a memorial, clearly last night, but what the president didn t do by most accounts didn t do, a deft job of pulling together the political idea of discourse in this country and what this event brings us to change perhaps in the way that s carried out. there certainly was a feeling that there was some way in which the discourse would have to be discussed. the white house, again, as you said, trying to avoid making anything political about this event last night. but the president said it is important that we not allow the tragedy of what happened on saturday to pull us apart. take a listen: as we discuss these issues, let each of us do so with a good dose of humility rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame. let s use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations. to listen to each other more kaefl. to sharpen our instincts for
to deny republican governors more funding for their states. just say no. should be the message. absolutely. because the states get bailed out, and they ll continue their bad habits. just like someone with a drinking problem. martha: john fund, interesting times, and, these are really interesting poll numbers i think from the american people about the way they want to see those issues handled and we ll see whether they get the message. thank you. bill: lawmakers calling for a strict measure in the aftermath of the tragedy in tucson, there is a congressman, prominent republican calling for tougher gun laws, how homeland security committee chairman peter king, out of new york is live, coming up in a few moments. back after this. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements.
bill: and special reporter bret baier is with us, and, probably the question about sarah palin. reporter: the white house doesn t want to go down that road. bill: bret, we are looking at a schedule in the house, that at some point has to return to normal. now, yesterday there was a scheduled vote on repealing of health care. that had been shelved for a period of time, but i don t know when it will come back. what are you hearing on the hill, as far as a return to normalcy? is that this week or does it starts on monday of next week or beyond that? reporter: well it is really interesti interesting. there are a lot of voices on this, whether they should roll forward with the health care repeal effort and a lot of republicans were elected on just that, pledging to repeal health care and wanted that to be the first vote. even though we know it may get pushed back in the senate and of course would be vetoed by the president. but, that is really the votes they wanted to do. now, there i
whether they are going to move health care first. it is really the only bill that is ready to go, to the floor at this point. the committees are not even set up, structurally, as of yesterday and monday is martin luther king day and so that day is off and they had previously agreed to let the house finish up early on thursday, so democrats could get to their retreat. so you are looking at a shortened week and they pledged to have 7 hours of debate on the health care repeal bill and that is a lot to squeeze in. bill: sure is and one more thing to throw into the mix. gabby giffords, lying in the hospital in tucson voted for health care. now, has there been any rumblings as to whether or not that would have an impact on when they schedule it? reporter: you know, some people are talking about that. but i don t think one congresswoman, despite the tragedy, despite that they are all pulling for her to recover, i don t think that that would change the agenda as to when to move forward with
has taken a strong, controversies yell stand on this. eric: he has, and a spokesman of the governor saying the decision is not related to the tucson shootings and they say it was considered before the tragedy happened. you know some blamed talk radio, and defenders say there is no evidence that talk radio influenced the suspect at all. rode s governor, a former republican senator, now an independent, has barred state employees including himself from appearing on talk radio, what he calls for-profit entertainment radio programs and he says they are more entertainment than journalism. and he bill go on npr, public radio, though and the governor s spokesman told us and i quote, this is a brand new administration facing a mammoth deficit, we are looking in every way to be efficient and do not think it is appropriate to invest taxpayer resources to support what we see as an entertainment format, not a news format. but you know, during yesterday s snowstorms, state officials went on talk rad