about meeting with these 26 families of those who were killed in the school? this is going to be a reminder to people not to forget what happened in newtown. and i think it s going to have an impact because it can t help had but have an impact. i mean, every time you see those families, every time you re reminded of that horrible event, you think about guns and how devastating guns can be. now, is he going to convert people who believe that this is an infringement on their constitutional rights? probably not. right. and you have seen the polls in the past three, four months or so since sandy hook. the support for new gun measures skyrocketed and it s waned since then. one thing i will add with regard to this and more broadly getting a vote on filibuster, that is why it s so critical to have people who are so credible as gun supporters taking the lead, pat toomey, joe manchin. if they can come up with something that everybody who
together that s based on straight arming 90% of the court and saying you re not even going to get a vote? the president said in his speech that 90% of the country rarely agrees on anything. here you have 90% of the country saying that they believe that background checks are necessary. now they are talking about filibuster. and then when you look at the fact that the negotiations on background checks are being led by senator joe manchin, a democrat from west virginia and pat toomey, a republican from pennsylvania, both of them raided a by the nra. and the nra and gun supporters,
bloomburg but i listen to arkansas. it could help the president to take back the house. he s holding fundraisers with nancy pelosi in san francisco which happens to be the scene of that 2008 fundraiser when candidate obama first riled gun supporters. so it is not surprising they get bitter and cling to guns and religion. or antipathy toward people who aren t like them. he later apologized. the national rifle association once supported background checks and now sees a golden opportunity to stop the president cold and vastly expand armed personnel in schools. background checks, we want to make sure that criminals and those who are declared with mental issues, that they not have acess.
skipped work for three days and his paycheck to share his concerns about protecting the second amendment and we ll hear why he thinks gun supporters and their rights never stood a chance in this debate underway in connecticut. fox news alert as we hear from the pentagon on new developments out of north korea. the rogue nation earlier doubled down on its threats against the u.s. and saying it will reopen a closed nuclear plant again. and reports showing them fighting at cut-outs, among others american soldiers for target practice. pentagon secretary george little reacting to the latest threats moments ago. we may or may not do in the context of a future north korean provocation such as the ones that you described, talking about the specifics of the plans which is classified, but we do have options at our
too far and not gone far enough. it s a tough issue. gun opponents wanted a complete ban on high-capacity magazines of more than 10 bullets. they didn t get it. gun supporters say it won t change what happened at sandy hook. the problem was with the individual and his mother. lawmakers said there should be enough here to satisfy all sides. no gun owner will lose their gun. no gun owner will lose their magazine. there is something in here that people on both sides may not like. at the end of the day i think it is a package that a majority of people in connecticut will be proud when we vote on wednesday. reporter: there s a question now whether other states will follow connecticuts lead on this one, bill. bill: indeed we ll watch that thank you, rick leventhal in the newsroom in new york. martha: there is the a potential new breakthrough this morning in the case of the hero doctor responsible for helping find usama bin laden s compound. days after that 2011 raid, dr. shakil afrid