school. >> reporter: senator diane fine stan plans on -- the head of the nra points out there was a ban in place from 1994 until 2004 >> it hasn't worked. diane fine steiner ban and columbine occurred. >> reporter: others point out there was also an armed guard at columbine. tara mergener, cbs news, washington. >>> the time now is 5:38. >>> still ahead, san franciscoens turn out to collect toys for kids in need this time of year. >>> and a daring rescue caught on tape when a police cruiser comes across a run away shopping cart with a baby inside. how the officer jumped into action when we come back. stay right there. ,,,, shopping cart started rolli down the hill.. with her ba inside.. an officer spotted yellow shopping cart heading right toward a busy highway.. he sped up, turned on his lights, and stopped traffic then he bolted out of his cruiser and ran to stop the runaway cart.. the officer grabbed the baby boy.. and him back to his very thankf mother. it's the eve of a national holiday.. but the markets wl be open.. at least for part of the day.. erica ferrari... with cbs moneywatch dot- com joins us live with a look at what we expect from wall str

this comes as diane fine stein of california promises to introduce legislation. the head of the nra put the blame on violent video games. >> it hasn't worked. diane fine stein had her ban, and columbine occurred. >> hundreds of gun control advocates protested yesterday in new york and other cities. >>> some in congress on sunday on reaching a deal for the white house to avoid reaching the fiscal cliff. the president and congress on christmas vacation. it will be thursday before talks resume to try and prevent the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts from taking effect january the 1st. andrew spencer with the very latest from washington. >> reporter: some republican lawmakers say president wants the country to fall over the cliff. >> we were going over the cliff before. that's what the president wants. >> john boehner failed to get vets in on thursday. that would have raised taxes on people earning more than a million dollars a year. on friday speaker painer and the president left with no deal, each making a parting pitch. >> i asked leaders of congress to work to

. >> reporter: senator diane fine stein working on gun control legislation says nra plan won't work on its own. she points out that many schools already have armed guards. >> in fact there were two armed law enforcement officers who twice engaged the shooters at columbine. that didn't prevent 15 from being killed. >> reporter: mostly democratic lawmakers pushing for improved gun control were hoping to get nra support. now it looks like that's not going to happen. lapierre blamed video games, music games and media for exposing children to a violent culture. a ban for assault weapons is pushed saying the time for change has arrived. >> parents and school officials in the bay area are skeptical even dismiss civ of the nra proposal to put armed guards in every school. >> it's a horribly poor choice to say that the answer to gun violence is to put more guns out there. >> several school districts already have armed police officers at high schools but there are no cops at elementary schools and no plans to put them there. >>> an alleged prostitute has been arrested with a deadly home invasion

diane fine stein is one of the chairs on congress's intelligence committee has been leading the investigation as to what went wrong with libya. now she says it is knotted the intelligence that should be blamed but instead the decision makers. >>> i have reviewed all of the threat warnings by the intelligence community. there were multiple threat warnings well over 200. i have read the priority warnings. i believe the ingenls is good. you can't blame the intelligence. they didn't make the right decision. >> the security warning is what congressman mike rogers is also talking about this morning. there was gross negligence in protecting benghazi. >> the more we know about this, i think diane said it well, the intelligence was good. the threat stream was very clear leading up to that 9-11 event and what happened even two-days later we had another event killed four people tunisians protecting the u.s. embassy. in a matter of two-days you have an al qaeda affiliated event. all of that was right. what i found gross negligence was that they did not take the right precautions to protect the ambassador

. >> the one area of possible agreement is diane fine stein is reintroducing a ban on assault weapons. that's something the president does support. the president and vice president met with cabinet secretaries to start discussing what regulation they may come up with. >> ed, thank you in the north lawn. >> violence is forcing educators to confront what can dthey do i if anything to make schools safer and more secure. >> at this time we are going to have a moment of silence. >> at district heights elementary in maryland southeast of the capitol first graders received new lessons in life and the loss of it. >> part of the moment of silence you think about how we can continue to care for each other. >> across america local police touched base with school security officers procedures for safety drills were dusted off and revisited. >> we are sitting down at the table now to come up with different ways to keep intruders and suspicious persons out of our schools. >> the message hammered home to parents we are trained for situations like this. >> i think there have been several instances sin

. >> you could ban all diane fine stein, done whatever you said to.nsure bean and columbine occurred. >> is the revival of that ban, is that going to pass? >> i think that's a phony piece of legislation. >> so dianne feinstein was brought up i think five times in that interview. do you think this line of attack is going to work for the n perform a, piling on california lawmaker, from that state? pinches i think we have to take up all the issues. they mass killings have to stop and we have to do everything we can. it will include looking at how many bullets do you need in a magazine in a semiautomatic weapon? i don't know, but i'd like all the hunters to come to the table as well as the people who live in cities who do not want guns and want gun controls. we had need a real dialogue, not just a one-sided one. we need to talk about xbox 360, wii, and the games, how far down into children they're getting. we need to talk about movies. we need to talk about the rating sims, what's in pg and pg-13 are pretty violent. i think we just have a culture we need

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and pentagon and senators diane fine stein and john mccain have been extremely critical of the picturesicting terrorists. and they say torture did not lead to the capture and killing of osama bin laden. >>> an early christmas prevent for the oakland zoo. the big -- an early christmas present for the oakland zoo and the way they will spend it. >> a brief break in the steady rain this morning. we will have a look at what you can expect coming up. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. of green giant vegetables it's easy to eat like a giant... ♪ and feel like a green giant. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant >>> anyone who loves to spend time at san francisco's science museum is moving to pier 15. the last day it will be in its current location on lion street will be january 2. but it takes a lot of time to relocate so many exhibits. the exploretorium will reopen in the new home april 17. it is

fine stein. check your -- diane feinstein. >> heather: new york city police have a woman in custody who they believe killed a man by pushing him in front of an oncoming subway train. they released this video of the suspect fleeing the scene. police say she is 31-year-old erica menendez of the bronks and she made statements incriminating herself. she told them she mated hinn bow dues and muslims. wins say that she was muttering to herself before shoving the victim onto the tracks. he was a 46-year-old man who lived in new york city, but originally from india. however, it's unclear whether he was hindu or muslim. criminal charges are pending against menendez. but no word if she will be charged with a hate crime. >> kelly: thank you. meanwhile, overseas in france, a court striking down a 75% income tax rate on its richest citizens, saying it's excessive, unfair and unconstitutional. the ruling is a big blow to the president who had promised during his campaign to raise taxes on the wealthy. katherine field is a correspondent for global radio news and joins us live on the phone from paris. thank you for

california senator diane finestein says she plans to introduce new legislation banning the types of assault weapons and ammunition used in friday's shooting. fine stein says when congress reconvenes at the beginning of the year, she will push a bill that bans new assault weapons, as well as big clips, drums, and strips of more than 10 bullets. she joins a growing chorus of lawmakers who say it is time to revisit stronger gun control policy, even those who support gun rights. today, senator john mansion, a lifelong member of the national rifle association, said it was time to discuss gun policy and move toward action on gun regulation. >>> we set up a special section on our web site, dedicated to the connecticut school shooting. just log on to ktvu .com and click on the tab on the front page. >>> we are getting word into the channel 2 newsroom of a bart station closure. bart officials say the dublin pleasanton station is closed due to an equipment problem at the station. dublin trains will not travel past west dublin station. so this is causing delays for passengers heading east on dublin trains. >>> the police officers who rescued a newborn baby in s