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Bellantoni is an editor for "the los angeles times." thank you for being here on what is the end of an incredibly busy news night. christina, i want to start with you. the president says he's going to have very powerful and strong changes to the background checks system. that is something that potentially if he's talking about the kind of film we discuss in the wake of newtown shooting would expand background checks. right now that's not what congress is talking about doing. they have a limited version of this bill that would make some changes to the background check system. that broader backg...

California, 8% of americans have concealed carry permits and the people watching this show right now, there are a lot of them getting ready for church in middle america, putting their guns on, millions of them. they're going to be carrying guns to church and to family dinner after that, and they're going to be safe. so all these hypotheticals that come out of the bubble in d.c. or new york city or california, what if this happens or what if that happens, we don't have to ask what if this happens. people are carrying every day. >> i guess i go back to is what are you so opposed to expanding the...

You. the president says he's going to have very powerful and strong changes to the background checks system. that is something that potentially if he's talking about the kind of film we discuss in the wake of newtown shooting would expand background checks. right now that's not what congress is talking about doing. they have a limited version of this bill that would make some changes to the background check system. that broader background check expansion couldn't pass congress after newtown. is there any chance in this environment that something like that could happen if this president pushed ...

John than anathan allen, and chs an editor for "the los angeles times." thank you for being here on what is the end of an incredibly busy news night. christina, i want to start with you. the president says he's going to have very powerful and strong changes to the background checks system. that is something that potentially if he's talking about the kind of film we discuss in the wake of newtown shooting would expand background checks. right now that's not what congress is talking about doing. they have a limited version of this bill that would make some changes to the background check system....

These two tweets. one from brian schatz which i've shown with governor hickenlooper. he said i am normally interested in compromise, not this time. i can't imagine a change. [ inaudible ] and now why should a 20-year-old single mom be denied the right to defend herself and her kids we should lower the age to buy a handgun instead of raising the age to buy an ar-15. and sad. and there are the two ends of the spectrum in congress right now. should anybody expect anything? >> well believe it or not, there is one policy of fixing the background checks system. which the nra supports. and even liste...