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Over the centuries takes various twists and turns. >> all after, there is much more to being queen. >> it is like a claim you are not heir to the throne. and reports the government is prohibiting parents from naming their newborns after the korean leader. kim jong-un is actually a common name. >> and probably the least crazy thing he has done this year. >> there are lots of other things he could have done. im errol barnett, for everyone else, stay tuned for cnn news room. have a great day.

We put my name in, just to try it out. check it out. heres what we got. betty is the 64th most common name among registered voters. who knew? about 53% are democrats, and just over 60% of bettys are likely to have a gun in their home. on that note, that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. all right. it is friday, and that means we are joined by politicos kevin. happy friday, ken. >> happy friday. how are you? >> im doing well. senate republicans, weve been talking about this because th...

>> you aint even got to ask for permission? oh, man. im giving you a punch in the mouth. meet me over here and well get you some paper work and get it started. >> in 1983, federal legislation mandated that all firearm dealers do background checks on potential buyers looking to purchase shotguns and rifles. some states like virginia have their own additional checks. >> everythings got to be spelled out in full. youll have to have two forms of i.d. with the same name and address on it. >> virginia...

Of reasons why vice presidential nominees should be decided than one guy deciding on his own is the terrible, terrible example of john edwards. the other terrible legacy of john edwards is that john edwards is a really common name. and if you are a democratic politician, say, youre like a democratic politician, white guy, from the south, whos a good-looking, great smile senator with a bright future ahead of him, it must be a drag to also be named john edwards. but virginia state senator john edw...

He was the father instead of john edwards being the father. right up there in the pantheon of reasons why vice presidential nominees should be decided than one guy deciding on his own is the terrible, terrible example of john edwards. the other terrible legacy of john edwards is that john edwards is a really common name. and if you are a democratic politician, say, youre like a democratic politician, white guy, from the south, whos a good-looking, great smile senator with a bright future ahead o...

All while camping in national parks. >> then we hit a snag. >> reporter: until last week. >> we are just out here trying to go to the national parks a once-in-a-lifetime trip and they are preventing us from doing that. >> reporter: when the government shut down, so did the national parks, forcing pete and dave to improvise. at least for now, theyve decided to wait out the shutdown in seattle but it hasnt stopped them from growing the network. and as they add seattles dave number 21, they are one...

So she said i think he lives in the virginia, maryland, d.c. area. and so you ought to start your search there. so i got out phone books for like four straight days. its a fairly common name. eugene allen. and i just started cold calling every eugene allen in, say, you know, all of the neighboring cities -- i mean towns outside of d.c., virginia, maryland. because if he was catching a taxicab, then i just said, well, he must live in the region. and on the 57th call, a gentleman answers the phone...

Following, a pretrial hearing for a young man we told you a lot about. he made an unfunny joke online about shooting up a school. he says it was absolutely a joke. that joke cost justin carter months in prison and hes facing a felony terrorism charge. we will bring you the latest on the case and what the pretrial hearing could mean. >> that is just getting started. and we have one that is just being closed. a 15-year mystery solved. we are going talk to a performance artist who bought the plot n...

>> all right. just meet me over here. well give you some paperwork and get it started. >> in 1993, federal registration mandated all licensed firearm stores do background checks. >> virginia state form. >> some states like virginia have their own additional checks. >> everythings got to be spelled out in full. like i said, youll have to have two forms on i.d. with the same name and address on it. >> virginia runs the forms through an fbi database where th check to see if the potential buyer is a...

Punch. youre all right. meet me over here. well get you some paperwork and get it started. >> in 1993, federal legislation mandated that all license firearm dealers do background checks on potential gun buyers looking to purchase handguns, shotguns and rifles. some states like virginia have their own additional checks. >> everything has to be spelled out in full. you have to have two forms of id with the same name and address on it. >> virginia runs the forms through an fbi database where they c...