background checks will not stop violent crime or keep kids safe. they hope gun owners will see way beyond that. nra the benchmark, the one we look to. they are opposed to the legislation. my wife disagreed with me the other day, and i still love her. if background checks are as bipartisan as they get, at least they can make a deal on something. ta tack back questions, will background checks decrease gun violence? facebook.com/carol cnn or tweet me @carolcnn. at if the next big, isn t a thing at all? it s lots of things. all waking up. becoming part of the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything.
the seller refers the deal, and our team walks away. our total weekend weapon haul is three semiautomatic handgun with extra magazines and one semiautomatic rifle with a 30 round magazine. total spent? $2,800. all done, without showing any identification, without felling out a single form, not even so much as a name exchanged, the team now has a small arsenal which can never be traced. martin savage, cnn, atlanta. wow. checking our top stories now at 11 minutes past the hour. in suburban atlanta a deadly end to a bizarre hostage take. a hostage sweeps into a gun, and the gunman is dead after a brief gunfight. his hostages firefighters that responded a call that turned into a trap. made entry into the home, and they were taken hostage by him, and then he started making demands. these demands were to have his power turned back on. apparently he is going through some financial issues, and the
other day, and i still love her. if background checks are as bipartisan as the senate gets on guns, then at least the two sides can make a deal on something. talk back question for you today. will background checks really decrease gun violence? facebook.com/carol cnn. or tweet me @carolcnn. is he back. dick cheney set to talk to the republican faithful as the party tries to figure out its way forward, but is dick cheney the right man to help the gop rebrand? we ll talk about it next. [ male announcer ] progress isn t about where you ve been. it s about where you re going. the new ram 1500. best-in-class 25 mpg. north american truck of the year. the truck of texas. better residual value than ford and chevy. it s the fastest-growing truck brand
pennsylvania. that is one of the few states sort of in the northeast that still has republicans from the house or republicans in the house, and so they are probably going to feel pressured from the fact that their own senator is on board to also want to have some kind of vote. that is certainly a dynamic that might help answer that question. we ll see what happens. dana bash reporting live for us this morning. what exactly does the so-called gun show loophole look like up close? martin savage and his cnn crew struck out last weekend to find out. reporter: it s a simple idea. just how easily can you buy a gun at a gun show? so a cnn crew took a weekend drive. 600 miles with a pocket full of cash hitting five gun shows in three states tennessee, south carolina, and georgia. first stop? north georgia. the venue is small, and the selection limited. there weren t a lot of vendors. there wasn t a lot of product out there for people to buy.
security. it is not going to enhance south korea s security. it is going to make south korea less safe. i think it s not going to prevent north korean provocations, and it s not going to add to the ability of south korea to deter any large scale attack from north korea. many of the, what will happen is that there will be a regional arm race. armed south korea, japan will follow, and then china responds. a region that would tip even more out of balance and out of control. cnn, seoul. our talk back question for you today. will background checks really decrease gun violence? facebook.com/carolcnn or tweet me@carolcnn. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule.