accurate and democrat and republican and joe mancion said, hey, listen. this is what we as senators are supposed to do. >> pat and i have talked. we came here to do something. >> right. >> we came here to make a difference. if you would have met with the families, the strongest people i have ever met with, the families of the newtown victims. they never asked for anybody to take their guns away. they never asked to repeal the second amendment. they said we are gun owners. we respect and honor all of that. we know, and they will say, we know that this bill that you are working on would not have saved our children. we know that but it might save somebody else's child. you talk about -- if we just had half the courage they had, candy, just hal the courage -- half the courage, i want to do something. >> talking to candy crowley of cnn, yes, indeed, that is their job to stand up and vote take a stand on the issues. not to filibuster not to duck to show the courage these families did on every issue. not just gun control. pat toomey. asked whether or not he was

we have joe mancion and pat too maniny toomey, as well. does that change the chemistry? >> it certainly seems like it. it would be a good thing for those who want more gun control. senator mancion has been meeting with the nra in recent weeks trying to hammer out a deal. what's interesting, he actually mentioned, as a democrat, is the one trying to woo conservative republicans over to at least not filibustering a gun control bill. usually that would be something that a moderate republican would do, but because toomey isn't quite trusted by some of the people in his conference, you see mancion stepping in to take that role. >> i want you to listen first of all to governor dan maloy, what he said about wayne lapierre. >> wayne reminds me of the clown at the circus. i get the most attention. but the reality is the gun that was used to kill 26 people on december 14th was legally purchased in the state of connecticut even though we had an assault weapons ban. but, you know, there were loopholes in it that you could drive a truck through. this guy is so out of whack it's unbeli

senators joe mancion and pat toomey unveiling their compromise agreement.been reported this morning on background checks and harry reid telling senators they have to be ready to cast their first vote on gun safety legislation tomorrow. that will be a big test whether the republicans will filibuster or not. tomorrow, meanwhile, mitch mccome is crying the blues. he is accusing democrats of bugging his. he will cover that and a lot more here with team press peter ogburn and dan henning. >> good morning. >> good morning. good morning. cyprian bolding on the video cam. before we get into the big stories of the day president obama and the first lady hosting another performance at the whitehouse focused on memphis soul. al green could not be there. but there were some great performers, justin timberlake among others and alabama shake. ♪ born in a bad sign. ♪ been there since i began to crawl. ♪ if it wasn't, you know ♪ >> promise me you will buy this album. >> from what i heard, it's just one album. >> they are a young band and brittany howard sings like she has b

thanks to joe mancion and pat toomey and those families from sandy hook in newtown, connecticut.ong with mark degish and pryor, the only two democrats to vote against debating the issue? well, what the hell are they there for? this is what senators we elect them to do debate the issue and vote up or down. what's so controversial about that? chicken. i can't say the second word. >> chatting with you live at current.com/billpress. this is "the bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. converstion started next. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. when i first felt the diabetic nerve pain, of course, i had no idea what it was. i felt like my feet were going to sleep. it progressed from there to burning to like a thousand bees that were just stinging my feet. [ female announcer ] it's known that diabetes damages nerves. lyrica is fda approved to treat diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is not for everyone. it may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or a

. >> senators joe mancion saying he is not talking about running away from it.maybe the city of washington, d.c. knows about gun violence. this is not something we should walk away from? d.c. knows the nra. but for the nra dc would now have a vote in the house of representatives. we were able to get when the democrats were in power. the house, passed amendment that with eliminate all of the gun louisiana in d.c. we have a background check. we have the -- i can't think of anything that d.c. doesn't have. they rebe at their gun laws and have virtually everything that is now before the house and the senate and we are sure it's constitutional. >> that's not the problem with the house and the senate. the problem with the house and the senate is tism merity. >> because of that amendment, d.c. never got voting rights? >> never got voting rights. here you have a city that is growing at the rate of 1,000 people per month now has ballpark 150,000 people action all of whom pay federal income taxes, go to war, they have a representative, by the way, who can do everything an

. >> joe mancion, west virginia ain't going to happen. two republicans so far, mark kirk and called us saying the chief justice was going to call on support of obamacare. we will put you on the line for doma. how do you call this one? >> i will tell you what the experts say and then i will tell you what i say. the experts -- >> thought you were an expert? >> nada. i am an arm-chair guy here when i say, "experts i mean mostly mike sachs covers the department for us and mike sachs covers the supreme court. he's been -- mike is into more supreme court cases than anybody i know outside of nina tottenberg. and he came out of it thinking that kennedy had weighed all of the different arguments and come to the conclusion that there is no question that he would have to rule in favor of gay marriage. therefore, towards the end he started looking for ways out saying why did we -- i think one of his quotes was why did we even take this case in the first place, which sachs took to be a window into his thinking that, man, i don't want to rule the way i

and on guns, it's promising, which is one of the yoens, again, why you saw joe mancion and toomey coming out with background checks. 52% of people say sgun laws must have been made less restrictive. but the president is trying to see what he can is leverage whatever exists in public opinion. >> john, where have you been? many times i've needed to talk to you about all this stuff. >> i've been around. you guys have been focused on markets. you're not paying attention to washington. washington is falling off the map. >> that's what i'd like to do. it has and that's bothering me. and i'll tell you, let's get this immigration done, please. let's get the guns thing done, do it. with background or whatever you need to do. do everything and let's get back to jobs. because at 7.6%, that jurndz states how people feel in this economy, john. i'm just telling you it does. it doesn't feel like an economy that's cranking, that's going to add a bunch of jobs. >> it's not cranking. >> we've got a market that is ready to have the underpinnings of the economy validate where it is right now and then head e

they are, again, give them a call today, get them on board, joe mancion, bill nelson, mary landriux heidi heitkamp joe done lee, mark pryor. that list is getting smaller and smaller every day. pretty soon, let's get it down to zero. all right. when we come back, president obama announcing a bold new initiative yesterday, to study the human brain. we will find out all about it next on the "full-court press." >> this is "the bill press show." converstion started weekdays at 9am eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. (vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. >> chatting with you live at current.com/billpress, this is "the bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. >> hey, you bet it is. 33 minutes after the hour now, wednesday, april 3rd, great to see you today. it is the full court press coming to yo