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"national review" let me show up that statistic of the number of people that have died from terrorist attacks and the number of people that have died from l proposals for solutions, should we have a sense of urgency with the equivalency of the way we tackle terrorism? >> well, its the core responsibility of the government to protect us from foreign enemies. the reason the gun debate is going nowhere and is so sterile is anything you do at the margins is not going to stop these kind of mass shoot...

"national review" let me show up that statistic again, here, rich, of the number of people that have died from terrorist attacks and the number of americans that have died from gunshots. lets take away different proposals for solutions, should we have a sense of urgency with the equivalency of the way we tackle terrorism? >> well, its the core responsibility of the government to protect us from foreign enemies. the reason the gun debate is going nowhere and is so sterile is anything you do at th...

>> this is a startling statistics. 153,000 people have died from gunshots since 9/11. and counting 9/11, up to -- just over 3,000 people have died from terrorist attacks. the presidents point is we have devoted all these energies to prevent terrorism. should there be a sense of urgency on this? >> so the way i look at it, you take chicago, you take baltimore, you take various other places where you have tremendous gun violence and death, right? the strictest laws in the united states, in the wor...

May he bring comfort to their families and courage to the injured as they fight their way back. and may he give us the strength to come together and find the courage to change. >> all right. the president at one point calling for media organizations like our own to compare the number of deaths at the hands of terrorist attacks and gun violence deaths. thats something weve actually had occasion to do on this program numerous times in the 2 1/2 years ive been anchoring here. our friends at vox put...

Deaths. its true by a large margin. over a month ago there had been over 8,000 killed in gun violence whereas the number of people killed in terrorist attacks was far less. >> how did you come up with these numbers? >> theres a great database that collects the number of deaths by guns. i believe its the university of maryland that files that data. >> you said it was the angriest youve seen the president since after newtown. he has said that one of his biggest faults, his regrets, will be not get...

And thats terrible to say. and it can change. may god bless the memories of those who were killed today. may he bring comfort to their families and courage to the injured as they fight their way back. and may he give us the strength to come together and find the courage to change. >> all right. the president at one point calling for media organizations like our own to compare the number of deaths at the hands of terrorist attacks and gun violence deaths. thats something weve actually had occasio...

Issue. well, this is something we should politicize. it is relevant to our common life together. to the body politic. i would ask news organizations, because i wont put these facts forward. have news organizations tally up the number of americans who been killed through terrorist attacks in the last decade and the number of american who is have been killed by gun violence. and post those side by side on your news reports. this wont be information coming from me, it will be coming from you. we sp...

Be a report from the douglas county sheriffs office. were out at fire district 2 in roseburg. were just trying to get any details we can. for the time being, very scarce. were still waiting on an exact number of swrered. people have been transported by hell kopter as far away as portland, 2 1/2 hours. the hospitals here full up. also the clinics taking in people with more minor injuries. but very, very hectic scene out here. my station, myself, one of the first people out here. and very, very he...

Opposition for a political transition. so far, putin has not been willing to engage in that kind of deal making. >> lets listen to what putin said on "60 minutes" last night about russian troops in syria. >> translator: russia will not participate in any troop operations in the territory of syria or in any other states. well, at least we dont plan on it right now. but we are considering intensifying our work with both president assad. and with our partners in other countries. >> adrian, you chuc...

>> lets listen to what putin said on "60 minutes" last night about russian troops in syria. >> translator: russia will not participate in any troop operations in the territory of syria or in any other states. well, at least we dont plan on it right now. but we are considering intensifying our work with both president assad. and with our partners in other countries. >> adrian, you chuckled when he said at least were not planning on it right now. >> well, i think that the environment that theyre p...