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Modest changes here they failed. when australia introduced changes, obviously there was a lot of resistance there. just explain how much resistance there was at the time. and the prime minister at the time joan howard wore a flack jacket to the first address about this. >> there was resistance from pro-gun lobby groups. however there was not resistance from the general public. there was 92% of support for tighter gun regulation in 199637 and the key difference between obama and john howard, the ...

Vacuum. >> i didnt understand what he was talking about with the mother-in-law. that makes no sense. i love my mother-in-law. >> we know you do. >> not a problem with italian mothers. >> another thing that happened tonight, for those catholics around the world who are saying hes not talking enough about family, hes not talking enough about marriage, hes not talking enough about abortion, hes not talking enough, put it to rest, folks. and for those worried what is going to happen next week at the...

You, youve got to do this, youve got to do this. its not practical. drivers are human beings. they have to go to the bathroom like everybody else. they have humanly needs. and this gets taken out of the equation when we hear this conversation. you know, and im not defending this driver by any means. if he was out there driving unsafe, he needed to have the courage to say, im not going anywhere. you know? 99% of the drivers, they -- it is their worst nightmare to have an accident and harm someone...

Sophisticat sophisticated. the fence stretches from the red sea to the mediterranean. and on the other side is the sinai peninsula. long time a home for smugglers. but since egypts military took control of the country last year, its become a haven for jihadists. >> we know that the -- theyre saying were going to target israel, our prime target for us. >> reporter: in january this year, rockets were fired into the red sea tourist town, threatening israels billion dollar tourist industry. the same...

It he can go around the assembly on this. the plans for distributing marijuana in the state are very restricted. who gets the benefit from the medical marijuana and whos still off limits? >> right now, the country is looking at colorado and seeing people lighting up for marijuana on the streets. we are certainly not going to be seeing that here. i mean, its gonna be very -- the two diseases that are named in the law are glaucoma and cancer, patients in a can use it only distributed the these 20 ...

Worked on this series about bangladesh is how open and sort of individual garment factory owners would be with us. workers would be with us. people speak quite openly about these things. its sort of the lobby groups and the institutions inside, you know, the political -- well, theres parliament, theres what, i think transparency international says 60% of the members of parliament there has ties to the garment industry. thats high. >> yeah it is high. >> well, lynn, i want to say its an incredibl...

Its now a political reality that the national rifle association, the once poster child for how scary lobby groups can intimidate politicians and keep them from supporting common-sense and popular policies, that nra is no longer very scary at all, or influential, not in the way they would like us to think they are. a ppp poll released earlier this week found that an nra endorsement is now more likely to cost votes than to gain votes for a political candidate. we had hints of the nras anemic influ...

Well have to see what it is. im giving you guidance from a senior official in goldman. im hesitant to say its done until i see the paperwork because this is crazy. >> neil: the timing a weird and youre rushed between what youre doing here and "fox business" but its odd in this respect. this is the day they signed off on financial reform in the senate. it goes to the presidents desk. coincidence. >> the timing is not odd. it makes total sense. yes, theres no coincidence. part of beating up on gol...

Project as a prize, so let them decide, they can pick. like massachusetts, i dont care if they have healthcare in massachusetts. its failing, so now we shouldnt do what they just did, but thats what we should do with education. have an "x" prize. >> yeah. >> glenn: be able to innovate our way and then let the states do it. >> absolutely. one of the problems now is because the federal government spends all this money, all the focus on the lobby groups is on the spending and dollars. they lobby fo...

Is overreacted and should tone it down. apec came out that way today. thats the american-israeli public affairs committee, and the most famous of the jewish lobby groups. also, the adl came out that way. on the other hand a more moderate, new jewish lobbying group called j group or j street stead was up to israel to calm things down, and martin indeck a william respected former american ambassador to israel has said basically, israel has got to realize that america has interests, too. now, indyk...