back with us is dan patrick, and rachel nichols and dan rather. senator patrick, if i may.e's the deal with this race. there's going to be a lot of kids in that audience. a lot of young children. some may even be the same age of the children that died at sandy hook. what kind of message that this sends to their children, that their favorite sporting event that they see with the family maybe is sponsored by a gun lobbying group? >> you know, piers, you're a fine fellow. you just don't get it. there's nothing wrong with guns, and responsible gun ownership. and a lot of those young people that you're talking about who will go to the race, go also shooting with their mom and dad. i was talking to the camera person in the studio here. they went out shooting this weekend with their daughter. there's nothing wrong with this, piers. i know it's just foreign to you. reonsible gun ownership.g with >> it's not foreign to me. i understand that when guns are used properly by law-abiding rational people, then that is part of the american culture. the problem america has is there are so m

we turn to state senator dan patrick of texas. he had this to say to piers morgan last night. >> tell me what's bad about it? texans love guns. texans love fast cars. there is nothing wrong with nascar. in texas, we can support and help and pray for the people who have been victims to gun crimes in our own state and other states. we are closing down prisons in texas, crime is down. people carrying guns in texas concealed carry has a positive impact, which we talked about on your last show. in chicago with tight gun laws, they are opening up jails. in texas, we have 12,000 beds freed up, because crimes down in texas. fast cars, guns, texas it all works together. michael: fast cars, guns, the accident, it call works together. get me a ticket to houston. i can't, you know, when you hear people who disagree with you and me on this issue sometimes it's just mystifying, listening to that state senator talk about the guns the way he did just now is exactly why it's very difficult to have movement on this issue legislatively or otherwise.

dan harris. >> we'll say happy st. patrick's day to everyone. while the irish celebrate their patron saint, the entire catholic church still celebrating their new pope and our ron claiborne is at the vatican where tebs of thousands have turned out for the pope's first blessing. >>> also a verdict due this morning in the case that has caused such high emotions in a small ohio community. a girl accusing two high school football players. >>> they were told that the corporation bought 6,000 boxes of cook yeast. that was a lie. they held a special sale saturday to upload some of the treats to go to camp. >>> we start with pope francis, for the first time delivering the noon blessing from his a papal aapartment blessing.

and karen joins us on the phone and state senator dan patrick.t me start with you, you first posted this online and when you did and when you complained, the school district almost immediately came out and said, okay, okay, we contacted safari montage, they're the ones who put it together and apologized in writing, it wasn't their intent to convey that the u.s. was to blame, they were trying to generate a patriotic of message. your thoughts. >> right. i didn't degree. in the beginning of the film it is patriotic how the country came together and congress sang god bless america and united. however, they still blamed, what i think, they blamed the united states for the attack. so, you can claim you're patriotic all you want, and sing god bless america, but we're big and bad and use the power-- >> and watched the video and then took the test. >> i did. >> megyn: and clearly the understanding the right answer was to say we are partly to blame for 9/11 and the representatives say they stand behind their video and sorry for the test questions, but stan

but it did happen that my closest friend was dan yell patrick moynihan who by that time had become a united states senator. so what he did was give me staff credentials. he didn't pay me anything, but i had staff credentials that allowed me to run around. so you do the best you can with what you have, and that's what i've donement -- done. yes, ma'am. >> well, i was working in the senate when you started this project, and it seems to me that was rather a golden age. and, of course, the people you're talking to are well established now, but it just seems to me the news has been dumbed down so much. the 30-second sound bites, the fact that, you know, why is it more important that what's his name reached for a water bottle, and do your people -- maybe you didn't ask them this, but do they really think with news being cut back especially in the foreign bureaus, do they really think the profession is still in good shape, going many a good direction? -- in a good direction? >> not interviewing them today. but i can tell you a few things about what happened with the media in that period and

patrick's day. >> jon: there is dan rosenbaum. >> mike: having a good solid spring.strikeouts. >> jon: .250 against him. and two men on, nobody out. just off the outside. >> mike: rosenbaum, the way it works, if you bring a guy over, he has to make your team. if you don't include him on your roster, you have to offer him back to his previous team. but the rockies, they are thinking this guy is legit, thinking he will be part of the club. they like him. >> jon: a lot of base runners. 14 hits and received four walks. but only five runs. 2-1. keeping the ball down. 3 hits for the giants today and 14 at-bats with runners in scoring position. brandon belt has had two hits, single leading off the fourth and rbi double with two down. in the fifth, walked these last time. and the outside, and that's -- belt argued with him about a call like that in the first inning and again here in the ninth inning. >> mike: see how wide they took the target and see how wide they catch the call. if it caught the corner, it wasn't very big. adam schwartz strike zone, he has it on both sides

patrick's day. rain cooler weather tuesday and wednesday dan. >> okay slept thanks very much. >> now to being beall.ality show right there. >> i'm not sure what channel that was on. >> l yes. they are going to be bidding for that. a lot of people if vegas leave with that losing feeling. happened to cal tonight in the pack 12 tournament up net set in overtime. so what does this do to thehe mom, i invited justin over for lunch. good. no, not good. he's a vegetarian and he's going to be here in 20 minutes! [ mom ] don't stress. we can figure this out. ♪ [ male announcer ] get the speed to make a great first impression. call today to get u-verse high speed internet for as little as $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. this is delicious. ♪ [ male announcer ] save the day in an instant. at&t. ♪ at&t. dad: you excited for youyeah.st day? ♪ dad: you'll be fine, ok? girl: ok. dad: you look so pretty. ♪ i'm overprotective. that's why i got a subaru. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. if. >> all right coming up tonight on 7 news at 11:00 o'clock. he's young talented now missin m

cheryl, dan, yes, rain is in the future but we're going to get you through the weekend with dry weather and changes will come. so you do have a nice dry weekend for st. patrick's day. as you look at live doppler 7 right now you'll notice there is cloud cover. we have mid and high level clouds just streaming overhead but those are not rain clouds. rain holds off until next week. there is a chance of snow looking at heavenly. san francisco, 54 now, san jose, 68. temperatures cooler today, low 50s to mid-70s. you can he clouds stacked um here, 72 degrees in livermore, it's pretty mild. 70 degrees in cupertino. mostly cloudy skies overnight. and looking at pacific satellite, high pressure is still controlling our weather but it's what we call a dirty ridge. strong enough to keep storms away. so clouds just spilling owe over the top. we'll continue to see high clouds and fog into friday. so at 7:00 tonight you can see high clouds overnight, clouds continue by morning you can see patchy fog. high clouds for friday afternoon, temperatures about the same. we'll see cooling on sunday, tomorrow morning low 40s to low 50s, we'll have fog around. it's not going to be as d

dan, and bill and cyprian over there. grandfather the president flew off >> it was a two-day. you are celebrating. >> yeah. i started early. i quit late. >> saint patricks week. the recipe for a long life is to leave the table hungry, leave the bed sleepy leave the bar thirsty. we will see if that works tonight. happy saint patrick's day. >> i was there for that last night. >> where were you? >> it was a great gathering. i took a distant relative of mine, a woman by the name of mayorian harkin from slygel in ireland. she is a member of the european parliament. >> cousin mary. >> mirrian. >> i bet that was a fun party? >> it's always fun. >> the president, of course does have some irish roots. >> that's right. he does. >> a lot going on this morning i wanted to talk to you about. one issue, this sort of combines two issues i want to start with, gun safety and with the filibuster. yesterday, i was disappointed that the majority leader harry reid announced that when the gun safety bill comes to the floor of the senate, it will not include an assault weapons ban because he said that he doesn't have the senator feinstein doesn't have enough votes to get over

dan abrams, joining us this morning. great to see you. >> good morning. good to be here on this saturday, march 16th, a lot of places including here in new york celebrating st. patrick'sexpect to see a lot of -- how should we say it -- cheer in the streets of new york today. >> yeah, i didn't know people were celebrating today. i saved my green for tomorrow but i could have worn it today, as well. >> i worry if i wear too much green i look like an elf. i stay away from wearing too much green. >> i don't think so. >>> our ron claiborne is in vatican city where we are learning more about just how seemingly, well, normal pope francis appears to be and how that might provide insight into how he'll lead the world's 1.2

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