is challenging, but if i can do something to help save lives of other children or other adults and help other moms not go through this, then i have an obligation to do it. so i will do it. have you found that your voice is being heard here by the lawmakers? they are listening to us, without a doubt. what that ultimately means, we ll find out this week, but they have been very open to conversation and in a civilized, healthy debate. shortly before 7:00 p.m. tonight in a bipartisan vote that was not close, the connecticut senate passed a broad package of gun reform legislation. it includes an expansion of that state s assault weapons ban, background checks on all gun purchases, a ban on the sale of high-capacity magazines, and a requirement you have to be certified the way a gun owner is if you want to buy ammunition for a gun. this thing is through the senate now. it is being debated right this second in the connecticut house, where it is also expected to pass. pro gun protesters
state capitol chanting just say no. they raised their voices and they lost this particular side of the debate, it s the way this country works. you make your case, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. that is the way that it worked in connecticut today with this bipartisan, huge vote. bipartisan overhaul of that state s gun laws following the massacre at sandy hook elementary school, which, of course, is in connecticut. president obama traveled to colorado, a state itself that passed a broad set of safety legislation last month. the president today in colorado talked about what has been the essential part of gun legislation that he would like to see passed at the federal level, universal background checks, it s newly the law in colorado and new york state, it s soon to be the law in connecticut. the president today repeatedly pointing out more americans agree with colorado, new york, and connecticut on the issue of universal background checks than americans agree on almost anyth
and former president bill clinton keeps backtracking on comments about extending the bush tax cuts. here is his latest. i m very sorry about what happened yesterday. what i thought something had to be done at the fiscal clip before the election. nothing has to be done till the first of the year. he should stick with his position and negotiate the republicans. kimberly: just say no. don t say sorry. back up what you said the first time because you were right. american people respect that. greg: you know you re right. kimberly: you system v become the nemesis. greg: bill clinton. kimberly: we re ignoring you. dana: this is amazing. on background, because they re not brave enough, nobody from the white house says on the reporter about booker he is dead to us. it is such ity politics to me. i m not that naive, i know the stuff goes on.
and former president bill clinton keeps backtracking on comments about extending the bush tax cuts. here is his latest. i m very sorry about what happened yesterday. what i thought something had to be done at the fiscal clip before the election. nothing has to be done till the first of the year. he should stick with his position and negotiate the republicans. kimberly: just say no. don t say sorry. back up what you said the first time because you were right. american people respect that. greg: you know you re right. kimberly: you system v become the nemesis. greg: bill clinton. kimberly: we re ignoring you. dana: this is amazing. on background, because they re not brave enough, nobody from the white house says on the reporter about booker he is dead to us. it is such ity politics to me. i m not that naive, i know the stuff goes on.
reiterated his pledge saying, please, republicans should all be nice. here s mr. gingrich, in his own words. i only have one opponent, that s barack obama. i have a number of friends running and one opponent. and i m going to run this campaign on a positive basis because i believe the people of iowa are smart enough that they can see the difference between somebody trying to help the country and somebody who simply is running a negative campaign. can he stay positive is the big question because speaker gingrich make no mistake, is feeling the heat. let s bring in cnn s jim acosta. here in iowa tracking the republican candidates, jim, that is the big question. the speaker s the front-runner. he says let s be nice. describe to our viewers the kind of heat he s getting. reporter: well, you know, it s almost impossible to figure out a direction where he s not being attacked from right now. keep in mind he s has three other candidates in this field attack him with either web