mr. alex gonzalez. mr. nzalez has just received his food tray and he's ready to sit down and have dinner. and what we also see is this is detainee darrel couch. he's entering the food line here. one of the interesting things with mr. couch, you notice the routine has been to grab a cup of juice along with the food tray. mr. couch doesn't grab any juice because his intention is not to sit down to a meal. >> took the tray and rammed it right into his face. right into the orbital socket. and was immediately punching him with everything he could get, several times slams to the ground. one time had him in a reverse head lock and drove his head into the floor. >> what our protocols in the suffolk county sheriff's department calls for is the officer waits for backup before breaking up that fight so as not to endanger him. as soon as he sees the entry of the team, he's moving to break up that fight. there they do, and they remove the combatants, separate them fairly quickly. >> gonzalez who is awaiting trial on an a

mr. president, stand there for a stand i want to introduce you to nina gonzalez who brought up a question that we hear a lot, both over the internet and from this crowd. >> mr. president, during the democratic national convention in 2008, you stated you wanted to keep ak 47s out of the hands of criminals. what has your administration done or planned to do to limit the availability of assault weapons? >> we're a nation that believes in the second amendment. and i believe in the second amendment. we've got a long tradition of hunting and sportsmen and people who want to make sure they can protect themselves. but there have been too many instances during the course of my presidency where i've had to comfort families who have lost somebody. most recently out in aurora. you know, just a couple of weeks ago, actually probably about a month, i saw a mother who i had met at the bed side of her son who had been shot in that theater. and her son had been shot through the head. and we spent some time and we said a prayer. and remarkably about two months later, this young man and his mom showed up. a

mr. president, stand there for a second, because i want to introduce you to nina gonzalez, who brought up a question that we hear a lot, both over the internet and from this crowd. >> president obama, during the democratic national convention in 2008, you stated you wanted to keep ak-47s out of the hands of criminals. what has your administration done or plan to do to limit the availability of assault weapons? >> we're a nation that believes in the second amendment. i believe in the second amendment. you know, we've got a long tradition of hunting and sportsmen and people who want to make sure they can protect themselves. but there have been too many instances during the course of my presidency where i've had to comfort families who have lost somebody, most recently out in aurora. you know, just a couple weeks ago, actually probably about a month, i saw a mother who i had met at the bedside of her son who had been shot in that theatre. and her son had been shot through the head. and we spent some time. we said a prayer. and remarkably about two months later this young man and his mom show

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mr. president, stand there a second, because i want to introduce you to nina gonzalez, who brought up a question that we hear a lot, both over the internet and from this crowd. >> president obama, during the democratic national convention in 2008, you stated you wanted to keep ak-47s out of the hands of criminals. what has your administration done or planned to do to limit the availability of assault weapons? obama: we're a nation that believes in the second amendment, and i believe in the second amendment. we've got a long tradition of hunting and sportsmen and people who want to make sure they can protect themselves. but there have been too many instances during the course of my presidency, where i've had to comfort families who have lost somebody. most recently out in aurora. you know, just a couple of weeks ago, actually, probably about a month, i saw a mother, who i had met at the bedside of her son, who had been shot in that theater. and her son had been shot through the head. and we spent some time, and we said a prayer and, remarkably, about two months later, this young man and his mom s

mr. president, stand there a second, because i want to introduce you to nina gonzalez, who brought up a questionut of the hands of criminals. what has your administration done or planned to do to limit the availability of assault weapons? obama: we're a nation that believes in the second amendment, and i believe in the second amendment. we've got a long tradition of hunting and sportsmen and people who want to make sure they can protect themselves. but there have been too many instances during the course of my presidency, where i've had to comfort families who have lost somebody. most recently out in aurora. you know, just a couple of weeks ago, actually, probably about a month, i saw a mother, who i had met at the bedside of her son, who had been shot in that theater. and her son had been shot through the head. and we spent some time, and we said a prayer and, remarkably, about two months later, this young man and his mom showed up, and he looked unbelievable, good as new. but there were a lot of families who didn't have that good fortune and whose sons or daughters or husbands didn't survive.

mr. president, stand there for a second because i want to introduce you to nina gonzalez who has a questionar a lot over the internet and from the crowd. >> president obama, during the democratic national convention in 2008, you stated you wanted to keep ak47s out of the hands of criminals. what has your administration done or plan to do to limit the availability of assault weapons? obama: we're a nation that believes in the second amendment, and i believe in the second amendment. you know, we have a long tray -- tradition of hunting and sportsman and people who want to make sure they can protect themselves, but there have been too many incidents in the course of my presidency where i had to comfort families who lost somebody, most recently, out in awe -- aurora. just a couple weeks ago, actually, probably a month, i saw a mother who i met at the bedside of her son who was shot in that theater. her son was shot through the head. we spent some time and said a prayer, and remarkably baht two months later, this young man and mom showed up, and he looked unbelieveunbelievable. good as new. ther