he was unstable. that they were worried even that he might bring a gun to school. the question might be now, better guidance for people in the public, all of us that when is it appropriate to bring it up? who do you bring it up to? and to who? is it appropriate to take action? who will take you seriously? the difference about the council meeting, they had an armed guard there and stopped anybody from being killed for the most part. members of congress could hire one private security person if they re going to be out and about at an open air event. anyway, congressman brady is introducing legislation making it a federal crime for a person to use language perceived as threatening or inciting violence against a member of congress similarly as the president already has. what do you think about that? well, part of me when i first heard that thought, ok, that s fine. they might want to police themselves on the house floor, then. if that s the case. given the types of things they say
it arises. you can t do anything. you know, the very nature of being a public official is one where you need to press the flesh. you ve seen it at the white house with the president. you have to get out and touch people. you have to be seen. you have to hear them and at the same time, you want as much exposures you can possibly have. you know the shots from rallies. you want the crowds close and up close next to the candidate. that s not gonna end. and ultimately, you don t want to appear imperial. you want to be a representative of the people because that s what you are. that s right. i think last month we were talking about the city council meeting in florida where somebody walked in, the gentleman that shot and fortunately, nobody died in that incident but in any of these public forums because of the system that we have and the government that we have, that s the situation. though i think gretchen, right before this when you were talking about the situation of there were clu
common cause. thanks, steve. take care. good to have you as well. congressman brady will be joining us on fox & friends later on this morning. we talked to the heart broken mother of that 9-year-old gunned down in tucson. sick people are out there and this has to stop right now. today, we will try to answer her question. how do you stop this from happening? top psychiatrist dr. keith ablow will join us. and the man who helped take down the shooter after taking a bullet to the head, it grazed his head. retired army colonel bill badger is here live on this monday morning. ÷oñu]óvñ i÷w0]o>>pñ5[gkúz
loughner committed this crime on saturday in the first place. it wasn t about hate speech. it was about his mental state and his conspiracy theories and so on. so the knee jerk reaction initially about politics is not proving true so if he wants to have push that bill forward, fine. i don t think it s going to change anything about what has happened on saturday when loughner went after congresswoman giffords. it might stop other whack jobs from leaving voice mails and stuff like that if you follow the same policies set for the president. we ll talk to congressman brady coming up about that new legislation. in the meantime, dana, thanks for your time this morning. see you next week. have a terrific week. all right. coming up next, we ll go live to the phoenix courthouse where the accused gunman is due to make his first appearance since the massacre. that happens a little later on today. forensic evidence vital against the case against the shooter. we re talking to an expert th
the blame on politics. but do the american people buy that? we ll head to washington, d.c. where the flags are flying at half mast this morning. plans changing fast for both congress and the president. details straight ahead on this monday. ÷oñu]óvñ i÷w0]o>>pñ5[gkúz hi, anne. how are you doing? hi, evelyn. i know it s been a difficult time since your mom passed away. yeah. i miss her a lot, but i m okay. wow. that was fast. this is the check i ve been waiting for. mom had a guaranteed acceptance life insurance policy