shannon: vice president joe biden is set to release his recommendations for reducing gun violence to the president this week. appearing on a sunday talk show the president of the national rifle association predicted congress will not pass a new assault weapons ban or a restriction on high capacity magazines but democrats maintain the newtown massacre is changing attitudes on capitol hill. president obama sworn in for his second term next week. today preparations already are underway in the u.s. capital. the inauguration is expected to be smaller this year than it was in 2009 but will still fee he tour a star studded lineup and enthusiastic mood but tempered by high unemployment and a still faltering economy. if you are feeling tense, here is an idea gaining momentum. get out there and throw a snowball. thousands in seattle turning out for the largest ice
we will have a fair and balanced debate. america s news headquarters from the nation s capitol starts right now. president obama s second term hasn t started officially, but the agenda and the cabinet are taking shape. so are some of the clashes over the president s nominations. jennifer griffin has more on the fights ahead. reporter: first, there will be the confirmation battles, many of which seem like they will be bruising. none more than the hearing before the senate armed services committee over the new defense secretary, chuck hagel. the hearings could start as early as this week. the white house has mounted a vigorous defense. hagel says his record on iran, gays and the military has been distorted. members of the armed services committee will question hagel. but today on face the nation, senator john mccain called hagel a friend, though he has questions and is annoyed at how the white house has handled the
people. why was it a death trap. did the president know about the attacks in april and june on the consulate and know about the british ambassador being attacked in june. he said he ordered people to come to the aid of the people at the consulate during a 7 hour attack. when did he make that order and what was the response? if the talking points were changed and al-qaeda was taken out, why? i m very suspicious that the story that susan rice told was a political story three weeks before the election where she said al-qaeda was decimated. that is hot true. she said the consulate was significantly and substantially secured. now, we know it was a death trap. i want to know why the cia and the fbi couldn t talk to each other about survivor interviews held by the fbi to make sure we wouldn t have made a mistake that it was based on a video. the questions i m asking are reason and and i m going to insist on an answer. shannon: and we will be watching along with you as our viewers and americ
afghan war is the fourth living recipient for actions in iraq or afghanistan. president obama will present the award to clinton ramesha next month, saying me and fellow soldiers were surrounded by dozens of enemy fighters and fought back bravely and he took out an enemy machine gun team, despite his injuries. coming up, ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak tries to get out of a life sentence for allowing protesters to be murdered. and feverish, coughing, achy flu is sweeping the country. it is not too late to get the flu shot. but is it still available? officemax has exactly the ink. your business needs. at prices that keep you.out of the red. this week get a bonus $15 itunes gift card with any qualifying $75 ink purchase. find thousands of big deals now. at officemax.
shannon: the issue of gub violence is on the agenda in washington this week issue as the vice-president will release his recommendations to the president. reporter: appearing on a sunday talk show, the president of the national rifle association said congress won t pass a new assault weapons ban or a restriction on high-capacity magazines. but democrats maintain the newtown massacre is causing a sea of change and that gun rights advocates need to compromise. an indicted utah businessman is trying to tie senate majority leader harry reid to an alleged bribery scream. ger jeremy johnson, chark wednesday money laundering and bank fraud said that the utah attorney general set up a deal for him to pay more than a half million to reid to make a federal investigation go away. swallow strongly denies the