hospital. >> brown: whether there are convictions or not. >> exactly. >> brown: debbie hines, lawrence brown, thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: next, how much emphasis should we put on reading and other subjects in the earliest years of school and pre-school? some say that crucial development through playtime is getting lost in the shuffle for the very youngest students. special correspondent cat wise has the story for our weekly series on education, "making the grade." >> let's go liam, yeah, let's go karen. >> reporter: at ages three, four, and five most children want to play pretend. >> this is our babies. >> reporter: but in today's world of high-stakes academic testing, some preschool teachers feel pressure to put away the baby dolls and pick up the school books. >> i've been teaching for 25 years, and i've seen a big change. so you're pretending to be the sister? and you're pretending to go on a walk? >> reporter: geralyn bywater mclaughlin teaches pre- kindergarten at mission hill-- a public school in boston. >> i'm the momma. >> so you're the momma? >> reporter: sh

lawrence o'donnel. >> were they worried if they left the window open longer, donald trump might have thought to run there instead of here? >> i was thinking scott brown. >> there you go. >>> poor donald trump. and i mean poor donald trump, if he's so rich, why has he done so why has he done so many desperate things to try to make money and trying to raise campaign money now from people who are not allowed by law to contribute to american's campaigns because they are, you know, not american. >> my wife and kids wanted me to run. >> they're sore losers. >> in some ways it's like i'm running against two prartys. >> trump clearly needs to change in my opinion to win the general election. >> that could be a mix in the plan up there to get ready to attack. >> don't sit here and tell me, steve, i have no reason to be concerned about donald trump. >> we talked about utah mike lee out today with sort of die tried against donald trump. >> he accused my best friend's father of aspiring to kill jfk. >> i am your father. >> there's not going to be a move, that's out of the question. >> they signed a pledge that broke their word in my opinion, they should never be

lawrence o'donnel. >> were they worried if they left the window open longer, donald trump might have thought to run there instead of here? >> i was thinking scott brownoor donald trump, if he's so rich, why has he done so why has he done so many desperate things to try to make money and trying to raise campaign money now from people who are not allowed by law to contribute to american's campaigns because they are, you know, not american. >> my wife and kids wanted me to run.

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chief brown said this is a -- he had to make this a brief press conference, specifically because the situation is not under control. >> reporter: yeah. it's very much still under way here, lawrence. in fact, the officer came by just a short time ago just reiterated again, it's on. it's still very much an active scene here. it's about an hour and a half, maybe a little more than that now, since we first heard the first police radio traffic indicating that officers had entered a building where they appeared to have the suspect cornered at this time. at one point, an officer on the radio indicated they had made verbal contact with the suspect, at least for a moment. we obviously don't know if that has continued or not. but there have been some reports here, and you heard the police chief mention there was still an active shooting going on here. not very long ago. so we know that officers have been in the building where they appeared to have at least one shooter cornered for quite some time. but this is still under way. >> scott, have you heard any more shots? >> reporter: we have not. and that's interesting. as we were hearing over the radio that there were perhaps other gunfire, w

brown. i also want to honor the memory of people in my district who were victims of gun violence, brandon lawrence, charles smith, mount verne none, new york, wilbert francis, mount vernon, new york, kevin shaw, mount vernon new york. we want to honor their memories. they are all victims of gun violence who never received a moment of silence on the house floor. we ought to be passing sensible gun control legislation in a bipartisan fashion. the speaker pro tempore: as previously announced the unanimous consent request cannot e entertained. the gentleman from new york's time will be deducted from the gentleman from colorado. the gentleman from colorado virginia tech. mr. polis: i would like to yield to the gentlelady from washington state, ms.delbene, for purposes of a very important unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from washington state is recognized. ms.delbene: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to bring up h.r. 1217, the bipartisan expanded background checks legislation in honor of the ol veterans da day, a victim of gun violence who never received a moment

lawrence, let me start with you. you heard president obama's message yesterday. i want to play a little more of it right to you. >> we also know what chief browne. that so much of the tensions between police departments and minority communities that they serve is because we ask the police to do too much and we ask too little of ourselves. [ applause ] >> lawrence, you're there in dallas. i'm curious, how is that message being received today? >> for me, i think that the message was way too political. i don't think it was the time to go to memorial service of five fallen officers and talk about a political agenda, even though i do believe that we have a ways to go as it relates to the community and community policing as it relates to the black community. i think it is a difficult issue to discuss. i believe that community policing is going to be a step that we can take to get there. but i just didn't think that the memorial service was the place to discuss that agenda. >> he did talk about, though, police, how much they do, how they are heroes. is that something you think that the men and women in blue wanted to hear? >> i do believe that the me