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>> well, when the president was there he left stones from martin luther king jr.'s statue, the statue in washington, d.c. a hugely meaningful gesture from the first -- america's first black president, to leave some marker from america's civil rights leader, who was assassinated trying to fight for civil rights in honor of the israeli leader, yitzhak rabin, who was assassinated trying to fight for peace. it's both a symbolic way of the president saying, i deeply understand the israeli struggle, and i also deeply believe that it's worth sacrifice and hard work to continue to fight for peace. qui...

...and we inspected his brakes for free. -free is good. -free is very good. [ male announcer ] now get 50% off brake pads and shoes at meineke. that's it for "early start." i'm zoraida sambolin. "starting point" begins right now. good morning, everyone. i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans this morning. soledad has the day off. our "starting point," breaking news at the quantico marine base in virginia. three marines there are dead. officials trying to piece together what happened. we're live on the scene and we're expecting a briefing from quantico any moment. then a suspe...

it's a program in california that does exactly what everyone agrees should be done, takes deadly weapons away from dangerous people. now, we're talking about thousands of weapons each year. but what's surprising is that the number of weapons taken out of the hands of law breakers could be so much higher and more lives could probably be saved if only there was more money available for this program. the other surprising thing about the program is that california is the only state right now that bothers to track down criminals in this way and their guns. now, each year the state of cali...

the hands of known criminals. now, with all the arguments over expanding background checks and nra fears about law-abiding gun owners being inconvenienced, this seems to be a no-brainer. it's a program in california that does exactly what everyone agrees should be done, takes deadly weapons away from dangerous people. now, we're talking about thousands of weapons each year. but what's surprising is that the number of weapons taken out of the hands of lawbreakers could be so much higher and more lives could probably be saved if only there was more money available for this program. the...

You. you attended today's hearing. senator blumenthal at one point mentioned you by name. and affirming the sandy hook promise to honor those lost by working to curb this gun violence. he put to wayne lapierre a question and a thought. take a listen to this response. >> senator, there is not a law-abiding firearms owner across this united states that wasn't torn to pieces by what happened in sandy hook. they just don't believe that their constitutional right to own a firearm and the fact they can protect their family with a firearm resulted in the problem. >> stephen, i wanted to give you a ch...