legitimately humble with policies that the new yorkers believe are strong and can actually help the city, then he might stand a chance. you never know. okay. ben ferguson, wherever you are, thanks for joining me. vanessa bush, donna joyner and chris freights. my thanks to all of you. now this. top of the hour, i m brooke baldwin. on the day, it doesn t go as far as universal background checks. but a new partisan gun proposal may be as good as it gets with the best chances of becoming law. why? because it is coming from these two men. here they are. senator pat toomey from pennsylvania. then you have stepping up to the mike, senator joe manchin, democrat, west virginia. their gun reform plan would do this, expand background checks to buyers at gun shows and online. keep in mind right now this is
if you find one, this is not something for you to play with, and a toy. kids automatically look up to firemen and policeman and hear that when they re younger, that s how they want to be when they grow up or astronauts. they ll be gradrawn to that per. if you have someone in law enforcement, especially those that may be retired law enforcement, i know they would be more than happy to come in and talk to kids. if they re leading the discussion, i would be all in favor of it because it takes the politics out of it for maybe a teacher s perspective, pro or against guns, i don t care. but for law enforcement to do this, i think it would be a brilliant way to talk to kids because when my curiosity was taken away, i never went looking for my dad s guns because i had seen them and understood how dangerous they in fact were. so that s one idea. a great idea to have a neutral voice, law enforcement in schools. if you want to go that route, donna, what about the parents. in florida, for exampl
this is what i would say to anyone that is thinking about voting for this guy. i mean, if this is the best that you can come up with to offer the big apple, we ve got real problems in this country. i mean, of course, he wants to come back because what else is he going to do? he s obsessed with being important. he s obsessed with people talking about him. he s obsessed with being a politician. and having that power. even his own brother used the word to refer to him that i can t even say on tv. and almost like it was an attribute, a positive thing. so, you know, then again, from his perspective, look at the current mayor. he literally bought an election with his massive fortune, so if that guy can get re-elected, then, you know, maybe weiner can too. who knows. donna? you agree with ben? i think the whole sex scandal put him in jeopardy because most people need to know that he can be trusted to make good decisions. so i think even though his wife forgave him, the people of new
so i know how important that is. a bullet to the head kills a 6-year-old boy, just playing in the yard. the gunman, a 4-year-old playmate, who grabbed a rifle from his parents home. we are talking about guns today. what about guns at homes, like the gun that killed 6-year-old brandon holt in new jersey? want to bring in our panel today, cnn s christine romans, and mom of three little boys joins me here in new york. also essence magazine s acting managing editor vanessa bush, fitness expert and author donna richardson joyner, and ben ferguson, host of the ben ferguson show, and chris freights, national correspondent for national journal. welcome to all of you. and because this lovely lady sitting here to my left, i want to begin with christine romans. put your mom hat on for me.
0 my word. reporter: when flying wallenda made it to the other side, he pumped a fist and blew a kiss. we swoon for the no drama raccoon. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. that s it for me. but cnn newsroom continues. hi, everyone. i m brooke baldwin live in new york today. why? because very soon i will be racing into the middle of our cnn newsroom, one floor above me and interviewing this guy, cnn s newest addition, mr. anthony bourdain. tough questions for him today. which a lightning round. do not miss that at the bottom of the hour. first, i want to begin with this. four months after a gunman massacred children in connecticut, the nation is seeing the first gun reform proposal with an actual chance of becoming law. why? because it is coming from these two men. here they are. senator pat toomey, a republican, from pennsylvania. and joe manchin of west virginia, a democrat. they are both gun rights advocates, both strongly supported in the past by the nra, but now they re both