since washington first lunched into a partial shutdown last week, we ve had a crew on the road sarming the set meant of the americans who live far outside the corridors much power. and today s cnn s ted row lens is in gary, indiana. reporter: good morning. a lot of problems here, more so than pretty much every other city in this country. so people here don t have a lot of patience for what is going on in washington. they re disgusted that our so-called leaders have got enthem into this mess. here a sampling of what we ve heard so far in gary. what member would you send to washington? that they need to work for us and listen to us. both parties have to work together and quit blaming each
these tragedies must end. to enthem we must change. president obama calling for change following the sandy hook massacre. stopped short of defining what that change should be. today new york city michael bloomberg had no problem defining that. he s a gun control advocate. he made his position clear again. tonight the president said he would use whatever powers his office holds to address this violence. i think it is critical that he do so. congress and the white house has to come up with something that stops this karnage no matter what the political ramifications are. should we focus on gun control? is the time right? frankly, i am getting a little bit saddened by people who say that those of us who believe in gun control that now is not the time to talk about it. it is generally a way for gun advocates to put off the subject until things cool down. now is exactly the time to talk about it. there is now a question.
these tragedies must end. to enthem we must change. president obama calling for change following the sandy hook massacre. stopped short of defining what that change should be. today new york city michael bloomberg had no problem defining that. he s a gun control advocate. he made his position clear again. tonight the president said he would use whatever powers his office holds to address this violence. i think it is critical that he do so. congress and the white house has to come up with something that stops this karnage no matter what the political ramifications are. should we focus on gun control? is the time right? frankly, i am getting a little bit saddened by people who say that those of us who believe in gun control that now is not the time to talk about it. it is generally a way for gun advocates to put off the subject until things cool down. now is exactly the time to talk about it. there is now a question.
has not give enthem or the public the information. some smoothing over an order for sure. thank you so much for that. my next guest served with john kelly s son. secretary lieutenant robert kelly. he also accepted a purple heert from general kelly. he lost his arm serving the country. and corporal i want to thank you so much for being here to give us your unique and such important perspective on what has become a really big controversy here that i m sure you ve been observing. when you heard john kelly make his comments about what he was told when lieutenant kelly was killed, what was your reaction? well convey that he had intimate knowledge of the situation that the gold star family in the case in niger had,