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High-capacity magazine clips but why we have waiting lines for access to mental health, why we allow for a culture of violence that celebrates the kind of death and destruction that we saw here today. theres no easy answer for why this happened and theres frankly no silver bull pet, no easy answer for how we make sure this doesnt happen again, but its certainly gonna consume the first part of my work as a united states senator. >> and we will all be watching and support you, so thank you very mu...

The house and watching whats happened in the senate. you have got a number of rural democrats, starting with senator reid, a number of rural democrats up for re-election next time this is not an issue of popularity turks is one of intensity a lot of gun owners vote that single issue, whereas voters who may favor controls tend to vote on a lot of other issues. the politics of this over the last decade and a half have been purely really in the gun owners favor. you look at president obamas record,...

Guards on duty inside the school, how could anyone or anything have stopped this? >> well, alex, i think first its really recognizing the exceptional bork that the school did and the teachers. they did a lot of training exercises. by all accounts, what we have learned, they had trained for evacuati evacuation, for center in place, those teachers in extraordinary acts of courage and heroism demonstrated that and protected those children. 181 school shootings since columbine. those dont happen bec...

Is it because the nra is all powerful, which i will add mayor bloomberg said is not the case earlier. could it be that or just because people are so worried about their constituents, they just want to keep their jobs? its -- you have to wonder what is the motivation to sign on to something is that really doesnt make common sense? ed rendell is saying is there any reason for anyone to have these assault-type weapons that are not in the military or private citizen? no, theres not. >> alex, just re...

Only limited to ten, that means he would have had to reload ten times, in the act of reloading, a lot of those kids would have gotten away, thats what people dont understand n aurora that guy had a magazine, 100 builts in it. 100 builts in it, automatic magazine. we can limit the carnage. we cant eliminate these events from happening but we can limit the carnage. we can save lives. by the way, alex, do you know any sensible reason any law abiding american, other than law enforcement or military,...

We havent been at since 1959. now, our expenses are far outside of hist toric norms and what im looking for in an agreement, alex, hopefully one that the president and the speaker come to where spending comes down sharply and also revenues do rise as a result of tax reform. and thats why im standing with and supporting the speaker in its negotiations. >> how about this, this i think it is clear the president is not going to completely back down on raising tax rates on the rich. is the gop just a...

Membership state in the union they are a paper tiger on issues like this all we have to do is have some congressman and senators are wusses. >> maybe employ a little of common sense. make that appeal among your constituents as well as your fellow colleagues there on alcoh capitol hill. ban together and unanimity u >> nobody gets hurt. >> alex, let me also note senator murphy made pretty good comments too, mental health issues this need to be addressed. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> movie ratings...

What additional things we can do to put in place, both at the federal level and at the state and local level to help minimize horrific tragedies like the one so painfully visited upon the sandy hook community. >> i would like to switch gears now and discuss a new development on the fiscal cliff because it has been purported that speaker boehner raising tax rates on those making over $1 million, but the president reduced that offer, sticking to his $250,000 threshold there would you vote for a de...

I like to think members respect beholden to a special interest group. >> where do you think the values of nra members fly is all sorts of statistics that say that the majority of nra members believe that there should be deep background checks that they are not necessarily for assault weapons. why is it that the majority of the members of the nra compromise those ideologies that there is anything but incredible background check he s and delay purchasing assault rifles or even the ability to get a...

More on that this struck a chord in europe hasnt it? >> reporter: it sure has the desperate picture of young children being led to safety you can the tearful president speaking to the world after shooting. the world responded, alex, with messages of goodwill. >> i was deeply saddened by fridays senseless violence in connecticut. >> normally find something cheerful to greet you with. >> keir, i apologize, im sure you worked hard putting that segment together but some of the audio has dropped out....