the sanctions on lift a bill there's a bill that mark kirk senator from illinois is talking about introducing that would say that sanctions can't be lifted unless there is regime change now this sounds familiar this is what we did. with saddam we said we're going to sanction you unless you give up unless you allow inspections and this or that and if you do allow those things we're still not going to lift the sanctions because we only will allow for regime change to to invite sanctions it just sounds like they're doing the same the cruel punishment for the people who have nothing to do with this policy well mark kirk and others would say look this is a regime that punishes punishes its people and so these are all legitimate ways to put pressure on that regime you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet this whole thing but they really they take out any agency for ordinary people inside of iran and iran does have a vibrant you know civil society a vibrant pro-democracy movement and some of these leaders in washington think that they know better than the people of iran as far as what he wants

our story tonight from nbc's john yang. >> reporter: at first glance mark kirk and jackson cunningham may seem unlikely buddies. an 11-year-old down state illinois 6th grader and a 54-year-old senate freshman but take a closer look and you can see what draws them together. both suffered serious strokes that initially paralyzed their left sides. jackson's was triggered by a blood clot when he was 8 years old. last year, when he heard about kirk's stroke -- >> dear senator kirk, my name is jackson cunningham. >> reporter: -- he wrote him about his own recovery. >> all the therapy paid off. >> reporter: and tried to boost his spirits. >> please do not give up on yourself. all the hard work is worth it. >> reporter: a small gesture that meant so much. >> it was, by far, the best letter that i got. >> reporter: what did it mean to you to have that encouragement? >> it meant a lot to me. i felt that i had to meet jackson. >> reporter: it was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. it stretched from the rehabilitation institute of chicago to the u.s. capitol. kirk found out jackson likes vi

and i just want to point out, there was a ridiculous comment from senator mark kirk about why we shouldn't on gun control in the wake of this. he said something to the effect of we can't legislate after every mass shooting. we haven't legislated after any mass shooting. >> maybe just do it once and see how it goes. >> we just haven't done anything. for anyone who's optimistic about gun control, and i don't think i've met anyone who is, you shouldn't be. that's just the facts. we had a shooting of 20 first graders. we had a congresswoman shot in the head and nothing happened. i don't understand why anyone would think anything would happen after this. i hate to be such a cynic, but it's the political reality. >> and i think it was born out by the president's sort of stance in the hours while this was unfolding, which was, you know, we've had another mass shooting and he continues en route with his economic message. i think obviously there are a lot of folks that think that's sensitive and ill timed. i think it's a gross bastardization of democracy that such an overwhelming number of american

there are some that are easy like mark kirk from illinois and lisa mckasco who is disdainful of her own party on the issues. but there is a couple that are brutal and lindsay graham is going to be riding a tiger on this with his decision if he votes with reid instead of cruz. i know how my folks on the twitter feed feel. they are ready for action. good to so you. >> you can follow all of the latest from capitol hill on the fight for obama care and the possible shut down go to foxnews.com/foxnewsfirst. and simply enter your e-mail and fox news.com. and you don't want to miss out. a great way to start the day. massacres in kenya and pakistan and raising new concerns that christians and westerners are targeted overseas. >> and the violence is so bad in one major american city, that the governor is considering calling in the national guard. we'll look at the closer look at what that means. and a simple traffic stop spun way out of control. an officer had to take out his tazer and look at the story that led up to the video that was seen there. that's just a head. i have more sense than you.