tonight in "the war room," what do you call it when governors andrew cuomo dan malloy, chris christierk mayor, michael bloomberg all come out publicly in support of an overhaul to our gun laws? pretty good start. [♪ theme music ♪] >> jennifer: it's been nearly four weeks since the sandy hook shootings, and said for the first time since then, the connecticut legislature was back in session. governor dan malloy made on emotional plea to lawmakers some of them from newtown itself a plea to take action in memory of the victims. >> and yet in the midst of one of the worst days in our history, we also saw the best of our state. teachers and a therapist that sacrificed their live pros texting students. a principal and school psychologist that ran into harm's way. our brave connecticut state troopers, newtown's local law enforcement and firemen and others that responded courageously when called upon. sorry. >> jennifer: it's okay. it's heart breaking. but it also offers some hope that connecticut will move forward on gun control legislation whether or not washington does. and it's not just co

. -- dan malloy. then at andrew cuomo. at 7:00 eastern, bob macdonald will deliver his fourth annual state of the commonwealth address from the state capitol in richmond. he will talk about the plan to replace the gasoline tax with the sales tax increase. all of that live here on c-span. the house and senate are out this week. the president is in washington. president karzai about get a standard set to meet with president obama later this week. the afghan leader this afternoon will be on capitol hill meeting with senator mcconnell and others. vice-president biden as at the white house today resuming his gun violence group. today they meet with representatives of victims' groups and gun safety organizations. eric holder expected to be there. the meetings getting under way at this hour. the representatives from the national rifle association, wal- mart and others will meet with the vice president on thursday. we will take you live at noon for the state of the state. dan malloy for that live at noon. 11:15 chris christie in t

in connecticut governor dan malloy announced 16 councils looking at gun safety and gun violence prevention. leather bring in jackie kucinich and "washington post" journalist david millbane. >> good morning. >> a spokesman said we got an invitation late friday. they're sending a representative. dana, when you think of that press conference that wayne lapierre had, defiant in the face of the shootings with newtown. this is not about a negotiation, is it? >> no, i think the secret service is going to have to check him very thoroughly when he gets to the gates of the white house. but, no, this really isn't about a policy. they know what the range of policy options are and are evidently pursuing a very broad one. this is about a show. and that's a good thing. you need to have these sorts of events to build -- or to continue enthusiasm for this issue. if has faded a bit since the massacre late last year. and i think there's the administration's trying to maintain some renewed interests in this. it's still going to be a very difficult sell in this congress. you know, you're talking about the gove

in the state of the state address, connecticut governor dan malloy rejected calls to arm teachers saying more guns are not the answer. i appreciate you being with us. first, how do you think this community is doing one month on? >> well, it's a remarkable community. great strength. honestly, father and mother that you just spoke to are emblematic of the community and their strength will persevere, which is another thing i said during the address. but so we move on, and the community is having discussions about what they want to do as a permanent memorial and what they want to do with the school, and we're here to help them make those decisions and make sure those decisions are acted on. >> you wrote a letter to vice president biden, in which you said while connecticut may have some of the strongest gun control laws in the country, it's not enough. gun control has to be addressed nationally. what specific points would you like to see included in federal gun legislation? >> it's pretty straightforward. number one, no one should be able to buy a gun in the country without a background check

we begin with gadhafi dan malloy of connecticut. governor, thank you so much. was so taken with your emotional statements recently, the last 24 hours, and talk about it. what it means to be the governor of a state that saw the newtown horror. >> well, listen, it changes your life. you know, i had to be there on the 14th. actually i had to tell a bunch of parents and adults that their loved ones were not coming back and that's a life-changing experience, and then to go to a funeral after funeral of babies over the course of a week is also life-changing. but having said all of that, we've got to do something about violence in connecticut and in the world and in the united states. we've got to do something about the proliferation of these high-impact guns that really have no other real use than to kill someone. that's what they're designed for. they're very good at it. then you add in these high-capacity magazines. a young man could walk into a school, bring a bunch of those things, set himself up to kill as many people as he possibly can, and ultimately die as wa

the group was created last month by connecticut governor dan malloy. >>> a fire forced a family of nine out of their townhouse in prince george's county. it broke out at a townhouse on empress way in bowie. chopper 4 flew over the scene. the fire burned all three floors. nobody was hurt. investigators think a problem with the chimney or fireplace caused the fire. >>> this morning we know a mother and daughter died in the house fire on manor road in falls church. this is cell phone video showing the fire burning the front of the house. neighbors say they heard an explosion, and two brief screams about 3:30 yesterday morning. the identities of the victims have not been released. we do know both victims were hearing impaired. the mother was a professor at gallaudet university. investigators removed a gas meter as they determine what caused that explosion and fire. >>> 4:17. today, fairfax county's school board will vote on a plan to build two new elementary school buildings in the coming years to accommodate its growing student population. six existing elementary schools would be renovated

regulation is that a logical when this passed in connecticut in two thousand and eleven under governor dan malloy two hundred fifty small businesses in the state of connecticut came out in opposition to it including the connecticut restaurant association because it's going to cost them money and it's going to result in layoffs it's going to result in less hiring but fewer people are going to get sacked while i mean it is there that boy he's a tremendous economic damage that it's going to do on a local level i mean these national groups that are pushing for this on a national level it's tremendous i mean this is arms are not. bill you're with the business climate in seattle where this pastor in connecticut where this pastor in philadelphia over this pastor does anything else on the alpha down to acknowledge loops now but they've been damaged economically based on this argument we should be applauding sickness because when people go to the doctors that increases economic activity g.d.p. goes up the more people have to go see doctors ok let's let's you're right that's the you know every oil spill in

in connecticut, at his state of the state address in hartford, governor dan malloy choked up when he was paying tribute to the victims of newtown. >> teachers and a therapist that sacrificed their lives protecting students, brave connecticut state troopers, newtown's local law enforcement and firemen and others that responded courageously when called upon. sorry. >>> swipe at the nra. malloy added this. >> let me be clear, freedom is not a handgun on the hip of every teacher and security should not mean a guard posted outside of every classroom. >> finally, speaking of those state of the state addresses, as we noted yesterday, they are becoming a platform, if you will, for a dozen current governors who could be potentially testing the waters for perhaps some day auditioning to do a state of the union address. we will be watching closely to see, for instance, what colorado's democratic governor john hickenlooper says about guns. scott walker, new mexico's susanna martinez. sam brownback. massachusetts deval patrick. south carolina's nikki haley. they will set the agendas for the comin

. >> that was connecticut governor dan malloy, his view, and wayne lapierre, from the nra, ring true to a whole lot of people, that is because each side can point to real-life gun incidents to prove their point. in a few moments, we will talk with general mcchrystal and his views. first, randy kaye. take a look. >> reporter: if you wonder whether or not good people armed with guns really do help stop more gun violence, look no further than the shooting inside this san antonio theater in december. around 9:30, december 17th, 19-year-old jesus manuel garcia allegedly opened fire at the china garden restaurant. investigators say he was targeting his ex-girlfriend who worked there. police say when the employees fled, the shooter chased after them in the parks lot, firing at them. in the chaos, he also shot at a san antonio patrol car after the officer shined a light on him. >> he was having a difficult time dealing with the breakup, and that is what may have set him off to come over here and commit this act. >> reporter: garcia then followed the restaurant employees into the movie theate

he's going to roll out sweeping gun control proposals of the connecticut governor dan malloy. how is this going to play into the 2016 race, do you think, chip? >> it will play into it. because right now the governors can actually do something with this campaign legislation. as they get in front of the senate and the most interesting one right now is secretary of state hillary clinton who doesn't have to make a comment, she can kind of speak through president clinton, and she can see how the story develops before she weighs in. >> 2016 is still a long way off. do you see what's happening now as kind of a sea change, that candidates won't be able to avoid the conversation and may in fact be out in front of the conversation to get out in front of it. >> i think the republicans will make it an issue because republican voters care deeply about their second amendment rites. i think the democrats will make it an issue because now there's a growing awareness that gun violence is something we have to take action about. i see both sides taking an interest in it. it's going to grow as an

. >> john: following the brutal school shootings in newtown connecticut last month dan malloy said his state would reject the nra's advice to protect school kids with armed guards in every school as they had at columbine. >> we must balance our respect for individual rights with our obligation to provide for the greater public safety. and when it comes to prepreventing future acts of violence in our schools let me say this... more guns are not the answer. [ applause ] >> john: for more on vice president biden's meetings with gun owners today i'm very pleased to be joined by richard feldman, president of the independent firearms association and author of "ricochet" and an actual attendee at today's session. thank you so much for joining us d is really great to have you. >> good evening. >> john: thank you sir. what can you tell us about your meeting with the vice president today? >> well, i was actually a little surprised. i thought it was more of a conversation than it was a lecture. there was a lot of power in that room. the attorney general, obviously the vice president secretary dun

. >> that was connecticut' s governor dan malloy. his view to the nra. each ring true. each side can point to real-life incident to prove their point. and in a moment we will talk to general stanley mcchrystal on his view. but first, randi kaye. take a look. >> reporter: if you wonder whether or not real people with guns really do help prevent gun violence look no further than the shooting in this theater in december. and 9:30 a.m., december 17th, 19-year-old garcia allegedly opened fire at the restaurant. police say when the employees fled, the shooter chased after them in the parking lot firing at them. in the chaos he also shot at a san antonio patrol car after the officer shined a light on them. >> he was having a difficult time dealing with the breakup and that's what may have set him off to come over here and commit this act. >> garcia followed the employees into the mayan palace movie theater next door. he kept shooting as they poured out the exit doors. >> i'm glad i'm okay and i have another day with my son. >> one of the fleeing patrons was wounded but so many

the group was created a month ago by connecticut governor dan malloy. >>> it is up to the senate to decide whether congress should table the debate over raising the debt limit until spring. the house passed a bill yesterday that allows the government to continue borrowing money to pay bills without approval from congress through the middle of may. the white house supports the measure. some democrats oppose it. they say it prolong uncertainty about our economy's health. the senate could vote as soon as tomorrow. >>> this morning, investigators are trying to figure out what caused a fire that forced a family of nine out of their townhouse in prince george's county. the fire broke out last night on empress way in bowie. chopper 4 flew over the scene. that fire burned all three floors. nobody was hurt. investigator think the fire may have started in the chimney or fireplace. >>> and this morning, we also know a mother and daughter died in that house fire. we first told you about it yesterday. this is on manor road in falls church, virginia. this is cell phone video showing that fire burning th

. >> connecticut's governor dan malloy is one of the elected leaders talking to vice president biden yesterday. let me play to you what he said this morning. >> he's got this down pretty well. he understands what we need to do to make it less likely that these things are going to happen in our -- in our cities and towns. and these mass murders could be limited, at least, going into the future, if some common sense things are taken -- the magazine thing is very big. >> the top two limit, magazines and closed-gun show loopholes. take us inside the hill here and take us inside the white house, shira, what are the chances this gets done? >> it's very doable. if there's ever a chance for congress to pass measures this is it. but the road is complicated. you have democrats controlling the senate but many of those are fairly conservative democrats supported by the nra in the past. then you have the house which is obviously controlled by republicans, many of whom are conservative. it's a difficult path to pass this legislation. that's why it's interesting to hear joe biden mention the execut

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maryland governor martin o'malley, colorado governor john hickenlooper, connecticut governor dan malloy, illinois governor jack markell have all announced in the past few days announced ambitious legislative proposals on gun reform in their own states. and of course federally, tomorrow ahead of schedule, president obama is set to unveil his own set of proposals in response to the newtown school shooting. the white house releasing this picture today of vice president biden, presenting his findings to the president and other cabinet members in a gun policy meeting. >> i can tell you that tomorrow the president and vice president will hold an event here at the white house to unveil a package of concrete proposals to reduce gun violence and prevent future tragedies like the one in newtown, connecticut. they will be joined by children from around the country who wrote the president letters in the wake of that tragedy, expressing their concerns about gun violence and school safety along with their parents that event will be at approximately 11:45 a.m. i will not get ahead of the president in

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let me play for you what connecticut's governor dan malloy said on hard ball. >> the idea we can't dothat just isn't true. in 1930s because machine guns fallen in the hands of criminals, we decided nobody should have a machine gun. guess what, people don't kill any more with machine guns. we're not talking about incidents with hand grenades. we can make practical decisions and pass practical laws. >> it does appear the white house is no longer making passing a new assault weapons ban the definition of success. so is that an indication that they are not looking for comprehensive package this is going to be piecemeal? what do you make of it? >> the white house's strategy over the last four-plus years has been to decide ahead of time what they think they can get accomplished and then push for it. they did that through health care and did that with dodd frank. it's something that frustrated the critics the entire time. they want to have the argument -- they want to say, look, if republicans and the nra and moderate democrats end up knocking down the assault weapons ban, okay, they end up

guard posted outside every classroom. [ applause ] >> governors andrew cuomo from new york and dan malloy from connecticut made gun control a priority in their state of the state addresses last night, but as they push for gun safety as the legacy of the tragic newtown shooting, what does the nra want? according to politico's mike allen, more members and more money. nra membership is up by 100,000 in the past 18 days to 4.2 million people. the group told politico they want to break five million by the end of this debate. perhaps they haven't seen their latest polling. since the nra press conference featuring wayne la pierre calling for armed patrols in schools amid protest signs reading the nra has blood on its hands, a new poll shows the gun group's favorability has seen a ten-point negative swing. when have gun rights advocates cared about public perception? despite the recent shootings and bipart sfwlan calls for reform in the nation's gun laws, a coalition of firearms groups are pushing forward with gun appreciation day on the mlk holiday weekend this year. today vice president joe bid

she was interviewing connecticut governor dan malloy and joe manchin walked over. here's what he had to say. >> i think i'm with the rest of the people, connecticut and the united states, we want action. no gun should be sold without a background check. you can't get on a plane without a background check. you shouldn't be able to buy a gun. >> is there anything that you sense in there that everybody comes together, feels a little kumbaya for 48 hours, maybe it feels like that, but is there anything that suggests to you that the two sides will be able to work together in barack obama's second term? >> well, i'm a moderate centrist democrat. i do believe we can find common ground. i also believe that we have to stand firmly on what we believe in and after what happened in newtown and actually after a series of really tragic mass shootings and of course, what happens daily in this country, loss of life from gun violence, i believe strongly that there are actions we can take. the president laid out a very reasonable actions we should take and yet we have not seen any m

there's a remarkable state of the state speech this week including this one from governor dan malloyidst of one of the worst days in our history, we also saw the best of our state, teachers and a therapist that sacrificed their lives protecting students. and when it comes to preventing future acts of violence in our schools, let me say this, more guns are not the answer. >> peggy noonan, newtown happened one month ago tomorrow. we're going to see and hear from vice president biden on tuesday. but we've been talking about this the last few weeks on the program. every time i talk to a group of senators, it does seem that there is not a lot of sharing of the president's sense of urgency on this issue. >> on capitol hill, you mean? well, look, guns are a very tough topic in america. i do think that if the vice president comes forward with some -- with his report on tuesday that looks at the whole violence problem in a way that includes guns and extended magazines and such, but also how we deal with the mentally ill in america and what to do if you have a 17-year-old kid who appears to be

. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: dan malloy said freedom is not a handgun on the hiphanie: good go ahead. >> caller: i guess the question i have is why are all of the gun owners angry at me. we're not asking them to do anything that wasn't there before, so when the assault weapons were a part of the ban, they promised us if we moved them into the public sector we would be safer. and the truth is we're not. >> stephanie: well, as i said many times. since the assault weapons ban has exspired deaths from assault weapons have tripled. >> caller: so the at arithmetic thing isn't working for them either. i just don't understand why they are mad at me. because i said this was going to happen. and they promised me it wasn't, and it is. >> stephanie: yeah i hear ya. john in austin you are on the "stephanie miller show." hello, john. >> caller: hey. hope everybody gets to feeling better there. >> stephanie: thank you. >> thank you. >> caller: you're welcome. there is going to have to be a constellation of solutions for this. >> stephanie: yep. >> caller: i heard on the radio ye

connecticut governor dan malloy choked up as he remembered the heroes from that day. >> teachers andir lives protecting students. >> reporter: he called for a national conversation on gun violence and said his own state will consider a wide range of options. >> when it comes to preventing future acts of violence in our schools, let me say this. more guns are not the answer. >> reporter: today, vice president biden will meet with gun rights advocates, including representatives from the nra. last month, they called for am -- armed guards in all schools and said they'll fight any restrictions on guns. rob and sunny, back to you. >> thanks a lot, karen. >>> in related news, an indiana university sophomore is fighting for the right to carry a concealed weapon on campus. right now all guns are banned on public campuses. a university spokesman said administrators are worried students may be under the influence of alcohol or drugs and firearms will make the situation that much more unpredictable and potentially dangerous. >> that makes sense. >> the governor gave an emotional speech saying m

. >> peter: and nobody has been hit with it more than connecticut governor dan malloy who in his statethe state tbawkd more guns aren't the answer. >> when it comes to preventing future acts of violence in our schools, let me say this... more guns are not the answer! [ applause ] >> peter: governor malloy there on the scene and very hands on in the newtown connect, shooting and tragedy. saying right now anybody who thinks and agrees with what wayne lapierrre of the nra who said the only thing that could stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. governor malloy shot that down in the state of the state which was very important. >> bill: you know, i think we're finally getting a move on in this country on this issue and we should. shame on all of us for -- as you pointed out those of us -- i said this early on in talk radio, we should be talking more about it than we were. we just kind of buried the issue. the assault weapons ban expires. it has been over ten years. we haven't renewed it. but this time, i think look what happened yesterday. governor cuomo. governor malloy. joe b

. >> reporter: i'm here with governor dan malloy, you have been talking about what you want to see happen in this speech but also about doing something with guns. >> we want action. no guns should be sold without a background check. you can't get on a plane without a background check. you shouldn't be able to buy a gun. we need to get rid of these large magazines where so many can go in with 30 rounds to 100 rounds and wipe a school out or a classroom out. and we have to stop this kind of stuff. we also have to talk about mental health treatment and destigmatizing mental health treatment. this is a big agenda. we are supporting it and i'm doing everything in my power to get it passed. >> reporter: just yesterday a freshman senator, ted cruz, was on "meet the press" and accused the president of exploiting the horror of newtown within minutes of it happening. you talked to the president as it was underway. tell us your reaction to that. >> the senator is wrong. and highly inappropriate. and quite frankly doesn't know what he's talking about. i was on the phone with the president and he wait