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Rolling out a new plan today to grade lawmakers on voting records and statements on gun issues. the a through f rankings mirrors a system used by the nra which has been effecting in wielding influence inning because washingt in washington, d.c. for years. tensions in the pacific are rising after the north korea announced its decision to pull out all workers from an industrial complex it shares with the south. with the ongoing military threats from pyongyang neighboring japan is bracing for the worst. richard engel has the story. >> reporter: defenses across asia are at the ready. japan with ...

How did it come into play? >> look, the governor of colorado, first, had said at the beginning after the aurora shooting that he wasn't necessarily supportive of even having a discussion about gun control. and then over the course of eight months, his position kind of evolved, and his position kind of evolved because, i think, there was public outcry. there was constant reports about the consequences of gun violence in colorado on the front page of the newspaper, on the radio, on local television every day. and essentially, he read the fact that the population wanted something to get done. but...

Something to get done. but that didn't necessarily guarantee it, as you elude to, in the legislature. the republicans in the legislature right now, as just an example of how extreme they are on gun issues, they are proposing a piece of legislation right now that would force law that bans gun ownership by people convicted of domestic violence crimes. so, that gives you an example, but the democratic party, using its narrow majorities in the legislature, managed to push through exactly the kind of gun regulations that the president is pushing, and essentially what i think happened is they bet th...

Interesting confluence where you had people on the left and the right calling into question the legality of the drone issue. that's not the case with this debate. this is very much a very stark partisan debate being had on gun issues and whether or not everything from background checks to assault weapons to high caliber machines to gun trafficking to all these other laws that are being -- amendments being proposed. that's going to be the difference between how a filibuster will be perceived on that issue versus on this one. >> finally, mike, i've got to ask you about something, a playbook excl...

It was such a shakeup, i don't think it's temporary. it's so shocking, people in the inner city are dealing with gun violence every day. but newtown shocked the conscience, aurora did as well. newtown, especially so because it was kids. if we can't get gun control now, i would think we probably can't get it at all. >> what's a hopeful sign for the future of gun safety? the fact that chris christie and shaquille o'neal were together, that's the photo. which is incredible even regardless of the fact that they're talking about gun buy-back programs. the height differential is massive-o, a lot to ...