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Colleagues voted on that common sense package of measures, remember it was background checks, a band on illegal trafficking, they all felt deeply, and they met with those families. and felt the horror and unspeakable, unimaginable tragedy of a parent learning at the end of the day his child was not coming home. i think it will resonate in a very bad way. >> usually they treat victims and their families as offbase politically and leave them alone. thank you, senator richard blumenthal. up next, one of the most in-your-face political ads. wait till you see this. this is "hardball" the place fo...

Them, students. >> while you're on, i want to ask you, you've lived in that region. you're a great reporter over there. what can you tell us about the thinking of a person who would do this and believe they were the good guy? >> the logic is one of an eye for an eye, at least in their minds. the pakistani military, about six months ago, in the spring, began an offensive in northern waziristan. and this offensive in north waziristan has been devastating. we've seen images come out of there of some villages that have been flattened. all of the people forced out. and this part of north waziristan...

The things he said about christopher columbus is perhaps his most enduring legacy the introduction of christianity to this hemisphere. >> that's a fascinating point. columbus was a man much deep faith and it was really important to him to spread that faith. one of the things we really focus on is the godly history of america. and we actually just came out with a new film called "one nation under god" and it talks about the place of god and how important he's been at every phase of our development. we think it's so important, we're giving it away for free at freegoddvd.com. that's a dvd that yo...

At kindergarten. in this i saw absolutely no value in to why a kid 5 years old should be anything other than happy to be at school. the fact that chicago public schools are using these to ascertain data at the emotional cost i think is too high a price to pay. i mean, obviously if all you're doing is testing, you aren't learning. >> t-e-s -- test. a test is something that you take to see if you have learned well. >> you have to answer the questions. >> do you like math problems? >> without looking at other people to work. >> it is very important to pass. >> if i get a high grade, it's good. >>...

She couldn't hear the questions. the headsets didn't fit correctly. she couldn't get the mouse to work. she was afraid to go to sleep that night. she was worried about the test the next day because she was worried she was going to do badly. afterwards she said i am no good at kindergarten. in this i saw absolutely no value in to why a kid 5 years old should be anything other than happy to be at school. the fact that chicago public schools are using these to ascertain data at the emotional cost i think is too high a price to pay. i mean, obviously if all you're doing is testing, you aren't lear...