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Judiciary Community Committee hearing on gun violence and an initial statement will be given by former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who was shot two years ago in arizona. Her husband, mark kelly will testify and wayne lapierre, executive Vice President and ceo of the nra. [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] we have more than 200 people here today and hundreds more watching on our Committee Web cast. I expect everybody in this room to be respectful of t...

Schools, our communities, children and families must be safe. I respectfully ask my colleagues to make this issue of violence a priority and to support our nations leadership as they work through resolving this challenge which should not be difficult. If we compromise and keep focusing on saving lives. Madam chair, i pledge to support you and to support all my other colleagues with the Congressional Black Caucus to make a difficult task safe and to protect the lives of our children and families from gun fire and a culture of violence. Ms. Fudge i thank the gentlelady from ohio for participatin...

We have more than 200 people here today and hundreds more watching on our Committee Web cast. I expect everybody in this room to be respectful of the senators and the witnesses speaking about this very serious subject. I do not want applause for or against any position. The Capitol Police have been notified to remove any audience interference in an effort to have orderly conduct for that. That is a warning i give the many hearings. We will hear a lot of perspective on gun violence. I will give opening statements. But we have a former member of congress here, Gaby Giffords who will give a brief...

Student, and she marched in the inaugural parade last week. I can point to one gun store, one store in illinois that account for more than 20 of the crimes in chicago. Straw purchasers buy the gun there and they end up in the hands of criminals in the city of chicago. We have to put an end to this im going to ask a question to the panelists. Mr. Lapierre, i ran into some of your members in illinois and they tell me, you cannot get the Second Amendment. It is not just about hunting. It is not just about sports. It is not just about shooting targets. It is not just about defending ourselves from...

So what we have to do is you know come back tomorrow, put the equipment on again and we go at it again. [ theme music ] bill good morning my fellow americans. And welcome to the full court press here on current tv. Great to see you today this thursday january 31st if you can believe it. Were coming to you live from our Nations Capital today bringing you up to date on all of the news of the day. A lot of job changing here in washington, d. C. A big hearing on guns in the Senate Judiciary committee, another shooting in phoenix, arizona yesterday, even while the hearing on gun control was taking ...