you have family members, you have jillian here saying, i'm saying and doing what i believe. how is this about any party taking advantage of it? it's like people don't love their own sisters or their own children? >> right. and this is not a partisan each. i mean, a bullet doesn't know the difference between whether or not you're a republican or a democrat. senator ted cruz, unfortunately in the center of jillian's courage, underlines the cowardness of ted cruz and what he's threatening to filibuster and that is to not even have the conversation athen to take a vote. that's really something. the other thing that we're seeing here, reverend al, in terms of the politics, you've got john boehner. i think part of the reason today he refused to say what he would do is, you know, they are trying to ofiscate and say the white house is making people do this he and they are trying to skirt the issue. he's hoping he doesn't get a bill he doesn't have to deal with because then the question is going to be whether or not he has to go with the hassert rule. there's a lot that the president

jillian was in hartford today for the president's speech. she was among the family members who flew to d.c. with the president and she joins us from washington where she very recently just got off air force one. jillian, thank you so much for being with us tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> so i know it's hard to hear people talk about this, even though -- still today and the people who you've been doing all this work with. let me ask you what it means to you to have been with the president today, to be traveling with the president today, to be part of this effort that you're in today in washington? >> it was a great feeling to be with him today on air force one and even in hartford today at the university and to have him support such an amazing cause and stand with us and remind everyone we're not going to forget what happened in newtown. we are going to continue to fight for change and demand something finally be done, that no one else has to feel this. so it was a good feeling to have him there but it was still an awful feeling becau

jillian soto wants to see a vote. >> i pray that, you know, nobody ever has to feel this feeling that my family is feeling. >> she plans to workday and night making phone calls and writing legislators to get gun restrictions passed. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >> forced budget cuts have grounded the blue angels. that familiar roar will be absent during fleet week this year in san francisco. the navy must slash $4 billion. part of that is canceling the blue angels regular season. an estimated savings of more than $20 million. >> clearly fleet week is a huge event. we are confident even if they don't come, the event of fleet week will be still the outstanding event that it is. >> navy officials say that air shows can happen only if they are funded by local means without any cost to the government. in the meantime, the blues will still have private practices to keep up their flight training. >> it has been a couple of weeks since giant bolt started snapping on the new span of the bridge. kristen ayers found out caltrans may need every minute of it to fix the problem. krist

let me put this question to you, jillian.ster tragically killed at sandy hook elementary school. if the only deal we get out of congress is on these background checks, would you be satisfied with that? >> no. i would not be satisfied. and i would continue to speak out and let my voice be heard. that is not enough, that my sister died because someone walked in with an assault rifle and murdered her and 25 other people, and doing universal background checks is not enough. it is not justice for these families. >> there is politics and the reality of politics in washington, and worries, jillian that momentum might be fading. it has only been four months and when have you so many family members like you, for whom the grief is so raw, that makes a big impact on members of congress. tell me about your meeting with members of congress and how it's been going? how the push from the families and even the president has been from your perspective? >> having the president behind us and supporting success a great thing. he's showing what w

jillian is joining us here in the situation room.t of all, our deepest, deepest condolences to you and your family. i know how much you must miss your sister right now. she was what, only 27 years old. she was a teacher at that school. >> thank you. >> let's talk about this trip. what was it like, the president of the united states? we saw him put his arm around you and he invited you to come to washington aboard airforce one. how did that happen? >> we were at a meeting in hartford with a rally at hartford university with president obama and he -- there were several families coming down to washington and he offered us to come on airforce one with him to fly back to washington. it was a great experience. it was one that most people will never be able to experience and i was so honored that i was able to experience it. >> did you know he was going to be inviting you to go on airforce one to washington? >> some of the families did know they were going to -- they found like the day before. i found out about three hours before the plane

. >> your generation created $16 jillian debt for my generation. understand your building an infrastructure for the future. some spending is necessary and a good theme this money is spent and objects demanded to the economy and it creates jobs faster. >> ♪ >> we have to do something with industry. $16 jillian debt for my generation. >> when we first met angel adams, she was living in a hotel room with 12 of her 15 children. she was angry at the system. >> somebody needs to pay for all my children. ♪ this is where food stamp benefits come in. the money is tight. ♪ they spent more than 10% of their discretionary income on college loans. >> this college is a failure. trouble is we are neglecting football for education. >> as we invest in infrastructure, a lot of contractors and manufacturing will have that income and they will put it back into the economy and the fact of the retail sector, education. >> what they are doing without need roads. >> i cannot talk about the other 49 states. trouble is we are neglecting football for education. >> as we inve

joining me now is jillian ted, assistant editor and columnist for the "financial times," you've been at this and look at the big economic issues. what about the sequester? the 10% cut and despite the fix on the faa, it's still in place for much of the economy. is it freezing things up? >> well one of the very interesting things that's happened in recent weeks is that having the sequester has almost begun to seem like the new normal and there's been almost a sort of grudging political acceptance. acceptance amongst voters. in terms of the tangible impact on the economy, it's always been clear that it was going to be a cumulative thing. we didn't just suddenly see a shock on the first march. what we do know is that the economy is not performing as people had hoped. we had some pretty sobering gdp data late last week. and same time we've also got the headwinds from the eurozone and the european problems as well. so taken together, it hasn't knocked the economy completely off track, but it's certainly not helping. >> at this stage, what could congress and the president do if they could w

jillian soto. remember she was here. we met her here on "hardball" earlier in the week. her sister, a teacher in newtown, connecticut, was murdered at sandy hook. here's what jillian had to say today. >> i was very pleased with how many yeses we did have and happy we were able to get this passed, but i was still completely shocked that there were so many who were so against this and who still believe that we don't need to be heard, that newtown doesn't deserve a vote. and that nothing needs to be done. i was directly affected by gun violence. my sister was murdered because of this. and the fact there are still people who don't think anything needs to happen just shocks me. >> what a human person there. anyway, a spokesperson for gabrielle giffords' gun advocacy had this to say. "to the senators who voted no today, we regret your attempt to obstruct debate and deny a vote to families of newtown, tucson, of aurora and countless other communities across the country. americans deserve better than the loyalty to the corporate gun lobby that you displayed today. with your help

jillian soto watched me now.he traveled from connecticut to washington last night with president obama as you can see in this photo. her sister victoria was a first grade teacher at sandy hook elementary who died trying to protect her students. this is a show, our show, "hardball," on televisions all over capitol hill. whatever you say here i hope reaches into those offices and into the hearts of those senators. what would you like to say about the need for some kind of safety with regard to gun ownership. >> just that something needs to get done. nobody else needs to go through the pain that the sandy hook families are going through. we've gone through enough. and it's time now that we finally do something about it. and we get some change. you know, there's so many kids who have lost their life. in movie theaters, in schools and colleges. we don't need this any longer. it's time we do something about it. and any senator who doesn't want to hear what we have to say and still thinks there's something wrong -- not

jillian soto, whose sister was one of the teachers killed in newtown, is not done fighting. she plans to be back on capitol hill next week. >> there's some stuff i wish we had stronger, but i am happy that we are getting somewhere with it. jeff zeleny, abc news, capitol hill. >> and now we want to give you a head's up about a big recall of cars with fault airbags. tonight toyota, honda, nissan and other auto makers are recalling three million vehicles worldwide, many owned by americans. the air bags, which were made more than a decade ago by a japanese supplier, do not inflate properly. they can send plastic or metal pieces flying into passengers. but so far no injuries have been reported. >>> we have a couple other imajs from around the world, starting in china, where kentucky fried chicken usually enjoys huge popularity. but today, a lot of the 4,000 stores in china are seeing fewer customers because of new fear of the bird flu in china. and that fear has led to a new fear of chicken. though the company tonight is assuring the chinese that cooked chicken is safe. >>> and o

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jillian, right? jillian, do you eat a lot of vegetables? >> no. >> do you like spinach?hild who can't stand spinach because you think it doesn't taste good, but i'm gonna take some spinach and i'ma show you that in just a minute, i'm gonna make sure you eat a little spinach. let's reach over here and grab ourselves a little romaine lettuce, stick that in there on the top-- mmm, mmm, mmm-- and you know what, what we could do is throw a couple pieces of celery in here too. what do you think? do you think this will taste good? [laughte but what we wanna do now is start stealthing it up a little bit, you wanna make it taste a little sweeter. what fruit do you like? >> strawberries. >> strawberries, we said that earlier, so let's get you some strawberries in there. do you like apples? >> girl: grapes! >> grapes-- you got the grapes girlfriend. let's put a whole load of grapes in this one... do you like peaches? o.k., i'll throw a couple of peaches in there. let's add a little ice. [machine whirs all right, now, what do you think? do you think it's going to taste good? o.k., i

the snow bunny, jillian lent is still hitting the slopes. she's 80.dering that she is blind, she lost her sight about ten years ago, but it didn't stop her from strapping on a pair of skis. an instructor guides her down the course over a radio headset. she says it's like being in heaven. >> in my head i still sigh the mountains. so that's wonderful, too. >> she blends right in. everyone treats her just as normal as everybody else. >> awesome. go, gill jan lent. we like that. >>> come for the basketball, stay for the music. thousands of fans, sports fans, flooding atlanta for the final four. not even sports fans. everybody is here. everybody about to rock out to the dave matthews band. we're going live to centennial olympic park. with so much competition, finding the right job is never easy. but with the nation's largest alumni network, including those in key hiring positions, university of phoenix can help connect you to a world of opportunity. license and registration please. what's this? uhh, it's my geico insurance id card, sir. it's digital, uh, p

jillian asks, do you ever regret not running for office? >> guest: yes. >> host: will you ever run for office? >> guest: i don't think so. but i -- look, i live in california so it renders running for office as a republican a form of kamikaze activity. but the other is, i'm torn -- two quick things i want to say. one is, i don't want power. i want influence. i want to touch people's hearts and mind. poll particularses have -- pull -- poll particulars have power. a writer influences people. the other is i don't have the money to run. thanks to campaign finances reform, essentiallile only the very wealthy can run. that's one of the ironies of campaign finances reform. but yes, i debate whether i should have often. >> host: dennis prager, his most recent book, best several, "still the best hopement: why the world kneeses mesh vallates triumph." >> two infamous prisons in the western u.s. one is the yuma territorial prison, and the other one is alcatraz. there's something in our culture in our consciousness, of what would it have been like to b

. >> jillian said they say shshe with sorrow and regret about sending gabriel to narconon. >> i justm there. i wish that with everything inside me. >> capin and his colleague, both executives who cut ties with narconon three years ago, say that though no one died on their watch, they feel compelled to speak out about what they say are the program's failings. >> reporter: we did a story last summer about three young people who died at narconon. did you see the story? >> i did. i feel terrible about it. it could have been prevented. if those families would have gotten the truth about what they were getting into, they would have absolutely not sent their families there. and i apologize. >> reporter: what were they getting into? they say a crash course in scientology. patients are called students and they study a series of eight books based on the writings of scientology founder l. ron hubba hubbard. >> they can confront their own problems and solve their own problems and bring themselves up by their own bootstraps. >> reporter: narconon touts himself as a non-medication rehabilitation p

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. >> my name is jillian soto, my sister is victoria soto. december 14th, 2012, newtown, connecticut. victoria soto, age 27, december 14th, 2012. >> first lady, michelle obama in a rare foray into domestic policy spoke yesterday in chicago about a young girl shot and killed earlier this year. she spoke attending the funeral and speaking to her classmates. >> i urged them to use their lives to give meaning to hadiyah's life. i urged them to dream as big as she did. so today i want to say the exact same thing to all of you -- i want to urge you to come together and do something worthy of hadiyah pendleton's memory and worthy of our children's future. >> the strategy is to keep the dialogue going and it means taking a bold stand against nra lobbyists. the gun reform filibusters say the nra will oppose a cloture motion to move final passage of the bill. the nra is saying lawmakers who didn't vote to squash a debate on this issue will be penalized by the nra. regardless, two senators with a ratings from the nra are not backing down. >> i know this

jillian soto, the sister of slain teacher victoria soto, said her grief will not be silenced. >> we'ree to protect their legacy and we're here to honor them and demand something be done. demand our voices be heard and something gets done and we receive a vote. >> white house spokesman jay carney said the president called newtown families almost immediately after the vote. >> the president congratulated the families on this important step forward noting that the bipartisan progress would not have been possible without their efforts. >> but he also emphasized that much work remains to be done. nbc's kristen welker joins us now from the white house. kristen, the white house released a photo of the president speaking with nicole hockley, mother of a little boy killed at sandy hook. what can you tell us about those calls and the president's reaction to the vote today? >> reporter: almost immediately after the procedural vote the president picked up the phone and called the family members who have been here all week long, the family members of the newtown victims. they've been going senator

her sister jillian gave the president a bag with t-shirts reading, team vicky soto. she spoke with rachel maddow last night. >> my sister died and i am coming to washington to fight for change in her name and the other 25 victims of sandy hook. a lot of people have forgotten all the things that we are going through, and, yes, it's been almost four months but it is still very new to us. it's still something we live with every day. and it's a pain that will never go away from us and it's nice to have people rally with us but there are so many people that are still against us that we need to reach out to. >> you see what the goal is here. it's to rekindle the emotional spark that connected newtown with, frankly, all of america in december. the president renewed his plea for gun control at the university of hartford yesterday. >> newtown, we want you to know that we're here with you. we will not walk away from the promises we've made. we are as determined as ever. this is not about politics. this is about doing the right thing for all the families who are here that have

jillian soto isn't declaring victory yet. she'll be back on capitol hill when the debate begins next week. >> they deserve to have a vote and they deserve to die for a reason. >> reporter: the gun bill's chances in the senate remain an open question. even if it does pass next week or the week after a political reality check could be waiting in the house. i asked speaker john boehner about the chances for the bill and he said he sympathizes with sandy hook victims but made no guarantees the house would consider the senate compromise. >> we'll have more on sunday on "this week" with george. >> to a big move by the los angeles police department to stop a wave of s.w.a.t.ing. where phony 911 calls cause raids on celebrities' homes. ryan seacrest the latest victim. police are trying out a new strategy and abc's abbie boudreau has the story. >> reporter: so frustrated with fake 911 calls and elaborate hoaxes like these, the los angeles police department says it's no longer releasing details of celebrity s.w.a.t.'ing incidents hopin

jillian soto, whose sister was one of the teachers killed in newtown, is not done fighting.ome where with it. >> reporter: jeff zeleny, abc news, capitol hill. >>> sheer luck or amazing fortune. really the only ways you can describe after a shooting incident in philadelphia. 38-year-old store clerk reynozo hit the ground in the supermarket when a shooting broke out in the street. nearly missing a bullet that would have hit his head. then he noticed a hole in his shirt. lifts up his shirt and sees a bullet lodged in his belt buckle. >> right there. >> hit right there? >> hit right there. the bullet was over there. >> what went through your mind when you saw the bullet there? >> thank you, god. that's it in the mind. i'm lucky. >> wow. another amazing twist of fate. at the same time of day, the store owner usually hands out free water and ice to neighborhood kids. that day, however, he was running late. so, no kids in the store. >> incredible. >>> here's a great story. a very happy man in illinois after he won the state's largest powerball prize, ted baumgartner and family pre

. >> jillian, staten island advanced. times square is a place that has a large police presence, when it comes to larger events that span all five burroughs, how do you secure those large public gatherings? >> great difficult, right? >> yeah, right? with difficulty, as the mayor said, but certainly it requires a lot of law enforcement presence, a lot of police officers, and that's precisely what we'll deploy. we have some cameras, as you know, we've said that we are moving to expand the number of mobile cameras that we have, but that's going to be a ways off. we have some, but a relatively small number. so, we'll have a lot of people covering that route. we have some counterterrorism resources that we use. we have a vehicle that takes pictures, 360-degree pictures, that we use on a route of major events. we'll be continuing to do that sort of thing. we have our sky watchers that give you an elevated view. we have if we need it, license plate readers, that sort of thing. we would deploy them. >> the gentleman behind you. >>

jillian soto, whose sister vicky, died at sandy hook elementary school, met with democrats and republicansto even wrap your arms around this that this ever even happened. we're just taking it day by day. and you know, going to washington, and demanding something happen. >> thank you. >> reporter: the high-profile visit come as the senate's top democrat, harry reid, announced he will force a vote this week on whether to start debate on tougher gun laws. and they coincide with a week-long white house offensive. >> safer for our children, so let's do the right thing. >> reporter: monday, president obama pressed the senate from connecticut with a campaign-style event. tuesday, at a white house event with law enforcement officials, vice president joe biden and attorney general eric holder applied more pressure, as a growing group of republicans say they plan to block the senate from even debating the democratic offered bill. >> won't even proceed. now maybe between now and the time it gets to the floor they will, as my mother will say, they will have seen the light. maybe that will change. what

. >> the jillian stock. >> it spiked 11% on the news when johnson was leaving and then got word thatbe the replacement. it was up to 16 and change and bingo, right back down. rather incredible. rather incredible. i'm still trying to grasp this herbalife. let's wait and see and i'll try to figure it out before the release comes out and either way the stock's not going to be moving. >> i'm sorry to be so literal in front of everyone. pfh. i'm trying to look at this penny preferred because i think the penny preferred is going to tell the tale. that's what flagged that there were financial problems with penney. much more in the common stock and believe it or not it's actually holding up. that's telling. that's telling. we did mention mad dash and you mentioned a number of times the incredible resurgence in the preferred shares of fannie and freddie which has benefited some of the banks that stayed in business. don't forget, they did a huge offering -- it was early in '08, i think, and they were putting conservatorship in august of '08. >> right. >> and you had a lot of community banks fa

jillian, asks: do you ever regret not running for office?>> guest: yes. >> host: will you ever run for office? >> guest: i don't think so. but i -- look, i live in california, so it rapiders running for an office as a republican a form of kamikaze activity. but the other is i'm torn -- two quick things i want to say on this. one is i don't want power. i want influence. i want to touch people's hearts and minds. politicians have power. a talk show host with millions of listens and a writer of books that people read influences people's thinking. i'd rather do that than have power. the other is i don't have the money to run. thanks to campaign finances reform, essentially only the very wealthy can run. that's one of the ironies of campaign finances reform. but i -- yes, i debate whether i should have often. >> host: dennis prager is most recent book, best seller, still the best hope, why the world needs american values to triumph. this is booktv on c-span2. and we are continuing our live coverage from the university of southern california. "los