milloy not running again. low popularity. still focusing on john mccain. everybody knows hillary clinton and john mccain took vodka shots together and worked together in the senate. but a lot of people don t know they both have this huge mutual respect for each other because they both have grit and determination. they worked together quietly behind the scenes for years in the senate. she actually has a signed photo behind her desk of her and john mccain in her current office in new york city. and they just had a really special bond. interesting. eddie. i m just thinking about 50 years ago, 1968, the year i was born, that it was a time of tremendous turmoil. russia, the soviet union invading czechoslovakia. students striking in france in may. the murder of dr. martin luther king jr. but all across the world everyday ordinary folk were striking back against the powers that be. here we are 50 years later, there s a deep disquiet at the heart of the country, at the heart of the world
husband and my wife and i involved in this issue for years, this is a tipping point. how do we make it better for everybody? you want a report by february 1st? you want this pretty fast? i don t sit around waiting on things and i have asked for a complete review, all departments, overseen by our democrat of administrative services, and i want a report the first week of february. and quite frankly, if we need to change statutes i want that part of our statutory change, our platform or agenda. thank you for being with us. governor dan milloy of connecticut. the department of defense, the focus of a lawsuit on gun control. three of the country s largest cities filed a lawsuit. new york, san francisco and philadelphia claimed they failed to report 14% of criminal convictions in the military justice system to the fbi and its national gun background check database. this comes less than two months
rifle that was fitted with extended magazines to hold extra bullets. also a semi-automatic handgun. after that massacre, that mass shooting, connecticut banned more than 100 kinds of military-style assault rifles and the state moved to limit the size of ammunition magazines to ones that only hold ten bullets or less. well, now less than two weeks after the planned parenthood mass shooting in colorado and just over a week since the mass shooting in san bernardino, california, connecticut is going to act again. connecticut s governor dan milloy announced he s going to sign an executive order that will ban the sale of guns in his state to anyone who appears on a fralg terrorism watch list. right now it s totally legal for anyone on a terror watch list to buy all the guns they want. even people who are on the no-fly list and aren t allowed to board a commercial airline wrer in this country, they nonetheless are legally allowed to buy semi-automatic assault rifles and handguns in any number
close that terror watch list loophole last week but now connecticut s governor says he ll close it himself. governor milloy saying today, if congress will not act, we in the states will. at least he will. in terms of federal action on guns, there is also word tonight that president obama himself may now be in the final stages of crafting a brand new executive action of some kind on guns. it s reportedly an order that would close most of the loophole that lets some gun sales happen without any background check whatsoever. now, it s not clear what exactly the order will be. it s not clear when the president will announce that executive action. but white house adviser valerie jarrett said last night that people should expect it soon. watch this space.
after the planned parenthood mass shooting in colorado and just over a week since the mass shooting in san bernardino, california, connecticut is going to act again. connecticut s governor dan milloy announced he s going to sign an executive order that will ban the sale of guns in his state to anyone who appears on a federal terrorism watch list. right now it s totally legal for anyone on a terror watch list to buy all the guns they want. even people who are on the no-fly list and aren t allowed to board a commercial airliner in this country, they nonetheless are legally allowed to buy semi-automatic assault rifles and handguns in any number. congress voted on but failed to close that terror watch list loophole last week but now connecticut s governor says he ll close it himself. governor milloy saying today, if congress will not act, we in the states will. at least he will. in terms of federal action on guns, there is also word tonight that president obama himself may now be in the