la related measures and president obama sat down with gabby giffords who along with her husband co-founded americans for responsible solutions calling for expanded background checks to reduce gun violence in the u.s. and ms. giffords was of course the victim of gun violence herself back in 2011 and her husband captain mark kelly was also at that meeting and joins me now. captain kelly, thanks for being with us. the fact the fbi is investigating this as a terrorist act with two shooters as opposed to something that fits the pattern of other mass shootings, does it change your view of how you ex-c congress woman giffords approaches this. the one thing this highlights as does the shooting in colorado springs is that we have a serious gun violence issue and people that die every year up to 33,000 people in this country die every year from gun
up his push to overhaul gun control laws in this country with a campaign-style trip that he kicks off today. he will northbound minnesota talking about this. he is expected to call for universal background checks as well as a ban on assault weapons. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords husband captain mark kelly says this assault weapons serve only one purpose. watch. i spent 25 years in the military. i know the value of having an assault weapon, and it s to kill a lot of people very quickly. i think they are way too readily available. i think in time we will be able to address those issues. martha: interesting comments there from him on fox news sunday. of course you ve got the gun advocates on the other side arguing that there are situations that they believe that an assault rifle is necessary. wao efplee takwe ll take a look at some of that in a moment. joined my kristen powers, and tony clegg. good to have you both.
will be remembered as a catsastrophic day. one where a year later a community has pulled together to honor the victims and survivors of the deadliest rampage in the city s history. thelma gutierrez, cnn, tucson, arizona. thank you, thelma. here s a look at the events that are planned in arizona today. ron barber, shot twice in the massacre, will host a program called reflections: honoring the lives of the january 8 shooting victims. that s at 5:00 p.m. eastern, 3:00 p.m. arizona time in centennial hall on the university of arizona campus. at 8:30 eastern, 6:30 p.m. arizona time, representative gabby giffords and husband captain mark kelly will participate in a vigil at the university of arizona mall. saving your credit score. there are easy ways to avoid messing with your credit. our financial expert, claude anderson, joins me next to help lead you away from pitfalls.
missed the new hampshire debate last night. plus, if you re driving while sick, one study says it s just as bad as driving while drunk. why you shouldn t get behind the wheel if you re not feeling too well. and is there ever enough time in the day? we ll give you an idea about some extra time on the clock later this year. we ll explain. we start with politics and the race to be the republican presidential nominee. the new hampshire primary is now just two days away, so you could have expected fireworks at last night s abc news debate in manchester. well you may have been disappointed. there were a few shots fired, but surprisedi in surprisingl front-runner mitt romney wasn t always the target. we have the highlights. reporter: good morning, gary. round one of this doubleheader of debates this weekend up here in new hampshire is over, and guess what front-runner mitt romney is still the front-runner. the former massachusetts governor who s way ahead in polls in new
they ll try to dismantle the law piece by piece. president obama is telling supporters that tuesday s state of the union address to congress will focus on jobs and the economy. meantime, a white house official tells cnn that gabrielle giffords husband captain mark kelly was invited to sit with mrs. obama during the speech but he s likely to stay where he is. he s unlikely to attend the state of the union. former secretary of state colin powell told candy croyle that he s not ready to endorse either candidate for breast for 2012. he gave barack obama a big boost when he endorsed him in 2008. next time, maybe not. i m not committed to barack obama or a republican candidate. i will see who emerges. right now i do not see on the republican side any one individual who i think is going