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And then iraq. i hope he pays it north korea. he knows the issue well. i hope, personally, he pays more attention to latin america as someone who is a border governor, the relationship with mexico and latin america. i always feel it deserves more attention. governor bill richardson, former governor of new mexico. thank you so much. . thank you. one of the busiest travel days of the year and mother nature making it slow going in many parts of the country. we ll have the latest in weather and travel as we approach christmas day and 297 million guns in the u.s. for 315 million people. how does it all add up? the gun industry by the numbers when we come back. [ male announcer ] it s that time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don t want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. ....
Center, 49% of people now say it s more important to control gun ownership. 42% say the right to own guns is more important. opinion was essentially divided in july after the deadly movie theater shootings in aurora, colorado. 47% said it was more important to protect gun ownership. 46% said it was more important to protect gun rights. a big part of the debate stems from the number of guns in this country. there are more than 297 million privately-owned firearms in the u.s. according to a congressional research service report. the gun industry here is thriving with profits doubling during the great recession. u.s. firearms remain one of the most successful industries in the world. stock prices of the two largest publicly traded firearm companies skyrocketed from the president s inauguration to the latest high. smith & wesson up over 260% and industry leader sturm, ruger and ....
gone. off on their holiday break. what does that mean for you, your paycheck and unemployment benefits? and what s this committee all about? we will talk to one of the members in a few moments. we are still keeping our eye on a massive blizzard that ripped through the rockies and central plains. rain to sleet to snow. snow has tapered off but the blizzard shut down highways and interstates. the conditions are to blame for at least four deaths in new mexico alone. this one is a survey and among likely caucusgoers, there is a new leader of the pack, ron paul comes in at 28%. newt gingrich has been tied at 28%. at this survey he drops to second place but gingrich does pull away. airline pilots. in a push to increase safety and prevent pilot fatigue. unveiled what are the most sweeping changes in pilot rules in half a century. it is a big deal to them. it s a big deal because for 25 years people have been talking about this and haven t done a dang thing about it. ....
Street, it is boots on the ground, in urban neighborhoods, they have to be trained and equipped. there s a number of steps and we have to first support the hiring of state and local law enforcement officials. the cops hiring plans, we have program, we have fiscal year 2011 request for $600 million, and that is up $297 million from this year. so that is the first step. to get these people on the force, but, the point you make is an excellent one and that simply having them there is not sufficient. they have to be adequately trained. and they are interacting with their federal counterparts and the joints terrorism task forces and training opportunities that we can make available. the training that the knowledge we can glean from them, and the interaction we have, during training. martha: we ll continue to monitor attorney general eric holder, as he talks about it is a budget hearing and they are talking about increased law enforcement and money for the ....
The right equipment? well, i think we have to it s just not putting somebody in a uniform on the street, it s boots on the ground in urban neighborhoods. they have to be trained and equipped. right. there are a number of steps. we have to certainly first support the hiring of state and local law enforcement officials. the cops hiring plan has a hiring program, we have a fiscal year 2011 request for $600 million. that s up $297 million from this year. so that s the first step, to get these people on the force. but the point you make is an excellent one. and that simply having them there is not sufficient. they have to be adequately trained. we are interacting with their federal counterparts in these joint terrorism task forces, training opportunities that we can make available, the training that the knowledge that we can glean from them and the interaction that we have during training. we have built upon the billion ....