Its time for end point. Roland, start us off. Elections have consequences. There is no doubt the butt kicking the gop took in november plays a Critical Role to whats happened with Immigration Reform so maybe whether its democrat or republican in the future, get beat, things might change. Cameron the final word and last ten seconds. I was totally excited to see so much bipartisan support for immigration and i hope that carries through to all president obamas agenda items. Time to wake up. Great to hear people talking together. We are out of time. Cnn newsroom with Carol Costello begins now. Hey carol, good morning. Hi, soledad. Stories in the newsroom a young hostage taken underground to a bunker. Killer violent storms on the move, at least one person is reported dead in nashville, tornado warnings popping up across the southeast, the entire east coast could soon be in the danger zone. Ray lewis, reverend ray . People call him reverend ray . Yes. Does he it he serve that title . He does
Recovery. Reporter the population shrunk, and yet the number of the restaurants went up . Yeah, its a miracle, isnt it . Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The Senate Judiciary committee had assembled for the first congressional gun control hearing since the sandy hook tragedy when the surprise witness appeared. Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords of arizona was led by the hand by her husband, mark kelly. It was two years ago this month that giffords was shot through the head during a meeting in tucson. 18 others were shot and six died. A day of testimony began with this speaking is difficult, but i need to Say Something important. Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something. It will be hard, but the time is now. You must act. Be bold. Be courageous. Americans are counting on you. Thank you. Pelley giffords, who is partially blind, resigned from Congress Last year. The
Important. Gabrielle giffords, at the Senate Judiciary hearing. Giffords made a plea for action. The bold, the courageous americans are counting on you. Behind every victim lays a matrix of failure. Mark kelly, husband of Gabrielle Giffords. Rights demand responsibility. First, fix gun background checks. It is not a serious solution for reducing crime. The nra is clearly, dramatically out of step. Lapierre dismissed background checks. Background checks will never be universal. You will never get criminals to go through universal background checks. Because criminals will never submit to them. They will not go to purchase the guns because there will be a background check. You missed the point completely. And i think it is basic. Senator, i think you let there be order. I think youre missing it. Let there be more. If chairman Patrick Leahy pressed lapierre. If youre a dealer, that is already the law. Please, mr. Lapierre, im not trying to play games here, but if you could just answer the
Behind every victim lays a matrix of failure. Mark kelly, husband of Gabrielle Giffords. Rights demand responsibility. First, fix gun background checks. It is not a serious solution for reducing crime. The nra is clearly, dramatically out of step. Lapierre dismissed background checks. Background checks will never be universal. You will never get criminals to go through universal background checks. Because criminals will never submit to them. They will not go to purchase the guns because there will be a background check. You missed the point completely. And i think it is basic. Senator, i think you let there be order. I think youre missing it. Let there be more. If chairman Patrick Leahy pressed lapierre. If youre a dealer, that is already the law. Please, mr. Lapierre, im not trying to play games here, but if you could just answer the question. Rights demand responsibility. Law abiding gun owners will not accept blame. Americans are looking to us for solutions and for action. This time
But it was an easy choice after doing the diligence on the network itself. They do an excellent job. Can you see at home how people might think absolutely. Hes asking me in my life to make choices about light bulbs and a cost benefit analysis for the purpose of sustainability when i just want to see my book. That was a different approach than we took yesterday. Welcome, everyone, to morning joe. Good morning. Its thursday, january 31st. With us on set, we have msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle. Msnbc political analyst and visiting professor at nyu, former democratic congressman, harold ford jr. Good morning. Morning. Professor, wow. And in washington, nbc news capitol hill correspondent, Kelly Odonnell. Willie, good morning. Good morning, mika. How you doing . Im doing great. That made me a little uncomfortable. Why . Jon stewart was being awfully tough on al gore. Oh, really . I dont think so. I think he gave him a pass. You asked him a couple of questions. We asked him the same questio