dillon was a flapper. whenever he got excited or happy, he jumped up and down and flapped as hard as he could. one day i asked dillon, why do you flab? flap? in all honesty because dillon had underdeveloped language skills, i wasn't expecting him to answer, but he did. he said "because i'm a beautiful butterfly." it has been said that something as small as a bitter fly flapping its wings can cause a hurricane half way around the world. a small change or single occurrence in one place can can result in large differences elsewhere. it redefines the future. dillon is our butterfly. all of the children and adults who lost their lives last week are our butterflies. and if one butterfly can cause a hurricane, then 26 butterflies can change the world. i refuse to accept this as a senseless tragedy. i believe dillon and the others that died with him, are catalysts and while i selfishly wish my child was still with me and while i fear the empty space in my heart may never be filled, i'm also at peace to take comfor

thank you, dillon, for standing with the truck. i appreciate it. >>> were chemical weapons used in syria? the department of defense is saying the tenative answer is yes and what that means and how the united states will respond, >>> here was the news today, u.s. believes syrian regime used chemical weapons. this is big news and especially unnerving because of the red line the president described just last august. >> a red line for us is, we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. we have put together a range of contingency plans. we have communicated in no uncertain terms with every player in the region that's a red line for us. >> today, secretary of defense chuck hagel confirmed the contents of a letter sent from the white house to a bipartisan group of senators. >> it states that the u.s. intelligence community assesses with some degree a varying confidence that the syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in syria, specifically the chemical agent serin. >> the headlines ha

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that's how dillon and ann-marie were found, embracing each other. she said, i knew at that moment he felt love. >> stories like that story about dillon hockley, 6-year-old kid living with autism until he was killed at newtown, that story, stories like that, and the newtown families' willingness to let those personal stories be told publicly for the whole country, that is why what that nra lobbyist derisively called the connecticut effect, that's why the connecticut effect has not worn off four months later. connecticut senator chris murphy brings pictures of the kids who died that day with him on the floor of the senate. he puts their pictures up there on easels and tells these personal stories, these personal detailed individual stories about what they were like before they were killed by a disturbed young man armed with a semi-automatic assault rifle on high capacity ammunition magazines, things that wouldn't have been legal to buy had the assault weapons ban not expired in 2004. when the family's grief could be immobilizing, you think it could be

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dillon -- [gunshot] chris: every week he killed somebody. gunsmoke the longest running tv series and number two, the huge it, bonanza. cowboy country isn't really reality today of course but our culture celebrates guns as part of american history. the president is always careful to speak to that. here he was out west this week. >> there's a strong tradition of gun ownership that's handed down from generation to generation. and it's part of the fabric of people's lives. chris: and now it seems, joe, everybody seems to -- in politics, everybody is mr. careful. mr. joe biden the vice president you norwood your shotgun. it seems like we're starting from the idea of we're a cowboy country, cowboys carry guns. >> we've become a wimpy country because these gun advocates at the n.r.a. want these semi automatic weapons, and you seen marshall dillon only used one shot. what do they need those bullets for? they just don't feel very strong. chris: what about the culture? the cowboy thing? >> well, i think that's at the root of it. but there's something

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. >> jon: oh, boy matt dillon is going to kick north korea's ass now. apparently there's bad blood brewing but the crazy thing for us is how we here at the show found out about it. you may have seen last week we may have had a little gentle fun of north korea of among other things threatening to bomb austin, texas. little miss un-shine. he's got legs. that went boniers in china. 3 million hits in the chinese web site. if you look at the subtitle this man lacks enzymes for lactose digestion. [ laughter ] hash tag for real! more to the point. three million people and mainly in the most coveted demographic there, peasants 18-34. seriously man, three million chinese people that's like 80% of their country. sorry on one street, really, wow n a city i've never heard of. oh, i've been doing this show in the wrong country. let's reboot. april 10th, in the year of the snake the dale dwail imperialist puppets. welcome to the show. i am capitalist jon stewart. how about this air quality, am i right? beijing, shank high, it's terrible. i've been confucius quotes th

every child in connecticut, will be safer because of that. >> that is nicole hockley, whose son, dillon, was killed at sandy hook december 14th. another 6-year-old would have turned 7 today. today was her seventh birthday. on her birthday, her parents wrote an op-ed in "usa today" about their soulful cheerful daughter who loved to sing and about the need for gun reform. there was a moment of silence for anna green in the busiest place on earth in the middle of time square and the assembly woman who represents the legislature did not go to sign the bill today for the legislature she supported so she could take part in this marking anna marquez's birthday today. this did get done today. connecticut could have done this alone but they chose instead to work with the minority republicans to come up with something to get bipartisan support even though it didn't have to happen that way. it did get bipartisan support and got overwhelming votes in the house and senate with republicans and democrats both voting for it not unanimously but substantially in both houses. today, it is not just connect

i need to go to dillon many texas. dillon. >> boo-yah, jim. >> boo-yah back at you. >> i notice you have been talking a lot about pharmaceutical companies in the panning week, but i haven't heard you mention my favorite, which is activist, recently acquired by wauson pharmaceuticals and now trading under the ticker symbol acc. what are your thoughts? >> i'm not into the generics. that is, you know, you got an interesting one there. i'm not going to deny that. it's been a good -- it's been a winner. you know, i in the end if i want to go that way, i'm going to go to prgo, pergo, which it feasted off j & j during the well administration. [ booing ] >> who else boos ceos? i was looking at my executive producer. she's busy. who else boos ceos? charles in alabama. please, charles. >> caller: jim. >> sweet home. >> caller: this is charles. i'm a first time caller. thanks for taking my call. >> absolutely. >> caller: i own shares of medical supply manufacturer teleplex, symbol tfx. i have a call space that's about $60 a share

last friday would have been dillon's 7th birthday. it was a snow day, i was traveling and my wife and children were home but i received a text message from them rather than building a snow man out of a foot of snow that had fallen, they build a cup cake and with food coloring colored the icing purple which has dillan's favorite color. 13-year-old, children, and the boy, first grader across the street whose face is on the cover of the new york times on december 15th, they should be building snow men, they should not be building memorials. to lose so many people who are young so quickly in such a mall town, it is impossible to get your mind around it, there is just too much loss and for the family, that loss is just immeasurable. >> just a couple of days after the shooting, after many discussions, after asking so many questions, i asked people to follow through, to keep the discussion going, i sent an e-mail in the middle of the night to my family and neighbors. i asked them to join me the next day to help the community and nation to st

whether despotic or not, one of the quickest ways in the world to unite your people is with a foreign dillon, an enemy. that is part of it. , an enemy.villain that is part of it. this is the first time the u.s. has ever announced stealth bombers flying anywhere, especially in the caribbean. >> japan and south korea are both worry. you do not know what is going to happen in this part of the world. it could get incredibly unstable. >> if they try to go nuclear, i guarantee the chinese are going to get serious about taking care of north korea. >> thank you. last word. see you next week. >> mark strand was born in canada, grew up there and in south america, was educated in the united states. his rules for writing include, "never use a figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print." mary louise parker reads. >> tell yourself as it gets cold and gray falls from the air that you will go on walking, hearing the same tune no matter where you find yourself-- inside the dome of dark or under the cracking white of the moon's gaze in a valley of snow. tonight as it gets cold tell yourself what y

dillon is here with more on that. >> the temperature this time of year can set off av larchlgz, and it's especially dangerous to go into the mountains this time of year. >> search teams will be out again today looking for one last snow shoer missing since saturday morning. >> they are finding different items that the hikers lost in the course of tumbling down the avalanche, and that's hopeful. >> dozens were swept up in a pair of avalanches crashing down the side to the cascade mountains of washington. about an hour drive east of seattle. >> it came on, and throughout -- with no warning whatsoever. >> reporter: survivors talked about how the huge mass of snow dragged them helplessly for 1,000 feet. >> like water tray. >> can you explain to me what happens? >> some were sunk up to their arm pits. others even deeper. >> they found her you should about two meters of snow. >> one woman was hiking with her dog when the avalanche let loose. she was found under six feet of wet snow, and her dog got to a group of hikers who saved her. >>. >> reporter: she was suffering with hypothermia. none of

. >>> this week's stabbing attack at a college remains in suicide watch. 20-year-old dillon quick is a deeply disturbed young man who had fantasies about stabbing people since he was a child. he is accused of 14 people at a college on tuesday. two of those victims are still in the hospital this morning. >>> there is an update to a breaking news story we first reported on mornings on 2. both central and state inspectors are investigating the bus that crashed and two people. 42 people including the driver were rushed to hospitals. but officials say good samaritans kept the casualty toll from getting worse opinion an amusement park security guard heading home was the first on the scene. >> i thought she was dead. i reached down and rubbed her shoulder and she said oh i'm alive. and when you are ready to move me just let me know. >> this was the second deadly crash involving the 65-year-old bus driver who's in serious condition this morning. the federal investigation could last 12-18 months. >>> there has been an increase in ammunition sales ever since president obama began pushing for g

many oppose tougher gun laws >>> the man accused is going on a scary stabbing rampage. 20-year-old dillon quick being charged with three counts of aggravated assault. police say quick randomly stabbed 14 people at lone star community college near houston. authorities say he has been telling them he has been having fantasies about stabbing people since he was in elementary school. he will now undergo a psychological evaluation. the people injured in that attacked are all expected to be okay. >>> the man best known for voicing charlie brown in the peanuts television shows is headed to prison. 56-year-old peters robbins will be sentenced next month in san diego. he pleaded guilty yesterday to threatening and stalking his ex-girlfriend and the plastic surgeon that gave her breast enhancements. he could get up to three years in prison. >> a big-time victory for the organizers of the burning manifest tifl. they are voting from imposing rules and fees to the festival. it draws more than 50,000 people to the black rock desert. the county wanted to charge organizers a per-head fee to cover law enf

dillon quip said he fantasized attacking people. stabbing them in the face and the neck with a razor type knife. >> basically he is just stabbing anyone in his way. there was no pattern, there was no method. it was random. >> three students chased the attack and wrestled him to the ground until the police came. >> as soon as i put him on the ground i asked why did you stab these people. he didn't tell me anything because i knocked his hearing aid out. >> two of the stabbing victims remain hospitalized in critical condition. >>> this morning congress has reached a compromised proposal on gun control. vice president joe biden says it's long overdue. >> the public is so far beyond where the congress is. so far ahead. >> democratic senator joe and pat are expected to announce they have reached a deal on expanding background checks at a news conference later this morning. the announcement comes after president obama flew families from newtown, connecticut to capitol hill on air force one. >>> michelle obama will speak to chicago high sch

dillon quip said he fantasized attacking people. stabbing them in the face and the neck with a razor type knife. >> basically he is just stabbing anyone in his way. there was no pattern, there was no method. it was random. >> three students chased the attack and wrestled him to the ground until the police came. >> as soon as i put him on the ground i asked why did you stab these people. he didn't tell me anything because i knocked his hearing aid out. >> two of the stabbing victims remain hospitalized in critical condition. >>> this morning congress has reached a compromised proposal on gun control. vice president joe biden says it's long overdue. >> the public is so far beyond where the congress is. so far ahead. >> democratic senator joe and pat are expected to announce they have reached a deal on expanding background checks at a news conference later this morning. the announcement comes after president obama flew families from newtown, connecticut to capitol hill on air force one. >>> michelle obama will speak to chicago high sch

. >>> this week's stabbing attack at a college remains in suicide watch. 20-year-old dillon quick is a deeply disturbed young man who had fantasies about stabbing people since he was a child. he is accused of 14 people at a college on tuesday. two of those victims are still in the hospital this morning. >>> there is an update to a breaking news story we first reported on mornings on 2. both central and state inspectors are investigating the bus that crashed and two people. 42 people including the driver were rushed to hospitals. but officials say good samaritans kept the casualty toll from getting worse opinion an amusement park security guard heading home was the first on the scene. >> i thought she was dead. i reached down and rubbed her shoulder and she said oh i'm alive. and when you are ready to move me just let me know. >> this was the second deadly crash involving the 65-year-old bus driver who's in serious condition this morning. the federal investigation could last 12-18 months. >>> there has been an increase in ammunition sales ever since president obama began pushing for g

want these semi automatic weapons, and you seen marshall dillon only used one shot. what do they need those bullets for? they just don't feel very strong. chris: what about the culture? the cowboy thing? >> well, i think that's at the root of it. but there's something else that's going on now that is really, really dangerous. and it's this festering sense that we need to have these semi automatic weapons because the government in washington is about to oppress us. and that is paranoia that these groups like the n.r.a. and gun owners of america they feed this crap and it really is anti-american. chris: this country is unique. i always tell people the good part about being cowboys is we're self-reliant and we're -- we're out there on our own and don't need government if we're lucky and having a gun somewhere in the house and these guys say we can't have background checks or any limits on anything because that's a slippery slope to taking away what we grew up with, our american hardware. >> yeah. it's certainly true that if you look at the number of guns per capita in s

police say 20-year-old dillon quick attacked people at random injuring 14 students.are getting word today, five of them have been upgraded to good condition. listen to a survivor and another student describe the panic during the attack. >> i just -- i didn't feel the cut. i heard people screaming behind me where he was running at. so then when i heard people behind me i just -- i was like, no, i have to go running to my room and get safety. >> i just got down on my hand and knees and led everybody else in prayer. i prayed to god and we know we are in his hand at all time. and that's it. gregg: casey stegall is live in dallas, texas. the suspect talked with police last night? >> reporter: he did. it's really what he confessed to that paints an even more disturbing picture here if that is all possible. 20-year-old dillon quick who is hearing-impaired by the way, and a student at that community college told police that he had fan ta sighed about stabbing people to death since he was in elementary school. he also told investigators that he had been planning this attack f

if you can rise above your childish hang ups for the pat dillon debt cover up.ting baghdad be looted warrantless wiretaps, only testifying if he could do it with with cheney beside him and trading sammy sosa, billions of dollars through halliburton through crony contracts not allowing fallen soldiers coffining be photographed because it's bad p.r. and lying about mushroom clouds. stealing the election from you know who acting like you had a mandate or a real man would have said count all the votes. and the outing of c.i.a. operatives. and if billy joel were here he would make this rhyme "p" encouraging attacks been our own soldiers by saying bring it on, and dead iraqis, announcing he didn't care about finding bin-laden and forget us our trespasses while we forgive press passes of those who press pass against us. and losing 800,000 jobs per month by the time he left office office, squandering good will, squandering lives and not being able to pronounce nuclear, he was actually a pretty good guy. he raised the ceiling debt seven times. prosecuteed the 20th hijack

authorities say 20-year-old dillon quick told them he fantasized about stabbing people to death. say he started attacking people yesterday at lone star college stabbing them with a razor type knife. three students chased him and wrestled him to the ground until the police got there. two of the stabbing victims are still in the hospital listed in critical condition. >>> back here at home police say a 19-year-old man who was working to improve his life became the latest victim of gun violent in richmond. demaria young was participating in a job program when he was shot and killed right in front of his father and brother. two other people were injured in that shooting. the victims and about 20 other people were on south 28th street. they were taking an agility test for the richmond build program. that is when a white suv drove up and a man started shooting. so far there have been no arrests in this case. >>> a ten-time felon has been charged with murder in connection with a shooting death of a former oakland tribune freelance photographer. police say 38-year-old anthony lister fired

authorities say 20-year-old dillon quick told them he fantasized about stabbing people to death.arted attacking people yesterday at lone star college stabbing them with a razor type knife. three students chased him and wrestled him to the ground until the police got there. two of the stabbing victims are still in the hospital listed in critical condition. >>> back here at home police say a 19-year-old man who was working to improve his life became the latest victim of gun violent in richmond. demaria young was participating in a job program when he was shot and killed right in front of his father and brother. two other people were injured in that shooting. the victims and about 20 other people were on south 28th street. they were taking an agility test for the richmond build program. that is when a white suv drove up and a man started shooting. so far there have been no arrests in this case. >>> a ten-time felon has been charged with murder in connection with a shooting death of a former oakland tribune freelance photographer. police say 38-year-old anthony lister fired the shot

. >>> a student stabbed 14 people at that school. 20-year-old dillon quick told them he fantasized about stabbing people to death. he started attacking people yesterday at lone star college in cypress. stabbing them in the face and neck with a razor type knife. >> basically he is just stabbing anyone in his way. there was no pattern, there was no method. it was completely random. >> three students actually chased the attacker. they wrestled him to the ground until the police arrived. two of the stabbing victims are still in the hospital listed in critical condition. >>> new numbers show fewer community college students are meeting their goal of earning an associates degree or transferring to a four-year school. more than 49% of students who were enrolled at community college statewide in 2006 earned degrees or transferred. that is compared to more than 52% of students who started community college in 2002. completion rates are below 40%. >>> time now 5:48. let's get everybody out the door. sal, you are busy and you've got the chopper working already. >> yes, we do dave and claudine. i wa

. >>> a student stabbed 14 people at that school. 20-year-old dillon quick told them he fantasized about stabbing people to death. he started attacking people yesterday at lone star college in cypress. stabbing them in the face and neck with a razor type knife. >> basically he is just stabbing anyone in his way. there was no pattern, there was no method. it was completely random. >> three students actually chased the attacker. they wrestled him to the ground until the police arrived. two of the stabbing victims are still in the hospital listed in critical condition. >>> new numbers show fewer community college students are meeting their goal of earning an associates degree or transferring to a four-year school. more than 49% of students who were enrolled at community college statewide in 2006 earned degrees or transferred. that is compared to more than 52% of students who started community college in 2002. completion rates are below 40%. >>> time now 5:48. let's get everybody out the door. sal, you are busy and you've got the chopper working already. >> yes, we do dave and claudine. i wa

dillon's mother, who is here this week said when she realized dylan would not show up the fire house with the rest of the kids, she hoped she would see mrs. murphy. she knew she would not. she knew he would not leave his side if she were in it -- if he were in danger, and she did not. when the bullets started flying, dillion into herlea arms. she held him tight, and that is just how they were found. down toy, nichole flew washington with myself and president obama to make the case that things need to change for -marie in themari thousands of others to compare to make a difference. one mother raised a piece of paper above her head with a note she scribbled on it that day. the cameras caught the moment. the note said it simply, loved winds. i believe today more than ever have before that if we are truly doing our job here in this chamber, then love has to win. love has to win every single time. >> i yield the floor. >> the senator from connecticut. mr. president, thank you. i want to congratulate my colleague from connecticut on his profoundly eloquent and powerful statement to our and

. >> i've heard nicole talk about what her life has been like since dillon was taken from her in december. one thing she said struck me. she said every night i beg for him to come to me in my dreams so that i can see him again. and during the day i just focus on what i need to do to honor him and make change. now, if nicole can summon the courage to do that, how can the rest of us do any less? >> how do you stay in touch with the child that you lost? >> you know, i dream about him all the time and we talk and he and i talk, when i take my walks, i just feel him. if i ask him to be present, he is. and i know he'll always be there. and i have faith, too. i have faith that he is. >> krystal, not easy for these parents to do what they did on "60 minutes." they're strongly behind the president on this. >> absolutely. just incredibly courageous to be willing to grieve publicly and put themselves out there in the public sphere in this way. and i just have to think not to switch back to the crass politics of this, but for republicans not to even have the courage to vote no, but to block a bill fr

for days after dillon was killed, i was filled with a grief.- with hollow and empty from the shock of losing my precious boy and there are still days where i feel like that. but sometimes the waves of sadness are so great, they threaten to drown me. i ask you to stand with me. those in sandy hook and those of .ll the other towns let this be the moment when real change begins. let this be the beginning of turning tragedy and the transformation. that is what the president is doing. [applause] that is what the president is doing and that is why it gives me great pleasure to introduce him now. the president of the united states, barack obama. [applause] >> hello, conn. ecticut. well, thank you so much, everybody. let me begin by thanking nicole for your brave words. [applause] i want to thank them and all of the new town families that have --e here today, including nobody could be more eloquent. than nicole and the other families on this issue. we are encouraged by their willingness to share their stories again and again, understanding that nothing will be more important in making sure th