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President reagan president clinton signed the brady handgun violence prevention act. it requires background checks of gun buyers, eufpl poses a five-day waiting heard to sell a handgun and called for the creation of a national instant criminal background check system. in 1994 congress passed the violent criminal control and law enforcement act. it bans semi-automatic assault weapons for civilian use and large capacity ammunition magazines limiting them to ten rounds. it also requires licenses --...

The world as a guy who has fought on the front lines y? >> i think the world is safist when america i leading the world. weve seen that throughout our history. when we withdrew from the world after having intervened in europe after world war i we got world war ii. when we were not actively engaged after world war iiment cold war gee bega began quickly. i worry today if we withdraw from afghanistan or not a leader around the world then our enemies will move on the march much again and our allies ...

Me but i had not dealt with the man, so ill keep an open mind, and with any treasury secretary nominee my view is going to be looking to the substance, and this is not supposed to be a popularity contest, this is about fixing the problems that are affecting millions of americans. >> reporter: they say jack lew deliberately kept a low pre file during the recent fiscal cliff battle not wanting to flame up old tensions ahead of an expected announcement. jenna: mike, thank you. jon: a new high profi...

Jon: im jon scott. the womens healthcare and abortion provider says it received more than half a billion dollars in taxpayer money last year. this despite the fact that its abortion services increased while its preventative services dropped. shannon bream is live in washington with more on that for us. >> reporter: well, across the country individual states along with pro-life lawmakers here in washington say the latest accounting from planned parenthood is a wake up call. a record $542 million ...

Ask your rheumatologist about humira, to help relieve pain and stop further joint damage before they stop you. jon: a group of democrats is calling on president obama to ignore the legal debt ceiling and barrow more morning without the consent of congress. theyve signed a letter endorsing this drastic and legally questionable action, arguing the president could invoke the 14th amendment to raise the debt limit if republicans stand in his way. quote, in the event the speaker, that is speaker john...

Are being two inch transient or want too steep of spending cuts. jon: it just seems like when things get invent, like for instance putting forward a budget in the u.s. senate, which hasnt happened in, what, more than a thousand days now -- >> yeah. jon: stkarb dash when it gets invent to obey the law they just look the other way, disobey the law and nobody seems to notice. why? >> one of the things interestingly that republicans are considering doing as part of these upcoming negotiations on the...

On site services. states from arizona to new jersey have been fighting to defunneled the organization. efforts have ramped up again with the reintroduction of legislation in the house that would block the department of health and human services to give them federal money until they certify that they will not provide abortions or refer clients elsewhere for abortion. the parenthood president says, quote, some members of congress just dont get it. this legislation would limit womens access to the ...

In the bedroom. >> and she is the one with the knife and she is the one with the gun. come on. jon: well, i guess thats why attorneys like to argue in court because it has been a pretty good argument here on television. well continue to follow the new developments in that trial. jodi arias could go to death row in arizona. meanwhile day two of a preliminary hearing in another high-profile murder case about to get underway. this one involves with the gunman charged with going on that deadly rampa...

Wait to be hired. spain has the word unemployment problem with a staggering rate of 26.6% for november, as unemployment rises you question how much longer governments can stick to their austerity programs. and the problem is with people losing jobs spending power falls so it really is a vicious circle. now the good news in all of this. jon, if there is any is that business and consumer confidence is up in the euro zone. some studies are showing, and basically the market turmoil has sort of calme...

If i start crying it will alert your iphone. jenna: i like that. >> something for everyone. something for everyone here at ces. jenna: it is not just about the babies. you have to check up on your co-anchors. jon: thats right. jenna: shibani, have fun out there. thanks for the great selections. those are good ones. some of stuff you look and say im not sure. jon: i love those gadgets but some of it goes away so quickly. jenna: i will get you the baby intercom. jon: ultrahigh definition, 20-somet...