standing aside new york s mayor bloomberg, and of course, vice president biden. they ve been supporting the president s proposed legislation for that assault weapon ban, but will their support make a difference in the end? one thing is for sure, of course, the memories of what happened that day in newtown at sandy hook elementary remain vivid in everyone s mind. here s what the police chief said last night on piers morgan live. that day will be etched in my mind, will forever change me. and as i reflect today about that day, as much as i try to forget about it, i just can t, and i know that will give me the energy to move forward and to hopefully make change in our society that we need. reporter: and you know what, carol, we have the results of a cnn/orc poll that indicate that public support for major gun control restrictions has
they ll be joined by families from newtown, connecticut. cnn national correspondent susan candiotti is outside the event in new york. good morning, susan. reporter: good morning, carol. yes, you know, the chances of currently passing a strong gun control legislation appear pretty slim, probably, given what happened earlier this week. senator harry reid, you ll remember, announced that he was dropping the assault weapon ban from the current proposal, before the senate bill. now, senator dianne feinstein says she will introduce it as an amendment, adding that she won t lay down and play dead. so, carol, the gop continues to say, the better idea is to simply better enforce the laws that are already on the books. carol, the debate isn t ending anytime soon. doesn t appear to be. what role does the school shooting at newtown play here? reporter: well, as you indicated, of course, newtown parents, many of them, will be at this news conference today,
our talk back question today. will gitmo ever close? this from marie, keep it! the release would be a hazard from all countries. from dale, gitmo will never close, because the countries that the detainees are from don t want them back and our allies won t share in the workload. and from jeremy, gitmo is one of those things that people refer to as a necessary evil. it needs to close, but what happens afterwards and just how evil does it make us for keeping it open? please continue the conversation, facebook.com/carolcnn or tweet me @carolcnn. thanks, as always, for your comments. e walmart low price guarantee, backed by ad match. their ad price is ten for ten dollars, walmart s everyday low price is lower than their sale price. that s awesome! green bean casserole is a big easter dish in my house. really? yes, and right there. cream of mushroom soup. oh, here you go. that s what you put in it. yeah.
his wife and two attorneys and spoke very little when the judge addressed him. he appeared to be anxious and spoke very little other than to acknowledge the charges against him. if convicted, hundley faces up to one year in jail and a $100,000 fine. after the appearance, hundley s lawyer, marcia sheen, addressed the media and read from a prepared statement. the night that the incident occurred that mr. hundley has been charged with, he was traveling from atlanta to minneapolis to decide to take his only child and son off of life-support. he was under a great deal of stress and was very grieved and he d been up for the prior 24 hours. when this happened, on the plane, he said something inappropriate to mrs. bennett, he shouldn t have said, even in his darkest hour. we hope, for mrs. bennett s sake and our client s sake, that everyone will forgive him for what he said and to heal. reporter: hundley s trial date is set for may 13th. nick valencia, cnn, atlanta.
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