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From the filibuster. i think he had a lot of political success striking out ahead of everyone else, so he struck out ahead here. pat toomey, republican from pennsylvania, we have word now that joe mansion of west virginia have called a press conference for tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. mark, you guys ran an ad, which i want to show, pressuring pat toomey to come to the table on this. take a look. >> on gun safety, pennsylvania has a strong background system, but guns dont respect state borders....

Gun purchases are purchases without a background check. i dont think we should extend it to them. but i think the system makes sense. how can that be? how can that be? how can it make sense to have the background system we have today knowing that 40% of the people who purchase a gun dont go through a background check? theres no constitutional argument. there is not even an inconvenience argument of there are 58,000 federally licensed gun dealers in the united states of america. 58,000. and they ...

City mayor michael bloomberg. late monday bloombergs gun safety group released a new ad pressuring pennsylvanias republican senator pat toomey. potentially a key player in these negotiations, to support background checks. now the u.s. senate can pass comprehensive background check legislation that will stop criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from kwlusing loopholes to get guns. senator toomey understands how important that change is. >> im in favor of making changes to a background sys...

Stunt. why do that when its unlikely these things that you dont want passed are going to pass, anyway. >> mike bloombergs group, the mayors against guns had this new advertisement. which is targeting pat toomey of pennsylvania. watch -- >> on gun safety, pennsylvania has a strong background check system. but guns dont respect state borders. now the u.s. senate can pass comprehensive background check legislation that will stop criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from using loopholes to get...

Its really about providing armed officers first and then secondly if that is not available to have an armed school staff that is trained and selected. >> reporter: but the white house is standing its ground and accusing republicans of blocking meaningful reform. >> when the president gave a state of the union, all applauded when there was an up and town vote. when the newtown families are not there, politics is the only reason this stuff wont get done. >> reporter: gabrielle giffords wrote about...

Kids. it doesnt have to be a gun free zone. there is a compromise in between. im okay with security guards having guns. they are trained to look out and not looking to educate. they have things to do. i think you can stop a bad guy with a gun without a good guy with a gun. one reason is background checks. you say insane people shouldnt have guns. wayne la pierre used to is support them and now he is against him. >> i know you cant give out a lot of mental illness information. how you will that e...

With organizing for action is looking to rebuild some momentum for gun control? >> well, it illuminates something weve known for a long time. we know how to enable states to get their records about peoples into the background system. and thats what congress is going to be voting on. >> much of today is about putting the pressure on congress, as you mentioned before the vote in the senate next month. do you think that politicians who dont hear the message, do you think there is actually going to ...

Real background check on everyone and maybe the department of justice ought to enforce the law. >> boehner said he wants a real background check on everyone. right after the interview, cnn told us what the speaker really meant to say. >> i had to go back to his office and say, is he coming out in favor of an improved background check system. no, he supports the background system that exists to be implemented better. >> now, grieving parents are joining the vice president to demand better of boeh...

Seems like news, right? that seems like a breakthrough. that would mean if it does pass the senate, when it gets to the house under john boehner, it might pass. we might get real background checks for everyone buying a gun. thats what he said he favors, right? a real background check on everyone. except right after he said that, then he said thats not really what he favors. >> now, what the speaker meant by that, i should say, i had to go back to his office and say, is he coming out in favor of ...

Yesterday, it seemed like john boehner agreed. >> do you think background checks, improving background checks might be part of that? >> they should actually do a real background check on everyone and maybe the department of justice ought to enforce the law. >> boehner said he wants a real background check on everyone. right after the interview, cnn told us what the speaker really meant to say. >> i had to go back to his office and say, is he coming out in favor of an improved background check sy...