in that statement of course we have senator kirk, referring to his amazing recovery from a stroke lasttol. the first week in january, we saw it on this program. we saw the amazing shot of him walking up those steps. and andrea, i think what we saw in the statement today was an indication of how republicans are going to be moving. now you're not going to see as chris cillizza suggested, a lot of republican senators coming out and saying i'm nor gay marriage. but andrea, i know you're hearing the same thing around town. that republicans at all levels say that this issue is moving much faster than they expected. even a few months ago, republicans told me they thought going into the 2016 cycle. we think it should be a state issue. try to punt that way, saying it is up to the states. senator marco rubio of florida is headed that way. but as republicans read the polls and look at the amazing age split on this issue. realize that even if opinion doesn't change any more, that just in a matter of time, this will be a 70-30 issue in the country. you you say republicans are going to need to find

i also want to mention the terrific work that senator kirk has done on this. he's been an invaluable asset and important voice on this discussion and i appreciate that. let me say, pennsylvania has a long bipartisan tradition of supporting gun rights, and i've been proud to be part of that tradition and i continue to be. i'm a gun owner and the rights that are enshrined in the second amendment are very, important to me personally as i know they are to so many people across pennsylvania. my record shows this. i've got to tell you candidly i don't consider criminal background checks to be gun control. i think it's just common sense. if you pass a criminal background check, you get to a gun. no problem. it's the people who fail a criminal or a mental health background check that we don't want having guns. now, my time in public life i have not taken a very high- profile role on this issue. i spend most of my time and energy focusing on policies that will help generate economic growth and job creation and put us on a path to -- us on a sustainable fiscal path. i'm

i also want to mention the terrific work that senator kirk has done on mr. t. has really been an invaluable asset and its gushing a very, very important voice in this discussion to let me say, pennsylvania has a long bipartisan tradition of supporting gun rights. i've been proud to be a part of the commission and i continue to be. i'm a gun owner, and the rights that are enshrined in the second amendment are very, very important to me personally. as i know there are two so me people across pennsylvania. my record shows this. i've got to tell you candidly, i don't consider criminal background checks to be gun control. i think it's just common sense. if you pass a criminal background check, you get to buy a gun, no problem. it's the people who fail, a criminal or mental health background check that we don't want having guns. now, in my time in public life, i've not taken a very high profile role on this issue. i spend most of my time and energy, focusing on policies that will help generate economic growth, and job creation and put us on a sustainable fiscal path.

>> republican senator mark kirk of illinois says he now supports same sex marriage saying, quote, ourime on this earth is limited. i know that better than most. >> senator kirk referring to his amazing recovery from a stroke. >> jon: it would take a catastrophic brain injury. is there a gentler means of persuasion that doesn't include cerebral clotting >> portman learns his son is gay. >> jon: senator portman learned his other son derek is female. now senator portman supports equal pay for women. of course, having a family member who is gay is not going to work on everybody. >> arizona congressman matt salmon said the fact that his son is gay does not change his view of same sex marriage >> i don't support the gay marriage as far as believing in my heart that we should change 2,000 years of social policy in favor of a redefinition of the family. i'm not there. >> jon: he certainly earned the mug that he got this year for christmas. yes, representative salmon believes men and women should reproduce as generations of his people have throughout history, by swimming hundreds of miles upst

there's word this republican, mark kirk of illinois and tom carpenter of delaware have both come out in support of marriage equality. kirk says the government has no place in saying who people can love. >>> the city of palo alto is showing support for gay marriage. last night the city council allowed a rainbow bag to fly over the plaza. >>> the court heard arguments about whether prop 8 should be upheld. people lined up for several days to get tickets. a final ruling from the supreme court is expected in june. jury selection began today in the lawsuit brought by michael jackson's family against concert promoter aeg live. jackson died days before the start of a comeback tour set for the summer of 2009. his family maintains dr. conrad murray found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in jackson ape death was hired -- jackson ape death was hired by the concert promoter. what's not clear is the amount of damages sought by the jackson family. >> if the jury feels the family deserves $40 billion, that's what they will give. but no demand has been made by the jackson family for $40 billion. t

there's word this republican, mark kirk of illinois and tom carpenter of delaware have both come out in support of marriage equality. kirk says the government has no place in saying who people can love. >>> the city of palo alto is showing support for gay marriage. last night the city council allowed a rainbow bag to fly over the plaza. >>> the court heard arguments about whether prop 8 should be upheld. people lined up for several days to get tickets. a final ruling from the supreme court is expected in june. jury selection began today in the lawsuit brought by michael jackson's family against concert promoter aeg live. jackson died days before the start of a comeback tour set for the summer of 2009. his family maintains dr. conrad murray found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in jackson ape death was hired -- jackson ape death was hired by the concert promoter. what's not clear is the amount of damages sought by the jackson family. >> if the jury feels the family deserves $40 billion, that's what they will give. but no demand has been made by the jackson family for $40 billion. t

it's the way it's a way they can jump out of a you know so defend a flip flop in the case of mark kirk it's very clear he's got he's under a lot of pressure and on politics to come to to come out in favor of gay marriage. definitely among his constituency there's really little option for him if you want to continue old elective office at least in illinois so when and when people assess this and say well mark kirk he's on the leading edge of republicans they're all going to be spilling over into this i don't think that's true i think he's really being reactive i think he's being responsive to what he's electorate wants his constituency wants so if i was a run down alabama right now and start asking you know u.s. senators what they think you're not going to see them jump across the line but that's interesting point i think i think you're right to say that because i think he is in a blue state a very very blue state a deep blue state for that matter but what how do obama's old seat i mean i mean but how do you explain how do you explain murkowski who's possibly going to cross late them in

senator kirk is the ranking republican lawmakers in illinois. today's announcement comes less than three weeks since portman of ohio became the first republican to announce support of gay marriage. >>> north korea is vowing to start a nuclear program which had been shut down for years. and yang is promising to escalate the production of materials used to make nuclear weapons. white house secretary carney announced today. >> a strong common interest in peace and stability in southeast asian. >> b2 and b52 bombers flew over south korea last week all part of the joint military exercise that is the u.s. is participating in with south korea. >>> president obama will be in the bay area to do midterm election fund raising. this will be the president's first bay area visit since his reelection. he will attend a fundraiser tomorrow in san francisco. then on thursday he's off to aperton for another democratic lawmaker. those events are private. >>> the new proposal to arm teachers and school personnel is now part of the gun control debate. we'll show you

but having guy like kirk here, you know just very capable of catching every day. and pou he these days, then curtis will step ploy more than he has. oh, you though that's one good thing about this team had so much depth. and you know something like that, you know we which would really hurt another team, we can kind of handle. >> orioles sun tape night baseball for first time since 2008. facing yankees tonight. not much offense bird. and bottom five. yankees swore three time bit. keep right. off flack pole which is coming up temperature heat up so do the cap tols. winning have not comize more on their playoffs first after the break. favorable position just 6 games remake schedule. they won 7 row and 11 of their last 13. team back in action on tuesday hosting toronto maple leafs. last night capital took their fans on roller coast ride against lightning. first period capitals scored three goals. alexander ovechkin with his leading 27th goal. caps would build 5-1 lead. but thousand tuesday apple turns anger capital stkreurpb four unanswered goals to force overtime. an

i also want to mention the terrific work that senator kirk has done on this. an invaluable asset and very, very important voice in this discussion and i appreciate that. let me say, you know, pennsylvania has a long bipartisan tradition of supporting gun rights. and i've been proud to be a part of that tradition and i continue to be. i'm a gun owner and the rights that are enshrined in the second amendment are important to me personally as i know they are to so many people across pennsylvania. my record shows this, but i've got to tell you candidly, i don't consider criminal background checks to be gun control. i think it's just common sense. if you pass a criminal background check, you get to buy a gun, no problem. it's the people who fail a criminal or mental health background check that we don't want having guns. now, in my time in public life, i've not taken a very high-profile role on this issue. i spend most of my time and energy focusing on policies that will help generate economic growth and job creation and put us on a sustainable fiscal path. that ha

do you think that these are two sort of isolated incidents, kirk and portman? or do you think we're going to see more and more republican elected officials coming out in support of gay marriage? >> crystal, the change in the republican party has been much slower than the democratic party. i look at the totality of the seed change. outside of the iraq war when you had democrats trying to trip over themselves from 2005 to 2007. they were saying, my vote against iraq war, in favor of it was incorrect. i'm trying to change on that. this issue of gay marriage has been the most remarkable issue where people have changed. have evolved in a very short am of time. that's an amazing thing that you often don't see in politics. it is typically a very slow-moving process. we've seen some very rapid change on this issue in weeks, if not days. >> all true. mark murray, thank you very much for joining us. >> up next, the president's big announcement today. he said new science could help us battle diseases like alzheimer's. ptsd and more. but is now the right time to be spendin

senator kirk announced his support following ohio's, actually rob portman. kirk said in a statement "same sex couples should have the right to civil marriage. our time on this earth is limited. i know that better than most." he's been unhealthy. "life comes down to who you love and who loves you back." he said government has no place in the middle. that is so well said. three more democratic senators announced their support for marriage equality. kay hagan of north carolina, tom carper of delaware, and pennsylvania's bob casey who called me about it yesterday. it's a big deal for him. and we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." president obama won a resounding victory over mitt romney last november ushering in a second term with a promise was always there to tackle the issues important to the country. lately i keep feeling his absence. i mean the president's absence. i don't see him demanding debate over the gun issue, don't see him on the front pages or leading the evening news. is this strategic on his part? does he believe his all-out support

of fellow who writes a jacket blurb whose name is kirk he was the first person is generated from death row across the country 1993 based on dna. it came to him reading a mystery novel about dna being used to nail certain convicts he said if that can be used to convict people is not to be used to free people and he knew he was innocent and was not the guilty party for the crime of which he was convicted so he got a dna to prove he was not the perpetrator of that crime. >>host: what is the innocence project? >>guest: at the university law school in new york has come up with a variety of cases and techniques with leading it dna to support individuals who are in prison and appeal to the it organization to say i didn't do it. now you have to have a pretty thick skin because many people in prison offer the same claim but the staff go through cases pretty thoroughly and, but the ones they really feel this guy did not do it then they come to the rescue. >>host: how you feel about prosecutors? >> they have a tough job to do and we live in a system that is adversarial in nature. you have a prose

mark kirk has been central to the compromise on guns. and heller has made his willingness to do something on guns known for a while. but as it becomes clear which group of republicans want to be legislatures, working across party lines in the senate, and if the white house has any hope of negotiating with a group of republicans, this is the group. whether it's on guns, immigration, or on the budget. so file away this list of 16. you'll need it quite a bit if you're covering congress. this is, you know, this is going to be the group of 16 republicans who frankly hold the president's legislative legacy in their hands. now, of course, there are the other group of republican senators who want to move the senate in the other direction, but was also a reminder of that and the vote was also a reminder that politics of guns are local issue. let's look at the two red state democrats up for re-election in 2014. arkansas's mark pryor and alaska's mark begich. they voted against moving the vote for. begich explained his vote to nbc. >> i vote what's

senator kirk announced his support following ohio's, actually rob portman.k said in a statement "same sex couples should have the right to civil marriage. our time on this earth is limited. i know that better than most." he's been unhealthy. "life comes down to who loyou le and who loves you back." three more senators announced their support for marriage equality. kay hagan of north carolina, tom carper of delaware, and pennsylvania's bob casey who called me about it yesterday. it's a big deal for him. and we'll be right back. and every day since, we've worked hard to keep it. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy. we've shared what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. bp's also committed to america. we support nearly two-hundred-fifty thousand jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. >> announcer: did you know there are secret black market websites around the world that sell stolen identities? >> 30-year-old american m

that's what senator manchin and senator kirk and i are trying to do here today. what we're trying to do is make it a little bit more difficult for the people who aren't supposed to have firearms in the first place to obtain them. and i think senator manchin will agree with me that there is no panacea here. there is no law that anyone could write -- certainly not this one -- that's ever going to guarantee that a determined criminal won't be able to obtain a weapon one way or another, or that maybe even a mentally ill person may not be able to obtain a weapon eventually if they're sufficiently determined. but can't we take a very modest step to make it more difficult? if we can do it in a way that does not infringe on the second amendment rights of the law-abiding citizens whose rights we want to defend. so our bill, i think of it as doing three broad things. senator manchin and i will get to -- will walk through some of the specifics of how we achieve this. but i would suggest one way to think about it is three categories. one, is we simply encourage greater compl

senator kirk is the ranking republican lawmakers in illinois. today's announcement comes less than three weeks since portman of ohio became the first republican to announce support of gay marriage. >>> north korea is vowing to start a nuclear program which had been shut down for years. and yang is promising to escalate the production of materials used to make nuclear weapons. white house secretary carney announced today. >> a strong common interest in peace and stability in southeast asian. >> b2 and b52 bombers flew over south korea last week all part of the joint military exercise that is the u.s. is participating in with south korea. >>> president obama will be in the bay area to do midterm election fund raising. this will be the president's first bay area visit since his reelection. he will attend a fundraiser tomorrow in san francisco. then on thursday he's off to aperton for another democratic lawmaker. those events are private. >>> the new proposal to arm teachers and school personnel is now part of the gun control debate. we'll show you

senator mark kirk of illinois has come out in favor of same-sex marriage rights. that, too, is nothing but change. you're seeing some independent voices come out and we'll see. >> clarence, when he says the party is fighting it self, rand paul is a good example of that. when we look at the fact that today politico reports that gun rights group that he supports is actually attacking republicans, quote, this is what politico has said. rand paul and his fundraising pitches for the national association for gun rights who says that the nra is too willing to compromise on gun rights. so dealing with what clarence says, if you have rand paul endorsing groups that is blasting the nra, they are all fighting each other whether it's on this issue or others seems to be something that's picking up every day new battles within the republican right wing circles, e.j. >> that's like saying a double cheeseburger does not have enough cholesterol in it. that's really remarkable. i think it's happening and one of the reasons for these crazy nra statements is that they are constantly

i want to thank senator kirk for the work he did in this, from way back. and senator schumer's contribution to this process as well. i'd like to start, if i could, with just some thoughts about the second amendment and what it means to me and why i think a proper understanding of this is so important in this discussion. sometimes it's useful to to the source, and so just as a reminder, not that we're not familiar with it, i'm going to read from my pocket version of the constitution. the second amendment to the constitution, which simply says a well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. >>> now today, we often think that the second amendment is about sports men and hunting. that is an important part of it. but the second amendment is actually much more profound than a protection for hunters. it's more fundamental, to our country and who we are as a people. in my view, the framers recognized in writing the second amendment, they were recognizing our natural ri

obviously susan collins mark kirk deserve a great credit. kirk was one of the original cosponsors of this bill. and it is a -- it is not a progressive vision of gun control and gun registration. in fact, it has some very tough provisions to absolutely ensure there isn't a national gun registry. it makes it a felony for any federal official to keep records of gun tran actions and create a registry. for me to be presiding, i was presiding -- >> bill: you were? >> from 3:00 to 4:00 until the vice president came to preside over the vote. to hear republican senators on the floor denounce this as a democrat bill that would inevitably create a national gun registry was -- i think shameful. it directly misrepresented the context and the content of the bill. senator manchin leapt to his feet. he could barely control himself. he kept trying to interrupt senator cruz of texas. but you're wrong. that's not true! they got into quite an exchange about the actual impact. >> bill: as the president pointed out yesterday the nra lied about this. what's intere

of everyone changed and searched but not arrested : >>> they are looking for a missing deputy from kirk lease. two boaters found him in vallejo near his fishing boat. vallejo police say the death appears to be an accident as robert's was found wearing a life jacket and as they try to find out what happened. >> sal, is it looking pretty good out there on the roads? >> it looks good so far. we are looking at the roads and i have been checking with chp and we didn't have a lot going on and the traffic continues to move along nicely. there is a lot of room for you on the bridge and the traffic continues to look good and if you are driving on 237 any time soon it should be a nice drive for you in the valley. let's go to steve. >>> a weak system is coming by and we have not done that much in the way of cloud cover so red flag warning starts this evening. we have patchy fog and fire danger goes up and temperatures will go up as well. a little bit of patchy fog around santa cruz and a little bit of monterey and a half moon bay. there is a westerly breeze and we have a slight cool down and we wi

i also want to mention the terrific work that senator kirk has him on this.e has really been an invaluable asset and a very important voice in this discussion and i appreciate that. let me say pennsylvania has had long bipartisan tradition of supporting gun rights and i have been proud to be part of that and i continue to be. i'm a gun owner and the rights of the second amendment are important to me personally as i know they are to so many people across pennsylvania. my record shows this. i've got to tell you candidly i don't consider criminal background checks to be gun control. i think it's just common sense. if you pass a criminal background check did you get to buy a gun no problem. it's the people who fail, criminal or mental health background check that we don't want to want to have a again. in my time in public life i have not taken a high-profile role on this issue. i spend most of my time and energy focusing on policies that will help generate economic growth and job creation and put us on a sustainable fiscal path. that has been my focus and will co

it marks the end for cross country skiers as well, kirk wood and mt. rose plan to shut down next week and the valley may close the following week ken. >>> southern california alex wants to phase out plastic bags starting in 2015. and a similar bill will be heard by the assembly later this morning. they have already banned plastic bags in grocery stores. >>> and the man of rock tones has died. he died over the weekend and won a grammy after being ejected from a car. he had been in a semiconscious state ever since. his heart suddenly stopped and he was 42 years old. >>> they are hoping newly released surveillance photos will help catch a bank robber. this is on el comino at 9:00 a.m. saturday morning and he used a note but the robber may have gotten away in a silver two- door van or possibly a thunderbird. >>> they won by one of their country men... >> there it is, adam scott held a 12-foot birdie putt, sudden death for cabrera and adam was presented a jacket by bubba was the son. -- watson. >>> sal, let's check out traffic, what is going on, sal? >>> tr

kirk franklin will perform on freedom plaza. let's get a forecast good morning. >> good morning, we have low cloudiness over the region. we ought to get sunshine breaking out by later in the day. temperatures are in the 50s most of the region from the mountains to the beaches. we will stay in the 50s here. by ten into the low 60s. little sunshine breaking up. the sunrise is at 6:30. i'll be back with a look at the rest of the day. good morning. >> dgood morning, tom. if you are traveling in the northwest expect closures around

republican senator mark kirk's staff took these pictures. the latest nbc/maris poll shows nine out of ten surveyed want tighter restrictions on gun sales. four republicans voted yes to extend background checks to commercial sales at gun shows and internet. >> expanded background checks would not have prevented newtown. >> reporter: conservative opposition was strong. >> this is the first step of erosion of our rights under the second amendment. >> we're trying to take to it the violent criminal than the innocent law biding second amendment citizen. >> reporter: usually a vice president arrives to preside over a winning vote, but biden was here to witness its defeat. >> the amendment is not agreed to. >> reporter: four democrats with high gun ownership also voted no. >> that's nbc's kelly o'donnell reporting. there's a new twist in the case of two assassinated public officials in texas. police say the wife of a former justice of the peace has confessed to involvement in three koffman county shooting deaths. mark hasse and district attorney mi

i -- i commend senator manchin, senator toomey, senator kirk, who has been passionate about this. but what they've tried to do is to say, we've got to get an appeals process that's streamlined and that's easier. what i'm saying to my colleagues is, these are people that should have never had their second amendment right taken away, they shouldn't be on a nics list. there's been no judicial determination of mental incompetency, no judicial determination of a threat to themselves or to others. there's been no medical determination of a mental disability that would present a threat to themselves or anybody else. we've simply made a financial decision that they weren't capable to handle their own finances. what i -- what i disagree with is that i don't want to -- the united states senate to focus on what's the appropriate appeals process. what i'd like the senate to focus on -- and that's what my legislation, amendment 720 does -- is right at the heart of it. it -- it says that what we're going to do is we're going to require the v.a. to go through a different process to make a determ

senator kirk who had a debilitating stroke last year released this statement on his blog.climbed the capital steps in january, i promised myself i would return to the senate with an open mind and greater respect for others. same sex couples should have the right to civil marriage. our time on this earth is limited. i know that better than most. life comes down to who you love and who loves you back. government has no place in the middle. democratic senator tom carper of delaware also endorsed marriage equality today. >>> coming up, what happens when a man can't pay a debt he owes in afghanistan? his child, his daughter, is taken as payment. the story did not end tragically, thanks to a woman in afghanistan who will join me live from kabul coming up. [ male announcer ] how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper averag

mark kirk backs same-sex marriage. he released a statement citing his stroke as a turning point. >>> chuck hagel is taking a voluntary pay cut. it's to show employees forced to take unpaid leave. he will give back two weeks of pay, just under $11,000. >>> the man responsible for ginsburg represented monica lewinsky in the '90s. he appeared on all five sunday talk shows on a single morning. that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. as we go to bill karins for the forecast, we have to look at this tornado video out of texas, the panhandle there. it touched down on april 1st. the twister was on the ground for five minutes. fortunately, it was a remote area, no one was injured. it's incredible. i'm from texas, we know it's called tornado alley, but you never get used to pictures like that. never. >> you like them far away or on tv. >> it was that time of year, an amazing march, no fatalities from tornadoes. last year, we had 42. next week could be a different story. we are following the storms along the gulf coast.

anyone in that family, kirk kitchens especially, a person of interest? >> no, they are not.aware of. >> wolf, i spoke with dusky's attorney, laurie basham, and she said no one called her about this search for dusk yifl. and when she found out that authorities had difficulty finding him, she called the fbi, and told them exactly where he is. wolf? >> victor blackwell, thanks very much. >>> happening now, the alleged marathon bomber claims he and his brother also had plans to bomb times square in new york. but the house intelligence determined they have different information about their next target. also in that interview, new details about the questioning of jahar tsarnaev, and concerns that a big mistake may have been made. stand by for this important interview. plus, a gathering of five american presidents. you're going to see who got emotional, who got laughs at the opening of president george w. bush's library. i'm wolf blitzer. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. the world. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.

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susan collins in your camp, also republican mark kirk is also expected to vote in favor.ow many votes do you think you have at this point? >> we need more. we're working very hard and we have an awful lot of people who are considering. and the bill is only 49 pages long, it's online, manchin.senate.gov. i would encourage everyone to get on there and it breaks it down. i would encourage people to know about and also the so-called paranoia and name calling and finger pointing. the more people who know about this bill, the more people are going to support it. if you are a law abiding citizen in america, you will like the bills that will treat you like a law abiding gun owner. if you're a criminal and you try to buy a gun at a gun show or online, you're not going to like the bill because it's going to prevent you from getting a gun. >> susan collins calls it a reasonable measure. but background checks as you know, they would not have prevented newtown. first off, do you agree with that assessment and second will there be any legislation restricting magazine size? >> what we h

captain kirk does not get nervous about stuff like this. one trivia question, we do have one tricky on the set. james t. kirk, nice to see you. >> i had no idea. i can't believe you are a tricky nerd. lori: i'm a sigh feiner, star trek, star wars, star trek twilight zone. charles: want to say to serve man bit i like the one -- i like the one when the guy from the hillbilly guide died and was going to go to heaven but what the dog in and said if it is not good enough for do it is not good enough for me. it was really held. lori: that is how we care about you. i have just been lost. lori: this was fun today. priceline.com. melissa: j.c. penney getting good news in its me legal battle, a judge ruled struggling retailer consult home products designed to the label daisy penny every day, macy's tried blocking the sale of the items while it appeals its previous ruling allowing it. macy's says it has exclusive rights, j.c. penney shares are rising on the news. melissa: you just got 1,000 times more attractive to all the nerds out there. this is the

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mark kirk of illinois. and another moderate republican, susan collins of maine. now, on the democratic sides, those votes no were no surprises here. mark bagitch of rural alaska. mark pryor of another red state. majority leader harry reid voted no. that's procedural so he can vote to reverse the vote. it's a senate technique. president obama will be making remarks in the rose garden right there at 5:30 eastern, a few minutes from now. casey hunt and howard fineman. casey, you and i have been -- you've been helping me on the phone the last couple of days. it looks to me a pretty dreary result in that it looked like it was moving up before the horror in boston a week or two. i'm not sure, did it ever look to you like it was going to reach 60 and then fell back? or was it never really close enough to 60 to make it? >> the point at which we -- the mood up here said that it could reach 60 was really that vote that they held to start debate on the gun bill. that got more republican votes than folks up here had expected. it's kind of been a downhill slide ever since the

. >> reporter: to captain kirk's communicator. >> scotty. >> reporter: but the motorola original, a two-poundnk of hardware that held a 20-minute charge. early models cost $4,000. society had no idea a cultural sonic boom was about to hit. >> without the original brick phone we would not have the wireless internet, wifi and all the great things we enjoy today. >> reporter: where did the idea come from? the walkie-talkie, soldiers communicating on the battlefield. it gave birth to the first cell phone, people speaking to one another from anywhere. remember when these were sexy? >> reporter: greed is good. michael douglas had one in "wall street." >> this is your wake up call, pal. >> reporter: by 1988 even nbc producers were using the brick model. so what's coming next? >> if you think about it, holding this thing up to your ear, does that make a great deal of sense? it's awkward. the phone ought to be either over your ear or embedded under your skin. >> reporter: even if the cell phone gets microscopic, chances are we'll answer it in spite of its inventors best intentions. >> we always put an

the senator from maine tells nbc news she will vote for the measure, mark kirk from illinois and arizona's john mccain have indicate they'd could too. today, senator, praised, senator collins for early support. florida's marco rubio defends his on session to the bill. >> for her to take the courageous stand in the state of maine that has tremendous gun ownership like west virginia it will make my friend and colleagues both in the, on the democrat and republican side take a pause. >> they are highly ineffective. protect the right of law-abiding sit snz to possess weapons. >> gun control activists protested in fairfax. comes as a guns right group, citizens committee tort right to keep and bear arms, broke with the nra and endorsed background check measure. >> a deal on immigration reform could be announced on capitol hill this week. it's been compiled by a bipartisan group of senators. known as the gang of #. it its expected to include measures to increase border security and address undocumented immigrants who are living in the united states. the bill is expected to be formally announced tu

mark kirk's staff took these pictures. latest poll showed nearly nine out of ten surveyed want tighter restrictions on gun sales. four republicans voted yes to extend background checks to commercial sales, at gun shows and the internet. >> expanded background checks would not have prevented newtown. >> reporter: conservative opposition was strong. >> this is the first step of the erosion of our rights around the second amendment. >> try to take it the violent criminal, rather than take it to the law-abiding citizen. >> reporter: usually a vice president arrives to preside over a winning vote. four democrats with red states with high gun ownership also voted no. >> kelly o'donnell reporting. >>> a new twist in the case of two assassinated public officials in texas. the wife of a former texas justice of the peace, has confessed she was involved in the shooting deaths of kaufman county prosecutor and district attorney mike mcclellan and his wife last month. she says her husband pulled the trigger. he has not been charged. if

republican senator mark kirk's staff took these pictures. the latest nbc maris poll shows nearly 9 of 10 surveyed want tighter restrictions on gun sales. four republicans voted yes to extend background checks to commercial sales at gun shows and the internet. >> expanded background checks would not have prevented newtown. >> reporter: conservative opposition was strong. >> this is the first step in the erosion of our rights under the second amendment. >> we are trying to take it to the violent criminal. rather than taking it to the innocent second amendment law abiding citizen. >> reporter: usually a vice president arrives to preside over a winning vote. biden was here to witness its defeat. >> the amendment is not agreed to. >> reporter: four democrats from red states with high gun ownership also voted no. in talking to those democrats who voted no, they say they had intense pressure from their home state constituents who did not want to see expanded background checks. also tonight, senators voted down an assault weapons ban and limits on h

that's jimmy butler from kirk heinrich. bulls up 12.hen, in the fourth, joakim noah, going for a double-double. 11 and 10. he did so on hobbled feet. check out the hustle here. noah to hinrich. hinrich to nate robinson. robinson for three. his 11 points. afterwards, he tweeted about the state of mate. some player to watch. fun to follow on twitter. joe johnson followed that. knocking down the three, making it a four-point game. nets trying to get back in this thing. but noah, driving on brook lopez, gets that to go. bulls even it up. 90-82. >>> i'm randy scott. this has been your "sportscenter" update. thank you for watching. have a great day. >>> legendary folk singer richie havens has died more than four decades after he captivated crowds at woodstock. the brooklyn-born performer was first on in the 1969 festival. he ended up singing and playing his guitar for three hours straight because the next act hasn't showed up yet. havens has released more than 25 albums, including his breakthrough, "mixed bag." he was 72 years old. >> you're

. >> reporter: kirk vartan, a second amendment supporter, says guns and other weapons are being demonized. he says a better solution to the violence is education. >> pressure cookers, ball bearings, all these other things, these are all -- you can't legislate all this stuff out. you can't just try and legislate safety in terms of taking -- trying to ban certain things. >> reporter: kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >>> starting monday stores in most cities in san mateo county are banned from using most plastic bags. the latest city joining the trend, daly city. >> reason this legislation was put forward is because in daly city in particular there was different plastic bags getting onto our beaches. and so it's good, sound legislation, and i'm really looking forward to making sure that we keep our environment pristine. >> also in daly city today an earth day event that encouraged people to drop off anything they wanted to get rid of at the dump. nearby there was a beach cleanup day and similar events across the bay area. anthony slaughter, monday is earth day and it's going to be warm out

she joins mark kirk and pat toomey who co-wrote the bill as the only republicans to back it so far. >> there is not a single word in this legislation that in any way infringes on the second amendment rights of a law-abiding citizen. >> reporter: the legislation requires background checks for almost all gun buyers, increased prison time for straw buyers who purchase guns legally, then pass them on to criminals, and new safety measures in schools. senators will also be able to offer amendments before a vote is taken such as a ban on assault weapons and wording that will allow americans with concealed weapons permits to carry them in any state. marco rubio was one senator who voted to block gun-control legislation from being debated. >> but my bigger hope is that this issue doesn't just become about guns, that we can broaden it to make it about violence and deal with things like mental health and prosecutions of those who are criminals that have been trying to buy guns. >> reporter: on saturday the white house continued its push for stricter gun laws. francine wheeler whose son was one o

. >>> one happy trekky this morning is the proud owner of captain kirk's.d by william shatner and the phaser was estimated to go for $50,000 to $100,000 and it sold for $231,000. >>> the holy grail of baseball cards goes for a whopping $2.1 million at an auction yesterday. the 1909 honus wagner card is 1 of 50 in existence. the buyer is anonymous but a welty investor and baseball fan. >>> the rutgers university basketball scandal was one of the tough to stomach story lines this week. that didn't stop "saturday night live" last night from poking fun with melissa mccarthy last night. >> but mike rice's behavior, while shocking, seemed gentle when compared to the actions of this woman, sheila kelly. tonight we investigate coach kelly's reign of terror. she had a fiery reputation, but this week "outside the lines" obtained practice video to show how far she's gone to motivate her players, throwing basketballs, shooting t-shirt guns. throwing bricks at them. threatening them with a baseball bat. you put it