bloomberg new york city's mayor michael bloomberg blames gun crime here on lax gun laws in other states congress should also be doing more to stop illegal gun sales before they occur and vince did a warning about gun sales contribute to violent crime in his city bloomberg decided to sue twenty seven firearms dealers in five states seven of them in for ginia mayor michael bloomberg is going after rogue gun dealers there this week they fought back with a controversial gun giveaway. giveaway. what we're going to have is a drawing the drawing is to simply send a couple of messages which one is going to new york mayor bloomberg but if you're going to come into virginia you don't go around virginia law enforcement and the other message is that human life is sacred innocent human life and people should be allowed to defend themselves wherever they are guns in the hands of law abiding decent people are not a problem in fact you can't have enough guns of that type. the right to carry is exactly that it's a right it's not an obligation it's an important option that we all have as americans this i

we have some people like new york mayor michael bloomberg who's pushing for it, but unless more people like that, big names come out and start talking about it, it doesn't seem like anything will change. >> keith, is this a missed opportunity for the white house to take a strong stance on this and push for things to go forward in the sec administration of president obama, if he were lucky enough to be elected? >> honestly, yes, it is a missed opportunity. i wish the white house would do more. i don't expect them to do anymore. i don't expect the romney campaign to do anymore. unfortunately, both of these guys have been in favor of gun control in the past, but i think that there are political issues that are preventing them from leading on this issue. i'm not saying this as the position of a democratic strategist, but as an american. my uncle was murdered eby gun violence. but it will take more than politicians. it will take ordinary people standing up and deciding they're not going to live their lives in fear anymore. we've got to do something about this and stop waiting for the politi

new york mayor michael bloomberg is calling on democrats and republicans to do more. he told bob schieffer that he believes the nation's crime rate would go down if there were fewer guns on the streets. you can watch that the date on face the nation at 8:30 a.m. here on cbs by >> to teenage girls were at midnight screenings in the same theater. labor in theater no. 8 right next to #91 bullets came through the walls. they ran out of a theater with a wounded young man. >> he actually started waving the paramedics the side and telling them to treat them were injured victims so he waited for a while for an ambulance >> the girl's mother says she is grateful but also feels guilty that other parents are grieving. we have much more coverage of the movie theater shooting including security precautions at bay area movie houses. a goal is to prevent copycat incidents. today after his colorado visit president obama will fly here to the bay area >> tomorrow he will be looking for donors during several stops in alameda county. he has a sold-out event at the fox theater that is lik

. >>> some people like new york mayor michael bloomberg have called for national action to limit what kinds of guns people can own, but others said the shooting was not about guns at all. >> somebody who wants to purposely harm another individual is going to find a method of doing it. >> it's the big clips. it's 100 rounds. you cannot get to him to dislodge the gun because he can fire so rapidly and has so many bullets. >> neither president obama nor mitt romney has laid out specifics about any future gun laws or whether they want any changes. >>> penn state fans, students, alumni, supporters digesting the unprecedented sanctions imposed by the ncaa. in the wake of the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal, the school has been hit with heavy punishments, $60 million in fines, four years of in eligibility for postseason play, five years' probation, the loss of 10 scholarships per year for four years and every win from 1998 to 2011 has been erased from the record books. >> the goal is not to be just punitive but to make sure the university establishes an athletic culture and daily mindset in

. >>> new york mayor michael bloomberg is weighing in on the chick-fil-a controversy. the president of the fast food chain recently announced he opposes same sex marriage. some local leaders reacted saying the chain is no longer welcome in their cities, but bloomberg is taking a different stand. fox's lauren green explains. >> reporter: the statement set up a firestorm of criticism. atlanta-based chick-fil-a is a staple of southern hospitality and acknowledges its biblical based business philosophy including being closed on sundays hasn't worked well in the north, but that's not what caused the uproar. >> how we define the family, god sets the standard of what a family is. it's not going to come out of washington or some blog site. >> reporter: gay rights activists are blasting them and getting plenty of support. legally they can't do anything about it, but mayors of boston, san francisco and chicago are on record opposing new chains in their communities. >> chick-fil-a's values are not chicago values. they're not respectful of our residents, our neighbors and our fami

is going to step in and really hammer penn state this morning. >> coming up next, new york city mayor michaelp on the issue of guns. the mayor joins us on set next. bill karins with a check of the forecasting. >> thunderstorms in the forecast today along with a lot of laut conditions. let me start with who is seeing the worst weather in the country. thunderstorms with a lot of lightning rolling out of the catskills and southern portions of the hudson valley now entering into areas of connecticut. including the hartford area towards the coast around bridgeport, thunderstorms will be arriving as we go throughout the next hour or two. making a slow drive on interstate 94 and 90. the weather pattern across the country, this week the heat dome slowly is going to get knocked to the south with some cold fronts. not today. it's relentless, day after day. kansas city today 104 along with st. louis, wichita, chicago near 100 today, but then the thunderstorms will cool you off late in the day. could even see strong storms today from chicago to detroit to pittsburgh. so your forecast, if you want cool we

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mayor michael nutter of philadelphia joins me now. on the program. >> thank you. >> for president obama to win pennsylvania, he will need a huge outpouring of support around philadelphia. he had 54% of the vote back in 2008, especially in those surrounding areas. do you see a sort of sense of a less enthusiasm this time around to the president's policies, specifically in the surrounding suburbs, main line areas of philadelphia that he so desperately needs? >> two things. one, let me mention i appreciate you mentioning i'm president of the u.s. conference of mayors. the conference itself is a nonpartisan and, actually bipartisan organization. so i'll speak to these particular issues as -- just as the mayor of the city of philadelphia. i'm a democrat, strongly supporting president obama. there is an enthusiasm and it is building and growing. i think part of it is people are coming to see and hear more and more, certainly, about the president's record, things that he has been doing to create jobs and economic vitality, whether in philade

. >> tonight, hilary shelton of the naacp, and philadelphia mayor michael nutter on what happens when mitt romney tells the truth. >>> repeal and disgrace. house republicans vote to take health care away from americans. house democratic whip steny hoyer is here with reaction. >> and today, the congressional budget office debunks one of the greatest republican lies ever told. >> unless the president gets off of his absolute obsession with raising taxes -- >> under barack obama, he has one plan and one plan only. that's to raise everyone's taxes. >> he's raising the taxes like crazy. we need freedom. >> good to have you with us, folks. thanks for watching. mitt romney spoke to the naacp convention in houston, texas today. he delivered a speech short on specifics and long on tepid generalities. >> some may wonder why a republican would campaign in the african-american community and address the naacp. i hope to address every american of every race, creed, and sexual orientation. from the poorest to the richest and everyone in between. >> romney was greeted with polite applause throughout

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our guys it's time for tonight's tool time award and this time going to new york city mayor michael bloomberg again one last time to the man it seems to stick his nose in everybody's business he seems to always think that he knows better than you and he is never shy about giving those opinions whether he's lecturing occupy wall street fear mongering for stop and frisk and warrantless surveillance is all for terry arrogance definitely shines through punctuating one unjustifiable argument after another but he's probably most known and hated for his shameless promotion of the nanny state now we've discussed the shenanigans extensively on the show bloomberg has banned trance that smoking in city parks even big old so does and recently his government said that interfere in personal decisions from the cradle to the great literally take a look at this now new york city mayor michael bloomberg is targeting baby formula he's asking hospitals to keep formula and a secure store room sometimes behind lock and key making it a little more difficult to hand out to new moms who will instead be encouraged to

and new york city mayor michael bloomberg. first he went after so he had dark but now it's mothers. and breast-feeding. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the big scare. with just four days in the congress high tails it out of washingt washington, there was plenty of talk about the looming consequences of the looming fiscal cliff. we're talking about tax cuts expiring for everyone automatically, payroll taxes going up, emergency unemployment benefits ending and, of course, the $1.2 trillion in so-called sequestration cuts. about half of that sum is going to come from defense. >> the obligation of the commander in chief is to act like the commander in chief, and that would be to prevent these cuts, which in the words of his own secretary of defense, would devastate our national security. >> interesting, acting like a commander in chief, because a lot of the previous commanders in chief have done a lot more than barack obama may be about to do. we've certainly been here before. former president ronald reagan during his second term cu

. >> reporter: new york mayor michael bloomberg pressed mitt romney and president obama to take a stand. >> it's time for both of them to be called, held accountable. we spend all our time talking about tax returns and gaffes and things like that. this is one of those issues along with a handful of others that really matter to the american public. it marts to the future of our country. it matters to you and me and to our children and grandchildren and it's time i think that we hold them accountable and say okay, you want our votes. what are you going to do? >> reporter: back in colorado a will to carry on through it all. >> the sense i'm beginning to get in the hospital rooms, with the families, among the community is we're not going to let this son of a gun win. we're just not going to let it. >> reporter: melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >>> norwegians spent the day remembering the terrifying tachys that killed 77 people there -- attacks that killed 77 people there a year ago. that's when anders breivik set off bombs in oslo and opened fire in a youth camp. breivik acted alone. >>> d.c. p

. >> independent mayor michael bloomberg is the one who proposed this ban. he wants all restaurants, arenas and movie theaters to stop selling sugary drinks like soda unless the drink is 16 ounces or smaller. to give you an idea a large soda at mcdonalds like the one you see here twice that size 32 ounces. critics of the ban calling it an attack on business and a huge over step by the government. >>> as violent crime continues to grow in this city and more new york police officers have been shot in the last decade rather than hire cops down since 9-11 or 1,000 firefighters that were down we are going to send money to enforce a legally dubious rule and prom el gate the size of the soda. since when this is the problem of government. >>> it will set a president for the rest of the country. on the flip side proponents of the ban say it is absolutely necessary to curb obese obesity. >>> obesity is the leading cause of prevent ablg death in the country. it reaches the poorest communities. obesity is a public health menace and it is time to take on the soda cartel

>> oh, new york mayor michael bloomberg unplugged at the nathan's hot dog wagon. seems he couldn't stomach the puns, like let me be frank. it's going to be a dog fight. and i'll relish it. it's bloomberg like we've never seen him. >>> also -- >> you can see the sparks flying all over the place. it was raining fire down on us. >> on the frontlines, colorado firefighters taking cnn with them as they fight the fires home by home. the fire chief telling the denver post this morning he knew the fire would happen, that it was a monster ready to awaken and kill. >>> and on this independence day, what's your definition of a hero? our men and women in the military? your mom, your dad? think about it. it's our talk back question of the day. newsroom begins right now. >>> i'm carol costello. happy, happy fourth of july. good morning to you. right now, crowds are gathering and parades are gearing up in small towns and big cities across the country. but millions of americans will be missing one holiday tradition this year, fireworks. they are being blamed for a house fire that

that's if mayor michael bloomberg has his way., those for and against the mayor's controversial ban on large, sugary drinks will face off at a public hearing nmaker the mayor announced his proposal with a detailed demonstration and charts to show how much sugar is in soft drink, saying 20-ounce soda contains 16 packets of sugar. >> if you are going to have a cup of coffee or tea, would you put 16 packets of sugar in it? i don't think some. >> reporter: the proposal bans large soda, anything bigger than 16 ounces at restaurants, movie theaters, bow going dash. it doesn't apply to diet sodas or calorie-free or mill homosexual-based beverage. the mayor says that is about obesity and the fact it is becoming an epidemic. opponents, some consumers and especially those in the restaurant industry say this isn't limiting soft drink, it is limiting people's rights to choose. >> people have their choices. people buy soda, don't want to drink it, not buying it because they want sugar. people buy what they want to be. you can't force somebody

. >> also new york mayor michael bloomberg got into the mix as well.jablow takes a look at the political side of this tragedy. >> reporter: within hours the shooting, the to candidates for president -- the two candidates for president were expressing their shock over the grizzly details. >> such violence, such evil is senseless. >> reporter: and offering their prayers for the victims and their families. >> our hearts break with the sadness of this unspeakable tragedy. >> reporter: in new hampshire republican candidate mitt romney cut short a campaign appearance out of respect for the victims. >> today is a moment to grieve. >> reporter: president obama did the same in florida. then canceled the rest of his day's events saying it was a day for prayer and reflection and calling for a moment of silence. but new york city mayor michael bloomberg, one of the country's most outspoken supporters of tougher gun laws said the time for silence on gun violence is over. >> we're the only developed country in the world that has more guns than people. >> reporter: i

mayor michael bloomberg is backing the volunteer program that begins this september. baby formula will be available. mothers who receive it will get a lesson about the benefit about breast-feeding before they can tap the formula. >> good to know. the mayor getting involved in all kinds of issues over the last couple of months. an active mayor. >>> and the action from the london games. including a supreme disappointment at the pool for team usa. >>> and stranded 14 stories up. we'll tell you how this story ends. [ alicia ] i snack all the time throughout the day. i love fruit. grapefruits, pineapple. i put lemon in my water. these are all highly acidic. the acid can affect the enamel. i think lemons are good for you. [ laughs ] just not for my teeth. my dentist recommended pronamel. he told me that pronamel would help protect the enamel of my teeth from further acid erosion. now that i use pronamel, i feel more confident about having these acidic foods in my diet. i really care about these things, and i want to be doing what's best for my body and for my teeth. but the

. >>> for years now, new york city mayor michael bloomberg has restricted everything from indoor smokings latest target is hospitals and baby formula. >> reporter: first, it was transfats, then smoking, then sugary drinks. now, new york city mayor michael bloomberg is going after the baby bottle. >> most public health officials around the country think that this is a great idea. >> reporter: beginning appropriately enough, on labor day, 27 out of 40 new york city hospitals will keep infant formula under lock and key, encouraging more moms moms to breast-feed. mothers won't be denied formula, but those who want it will have to hear about the benefits of breast-feeding. >> a mother has enough pressure on her, jifft just having a -- just having a new baby and giving birth the first time. she shouldn't have to worry about explaining her choice to anybody. >> reporter: the american pediatrics recommend that mothers breast-feed exclusively for the first 12 months. in new york, 90% start out only brefort feeding. but by the time the baby is two months, that number drops to 31%. >> we encourage

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>> mayor michael nutter, jonathan alter, eugene robinson, thank you for joining me. >>> coming up, theof "the dark knight rises" wayi weighing in on his thoughts on the senseless killing. back with much more. i brought your stuff. you don't have to do this. yes i do. in on his thoughts on the senseless killing. back with much more. i want you to keep this. it'd be weird. take care. you too. [ sighs ] so how did it go? he's upset. [ male announcer ] spend less time at gas stations. with best in class fuel economy. it's our most innovative altima ever. ♪ woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an agent, call the number that appears on your screen. >>> up next, in light of what happened, are parents uncomfortable taking their kids to see this movie so soon after what happened? we're

new york city health officials are holding hearings today on mayor michael bloomberg's controversial ban to ban sales of large sugary drinks. he wants to prevent sales of soft drinks over 16 ounces in size. supporters say the move will help reduce obesity. that's a problem they say costs the city billions of dollars a year in health care costs. critics say the measure is misguided and an unfair limit on consumers' choices. the new york city board of health will take a final vote on the plan in september. >>> turning to campaign 2012 now. following the colorado movie massacre, the tone on the campaign trail is shifting. mitt romney is challenging president obama's foreign policy credentials while the white house continues to hammer away at the former massachusetts governor's business record. danielle nottingham has the latest from the campaign trail. >> the -- >> reporter: the two presidential candidates are shifting the campaign back into high gear. at a fund-raiser in northern california monday, president obama told supporters not to believe what they hear in his opponent's ads. >>

. >> an exclusive with new york city mayor michael bloomberg. this is "piers morgan tonight." face-to-face with an accused killer. this is the public's first look. james holmes, his hair dyed red and orange, looking dazed and sitten unshaven and handcuffed beside one of the public defenders assigned to his case. he didn't speak. he didn't look at any of the family members. he never took their eyes off him. more family members watched in an overflow courtroom on closed circuit television. want to remind you of exactly what this young man is accused of doing. striding into the darkness of a movie theater jammed packed with people waiting for a midnight screening of "the dark knight rises." armed to the teeth. threw a gas can to the unsuspecting crowd. 58 people injured. 17 still in hospitals. the nation is left with the question, how could this happen? is there any way to make sure it doesn't happen again? joining me now, a man who says mitt romney and president obama have obligations to take a stand on gun control. new york mayor bloomberg. thank you for joining me. you've been

>>> now our third story "outfront," mayor michael bloomberg and his so-called nanny state.king on baby formula now. starting in september, bloomberg will implement his "latch-on nyc" initiative. new mothers will be encouraged to breastfeed. nurses have to sign out the baby formula and explain to them why it's not the best thing to do. this is a "voluntary" initiative. but so far, two-thirds of new york city hospitals have already latched on to the idea. >> most public health officials want to encourage women to breastfeed at least for the first couple of weeks because the outcomes are better. if they can do it, that's great. if they can't, they can't. our job -- we're not making anybody do it. we're suggesting it. >> "outfront" tonight, renee silar. also "outfront" tonight, kristin howardson. i love both of your blog names. let's get to it. does the mayor have a point? obviously he said, i'm looking at a couple of weeks. but pediatricians recommend six months of breastfeeding. is he doing the right thing? >> before anybody says anything, i have to say, i'm a big appropriate

but critics like new york mayor michael bloomberg want more. years like 2010, when 171 firearm injuries and 24 deaths happened every day, on average, according to the cdc and fbi. while home gun ownership has trended down from the '90s, as you see here, in the last year it has ticked up slightly to 47% in terms of home ownership, according to gallup. now, objection to a handgun ban has hit an all-time high. that's gone up, up to 73%, saying no ban is needed. now, the reason, perhaps, here, as political rights, democrats who embraced a ban are gone, and those in office have had tough fights with the gun lobby. >> thank you so much, richard. i want to bring in new york congresswoman, carolyn maloney. it's good to see you. and i just want to reiterate what you know and most people probably know by now, is that police say james holmes was armed with an assault rifle. it had a 100-round drum magazine capable of firing 50 to 60 rounds a minute, and when that apparently jammed, he had two other weapons. tell me about your bill that would address these