representing mr. z will actually do or how he ll balance it with all the duties of owning a tiny fraction of the brooklyn nets which include being seen courtside with beyonce. hash tag you re in. we asked you to send us your best headlines covering the new york city bribery scandal involving state senator malcolm smith at ct ironman tweeted malcolm in the middle cell. and blago blushes. mr. smith goes to the slammer. that s it for the lead. i leave you with wolf blitzer in the situation room. thanks very much. happening now, put guns in the schools to stop school shootings. that s the controversial finding of an nra backed task force on school security. we ll talk with the former congressman asa huchlts. also the army decides against awarding purple hearts to the victims of the fort hood shooter. former presidential newt gingrich is outraged and is standing by live. this hour to discuss right here in the situation room.
nra s report such as no cost estimates for the armed personnel. task force leader and former republican congressman asa hutchinson insisted while his group s findings were not influenced by the nra it didn t look at gun control measures pending before congress. not even universal background checks. something supported by 90% of americans according to a recent cbs news poll. a level of support far and above the backing for armed guards in schools. independent of the nra why did you not consider that piece of the puzzle? because our focus is on school safety and making our schools a safer environment. with the nra digging in its heels the white house says president obama will keep pushing. he believes that passion, that urgency still exists around the country and still exists, you know, if not in full then in part in washington. translation, as one top gun control advocate on capitol hill put it, the longer it takes, the