and we'll hear from senator mark warner of virginia, and kay bailey hutchison of texas. we'll also talk to the first black senator from the south since reconstruction, newly designated south carolina senator tim scott. plus, we'll hear from actor ben affleck on, among other things, reports he may seek the senate seat being vacated by john kerry. who has just been nominated to be the next secretary of state. >> well, one never knows. i'm not one to get into conjecture. >> schieffer: why not? we do, because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning, again. we start this morning with david keene, who is the president of the national rifle association. friday the n.r.a. made its first public station since the newtown shooting and the reaction from the gun control vacation was scathing, no reaction there. lloyd grove of the "daily beast" summed up the reaction by saying the reviews were so brutal they would close a broadway show on opening night. this was news confer

senator mark warner, senator bob corker, congressman chris van hollen, governor tim pawlenty, who is currently president and ceo of the financial services roundtable. moderating our discussion today is al hunt. we always love having al over here. he really put bloomberg on the map here in d.c. yesterday it was his birthday -- happy birthday, al. [applause] i'm going to turn things over to congressman tom davis -- this is a man who really needs no introduction here in washington but has been a great friend to bgov over the years. i would be remiss if i did not give his full official title -- he is the director of federal government affairs at deloitte. please join me in welcoming congressman tom davis. [applause] >> thank you. and most importantly, i left congress undefeated and unindicted. on behalf of deloitte, i want to thank our all-star panel. senator corker, governor pawlenty, congressman van hollen, senator warner, for participating. and of course our all-star moderator, al hunt, giving up his birthday to be here. we appreciate that. this is hopefully the first of many events t

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. >> ifill: one lawmaker's change of heart: virginia senator mark warner, an n.r.a. supporter, now says "enough is enough." year from gun violence, if we can cut that number in half, if we can cut that number by 20%, if we can cut that number by 10%, we save thousands of lives. >> woodruff: plus, neighbors and friends in newtown are searching for a way to turn the horror of friday's killings into something positive for their community. hari sreenivasan has our conversation. >> ifill: kira kay reports on an election to watch in india, where the leading candidate for chief minister of one state, narendra modi, is both loved and loathed. >> for all of modi's popularity, he is also one of the most polarizing figures in india today, despised by many for a period of vicious communal violence that happened on his watch. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown remembers the life of war hero and medal of honor winner daniel inouye, the senator from hawaii who was third in line to the presidency. >> ifill: and we close with the story of a message of hope and healing from the late fred roge

mark warner is supposed to join us from capitol hill later this hour. right now, back to the morning jobs report. 146,000 jobs added in november. the unemployment rate fell to 7.7%. both were better than expected. the thing we will focus on is the big story behind all of this. maybe the fact that a generation of americans are being impacted by the lack of a full-time job. paul conway is the former chief of staff at the labor department. this is a wider point. we talk so much about the pairing of expectations versus the report. >> the numbers came out today at 7.7%. the story underneath this is the most important one. this is america. what we celebrate is the creation of more opportunities. this is not a good thing. this is not how we measure progress. you have over 9 million americans who are under employed. they are in jobs that do not match their skills or education. for these americans, they have to be unemployed americans, you have an entire generation moving to the workforce right now that are not doing the key things they need to do. managing proj

with democratic senator mark warner and kelli ayote. benghazi and obama's second term. former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina. i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> republicans call -- sufficed to say, it is unacceptable to them. the president's opening round offer includes $1.6 trillion in new taxes, $400 billion in savings from medicare and other entitlement programs, $50 billion in new stimulus spending, and an additional $285 billion to fund depreciation and mortgage programs, unemployment insurance benefits, and payroll tax cuts. >> this extra spending, heats actually greater than the amount they're willing to cut. i mean, it's -- it was not a serious proposal. >> wile his aides were on capitol hill offering up the opening bid, the president was making his case in pennsylvania campaign style. >> at the end of the day a clear majority of americans, democrats, republicans, independents, they agreed with a balanced approach. deficit reduction. >> after the president's remarks, spoik with his main man on the fiscal cliff, treasury secretary tim gei

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this morning, at 10:00, senator mark warner, and 11:00 a.m. former white house chief of staff, i remember when he was working in the private sector. now it's time for my co-anchor to come in. >> jim, i can't tell if you're having fun down there or not. you tweeted this morning that -- >> you call this fun? >> yeah. >> i'll tell you one thing, guys, listening to that conversation, a few minutes before the opening bell, front page of the "washington post," investors aren't waiting for a deal. they're selling stock, they're trying to sell homes. they're setting up shelters, gifts for taxes. this discussion is not academic by any stretch of the imagination. >> we have to avoid the cliff, period. >> yes, we do. >> we do. to your point, carl, $20 billion in special dividends have been paid out this quarter. some of the economists said this would be a jump of income in the household, payouts to dividends, acceleration into this year. >> becky and jim, who have been doing amazing work on capitol hill, did talk to grover norquist, a bit of a rematch af

you just ran claim of senator mark warner, a rating nra who is obviously rethinking his position. senator manchin of west virginia, a proud nra member, has said that there has to be fundamental change and so i think you have people who were really advocates of leaving the gun control measures alone have now shifted and i think there is going to be legislation. the only problem is you mention the dianne feinstein is that in the past people have that had assault weapons before the ban were grandfathered in. so they're going to have to look that the. >> there seems to be this -- look at that. >> there seems to be this myth in the nra that very powerful politician goes up against them. should people fear the nra and why? where does this come from and why are they this untouchable group no one should challenge? >> there are 4 million members. they put their money where their mouth is, but in the last election cycle they didn't do well at all. they profiled certain senators for defeat and with the exception of one they all lost. they said that barack obama who has really been to call hi

virginia senator mark warner and west virginia senator mansion will -- >> i don't know of anybody assa rifle. i don't know anybody that needs those types of multiple clips as far as ammunition in a gun. >> a washington post poll taken since the shooting found that more than half of americans favor tougher gun laws. about 70% of people oppose a ban on hand guns. >> debate over guns will likely play out in annapolis during the general assembly. state lawmakers are expected to discuss a bill banning assault weapons. that and other gun proposals have died in the general assembly in the past. but supporters of the tougher restrictions say they may have new momentum this time around. >>> in alexandria, a teenager will appear before a judge a day after he brought a bb gun to school. officers arrested the 15-year-old at t.c. williams high school. administrators called police had they found the gun and a jar full of pellets. the boy was taken to the juvenile detention center in alexandria where he was held overnight. police say there was never a threat to other students or faculty. >> this morn

just say is that the president now engaged, obviously with a senate and having real leaders like mark warner and senator manchin coming out and saying the status quo is just unacceptable, i do think that there is going to be public pressure where my colleague, mr. goodlatte will have to respond to. and frankly, you know, if you look at civil rights battles, other issues, you know, the fact is grassroots public opinion can breakthrough even the rules of the house of representatives. >> you make a great point about public opinion here. newtown united is a group that has already formed and has already shown up there in washington, d.c. this is a compilation of people who live in newtown, and one of the people who spoke -- very touching, one of the fathers whose son survived the attack at sandy hook. >> every time something like columbi columbine, aurora are happening, i would avert my eyes and i will still think that something will be done. but all those beliefs were shattered on friday. and now i think we all need to speak up. >> as we know, as we have been reporting today, it is one of the bu

. >> mark warner said he's rethinking his previous pro nra position. martin o'malley will introduce registration aimed at preventing mass shootings. last friday's shooting raises new questions. >>> for the first time since the shooting we're hearing from the nra. the organization released a statement today saying we were shocked, saddened and heartbroken by the news of the murders in newtown. out of the respect of families and common decency we've given time for mourning, prayer and a full investigation of the facts before commenting. they're prepared to offer meaningful contributions to make sure it never happens again. stay with fox 5 for continuing coverage of the school shooting. you can get up to the minute updates on www.myfoxdc.com. >>> now the news edge on maryland. police in laurel investigating a threat made by a high school student. investigators tell us other students concerned about the threats made off campus contacted a teacher who told a school security office who then called in police. investigators say a search of the locker turned up

. >> reporter: virginia's mark warner said his daughters asked him what he's doing to keep children safe. >> when these kindergarten kids were massacred, if there's a reasonable approach to restrict access to some of the most violent of these weapons. >> reporter: the nra has taken its facebook site private leaving gun control advocates to take over n. a petition on the white house website urging the president to act has broken records. >> we can't tolerate this anymore. >> gun laws are a part of this, but they are not the only part of this. >> reporter: but there are still many in congress who think more gun rights may be an armed principal might have saved those children's lives. >> she takes him out, takes his head off before he can kill those precious kids. >> reporter: the question, whether all those funerals will leave supporters of assault rifles and high capacity magazines in the minority. bruce less handle, 9news now -- leshan, 9news now. >>> senator dianne feinstein of california says she's going to introduce legislation next year to ban new assault weapons as well as those big

he and joe mansion, the democrat from west virginia, and mark warner said they were willing to sit down and call forward a national conversation on gun violence and said that everything should be on the table, including control. >> and let me can you -- ask but that. they have been nra supporters and do we see any potential conflict in the future for their political careers or they're saying we don't care, we need to focus on the issue. >> and they're being vague right now and there is no proposal out there and depends on what the president offers. even a ban on high-capacity magazines because there is nothing concrete, it's hardtop the political impact. if they support a ban on the assault weapons and on high- capacity ammunition clips, then you can see political fallout in the future and we have seen time and time again that politicians who sent gun control are punished at the polls and that is the third realm of politics when people are talking about cutting medicare and associate and if you a politician, you don't want to touch it. >> and last but not least, if you were a betting ma

also, senators mark warner and bob corker, a republican from tennessee. this is one hour. >> good morning. i'm the head of bloomberg government. thank you for joining us today, and thank you to deloitte for partnering with us in this event. when we launched bloomberg government just about two years ago, we had the aspiration of creating a one-stop shop, with data, tools, news, and analysis to help government affairs and government sales professionals make better and faster decisions. we went a long way toward achieving that aspiration. a big part of it is conversations on the important issues that face our nation today, particularly at the intersection of business and government. today's discussion on the fiscal cliff clearly meets that. we are honored to have such a thoughtful panel. senator mark warner, senator bob corker, congressman chris van hollen, governor tim pawlenty, who is currently president and ceo of the financial services roundtable. moderating our discussion today is al hunt. we always love having al over here. he really put bloomberg on t

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. >> senator mark warner says he hopes democrats and republicans can come together for a blunt discussion on gun control. he wants the discussion to preserve the rights guaranteed under the second amendment. >>> police are searching for a man suspected of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in prince william county. just after 3:00 yesterday afternoon, a man matching this sketch knocked on a door of the victim's home in echo court. he claimed he was working for a cable mpany. he left when she told him the person he asked for didn't live there. moments later he returned and pull add knife on the victim. he forced the teen into a bedroom where police say he sexually assaulted her. >>> a person is charged with malicious wounding for stabbing another student. francis maguire stabbed the 18- year-old with a pocket knife after he was punched in the nose. the stabbing victim is expected to be ne. >>> it's 4:32. we might be getting closer to a deal on the fiscal cliff. president obama and speaker of the house john boehner met at the white house yesterday to discuss the issue. the president pre

previously pro gun lawmakers including senator mark warner, and west virginia senator, and congressman joe scarborough say they are owe tupen to gun legislation, and president obama met with the vice president and cabinet members to talk about ways to prevent another massacre. >>> a developing story. a 15-year-old girl sexually assaulted inside her home in woodbridge, and the man posed as a cable tv worker to get inside and commit the crime. shomari stone joins us live from the neighborhood where a sketch of the suspect has been released. shomari? >> reporter: good evening. we talked to the teenager's sister moments ago. this entire family is out here in woodbridge, virginia, frightened. the suspect pulled out a knife, flashed it and then sexually assaulted the girl. prince william county police released this composite sketch of the suspect. the 15-year-old girl told detectives the man knocked on the door claiming to work for the cable company, asked to speak with ricardo in the house, doesn't live there. suspect walks away. returns a few minutes later. scares the teen by showing his p

was also heard in the washington studios of the major television networks where virginia senator mark warner, a recently convert to the cause of sensitive gun control made his case on "face the nation." >> simply saying existing gun laws are enough, status quo didn't pass as a father. >> reporter: while others say the answer is not gun control but armed police officers in the school. >> it's the one thing that will keep people safe and the nra will try to do that. >> reporter: they continue to be met with fierce opposition. new york senator charms schumer today -- charles schumer today said trying to prevent shootings in schools without talking about guns is like talking about lung cancer without talking about cigarettes. >> the company which calls itself the world's largest arm supplier said it sold three and a half years worth of ammunition magazines in just three days. the ar15 is the nation's most popular semiautomatic rifle similar to the models used in the newtown shootings. >>> with time running out to avoid the fiscal cliff, democrats and republicans have left the capital for home. f

joe manchin of west virgina and mark warner of virginia signaled their openness to new gun regulation and still another senate democrat took direct aim today at the nra. >> if the nra is serious about gun violence in this country, if they care about gun violence in this country, everyone walking around here, to worried about their nra scored. they scored soto my air's nomination. they scored whether the attorney general was held in contempt. i have two words for the nra. score this. >> reporter: unlike the gun control law and gun lobby and specifically the nra have remained silent since new town but sources close to the industry tell fox news that is soon going to change. that the nra will soon start pushing back. sources to close to the industry tell fox news they will note just for starters that columbine happened in 1999, smack in the middle of the ten year period when this country had an assault weapons ban. jon? jon: james rosen in washington. thank you, james. jenna: new information now from overseas where tensions are rising in the middle east. iran's army chief of staff is war

last night senator mark warner of virginia became the latest to call for action. >> i've been a long-time supporter of second amendment rights. you know, i believe every american has second amendment rights, and the ability to hunt and it's part of our culture. i had an nra rating of an "a." but, you know, enough is enough. my -- i've got -- i'm the father of three daughters. this weekend they all said, dad, how can this go on? and i, like i think most of us, realize that there are ways to get to rationale gun control. there won't be one perfect law that will stop a crazy person from doing evil things. but when we have close to 30,000, you know, killings a year from all types of gun violence, even if we save a few lives, we make progress. i can answer my daughters with a better answer than i gave them on friday night. >> senator joe manchin of west virginia who once appeared in a campaign ad shooting a rifle, declared it's now time to act during a statement made by "morning joe" host and former congressman joe scarborough. >> i'm a proud nra member, always have been. we need to sit down a

late word that another pro gun senator, mark warner of virginia, has also changed his position, and is open to restrictions on assault weapons. senator dianne feinstein of california says she will introduce some regulation along those lines in january. brian? >> tom costello in washington tonight, thanks. there you have it. that's that part of the conversation. when we continue, the other part of all of this, about mental health. part of another national conversation. >>> and later, making a difference. acts of kindness and comfort during these terribly sad days. i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that's the cold truth! starts with ground beef, unions, and peppers baked in a ketchup glaze with savory gravy and mashed russet potatoes. what makes stouffer's meatloaf best of all? that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. let's fix dinner. >>> this tr

. >> schieffer: well, mark warner just said he thinks there will be a smaller deal. what is he talking about? >> what is a small deal? what can get 60 votes in the senate and what can pass the house? even if you just do something agreeable on tax rates, you have to nut an estate tax an alternative minimum tax. there's the whole medicare doc things that has to be texed there. ever single things that its own internal complications for voting and passage, on the smallest, most minimal measure. no one is talking this weekend so you can't do anything unless you're talking. >> even the polls show the republicans are going to take had more blame if we go over the cliff, and around here they're saying merry cliffness. there is no reason for congress to come back this week. but this creates a real problem for the president. one, if we go over the cliff, the white house is truly concerned about what the unknown effects will be on the economy, on the stock market, but here's an even bigger thing it's president hoped to get some things done in january. in his first 100 days. he

the nation," along with republican senator kay bailey hutchison of texas and democratic senator mark warner of virginia. they'll discuss the future of gun control. moving now to the weather and a deadly cold snap sweeping across eastern europe. freezing temperatures there have claimed more than 200 lives. ukraine has been hardest hit, it has been snowing there for weeks. at least 80 people have died in the ukraine, most of them homeless. in britain, it's the rain. devon in south west england just is one of the areas deluged by storms. even a christmas tree and a town center can not escape getting wet. what about the weather across the u.s. in the next couple of days? the holiday travel season is now under way, and a.a.a. expects more than 93 million americans to be on the move at some point, most of them by car. meteorologist jeff beradelli at our miami station wfor joins us. the next couple of days could affect travelers, could affect shoppers. what kind of weather are we going to see across the country? >> reporter: jim, it's mainly good news. it's pretty quiet across most of the united s

virginia senator mark warner and west virginia senator joe manchin both now say they support stricter regulation of assault rifles. in the past, both men have been strong advocates of the nra. >>> experts from both sides of the gun control issue weighed in on the debate during the fox 5 news at 10:00 last night. our own shawn yancy talked with josh howitz who is the executive director of coalition to stop gun violence and eric pratt, director of communication for gun owners of america. >> what the senators are talking about and what these politicians are talking about and going after the firearms and banning these or placing more restricts not going to make people more safe. in fact, what we have, we've tried this approach over and over. if you look over the last couple of decades, all -- almost all, all except for one of the mass murders that have occurred in this country, they've happened in the gun- free zones because good people are scared to defend themselves. >> i think it is sort of just juvenile fan tasse that we should have teachers prepared to face the fine of weapon that th

we'll hear from mark warner. hosted by the university of virginia's center this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> thank you, david. good evening. welcome to the national press club for the keynote round tail. i would like to pay special tribute to mark kaplan whose vision has made this annual conference possible. his commitment to public service has been stead fast through the years and we're grateful for his abiding friendship. i also want to recognize, as david has, the hard work of david, mike, jeff, of the center. who is responsible for convening this group of scholars, poice makers, and key figures from the private sector. as david highlighted this session i should point out that we examined the full spectrum over high skilled immigration in an effort to refrain current thinking about admission policies or highly skilled foreign born workers. experts provide different perspectives on the suggest and discuss the benefits and limitations of current and proposed policies. simply put, they put deliberations to

that is one reason mark warner in chantilly is not surprised sales are up 10 times in just the past few days. since newtown, sales of assault weapons and clips have skyrocketed across america, with many gun owners fearing congress will reenact the assault weapons bans. >> we cannot tolerate this any more. >> change is coming. >> warner argues loss only impact those who actually follow them. >> it will not deter those who want to cause>> dix sporting goods has suspended sales of some weapons and stopped all gone sales near newtown. walmart is making no changes. >> i cannot imagine anybody needing an assault rifle for any reason. >> she thinks after what happened in connecticut, the government has to take action. >> it is tragedy, and a lot of our broken families right now. we need to try to fix this. >> virginia, like many other states, is dealing with the flood of requests from people who want to buy guns. on saturday, the day after newtown, the virginia state police received nearly 42 and request for background checks. it was a high as one day total since the program in 1989 -- highest

sort of been shown in the selections so used today you saw some amazing things you saw senator mark warner come out and say i'm going to talk about this all the span and joe manchin saying i can't i can't be silent on this anymore you don't need he said i've never hunted with more than two or three rounds and you know what weapon why do you need thirty rounds so i think this is one of those times when you know when you really seemed to be going in the n.r.a. still silent there's nothing they can say at this point lori on a radio show today do three hours of radio and i had a guy call in and say he's got an a r fifteen and he uses it for hunting and then that provoked just a whole series of actual hunters calling up saying you know what a weenie you know like you know what what kind of a hunter is that you know somebody going out with an assault weapon and do you think that that's becoming the new american meme. well i i i hope that we're that logical the logical voice prevails here it is absurd to think that you need that kind of weaponry for anything nobody needs and you know we are being

it's never wavered. 2001 after president bush was elected, mark warner defeated mark earley. in 2005 after bush's re-election, tim cain beat jerry kilgore by six points. and then last year, mb donal beat deeds. moving on to new jersey, speaking of the terry mcauliffe campai campaign, if you're thinking of working on hillary clinton's campaign, you're supposed to send your resume to mcauliffe. i'm not joking about that. in new jersey, chris christie's run for a second term and presidential ambitions will be shaped on how he manages the hurricane sandy effort. will he make a move towards a presidential bid? watch the garden state governor's race for clues. people close to christie believe the biggest mistake mitt romney made was not seeking a second term in massachusetts. they believe their best shot is winning the election in 2013. >>> joining thus hour, stephanie cutter, kevin madden from their respective campaigns, obama and romney, they'll be here next. we made a list. we checked it twice. now we're going beyond hillary and jeb. we'll have the daily rundown's politicians to

mark warner defeated a republican. mark earley, 52% of the vote. jim cain won by 6 points. four years ago, bob mcdonald won by 17 points. in an off-year election, the electorate likely to be a little older and conservative than it was in november. but will it be conservative enough? we'll see. moving on, we'll see. if you're thinking about working on hillary's presidential campaign, aparentally, you're supposed to send your resume. and i'm not fully joking about that. in new jersey, where the governor's race is all about one man, chris christie. christie hopes to scare off any competition while building a platform. both christie's run and how he manages the hurricane effort. christie who famously declared now is not my time makes moves in 2013 toward a presidential bid. watch for clues. people close to chri srksz tie believe the biggest mistake romney made was not trying to seek a second term in massachusetts. they believe their best shot becoming a nominee in 2016 is a second term. we have a gaggle joining us this hour. stephanie cutter, kevin madden from the campaign trai

reinstituted the ban of weapons guns, mark warner who actually got an a-rating from the nra he todayalled for the introduction of rational gun-control measures. on the republican side though? crickets. it's not as if they didn't have the opportunity. meet the press reached out to 31 pro-gun-right senators to appear on the show this weekend, but all 31 declined the invitation. we cannot stand by any longer and watch this go on. tonight we're going to tell you how you can get involved as parents o children as voters as proud americans. we're going to talk about how we can reach the young men and boys who unfortunately are overwhelmingly likely to commit such crimes. 61 of the last 62 mass murders in this country were committed by young men. so stay there. you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad t

mark warner will discuss his proposal to allow more skilled immigrants into the u.s.le we're waiting for this to start, what will happen if the so-called fiscal cliff takes effect in january. >> as part of our series, we turn our attention this morning to unemployment charts and how benefits could be impacted. joining us for this discussion is a national correspondent. thank you for coming in. when we are talking about unemployment insurance, what specific programs are we talking about? >> it usually lasts up to six months, 26 weeks. it can be extended up to roughly 93 weeks, depending on what state you are in. it is that extension, beyond six months, that we are talking about with the fiscal cliff talks. host: that is what might be cut? guest: that is what automatically expires. president obama said as part of the deal i want to make, those benefits should continue. republicans have not taken a firm stand, but we have seen in the past that obama has had it a deal on taxes to get the benefits extended. host: what specific benefits to these programs provide? guest: usu

. >> mark warner has an a rating but disagrees with their idea.hinks multiple steps must be taken to avoid mass murder. >> if my memory is correct there was an armed individual at columbine years ago. it didn't prevent that tragedy. i think when you use a comprehensive approach i think it looks at mental health looks at protecting our schools. it often looks at high volume magazines that can fire off so many rounds. >> the nra ceo says banning the high capacity magazines won't make any difference when it comes to making people safer. >> peter, thank you. now to the tragedy in newtown, connecticut a community mourning the deaths of 20 children and 6 adults murdered at sandy hook elementary school. at religious services church leaders received standing ovations from per rigs n parish. monsignor robert white who leads the parish in newtown reportedly said this has been the worst week of my life but also thanked the community for giving him strength to get through a week filled with funerals. the monsignor went on to say hearts will be broken again wh

>> i can't predict -- >> senator feinstein said she was going to bring it up -- >> joy: mark warner and joe machin want a ban on assault weapons. >> joy there are millions of them out there. >> joy: then get rid of the bullet. do something. >> obama: are we really prepared to say that we're powerless in the face of such carnage? that the politics are too hard. >> cenk: that is what he might be saying. we'll have that discussion. there is also good news on politicians coming forward to say that they're going to do something. then we're going to talk about mental health, and there is a mother speaking out speaking out as well, regarding her own kid. >> i'm liza long, i am the mother of a mentally ill son. i wonder some day will i be that mom? >> cenk: that's a powerful story. then of course we have the idiots on the right. >> i wish to god she had an gun in her office locked up when she heard gunfire she then she wouldn't have had to lunge with nothing. >> cenk: what an unbelievable fool. all right, it's go time. [ ♪ music ♪ ] [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> obama: in the face of un unconsciencible evil

the tragedy prompted virginia senator mark warner, a longtime gun rights supporter, to call for tougher regulations. another former pro-gun lawmaker including senate majority leader harry reid and west virginia senator joe mansion stand with them. legislation for a new assault weapons ban could be year. we invite you to stay with abc 7 news and wjla -- wjla.com. we will continue to have all the latest developments in the sandy hook elementary school shooting. it is a bad time for bad news on the redskins' offensive line. >> the nfl suspended tackle gordon black for the next four games for violating the league that a performance enhancing drug policy. it is a problem because black replaced tyler columbus after he suffered a concussion sunday. plus center will montgomery injured his knee. no word yet on him. quarterback robert griffin iii's georgie -- jersey, a big seller. it has sold more than any other player's jersey in a single season since the league started keeping track six years ago. an aidias spokesman said rg3's livestock also sold out. >> also expected to sell fast is a redskin