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Douglas high school calls for no more killings, congressman, member of the judiciary committee. are you sensing an appetite for any real change on capitol hill right now? >> i think there's always been a difference in the parties. i think the democrats want to have a study. they want the cdc to look into gun violence and they want to have changes in background checks that are universal background checks and limit access to assault weapons which we did in 2004. most of the republicans' voters are on that side and they don't want any votes whatsoever and haven't brought a bill to the floor. they...

That wouldn't be universal, would be limited. could you support limited background checks? >> where there are family sales. where there are sufficient limitations, it may be possible to gain common ground among all the supporters of gun safety measures. and of course, the president is going to be in hartford creating a picture that i think will be very powerful in moving the debate forward. but, there is a compromise that's feasible and possible and necessary and desirable. these kinds of discussions have been going on for some time now crystallizing and very possibly reaching an agreement. >>...

Straw purchases, mental health initiative and school safety measures and very importantly, background checks. >> let's talk about -- >> which are very, very important. >> let's talk about background checks. we got news overnight there may be some progress towards a new deal with new players involved in the senate. west virginia's joe manchin a democrat, and pennsylvania's pat toomey, a republican, are apparently working on some kind of a deal on background checks. wouldn't be universal. they'd be limited. they wouldn't count family-to-family sales and also hunter-to-hunter sales. what can you ...