0 this is a mass shooting in a highly secure complex. the nra has the argument of the only thing to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with guns. plenty of good guys with guns in a d.c. navy yard. there needs to be an examination of what happened and what could be done and the policy implications of that by the people who are only three minutes away from where this terrible tragedy happened. if we all say it doesn t really matter, like 12 people, what happens when it s our neighborhood, two minutes away from your home? it s just twisted for us to ignore it. we should mention that also here the executive director of mayors against illegal guns. mark, thanks for joining us. to continue on richard s point about what measurably will there be anything that comes of this, a renewed push for gun safety, reform. as richard brings up, the argument made by wayne lapierre, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. there were some good guys. it seems he took
0 are two truths about how members of congress typically approach thorny questions of international diplomacy and military intervention. they love to dramatically raise questions, demand answers and insist on being the deciders. they re just as happy when the white house ignores them and works their will. if that decision goes wrong, it lets congress say, but we tried to stop them. i know. there are plenty of house members and senators who genuinely and sincerely want to be on the record when it comes to using military force. but as a whole when it comes to congress and foreign policy, abdication has been the rule of late. abdication is not an option now. when congress returns from its vacation, there will be a debate on capitol hill about the attack president obama wants to launch and there will be a vote. that vote will have teeth. congress being on the hook for any action that s taken and any consequences of action not taken. for the president, it means the battle for public opinion
0 and non-verbal. he looked away and under his breath as i interpreted it said no. the defense used another police officer to set up the testimony from trayvon martin s father. do you recall what it was that you heard officer serino ask mr. martin after playing the 911 call? if he recognized the voice. okay. again, do you have the exact words or i don t know if those are exact words, but that was the question, if he had recognized the voice. okay. and mr. martin s response? was that it was not his son. then came the defense s dramatic tactic. calling tracy martin to the stand. best as i recall, after he played the tape he basically just said do you recognize the voice. and what was your response? my response was i didn t i didn t tell him no, that wasn t trayvon. i kind of i think the chairs had wheels on them and i kind of pushed away from the away from the table and just kind of shook my head and said i can t tell. so your words were i can t tell ?
0 opportunity to listen to that phone call? do you hear yells for help? do you have an opinion as to whose voice that is? are they continuous yells for help? were you able to identify mr. zimmerman s voice? when is the first time you heard that tape? you listened to it on the radio defense attorney mark o mara says among the witnesses he plans to call the to stand could the defense also call martin s father to the stand? trayvon martin s father. does anyone have a better argument than the other? only two people really know what happened on that evening. about whether it was george zimmerman or trayvon martin. this is day 20 of this trial. day 10 of testimony. the defense team says they plan to wrap up their presentation to the jury by mid to late week. court is in recess until 8:30 in the morning. the shocker in the george zimmerman trial today was that george zimmerman s defense called trayvon martin s father as a witness. it was a very risky tactic
0 russian television is reporting that the parents are cooperating with the fbi in their investigation. nbc news pete williams has developed the following chronology of the family s prior contact with the fbi, according to u.s. officials. in january 2011, the russian government asked the fbi for information about tamerlan, the older brother. saying he planned to visit russia and that both tamerlan and his mother may have become radicalized. the fbi asked the russians for more information, but the russians did not respond. the fbi checked their terror databases and found nothing. fbi agents interviewed tamerlan and his family in cambridge then, and the agent s conclusion was nothing negative found. that conclusion was then reported to russian officials. eight months later in september of 2011, russian officials asked the american government for information on tamerlan and his him give. he referred to them as knockoff jihadis. what do you make of his use of that phrase? lawrence, i thi