i remember after gabby giffords was shot in arizona and some of her staff killed, innocent victims in arizona, a lot of people said we have to stop using that imagery. it is absolutely understandable people would have this reaction. side track of this issue, you look for the sort of sensitive subject matter. this is not really, diswroant very much to do with the issue at -- this doesn't very much have to do with the issue of the subject at hand, and going after the press instead of what happened. it has been successful for them in the past and democrats haven't been pulled into the direction of guns. hillary clinton stepped back from the position she had on a national gun registry, she had that position in 2000, in 2008 she stepped away from it. martin o'e-maimalley is trying o make that his position. >> michael shure, thank you. >>> does the deadly shooting in a charleston church have rethinking his position. that's next. o'brien special report only on al jazeera america >> the debate remains as to who or what was responsible for the charleston shooting. dylann roof was able to buy a

. >>> four years after his wife congresswoman gabby giffords was shot in a mass shooting mark kelly is speaking out about charleston. let's talk, live in the "cnn newsroom." good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. bribed with baked goods? we begin with stunning new details about joyce mitchell the prison worker who helped two convicted killers break free. a law enforcement official telling cnn mitchell traded sweet treats with guards in exchange for favors for inmates richard matt and david sweat. also new this morning, we now know mitchell brought frozen beef laced with hacksaw blades into the main gate of the prison, according to the prosecutor. she then stored the contraband in the freezer of the tailor shop where she worked. the attorney for the fellow guard who delivered the package says his client is also a victim of manipulation. >> she has conned many individuals inside of the prison. she would curry favors amongst the prisoners, bring them baked goods. she was very good at what she did. >> and 19 days into the manhunt, major questions about whether

gabby gifford will operate in shallow waters.of her strength and courage and resilience. he was shot in the attack in 2011 that left six others dead. mark kelly was also in takenedance for the ceremony. match making in the utah mountains. >> they are meeting with a slew of top donors. and governor mitt romney. and we'll have a live report. actor john stamoon s now facing source challengers. and we'll have details next. and fit for a prince. young prince george stealing the show for great grandmother queen elizabeth ii. that's in a second. sometimes the present looked bright. sometimes romantic. there were tears in my eyes. and tears in my eyes. and so many little things that we learned were really the biggest things. through it all, we saved and had a retirement plan. and someone who listened and helped us along the way. because we always knew that someday the future would be the present. every someday needs a plan. talk with us about your retirement today. before i had the shooting, burning, pins-and-needles of diabetic nerve pa

one nearly took the life of congresswoman gabby giffords another happened at the movies. >> what if maliaasha had been at the movie theater as many of our kids do every day. >> a day at sandy hook elementary. >> these tragedies must end. to end them we must change. >> reporter: the president pushed for a new measure that would require background checks on firearms sold at gun shows and online. >> gabby giffords deserves a vote. the families of oak creek, tucson and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence. they deserve a simple vote. >> reporter: after a lobbying effort the bipartisan proposal was defeated. >> the amendment is not agreed to. >> there were no coherent arguments as to why we wouldn't do this. it came down to politics. >> reporter: rand paul condemned the violence in charleston but argued more gun control isn't the answer. >> there's something terribly wrong, but it isn't going to be fixed by your government. >> reporter: jim acosta cnn, the white house. >> let's talk about this. ben ferguson is a conservative radio talk show host. welcome to both of you.

one nearly took the life of congresswoman gabby giffords another happened at the movies. >> what in maliaour kids do every day. >> reporter: and again at sandy hook elementary a day the president described as his worst in office. >> these tragedies must end. and to end them, we must change. >> reporter: the president pushed for a new measure that would have required background checks on firearms sold at gun shows and online. >> gabby giffords deserves a vote. the families of tucson s. blacksburg newtown, they deserve a simple vote. >> reporter: at a massive lobbying effort by the national rifle association, the bipartisan proposal was defeated. >> the amendment is not agreed to. >> there were no coherent arguments as to why we wouldn't do this. it came down to politics. rand paul condemned the violence in charleston but argued more gun control isn't the answer. >> there's something terribly wrong, but it isn't going to be fixed by your government. >> reporter: the president has not attempted gun control in contingencies ever since that push and the white house said the president is not li

the uss gabby giffords was christened today in alabama.iffords was shot in the head in tucson into -- in 2011 and nearly died. six other people were killed. 13 hurt in that attack. after she recovered, she left congress and founded an organization that supports gun control. dave hint spotted a woman on her scooter a few miles from the rest-canada border. she was lost and had been riding around for a while. he decided to make sure she got home. >> we are going to have to do something. i don't want you to get hurt out here. i treated her the way i would have wanted somebody to treat my mom. kellye: she is a determined lady. the trooper escorted her home at the scooter's speed, six miles per hour. [laughter] it took more than an hour, but the pair did finally arrive at the woman's home

congress woman gabby giffords was shot during a committee meeting in tuscon. six people died. giffords was seriously injured. july 2012, 12 killed and 58 wounded in a shooting at a cinema in aurora and later 20 children, six staff killed at an elementary school in newtown connecticut. 2013 a man shot and killed 12 inside a navy yard in washington d.c. greg carr is an associate professor at howard university's department of african american studies, saying changes are needed to fix gun laws in the united states. >> the second amendment enshrines the gun culture, going back to the founding. country. the rational was there was no standing army. almost 200 years later, there's no rational to continue this thing. we heard president obama talk about it again, i doubt high school be any more effective now than he was in the wake of incidents that you mentioned, in blunting the use of guns. this man was given a 44 weapon by his father, when he couldn't obtain one because he had brushes with the law. you walk into a church and what you see is you are dealing death in part because you l

gabby giffords is 45.bara bush is 98 -- 90 years young. >>> coming up on "today," jenna bush hager will sit down with her grandmother to talk about her extraordinary life. and another bush running for president. >>> keep it right here for more news, weather and sports, i'm >>> breaking news flames break out at a san francisco jewelry store, threatening a popular sports bar. the latest this a live report. >>> and the warriors shooting not as fiery as pans would have hoped as the dubs hit the road for cleveland after an agonizing overtime loss at or axle. >>> plus it played out like a scene from a oel wood movie, two new york inmates pulling off a scheme to break out of a well-known maximum security prison using power drills. >>> and a live look at the bay bridge this morning and we can see it, which mean no fog, but what does that mean for you today. we'll find out soon. it is monday june 8th. this is today in the bay.

. >> gabby giffords deserves a vote. families of tucson and blacksburg and countless other communities with gun violence, they deserve a simple vote. >> reporter: but after a massive lobbying effort by the national rifle association, the proposal was defeated. >> the amendment is not agreed to. >> there were no co-hernt arguments as to why we couldn't do this. it came down follow ticks. >> reporter: rand paul condemned violence in charlston but argued more gun control isn't the answer. >> there is something terribly wrong o but it isn't going to be fixed by your government. >> reporter: jim acosta, cnn. >> let's talk more about this church. tonight it is a sober, somber feeling. when you think about what happened inside in building and the impact of this attack while it's whorrific under my circumstances, it is magnified by where it happened. cnn's tom foremanan explains. >> reporter: located less than a mile from charlston's historic slave market and established in 1816 deep in the slavery years, emanuel has always been

that was the year of the tucson tragedy, the shooting that injured gabby giffords remember that?he following year a gunman walked into an aurora movie theater. in 2012 sandy hook, 20 children, 6 staff members killed at an elementary school. in 2013 12 people were killed at a shooting in the d.c. navy yard. that's only naming a few. according to this study there was on average of one mass shooting every 64 days. that's almost one every other month. for a complete time line and closer look at specifics of this study, click on the nbc 10 news app. >> we have new information on the manhunt for two escaped killers in upstate new york. u.s. marshals added david sweat and richard matt to their 15 most wanted fugitives list. the convicted murders broke out of prison june 6th. hundreds of law enforcement officers are searching for them. a prison worker was arrested on charges she smuggled them tools to help them escape. the marshal service is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading directly to either man's arrest. >>> christie will host a luncheon during the gop leadership event

think about the times he did, tucson after gabby giffords newtown where the children were killed, thisst in the streets listening on their smartphones and there was not a dry eye when he spoke. one thing that really stood out was hunter biden's eulogy and hunter biden speaking about how his first memory was when he was 3 years old in his hospital bed looking up at his older brother beau holding his hand saying i love you i love you i love you. take a listen to how that came full circle. >> first memory i have is of lying in a hospital bed next to my brother. i was almost 3 years old. i remember my brother was 1 year and 1 day older than me. holding my hand staring into my eyes saying i love you, i love you, i love you. over and over. then in the 42 years since, he never stopped holding my hand. >> alex we then learned that on the night that beau biden died that hunter was, in fact standing over him holding his hand looking into his eyes saying i love you, i love you, i love you. and i think the fact that brotherly love was made so public definitely came full circle from life and death.

we saw this with jared loughner the shooter who shot gabby giffords and several other people and in boulderdo who was in fine shape when he started his graduate program and mental illness emerged and we know what he's on trial for. >> we're hearing the possibility of also a hate crime case here when the attorney general made her statement. how do they build a hate crime case in this? >> it's a sentencing enhancement. there's not a separate crime called a hate crime, but if you commit another crime and there's evidence that your intent was based on ill will towards specific groups like african-americans, then you get more time. up you get a tougher sentence if you're convicted. the other federal possibility, reverend, is terrorism. that's what the boston marathon shooter was charged with. i looked up the definition of domestic terrorism. it's when you commit a crime with the intent to intimidate a civilian population. the furst domestic terrorism law in this country was based on cases like this. it was designed to get the ku klux klan when they were violent against african-americans. i think

interestingly the democrat that i can succeeded him when he timely quit was gabby gifford. >> that isrelationships with what in this case was a student teacher relationship underage. it's a criminal matter. >> i'm glad you point that out. the problem is not a same sex relationship obviously. the problem is in part the prejudice existed then did lead people to behave in ways that were not responsible. i had an incident myself but not involving pedophile. the problem here coach hastert, the wrestling coach, was imposing himself. whether they were voluntary or not becomes hard to tell on students who were both underage and subject to his supervision. i appreciate your pointing that out. that's the problem. the problem was the teacher taking advantage of students many whom were under the age presumably, not the fact he had same sex relationship. the point is today, men that have the feelings dennis hastert obviously had -- it becomes clear it was not just one person -- have more constructive ways to deal with it. that's one of the examples of why ending that prejudice was so good not just

. >>> gabby giffords is ready for sea duty. she was severely wounded in a shooting in 2007 was on hand at the kristining on saturday. the navy chose her for the name sake because of her courage. dr. jo biden did the champagne honor. >>> the black hawks are one win away after a huge mistake by ben bishop. chicago scored their first goal he collided with his own defense men men. you'll see it. what happened? right over the black hawks. they won it 2-1 and take a 3-1 series lead over the lightning. you can watch the game monday night 8:00 p.m. eastern 5:00 p.m. pacific. that's what happens. oh. >> i'm sure he was replaying that in his head all night long. >> it was a great series. >> thank you. >>> dylan is here for a check on the weather. >>> the tropics getting more active this morning. we have hurricane carlos in the pacific. this storm system out here. it is right now just a weak category one hurricane. here you see it near acapulco. this is knostly lymostly going to affect the resorts on the west coast of mexico. this is inve

everyone, the candidates in 2016, and members of congress, and other people in the community, and gabby giffordsis large scale tragedy, but the white house has been silent and now we know why, because the president, himself, he wanted to come to this briefing room to give a statement on it. so we expect it to be a more emotional statement from what we heard from loretta lynch who spoke about the investigation, but it is not to say that the president will not weigh in on that with the resources of the federal government behind this investigation. and race has been a difficult issue for the president, and polls have shown recently that a plural ti -- plurality of those polled have given up on that, but we will see how that polls, but when you see how this issue is and how it comes up, and this issue of domestic terrorism, and gun control, and doubtful he will get to any of that in this statement, and we expect it to to be condolences, and moving forward, ashleigh. >> i want to skip over to john king, and thank you, michelle kosinski, and we will keep an eye on the white house briefing room. and jo

hood shooting in 2009 to the shooting that almost took the life of congresswoman gabby giffords, andora shooting, and the shooting in newtown, connecticut, and that is the day that the president described as the worst day in the presidency, and the list is on and on and he has had to talk about it repeatedly and he tried to get gun control, and you heard him make reference to it in the remarks in the briefing room, and he said because of the politics in this town, he is not sure that something like that is achievable, because they tried it before. and they tried to close the gun show loophole with the mansion-toomey amendment, but the president saw that vote go down in the senate and he stood inside of the congress in the state of the union speech, and he said that these people from these mass shootings, and the victims from the mass shootings deserve a vote, and he went down the list of the mass shootings in the country the, and he said that these victims deserve a vote. they didn't get the vote they wanted wolf and it is an issue that has confounded the presidency in his time in th

joining me now, shannon watts, and former intern for gabby giffords daniel hernandez.with you as a victim of one of these horrific incidents, for the moment captured the attention of the nation and seemed like real inflexion points. it feels like here we have a trial which focuses on two important issues. it does not feel like the national conversation is in either place. what do you make of it? >> it's really disappointing that mental health is one of the big issues that's happening here in aurora. very similar to what happened to jared loughner in tucson. there were red flags, the problem is we're not spending any money in a lot of places to really make sure that those red flags have done something with them we have people who are mentally ill, who could be prevented from doing awful things to themselves and others if they had help. there aren't resources available to them. the congress isn't doing anything to address this issue. it's really disappointing the conversation is on the mental health aspect. we need to be careful it doesn't become a smoke screen. they use

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the shooting that injured former congressman gabby giffords six people were killed. >> in the following year ça gunman walked into an aurora colorado movie theater and opened fire. the suspect is currently on trial. 12 people died in that shooting. >> 2012 sandy hook 20 children and 6 staff members shot and killed at an elementary school. >> in 2013 12 people killed in a shooting at the d.c. navy yard. >> and just last year elliott roger killed six people near the campus of the university of california santa barbara. >> that's only naming a few. in fact according to the study there was an average of one mass shooting every 64 days. that's almost one every other month. >> for more of a complete time line and closer look at the specifics of this study, click on the nbc 10 news app. >>> jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. this morning we are seeing small delays on route 30 due to an accident around quarry road. on the eastbound side, you can see that delay backing up. we're watching an accident on east main street and north broad street. later on this afternoon or evening, cit

adviser for americans for responsible solutions and she was a staffer for then congresswoman gabbie giffords and lars. the president, he talked about the fact he believes this is an outside problem in the united states and he believes that is at least in part due to lax gun laws. what say you? >> well, two thing, it's not because of lack of laws. but secondly the president says this doesn't happen elsewhere. that's absolutely categoringly and provably untrue. the worst mass shooting in world history happened in norway with fuf gun laws. three of the worst shootings were in germany. great britain has extraordinarily tough gun laws a much higher rate of violent crime than the united states. the's just factually off base. secondly about gun laws the president's been banging on this drum for the last seven years because he's had a number of these incidents during his tenure and the fact is there were already laws being broken that the president could enforce by picking up the phone and calling his attorney general and saying listen get out there and enforce these laws. it was illegal for this sh

i think if congress was ever going to act, i thought this would happen in the wake of gabby giffords in the head, a member of congress. you would thing that would movek that would move some members of congress to see one of their own slain. it's an amazing hold that the gun lobby has on our congress and an amazing fact that a small percentage has such a loud voice. >> just our history of assassinations outdoes any banana banana republic. two million, four hundred thirty-four thousand three hundred eleven people in this city. and only one me. ♪ i'll take those odds. ♪ be unstoppable. the all-new 2015 ford edge. when a moment spontaneously turns romantic why pause to take a pill? and why stop what you're doing to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use, is the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. plus cialis treats the frustrating urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not

saying these are the democratic districts targeted she wound up getting blamed for the shooting of gabby giffords for the shooting of her. >> yeah. >> it is okay -- like god forbid anything were to happen to senator cruz as a result of this threatening photo. would there be similar outrage? shouldn't everyone be more careful if they're go to apply that kind of a standard to messaging? >> yes, but they aren't. during bush's presidency there was both a book fantasizing about his assassination, and a documentary portraying his assassination, which got rave reviews in the washington post nation magazine called it the best date movie of 2006. and you can go to his website, i don't know if it is still up but all the assassinations decapitations, guns to bush's head and liberal protests. obama comes along, a tea party protest and a picture of obama that looks like a monkey, we're in the grips of racism once again. can we compare the two presidents? >> typically what we have seen with president obama, the halo effect. he's -- they put this halo on him. look. look. look at this. and look what happened to

navy honoring former congressman, congresswoman gabby gifford with a ship named in her honor. she's attending the christening in alabama where the combat ship was built. >>> the naacp is supporting a local chapter leader accused of lying about her ethnicity. her parents recently revealed she was not born black she was actually white and she has been portraying herself as a black woman for years. >>> also actor john stamos arrested and charged with driving under the influence in beverly hills. "the full house" star is producing a remake of the hit remake show from the '80s and the '90s. >>> hillary clinton pledging to speak up for ordinary americans and she said that since her first major speech since announcing her run for the white house. thousands as you can see turning out for that rally. here in new york city today where inequality was a cornerstone of mrs. clinton's speech. she hammered republicans for what she called the top-down economics and promised to make the economy work for everyone. but will it work? john mccormick is a writer for the "weekly standard" and joins

look at person like gabby gifford and history of her shooting. it's remarkable.ccessible victim. >> she was famous. >> she was certainly famous. all forensics are local. she was famous there. the state senator walked in and wanted to sit next to the pastor. the best clues for a mass killing is who are the first victims. where did it start? you take an institution that's a church a symbol. take someone who's a prominent individual. it's not just mass killing, it's assassination. >> he wanted his story to be told. he set someone free to tell the story. >> this is where it becomes complicated with race issue. of course it's a hate crime. the killer is about get ago tension to himself. he knows if we have this national dialogue ultimately we're talking about him. the killer recognizes if i wrap this ideology around myself some people will identify with us and i'll play to them. i'll be their hero. >> he looks like adam from columbine, adam lanza in connecticut, james holmes. they look like something is wrong. do you look at him the same way? >> he's full of hatred. a

and six were killed in 2011 during a constituent meeting hosted by our colleague congresswoman gabby giffords, in a supermarket parking lot in tucson. or when a man opened fire at fort hood texas in 2009 killing 13 people, injuring 30 others. or in 2008, when a man opened fire in a lecture hall at northern illinois university, shooting 21 students and killing six. or when a senior at virginia tech went on a shooting rampage on campus in 2007, killing 33 people and injuring 23 others. or when two seniors at columbine high school attacked their classmates and teachers, wounding 24 and killing 15. or in chicago and cities across the country which experience gun tragedies every day of. yet since i have come this congress nearly seven years ago the people's house has refused to hold even one hearing on the epidemic of gun violence we are facing. last sunday alone in chicago, 1 people were shot and one man was killed, all within a matter of hours. in may chicago saw 300 people shot and 37 people killed in shootings. every day in america, 297 people are shot and nearly 90 people are killed by guns.

and that includes one of our own, a colleague that is highly respected gabby giffords. how many more deaths must families and communities endure? how many more funerals must we attend? how many more children must be orphaned? how many more parents must suffer the unspeakable heartbreak of losing a child? there's no question that we must act and we must act now. how many times must we watch on national news what gun violence uncontrolled gun violence can do to our country? the action that focuses on three principles. establish universal background checks. eliminate the gun show loopholes that allows a person to walk in, pick up a gun and walk out the door. and enforce our existing gun control laws. we have seen countries all over this globe who are not experiencing the gun violence that we are here in america, and their citizens have the right to own guns. it's time for us to awaken from a sleep of the past and address this issue and address it now. thank you. i yield back. mrs. watson coleman: i thank the gentlelady for taking the time to join us and sharing that import