>>n aay littleton, colorado, south of denver -- ur nation's collective memory, littleton, where 12 studentsch wear killed a columbine high school in 1999. >> those are daniel's shoes? >> yes. those are daniel's shoes, the shoes he was wearing that day. >> you still wear them more than 20 years later? >> it's my connection with him. i feel i'm walking in his shoes in when great debate about what to do about gun violence in america. >> rorter: 22 years ago, tom mauser lost his son there. >> i think about daniel, but i about what happened on that day because it was just, you know, just the worst thing that's going to ever happen to a parent. >> reporter: this week the tragic reminder of the son he lost. >> it's especially painful, any mass shooting. more so when it's in my own state. but this one was especially bad because i got a call from a friend whose daughter was in the store when it happened >> reporter: a fierce. advocat tk ss legislation in colorado, closing a loophole that allowed the columbine shooter to obtain a gun. >> a big part of my frustrationt this issue after mass shootings,

1960s when a series of workshops happened here spearheaded by a ceramics professor named harvey littleton, so this is a case of works by what we would call pioneers of the early studio glass movement toledo as a city and the museum played an important role in this watershed moment in the history of studio. us which really kind of takes us back to the early 1960s in 1962. there was a man who taught ceramics at the university of wisconsin-madison. who really wanted to experiment with glass and he worked with the director then at the tma the toledo museum a man named ottawa whitman to initiate initiate a series of workshops. and the first one hartman happened in march of 1962 and harvey sent out a letter to a group of other ceramics professors around the country and invited them to come to toledo and participate. in a glass blowing workshop where they would experiment and so they came here in set up a furnace they built a furnace. they didn't know how to melt glass and so they went to a local scientist a man named dominic libino who worked at a company called john's manville that made fiberg

sandy hook, aurora, littleton, columbine in colorado alone. sandy hook in connecticut and what happened in tucson to gabby gifford. >> i think what you will hear from president biden when he addresses what happened in colorado is a president who takes on that all too familiar role of consoler. we have seen this increasingly over the past several years. several administrations, former president trump, former president obama both dealt with mass shootings like this. we will hear from president biden. and in the wake of the shootings in atlanta which he and vice president harris have been addressing in recent days. the question becomes what happens next. we know there is legislation that has passed through the house that would extend background checks. senate majority leader chuck schumer vowing to bring that up for a vote on the floor. they are discussing it today in hearings in the senate. it is not clear president biden will use this moment to introduce some new broad piece of legislation for stiffer gun laws, but we do know as a candidate he

having covered aurora there on the ground and covered, you know, what happened in littleton, coloradoe shooting there at the school from afar. i wasn't on that scene. but all within the, my time as a journalist. and every time you cover one of these incidents, it does not get any easier. as the people there on the scene that, these people were going about their daily lives. they were buying groceries in the grocery store. we take it for granted every day and just do it. and we never think that we'll be gunned down or shot or injured just doing our daily errands and daily chores. quite sadly though, the police departments in colorado are trained for this, given the history of mass shootings in that state. >> yes, they are. certainly across this country as well, too. regardless of how well trained you are, when these events happen, officers respond with a great deal of courage. and they know the mission. oftentimes they know what they're going into. oftentimes they may not. regardless of the case, they have to go in courageously to locate a target and neutralize that target if necessary

us to worry about our schools 20 years ago when 13 people were killed in columbine high school in littleton, colorado. colorado taught us how to worry about escape routes in movie theaters when 12 people were murdered in a movie theater in aurora eight years ago and now grocery stores. we have also of course in the meantime learned about churches. our first guest tonight knows what it's like. he knows what the families and the loved ones of the people murdered in colorado yesterday are going through, what they went through last night. what they're going through today, what they will go through tomorrow. he knows what the day after is like. he knows what the year after is like and what eight years after is like. his son was murdered in that movie theater in aurora, colorado, and he is now a member of the state legislature trying to reduce gun violence. but he faces opposition from a political party that does everything it possibly can to make sure that american mass murderers are the very best equipped mass murderers in the world. he was nice. that is how karina keo remembers 20-year-old den

since littleton. the columbine shooting in 1999 you mentioned columbine, aurora, stem high school, there was the plann ned parenthood. there were others, too. why? why does this seem to happen in colorado? >> i don't have the answer to that. i don't think anybody does. my heart is broken. we have a lot of anguish in our community. i just don't know what's going on. you know, what i do know is there are things we can do. i do know that there is action that we can take to try to make our community safer, to make it better for our kids, to try to take some action to stop this, not just in colorado but nationally that would work. you know, listen, i'm somebody who grew up, a gun owner and a hunter. you know, i grew up started -- i was hunting since i was 12. i'm a gun owner now. i used to be an army ranger. i led 100 combat missions in iraq and afghanistan. but i learned when i was in the army and i learned when i was a hunter that, you know, your rights have responsibilities. that there are duties to cit

littleton, colorado, is a beautiful town with beautiful homes and schools and businesses., colorado, it is most camelot-like that people want to go to. all the shots they are showing on the broadcast show the mountains and we have snow and that is where people want to be. there is an influx of people from all over the country. a lot of people -- i grew up in upate new york. my wife is from rochester, new york. this was the place to be. this is where there was opportunities. this is where there was nice weather. this is -- we came here as young kids and this is where we wanted to grow up and wanted to raise a family. amy: representative sullivan, i want to go to democratic senator richard blumenthal of connecticut. connecticut is where sandy hook was also speaking on tuesday at a previously scheduled senate judiciary committee hearing on gun control. >> in action has made this horror completely predictable. an action by this congress makes is complicit. now is the time for action to honor these victims with action, real action, not fig leaves or the shadows that have been o

. >> along with being one of the most popular police officers in littleton, colorado, officer steve keliiholokai-workers ♪ i'll pretend that i'm kissing the lips that i'm missing ♪ ♪ and hope that my dream will come true ♪ ♪ and then while i'm away i'll write home every day ♪ ♪ and i'll send all my loving t you ♪ >> officer keliiholokai, i want to pronounce it right because he's retiring. it sounds like he's got another career lined up. how beautiful. we want to wish you a happy retirement and thank you for your service what a beautiful sendoff right there. >> making that ukulele sing. >>> when we come back, we are going to celebrate a very one of the oldest women in this country to ever give birth at the age of 57. >> yeah, mom and dad are going to share their bundle of joy there's little jack and why they say age is just a number right after this and helmets and a first aid kit and everything you need out here. some stuff to get you to the top and stuff to jump off the top with. the all-new bronco sport. built wild. ♪♪ if you have moderate t to severe psoriasis.... or psoriatic arthritis, litt

enough let's spin around those smucker's jars wish a very happy 100th birthday first to shirley littletonanby, indiana, this world war ii veteran is celebrating his 104th birthday john was the founding father of the brown township fire department thank you for your service, sir. theodore moore is 100 years old from l.a. he was married to the love of his life for more than 60 years ruth dewire of alpena, michigan, is 100 years old she's a dedicated greeting card giver, never misses a moment to s celebrate. vincent of massachusetts is 100 years old. he iseor olympics. and last but certainly not least, happy 105th birthday to inez fink of florida her secret to longevity, staying active happy birthday to all of them. >> all right, thank you, guys. >>> coming up a little later, 12-time grammy winner, cici. >> we're going to talk to issa rae about her journey to fame and helping others tell her story. >> do you know who's hosting today? >> they surprised you yesterday, right? >> christie brinkley i had no idea. >> okay. we'll see who it is after your local -- >>> good morning. 8:56. i'm marcus