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A gun control activist or on gun issues. theres no reason substantively that his nomination should be seen as a win for the gun reform side. except for the political fact that in order to get him as surgeon general, you had to beat the nra. and they beat the nra. the nra lost this one tonight when he was confirmed. and that comes as the country marks two years since the elementary school massacre at sandy hook elementary in newtown, connecticut in december 2012. its been two years. and today, th...

He was approved by a vote of the full senate earlier tonight. thank you, ted cruz. his nomination had been stalled for more than a year because the nra decided to wage war on his candidacy. he had never been an activist on gun issues or particularly involved on either side of the gun rights, gun reform debate. but the nra decided they were going to make an example of him. make a big show over opposing his nomination because of a couple of times he expressed his opinion online that gun violence s...

We are about to get a surgeon general. we havent had one for a year and a half. vivek murphy is not a gun control activist. hes not an activist on gun issues. theres no reason, substantively, that his nomination could be seen as a win for the gun reform side. except for the political fact that in order to get him as surgeon general, you had to beat the nra. and you know what? they beat the nra. the nra lost this one tonight when he was confirmed. and that comes as the country marks two years sin...

Any parent no matter how capable or well meaning, to control. and i have actually probably had five or six cases over the course of my career where ive seen that. so i can appreciate probably in a different way what the rodgers experienced. >> do you feel without going into details you feel were private between the two of you, do you feel that the father of this individual, who is alleged to have done this to your son, wants to be part of this conversation on gun issues as you do? >> well, i jus...

The person you got to know, any question in your mind as to whether or not this was about mental illness? >> oh, theres no question in my mind that this is about -- that this was about mental illness. it touches upon gun issues, it touches upon gender issues. but the maine main rubric is this is a young gentleman with some very severe problems in relating to others socially. >> so its not about him being a movie or a gun law away from being safe to society. he has real plans in his head? >> yeah...

You dont simply look at somebodys youtube and go, hey, this is troubling, im going to call police unless theres a history of some sort of behavior that is no longer manageable. holly hughes, youve been in this situation, criminal defense lawyer, how do you deal with a young man who is on the verge? >> well, you try very hard -- its exactly what lou said. you know, you need to be able to get them involuntarily committed and then see, have a work-up done on them. whats more interesting to me is, i...

Deal with this issue. in individual districts it becomes more problematic. gun issues, you know if youre a democrat in a red state, this is a key issue for you to be on the side of your voters. and if youre not, youre not going to win there. >> chris, lets go west to nevada, day two. he was given a chance to back off his comments. he has doubled down. this is bundy on cnn this morning. >> sure. >> i talked about this quite a bit. >> please. >> and i thought about what the reverend martin luther ...

Friend inside this apartment building. witnesses told police the student was playing with the gun when it discharged. last year gun control was front and center in obamas state of the union. >> the families of newtown deserve a vote. >> after a failed vote in congress to expand background checks -- >> the amendment is not agreed to. >> gun issues got a mention in this years state of the union union. >> im trying with or without congress to help stop tragedies from visiting americans in movie the...

Gun violence tuesday. a 17-year-old student is charged with killing his 15-year-old friend inside this apartment building. witnesses told police that the shooter was playing with the gun when it discharged. last year gun control was front and center in obamas state of the union. >> the families of newtown deserve a vote. >> but after a failed vote in congress to expand background checks. >> the amendment is not agreed to. >> gun issues got just a mention in this years state of the union. >> i in...

Want to continue to live if theyre in terminal cases and in terrible pain. these are incredible different -- >> we will go to any length to protect children when theyre in a womans body in this culture and in our society, but that child is unborn, we will pull out no stops, any legal measure will be taken to protect. once theyre out of the woman, welcome to america, 300 million guns, good luck, go into your middle school in roswell, new mexico. and nobody seems to care. >> we should care about t...