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Nothing. and sam was also moving on with his life. in may 1994, just months after cathy's murder, sam walked into a local restaurant. >> he walked in with his friend. and i just remember thinking that he was cute. >> reporter: tina montelongo was a hostess then. >> so, i offered him some free food. and then we started talking. >> reporter: she felt the spark right away. >> i did think i would marry him when i first saw him. that was, like, the words that came out of my mouth. "i'm going to marry that guy." >> reporter: you were taken with him right away? >> i was. uh-huh. >> reporter: sam and ...

Mandela's party, the anc, wins a landslide victory. >> today we celebrate. not the victory of a party, but a victory for all the people of south africa. >> reporter: mandela is set to become the first black president of south africa. the inauguration comes on a sparkling day in may, 1994. >> will you please raise your right hand and say, so help me god. >> so help me god. >> and i looked at my children i felt life had been worthwhile. >> the newly installed president mandela faces a difficult road ahead. >> we are now ready to begin the great task of building our country.

Four days. and to nobody's surprise, mandela's party, the anc, wins a landslide victory. . >> today we celebrate, not the victory of a party, but a victory from all of the people of south africa. >> mandela is set to become the first black president of south africa. the inauguration comes on a sparkling day in may, 1994. >> will you please raise your right hand and say, so help me god. >> so help me god. >> and i looked at my children i felt life had been worthwhile. >> the newly installed president mandela face is a difficult road ahead. >> we are now ready to begin the great task of building...

I love looking at old newspaper headlines to put in context modern debates. in got to go back to may 1994. 19 years ago the set up for this is a few months before this, the brady bill the five day waiting period was enacted. democratic house, democratic senate. in may '94, relatively young democratic congressman from new york chuck schumer pushes through the house a ban on assault weapons. look at these headlines. the nra has been beaten. charles schumer vanquishing the nra with assault weapons ban. there's one about the nra taking it in the gut. this was supposed to be the turning point. temp...

Three times with real gun control, and then half century, basically, democratic president, democratic house and senate. the numbers are there for the party to move things. they just aren't there not running the house right now and reminded that in 1994 with the assault weapons ban you can read the newspaper headlines may 1994 when chuck schumer of new york, this was his ticket to fame sort of got the assault weapons ban through the house. overwhelming democratic control of the house. the headlines were, turning point in the war against the nra. the nra's now in retreat. the dynamics have chang...