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As i enter into my last year as president i could not be prouder of the workthatweve donebut it also makes you really humble because you realize that change takes a long time. and a lot of the work you do is just to incrementally make things better so that 10 years from now, 20 years from now, the crime rate has gone down. >> so lonnie or sandy, did you leave there feeling positive about the future? >> absolutely. you know, this conversation needs to happen just like it did tonight. its a shame...

I think we need more groups like us and more funding put into groups that are guest violence or are trying to make a change against the violence. and other things such as like jobs. most of the people committing the crimes where im at and getting the illegal guns and what theyre doing is they have no other outlet. they have to do illegal things just to survive. >> yeah. weve got to run. but thank you so much. happy new year to you and we appreciate you coming on cnn. that is brave of you, tre. s...

Of the -- hes taken away from the public 90% of us, 80% of gun owners, 74% of the nra members want reasonable background checks. and i think thats the point hes trying to make. >> trying to inform the public about progress. and this conversation is about progress. i have to run, guys, its always a pleasure to talk to you. sandy, hopefully ill see you at the end of january. >> im looking forward to that. >> thanks. the big question in the wake of the town hall, will the plan work? when we come ...

It also makes you really humble because you realize that change takes a long time. and a lot of the work you do is just to incrementally make things better so that 10 years from now, 20 years from now, the crime rate has gone down. >> so lonnie or sandy, did you leave there feeling positive about the future? >> absolutely. you know, this conversation needs to happen just like it did tonight. its a shame that the nra didnt take the president up on his invitation to come and talk because the peopl...

Months. so to suggest that theres a notion of even more time prolonging the grieving process of this family, dragging it out through the holidays to say that they need more time to bring up charges on the officer, in the 52 minutes that you see the officers encounter with sandy, its very clear that her civil rights were violated and that the officer acted in gross professional misconduct. >> it has not yet been determined that the officer who arrested bland in the first place will face any charg...

Jail cell three days after her arrest. boris sanchez is live with the very latest. what have you learned, boris. >> reporter: the grand jury deciding not to indictme anyonen connection with the death of sandra bland. blands death sparked international outrage. investigators determined she committed suicide inside her cell using a plastic bag. her family, though, disputes that. they also strongly question the jurys decision yesterday, calling the process secretive and demanding the testimony to b...

Experience with waller county officials to date in terms of what has been furnished to us. the fact that five months after sandys passing we dont have the that report, that gives us cause for concern. >> the special prosecutor in charge of the case held a press conference after the indictment where he addressed the familys concerns. heres what he said there. >> we have left no rock unturned. and the grand jury, anything theyve asked for, weve done our best to give it to them. >> jordan also says...

Thousands of miles away, bystanders are threatened by another out-of-control vehicle. may 30, 2012. 1:30 in little canada, minnesota. chuck belland has just taken a break at his auto repair shop and joins regulars at their usual spots at gordies. >> chuck was right there. carl was right there and then you had jackie, jim, keith and sandy. >> as usual, pat is tending bar. >> i make a good long island tea, and i make a good bloody mary. >> two security cameras capture what happens next. >> all of ...

Just tweet the tsa. im not kidding. the agency, twitter handle to improve customer service in real time. the tsa hopes this can better prepare customers at safety checkpoints, check out employees, can focus more on counterterrorism efforts. so you can tweet them. give it a try. thanks, elisabeth. for years weve been told never to trust anybody on the telephone who claims they work for the irs. scammers stole millions from unsuspecting taxpayers alone. now the obama administration is giving tax...

Had my daughter -- we just had hurricane irene. the house was wiped out. and then the house was getting fixed, done, we moved back in. six weeks later, sandy came. it was just like a one-two punch. and then i started drinking, like, real -- pretty heavy. like, i wont deny it. >> on the night of his arrest, bernard says his father accused him of stealing his keys and wallet. when bernard denied doing so, he says a heated argument ensued. >> he -- he basically said that i -- i put a gun to his hea...