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The signs of threats and behaviors and intervene before. you have to do it and not just sit on the sidelines. >> yeah. i want to share some statistics with our users. this is according to the law center to prevent gun violence. you're right there has been some progress. since newtown about the same number of laws 64 have strengthen state gun regulations as those that have weakened them. that number is 70. that's not including 38 newly enacted gun laws that have a minimal impact on gun violence, but that is movement. now you notice from the statistics these are all state actions none of them to...

>> bill clinton barack obama as a state senator. >> went to the supreme court. the court said it was fine, but it was a federal issue. you can't have this federal law apply to state actions but invited the states to pass their own laws. so the states passed their own laws of which you say there are about 20 on the books. by the way at the time the supreme court said that the federal law would not automatically apply to state laws and local ordinances, it was people like chuck schumer demanding that action be taken. well, this is what the states have done. it really has just this idea that beca...

The street. once again, his son, 8-year-old martin, was killed in this blast. his daughter was also injured. she lost a leg. he continues to be on the stand at this moment. i should also tell you that of all the witnesses who testified today, none of them have been cross examined by the defense. guys, back to you. >> all right rehema ellis, thank you so much. now to an update on the news that broke here on "the cycle" yesterday. michael brown's family plans to file a civil lawsuit against officer darren wilson. this in spite of the justice department's decision. >> they don't accept this self-...

The question of clearly now the united states is taking this seriously. as it should. i mean, they shouldn't accept or tolerate this. but yet, by taking it seriously and not allowing it to affect anyone, if that's the path that the u.s. takes, are they legitimizing the north korean regime that they so crave? >> what happens now this is no longer a battle between sony and some hacker. this is a battle between the united states government and the north korean government because these actions, because they're attributable to a state actor, now become state actions and we have to respond, state de...

Legal status of those marriages. that's for the courts to decide. >> it's a devastating blow to these families. the state of utah is not harmed at all by recognizing the marriages, but the harm upon these families and their children is beyond calculation. >> it's actually really complicated, the legal situation there. they're not rolling back anything that some of these now-married couples have picked up. if they had same-sex benefits, if they changed their names, they're not reversing the actions already taken. they're just not going to implemei implement any new state actions and the governo...