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Spectators. and about half of the people you see are carrying backpacks, the ones there with loved ones who are running. they have dry clothes. they may have food. they may have other material in those backpacks. so seeing people from a variety of nationalities and ethnic backgrounds carrying backpacks in a confined area like that is going to be very difficult. and also you have seen whats been touted as eyewitness reports but none have really been an eyewitness to the event. theyve been an eyew...

Genders, different races, different backgrounds and, guess what, the country is still standing. were still a great court and the reason were great is because, unlike france, unlike those european countries, we are a multiplicity of racists and cultures and background and everyone has a chance to aspire to be what they want to be. >> and we are learning to respect each other. >> each other. thats absolutely right. >> joe madison, dana milbank, thank you both for your time tonight. >> thank you, r...

>> truly the events at newtown changed us all. it changed our country, our communities, our towns, and it changed our hearts and minds. this amendment wont ease the pain. it will not ease the pain of the families who lost their children on that horrible day. but nobody here, i mean not one of us in this great, great capitol of ours, with a good conscience, could sit by and not try to prevent a day like that from happening again. >> senator toomey from pennsylvania made an important point that co...

Unconstitutional infringement on second amendment rights. well, if thats the case, what of the current system that already exists? is that unconstitutional? i hear no one saying we should get rid of that. thats one thing thats not worthy. the other thing is as the senator noted, the dialogue changed so dramatically not just from 1994 but from 2004. we were going through old clips today of george w. bush when the assault weapons ban was set to lapse in 2004, saying he supported it. during his 200...

Second amendment rights. well, if thats the case, what of the current system that already exists? is that unconstitutional? i hear no one saying we should get rid of that. thats one thing thats not worthy. the other thing is as the senator noted, the dialogue changed so dramatically not just from 1994 but from 2004. we were going through old clips today of george w. bush when the assault weapons ban was set to lapse in 2004, saying he supported it. during his 2000 and 2004 campaigns, his program...

Misinformation put out there. a varitable boogeyman of sorts. colleagues on the hill quoted republicans today saying the proposed background check legislation could be an unconstitutional infringement on second amendment rights. well, if thats the case, what of the current system that already exists? is that unconstitutional? i hear no one saying we should get rid of that. thats one thing thats not worthy. the other thing is as the senator noted, the dialogue changed so dramatically not just fro...

Despite the overwhelming support of the american public. its one of those things that happens in washington when you have a lot of members of congress who are totally, totally committed to making sure theres no reduction in the opportunity to go ahead and buy weapons. so its a serious problem for the obama administration and for a lot of the proponents of expanded gun control in the united states. forget about the assault weapons type ban, forget about the magazine, the magazines, trying to redu...

And catherine herridge from washington joining us on a sunday. what does the letter say and special-ops, what message are they hoping to get out. >> harris, this letter first obtained by fox news is signed by more than 700 special operations vets and urging congress for a select committee tasked with a single mission to investigate the benghazi terrorist attacks and includes 15 questions ranging from what warnings were given to the state department, the security was unravelling on the ground, if...

Us on a sunday night. what does this letter say and what does the special ops group hope to -- what message are they hoping to get out. >> this letter attained by fox news assigned by 700 urging congress to select a special committee with a special mission. it includes 17 questions ranging from what warnings were given, the al qaeda and militias in eastern libya in the months since the attack to the real time decision making from president obama clinton and defense department on the night of sep...

And also dorothy woods, the wife of former seal tyrone woods, two of the four brave americans killed in the attack. we still do not have the truth. >> gretchen: so colonel, there were hearings on this and many people testified and yet, people still walked away feeling like wow, there is still some central questions that we maybe dont have the answers to. here is part of the letter that youre sending about the investigation. america has always held to the notion that no american will be left behi...