Soldiers from the first South Carolina earned their right to be called soldiers. Told you that you would like it. My thanks to our producer, nice job with that. Women will soon take up position on the front lines of battle, as soon as the final acts of defense secretaries, one of the final acts of defense secretary leon panetta that this week lifted a ban of unit in combat units. But for one combat unit in the air force this is nothing new. Their women have been side by side with men fighting on the ground for more than a decade. That story will air an hour from now on cnn, and well debate that an hour from now, one guest says they shouldnt do it. And that is a woman. The situation room begins now with wolf blitzer. A senator who experienced the horror of bullets and blood launches a fight to ban militarystyle weapons. Plus, joe bidens aha moment as Vice President. And would he run against Hillary Clinton . Stand by for our exclusive interview. And well take you behind the scenes of Hi
interview. and we ll take you behind the scenes of hillary clinton s world and get an insider s take on whether or not she will run for president again. we want to welcome our viewers from the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the national fight over guns and gun violence, the obama administration is falling through on its promise to take its fight to the public. vice president joe biden has been on the road and on line. in congress, democrats introduced a new effort to ban 158 specific assault-style weapons and prohibit other guns from using magazines containing more than ten rounds of ammunition. those are just two of the provisions of the bill put forward by the united states senator whose own hands were bloodied by one of the most famous shooting acts in california history. cnn s chief correspondent, dana bash, was at the emotional announcement on capitol hill. reporter: wolf, with all the gun control m