victims of gun violence from every u.s. state and territory. my fellow americans, enough. enough. it s time for each of us to do our part. it s time to act. for the children we ve lost, the children we can save, for the nation we love. let s hear the call and the cry. let s meet the moment. let us finally do something. the president laid down a marker to expected opposition from republican lawmakers. don t tell me raising the age won t make a difference. enough. my god, the fact that the majority of the senate republicans don t want any of these proposals, even to be gate debated or come up with a vote i find unconscionable. let s talk about the specifics of what the president laid out last night. tom foreman is here with that. again, some very specific plans put forth, tom. yeah, a lot of bullet points we can talk about here. i don t mean to make a pun there. the first one to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines. this was they want to reinstate the 199
lawmakers in the senate are looking at than this package that the house committee passed yesterday. it s not going to be something that overcomes the chasm we just saw there. that was some hearing. lauren fox live for us on capitol hill. thanks. former chief of staff to late president george h.w. bush is urging lawmakers to take action and she says her former boss left a blueprint for them to get there. she writes in part, quote frrks former president george h.w. bush i learned too much to discuss in this op-ed but among his many life lessons be bold, be truthful, be courageous and don t be afraid to say you were wrong. more than anything he taught us by example, now it is our elected officials turn. joining us now is jean becker the author of the man i knew: the amazing story of george h.w. bush s post-presidency. it s great to have you here. the headline to this op-ed caught my attention. it says george h.w. bush quit the nra and gave a mr. you flint for action. that was in 19