live from connecticut. thank you for joining us. a growing number of republican lawmakers say they re open to regulating or banning bump stocks, the kind of device used by the las vegas ikiller, that allows a semi-automatic rifle to mimic the discharge of a fully automatic weapon. will you insist on a broader gun control package? i am willing to move forward with republicans on banning these bump stocks. as you mentioned, subverts legislation that has been long on the books, banning automatic weapons. and i think you have to walk before you run and i do think this is an important moment. the nra, in the time i ve been in congress, has never been willing to change u.s. gun laws. i think they see that they were likely going to lose this fight in congress and so now they re trying to get it done through administrative action. but this is the first time that the gun lobby has shown willingness to come to the table. that s in part because americans
banning bump stocks that allows a legal semiautomatic rifle to mimic the rapid discharge of an automatic weapon. are you willing to advance a clean bump stocks bill or will you insist on a broader gun control package? i am willing to move forward with republicans on banning these bump stocks that as you mentioned subverts legislation that has been long on the books, banning automatic weapons. i think you have to walk before you run and i think this is an important moment. the nra, at least in the time i ve been in congress, has never been willing to change u.s. gun laws. i think they see that they were likely going to lose this fight in congress and so now they re trying to get it done through administrative action. this is the first time the gun lobby has shown willingness to come to the table and i think that s in part because americans don t accept mass shooting after mass shooting happening and congress doing absolutely nothing. but this is a fairly small change and if we want to
battle over gun rights caused a third state politician her care career. she resigned saying she s quitting because she wants to preserve the gun control package she voted for. two other senators were ousted in september. the first ever in that state s history. curtis lee is from the denver post. thank you for your time. thanks for having me. this is incredible flow of ev t events when you look at we re shy of a year from newtown tragedy and people refer to common sense gun legislation seems to be a glimmer of hope that something would happen and that at one point in time, if we re to listen to michael bloomberg, he thought the nra was a paper tiger. we re seeing a different story in colorado though. right after the newtown shootings, legislation went back into session and democrats here passed a number gun control
vote yes on that gun control package. the first republican to do so. she calls it a reasonable approach. betty. all right. a busy week there. thank you. savannah guthrie, want to tell but this programming note, she will have an exclusive interview with president obama on gun control, immigration and other issues. that is tomorrow morning on today. late last night a former bus driver became venezuela s new president. the interim leader nicholas hudoro clinched the title by fewer than 300,000 votes. he s a protege of former president hugo chavez who died of cancer last month. the opponent is calling for a full recount. experts say our gas prices will unlikely be impacted. the faa is ordering the inspection of more than 1,000 boeing 737 jets that could cause pilots to lose control after word that some parts could have factory defects. the parts in question help
scientists taught her to keep the beat to learn whether or not animals, other than parrots, have rhythm. she proved they do. currently her favorite song, boogie wonderland by earth, wind and fire. she bobs her head along to the music, just like that. brian: that s incredible. steve: it is. boogie wonderland . gretchen: a good workout song. president obama heads to colorado in a few hours to push his gun control plan. but he s coming under fire for using decades old information to sell the new idea. elizabeth prann has more, live in washington. good morning. good morning. the senate may be hearing legislation addressing gun trafficking and expanded background checks in the next week or two. this while president obama continues his pressure campaign while traveling to colorado today. he ll display the state s gun control package. lawmakers there proposed some of the strictest gun laws in the nation. the bill today sets limits on ammunition magazines and expands