debbie halvorson. when it comes to promoting gun violence, she gets an f. >> that ad, that pressure ad comes from new york city mayor michael bloomberg's pro-gun reform superpac. it's part of his campaign to build support in congress for meaningful national gun reform. and you know what? it appears to be working. once that ad started running in her district, debbie halvorson, who had said she would not be moved on this issue, debbie halvorson moved on this issue. ms. halvorson telling buzzfeed, quote, my win will not be a victory for the nra. how can it be a victory for the nra when i'm for universal background checks, beefing up the database, going after straw buyers and making sure we register our guns. those are not things the nra wants. that's true. those are not things the nra wants. and that is probably going to make it hard to hold on to that nra "a" rating. but maybe that's not the most important thing in the world anymore? in the debate over gun policy and gun laws, we are supposed to believe

debbie halvorson says she does not support a ban on semi- automatic firearms. she says the government needs to go after lawbreakers and enforce laws we already have on the books. halvorson is the only one of the 17 democratic candidates who has taken this position. a special primary for the second congressional district seat is february 26-th. a sheriff in milwaukee is giving out some controversial advice to residents in an emergency simply calling 911 and leading is no longer your best option. are you prepared? consider taking is certified safety course so you can defend yourself until we get there. in his new radio ad, milwaukee county sheriff david clarke asks residents if he can count on them to protect themselves. milwaukee mayor tom barrett criticized the ad and called it fear-mongering. but the sheriff's spokesperson says the ad's message is to consider taking a class and it does not encourage buying a gun. president obama will meet with several police chiefs today. including the top cop at newtown, connecticut. the issue: new gun policies. the president

in the private sector, one of the leaders in health care is george halvorson who recently stepped downrman and c.e.o. of kaiser permanente, one of the biggest and best health care companies in the country. here's what he said -- "there are people right now who want to cut benefits and ration care and have that be the avenue to cost reduction in this country and that's wrong. it's so wrong, it's almost criminal. it's an inept way of thinking about health care." so from republican administrators to private sector leaders, the message is the same -- we have to solve this as a system problem. let me give a couple of examples of how you might want to go about doing this. as one example of the significant savings to be found in our health care system, a "washington post" columnist recently wrote, and i quote -- "few people realize that medicare spends wildly different amounts per senior depending on where the senior happens to live. medicare spends 2.5 times more per senior in miami than in minneapolis." two and a half times more per senior in miami than in minneapolis. yet there is no diffe