadbent on doing nothing, absolutely nothing. and so you have -- we did think that we had a chance on immigration, but as you know, speaker boehner came back about a week or so ago and said he didn't expect anything to be done on immigration. and the reason he gave for that is that he couldn't trust the president. which was very interesting considering that we have deportations of 1100 a day. so you have to wonder what this is all about. i think it's basically political. i think they're trying to stretch out this irs investigation right on into the elections because it gives them something to talk about. >> there was some talk this week, congressman, about democratic uses discharge petitions, bringing back that arcane house rule to try to get something on the floor and put republicans on notice on some key issues. is there any chance that you and your colleagues can find the 18 or so republican votes on get the discharge petition on the floor so some work can get done? >> i think it will be difficult because you have a situation where the republicans -- you have some republicans who might be inclined to vote for reform, but their problem is that they're afraid that more conservative republicans will vote against them, those to the right. and so then you've got to keep in mind you had 190 some republicans who voted just recently to threaten the full faith and credit of the united states of america. and then you've got this other group within the republican party, the tea partiers, who basically apparently feel that government is not a good thing and they seem to want to reduce us to almost no government at all. so it's a big challenge. i do believe, though, that at some point the republicans will take a good look at themselves and those who are of good will and who want to work together, i think at some point they will say, wait a minute, this is not the republican party that i joined years ago and we must change. and i'm hoping that happens. because there is a lot that needs to be done. we've had some 25 hearings for example on the affordable care act, but not one on target with all of these people having their credit cards and credit information exposed. many, many issues. mortgage issues where people are being thrown out of their homes because of wrongful activities on the parts of banks. we haven't looked at those kinds of things. >> and i want to quickly get in one other topic with you. yesterday the president did unveil the bill my brother's keeper initiative with the idea of helping minority young men. i want to play you very quickly what bill o'reilly had to say about the program last night. >> you're going to have to get people like jay-z, kanye west, all of these gangster rappers to knock it off. that's number one. to knock it off. >> what these boys need is positive role models as you said. >> listen to me. you got to get where they live, all right? they idolize these guy withs wie hats on backwards and terrible lyrics and drugs and all of that. >> so congressman, bill o'reilly was actually at the event yesterday. but if that is the response we're getting, are we in a hopeful place right now in terms of something getting done in terms of programs for young black men? this won't happen in congress, right? >> i don't see that happening. but i think what the president is doing is the right thing. and i can tell you that i live in the innercity of baltimore and i have a lot of young men, i guess they see me as their role model. and young african-american males, they need a sense of hope. they need people having high expectations of them and providing them with the support systems that they need to be all that god meant for them to be. and i think basically what the president has done is open up the door to looking at best practices of various organizations and agencies to help these young men and give them the support they need to achieve their goals. and so i think it's a good thing and in the right direction. we're all going to have to work together to make this happen. >> congressman, thanks so much for your time. the wife of the longest serving congressman in u.s. history has announced that she's running for her husband's seat. debbie dingell announced her candidacy less than a week after her husband announced his retirtment. she says education and the need for mitch wochigan workers are p priorities. >> i'm committed to making education affordable and accessible for michigan families. christina wilson had a network of friends, opera singers, actors, who needed part final work. and she had parents in the market for creative baby-sitters. now those artists are taking care of kids across the city. watch your business sunday mornings on msnbc. if i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do something. no details too small. american express open forum. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. on expedia you can book any flight, car and hotel together to save even more. plus, get an extra $100 when you build your custom trip. expedia, find yours. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. call today to request a free decision guide. with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients... plus, there are no networks, and virtually no referrals needed. join the millions who have already enrolled in the only medicare supplement insurance plans endorsed by aarp... and provided by unitedhealthcare insurance company, which has over 30 years of experience behind it. with all the good years ahead, look for the experience and commitment to go the distance with you. call now to request your free decision guide. we still run into problems. that's why liberty mutual insurance offers accident forgiveness if you qualify, and new car replacement, standard with our auto policies. so call liberty mutual at... today. and if you switch, you could save up to $423. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? 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>> i started the book with her story because she took a lot of heat for that interview you just showed. people said you were in the jury room. if you did not like the outcome, you could have done something about it. and you can do something in a book that you can't do in a three minute tv segment and that is tell the complete story. maddy was pulled out of her life, thrust into the jury against her will as all jurors are and she had a very difficult time and i reveal in the book the kind of different treatment that she got. she was demeaned and belittleded by the five white women. >> do you think that was part of what it was? we weren't sure whether maddy was black or hispanic. does it really make a difference? >> some people are very strong and some people are less strong. there is no question when we're talking one person of color and everybody else is white, that person can get worn down. and i think that's what happened in this case. although i want to add that there were three our white jurors who also wanted to convict zichl and they didn't have the facts and the law do it either because the prosecution didn't give to them. so while i start with maddy's story, ultimately this is about the failures of the professionals. >> so talk about those mistakes a little bit. you do have a closing argument that basically sort of does it the way that in your view would have made more sense for the jury. let me play you just a little bit of the closing argument that they did hear and so you can critique that for our audience. >> to the living we owe respect. but to the dead, we owe the truth. what do we owe trayvon martin? he was a son, a brother, he was a friend. and the last thing he did on this earth was try to get home. >> that was emotional. it had that poetic quality. what is wrong with that? >> that would be okay in small doses, but that's recall all that they said. maddy said don't decide the case based on emotion and emotion is all you gave me. they wanted the facts and the law. this was a murder trial. it wasn't a memorial service. it's appropriate to have a few comments like that, but ultimately i'm sure the jurors were thinking give me the facts. give me the road map to conviction. and it's not just what i would have done in the case. it's what prosecutors do in every case. they know they're hot going to get a conviction just based on emotion. >> one they think you've written a lot about is the way race played into the trial or didn't. because race was not explicitly used by the prosecution. but in many ways you've written that it was by the defense. can you explain? >> there is a reason why millions of americans took to the streets to get george zimmerman arrested and that's because the case was very obviously about race. and yet in the courtroom, the case was completely bungled by the prosecution on the issue of race. the defense tried to paint trayvon martin as a match, that was their word, to two african-american burglars who had been in the community six months before. he had nothing to do with. and the prosecutors did that rise to their feet and say what does that have to do with trayvon martin. so they allowed the defense to own the race issue in a very illogical manner. the judge rule that had they couldn't talk about racial profiling, just the word profiling. which made no sense. the prosecution should have argued their evidence that all of the calls that zimmerman made in the six months prior to the shooting about suspicious people in the neighborhood were about african-americans. 100%. you don't get statistics like that very often. >> second half of the book broadens it out beyond this one case. in looking back at the way that this case was tried, your own experience in the courtroom, what does this mean for us as a country when we're prosecuting cases in an era of very liberal gun laws? that give a lot of latitude to the person who pulled the trigger whenn trigger when you intermix the other issue. >> the book is about why we continue to repeat it. and the book went to press two months ago and then we had the loud music case. and i'm sorry to say that my subtitle has rung true. this one case is bad enough, but we see it across the country. and it's not just about the south. some people go after florida. this is a nationwide problem. there is no question in my mind that the criminal justice system in america is the most racially biased institution in america. there is just a mountain of studies. and i quote many of them in the book. when it comes to arrest, conviction, sentencing, no question it's much better to show up with white skin and how sad that is. we have the scales of justice, lady justice blindfolded. and yet we know this goes on and we allow to continue. it has to stop. i'm trying to shed light on that issue. >> and does it disturb you when in the case of the dunn verdict jurors proudly say we didn't consider race? >> it disturbed me, but not the because of the jurors. because that's what they were told to do and they followed their instructions. it disturbed me that the same two prosecutors by the way handled it the same way. definition of insanity is do the same thing over and over again and want a different result. so i don't know why the state of that put them on the michael dunn case. so i don't understand what is going on there. clearly we have to talk about race. and i talk in the book about some wonderful courtrooms in america where they do talk about race. it can be done. it doesn't have to be so scary. we say many people in america have racial bbiases. many times we're not aware of it. ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you might, i might, but you have to put that aside in reaching your verdict. >> and i have to ask you about rachel. you also talked to her. what more do you know about her you now? >> i tell her story. i know she's very bright. she was getting straight as at the time i was talking to her. she had a speech impediment which led her to speak in a way that was hard to understand. she had a very compelling story to tell and how shocking that the jury completely discounted her story because she was a poor communicator. the prosecutors could have prepared her. witnesses like that are put on the stand every day in america. but it didn't happen in this case. >> lisa bloom, this is a book that really gets into the meat of what we're dealing with in terms of the criminal justice system. so thank you very much. >> thank you so much. and in a memorable moment last night, in denver, jason collins met with the family of matthew shepard and presented will them with an autograph number 98 jersey. collins wears the number 98 to honor shepherd who was brutally beaten and murdered in '98. it is the best selling jersey in the online store this week. by eating kellogg's raisin bran®. not only is kellogg's raisin bran® heart healthy it's a delicious source of potassium. ♪ mom make you eat that? 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>> lupita really is hollywood's it girl. so it's ground breaking that we're talking about her like we are. she's a bona fide fashion icon. everyone will watch to see what this woman is wearing on oscar night. but i think that she has a good chance. she is the clear frontrunner. her only competition is really jennifer lawrence. >> but jennifer lawyer reps wree golden globe. >> yes. but i think lupita again is defying a lot of odds in hollywood. yesterday she talked about how she was taunted and teased for being a dark skin girl and now she's created her own lane. so i think without this award, we will see much more of her. but hopefully on the stage accepting. >> she's absolutely beautiful. people were dressing her and -- >> people are clamoring to dress her. she wore that ralph lauren gown and that set her off. everybody after that looked at her as the fashion it girl. >> any risk that she might burn out quickly? >> the great thing about black hollywood, we had a ground breaking thumb this this year. so next year there will be so many more films. more skipts for her to look at. so i do not see that as a risk for her. >> and ellen degeneres as host. i can't wait. chris witherspoon, thank you. hope to have you back over and over again. being you can s now an update to a story we reported this week. a brooklyn man tells local station new york 1 that he woke up to the words do the right thing, spray painted on his home. this just days after spike lee went on an rant. the man believes the message was meant for the home next door. hey linda! what are you guys doing? 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