the newtown schoolhouse slaughter with adam lanza killed 26 and the list goes on and on.he question, what do all of these horrific events have in common? the answer is these murders were all committed by people with

adam lanza shot dead 26 people including his mother. show that 90% of americans supports background checks on gun buys. the national rifle association claims it has more than 5 million members. it definitely has money in 2012 the nra spent almost $3 million on lobbying. richard feldman is a former political director of the nra and former gun lobbyist. >> the people of this country want to be in control of the country, and not let the government dictate what the people shall and shall not do. >> reporter: but the nra and every town are counting on their members to turn out as single issue voters. but just ten days old, every town must make up plenty of ground in order to make an impact. >>> now two people have been killed during anti-coup protests in egypt. protesters have been intensifying their action across the country before presidential elections next month. >>> well the trial of three al jazeera journalists in egypt has been adjourned until may 3rdrd. peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed are falsely accused of providing

the newtown schoolhouse slaughter with adam lanza killed 26 and the list goes on and on. the question, what do all of these horrific events have in common? the answer is these murders were all committed by people with mental problems. the far left sets its sight on the second amendment, we focus on the real problem. i'm eric bowling. our cashin crew. innocent americans having their lives cut short by a deranged madman. this shooter ivan lopez was on a cocktail of anti-depressants and ambien and showed extreme anger on his facebook page, green light and finger ready. that's translated to go time, locked and loaded. do we ned to know more of what's going inside their medicine cabinets and less inside their holsters? >> these don't come about because the availability of guns but the mental health of a couple of real monsters. no one goes on a killing rampage simply because there was a gun around. they go on it because they are seriously disturbed, seriously deranged people. i think more guns, the more widespread availability of guns in movie theaters, military bases, in scho

in all 20-year-old adam lanza shot dead 27 people including his mother. after the sandy hook shootings, several polls showed around 90% of americans supported expanded background checks on all guy buys, but the u.s. senate rejected legislation that did that. many people believe one organization was to blame. >> protectors of the second amendment. >> reporter: the national rifle association claims to have more than 5 million members. it definitely has money. in 2012 they spent $3 million on lobbying the federal government. the president has declared it will fight any and all gun reform. richard feldman is a former political director of the nra and former gun lobbyists. >> the people of this country want to be in control of the country and not let the government dictate what the people shall and shall not do. >> reporter: both the nra and every town are counting on their members to turn out as single issue voters in future elections, but just ten days old, every town must may up plenty of ground in order to make an impact. al jazeera, new york. >>> coming u

in all adam lanza shot dead 27 people, including his mother.olls showed around 90% of americans supported expanded background checks on all gun buys. the national rifle association claims it has more than 5 million members. it definitely has money. in 2012 the nra spent almost $3 billion on lobbying the federal government. richard feldman is a former political director of the nra and former gun lobbyist. >> the people in this country want to be in control of the country, and not let the government dictate what the people shall and shall not do. >> reporter: but the nra and every town are counting on their voters to turn out at future elections. kat turner, al jazeera, new york. >>> all right. time for sport now. >> in the last hour it has been announced the former barcelona manager has passed away after a long battle with throat cancer. he was 45 years old. he was forced to step down from the job last year because of the illness. the ex-player replaced him in the job. the club winning with the la liga record old of 100 points. in a statement th

it's the same as adam lanza, there's no difference in that the adults are not managing children with obvious issues, because they may not have a formal place to do it. the stop the problem with the student, with early intervention, not at the door. >> this is fascinating information. those will be questions that everyone wants answered coming forward. great to have you on the program, dale yeager. >> president obama travelled to texas to pay tribute to the victims of last week's shooting at fort hood. any prom its to do more, mike viqueira has that story. >> at fort hood, tv full honours for the fallen. president obama, the army, military brass all there not only to comfort the families, but to praise them and comfort the wounded. 576 soldiers have lost their lives in the wars in iraq and afghanistan. on wednesday, the man killed at home while on base were honoured as heroes, like any other. >> you gave your sons to america. just as you will honour them always, so, too, will the nation this they served. the president honoured the fallen by name. sergeant dan yell ferguson, staff stgh

services department and how it just wastes a ton of money that could have helped people like the adam lanzas of the world or maybe this individual that ends up killing many more people, and i think that if congress could get ahold of that budget and force some restructuring, we could actually get that money spent on things rather than this thing. dance your way to wellness and recovery is one of the programs that they held last week. >> that sound like fun though. >> really? >> you would like that? >> well -- >> dance your way to wellness and recovery. >> i love to dance. >> it is interesting. deployment does not raise risk, it doesn't. >> no. >> and rates of crime are lower among the military personnel. and civilians. >> right. >> it's critical that we don't try to tag people that have pts that are suffering from that, that we don't stigmatize them. more than anything they need good jobs. >> yeah. >> when they come out of military, and they are great employees. >> exactly. all right. ahead on "the five," one of the koch brothers fires back at angry democrats like harry reid who have been tr

neighbors of sandy hook elementary school gunman adam lanza want his newtown, connecticut, home torn and then killed 20 children and 6 staffers at the school. some say they would like a memorial or park in place of that house. >>> new developments this morning in the flight 370 investigation. all passengers and crew have been cleared of suspicion. there is still no sign of the missing boeing 777 and no word on what happened to it. time is, however, running out for the batteries that power the jet's black boxes. the head of the multinational effort says it is one of the most complicated searches in history. >>> another hearing on capitol hill for the ceo of general motors. senators fired off a flurry of tough questions accusing the company of a cover-up stemming from the ignition problems linked to a string of fatal crashes. abc's rebecca jarvis was there. >> reporter: on capitol hill charges that general motors tried to cover-up ignition problems that have led to at least 31 crashes and 13 deaths. >> they and the american public were failed by a corporate culture that chose to conceal

and six adults at the school a tragedy reigniting the national debate over gun control police say adam lanza used in a our fifteen in connecticut. last year new york state passed this a fact the law expanding background checks limiting the number of bullets in a magazine and banning weapons like the a ar fifteen used by the sandy hook shooter it is about ending the unnecessary risk of have capacity a so right. about that and it's sort of hasn't happened. the united states military still uses this drama. is the owner of t.n.t. gunnery a new york gun shop for the past six months he's been selling this modified a ar fifteen rifle specifically manufacturer to comply with new york on laws this is the original pistol grip which is a lot more called the ball and now they just did away with the pistol grip because that's what the governor wanted and you have to hold like this instead of holding it like this but other than that it's the same here's the old gun here's the new one before after it like this old new illegal legal this modified rifle still fires at the same rate using the same power and t

. >> we don't have any indication that guy did this, and it wasn't, obviously, adam lanza had nothing to do with the military base. >> i understand, but when the colonel was saying that this person wanted to live, you know, that's the reason why you stop these guys, the reason why you stop them is that frequently they want to go and get media attention by killing as many people as they possibly can. if you can limit that, you can two and deter them from committing these types of horrendous crimes. >> how do you deter them, jack, ahead of the fact? if chuck hagel came to you and said we need to figure this out, we've had the studies, know what the problems are, we need to know from the inside how we make this better, how we make this less likely, how are you going to do it? >> no solution is going to be absolutely perfect. you're not going to be able to deter somebody hell bent on doing damage. what has to happen is that prudent commanders have to be prudent. there's a certain amount of risk that is attendant to all human endeavors, including living day to day, and there's a certain am

the newtown schoolhouse slaughter with adam lanza killed 26 and the list goes on and on.f these horrific events have in common? the answer is these murders were all committed by people with mental problems. the far left sets its sight on the second amendment, we focus on the real problem. i'm eric bowling. our cashin crew. innocent americans having their lives cut short by a deranged madman. this shooter ivan lopez was on a cocktail of anti-depressants and ambien and showed extreme anger on his facebook page, green light and finger that's translated to go time, locked and loaded. do we ned to know more of what's going inside their medicine cabinets and less inside their holsters? >> these don't come about because the availability of guns but the mental health of a couple of real monsters. no one goes on a killing rampage simply because there was a gun around. they go on it because they are seriously disturbed, seriously deranged people. i think more guns, the more widespread availability of guns in movie theaters, military bases, in schools could have stopped some of thes

"i am adam lanza."talked about the battles with her son at home, having to take all the knives out of the house. i am not making this up i'm describing the facts. for those who say we need to stop talking about this, i'm just discussing the facts. what about the 40,000 suicides? i'm not making this up. we have to address this and we will not get involved -- we will not address it by getting involved with the idea of left versus right. heaven help us if all we do is throw money at another program and wipe our hands and walk away and say we are done. host: we are talking to congressman tim murphy, republican from pennsylvania. oversight investigations chairman on the energy and commerce subcommittee. talking about improving care for families facing mental health issues. we want to get your questions and comments in here this morning. host: we are also taking heyour tweets. @boringfileclerk has this tweet. guest: the aca is supposed to provide more coverage for mental health care. prime sponsor, patrick ke

he vented about his hatred for adam lanza and posted about his fear about an insurgent attack in iraq. he was never part of direct combat, though. here's how big the crime scene was when he killed three people and injured 16 others. last week. >>> and overnight, we've learned the united states will be spending two ballistic missile defense destroyers to japan by 2017. defense secretary chuck hagel announcing the decision after meeting with japan's defense minister about the growing threat from north korea. the two ships will bring the total deployed to japan to even. >>> we'll talk college basketball now. it was upset saturday evening. we start with 68, now we are down to 2. the ncaa national championship game is set. it will be shockingly kentucky versus uconn. here's how it came together, seventh seed uconn took down florida, 63-53 to take them to the fourth national title game. that snaps a 30-game winning streak since 1999 when they make an appearance. and wisconsin facing off kentucky, the wildcats aaron harrison hit the game-winning three-pointer with 5.7 seconds left to give ke

. >> the murder of 20 young school children in connecticut shocked the world. 20-year-old adam lanza shot dead 27 people, including his mother. >> reporter: after the sandy hook shooting polls showed 90% of americans supported background checks. the u.s. senate rejected legislation that would have done that, many believe one organization was to blame. bill o'reilly -- the national rifle association claims to have millions of members. in 2012 is spent $3 million lobbying. the president said it would fight all reform. richard is a former gun lobbyists and former director of n.r.a. >> the people in the country want to be in control and not let the government tich tat what the people shall and shall not do. >> both the n.r.a. and every up to are counting on members to turn out a single issue voter in future elections. at 10 days oldery town must make up plenty of grouped in order to make an grackt. >>> georgia signed a gun law ha that is critics howling and opponents applaud youing. the gunns -- applauding. it will allow people carrying gun to take them into certain zones, including a ch

perhaps the most chilling is what the iraq war veteran posted about adam lanza.ave access to a powerful weapon without being mentally evaluated. >> most of these mass shootings, you have individuals who are very multidimensional. they have mental health issues, but they're not debilitated by them. they can actually function. >> reporter: ft. hood officials say lopez was being treated for mental health conditions including anxiety and possible ptsd. doctors prescribed him ambient. >> he was seen last month by a psychiatrist. we have no information on the record that there was any sign of likely violence. >> reporter: the most significant clue might be what transpired moments before lopez opened fire. that afternoon he stopped by the post human resources office to request a temporary leave form. jonathan westbrook was a soldier manning the office. his father said that lopez was told he'd have to come back later. then lopez snapped, coming back and opening fire, shooting westbrook four times. >> first guy he shot right in front of my son was killed. then he turned t

when you let the illness run the treatment you get adam lanzas. maybe this person fits into that.o was just discharged and the sister can't find out information and of course she cares and of course she's picking up the pieces. this is why absolutely rights but public safety defines the barrier. we've already established that with terrorism. there is no reason why when we lose more people in a newtown than we do in a terrorist attack that we should not look at crisis psychiatry as a homeland security issue. i think congressman murphy's bill is brilliant. i think your viewers should call their congressmen and say, you must support this bill, 3717, because we actually have a chance to change something and make it different so we can go back to talking about the budget on the morning news. >> you're not saying it as a politician, you're saying it as a clinician, a physician and a psychiatrist who understands the system and you're behind it. that's why we're covering it, because we want to make sure we do everything we can to not keep repeating the cycle. >> absolutely. i've read this

i'm responsible, but if someone steals my gun or someone like adam lanza wouldn't be able to use it.harsh critique as it goes forward. we saw the rollout of obamacare and the web site in terms of technical difficulties. would this be implemented in a way that would still allow people to forget their selves. >> you don't track the presumed innocent. it seems like a leap. what do you think? >> plus i forget my watch every day. coming up straight ahead, why does harry reid keep saying things like this? >> senate republicans are addicted to koch. the koch brothers are employing the political for their own process. >> the real story behind these attacks next. >> and what happens when you put chris christie and joy behar on the same stage? oh, boy, let's just say they didn't quite follow the script. >> this is so ugly. ♪ ♪ ♪ i know a thing about an ira ♪ and i got the tools ♪ to do it my way ♪ i got a lock on equities ♪ that's why i'm type e ♪ ♪ that's why i'm tyyyyype eeeee, ♪ ♪ i can do it all from my mobile phone ♪ ♪ that's why i'm tyyyyype eeeee, ♪ ♪ if i need some help i'm not alone ♪