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Need our lawmakers to do the right thing and show political courage. thats what vice presidents message was today when he appeared with new york mayor michael bloomberg and relatives of newtown, connecticut. at one point, he spoke directly to the parents of a teacher who lost her life trying to protect her students. >> think about newtown. think about newtown. think about how many of these children or teachers may be alive today had he had to reload three times as many times as he did. for all t...

No less than justice scalia acknowledged in the last decision that the government has the right to limit certain weapons from being able to be possessed by american citizens. this is not a constitutional decision. if you notice, when the ban was in place last time, there was not a constitutional challenge that went anywhere to the existence of the ban. so lets get this straight. this is not about anybodys constitutional right to own a weapon. for all those who say we shouldnt and cant ban assaul...

Enforcing federal laws against the recreational use or any use, for that matter, of colorado and washington. thats because in those states it is now illegal for employees of the state -- that would be not just administrators and bureaucrats, but police -- to help the feds enforce federal law. and what most people might be surprised to know is the federal government does not have the person power and resources to enforce all federal laws on its own. it needs the assistance of state and local poli...

Toaster strudels into guns. is that what they are doing? it is insanity to punish them for this. >> how screwed up is it we need legislation to deal with something this stupid? we do we have to tell teachers and administrators that a gun made out of a pastry is evil. >> it never looks like a gun because it is a pop tart. it looks like a pop tart and they dont resemble weapons. at least they didnt in my day. i like the provision about this though. it will actually punish the teachers. the kids wi...

System that allowed me to report it anonymously. i noticed that our policies were not very survivor friendly. they were also not very clear on what the procedures were for really coming forward and finding support. i was hearing dozens of stories a week. i realded that my story was one of many. so i was telling all the administrators my concerns and really wasnt being met with any sort of answers. it was well get to it. never well do something about it. annie is a good friend of mine and when sh...

So its not only procedural change and holding administrators accountable but having larger conversation about sexual assault. certainly how we treat each other in the country. and so its a much larger issue. you want to chime in on that. >> i think its also definitely creating a forum for survivors to come forward. so often times were told that our story is one of a kind. its our fault that we could have prevented it. we hope that not only with our complaint but by coming forward and sharing the...

So that theres all of this effort at not talking about things. some place we have to talk about those things, and i dont know who said that people come out more angry than they went in, but unless theres empirical evidence for that, i just dont buy it. >> megyn: its a man named john ward who taught a latino history class in tucson and also the administrators had a problem with it and more than one audited the class and thought that the man having che guevara on the wall was over the top. in any ...

It is insanity to punish them for this. >> how screwed up is it we need legislation to deal with something this stupid? we do we have to tell teachers and administrators that a gun made out of a pastry is evil. >> it never looks like a gun because it is a pop tart. it looks like a pop tart and they dont resemble weapons. at least they didnt in my day. i like the provision about this though. it will actually punish the teachers. the kids will not bankrupt the country one municipality at a time. >...

>> kellys court is back in session. on the docket today allegations of cheating, leaks to the media and reports of spying on employees at americas most prestigious university, or one of them at least. harvard faculty members are furious right now after learning that administrators secretly searched the e-mail accounts of 16 resident deans last fall. they were trying to find out who may have leaked information about a student cheating scandal to the media and in doing so have created yet another ...

Was, megyn. >> megyn: im so glad i didnt go there. >> reporter: i am so glad i didnt either. (laughter) you know, im clearly could have gotten in, i just knew. >> reporter: me, too. >> megyn: the writing was on the wall something like this could happen. thank you, trace. >> reporter: sure. >> megyn: syracuse is the harvard of western new york. so did harvard administrators have a right to essentially hack e-mail accounts belonging to top faculty members. ever wonder whether your boss could look ...