gabriel zimmerman and gabrielle giffords also shared an name and. briel is translated into a strong man of god. in the bible, gabriel is the angel assigned to be god's message bearer. cabrioles mama always thought it was a fitting name for her daughter from a very young age. i only had the privilege of wasing gabe briefly, but he certainly a message bearer. as the young boy, he was asked to write a bit about himself for a school project. these words are now engraved in the memorial at the zimmerman in southern arizona, a place he loved. gabe whenitten from he was 12 years old. happy, athletic, outgoing, original. loves sports, it's family, and hepizza. needs sports, a family, and friends. ideas.help, loss, who would like to see no hunter, nuclear bombs. as a grown man and colleague, his role was to bring a message of peace and calm to our constituents. he was called a constituent whisper because if there was ever a grumpy or agitated constituent at the office or at an event, he was the only person that could figure out how to control them -- and sold

. >> joining me this hour, mark kelly, who with his wife, former congresswoman, gabrielle giffords, hase a leading voice for tighter gun laws across the nation. >>> countering the threats, the u.s. sends new missile defenses to guam as north korea deploy as medium-range missile to its coast. we're live with richard engel. >>> and horroring courageous women. and happy anniversary to us. join us as we celebrate our five years of "andrea mitchell reports." >> some of the responsibility for the gridlock in the this town. to not being open up to the hill and not doing congressional relation vest well. >> i would argue no, but it's not worth fighting over. if they think that. >> well, i think given the inheritance we had when we came into office in this administration, we had an overwhelming imperative to restore american leadership. >> can you commit that you would release your tax returns if elected president of the united states? >> with regards to my tax returns? why time will tell. that's not something i'm planning today, but never say never. >> if you don't retake the house, have you th

gabriel zimmerman and gabrielle giffords also shared a name. abriel is translated into strong man of god. and in the bible, gabriel is the angel assigned to the gods messenger. gabby's mom, gloria, always thought it was a fitting name for her daughter from a very young age. i only had the privilege of knowing gabe briefly in his life, but he, too, was certainly a message bear. as a young boy, gabe was asked to write a bit about himself for a school project. these words are now in grade any memorial at the zimmerman trailhead in southern arizona, a place that he really, really loved deeply. and i quote, this is written from gabe when he was like 12 years old. gabe matthew zimmerman, happy, athletic, outgoing, original, who loves sports, family, and pizza. who needs sports, family and friends. who fears failure, weapons and war. who gives help, love, and ideas, who would like to see no longer, and nuclear bombs. as a grown man and colleague of gabby's, gabe's role was literally to bring the message of peace and calm to her constituents. he was cal

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you'll have intense competition from both sides, we are reporting today that gabrielle giffords, who was a victim of gun violence, is going to be on the hill, making a personal plea to members to act on this you have the nra, gun owners of america, you have all of these second amendment rights groups, to put massive pressure. that was the first step and it's interesting, the nra did not choose to key vote is a washington term, they aren't grading the senators who did vote for this, i kind of gave them a pass. but it is very unlikely that next week, as soon as tuesday, when the bipartisan background check legislation amendment comes up. that they will do the same thing then. >> i will point out, nbc news/"wall street journal" poll released showed significantly more openness among republicans to a path to citizenship and immigration than background checks and broader gun rights. if may be a rocky road. this is paul ryan, aka, the 2012 vice president of the united states, in a speech tuesday night. >> we need to articulate a vision, one that can attract a very broad coalition. to advanc

six kill and 13 others including gabrielle giffords were wounded. >> is it incumbent to be more sensitivee sensitive to the situation here in tucson, but neither are related. that was an individual with the hand gun who had access who should not have had access. this is about home protection. >> he said he raised $12,000 and will give away as many guns as he can buy. houston's program handed out 13 and hopes to give away 100 by year's end. here in southern arizona, the firsthand out in the next 60 days. cnn, tucson, arizona. >> tucson is already a hot spot in the gun control debate after the shooting that killed six and wounded 13 others including gabrielle giffords. joining us is her husband, mark kelly. thanks for coming in and what's your reaction to handout shotguns to people who want them? >> well, wolf, i think it's somewhat of a distraction from the debate right now. to be honest with you, it seems to be a lot to be like the nra leadership plan to arm teachers and put more guns in schools. i don't think that's the answer. the answer is to make sure the criminals and the mentally il

six kill and 13 others including gabrielle giffords were wounded. >> is it incumbent to be more sensitive we are sensitive to the situation here in tucson, but neither are related. that was an individual with the hand gun who had access who should not have had access. this is about home protection. >> he said he raised $12,000 and will give away as many guns as he can buy. houston's program handed out 13 and hopes to give away 100 by year's end. here in southern arizona, the firsthand out in the next 60 days. cnn, tucson, arizona. >> tucson is already a hot spot in the gun control debate after the shooting that killed six and wounded 13 others including gabrielle giffords. joining us is her husband, mark kelly. thanks for coming in and what's your reaction to handout shotguns to people who want them? >> well, wolf, i think it's somewhat of a distraction from the debate right now. to be honest with you, it seems to be a lot to be like the nra leadership plan to arm teachers and put more guns in schools. i don't think that's the answer. the answer is to make sure the criminals and the menta

obama brought some of the newtown families and gabrielle giffords into the rose garden at the white house. major garrett was there. major? >> reporter: scott, somber and frustrated, president obama said the gun control debate will not end because the senate could not muster 60 votes for expanded background checks. he stood, as you said, with some of the sandy hook families. mark barden, who lost his son daniel in that mass shooting, spoke first and said washington has not heard the last of this issue. >> we'll return home now disappointed but not defeated. we return home with a determination that change will happen. maybe not today, but it will happen. it will happen soon. we've always known this would be a long road, and we don't have the luxury of turning back. we will keep moving forward and build public support for common- sense solutions in the areas of mental health, school safety and gun safety. >> reporter: with his wife and two surviving children beside him, barden spoke of his son daniel and recited what is known in newtown as the sandy hook promise. >> our hearts are broken. ou

. >> pam: congresswoman gabrielle giffords, who was severely injured in gun violence, also stood by the president's side. tonight she is quoted as being "furious" the measure did not pass and accused the opposing senators of "cowardice". the final vote tally was 54 to 46. the proposal was part of a compromise struck by a democratic and a republican senator. it was backed by president obama, but faced fierce opposition from the national rifle association. a ban on assault weapons also failed. along with the bid to block the sale of high capacity ammunition clips. tonight we know the name of the suspect. who is believed to have mailed letters filled with a deadly poison to president obama and a mississippi senator. >> federal agents say, they have arrested 45-year-old paul kevin curtis of mississippi. the deadly substance. known as ry-sin. both letters were intercepted at screening facilities.and both were post-marked memphis tennessee - april 8th. the white house says, staffers followed a careful drill in handling the letters.and no one was injured. >> jacqueline: it was a new warmer day

when congress begins that want debate they will have a visitor, gabrielle giffords. out of robo calls praising manchin and toomey for their bipartisan progress. >> i'm mark kelley. combat veteran, astronaut and most importantly husband to my brave wife, gabrielle giffords. i'm calling to thank your senator pat toomey for working across party lines to sponsor critical legislation to keep guns out of the hds

i want to go back to the gabrielle giffords op-ed.ermination guides me every day, we need to be determined to passions background check legislation to make it hard for criminals and dangerously mentally ill to get weapons in the first place. she is a gun owner. she is not afraid of universal background checks. why not shanybody be? >> i understand that. i think that is reasonable. >> what's the problem? >> the problem is, she's right. a lot of people are frustrated on the left because they want more. they want to limit how many -- how big the magazines are -- >> mike, we said, that appear business to be dead. the big worry with gun owners is the idea of a federal gun registry. is there anything in the legislation in congress that could lead us down that road? >> no because first of all, it's illegal to have a national gun rengistry. but successly, we stolook at history. i want to give you one example. the broke up a massive gun trafficking ring that was going from the state of virginia to the state of new york. they could not have don

[ laughter ] >> no, they weren't. [ buzzer ] >> do you know who gabriel giffords is?nope. >> she is a congresswoman that got shot. [contradicts -- crickets chirping] >> you are a gun girl? >> yes i am. >> are you a packing heat. >> no i'm not. >> shots fired, people running. >> chaos, shots fired two down. >> the iranians, what are he they doing that's disturbing everybody? >> i don't think they are dog much. i think we are over there. making them bad mad, man. [ laughter ] >> maybe you should worry about the north koreans first. [crickets chirping] >> i don't know who they are. the you're uraniums? >> iranian. >> we have nukes too, don't we? >> they pose a threat to us. us being people. but i guess we do, too. pause we have more nuclear weapons than they do. >> i'm concerned. actually, i'm not [bleep] [ laughter ] >> whoa. bill o'reilly, do you know him? >> i do. >> he is number one in cable news for over 10 years. >> says who? >> says the ratings. >> well okay, sugar. >> do you ever feel like you might want to put the dope down and watch a little more tv? maybe the

sentences instead of the death penalty for clients like the uni bomber and the gunman that injured gabrielle giffords. back to you. >>> a rusted plane part could lead to bodies, more victims of the 9/11 attack back in 2001. the part you are seeing is believed to have belonged to one of the hijacked jets , the site is sifted for remains of the 3000 victims of the attack, remains 1000 people were never recovered. >>> father is dead killed in front of his children in what police say may have been a case of road rage. he was on his way home from a family gathering sat when he got in to a wreck in northeast baltimore. he got out to exchange insurance information when the other driver said he didn't have any and walked to his car. police say, he was shot in the back and killed and the family says what makes the crime more devastating his daughters were in the car and saw everything. >> his baby girl, she kept crying. any time she heard somebody say daddy, she started crying. this is a baby. she felt that loss. >> police are looking for two people involved. amanda knox is speaking out, says the picture of h

were in the senate for the vote and later they joined the president and former congresswoman gabrielle giffords at the white house. >> i am disappointed but not defeated. we return home with the determination that change will happen, maybe not today but it will happen and it will happen soon. >> meanwhile, president barack obama called it ashame full day for washington. >> the worry that the gun lobby would paint them as anti second amendment, but obviously a lot of republicans had that fear but democrats had that fear too so they caved under the pressure. >> the national rifle association released a statement praising the senate vote saying as we have noted previously at gun shows or elsewhere they would not reduce violent crime or keep kids safe in their schools. >>> they are talking about the shooter quinn bauer, what police say was the motivation behind the crime and when they are due back in court. >>> the fbi arrested a man for sending letters laced with rice. they intersented it at a sorting facility and the two other letters were traced to the same man. there is a clear link among all t

mentally disturbed people from getting guns and mark kellie kelly and former congresswoman gabrielle giffords calling for this. >> we could still make significant progress by strengthening the background checks without go too far. >> no gun control legislation has been scheduled so far. >>> police are cracking down on drivers caught texting or talking on phones. berkeley is one of the places they will be on alert all month long and they will be issuing tens of thousands of tickets and distracted driving killed more than 130,000 people in 20011. -- 2011. a ticket will cost you at least $159. >>> and san francisco symphony musicians are going to jail after reaching a tentative deal to end their strike. >> the musicians went on strike after a disagreement about salaries and benefits. a contract still has to be ratified by the symphony board and that could happen in the next couple of days. they say they are happy to see the strike end. >> i think it is great and i think there are a lot of businesses in the area that rely on the system anthony and the ballet -- symphony and the ballet. >> they wi

. >> and two years after suffering a gunshot wound to the head, former congresswoman gabrielle giffords is talking about recovery. her right arm and right leg are both paralyzed. she understands what is going on around her and she and her husband have become out spoken about gun control. >> time now 4:34, police have now eye accident paid to a homeless man -- identified the homeless man who is the subject of an intense manhunt. this video of storm was shown last month shows him trying to steal a car a few days ago and he also stole a car last friday. deputies had to use a taser on him twice. he also stole a car linked to a church. >>> contra costa health services is testing anybody who recently came in contact with a student who had tuberculosis. another student contracting the disease is only about 10%. >>> and information on the new bay bridge span, they believe hydrogen got into several steel bolts and could have caused it to weaken. until they know what caused the problem, they can't say whether or not the new bay bridge will open on time or even months and the proposed opening. >>

mentally disturbed people from getting guns and mark kellie kelly and former congresswoman gabrielle giffords calling for this. >> we could still make significant progress by strengthening the background checks without go too far. >> no gun control legislation has been scheduled so far. >>> police are cracking down on drivers caught texting or talking on phones. berkeley is one of the places they will be on alert all month long and they will be issuing tens of thousands of tickets and distracted driving killed more than 130,000 people in 20011. -- 2011. a ticket will cost you at least $159. >>> and san francisco symphony musicians are going to jail after reaching a tentative deal to end their strike. >> the musicians went on strike after a disagreement about salaries and benefits. a contract still has to be ratified by the symphony board and that could happen in the next couple of days. they say they are happy to see the strike end. >> i think it is great and i think there are a lot of businesses in the area that rely on the system anthony and the ballet -- symphony and the ballet. >> they wi

gabrielle giffords was also shot in the attack and expected to attend along with her husband, mark kelly after showing off moves last night, you may have a feeling colby jones is going to survive. he had to keep up with the professional dance couples. it was a danceoff, so to speak. once the couple exited the routine, jones ripped off his jacket, underneath, sporting ravens purple suspenders, jones wowed the judges but this week, they had a little something to say about his foot work. jones had something to say back about . >> great timing, very, very sharp. just one thing, point your feet on the kicks and flicks. >> a little bit flat footed. >> you will never get a nine off me off those feet. >> i love you so much. with big feet. >> the judges gave jones 26 out of 30. that was the third highest score of the night. kelly swoop was in the ballroom during the performance. she got their thoughts on what appears to be a narrowing competition. >> it's tight. you got to step up. it's show time. either you swing it or duck it. >> it's a long marathon. we are halfway through. >> swoop will be in

. >> and two years after suffering a gunshot wound to the head, former congresswoman gabrielle giffords is talking about recovery. her right arm and right leg are both paralyzed. she understands what is going on around her and she and her husband have become out spoken about gun control. >> time now 4:34, police have now eye accident paid to a homeless man -- identified the homeless man who is the subject of an intense manhunt. this video of storm was shown last month shows him trying to steal a car a few days ago and he also stole a car last friday. deputies had to use a taser on him twice. he also stole a car linked to a church. >>> contra costa health services is testing anybody who recently came in contact with a student who had tuberculosis. another student contracting the disease is only about 10%. >>> and information on the new bay bridge span, they believe hydrogen got into several steel bolts and could have caused it to weaken. until they know what caused the problem, they can't say whether or not the new bay bridge will open on time or even months and the proposed opening. >>

gabrielle giffords might still be in congress. so don't tell me that it won't be effective.get who it was, but someone testified before congress and said, high-capacity magazine ban will take the "mass" out of mass murder. >> that's also a question, wes. now the goal posts have been moved so far -- >> it's ridiculous. >> sort of the nra, but high-capacity magazines aren't on the table. assault weapons ban isn't on the table. what we're talking about the sort of the barest of the bare. i guess the question and the worry for some hoping to see stronger gun safety reform coming out of this, does that end the debate. if they pass the toomey/manchin deal, is that all there is toe come for the foreseeable future? >> it won't be and it shouldn't be. even if we were able to move on this category, which i think is necessary and utterly insufficient. we still have a larger problem with gun violence in this country. background checks, in my opinion should be absolutely lowest hanging fruit. but even besides that, that is still not going to address the larger, long-term, large-scale iss

continuing coverage of efforts to prevent gun violence, the husband of injured excongressman gabrielle giffords acknowledged that the nra is powerful. but mark kelly said the newtown shootings have changed the debate. >> the american people want something done on this. 92% of americans support a universal background check. it's 74% of nra members. i would hope the leadership of the nra listen to their leadership on this. >> >> reporter: republican senators are vocally opposing background checks. senator lindsay graham said last year 80,000 gun buyer failed to check, but they were prosecuted. >> >> on april 2nd, a former nursing student killed seven people and injured three others. suspected gunman is in a mental hospital after a judge declared he was not kent to stand trial. >> >> concerts saturday in oakland and april 13th in "el dorado" hills. >> >> thousands of ankle monitors used to track parole lees were false and had to be replaced last year. state corrections officials ordered 4,000 of the diesises last april. after tested indicated problems. now, the maker of the monitors, 3m denies the

gabrielle giffords' furious response to members of congress. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> raise your hand if you like 80 degrees. >> we'll take it. >> you grew up in moraga. >> redding area. >> so you got a summer out there. >> yes, we did. >> and i was in hollister. we actually got summer. did you ever get a summer where you grew up? >> yeah. medford, wisconsin, we had all sorts of weather. >> you had humidity. you ever seen a tornado? >> haven't seen it luckily. >> so the idea of a tornado -- >> it's old home week here. >> earthquake i can handle. tornadoes, it's that "wizard of oz" thing. i don't know. time now 5:44. why am i saying that? i'm doing weather. we have mostly clear skies as we start out this morning in the bay area. it's going to be plenty sunny today and warmer, as well. that's what's in the weather headlines today. clear start, sunny and warmer, temperatures nudging 80 degrees inland and as far as the eye can see, we are going to be dry in the bay area with a ridge building over the eastern pacific and the west coast. the result is that the pressure is on, the heat's up,

and given that, can gabrielle giffords make a difference with a personal appeal.eone who has obviously been drastically affected by gun violence? >> i remember when gabby came on the floor for the first time during the debt ceiling deal and you know, we were in a very polarized state of mind then. it was a very tough situation and gabby's presence melted a lot of frozen hearts on the house floor. and given that we've had someone so close to us affected directly by gun violence, hopefully you know, if there's anybody that can impact a frozen republican heart, gabby can. i think also, it's important to note, chris, that tomorrow we will dedicate the zimmerman room in honor of gabby's staffer who was the first staffer killed in the line of duty who was killed during the tucson shooting and we'll dedicate that room in the capital visitors' center tomorrow. >> we have seen, some of the newtown victims' families, obviously having an effect, 16 republicans crossing over cloture to start the debate. the emotional appeal on this issue at least right now is paying political

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 language worked out by the end of the week. >>> checking other bay area headlines tonight, san leandro poli

former congresswoman, gabrielle giffords, is expected to speaken o the on the bill she lobbied for. she calls lawmakers cowards ignoring the pleas from newtown families. >> we will not be defeated. we are not going away. >> the hardest part was to try to look these families in the eye and explain to them how 90% of the american people can be on their side and the united states senate failed to reach 60 votes. >> the bill fell six votes short of passing. this morning, the families and the president are vowing to try again. >> the man suspected of kidnapping and killing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar, antoine garcia torres is scheduled for a plea hearing. his plea has been delayed several times recently because of technical problems with dozens of photo discs and interview discs which prosecutors gave to the defense team. the defense says it does not want to enter a plea until it understands exactly what evidence the prosecution has. garcia torres being charged with kidnapping and murder in the disappearance of sierra lamar. that happened last year. her body has yet to be found. >>

. >> gabrielle giffords is expected to be on capitol hill this week to lobby for more gun control. certainbout a ban on assault-style weapons? >> there will be a roll call vote this week. it is not expected to pass. harry reid wants to allow this to follow through to get senators to vote on an assault weapons ban. >> hallie jackson, thank you. >> 5:27. by ao teenagers are hit driver who sped off at the scene. >> we have some light rain this morning. the forecast is better for the rest of the week. >> we will check on >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. good morning. welcome back to 11 news today. i am stan stovall. >> i am jennifer franciotti. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. recovering-old is after being shot -- a 16-year-o ld is recovering after being shot. proposal tonight that would allow anyone older than 18 to carry a device for self-defense. officers are allowed to use stun guns in anne arundel county. >> testimony continues today in the trial for robert jarrett. prosecutors are expected to focus on how they c

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followed by president obama, vice president biden, and former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. -- payingtribute to her congressional aide, gabe zimmerman. later, al sharpton's action network annual convention. >> probably the most tragic of all our first ladies. she hated the office. hated it with a passion. ,> they took to the white house they had eight rooms they had to furnish. >> but she spent much of her time writing letters. to her dead son. in her

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you have people like gabrielle giffords from arizona, you have the families of the new town victims at marshawn capitol hill. if that does become a force of the next six years or the next decade, that is how people are able to bring change to washington. legislation sometimes takes a long time to pass, civil rights legislation, health care reform. what remains to be seen is if there is the power and sori a commitment of people saying we are going to at somula imes ie ng done. get things passeughress host: illinois, independent line, good morning. caller: my comment about immigration and the news media is that the news media abuse everything through the political process. it is always about the eternal elections, who is ahead, who is sh t media would spendnefit. more time covering the american people. what is going on with real people in america? i recommend you get out of the beltway, get out of manhattan, and see how real americans live. the big problem in america is our trade laws, or open borders, driving down the wage levels in america. average american people are having a very dif

. >> congresswoman gabrielle gifford who was severely injured in gun violence, also stood by the press inside. she is quoted as been furious the measure did not pass and accused the opposing centers of cowardice. the final vote tally was 54 to 46. the proposal was part of the car for hia compromise struck by a democratic and republican senator. it was backed by president obama, but faced fierce opposition from the national rifle association. a ban on assault weapons also failed along with a bid to block the sale of high capacity ammunition clips. >> we now know the name of the suspect was believed to have mailed letters filled with deadly poison to president obama and mississippi senator. >> federal agents say, they have arrested 45 year-old paul kagan curtis of mississippi. the deadly substance inside those letters is known as rysin . both letters were intercepted as screening facilities and were both postmarked memphis tennessee april 8th. the white house says, staffers of a careful drill and handling the letters and no one was injured. >> following a story in san francisco with a is

and these parents and it is not going to happen. ".not gonna happen" >> pam: congresswoman gabrielle giffordslso stood by the president's side today. the final vote tally was 54 to 46, with mostly democrats and two republicans voting for for the measure. the proposal was part of a compromise struck by a democratic and republican senator. it was backed by president obama, but faced fierce opposition from the national rifle association. a ban on assault weapons also failed. along with the bid to block the sale of high capacity ammunition clips. >> tonight we're learning the name of the suspect who is believed to have mailed letters filled with a deadly poison. to president obama and a mississippi senator. federal agents say, they have arrested 45-year-old paul kevin curtis of mississippi. the deadly substance. is known as ry-sin. both letters were facilities. and both were post-marked memphis, tennessee - april 8th. the white house says, staffers followed a careful drill in handling the letters. and no one was injured. >> jacqueline: we are seeing some pretty mild conditions. '70s in napa. it i

back with more in just a >>> on capitol hill today, gabrielle giffords met with senators on a meeting about gun control laws. she and her husband, mark kelly meet with joe manchin today, sponsoring a bipartisan bill to expand background checks to include sales at gun shows and online. the senate is expected to take up a package of gun laws sometime this week. the tragedy in newtown, connecticut is prompting a change in the raiting system for movies. the motion pictures association ceo announced the meeting today in las vegas. ratings will include descriptions such as strong carnage or war violence. >> tonight the boston red sox will wear black arm bands in honor of victims of the bombing. red sox and new york yankees have one of the most-heated rivalries in sports but today, that is being set aside fr a show of unity. yankees tweeting thought picture showing the loggoes on a banner says united we stand. and the club announced it will play sweet caroline, a red sox tradition at fenway park. >> wide receiver for the new england patriots recently signed with the team is making a crib yut

some fear losing the next election and that's why former congresswoman gabrielle giffords spent the dayn the hill rallying support and she is still recovering from a gunshot wound to the head from two years ago. laws are weakening and i will break down the numbers when i see you next, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> time now 5:14 the judiciary committee is scheduled to vote on an immigration reform bill later this week. senator chuck schumer met with brock block over that bill issued by the state of eight. legislation will dramatically remake the immigration system two new workers one for one type of worker and another type for another type of worker. >>> facebook has worked hard to get a new provision in the immigration reform bill which will be helpful for technology companies. it allow are for facebook and other technology media companies to recruit americans for job before hiring foreign workers. they have long complained about a shortage of high skilled workers here in the u.s. >>> a man is accused of a shooting on the las vegas strip is due in court today. 27-year-

. >> congresswoman gabrielle giffords, who was severely injured in gun violence, also stood by the president's side, if she is quoted as being furious that the measure did not pass and accused the opposing senators of " cowardice ". the final vote tally was 54 to 46. the proposal was part of a compromise that was struck by a democratic and a republican senator. it was backed by president obama, but it faced fierce opposition from the national rifle association. a ban on assault weapons also fell, along with a bid to block the sale of high capacity ammunition clips. >> here is a live look outside at the 580 interchange. this is a very big backup and the drive times are up to 70 minutes or more. >> will be right back. eggs, ba, con, and pancakes. denny'n's everyday value slam® is four dollars every day. waitwa, is that right? eggs, ba, con, pancakes. yeah. th. at's right. the fourfo dollar everyday value slam®. only fou fr dollars every day. onlyon at det nny's. >> welcome back. the time is 6:14 a.m.. >> we have a major hot spot out of central valley for westbound interstate 580. here is live vi

former congresswoman gabrielle giffords writes in the new york times this morning that she is furious with the senators who opposed the new gun regulations and president barack obama accuses them of being afraid of the nra. >> they are worried the they would paint them as anti second amendment and obviously republicans had that fear but democrats had that fear too so they caved under the pressure. >> the national rival a -- rifle association said as we have noted previous sly expanding background checks, it will not reduce violent crime or keep their kids safe in school amount. >> it calls for heavy safety and jobs. it includes 280 jobs and they are eliminating 08 jobs and the public will be able to comment before that deadline. >>> sal says there is a crash in livermore valley and that's never good for those people out there. >> it's not good because it will affect the 580 commute from livermore to dublin. east of 680, they have issued a sig alert and that means this will be there for a while. it is a big alert and one of the parties was pipped inside, one of the trucks and they have

former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords was nearly killed in a mass shooting in arizona. >> we have the resources to make a difference in the 2014 elections. we will have the resources to communicate about what they think about this issue. >> reporter: they are oftenning an ad campaign targeting the senators who opposed the plan. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> they voted to authorize $24 million for a program that sees guns from people who can't own them. the bill was approved by a 57- 10 vote. the armed and prohibited person's program checks database databases. it will go back to the senate for a final vote. >>> the california state university -- california state university, los angeles campus was evacuated this afternoon after a bomb threat. someone called the school and said a bomb would explode in two hour. the school evacuated students and canceled classes. the bomb squad responded but didn't find anything. >>> pictures helped the fbi identify twenty-two suspects in the boston marathon bomb -- two suspects in the boston marathon bombing. >> plus the risk still exists, the red fl

voiced his disappointment surrounded by victims of gun violence including former congress woman gabrielle giffords and the families of the newtown massacre. all of them say they will try again. >>> new evidence that the u.s. army knew that a former soldier was a dangerous man. and yet the army allowed jeremy goulet to resign rather than prosecute him. investigators found probable cause to prosecute him for rapes in 2006. his commander allowed him to resign, quote, for the good of the service. military law gives commanding officers discretion on handling rape charges. he denied committing the first rape and charges against him in the second rape were later dropped. >>> it is a therapy that promises to help gay people turn straight. should it be allowed here in california? one federal court took on the controversial debate this morning. a nearly two-hour long hearing in san francisco debated the ban on gay conversion therapy for minors. that ban was supposed to go in effect on february 1. judges grilled both sides in the case that goes down to decide if the therapy is medical treatment that the stat

congresswoman gabrielle giffords wrote about the gun show loophole.ome of our elected officials are not listening, one influential republican senator said that background checks at least deserve a debate. >> i believe to block the legislation to coming to the floor of the senate is not appropriate. the united states senate should debate and vote. >> and mccain says his support for background checks will depend how they're carried out. >> harris: thank you. a murdered navy seal's effort goes on. chris kyle was in the process of a concealed weapons course when he and a friend were gunned down. gun laws drawing more than 700 teachers and administrators in the dallas area this weekend. and reacting to the tragedy in newtown, participants who completed the live training, texas allows licenses to carry concealed weapon. they plan to train armed teachers for gun fights. computer hacking is so bad in one country. they've called in cyber experts to fight hackers who are trying to take down the government websites, including the stock market and the defense min

it includes the tune bomber -- unibomber and one that injured congresswoman gabrielle giffords. >>> investigators say it was a car bomb but it was not confirmed and jacqueline has more on where they are closely watching the violence in syria. >> reporter: pam, let's start with the explosion. state run television said the blast killed 13 people an injured 70 more. this is new video of the reported bombings. nobody is claiming credit yet for the deadly blast. rebels fighting to unsee the president bashar al assad have increasingly targeted them and they are asking president barack obama to take a more active role in syria. chemicals weapons are being used and our secretary chuck hagel is discussing what is going on. >> we are discussing this with intelligence agencies and for your second question, i think we should wait to get facts before we wait to make any judgments on what if any action should be taken and what kind of action. >> reporter: a white house press secretary is commenting on that report if the obama administration decides to communicate, i will have more on that when i see you next.

congressman, gabrielle giffords, 20 schoolchildren and their teachers, we took up the cause of protecting our people from gun violence. grief summoned the courage to petition to their elected leaders. not just to honor the memory of their children, but to protect the lives of all of our children. a few minutes ago, a minority in the united states senate decided it was not worth it. they blocked commonsense gun reform even while these families looked on from the senate gallery. support universal background checks that make it harderwere talking about convicted felons, people convicted of domestic violence, people with severe mental illness. 90% of american support that already the law. a few minutes ago, 90% of democrats in the senate voted for that idea. but it is not going to happen is 90% of republicans in the senate voted against that idea. a majority of senators voted yes to protecting more of our citizens with smarter background checks. minorityis continuing was able to block it from moving forward. i will speak lately and honestly about what happened. the american people are trying