0 large cities and he doesn t know how to spell the word ream or affect or our. the national committee and the republican party in michigan have no point of view on that at all. this is a test. this is only a test. but they are not doing well so far on this test. first look is up next. good morning everybody. coming up on first look, guns in america. a new law in a georgia town mandates gun ownership for heads of household. connecticut leaders agree to some of the toughest gun regulations in the nation. released from prison by mistake? the suspect in the colorado prison murder got out four years too early. michael jackson s $40 billion wrongful death lawsuit begins today. plus, the tan mom pushes new jersey governor chris christie to change tanning laws. louisville s kevin ware should be released from the hospital today and jay leno and jimmy fallon s late night duet. got to see that. good morning everybody. i m betty nguyen. imagine waking up and told you are required by law to own
0 monday reminding republicans of statements they made on background checks just a few months ago. all of us, republicans and democrats, have recognized that we need more effective and broader background checks. i think there is discussion or chatter about strengthening and improving the background checks. i want to take it beyond discussion and chatter. can we get you on the record saying you think that will likely pass through congress, the idea of universal background checks. and if it is something you can vote for. i think it is a reasonable step forward. okay. reid will have enough troubles keeping democrats in line. they remain cagey on what kind of background check legislation they ll support. at least five republican senators have promised to filibuster any gun legislation. others like senator lindsey graham said they will allow an up or down vote. while the nra appears to be winning the gunfight on a federal level, it is a different story in the states. more than
send us tweet at twitter.com/cspanwj. at your comments facebook.com/c-span and we ll begin with a gallup poll, here s the headline. host: this shows when americans were asked about this 47% said the bible and religion were wrong. 20% said it s a martyr of equal rights or such things should be left to the personal choice of those involved. also from the pugh forum, here s their poll. host: this is the percentage of folks that favor same-sex marriage, and you can see here white main line protestants that, number going up from 38% in 2001 to 55% supporting same-sex marriage in 2013. catholics, the purple line went from 38% to 48% of support and hen black protestants stayed pretty consultant and white , this is from s, the pugh forum. we re asking you should religion play a role in politics? whether same-sex marriage or gun legislation, abortion, those sorts of issues or in any issue should religion play a role in politics. on immigration here are the results on immigration. immi
25th. it is located north of new york city. they said in a release that giffords will be receiving an honorary doctorate of humane letters. and running against the former south carolina governor mark sanford. they called him a compromised candidate. sanford did not deny his failures. that does not mean because you ve had a failure in your personal life, that you cannot step back into life again. a compromised candidate is not what we need. it is just not what we need. the run-off is next tuesday. the winner will face democrat elizabeth colbert bush. and the federal judge refusing to dismiss a lawsuit against senator larry craig. the federal election commission is accusing craig of misusing some $217,000 in campaign funds. craig spent the money on the legal defense after he was arrested during the 2007 airport bathroom sex sting. those are just a few of the
in amber. you can t touch them at all. all that he believed is you can t put them in the stock market the way bush and paul rbi and people like that. obama doesn t want to do that. does he want to make some small changes that will protect them as the babyboomers retire and you have this huge load of retirees? yes. that s the right thing for him to do. and i think it is important for people lou are behind him to give a little leeway in making these rational changes. always a pleasure. thank you. happy easter. coming up, pope france i marking his first good friday as leader of the catholic church. he is at it again. another break from tradition. we ll get to that story. here are some of the things we thought you should know. former congresswoman gabby giffords and her husband mark kelly will give the commencement address at bart college on may