and so the nra polled rank. nra essentially told democrats, you know what, you may technically have control over the house of representatives, but we the nra control more than you do. we control more members of congress than you do or your party does and know how to get this done another way. that was one of the only times this has ever worked in american history. the nra went around the democratic house leadership, they got a majority of the members of the house to sign a petition. saying they wanted a chance to vote on that legislation. even though the house leadership wouldn't put it on the floor. and when you get a majority of members of the house to say they want something to come up for a vote, and they all put their name on a petition insisting on that, that is called a discharge petition. in 1986, it worked. over the objections of people who were ostensibly in control of congress. the nra got that repeal passed. and ronald reagan signed it into law may 19th, 1986. that's why you can buy at least ammo lee

. >> how closely are you working with groups like nra? i don't want to speak for nra. i can see they would be concerned about the idea of introduce anything sort of thing into a gun that has control over that gun, because who would then control that gun? have you interacted with them at all? have you heard anything back from them at all? >> well, first off, you know, this is not about gun control. this is about giving gun owners -- >> it is about controlling the gun. it is not about gun control. i totally understand what you're saying, but it is about controlling the gun. again, i can't speak for the nra, but i would say -- hold on a minute. but i'm sorry, continue. >> well, from what we understand, this has to be by gun owners for gun owners, we are believers in free markets, believers in consumer choice n looking at those requirements, it has to be as reliable as any existing gun technology if not more so >> right. >> it's got to give control to the gun owners themselves as opposed to some third party and as long as we listen to the market, we think that folks, wheth

but the nra today stands against universal background checks. overwhelming numbers after the newtown shooting and regrettably we did not get that. if you say today with the nra was saying in 1999, that this is a dangerous threat to the constitution -- the bad news is that there is no easy solution to the problem of gun violence. it is similar to the problem of illegal drugs, the social costs are high but there are people who value them highly. if you start with guns in circulation it is very hard to come up with controls that will work effectively if you were starting from scratch. and even if you know what quirks, it is hard to get an emblem -- hard to implement this. there are some good ones, i like to be optimistic. the gun merchants are not as bad as the debacle companies -- tobacco companies. in terms of life lost. most of the guns buffer protection never cause any harm or benefit, they will just sit there. most accidental firing simply bounce off of the wall. if you are following last week in frankfort, kentucky, just before the state of t

the nra, which apparently believes everyone should be allowed to carry handguns, sued texas.ing this was an infringement of the constitutional rights of teens. a federal appeals court upheld the texas ban, the nra appealed and today the supreme court said, nope, we are not hearing this. the nra knows what it is doing because like any good business-minded people, they understand in the immortal words of whitney houston, that the children are our future. the children of today are the consumers of tomorrow. and that's as true for guns as it is for toothpaste. which is why things like this exist. >> my first rifle. a moment you never forget. the cricket is a perfect way to get young or small framed shooters started right. >> but that is just the tip of the iceberg. a new investigative report reveals not only how easy it for kids to get guns but an entire industry that's behind keeping it that way. >> take a ride with jack. a 13-year-old boy from virginia. we pass shops where he isn't old enough to work the register. then we stop at the convenience store to see jack try to buy bee

the nra appealed and today the supreme court said, nope, we are not hearing this.knows what it is doing because like any good business-minded people, they understand in the immortal words of whitney houston that the children are our future. the children are the consumers of tomorrow. that's as true for guns as it is for toothpaste, which is why things like this exist. >> my first rifle, a moment you never forget. the cricket is the perfect way to get young shooters started right. >> but that is just the tip of the iceberg. a new investigative report from hbo real sports reveals not only how easy it is to get guns, but an industry designed to keep it that way. >> take a ride with jack. we pass shops where he isn't old enough to work the register. then we stop at the convenience store to see jack try to buy beer. the cashier can't believe he even tried. at next store, jack tries to buy cigarettes with no luck. later he strikes out trying to buy racy magazine. and then lottery tickets. it's laughable to everyone here. the idea that we'd ever expose a 13-year-old to th

. >> why are you proud to support the nra? tweet us with the hashtag, #ilovenra. >> tom says i am the nra because the five minutes before the police arrive, could be the longest of your life. , another tweet, i am the nra because those tweet whistles don't cut it. i am the nra, the best thing about america is the second amendment. the people that made i it great. where one person defended themselves in the gun are all more important than those murdered by a gun. antonio a lot of strong opinions on this one. >> certainly a very divisive issue, thanks hermella. >>> still ahead, important drugs for men, could they be doing more harm than good? and america's debt has shot up, not all bad news. plus kim jong-il built his regime on lies. but a new book turns those words against him. >> start with one issue education... gun control... the gap between rich and poor... job creation... climate change... tax policy... the economy... iran... healthcare... ad guests on all sides of the debate. >> this is a right we should all have... >> it

another tweet, i am the nra because those tweet whistles i am the nra, the best thing about america is the second amendment. and timothy said, the one time someone defended themselves with a gun are way better than the others. the ones that are murdered by a gun. antonio a lot of strong opinions on this one. >> certainly a very divisive issue, thanks hermella. >>> still ahead, important drugs for men, could they be doing more harm than good? and america's debt has shot up, not all bad news. plus kim jong-il built his regime on lies. but a new book turns those words against him. >> could prescription medications that have exploded in popularity be causing more harm than good? a study out of ucla and the national institute of health says that testosterone treatments could double the risk in men over 65 and men with heart disease as young as 40. increasing prescriptions have five fold, sold more than viagra in 2012. so are testosterone supplements safe to use or will the fda have to step in and put new rules on the use of these increasingly popular medications? let's bring in dr. malica m

spieth, i want to go to you and i want to understand this, by declining to hear these nra cases, the court is leaving some laws on the books. what is the impact? >> well, the impact on texas is it leaves intact a texas law that says you cannot have a permit to carry a gun outside the home if you're 18 to 21. a federal law barred the sale to handguns to people 18 to 21, and the other law makes it possible, but technically difficult, to buy a gun from one state if you live in another state. now here's the real essence of this. ever since the supreme court decided in 2008 the second amendment provides a handgun at home for self defense, the question that's divided the lower courts, okay, what about outside the house? some courts have struck down state laws that limit the ability to get a permit to carry, you have to show, for example, in new york or maryland, that you have a good reason to do it. other courts have upheld those laws and there's a difference on the lower courts about what the second amendment provides once you come outside the house. so by declining to take up these cases

so the hope of the nra and gun rights advocates is the courts would clarify that. the supreme court would clarify that by taking these cases, but the question is inevitably going to come back at some point, tamron. i guess the supreme court wants to wait and let the issue churn more in the lower courts. >> you know, certainly is a churning issue. pete, you know that. it's interesting, these two laws that were looked at, the restrictions anyway, one of them a federal law barring the sale of handguns to customers under 21 and a texas law forbidding anyone under 21 to carry a handgun in public. this debate over people having handguns in public, extended, you know, from starbucks to university campuses, so this is intriguing, the decision made by the supreme court today, or the lack of movement by the supreme court. >> exactly right. and it was interesting in texas, because texas was actually defending its state law that barred 18 to 21 year olds from getting permits to carry guns. the current attorney general there, greg abbott, who's also running for governor, was de

the nra is constantly putting out inaccurate information. quotes clearly referred the assertion that the abundance -- when itthe u.s. comes to firearm homicide, it does not even make the top 25. some like they really help. but here are the facts. and our levelser of him aside and violence. the u.s. guns and gun culture contribute to that. here is a civil regression line that shows as the country becomes richer, the tendency is for homicide rates to fall. the one country that stands high above the regression line as an outlier is the u.s. more than three times the rate of homicide as you would expect for a country of this wealth. our goal was to try to move it down. are we more likely to succeed if we act differently than all our competitors? and cut back on restrictions on guns and ratchet up the gun culture like the nra wants? our 2008 murder rate would be beyond what it was if we hadn't tried to compensate for these enormously high violence levels by locking up billions of individuals. gap,n't control the entire but there is a problem and

the nra's commissioner kuehne hickco shim kaz ki says he has learned the details of tepco's survey plans from his visit. >> translator: we discussed where tepco should conduct their survey. and whether they should hold further checks. >> reporter: following its examination, the nra will decide whether to approve tepco's survey. after the survey is completed, regulators will check the safety of the plant to decide whether they will allow tepco to resume operations. nhk world. >>> afghanistan has been hit hard by years of civil war and terrorism, even postal workers serving the millions of people living in the capital kabul are under pressure, and for some unexpected reasons. nhk world has this report on the unusual challenges they face. >> reporter: in kabul, residential areas near the city center do not have street names, or even proper addresses. >> translator: in this neighborhood, even public buildings have no addresses. >> reporter: this makes operating a postal service something of a challenge. these are the letters which arrived here in kabul today. some letters don't have proper a

i actually said lovable nra continued his return to form following an injury plagued seasons by taking a share of the first round lead at the joburg open in south africa. she rolled twenty ten ryder cup shortcake buddies and one bogey free seven under sixty five. these type of skopje you mr forsyth a great day at home favourite justin walters. another favorite george said bogeyed the final hole of his round to step into a tie for fifth one shot back with seven others. fellow south african and defending champion richard steadman was the one in two thousand and eight mixed four but the sad than a goal with one bogey to end the day with a five under sixty seven. he's one of twelve players tied for thirty two shots off the pace i am . a few onions. do you use is now available in the path of the phone. if you choose to wait. get to welcome groom's home tomorrow q when you smile. when to look topics share your opinion with the old one. to steal them only to the music with you means universal i'll try to us. it will mean a storm. lol and beyond that the tj and production trio best known for t

charlton heston who ran the nra and made that one comment when he held up the gun and said, mr.my cold dead hands. >> last night, very exciting, we have been waiting for this moment. we got to go to dirks bentley's screening of his documentary for his new album out today called riser, and we got a peek at the documentary we can show you here. >> editing it all down from the story into a book. it has chapters. it really sums up who you are and when you read all the chapters together, ah, man, i know exactly who this guy is. i'm writing it to figure out who i am as well. >> so the documentary is a chance for you to get to know him a little better. you have heard me talk about him, and if you don't like country music, try out this album because i think it's really his best. >> he should hire you. >> he should hire me. >> yes, first i want to say to the person i'm about to speak about his family, it is a tragedy indeed, but a fellow in michigan was showing his girlfriend how safe guns are, handguns. he brought three guns that were unloaded and put them to his head and said, let me s

supreme court is considering a case filed by the nra.supreme court has already decided it's going to stay out of the hot button issue of concealed weapons law. it rejected that review. it was a case dealing with whether those ages 18 through 20 could get a state permit to carry a handgun in public for self-defense. the justices gave no reason for denying that appeal from the national rifle association. it's just going to stay out of that for now. the other bit of news to pass along. john dingell from michigan is retiring at the end of his term. he's 88 years old. as he told the "detroit free press," i'm not going to be carried out feet first. he's going to be 88 in july. i don't want people to say i stayed too long. this is not the congress i know and love. it's hard for me to accept but it's time to cash it in. >>> in other news this morning jobs and obamacare are expected to be among the big topics discussed when president obama hosts the nation's governors at the white house in 90 minutes. it follows last night's black tie dinner in w

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petersburg police gave a safety class and they looked at the popular video from the nra eddie eagle. >> stop, don't touch, leave the area, tell an adult. >> reporter: the kids have it cold. working with us, professor marjorie sanfillippo of eckerd college, a published expert on pediatric psychology and gun safety. and so, we are ready. with full permission of the parents, we put seven cameras inside a room. in toy bins. in the butterfly on the ceiling. and then, after a few days, the st. petersburg police give us guns -- real guns -- unloaded. we place them in a room, candy on the table nearby. and again, these are 44 good kids, most of whom know the rules by heart, and parents about to get the shock of their lives. as we begin this first group of boys are about to show you something you will see over and over again. >> aw, look. >> reporter: their words say don't touch that gun, but their bodies can't seem to help it. >> back away from it. >> reporter: think of it as a dance of temptation at the table. >> leave the area, tell an adult! >> reporter: and then around the room, even as

marion hammer, then president of the nra.florida was the first state to add the stand your ground language to its books in 2005. since then, it quickly spread across the country to 24 other states. but in florida alone, i think you can say inconsistencies in the application of the law. so what do we do? how do we fight for change? we've seen peaceful protests, including this one at the jacksonville gas station where jordan davis was gunned down. and in response to the dunn trial, one florida lawmaker is already working to repeal the law. joining me now is that florida state representative, allen williams, and lisa bloom, legal analyst for avo.com and author of "suspicion nation: the inside story of the trayvon martin injustice and why we continue to repeat it." >> thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> representative williams, what have you done in response to the dunn mistrial? >> well, i will tell you today we had a groundbreaking development in what we believe will hopefully change the moment here in the state of florid

i had an a rating with the nra. not to say this is about the nra. that vote was about what i thought would actually work. it is unfortunate, in this country, that we have not focused on the things that i think matter. number one, until health and how we will get more help for people with mental health and people who do have episodes and have proven that they are dangerously mentally ill. get on a registry so that they are not able to get guns. that is a whole issue that we can talk about surrounding a lot of the shootings and have these folks legally got them. there was not one background check that would have changed outcomes. the other thing i would say is that i believe that i was sent to represent the people of north dakota. in spite of what national groups would say about what the attitudes are of the people of north dakota, they do not think that people should be burdened --ause of the bad action that a majority of people should be burdened because of the bad actions of a few. about thee to hear vote and i continue to believe it was the right

atf and nra v. mccraw. the supreme court, do they know what the next battle line was going to be in terms of gun rights and gun ownership? guest: justice scalia was pretty clear in heller saying this is not say, i mean, the biggest decision and there is that you have the individual, the right to bear arms. then he said we have not looked at -- they left it open, these two big issues that have to be decided. what are the limits to what you can carry and bear? all of the assault weapons bans and high-capacity magazine bans that have spread across the country in the last year, that is all going to have to be dealt with by the supreme court at some point. that is a little further down the road. the more reporting one of the carry right, the very issue, because you are taking the gun outside of the home. and some laws make it virtually impossible to carry guns. in fact, where i live, they just ignore the bear rights completely. the reason they get to the supreme court level is when the circuit courts and appeals

it's between confusion on the premeditation instructions, now you throw in the nra-backed stand youru have a problem. >> phillip, i want to get your take. to me it's not just the stand your ground law but the sort of gun culture that, it sorts of creates this environment that says it's okay if i feel like i'm threatened, ilt okt's okay e to just shoot somebody. i do think that leads to a behavior and attitude that is very dangerous. this is a gentleman who shot these ten rounds and then went home and ordered pizza. >> you all have touched on a few subjects i want to get on quickly. it is about a gun problem in a rampant culture of hate. people do not want to talk about race in this country in a real way. it the third rail of politics. peep want to skim over it and ask where it doesn't exist. michael dunn lived in a world where every time he turned on the television, there was a young black person or african-american person that was a men as to society. the lobby in florida, miss marion hammer and the good folks at the nra in florida have ensured there's a cover for this hate, this ra

the challenge the nra brought against california and not to defend one's self, to on obtain a concealed weapons permit through their county. >> we determined it was setting a barrier that was unconstitutionally high. you can't require a special need under the amendment. if you want a permit just to defend yourself. >> it's disappointing and i think here in california, that we'll seek to appeal from that decision. i think here if san francisco, where we have a very objective process that takes the applicant into complete consideration, i don't think it's going to change our process here. >> lawyers for the nra says the, it hasn't deturred criminals from doing ram d random crimes. >> when people have weapons, they intend to use them against other people, intentionally or not, a life is taken as a result. >> today's ruling as a result of a lawsuit filed by a man denied of a concealed gun permit. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details. today's rule suggest on hold pending an -- ruling is on hold pending an appeal. retirements can differ from county to county, but the standar

you will be in big trouble if nra does not approve.'s vote on the parking lot amendment and quit obfuscating this with some demand everybody -- my hope >> is we will >> get a good vote on this floor and we will have a chance to revisit this issue. >> one comment. most of the amendments we are going to have on this bill are about parochial politics, whether it is parochial representing the printers, not closing down a service center or limiting closure of post offices, they are parochial events and political events, too, because the point i was make him this bill is about expanding revenues and cutting costs for the post office, and i think we ought to get back to working on the substance of the postal bill. word.ator, johnson, last >> the way to get past this impasse is to vote on both amendments. vote on both of them. that would be the way to do it. for the chair to say we will get this vote on the floor, that has not been the history since i have been in the senate. we have not been able to vote for amendment on the floor. it is part

the challenge the nra brought against california and not to defend one's self, to on obtain a concealed weapons permit through their county. >> we determined it was setting a barrier that was unconstitutionally high. you can't require a special need under the amendment. if you want a permit just to defend yourself. >> it's disappointing and i think here in california, that we'll seek to appeal from that decision. i think here if san francisco, where we have a very objective process that takes the applicant into complete consideration, i don't think it's going to change our process here. >> lawyers for the nra says the, it hasn't deturred criminals from doing ram d random crimes. >> when people have weapons, they intend to use them against other people, intentionally or not, a life is taken as a result. >> today's ruling as a result of a lawsuit filed by a man denied of a concealed gun permit. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details. today's rule suggest on hold pending an -- ruling is on hold pending an appeal. retirements can differ from county to county, but the standar

let's apply the same rules to the nra as to the sierra club. if you should get a tax break, it should not be for politics. >> will the irs rule changes affect that? >> it should be fair for both the right and left. >> thank you so much. when we return, jeffrey goldberg. ♪ >> welcome back. president obama said he would come down like a ton of bricks on anyone violating iran sanctions. what will we see, jeffrey goldberg? >> president rouhani has said they will not dismantle -- that has been the reaction across the board. they will not dismantle centrifuges. they are looking for creative ways to freeze the program in place. the actual american position is, we need to get iran so it is a year or more away from being able to build a bomb. >> we need to know so we would have up to a year to figure out what to do. in terms of the new talks, this is the main show -- they have huge incentives to keep the talks going. even if no progress is being made. we are heading into the unknown. >> let me ask you what the iranians are doing. they are threatening to

hidden camera experiment that showed what kids did with guns in school just days after they viewed an nra safety video. let's take a look at that video. >> seven hidden cameras and for half of that kids reinforcing that message with a teacher who shows them the nra's eddie eagle tape. >> stop don't touch leave the area tell an adult. >> then repeating the message. >> stop, don't touch leave the area tell an adult. >> the teacher running the experiment telling the children they're there for a memory test but she has to go but that there's candy on the table. among the pairs of children william and griffin, ten minutes after this country child looking down the barrel of a gun. >> see those pictures, the child looking down and both kids ended up looking down the abarrel of the gun before they ended up calling for help. what can we do? children can be curious. how do you manage to get those warnings through to them? >> i think what we know is children's curiosity is a force of nature and there's just no way that any educational program can be relied on to save the lives of our children. it's

that is a blinking light, nra is going to score this. you will be in big trouble if you do not do what nra says. with all due respect if we want to vote on the parking lot amendment, let's vote on the parking lot amendment and quit obfuscating this with some made up demand everybody has to carry their gun in their post office. >> we will get a chance to vote on the parking lot amendment when the bill comes to the floor, and i hope we will get a good vote, and it will come to the floor. >> i want to add one comment. most of the amendments we will have on this bill are about parochial politics, whether it is parochial representing the printers or not closing down a service center or limiting closure of post offices. they are parochial events and political events, too, because the point i would make, this bill is about expanding revenues and cutting costs to the post office. i think we ought to get back to working on the substance of the postal bill. >> just quick. to me the way to get past this impasse is a vote on both amendments. but on

rating is not quite as high as greg abbot's nra rating.ing subtexts of this is it because is she a woman holding a gun that makes it more controversial republicans -- male democratic politicians. >> ann richards had a gun and it didn't look like lack the authenticity. >> she could do it. >> elise, you know, your thoughts on this picture? >> i thought it was obsessive to be honest. if i were given a gun bunch of people what do they want me to do? point it at them? i don't know. she didn't seem terribly uncomfortable with it it's hard to tell from the photo. at the time she has been trying to fidget to the right on gun issues. voters difficult to convince them after a photo like this she she is one of them and that's difficult to do. >> probably a lot easier to convince people if she let the people in and they let her -- let her shoot video. she is playing this thing, michael where, you know, she is hard to get access to. use the term gun shy with the media. >> i think it's true and a problem for her right now. she is very defensive after th

nra program stop, don't touch, leave the area, tell an adult is a good one.rents do you know, even you, megyn do you tell your kids one lesson one time and expect them to follow that religiously? we know we have to take kids the same messages over and over again. what is wrong is for a television network to run this staged experiment no more significant than if they'd hid a butcher knife in candy then had adult leave the room. wonder what kids goring to do. or a power tool or chemicals. it doesn't prove anything other than kids are inquisitive which every parent knows. it doesn't address the problem, most of the so-called children that are taken to hospitals are late teen-aged kids. up to 19. >> leslie, your thoughts on it? >> on that number, over 2,000 are accidents not criminally related but lars i agree with you. i have a 5 and 6 year old we know how that is. when we look at school shootings, we've had seven in january, 28 in the entire year this, message is not working. parents and grandparents, people with children in the home need to be more responsible

in the first four years, the roosevelt administration launched the nra, ccc, wpa-- a virtual alphabetp of programs to relieve unemployment. newly employed workers spent more money, creating more jobs. by 1936, it appeared that the depression was ending. it was time for a balanced budget. central revenues are increasing. emergency expenditures are decreasing. a balanced budget is on the way. does that sound like bankruptcy to you? roosevelt won a landslide re-election, but the celebration was brief. he cut spending. in october 1937, the stock market took another dive. unemployment began to rise once again. suddenly it appeared that the past four years' progress would unravel. president roosevelt may have been an economic conservative, but he was a social liberal. he saw rising unemployment and responded by resuming government spending. this government intervention stimulated the economy the way keynes had urged since 1933. if franklin roosevelt was not a keynesian, by 1938 he'd surrounded himself with plenty who were. one of those economists was walter salant, a student of keynes turne

nra is going to score it. you are in big trouble if you don't do what nra says. with all due respect, if we want to vote on the parking lot amendment, let's vote on the parking lot amendment and quit somecating this with made-up demand that everybody has to carry their gun in a post office. >> when this bill comes to the floor and my hope is we will get a good vote and it will come to the floor and we will have a chance to revisit this issue. >> i want to add one comment. most of the amendments we are going to have on this bill are about politics. they are about parochial politics. whether it is for real -- parochial not closing down a service center or limiting the closure of post offices, they are parochial amendments and political events too. the point i would make, this bill is about expanding revenues and cutting cost. i think we ought to get back to working on the substance of the postal bill. >> senator johnson, last word. >> to me, the way to get past this impasse is to vote on both amendments. carrye on the ability to a gun in the parking lot as well as

he was on the board of the nra, a position voted on by some of the organization's members, which arehan 4 million americans. he's delivered speeches at the nra annual conventions and, of course, all of you know him as the rocker ted nugent. he's now "outfront." ted, great to have you with us. i want to get to tissue of whether you apologized or not. you were on ben ferguson's radio show and you said, i do apologize, not necessarily to@. people got upset on twitter to say that was not a real apology. ben asked you again, specifically are you apologizing to the president of the united states, you said yes. a lot of people still say you didn't apologize. did you mean it? >> erin, can you see me? >> i can see you, ted. >> all right. i can't see you, so i'm at a great disadvantage because i glow and i know you do, too. erin, come on, you have this english language down really well. i bet you understand that the question is, do you apologize and i answer yes. you don't really have to ask that question again, do you? >> well, i just wanted to know because a lot of people felt that the first

nra who was willing to push for gun background checks this past summer.ailed but not on account of joe manchin trying like heck to get it through. in the case of the elk river disaster, joe manchin who's been a consistent vote against environmental regulation, who's championed the rights of the coal industry and energy, joe manchin reacted to this very unacceptable event in his home state by taking an unusual step to push for more regulation that could try to stop this in the future. what does that mean for the prospects of new regulation in the future and how effective they might be at stopping the next disaster like this? joining us now for the interview, senator joe manchin, democrat of west virginia. am i right you don't mind me saying you've been a critic of environmental regulation and regulation of the coal industry in the past? >> let me say, i want to be treated the same as the others in the country. you can't treat hard rock mining like there's no regulations whatsoever. it has to be consistent. just treat us the same. that's all i've asked for.

the nra argues the right of self defense extends to responsible 18 to 20-year-olds as well and the nras to minors, saying that also violates second amendment rights. >> after the supreme court recognized the individual right to have guns, the question became what type of limitations can be put on that right. >> reporter: also on monday, the court hears a case that could test the limits of president obama's push to use his executive power when congress won't act, this time on climate change. at issue, whether the epa went too far when without congressional approval it limited carbon emissions from power plants, factories and other sources of greenhouse gases beyond cars and trucks. >> on the constitutional side, this is a classic conflict between congress and the white house. congress has refused to give the president what he wants, and now the epa is going it alone. >> reporter: and later this week, the court could get involved in the latest challenge to the death penalty. missouri is planning to execute michael taylor by lethal injection. he was convicted of raping and murdering a 15-

the nra argues the second amendment right of self-defense extends to responsible 18-year- olds. >>> silicon valley investor tim draper will hold a meeting today on six californias. it would split california into six individual states. he says in its current form california is too large to be governed efficiently. he needs to get 808,000 signatures before july to get the measure on the november ballot. >>> today the fire district will be awarded a grant of almost $2.5 million. the money will be spread over two years and will be used to open the rodeo fire station. >>> time to check in with sal for a look at the early monday morning commute. >>> >> we are looking at a decent commute as you head out. there was an earlier accident at holly street. that has been cleared out and the traffic is doing very well. looking at the speeds here, three minutes. that is exactly what you want to see. on 680 a five minute drive time. all right let's go to live pictures. san mateo bridge traffic looks good. about tech minutes across that span and out on the bay bridge we have a very nice commute westbound fro

. >>> a big blow to the nra at the nation's highest court. now, the supreme court is staying away from concealed weapons laws. the justice has decided to reject reviewing a texas case on whether 18 to 20-year-olds can get carry permits for self defense. the justices, which is not unusual, gave no reason for denying an appeal from the national rifle association and also rejected two other separate gun control cases. and the court did decide, though, it to hear a case this morning, involving the environmental protection agency and how far the president can stretch his executive powers. president obama has been making good on using the power of his pen without congress. he's raised the minimum wage for federal contractors and issued an executive order on fuel efficiency for big rig trucks. in the epa case, the court is deciding whether he went too far on factory and plants all stemming from a 2007 case that regulates motor vehicle emissions. little things that emit versus the big things that emit. stationary big things that emit. senior legal an