with us today are also congresswoman gabby giffords, her husband mark kelly, gabe's parents, emily nottinghamerman. and at this time of it like to invite father conway to come up and give the invocation. >> let us pray. lord, god, creator of all, the eternal wisdom, you are the glory of the leaders in the life of the just. your servant, gabe zimmerman, live in a large world, loved his family and his friends, yet chose to serve you by helping many others who serve us in government. as we gather now, we remember the constituent whisperer whose love of our world and all its people was an inspiration to those with whom he worked. we ask your blessing as we dedicate this day in memory of gabe, but also to honor in his name all who served faithfully in the work of congress as dedicated staff to our elected representatives. me our gathering be a worthy testament to gabe, who is sorely missed still, and a thanksgiving to you, our god, for having given us such a noble, friendly soul whose spirit we pray rests now in your presence in the bosom of abraham. amen. >> if everyone will remain standing and j

for emily nottingham, for ross zimmerman, for gabe's family, friends, and loved ones, january 8, 2011, will forever be a day defined by grief and loss, by anguish and shock. for members of congress and our entire nation and our staff, that date will be seared into our memories as a moment of extraordinary sadness and almost despair. yet at the same time, january 8 was also a reminder of the courage of our colleague, congresswoman gabbie giffords. of the dedication of gabe zimmerman. his fellow staffers and local residents of the beauty of democratic engagement, of public officials staying connected to people we are elected to represent at that supermarket meeting. those memories remain fresh in our mind with the dedication of the gabe zimmerman meeting room, those memories will officially have a place for admiration and respect in the capitol. the reason this is the first room is because there was an agreement there would be no naming of rooms in the visitor that is until the thought of naming one for gave -- gabe zimmerman. 400 co-sponsors. in dedicating this room, we do more than si

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. >> reporter: emily nottingham is pressing for a senate shot. she lost her son in the tucson shooting that wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords. >> think about protection of our children and grandchildren as much as the convenience of gun owners. >> reporter: the senate plans to start debate on gun legislation thursday. some gop lawmakers have threatened to filibuster. >> i've declared my intention to resist a vote on any new restrictions that would serve primarily to limit the freedoms of law abiding citizens. >> reporter: the nra released its criticism of the background check compromising saying it will not prevent shootings. >> the senators' compromise could appeal to other conservative lawmakers. >>> tens of thousands rallied across the country, including in san jose hoping congress will now turn its attention to immigration reform. the national day of action comes as lawmakers are close to finalidesing a bill that -- finalizing a bill that provides among other things a path of legal citizenship. the senate authorities may have the langu

joining us from hartford, connecticut, is emily nottingham. her son, gabe zimmerman, was an aide to gabrielle giffords. he was one of six people killed. with me maya wiley and barrett. leah, you were in that room an it was so striking to watch the atmosphere of that room and feel how palpably angry and passionate and loud that room was. what did it feel like to be in there? >> it was very emotional. you know, there's so much support for gun safety legislation, and i could feel the pride of the people from connecticut about what connecticut did last week. >> there was an arc, i feel like, as i thought about the total pin drop sound of grief when the president went to the school right after the massacre to talk to the victims and the victims' families there and what has turned into something from that place of grief to this place of action that we are seeing embodied in the flight of these family members flying down to d.c. today. and you yourself have had that same trajectory. >> that's true. you begin with grief, and that grief doesn't go away

enforcement officials think needs to be done to stop america's plague of gun crime i'm now joined by emily nottingham son gave an aide to congresswoman gabby giffords was killed in tucson arizona when the congresswoman shot in two thousand and eleven in our face of itoh chief of police for austin texas welcome to both of you thank you joining us tonight family first of all as the mother of a victim of gun violence what's your sense of what's going on here what what i don't want to get into the kind of water. t.v. cliche of how do you feel but i know that this is very real for you in a way that most americans don't understand can you give us some insight it is very real and i think it's important that our legislators know that it's very real to many many people not just me there are thirty more than thirty people who die from gun violence every day and to them it's very very real and all of their relatives and all of their friends whose lives have changed forever i really heartened by the active the activity in the senate. and hope that it comes to a vote it's important it's a it's an important nation

. >> john: emily nottingham, to have endured the loss of your son and taken the pain and turned it into advocacy to protect the lives of others, it is an inspiration to all of us. thank you for your continued efforts to curb gun violence in america. >> thank you. >> john: why are so many americans in jail? there must be a better way. the president of the naacp ben jealous will join us next to talk about it. documentaries that are real, gripping, current. alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. >> john: welcome back. our thing of the day tonight is our clarification of the day and it has to do with the late margaret thatcher. now, in last night'

for emily nottingham, for ross zimmerman, for gabe zimmerman's family, loved ones, all of you, gendereight, 2011, will ever be a day defined by grief and loss, anguish and shock. the members of congress and our entire nation and our staff, that they will be seared into our memories as a moment of extraordinary sadness, and almost despair. yet, at the same time, january was also a reminder of the courage of our colleague, congresswoman gabby giffords. gabrielle giffords. of the dedication of gabe zimmerman, his fellow staffers and local residents and the beauty of the democratic engagement of public officials staying connected to people we are elected to represent. at that supermarket meeting. to those -- with the dedication of the gabe zimmerman meeting room, those memories will officially have a place of respect in admiration and united states capital. there's a reason why this is the first room, right, mr. speaker? because it was ruled an unspoken rule that they would be no rooms named for an individual in the visitors center. that until the thought of naming one for gabe zimmerman.