mark kelly, husband of congresswoman gabrielle giffords and the head of "gun owners of america." >> the house of representatives pass add bipartisan budget deal as lawmakers on capitol hill try to avote another government shut down. >> in divided government you do not get energy you want the. >> passage is likely the plan deepens the divide inside the g.o.p. with speaker boehner slamming outside conservative groups. >> they are pushing our members in places where they don't want to be and i think they have lost ought credibility. >> we will talk with one of the architects, paul ryan, house of representatives budget committee chair. >> hour power player of the week on life after being the "it" gill of the 19 80's. >> i don't think just being a star or being famous is very fulfilling. all right now on "fox news sunday." >> hello again from fox news in washington. no matter how maybe times we see the images it is agonizing: kids streaming out of school with arms raised. this time, in colorado, a student opened fire in the high school and critically injured a 17-year-old girl before turning

. >> former arizona congresswoman gabrielle gifford is closing a congressional campaign and creating a gun control pac. it will be called the rights and responsibilities pac. donations will go to senators of old parties to support gun control measures. new at noon, arlington county police will not charge a taxi driver involved in an overnight incident. that occurred around 2:30 this morning. the victim was attempting to cross a five lane portion of the highway. he was hit and is in the hospital with life threatening injuries. >> the u.s. unemployment rate has fallen to seven percent. that is the lowest it has been since november of 2008. employers added 200-3000 jobs an analyst's say that the strongest sectors are transportation, health care, and manufacturing. the recent growth has been surprising after the shutdown in october. >> in a few hours, a washington tradition will be underway. lighting of the national christmas tree. as for he and carter reports, the weather could change plans fear. tofrom setting the stage wiping down soaked seeds, preparation is underway for the big part

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one of our own, gabrielle giffords, and a town hall meeting was gone and down shot point laying can they stand we did nothing -- point blank in the face. no hearings. no changes. it was just another statistic. but newton touched our hearts. >> it the amendment would have expanded background checks for buyers. they needed 60 voting yes to end debate and bring it to a final vote. it fell six short, 54-46. democrats, four republicans, and two independence. voting against, 48 republicans and five democrats. >> it represented moderation and common sense. that's why 90% of the people supported it. the gun lobby and its allies willfully lied about the bill. they claim it would create some kind of dig brother registry even though the bill did the opposite. it outlawed denny registry, plain and simple. but that did not matter. unfortunately, this pattern of spreading untruths served a purpose. intimidated a lot of senators. i spoke to them over the past few weeks. they are all good people. were shocked them by tragedies like newtown. states wherem there is a regional difference when it comes to g

. >> among those shooting victims is congresswoman gabrielle gifford. >> what's even worse is that as mass shootings are, they're only responsible for a tiny fraction of violent gun deaths in this country, less than 1% in 2010. mass shootings may get the media coverage, but on the same day as the newtown shootings, at least 21 other people in this country were also killed by gun violence. no matter the circumstance, the toll these shootings take on victims and their families is enormous. they're united in their grief, but also in their desire to put a stop to this type of tragic gun violence once and for all. in fact, the newtown killings galvanize people on both sides of the issue. >> the tragedy in newtown demands a powerful response. >> i quall on congress to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every single school in this nation. >> you can pass common sense laws. protect our kids and protect our rights. >> do we really think that adding any more laws to our books would have stopped him? >> it's been a few weeks since newtown. you can't help but feel t

remember gabrielle giffords sand the -- and the cross hair or the boston bombing happening on tax dayative they wish to believe, one that may be wrong but comforting. so forgive me if i'm cynical, they have their targets and socialists aren't as desirable as others. >>> and should they have left it in? >> i think it is pretty unprofessional to edit a direct quote. i also think if they didn't want to do a story to focus on the details of a shooter, they shouldn't have done a story about what his classmates said about his politics and then they wouldn't have this problem. it seems straightforward. and plus you have other outlets, the wall street journal, cbs, who confirmed that numerous students said he was a socialist. but, greg, we have seen this before. there were reports that the skak shooter was a devil worshipper. and they left that out. and reports in virginia tech that the killer was, quote, sedated by two people who had a gun and didn't tell us how. so if it fits their narrative, great. even if it doesn't make any sense or verified. this case was the opposite and now they look

gabrielle giffords and her husband remembered the newtown victims by planting a yellow rose bush at anity garden in arizona. the garden was created following the 2011 tucson shooting that killed six people and critically injured gifford. her husband yesterday spoke on her because of. >> for the families of the 26 people who died in newtown the heartache will never go away. we are hopeful that the fight is not over and america will not forget sandy hook. giffords and her husband have launched a campaign for tighter gun control. while she's no longer in congress, she says her crusade against gun violence will carry on. >> newtown remembrances included a sunset vigil in the valley. organizers used 26 cardboard boxes as pillars for each victim with name and age and a pair of shoes on top. mourners were encouraged to bring flowers for each small pillar. a few dozen people gathered singing songs and reflecting on the lives lost. >> i've been really amazed to be honest. i've been really inspired by, you know, our country just not letting it go, you know, just not something we can forget. >>

after newtown, that movement has grown wings, with moms demand action for gun sense, and gabrielle giffordswho have lost loved ones, not necessarily to street violence, all calling for change, doing it in their own way. a new movement in this country for gun safety reform. as we approach this weekend, one year since the shooting at sandy hook elementary school, the people of newtown have been asking the media and people in general to please not come pouring into town for the anniversary, they say they understand the concern and the interest. but the media presence alone can paralyze the town and has in the past. nobody wants anybody to forget newtown, and nobody will, particularly on this new anniversary. but if you were of a mind that what happened at the elementary school a year ago, that requires a moral response, i think the idea that that response could and maybe should be something that you do in your state, in your town. not in theirs, let newtown be. joining is now is congresswoman elizabeth este, her district includes newtown. thank you for joining us, i appreciate your time tonigh

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let's talk about it with gun control advocate mark kelly, the husband of former congresswoman gabrielle giffordsriously injured in a mass shooting back in 2011. together they founded the group americans for responsible solutions. we are also joined by asa hutchinson, the former u.s. congressman and head of the drug enforcement administration, director of the national rifle association funded national school shield task force. gentlemen, thanks to both of you for coming in. mark kelly, first to you. it's a year since the newtown massacre. are children safer in schools right now? what if anything has changed? >> well, you know, it's been -- saturday will be a year and so far, the national response to that horrific act and the situation we have in this country is basically to do nothing. so i would say that children are not safer in their schools. this is a complex problem and it should be addressed and congress has yet to do that. >> you think anything has changed, asa? >> yes. i think that there has been increased effort on safety, virtually every state has looked at school safety legislation and

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one of our own, gabrielle giffords, and a town hall meeting was gunned down, shot point blank in the face. no hearings. no changes. it was just another statistic. but newton touched our hearts. >> the amendment would have expanded background checks for buyers. on the senate floor, they needed 60 voting yes to end debate and bring it to a final vote. it fell six short, 54-46. 48 democrats, four republicans, and two independence. voting against, 48 republicans and five democrats. >> it represented moderation and common sense. that's why 90% of the people supported it. the gun lobby and its allies willfully lied about the bill. they claim it would create some kind of big brother registry even though the bill did the opposite. it outlawed any registry, plain and simple. but that did not matter. unfortunately, this pattern of spreading untruths served a purpose. that intimidated a lot of senators. i spoke to them over the past few weeks. these senators are all good people. i know all of them were shocked by tragedies like newtown. they come from states where there is a regional difference

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. >> former congresswoman gabrielle giffords at the senate judiciary committee in january.at table. we were talking about one of the differences between now and 20 years ago when real gun legislation was getting through was the climate of crime. in the early 1990s, i think we have a poll here, this is in 1994, at sault weapons ban was passed in 1994, we took a poll and asked people what is the biggest issue facing america, the top answer was crime. this is 1994. if you take that same poll today, you have in 2013, crime and violence comes in at 2%. how much of the story is this? >> i think that's probably main story. i think that, and it is also true, like, let's get that out of the way, crime and violence, gun violence is down since then. but i'm just going to say it again, as long as we continue to focus on mass shootings and sort of individual tragedies to get gun laws passed, like we're not going to be as successful as people seeing everyday violence in their lives. in that poll, people understood there is gun violence happening every day. it is not just happening every