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April 13, 2013
Family. >> sean: what would that be? >> protect your family with whatever you have available? >> sean: pick up a knife and baseball bat? >> do i believe in self-defense, absolutely? >> sean: you wouldnt use a gun? >> i cant speak to whether or not i own a gun. im not interested in promoting firearms that is the nras job. >> sean: oh, i think that is the nras job. >> if it was so benign you wouldnt need the place. you do need the police. >> they teach more gun safety classes than any other group ...
April 13, 2013
>> sean: what would that be? >> protect your family with whatever you have available? >> sean: pick up a knife and baseball bat? >> do i believe in self-defense, absolutely? >> sean: you wouldnt use a gun? >> i cant speak to whether or not i own a gun. im not interested in promoting firearms that is the nras job. >> sean: oh, i think that is the nras job. >> if it was so benign you wouldnt need the place. you do need the police. >> they teach more gun safety classes than any other group in ameri...
April 11, 2013
Because they are afraid they are going to lose their job. when you talk about the path to citizenship if you dont put any penalties for the undocumented folks here and dont tell people there will be penalties for these folks you still want a majority want a path to citizenship. you say they have to learn english and get in the back of the line, republican support goes to 73%. >> wow. >> a path to citizenship. >> really? >> its there. if the messaging is there, if they are talking about that the ...
April 11, 2013
To proceed with the debate. will you be one of the 60? >> i will vote -- i will vote to debate this on the floor. its why i came to washington, d.c., chris. the senate is supposed to be the biggest deliberative body in the world. we need to deliberate on this issue. we need to have a good debate, have a good conversation and figure out what can work for this country, protect our second amendment rights while keeping the weapons out of the hands of those who dont use them in a proper fashion. >> ...
April 10, 2013
Is, you prepare for every contingency. >> shepard: those preparations include warships and interceptor bears on stand by in case the north korean missile test turns out to be more than just a test. jennifer griffin with the news live in her position at the pentagon tonight. they are keeping close watch on, this im sure. >> absolutely, shepard, of course, u.s. satellites and spy planes such as the air force global hock are trained on kims missile launch sites as we speak tonight. this is the firs...
April 10, 2013
Will you be one of the 60? >> i will vote -- i will vote to debate this on the floor. its why i came to washington, d.c., chris. the senate is supposed to be the biggest deliberative body in the world. we need to deliberate on this issue. we need to have a good debate, have a good conversation and figure out what can work for this country, protect our second amendment rights while keeping the weapons out of the hands of those who dont use them in a proper fashion. >> will you then vote among the...
April 10, 2013
Issue. we need to have a good debate, have a good conversation and figure out what can work for this country, protect our second amendment rights while keeping the weapons out of the hands of those who dont use them in a proper fashion. >> will you then vote among the 60 necessary to proceed to voting on the measure such as this manchin vote, man chin/toomey proposal? >> absolutely i will be voting in favor of moving to debate. >> yet just to get your vote clarified, will you be among the 50 tha...
April 10, 2013
Newtown and sandy hook that are down here lobbying. weve had a great effort that has been ongoing. i know steven partbarton is then the show as well. but its been that pressure from the outside. when 91% of the american people agree with universal background checks, any step forward is welcome. still we see the threat of filibuster in the senate. and whether or not the house decides to take it up, the pressure has to continue to build. this is a good step forward. and i think its going to be enc...
April 7, 2013
Uncontrolled airport. >> overall, greg, as you look at the prospect of closing these control towers, does it worry you about safety? >> absolutely, alex, any time that you lose that tool of the air traffic controller being able to monitor the airplanes coming in and out of that airport or all aircraft, that level of safety diminishes only because you have a service thats provided to pilots to make them more aware of other airplanes and helicopters in the local vicinity. you take that tool away a...
April 4, 2013
And they were really disgusted of the idea of being pushed up there. they werent allowed to stand with the sheriffs, standing up for their community. but were told it was in their best interest to be at the denver police academy in uniform, trying to represent his views. >> so did police officers actually feel pressured to be there -- law enforcement who didnt want to be there? >> absolutely, gret a. i talked to two officers that didnt wish to be identified. in addition to the story you have alr...