delaware's governor, democrat jack markell joins us now. he also serves as the current chair of the national governors' association. governor, welcome. two years ago you tried and failed to pass a law requiring w bagroundhecks on private sales at gun shows. do you think that newtown changed the politics of gun control so dramatically that you can now pass even greater restrictions? >> well, i think it may have. that's exactly what we're trying to do. two years ago i was probably only governor the country to add vaps any gun safety legislation. i introduced four bills three of them got passed. one of them about reporting to to those with mental illnesses to the national database. that's made a big impact. as you mentioned the one that faed was t gun sho loophole. but here's the bottom line. you know, if you go to a licensed dealer, you have to have a background check. 40% of sales people don't go through a licensed dealer. when you have 40% of sales not requiring that background check, the system is broken. we need to fix it. >> brown: do yo

markell of delaware, and mary fallin of oklahoma. it is the time of the year for state of the state addresses, and we have several to date. the governor of connecticut will talk about hurricane sandy relief efforts, and the recent shooting in newtown, andrew cuomo of new york is expected to oppose a weapons ban, and then talk about hurricane sunday -- hurricane sandy relief. tonight, bob mcdonnell, who yesterday announced a tax for transportation funding over five years. we'll have all of those live today beginning at noon with the governor of connecticut. back to the issue of guns and gun violence, again, into " is likely to propose an assault weapons ban, and vice president joe biden will begin meetings, hearing with victims' groups in gun safety organizations. he will also talk with the national rifle association. that is set for tomorrow. >> thank you for being with. -- here. we welcome you to what we hope is the first and will state of the state's address. without further ado, i would like to introduce you to our leadership, gov

he tells me they're still investigating the shooting death of markel ross. live, prince george's county, capital heights, shomari stone, news 4. >> tomorrow president obama will reveal what could be the most significant immigration reform effort in years. this one is getting bipartisan support after hispanic voters proved to be an important voting block last november. in the plan, undocumented workers would have to pass a background check, pay fines, and back taxes for probationary status, and then wait to earn a green card. the congressional hispanic caucus met with the president about the proposal supposed to be tough but fair. >> the president confirmed that this was going to be a legislative issue of highest priority to get passed this year. >> i think it is tough in the sense that the waiting time to become a resident might be indefinite at this time. >> republicans say enforcement has to be a big part of the effort. so this doesn't become an amnesty program. >>> a major policy change now in the works for the boy scouts of america. drawing praise from g

delaware governor jack markell announced legislation to curb gun violence at n his state. and the divestment from chicago mayor rahm emanuel. today some of the parents from the children killed in the massacre are taking their own way forward which is not built on speed, but is meant to be its own instructive, inclusive ignore the extremes the way forward. tonight we have an exclusive interview with one of the parents on this show with one of the parents of a little boy killed at sandy hook. this is not the kind of interview i normally do on this show or in any circumstance. it is a remarkable experience, and i hope you will stay with us to watch that tonight. we've got that coming up. we have beau biden joining us live to announce the measures he announced in his state today there is a lot going on. stay with us. >>> the vice president is not the only biden in the middle of the gun reform debate. his son beau biden is taking on reforms as attorney general in delaware. and beau biden joins us here next. >>> after the connecticut massacre, what's the solution? what kind of r

we appreciate that aldrich. -- outreach. >> thank you, governor markell. nga has not taken an issue, as each a distant with its own needs, but first of all our hearts in prayers go out to the people that suffered tremendously. we in the state of oklahoma have taken steps to encourage our local schools to pull out their emergency plans, to have drills, to not let the planes gather dust on the shelves, to rehearse those things come to update the plans as they need to. we have also been working with our mental health director to look at our services in our look at our services in our state to make sure that

thank you very much, governor markell.it is a pleasure to be here. we appreciate your leadership. it has been a great pleasure to work with you. i'm here to talk to you about the nga and the critical issues facing our states. as governor markell has pointed out, we think states are the laboratories of democracy that can be on the front line of helping to develop policies, been able to solve some of our nation's most pressing issues, whether it involves economic growth, job creation, education, focusing on government waste, and many other issues, but to provide these solutions we need room to be able to reform our state policies and objectives. the federal government can and should be a partner in helping us to develop good public policy. a strong partnerships is vital to best serve all citizens of the nation. we call the flexible federalism. -- recall that flexible federalism. you know what i mean. the letters are -- governors are committed to a collaboration with congress and the administration to maintain and promote a b

the latest assault occurred when markel white punched an officer as he entered the housing unit. >> he basically sucker punched an officer as he came in the door, which resulted in other disturbances in the dorm. >> white, who is currently there waiting for trial for murder, has been put in a segregation cell, and put on high status, the highest destination for a cell. he will be locked up for now, 24 hours a day, lose all of his privileges and have little more to do than sleep. >> what did you do to the officer? >> i hit him. i hit him. at the end of the day i came out -- [ bleep ] up. what is that called? restraints. >> let me talk to you real quick, all right? what is going on, white? i want to talk to you a little bit about what happened last night. >> i just got fed up. >> so what are you feeling like today? >> i'm feeling good. >> you know your discipline officer will see you in a couple of days. and because of that, i'll be by to see you and we'll be reviewing you, depending on your actions for two or three weeks, depending on the sort status, all right, well, i'll be talking to

we appreciate that aldrich. -- outreach. >> thank you, governor markell. nga has not taken an issue, as each a distant with its own needs, but first of all our hearts in prayers go out to the people that suffered tremendously. we in the state of oklahoma have taken steps to encourage our local schools to pull out their emergency plans, to have drills, to not let the planes gather dust on the shelves, to rehearse those things come to update the plans as they need to. we have also been working with our mental health director to look at our services in our state to make sure that our findings match our priorities, and we have been able to put more funding into mental health services, especially crisis intervention itself. certainly come as a governor, with my cabinet, we have has some rehearsals going through emergency response and prepared this, making sure all different levels are fortunate the levels they need to be functioning, -- are functioning at the level set the need to be functioning, and also stay -- saying the state of oklahoma we respect our seco

woodruff: plus we have two separate interviews about the gun debate, with delaware governor jack markell and national rifle association president david keene. >> brown: then, spencer michels asks california governor jerry brown if his fiscal turnaround-- from a $27 billion deficit to a balanced budget-- offers a lesson for the nation. . >> you have to make tough choices. you have to live within your means. that means you have to not do everything you want to but you also have to raise more

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o'malley, colorado governor john hickenlooper, connecticut governor dan malloy, illinois governor jack markell have all announced in the past few days announced ambitious legislative proposals on gun reform in their own states. and of course federally, tomorrow ahead of schedule, president obama is set to unveil his own set of proposals in response to the newtown school shooting. the white house releasing this picture today of vice president biden, presenting his findings to the president and other cabinet members in a gun policy meeting. >> i can tell you that tomorrow the president and vice president will hold an event here at the white house to unveil a package of concrete proposals to reduce gun violence and prevent future tragedies like the one in newtown, connecticut. they will be joined by children from around the country who wrote the president letters in the wake of that tragedy, expressing their concerns about gun violence and school safety along with their parents that event will be at approximately 11:45 a.m. i will not get ahead of the president in terms of what his package of pro

year-old amber stanley was killed in her bedroom in late august, nearly a week later, 18-year-old markell ross was shot to death on his way to school. police have not made any arrests in those cases. >>> there are concerns this morning that the cold could impact your metro commute. a rail cracked on the green line near the road station yesterday morning causing delays. metro says it could happen again with temperatures as low as they are right now especially on the aboveground portions of the track. unfortunately, they say this is -- there is no way to avoid this from happening. >>> we're going to check again now with tom kierein for the latest on the forecast. he's outside on the storm team 4 weather deck. what's the temperature out there right now? >> it's only in the low 20s now and that wind gets gusting to around 30 miles an hour. we've got bright sun. you can see the landscape has been transformed here. certainly now looking like winter and in addition to feeling like winter, the windchills around ten degrees. there's that beautiful blue sky right over washington now that wind whipp

in delaware, democratic governor jack markell and biden proposed an end to the gun show loophole. proposal that failed to pass in that state two years ago as well as an assault weapons ban. later this week the president will formally unveil proposals he would like to see on the federal level that will attempt to place to curb some of the gun violence. news conference monday, he -- president seemed to offer a preview of what he will be supporting. >> we have to have stronger background checks that we can do a much better job and -- in terms of keeping these -- magazine clips with high capacity out of the hands of pokes who shouldn't have them. assault weapons ban that's meaningful. if will is a step we can take that will save even one child from what happened in newtown, we should take that step. >>> president obama was quick to acknowledge that there are political challenges ahead. >> all of them get through this congress, i don't know. but i'm confident that there are some steps that we can take that don't require legislation. >> vice president biden, who met monday with house de

american support, the statement of an assault weapons ban is something the governor of my state, markellgovernor in my office proposed earlier this week. you see governors up and down the eastern coast as well as across the nation proposing various measures, measures similar to the ones you heard the president speak about today. so it's going to be an effort. i think the american people are behind this, and as you heard the president say, the american people are going to have to demand this of their legislators locally and the federal level. >> when you think about the second term, he doesn't have a lot of time to get these things he wants to get accomplished, so you have the gun policy, that is one part of the agenda here. but you also have the president is up against republicans, he trying to work on the debt ceiling. you have the whole issue of whether or not the debt ceiling is going to be raised, whether or not that is going to be held hostage to actually paying the bills the government has to pay. you also talk about immigration reform. where does this fit in in terms of the presid

in the senate come a point of personal privilege the progress they make in the leadership of jack markel, our governor on the very subject you talked about. i say dennis, you'll forgive me if occasionally i'm so used to referring to the mayor of philadelphia as my mayor because i spent about half my life in philadelphia and other mccray and other resides in the city limits, went to be particularly good. my daughter is also a very very slow, since that's been particularly good behavior. ladies and gentlemen, it's a pleasure to be back. i look forward to the opportunity every chance i get from the time i was a young fellow new to the united states senate, it's one of the groups from whom i've had a relationship for a long, long time and it's always nice to be with a group of people who you agree with that 80% of the issues 90% of the time. so it's nice to be with you. i know you've come to talk about a broad range of very important and challenging issues facing each new city and town. energy, infrastructure, budgets, finance, crime. and i want you to know that we, the president and i come

it will hear from the chair, the governor jack markell of delaware, and the vice chair. live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span 2, a conversation on the future of afghanistan. that begins live at 10:00 eastern from the atlantic council. now, a hearing of nasa's mission looking at their strategic plans, robotic space flights, and private-public partnership. this house science and technology committee hearing is to end a half hours. -- two and a half hours. >> i recommend myself for five minutes or so for an opening statement. i want to recognize some of our colleagues, and our colleague and friend robert walker, the former chairman of this committee for many years, for agreeing to testify here today. i thank you and the other witnesses for being here. it takes a lot of effort and time. and your knowledge and experience is very useful to the committee. as we consider legislation, we also think you for taking time to appear here today. nasa and its space mission. and aeronautics budget that can no longer support full-scale demonstration flights, no clearly articulate