way to doing something truly worthy with her life. reporter: the first lady s comments came on the first vote on the watered down gun bill, set to take place this morning. pat toomey and joe manchin, both of who have an a rating from the national rifle association, forged a compromise on background checks. manchin touched by newtown families when he met with them on capitol hill. the legislation would require a background check on purchases at gun shows and on the internet. but would exempt private transactions. it would also require states and the federal government to require records on criminals and the violently mentally ill. but can it pass a republican congress? many of them are looking carefully at the legislation, but i i don t know in the end how many will support it. reporter: many gun owners are not convinced. none of these laws will stop crime. the criminals will go on getting
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the national rifle association, forged a compromise on background checks for gun purchases. manchin visibly touched by newtown families when he met with them on capitol hill. the legislation would require a background check on purchases at gun shows and on the internet. but would exempt private transactions. it would require states and the federal government to provide records on criminals and the violently mentally ill to the national background checks system. but kit pass a republican congress? many of them are looking carefully at the legislation, but i don t know in the end how many will support it. reporter: many gun owners are not convinced. none of these laws will stop crime. the criminals will just go on getting their guns like they always have. reporter: while the measure is far from the assault weapons ban the president pushed for after the sandy hook shootings, some of the parents of children killed say it s a first step. what i have seen here is people working to
the bill that we re voting to get on the slcloiture. i give credit to two senators that senator mark kirk from illinois and senator chuck schumer, they have been working and been with us from the beginning, senator schumer has moved from a position that i couldn t support, trying to find commonality. senator, some would say it s watered down. something that carlie soto said, the sister of the teacher first grade teacher at newtown. she says the background check proposal isn t enough. and this is kind of this is really kind of a shocking statement she makes. take a listen to it. it was horrible. and i didn t know that there was a difference. the bullet holes it would leave. i thought it was a normal bullet hole until i saw my sister s clothing that they wore. i saw the baseball-sized holes