vote against you if you disagree with them. the people on the other side may be outnumbered 7-3. i'll tell you what it was like in colorado. we have numbers there. the 70% that voted to close the gun show loophole, only 15% or 20% of them would vote against you if you were on the other side. of the 30% that voted against closing the gun show loophole, they would vote against you if you disagreed with them. so if you're a candidate running for office, the real poll was not 70-30 in favor of your position, the real poll was 30-20 against your position and there are a lot of people who won't hold onto their jobs if they have to give up 10%. now, you want to really know what to do? the american people have got to quit wringing their hands and say i care about this. i'm going to vote based on this. that's one option. the other option is to give the power to the voters. now, i remember a conversation i had 30 years ago with my great uncle who was the perfect american graphic for this. 180 iq and sixth grade education. 11 years before i signed the brady bill into law i endorsed a waiting period. you would have thought i had come

vote against you if you disagree with them. the people on the other side may be outnumbered 7-3. i'll tell you exactly what it was like in colorado. we have numbers there. of the 70% that voted to close the gun show loophole, only 15% or 20% of them would vote against you if you were on the other side. of the 30% that voted against closing the gun show loophole, they would vote against you if you disagreed with them. so if you're a candidate running for office, the real poll was not 70-30 in favor of your position, the real poll was 30-20 against your position. and there are a lot of people who won't hold on to their jobs if they have to give up 10%. now, you want to really know what to do -- the american people have got to quit wringing their hands and say, "i care about this, i'm going to vote based on this." that's one option. the other option is to give the power to the voters. now i remember a conversation i had 30 years ago with my great uncle, who was the perfect american demographic for this. he had 180 i.q., and a sixth grade education. and 11 years before i signed the brady bill into law, i endorsed a waiting period. an

in colorado votes to strengthen gun laws cost two lawmakers their jobs. senators john morris and angela gerren were recalled five months after their spore for new gun legislation. florida's attorney general is putting capital before capital punishment. pam bondi has delayed an execution so she could hold a fund-raiser for her re-election effort. she since said it was a mistake. you think? but the execution is still on hold and the fund raise ser moving forward. >>> former massachusetts senator scott brown is joining global digital solutions as a consultant. the company describes itself as a lied are in providing small arms manufacturing. >>> and it wasn't all business last night for jeb bush and hillary clinton. bush was on hand at an event honoring the former secretary of state with the 2013 liberty medal. >> jeb and i are not just renewing an american tradition of bipartisanship, we're keeping up a family tradition, as well. >> hillary and i come from different political parties and we disagree about a few things, but we do agree on the wisdom of the am

colorado lawmakers pay the price at the polls. it didn't take long for them to make good on those threats. >> an historic and first ever recall votelorado pitted citizen against citizen as well as two of the nation's post powerful gun lobby groups against each other. bloomberg's mayors against illegal guns versus the national rifle association, both groups spending millions to sway voters. ultimately voters sent a stern message to two state senators, both democrats, who supported the new gun laws. you're fired. >> i love you. >> state senator thank lan herone that represented a democratic district and morris were both booted. >> if passing gun safety legislation costs me my political career, it is such a small price to pay. the families of gun violence victims pay a huge price every single day. >> among the laws, one limiting ammunition magazines to 15 rounds, another requiring universal background checks and a third that required gun purchasers to cover the costs of the background checks. the nra that helped local groups in colorado mount the recall effort celebrated the results as a major milestone. nra-pvf is proud to have stoo

how can you have colorado voting 70 to 30 to close the gun show loophole in 2000 and have these people beat 7% of people vote by postcard and mail. the judge said they couldn't do that in this case. >> isn't it about a lack of physical courage? >> no, it is not. it's about the voters having no intensity on this side. they get all upset and want to do something. then they go into their voting both and they won't disagrow with you. the people on the other side may be outnumbered. we have numbers there. of the 70 ', that voted to close the gun show lop hole, only 15 or 20% of them would vote against you if you were on the other side. of the 30%. they would vote against you if you disagree t. real poll was not 70 to 30 in favor of your position there are a lot of people that won't hold on to their jobs if they have to give up 10%. now you want to know what to do? the american people have got to quick winging their hands and say if i care about this, i'm going to vote based on this. that's one option. the other option is give the power to the voters. i had a conversation 30 years ago with m

they're set to vote on ove overriding richard nixon's law. and in colorado two state lawmakers have been kicked out of office for backing tighter gun laws there. the two lawmakers voted for tougher gun restrictions following the shooting in auro aurora, colorado. despite losing seats, john morse said he wouldn't soften his stance. >> i said if it costs my political career, that's a small price to pay. the families of his victims have a huge price to pay. we did the right thing. >> there is a cliff hang center new york city's mayor race. bill dehasio has the lead. but with exactly 47% of the vote he could still face a run off. anthony weiner conceded last night after reportedly giving the therapeuti finger to the me. >> the mortgage bangers association is reporting that mortgage application index plunged to its lowest point since november of 2008. higher interest rates are reducing the demand for home loans. bank of america and wells fargo are cutting jobs in their mortgage divisions because of the drop off. >>> new vehicles sold in the u.s. are getting more

much like you saw the colorado vote, politicians are taking a look at this.probably the right thing. but at the end of the day, when you start talking abortion, gun control, immigration and then you mix that with primaries that are coming up, a senate in play and a president whose political capital is unaring out, it's a dicey mix. >> is immigration reform dead? if it is, who killed it and who gets blamed for its death? >> it's dead on arrival in a comprehensive way. we see executive action take a step forward in terms of guest worker programs and other things that he can do by executive order, maybe. but will we see a comprehensive bill come out of this congress that looks at stemming the tide of immigrants coming across the border illegally, giving a pathway for citizenship for those here already, i don't think we're going to see that kind of legislation. i've got to tell you this. i'm here in the south. i'm an evangelical. my jesus was an immigrant. he lived and worked in a land foreign to his own. if you are moving from a christian tradition, you ought to

in the state of colorado two senators kicked out of office this week for their antigun votes. marone supported a new gun control measure. because of that voters in their district recalled them so they are out o. have the folks finally had enough. new colorado gun law requires background checks on all sales and magazines be limited to 15 rounds. colorado has become a very liberal state legalizing pot. with the two senators being booted out, change may be in the air. misgirone recently and on cnn. >> what this story is really about is about voter suppression. when colorado has voted by mail 70% of coloradoens vote by mail. and we didn't have access to that mail ballot. i mean. >> forgive me but i'm going to cut you off right there if we talk voter suppression i have read reports of lack of popularity. let's get to the meat of the story. >> bill: congratulations brook. voter non-suppression nonsense. you didn't reflect their values. period. there is no doubt this country is changing and many americans are fed up with it. you the voter can change things. folks got the recall in mot

. >>> two colorado state legislators who supported tougher gun control measures have been voted out of office. as joe salinger reports, the special debate and special recall elections drew national attention. >> reporter: the message from colorado voters was clear. vote for stricter gun control laws, and you will lose your job. more than 50% of the voters recalled state senators john morse and angela giron. >> do not judge by how you got knocked down but rather by how you got back up. >> reporter: the outcome sparked celebrations at the headquarters of recall organizers. the push for new restrictions on firearms came after the mass shooting at a theater in aurora, colorado, and the school massacre in newtown, connecticut. in march the legislature expanded background checks for all gun sales and banned ammunition clips that hold more than 15 rounds. because no colorado legislator has ever faced a recall before, this is being called a historic vote. the gun issue has brought national attention and millions of dollars in outside money. more than $300,000 came from new york mayor michael b

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voting by mail is really convenient and the way that colorado is used to vote it. they have had it for a long time in that state, it is really popular. part of why colorado elections have usually good participation rates, but there was no voting by mail in this election, thus reducing the voting even more than it would be in an off year. the republican side and the sort of gun fundamentalists side, they originally tried to put four democrats up for recall, because of their votes on gun legislation. the two of them who took the ballot, they were those who lost those seats. but the legislators who lost their seats, and liberal activists groups in colorado, like this one, progress now colorado, all of those are super bummed about those results in colorado. the practical impact of the democrats losing the seats is actually minimal. the colorado house is still under democratic control. and the colorado senate, even with losing those two seats is still under democratic control. so the only thing that changes now, the democrats will have to pick a leader in the senate to r

colorado, two people voted for gun control after newtown they were recalled and defeated. >> right. right. >> president obama is frightened to death to go to congress. third, gun sales boomed, people are voting their beliefs by going to the store and buying the guns. [ talking at the same time ] >> question, in the wake of the murders will congress address the issues of violent mental illness histories and gun background checks. yes or no? >> no. we got -- the guy passed a background check -- >> because of what -- he had problems. >> the background checks were passed. the toughest gun laws in the country -- >> why aren't they enforced? [ talking at the same time ] >> the gun dealer wants to sell that gun. >> it is ashotgun -- a shotgun. >> we live next to virginia who has it loosest laws -- [ talking at the same time ] >> one of the common threads is, are the shootings at institutions where guns aren't allowed? the people know no one is going to fire back at them. >> they don't walk into police stations. [ talking at the same time ] >> military bases the rule changed by bill clinton

. >> pelley: the voters decide the fate of two colorado politicians who voted for gun control. barry petersen looks at what this may mean for gun policy across the nation. whooping cough hits more than a dozen states, with one state on track for its worst outbreak in 50 years. anna werner looks at why. and don dahler on this anniversary of 9/11 with a fireman who responded to the call and is still coming to the rescue 12 years on. >> i can't think of a better way to honor my son. captioning sponsored by cbs ning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. now the work begins. the idea of a peaceful solution ut the syria crisis is seductive, but it could be deceptive as well. the five permanent members of the u.n. security council gathered today to take up the russian plan for syria to give up its chemical weapons. secretary of state kerry is heading to geneva tonight to meet with his russian counterpart sergei lavrov. they talked by phone today. all of this is aimed at heading off a u.s. military strike to punish the syrian regime

colorado. they all voted no on sandy relief. this month when flood waters devastated colorado, those same four house republicans who voted no on disaster relief for families in new york and new jersey, publicly called on the federal government to help themselves help their state. federal disaster relief for sandy victims? they don't deserve it. federal government isn't in that kind of business, but hey, me over here, we need that. republican congressman bill flores of texas, ted cruz of texas, they both voted against federal aid for sandy victims. three months later when a fertilizer explosion levelled west texas, those same two asked for federal aid. james inhoff of oklahoma voted to block federal aid for victims of hurricane sandy, then when tornados ripped through moore, oklahoma, senator inhoff asked for that aid for residents in his own state. he said it was quote, totally different. it takes a particular galling sort of hypocrisy to talk that way and more importantly, to vote that way in congress when you are sent there to

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he won colorado with almost 54% of the vote. the recall results and potentially shows it's a status moving to the blue column and slowed down a little bit. that could have long-term repercussions. the colorado republicans have new confidence for their plan it on unseat the governor in 2014. at least six republicans are considering a challenge. they have the problem for colorado republicans for the last few cycles. joining me now, the chair of the committee, deb wassermann shuttle of florida. the head of your party is what? >> the lesson from colorado is this is a perfect example of making sure that we stop voter suppression. first of all, let's call this what it is. >> voter suppression? >> yeah. >> losing campaigns and complain about the rules, you don't see a message? >> i will take my lick when is they are deserved, but what this was was literally not less than two weeks before the election, the rules for voting in this recall were changing. colorado voters were used to mailing in and these two legislatures voted with and 85%

voting yes or no, than people inside casting ballots. the polls are open another six hours. 14,000 people have cast ballots down here in colorado springs butvoters, who are deciding this election and the one down in pueblo. a small number of voters who are deciding these elections, although their votes are watched by folks all cross the -- across the country. the recalls in colorado, it's a symbolic litmus state whether politicians can take action on gun control. that is what colorado democrats did. some laws include a law expanding background checks and banning high-capacity magazines. now these two democratic lawmakers are on the ballots and after the grassroots activists got the signatures, this is an allout proxy war. michael bloomberg wrote a check for $250,000 to the two democrats to help them save their seats. probably has given more. on the other side, the nra is involved, americans for prosperity, really democrats have outspent republicans in the recall by $3.5 million right now to about 500,000 on the other side. so, democrats putting their money into a ground game effort here, getting people to the polls. senator in pueblo may b

voted for recall. that's 13% of the registered voters. here's your headline for the colorado recall. massive outright. it's 13% of voters disagree with gun policy, vote to recall. that's a much different story, but that's the true story of this recall election. >> and yet the empowerment of that 13% to do the work of recall, so the thing is that that 13% may not hold sway if we have to go to the next election cycle and we have free and fair elections, so then they would have to make their case and get 50% plus one, how elections work. but when you have a recall, then, in fact, a highly motivated small group does have the ability to bring elected officials out of office. >> and this is why strategically speaking this is very smart of the nra, because they understood if we wait until the next election we have a greater likelihood of losing, but we know in american politics for people that have intense preferences around an issue, you can mobilize just a small number of those people that care intensely about one thing, and in this case it was 13% of that district, who the nra and others

results do not change the fact that coloradoians are safer today because the rest of the colorado lawmakers who votedbill. >> they may have won the battle, but they're not going to win the war because people are dying for real, stop that. >> i'm a crier. i know what this is going to do is make us stronger. >> two republicans replaced the state senators, but democrats remain the majority. >> here in new york new york city, it is unclear tonight whether democrat bill de blasio received 40% of the vote to clench the mayoral nomination. he would face joe lhota in the general election. former congressman, anthony weiner, received a mere 5% of the vote and former governor, eliot spitzer, also lost his comeback attempt in the democratic primary for senate control. >>> trader joe's reportedly is the latest company to cut back on health insurance coverage for its employees because of obama care. the "huffington post" reports that trader joe's will no longer offer insurance to workers who log fewer than 30 hours per week. they join a growing list of high profile companies such as ups, kroger, ibm and xerox tha

. >>> colorado senate president john morse and state senator angela heron both democrats voted in favortighter gun restrictions, this following last year's mass shootings in aurora, colorado and in newtown connect,. >>> tried to force recall elections but those efforts failed. >>> public advocate bill deblasio won the most votes for new york's mayor on tuesday. but it's unclear whether he will require a runoff. the oner needs at least 40% of the vote in order to avoid a runoff against the second place finisher. >>> on the republican side joe loda the former head of the mta was the winner. the winner will replace mayor bloomberg. >>> all americans for nearly three years, al jazeera's tom ackerman said the court released the release of those documents. >> these documents declassified by the obama administration lent support to the nsa whistle blower edward snowden set the nsa had misrepresented itself to the secret court that authorized the tracking of all kinds of phone information. not actual wiretaps but the names of americans who were called and justified that on the basis there was r

colorado. because they voted for stricter gun laws and they stepped over two million dollars to do this what type of repercussions or do you think it's going to have nationwide well i think it's frankly i think the story has been. the importance of the story has been exaggerated wildly the two people who who beat the democratic incumbents the republicans who are now you know state senators in colorado one only won by three hundred some odd votes first of all the second one won by a couple of points and secondly this election the turnout was twenty percent lower than in a presidential election probably ten percent lower than a normal midterm so it. i mean the turnout was really low and the and the people who had this thing on the ballot they successfully prevented coloradans from voting by mail most people were waiting for the ballot to come in the mail and it never came and so that anyone probably knows that the election was happening so i think frankly that these basically tea partiers these two folks they're both they're both like you know super anti not just anti abortion entire birth control

year after the movie massacre in aurora, 14 years after the mass shooting in columbine, the colorado recall votele, especially in the west. what two state senators had in common was voting for gun control, limiting firearm ammunition magazines to 14 rounds. but voters recalled them tuesday night. they were defiant. >> what we did was the right thing. i said months ago, if doing this costs me my political career, that's a very small price to pay. >> we can all really be proud of the work that we did. it appears we have a little more work to do. >> reporter: it was a huge blow for gun control advocates who outspent the competition and still lost. new york mayor michael bloomberg has pledged a fight against the nra. the independence institute advocates for second amendment rights. >> i don't think you can underestimate the national impact of what happened here in colorado. let's remember that michael bloomberg has been on a tear to take away gun rights across america and or exploiting these tragic shootings, he was able to make some movement in the states in places like connecticut and new york but

each candidate is hoping to get at least 40% of the votes. >>> and now to colorado where the governorrning against any attempt to disrupt tomorrow's recall election. the recall involves two legislatures who voted in favor of strict gun-control laws. one of them john morse has been going door to door trying to win support from voters. after the shootings in aurora, colorado, and newtown, connecticut, they passed legislation that restricted run purchases and restricted magazine clips. >> i have worried as much as i can about being as good of leader as i can be, and not focusing on being a good politician, and that will get you into a recall, and i'm in support of that. >> this is the first time a colorado -- in colorado state history that elected lawmakers are facing a recall. >>> unions have been seeing a decline in membership in recent years, but california is bucking that trend. here is stephanie stanton. ♪ >> reporter: these recent labor marches for more pay and better working conditions understood score the strength of california's union. >> we embarked on a new way of doing things

joining me is president of the colorado state senate who was defeated in yesterday's recall vote. goldberger. first of all, senator, thank you for joining us. what happened to you? did you see it coming? would you do it all over again? >> i would absolutely do it all over again. i mean, what we did was the right thing to do. we had very sensible, common sense gun legislation. you have to reload, you have to get a background check, you got to pay for the background check yourself. you got to get training in person not on the internet. none of that comes anywhere close to the second amendment. >> let me ask you another question about getting beat in a recall. i'm against recalls unless they have something to to with malfeasance. is this in fact fair? can you judge it fairly and say should you have been kicked out of office from the leadership in the senate out there in denver because you voted the way some people didn't want you to. there's nothing wrong with any judgment if there's a judgment done legally. that's your job as a legislator to think and decide. how can that be malfeas

>> for the last eight months since colorado and washington vote today legalize marijuana, in pretty widere have been intention negotiations here in washington and seattle and denver, on effectively waivers, is what just described. and so the states are supposed to be the lands of democracy. in effect, that's what the federal government is allowing them to do. and, yes, we absolutely believe there is a number of other states, particularly in the western united states, like anywhere where the saltwater touches the land and all of new england will move in this direction very quickly. but like alcohol prohibition, it will take decades to in fill the middle country and southeast united states, can sen didn't end alcohol pro ditches until the 1950s. >> what about drug driving. drunk driving a very big problem, what tests are there, noticeit's not like there are breathalyzer tests for someone a police officer stops on the highway. >> excellent point. for the last 40 years it hasn't stopped the government from arresting and prosecuting many 10s of thousands of people for supposedly being engaged

in the state of colorado, a recall vote is underway to oust two prominent democratic state senators who had backed some of the toughest gun control laws in the country. missouri tonight on the verge. get this, of becoming the first state to make it a crime for federal agents to enforce federal gun laws. you may scratch your head at that one but let me explain. that means it would be a crime to enforce things like background checks. george howell is "outfront." >> reporter: the way this gun owner sees it, the ongoing debate over the second amendment and states rights all come down to missouri. >> there are people saying that this is the same as seceding from the union. and missouri did not secede from the union in 1868 and it does not do so bypassing this law. >> it is called house bill 436. a proposal that would essentially nullify federal gun control laws. technically, that could allow a citizen to own a machine gun in missouri. the controversial bill would put federal agents in jeopardy of legal action if they try to enforce the laws, and make it illegal to publish the name and addres