[ theme ] stephanie hello current tv land. Here we are. Good morning Jacki Schechner. Do we look unprepared in any way . Dont be ridiculous. Representative John Yarmouth coming up on the big show today. Were getting a serious gun control debate in this country. How about that. We are. Were going to have the conversation. The idea is to keep the momentum going. People are outraged after newtown that it is time to do something. We have to keep the momentum going in order to get something done. Stephanie i thought wow Gabby Giffords and her husband a lot of the stuff they said powerful. Stephanie both gun owners, both Second Amendment people but just who more powerfully can make that case . 11 Mass Shootings since tucson. Stephanie i know. Well get into all of it. Here she is, Jacki Schechner in the current news center. Good morning, everybody. Vice President Biden is holding a meeting at the white house today with victims groups and gun safety organizations. This is the next in a series
He managed to care for those residents. We are talking about 100,000 customers. There are only 600,000 people in the district and hundred thousand people need this care. How much money did Jeffrey Thompson get from the District Of Columbia on all the friends that he helped fund for his company . The d. C. Chartered contract million. 322 onetime . No, per year. By the and it was up to 322 Million Dollars. We are talking about a company that he bought in 2000 four 4 million. At that time, the company made about 26 million a year. This is a person who really built the company up. Some may believe that it was through corrupt means, but other folks say that he was very savvy, he was very smart. He built this company up. One of the things that i found in reporting my story is that this is basically a circle of money. He would get the money from the city and then he would give to his charities, to his family and his friends. Somehow that money would circle whond to the candidates would approv
Members of congress, this week its arizonas Kyrsten Sinema. Hello, im bonnie erbe. Welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first, the gun debate rages on. Children move to the f of the gun control debate as both sides use kids in their campaigns. First, the nra released a web ad accusing president obama of being a hypocrite. Just another elitist hypocrite. That because hes skeptical of putting armed guards in schools while his daughters are protected by the secret service. Then, flanked by children of all ages in the background, mr. Obama signed 23 executive orders on gun control. Late next week the Senate Starts considering plans to limit gun ownership. Congresswoman norton, are kids being used as props in the gun control debate . Bonnie, this time the kids were targets not just props so on appropriate occasions they will insist on being heard. I think children have been used on Many Political issues by both sides, brings sympat
Hello, im bonnie erbe. Welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first, the gun debate rages on. Children move to the forefront of the gun control debate as both sides use kids in their campaigns. First, the nra released a web ad accusing president obama of being a hypocrite. Just another elitist hypocrite. That because hes skeptical of putting armed guards in schools while his daughters are protected by the secret service. Then, flanked by children of all ages in the background, mr. Obama signed 23 executive orders on gun control. Late next week the Senate Starts considering plans to limit gun ownership. Congresswoman norton, are kids being used as props in the gun control debate . Bonnie, this time the kids were targets not just props so on appropriate occasions they will insist on being heard. I think children have been used on Many Political issues by both sides, brings sympathy to any issue but well say it again the i think mo
House they want to apply for the president ial election in every state they can get away with it. We have a ban on the show talking about 2016. This is a corner stone, nobody is allowed to talk about the 2016 election, at least until next november. This is not about who the candidates will be, this is about whether or not they vote for a democratic candidate, any democratic candidate, this is about whether or not it results in us having a democratic president. This is going on in the states right now. Hey, beltway, wake up. Now it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Have a great evening. The National Rifle association is singing to new lows in the polls. And new lows in their tactics against president obama. They are now using the president s daughters. Well, president obama trumped congress. The president is planning to take matters into his own hands when it comes to gun control. Im confident there are some steps we can take. 19 possible actions he can take. Im against