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Favoring the background collection but democrats are actively looking for a republican co-sponsor to that type of legislation. >> thank you very much. we'll see you on monday. have a great weekend. >> you too. >> new information out of sanford, florida, and the trayvon martin case. the atlantic sentinel reporting that martin's parents have settled a wrongful death claim against the homeowner's association of the subdivision where trayvon was killed. a lawyer for his parents made it clear that a separate suit against george zimmerman was not part of the deal reached. the total amount of the set...

Easy fix that could and should have bipartisan support very quickly. ben, as people talk about the fact that as after newtown, the appetite to move swiftly on this, even though president talked about it directly in colorado yesterday, it seems the appetite has waned. if the people in this country feel background checks is a easy to get done, with bipartisan support, how come elected leaders in washington aren't listening to the constituents? >> i'm not ready to write this off. senator mccain has made clear ellen gauge on this. there is already bipartisan support. senator kirk said he would sup...

More now on the nra's renewed call to place armed guards in american schools. tomorrow, president obama will travel to colorado where he will speak at a denver police academy about the new gun control measures signed into law there by governor. joining me, florida congresswoman debby wasserman schultz. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. great to be with you. >> jonathan capehart was on earlier discussing where things stand. the "washington post" has an article basically painting this picture of a gun jam that as a result of the lobbying and pressure on some republicans and democrats, univ...

Finances or balance your own ledger, then they could report you to a firearm license for background collection and you might be put on the background checklist and not be able to get a gun. does that have a significant nexus to your second amendment rights, not being able to held competent by the social security administration? or the department of health & human services is saying that they will now encourage and allow doctors to report those they find mentally unstable to the federal background check licensing and does that also deprive someone of due process rights. these are the types of l...

Are calling this -- presidential candidates calling it unconstitutional. when you look at the polling out regarding even nra members whether asked about background checks, many in large numbers support the idea of expanded background collection. >> in some cases, 8 in 10 republicans support expanded background checks. there were polls done recently in early states, in iowa and new hampshire, even republicans supported background checks. but certainly there was a tremendous level of frustration after what happened in newtown and they really thought that at the very least they would be able to p...