when 34-year-old aaron alexis opened fire. the president met privately with the victim's families and said the nation stands with them as they mourn. he's also urging americans not to give up on transforming gun laws that he says are to blame for an epidemic of violence. i'm marianne rafferty. now back to "hannity." welcome back. we'll have a battle over the debt celling. i want to take a trip down memory lane for the democrats. you're smiling so you are giving yous away. in 2006 obama was a senate then. the fact that we are here today to debate raising america's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure, a sign that the u.s. government cannot pay its bills, a sign we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance the reckless fiscal policies. he said increasing america's debt waeg weakens us.