kelly ayotte from new hampshire, who s had a rough couple of days facing constituents. earlier in the week, she was confronted by the daughter of the newtown principal killed in the massacre. let s watch this again. this is a new one. you really don t understand, it doesn t make sense to me. what is wrong with universal background checks? thank you, john. i will tell you in terms of a universal background check as it s been framed. i have a lot of concerns about that leading to a registry that will create a privacy situation for lawful firearms owners, however, i do believe that our current system should be fixed. it was an entirely different story for john mccain. he was applauded yesterday for his support of the background checks legislation. this is pam simons, a former
staffer to congresswoman giffords. she, too, was shot that day in 2011 by jared loughner. she had something she wanted to tell mccain. i would like to thank you so much for your vote on the after the event, she and the other survivors gave senator mccain 19 roses. 13 for the people injured that day and six for the people who died. you know, i want to get to you and give you a chance to talk politics in this. i ve been saying this last night, the united states senate does represent the people. therefore, you had a lot of wide open states like montana, utah, wyoming, which is just filled with beautiful country, obviously, and two senators. then you have new york and california, each have two senators each, so a lot of our people are only getting very thin representation of the senate. when those get people like
0 the center left and left like that, but what a smooch contest that was. well, and it s particularly disturbing, chris, because there s the under tone of not only defeating a bill that made common sense to 90% of america, but more importantly, defeating president obama and that seems to be the main thrust here. we re not going to give the president a victory. we re going to defeat the president. they lie to people. the bill in fact made a federal registry impossible because it made it a creation of a felony. it actually strengthened their position, but they lied because they didn t want to give common sense victory and they didn t want to give president obama a victory. frankly, that s disgusting. you were actually repeating what your colleague i guess from pennsylvania, mr. toomey, had said on the record. no question. it s disgusting. this isn t about the president, about him winning or losing. it s about what s right for america and what s wrong with washington, d.c. is exactl
that. another shooting victim was released today. ron barber, an aide to congresswoman giffords said in the statement that his healing process is now well under way. a day after her release, giffords staffer pam simons says that the wounds in the heart are a lot deeper and will take a long time to heal if ever. gabrielle giffords is improving in her condition. i spoke with a member of her medical team dr. peter rhee. it is hard to say what will happen in three months. she will get better compared to today and maybe time periods where she takes a few steps backwards, but what she can do in three months is difficult to outline. other news we are following right now, including stunning claims about ronald reagan coming from his youngest son weeks before the centennial of the late president s birth. ron reagan, the son, is out with a new book suggesting that his