harry bowman, 46. yvette velasco, 14 nint victims taken too soon. families now asking for support and answers. >> that was nbc's morgan radford reporting there. yesterday, the senate, the upper chamber, rejected several gun control measures introduced in response to wednesday's attack. joe manchin and pat toomey reintroduced their plan to expand gun background checks. it failed in the months after new towne a newtown and failed again yesterday. they also rejected senator dianne feinstein's amendment to prevent people on the government no fly list from buying guns. the house voted down that same measure earlier this week. more than a dozen white house hopefuls descended on washington, d.c. yesterday for a forum hosted by the republican jewish coalition. the candidates seemed to for the most part stick to their scripts, but the event did produce a number of awkward moments. take a look. >> last night, i was watching schindler's list, and everybody here has seen schindler's list. >> my mother told me one time, she said, johnny, when i was a young man, she said, johnny, if you want to look for a really good friend, get somebody who is jewish. and