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President reagan president clinton signed the brady handgun violence prevention act. it requires background checks of gun buyers, eufpl poses a five-day waiting heard to sell a handgun and called for the creation of a national instant criminal background check system. in 1994 congress passed the violent criminal control and law enforcement act. it bans semi-automatic assault weapons for civilian use and large capacity ammunition magazines limiting them to ten rounds. it also requires licenses -- license sees i should say to submit photographs and fingerprints as part of their application. as y...

The world as a guy who has fought on the front lines y? >> i think the world is safist when america i leading the world. we've seen that throughout our history. when we withdrew from the world after having intervened in europe after world war i we got world war ii. when we were not actively engaged after world war iiment cold war gee bega began quickly. i worry today if we withdraw from afghanistan or not a leader around the world then our enemies will move on the march much again and our allies will begin to wonder if they can trust america to be stead nass by them. jon: tom cotton is a newly...

Me but i had not dealt with the man, so i'll keep an open mind, and with any treasury secretary nominee my view is going to be looking to the substance, and this is not supposed to be a popularity contest, this is about fixing the problems that are affecting millions of americans. >> reporter: they say jack lew deliberately kept a low pre file during the recent fiscal cliff battle not wanting to flame up old tensions ahead of an expected announcement. jenna: mike, thank you. jon: a new high profile effort to curb gun violence getting underway this hour. exactly two years after she was shot in ...

Jon: i'm jon scott. the women's healthcare and abortion provider says it received more than half a billion dollars in taxpayer money last year. this despite the fact that its abortion services increased while it's preventative services dropped. shannon bream is live in washington with more on that for us. >> reporter: well, across the country individual states along with pro-life lawmakers here in washington say the latest accounting from planned parenthood is a wake up call. a record $542 million in taxpayer funding along with a record high number of abortions. over the past ten years the amo...

Ask your rheumatologist about humira, to help relieve pain and stop further joint damage before they stop you. jon: a group of democrats is calling on president obama to ignore the legal debt ceiling and barrow more morning without the consent of congress. they've signed a letter endorsing this drastic and legally questionable action, arguing the president could invoke the 14th amendment to raise the debt limit if republicans stand in his way. quote, in the event the speaker, that is speaker john boehner follows through on his reckless threat, they write. we would support your use of any autho...