gifford will receive the we are emily award from emily's list. that's a group dedicated to electing pro-choice democratic women to political office. organizers will also announce the creation of a new award named in giffords' honor. it's meant to recognize women at the beginning of their political careers. giffords resigned from her house seat earlier this year so she could focus on her recovery from a gunshot wound to the head. >>> d.c.'s largest free military and spouse career fair is today. about 100 employers including amazon, lockheed martin, and chick fil-a will be on hand. there will be seminars and on-site resume critiques. jane watrel will moderate one of the seminars. the fair will be held at the walter e. washington convention center in hall d. seminars begins at 8:00. the career fair will be from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 this afternoon. >>> two of the nation's biggest benefit programs for the elderly and disabled could run dry earlier than expected. a new report shows the trust funds that support social security will run out of money thr

organizer will also announce the creation of a new award named in giffords' honor. it is meant to recognize women at the beginning of their political careers. giffords resigned from her house seat earlier this year to focus on her recovery from a gunshot wound to the head. >>> enjoy your summer break if you are a middle school student in prince george's county. next school year, the day will be longer. starting in august, middle school students in the county will spend up to 40 minutes longer in class. the time will be used to help students with science, math, or reading. if students don't need the extra time in those subjects, it will be used for enrichment including music classes or foreign language. it will also save money on transportation as many middle and high school bus routes will merge. there you go. >> interesting plan. see if that work out with the extra 40 minutes. >>> time is 4:38. in about two seconds it will be. ahead on "news4 today," running out of time, the new estimate for when social security will run dry. >>> the big chill. may is just around t

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tonight, giffords will be honored here in washington by emily's list.political action committee dedicated to electing pro-choice democratic women to political office. emily's list will also announce the creation of a new award named in giffords' honor. it will focus on women in the beginning of their political careers. >>> the parents of a missing arizona girl are now allowed to go back inside their home. authorities kept them away while they searched for clues in the girl's bedroom where her parents claim she was last seen. miguel almaguer has more including the parents' first statement about the case. >> reporter: investigators now call the home a crime scene. this is where 6-year-old isabel solis was last seen and it's here on monday where two specifically trained fbi dogs found something of interest. >> the dogs did give indication there of further things that we need to investigate. for that reason, we asked the family if they would leave the residence so we could secure the scene again. >> reporter: police say isabel was last seen by her parents s

. >>> former congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be back in d.c. today for the first time since she left congress. giffords will receive the we are emily award from emily's list, a group dedicated to electing pro-choice democratic women to political office. organizer will also announce the creation of a new award named in giffords' honor. it is meant to recognize women at the beginning of their political careers. giffords resigned from her house seat earlier this year to focus on her recovery from a gunshot wound to the head. >>> enjoy your summer break if you're a middle school student in prince george's county. next school year, the day will be longer. starting in august, middle school students in the county will spend up to 40 minutes longer in class. that time will be used to help students with science, math, or reading. if students don't need the extra time in those subjects, it will be used for enrichment like music class or foreign languages. it will also save some money on transportation. a lot of middle schools and high school bus routes w

giffords resigned in january 1 year after being shot in the head during an event in tucson.gle is launching a new cloud storage service. >> and there's a new vacuum that cleans and modest -- that cleans and counts your calories. rob nelson has more. >> google's drive allows you to store videos and documents and photographs and it is cheaper than another service. appapartially paralyzed man poked up to an electronics computer sends messages to a computer 6 miles away just by thinking them. he directs a small robot to of. a new high-tech vacuum compresses the dirt and makes it easier to discard and it tabulates how many calories you burn. those are your "tech bytes" and i am rob nelson. >> interesting. >> that will give you some incentive to do the housework. >> not a bad day today. cold this morning. warming up nicely this afternoon. unsubtle tomorrow. i think there's more beneficial rain on the way. we could still use some showers around here. giving the gardens and natural drink. frost advisory posted for some counties north and west of washington, along the mason- dixon li

trigger the vote in cross hairs after gabby giffords? what do the democrats do to fight back?ost nothing. >> i want to ask you about what happened in florida because stand your ground is very, very relevant in that trayvon martin case. how did that pass? what was the n.r.a.'s role? >> the n.r.a. played a bunch of rolls, they provided 10 was thousands of dollars to the dozens of lawmakers who pushed the bill through and voted yes on the bill. marion hammer, a short feisty sort of jack hammer of a lobbyist for the n.r.a. helped draft the stand your ground law and ram it through the legislature down there. when jeb bush signed this bill into law, who was standing next to him on the podium, marion hammer. this was an n.r.a. effort from start to finish, lobbying, money, pressure, it was a classic case study how the n.r.a. gets these bills passed in the state level and now it comes back to roost with the trayvon martin case. >> in light of how much money the n.r.a. raises and gives out in campaigns and in light of the fact that they have the n.r.a. foundation a tax exempt foundation

ahead, more doctors are prescribing music therapy to patients following congress woman gabrielle giffordsuccess story.  >>> music therapy is gaining national attention and could soon be recognized as a medically licensed profession after it was said to be an intrical part of gabrielle giffords recovery. >> >> i am above ground it is good. >> jim is fighting an auto immune disease in ashville, north carolina he gets an iv treatment every two weeks a dreaded process. until the hospital introduced music therapy >> makes me more receptive to being here. i am not as concerned as to how fast it is dripping and what the pump is doing. >> there have been many study that is have shown it does reduce anxiety, alleviate pain and it just enhances what the physicians are already doing. >>> the hospital hired michelle vaughn a full time musical therapist who plays requested songs for patients under going treatment. she serves as a pleasant distraction, and a counsellor. >> you can see the physical reaction, of some body, just ah, you know, not focusing on their disease and their illnes

we're looking at arizona the eighth. >> it slipped to mind a little bit but gabriel giffords resignedice earlier this year. this is the primary. it is only on the republican side. we think that jesse kelly who was the republican nominee against gabby giffords in 2010 and nearly won will be the republican nominee. the general election, special election, is in early june and there will likely be jesse kelly against ron barber who was the district director. so a race that has some national reach to it, starts tonight. won't finish until june. >> that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." tomorrow, ted koppel joins us. my colleague tamron hall joins us. >>> are the gas prices we're witnessing real or artificial? president obama announces new steps to crack down on oil market manipulation, is that the real reason we see these spikes with the gas prices? the daily beast will join me live. plus, take a look at this. what a sight. space shuttle "discovery" takes its final journey into retirement over the nation's capitol. we'll have information on that. and an emergency room

. >> gabrielle giffords wants to focus on rehab. what her supporters and financial backers are urging her to do. >> they gave financially strapped students extra money. what the university is trying to do to get the cash back. >> live look outside. that is the san mateo bridge. highway patrol issuing a high wind advisory in the bay area. cameras shaking a little bit there as they make their way to the peninsula and to the east bay. time now is 7-11. watching mornings on 2. ?ú??b??? ???c??@?????c:ow . >>> rise and shine. you can see the city back there. what a beautiful start to the morning. >>> time now is 7:13. the pope is celebrating holy week. this is the palm sunday mass. pope benedict returned from a trip from mexico and cuba. he he agreed to make good friday a holiday. mass was held in jerusalem's old city. this is where the catholic's believe he jesus christ made a return to the city. this is the mass of congregations and will go with the donkey to the mount olive retracing his route from 2,000 years ago. >>> hillary clinton

. >> your wife being former congress woman gabby giffords.is bill rickey, the pilot, in nasa aircraft operator is his formal title. do you know him? >> yeah, at our aircraft operations division at johnson space center we have a bunch of research pilots. he's one of those, a pilot in t-38 training airplane we use, also pilot on the shuttle carrier aircraft. >> does it feel different flying that with the shuttle on top of it than it would flying a normal 747? >> well, absolutely. that is not a normal 747. it's almost gutted on the inside, to make it much lighter, once they add the shuttle carrier or once they add the space shuttle to the orbiter to the top, that has different flying characteristics. i haven't had an opportunity to fly it but i hear it's a challenge. >> i wbet it is. people made observations what would be the future of manned space flight and are people -- obviously, a lot of what happened with the space race early on in the time of john glenn and the first moon landing. do you think this is going to be a good thing, we're putti

. >> gabrielle giffords will receive a special award today. >> the trial for john edwards enters date ty two. >> this is the beltway at bel air road. air road. more on weather and t >> welcome back. 43 degrees downtown. a chilly start on this tuesday. we did not have any precipitation this morning. 30's in the northwest suburbs. 37 in frederick. 38 in parkton. it will be a breezy and cool day today. we'll make it up to 58. we have a 20% chance for a rain shower in the forecast later this afternoon we will check the seven-day forecast going all the way into the weekend. >> the criminal trial of john edwards continues today in north carolina. a jury will determine if edwards misused nearly a million dollars in campaign finance money. andrew young managed to cover up edwards'extramarital affair. a member of the military is now under investigation in connection with the alleged prostitution scandal in colombia. latest on the investigation coming up. >> gabrielle giffords will be honored today in washington, d.c. she'll receive the we are family award. urbanizes will announce a new award n

the lunatics like the guy in the giffords shooting.o's president, ben, you pointed this out earlier said: >> yeah 50,000 people since 2006 killed in gun violence in mexico. he says there are about 8,000 gunshots on the u.s./mexican border. and there are about nine gun stores on the border for every wal-mart. >> that's an amazing stat. the nra want to produce as much guns as possible. who cares who get them. but how can we get control back over our policy so it looks like the nra isn't running amuck and totally dominating here? >> i think we have to also brick up the second amendment perversion. progresses are way to open in determining the constitution exsecond on the second amendment. >> the mexican gun cartels operate right across the boarder on texas. but campaign finance reform unless you do that you won't be able to get ahold of this either, because in the end, nra gives money to the republicans and punish democrats. >> campaign finance reform is a way in to a ton of issues to making meaningful change in a lot of issues but this i

a medically licensed profession after it was said to be a big of former congresswoman gabrielle giffordseporter: he gets an iv treatment every two weeks, a dreaded process. ♪ >> reporter: until the hospital introduced music therapy. >> makes me more receptive to being here. i'm not as concerned with how fast it's dripping, what the pump is doing. >> there have been studies that show it does reduce africaite and alleviate pain. it enhances what the physicians are already doing. ♪ >> reporter: the hospital hired michelle vonn, a full-time musical therapists. she served as a pleasant distraction and counselor. >> you can see the physical reaction of somebody just, ahh, you know, not focusing on their disease and their illness. it's thinking about music. ♪ >> reporter: there are about 150 music therapists in north carolina, treating many patients from pediatric cancer to alzheimer's, even hospice patients. >> you be my voice. >> reporter: the practice of using music to soothe patients is growing. the state is looking at legislation to license the profession, joining north dakota and nevada.

and find out why gabby giffords was back in the district. >> a frederick teen making a half-court shot while flipping. >> new tonight, a call for help to solve the cruel crime against a kitten. it happened sunday afternoon in the district. his black and white kitten was thrown out of a moving truck. the humane to study says the kitten survived but suffered a broken leg that ended up having to be amputated. the group is offering $1,000 for information that leads to the rest of the person responsible. the congresswoman was back in washington d.c. tonight, getting the award by the women's political organization. her friend was also in attendance. she resigned in january the year after she was shot in the head. take a look at this, it is the basketball video that has gone viral. an amazing shot made by maryland teenager, all because of the talents of a sophomore when his friend had some fun in the backyard. they put into the test and he is live in the newsroom with this amazing story. >> we do have the proof for you in just a moment. he was just a normal teenager and wakes up this morning

. >>> republicans face ouf for gab agree yell giffords seat in the house.as shot in the house at a tu san meet and greet last year. she stepped down to focus on recovery. a favorite to win is giffords' opponent in 2010, jesse kelly. >>> this crystal football trophy is in pieces. aren't you glad it's not your fault? the university of alabama won the prize as college champions. a player's father tripped on a rug where the trophy stood and it shattered. here's a piece of it. the university of alabama will have to replace the trophy and it might not be insured. $30,000. that is a big oops moment, john. >> might not be insured. >> might not be insured. >> if it's kept in a place around a bunch of football players are, the person who decided not to pay 50 bucks or 100 bucks to insure it have some explaining to do. >> they might have to dig down deep in their pockets. >> ouch. we'll see new a little bit. >>> new ref lalgss of wasteful government spending and, yes, it involves that same agency underfire for the extravagant convention in vegas. >>> also, michele bac

giffords survived an assassination attempt in january 2011. she resigned from office three months ago. >>> while you slept, metro spent the night disinfecting dozens of its buses. it wants to protect you from viral meningitis. >> that's because the metro bus driver tested positive for it after driving his routes last week. delia goncalves is live in northwest washington with more on the big job metro is working on now. good morning, delia. >> reporter: absolutely a big job. good morning, mike, andrea. they spent overnight scrubbing down literally scrubbing down the 52 and 54 buses that run up and down here on 14th street. in fact, not only did they scrub down those buss that were affected by -- buses that were affected by the sick driver, they disinfecting all 164 buses here in northwest washington. the driver, the sick metro employee, drove the 52 and 54 buses between 7:30 and 10:18 friday morning. the buses travel down 14th to l'enfant plaza and then back here to 14th and colorado. metro does not believe this man had exposure to any other bu

kelley will now face former giffords aid john barber. a legislative group has announced that it will end a task force that helped shape the stand your ground laws nationally. the change comes after corporate members like coca-cola and kraft foods pulled out. that law stands at the center of the trayvon martin killing in florida. these national legislative groups are able to take advantage of a lot of state legislatures because of their part-time nature and the fact that most of these legislators don't have the help and the ability to write those laws within themselves. >>> millionaire investor warren buffett announced that he has been diagnosed with early stage prostate cancern't obviously this is something very personal, but on the other hand, it has an impact on his -- he's such an influential member of the financial -- >> he did say in the announcement that his doctors have given him the prognosis that this is not in any way life threatening, they don't even expect it will be debilitating at all. he expects to continue to all his duti

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and i do wonder what they'll be saying tomorrow, martin. >> look at the gabby gifford case.f the reasons was the magazine which is not used again for hunting. it is a gun nuts preferred choice of ammo. we couldn't really have much of a debate over even legislating the sales of those. >> david corps and jamie floyd. >>> next, the gop leadership cries out, out. >> my experience in history is it is not over until it's over. >> iceberg straight ahead! every time a local business opens its doors or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business, it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities. that's why we extended $6.4 billion in new credit to small businesses across the country last year. because the more we help them, the more we help make opportunity possible. get two miracles in one product. new tone rehab 2-in-1 foundation. covers spots, lines... and wrinkles. and helps improve skin tone over time. new tone rehab from easy... breezy... beautiful... covergirl! covergi

and the treatment playing a big role in gabby giffords' recovery following the attempt on her life.several states are starting to regulate it. elizabeth is live in atlanta. i first read about the story and how do you recognizance regulate music? >> well, they're looking to get a nnsed. so north carolina has a bill bipartisan support to get it licensed. and both north carolina and nevada and they'll take a look. >> jim vaughan is fighting an auto immune disease at mission hospital in asheville, north carolina. he gets an iv treatment every two weeks, a dreaded process. until the hospital introduced music therapy. >> makes me more receptive of to being here. i'm not as concerned how fast it's dripping and what the pump is doing. >> there have been many studies shown that it does relieve anxiety and alleviate main and just enhances what the physicians are doing. >> the hospital hired michelle bond, a full-time musical therapist, to plays requested songs for patience who are undergoing treatment. she serves as a pleasant distraction and a counselor. >> we can see the physical reaction o

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take the gabby giffords case. the company dropped the ball not to support legislation which would have reinstituted part of the legislative ban that would have banned these multiple bullet magazines, the magazines used in gab gi gifford' case had 30 bullets in it. the weapons ban was dropped by the congress, it wasn't reinstituted. we had a ban that said you could only have a magazine with 11 bullets. had that ban been in effect that day, people in arizona would be alive today that died that day. >> that's my question. why has the gun debate dropped off the radar? in today's daily beast, new york city mayor michael bloomberg writes, to hear most pundits and political strategists tell it, americans are hopelessly divided by guns, but we're not. polls show that nra members support common sense steps to ensure that guns are kept out of the hands of criminals. and the long angeles times says, few presidents have shown as little interest in gun control as barack obama. it's as if avoid gun control at all costs has beco

heading to the polls to for a special republican primary contest, determining who can run for gabby giffords congressional seat. she was shot in the head in tucson a year ago. >>> time magazine releasing list of the top 100 most influential people in the world. it's revealed on line later today. >>> a story we have been following for months, the howard county prosecutor's office says they will not retry the man accused of killing his twin brother. the jury couldn't reach a verdict. it's been u announcement yesterday he will not been be tried again. >>> former uva student, huguely, will be sentenced august 30th , the lacrosse star convicted of killing yeardly love, his former girlfriend. the murder happened two years ago. a jury convicted him in february. they recommended a sentence of 26 years in prison. >>> two teenage boys charged with arson in a church fire. the 12 and 13 year olds found gasoline and lighter in side a unlocked shed behind the church. investigators say one of the boys poured the gasoline and the others set the fire. police don't think this was a hate crime. >>> a crime had

certainly, during the time of the gabby gifford shooting there was reassessment as to whether this ise talking about and whether we should be talking about this stuff in the way we're talking about this stuff. is there not enough billionaire who could fund republican campaigns? is this worth it? is this really worth it? foster freeze has a talent of making inappropriate jokes about the most sensitive subjects at the most sensitive time and the most offensive way to offend the most number of people. especially in -- this kind of rhetoric, as the secretary said, this is so deeply offensive to people. nobody thinks it's funny. nobody wants to talk about it. after gabrielle giffords, all the rhetoric that led up to, it it was-t wasn't intentional but the entire result around the country, why would you go back there? it just doesn't make any sense. and these are all different impressions that lay across the voters' minds. we'll hear something from ann romney, robert -- you know, all of this will filter out but it's devastating to the republican party. >> and we're talking about it. >> why

arizona will be heading to the polls for a republican primary, to determine who will run for gabby giffordsot in the head during a awe tucson massacre in january of last year, supreme court will hear arguments on a major case involving prison sentences for drug possession. also in dc, tony stewart is headed to the white house today, scheduled to meet with president barack obama, he won the sprint cup in november of last year. he is headed to the white house to meet the president. here is a look at dozens of tornados that hit the midwest during the weekend. these images were captured. national weather vis received 100 reports. six people were killed in oklahoma. no chance of that today. warm weather is going to be persistent. >>> that's exactly right. they are getting a break of that today. here, we are getting a break of the hot weather we saw yesterday. temperature in baltimore, 69 degrees, see the blues across the upper midwest. that will filter in as we go through the rest of today and tomorrow. satellite and radar, not picking up on anything. we will see the clouds increasing a bit as w

morning those two elements after the high pressure is now trying to build in a pressure gradient giffords in the high and the low in no way of getting away friday and throughout the interior portion of the state of california into the '70s and those '60s the monterey bay of the seven degrees in the high sierra where dry conditions of weekends how tense locally 56 season on the seashore to 70 in sunnyvale at morgan hill also in gilroy and in santa clara. springtime day east of the day with those northwest winds up to the low '70's in tracy and oakley as well as discovery bay 68 cruzeiros at which is pretty close to normal and mid-60s and drug mill valley the extended forecast calls for the worse they began to be on sunday tenders and 60 to 80 degrees will hang on to that the pattern and bring down the temperature is ever so slightly and tuesday and wednesday only to drive up from thursday big doings in pleasanton on sunday that japan planned forecast results dennis. >>> appear that the reporting errors first-round draft pick has a touchdown at&t part on his was a name and the giant rocher

the streets -- >> and keeping the magazines off of the streets like the crazy guy who shot gabby giffords. >> and mr. gottlieb, hold the thought for a moment. as governor of pennsylvania, you vetoed stand your ground, am i corre correct? >> correct. >> it was your successor tom corbett who came in to sign it into law, and you are look like a soothsayer in the aftermath of trayvon martin, but the question is, do you think that the trayvon martin case is going to cause a serious re-examination of the stand your ground in those states across the country that now have it on the books? >> i hope so, and mayor bloomberg has called for it. it is interesting on the stand your ground legislation, every police group in pennsylvania and the pennsylvania district attorney's association, made up of 50 republican d.a.s and 17 democratic d.a.s all urged me to veto it. so why don't we listen to the law enforcement, mr. gottlieb, because they are asking us to do something to stop the gun violence and let's listen to the police and the d.a.s. >> well, it is great to listen to the police, but we don't want

. >> they keep those magazines out of the hands of the crazy guy like the guy who shot gabby giffords. >> you vetoed stand your ground, aple correct. >> correct. >> it was your successor, tom corbett who signed it into law. do you think that the trayvon martin case is going to cause a re-examination, a serious re-examination of stand your ground if those states across the country that now have it on their books? >> i hope so. mayor bloomberg has called to are that. it's interesting on the stand your ground legislation. every police group in pennsylvania and the pennsylvania district attorney's association, made up of 50 republican d.a.s and 17 democratic d.a.s all urged me to veto it. why don't we listen to law enforcement, mr. gottlieb? they're telling us that we have to do something to stop gun violence. >> mr. gottlieb? >> it's great to listen to the police but we don't want a police state. we enjoy freedom in america. we're not like other countries run by death stops and dictators. >> i want to return to this issue about what the president is about to do. the president doesn't kno

on the democratic side, giffords' former district director ron barber faces no opposition.s leading the pack for republicans. >>> former vice president dick cheney made his first public appearance since his heart transplant. he received last minute medical clearance to return to his home state and speak at the wyoming republican state convention yesterday. the 71-year-old began by thanking people in the medical community who have kept him alive. he also had a special message for one family. >> i wouldn't have been able to survive and do everything that i did these last 35 years if it hadn't been for some remarkable people, especially in the medical community, but also most recently, obviously, i owe a huge debt to the family of the donor who made it possible for me to receive that transplant. >> cheney had his successful transplant three weeks ago. he has had five heart attacks over the past 35 years. >>> the government is giving last minute tax filers a little breathing room. normally today, april 15th, is tax day, but the tax code says tax deadlines just can't fall on the

hello mr gifford welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us today but. first of all i would like to ask you. you do different things you do so many things in your life except music i'll do lots of things along with music so music free is a trait a business or admission. can you choose one of three visits is my world class or being. about. it doesn't really matter if moscow new york before him was music f.m. was orchestrated it was the singers was a chorus is what i know what i have to do or think and. it is also important for me to say that. moscow new york are big big cities but i find it more pleasant to go to listen on places smaller towns are wonderful music lovers was always a good i think that was waiting for really important musical events and that's where my heart tells me i have to go more and more if you conducted one person verdi's requiem with the marias can orchestrate in london this year you also are the principal conductor of the london symphony orchestra so what are you preparing for london this year something something interesting i just

. >> former representative gabrielle giffords is honoredth given the we are emily award.'s list is supportive of women in politics. >>> and the senate is set to vote on a bill to reform the postal service. it includes ending 6-day mail delivery and requires service to wait two more years to close smaller post offices. >>> is the grand prix going to happen this year? organizers are running out of time to try to save that race. >> and linda so is standing by right now to tell us why. linda, what's going on. >> reporter: they are running out of time. this time last year, organizers of the grand prix were selling tickets for the race. but the group in charge of this year's race is not there yet. city councilman william cole a supporter of the race says the chance of the grand prix happening this year is no better than 50-50. and the odds get longer with each passing day. the new partners who have come forward to organize the race might be in trouble. one of the partners in the down force racing partnership might be leaving and the official website for the grand prix is inacti

barber is giffords' former aide, who was also wounded in the shoot that left giffords unable to continueost. a special election is june 12th. >>> east bay congressman pete stark is now apologizing for publicly accusing a challenge related of bribery. he claimed foale democrat eric took hundreds of thousands in bribes from a real estate developer. he denies the accusations. and he hired a defamation lawyer to sue stark if stark did not apologize. in a statement congressman stark apologized, and says he misspoke. but he also says he does have concerns about the behavior. he called that a backhanded in sincere apology. >>> later today the governor of florida is expected to announce a new task force to investigate the state's gun laws. the action is a response to the trayvon martin shooting case. neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder, fatal february shooting of 17- year-old trayvon martin. zimmerman claims he acted in self-defense. he is due back in court tomorrow for a bail hearing. and a new judge has taken over the case after the previous judge

that and he's invoking the same kind of political hatred that nearly killed representative gabby giffords that is very dear. coming up this week another car with mad cow disease was found in the u.s. what are officials calling to an isolated incident but what if the likes of paul ryan and rand paul got their way with their government facing a madly epidemic of bad code is exactly why i thought i was deluded. is he. new york this last sunday thirty three people were arrested outside a military drone base at hancock airfield more than one hundred fifty activists turned out to protest the ongoing use of unmanned drones running missions in afghanistan pakistan yemen and several other nations that we know and don't know about here's what ann wright a retired u.s. military officer had to say about why she participated in last week's protest. have to. do lots to stop scowling in. afghanistan and pakistan agree and have called on the united states to stop drone missions in their nations but putting aside the use of drones abroad americans should really be concerned about the use of drones here at

the man who shot congresswoman giffords last year used a gun with a high-capacity ammunition clip to kill six people, wound 13. it was only when he fired all 31 rounds in his clip that people were able to subdue him. last year you said that you thought reinstating this ban should be examined. what's the result of that examination? >> well, we are still in the process of working our way through that. i think there are measures that we need to take. we need to be reasonable, understanding that there is a second amendment right with regard to firearms. but even the dissent in the heller case and what the administration has tried to do is come up with ways in which we are respecters of the seventh amendment and come up with reasonable, appropriate firearms laws that will ultimately protect the american people. >> madam chairman, your indulgence for one more question, please. over the past several years the new york police department has been engaged in surveillance of new jersey's communities and universities, searching for those who might be accused of terror. governor christie, newark

that and he's invoking the same kind of political hatred that nearly killed representative gabby giffords that is very dear. coming up this week another car with mad cow disease was found in the u.s. what are officials call it it is an isolated incident but what if the likes of paul ryan and rand paul got their way with their government facing a madly epidemic of bad cow disease i'll explain why and still to. the mission. couldn't take three years for charges three arrangements three. three stooges three. free born killers videos for your media projects a free media our teton tom. wealthy british scientist son it's time to. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cons a report. new york this last sunday thirty three people were arrested outside a military drone base at an airfield more than one hundred fifty activists turned out to protest the ongoing use of unmanned drones running missions in afghanistan pakistan yemen and several other nations that we know and do