. >> reporter: the nra tweeted a response to today's action and president obama's push. weak, the national debt is mounting and too many americans are out of work. president obama's campaign against guns. this is one of their responses. back out here live. we are matching to the plaza. this was planned at 5:30 p.m. 50 people joined the march and these marchers and other rally goers expect to meet another group of people just a few blocks away. right here in palo alto. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new figures from the labor department, jobless claims jumped. 357,000 people filed new claims. that is up 16,000 from the week before. despite two weeks of increases the number of initial claims remains in the range that indicates that it is still growing. stocks edged higher today, the dow and the nasdaq saw gains and the s&p rose 6 points to close above its record high that was reached in october of 2007. >>> two bay area lawmakers are taking over seas trips paid for by outside groups. she is in taiwan with lawmakers. it is paid for. he is on a trip

. >> gene, yesterday, at some point yesterday, someone on behalf of the nra tweeted something to theis remarks yesterday -- do we have it here? >> the economy is weak. national debt is mounting. too many americans are out of work. but obama campaigns against guns to please the fringe. >> the fringe. the fringe. the fringe. >> right. the 80% to 90% of americans who support comprehensive background checks. this is just ridiculous. this is -- and tragic, frankly. i wrote about this in today's column and just -- >> who do you write for again? >> huh? >> you write for "the washington post"? you're in the paper today. >> i do write for "the washington post." i manage to squeeze that in a couple times a week. in the column i quoted the president. and the only way to end it was just to shay amen. shame on us if we have forgotten what happened. it's just astounding to me the nra can still maintain this attitude with perhaps success. >> what it tells you it's one of the laws of american politics. you pointed to the fact that american public opinion has shifted on this issue and a majority or w

hollywood stars tweet anti-nra rhetoric as if they weren't in a movie where they just killed 1200 peoplegenocide guards -- charles: it's absolutely ridiculous. >> when you talk about guns, you know, the nra president -- charles: it's called hypocrisy. monica, thank you very much. well, walmart's entering the delivery service. guess what, though? there's a catch. its own customers will probably be the ones making the deliveries, so is something liable to go wrong here if somebody you've never met lives on your street brings your stuff to you? we've got one of the best, arthur aidala, he's next. friday night, buddy. you are gonna need a wingman. and my cash back keeps the party going. but my airline miles take it worldwide. [ male announcer ] it shouldn't be this hard. with creditcards.com, it easy to search hundreds of cards and apply online. creditcards.com. ♪ charles: facebook is inviting the media to come see our new home on android. speculation about what will come from the event varies from facebook phones to just an updated android app. it's scheduled for next week. amazon, well, th

. >> the nra was quick to criticize the white house event, tweeting, the economy is weak, national debt is mounting, too many americans are out of work. but obama campaigns against guns to please the french. >>> meanwhile, republican marco rubio joined a handful of other senators, threatening to filibuster majority leader harry reid's vote on new gun laws. senator rubio wrote in a statement on his web page, "we intend to oppose any legislation that would infringe on the american people's constitutional right to bear arms or on their ability to exercise this right without being subjected to government surveillance." "the washington post" reports two top democrat donors say they will refuse to raise a single cent for any lawmakers who oppose expanded background checks. >>> and for the first time, we have a look inside. the disturbing stockpile of weapons assembled by the newtown shooter, 20-year-old adam lanza. according to search warrants released thursday, more than 165 items were recovered from his connecticut home. those items include more than 1,700 rounds of ammunition, two rifles a

why does the nra continue to wield this power? i have a tweet here from ted new gent. k michael moore this. will you ever admit your "bowling for columbine" lie is a propaganda smear against the good families of the nra and the honorable american legendary e freedom warrior charlton heston. >> ted and i are both from michigan. there is a reason he's called the motor city madman. he's been off his rocker for a long time. i feel bad because he had some good music back in the day. but, listen, the thing here with wayne la pierre who, by the way, i thought he's aged pretty well. >> he's never come on the show. >> he won't come on? >> i have repeat ledly asked hi. you have come on every other show. come on and debate and explain why you said this about background checks before and you have done a u-turn. why you think schools should be gun-free zones and now should be full of guns. come explain to me. be a man and do it. >> wayne, if you are still watching, i will protect you. he's really mad about this. >> i am mad. >> i'm so glad you have led the parade on this. thank god

the nra in a tweet saying, quote, the economy is weak, national debt is mounting, too many americansut of work, but obama campaigns against guns to please the fringe. >> dan lothian for us at the white house. thank you. victoria soto you might remember was among the teachers who lost their lives in the sandy hook massacre. her younger sister appeared in that new ad you just saw a moment ago hosted by mayors against illegal guns. she's with us this morning. it's nice to have you. dan showed us a little snippet of the ad. do you worry that, as the president seems to be worried, that people are sort of losing their sense of anger that that sort of that is sort of waning in the wake of the shooting at sandy hook elementary school? >> i do. i feel that a lot of people are starting to forget what happened, and it's losing momentum. so, doing this ad for newtown, and having it released yesterday, with everything going on with president obama, giving his speech asking people to join him, the senate to join him with everything that he's doing, you know, i feel like it helps. and you know, it'

if you're watching now, you want to tweet me, let me know if you're an nra member. they can be quite rational and they say look, we have no real problem with background checks. we don't have any problem with more investment in mental health and so on. not even much of a problem with the high capacity magazines. they're not too sure about assault weapons. they are quite rational in what they say but the leadership almost seem to me to be, particularly wayne lapierre, completely outrageous. utterly insensitive, totally uncompromising. why is that? >> well, i think if you look at the history of gun laws, make a list of which cities and states have the most oppressive gun laws. you'll find they also have more crime and more shootings. there's actually, if you look at the science, liberals are always saying we should look at the science, yet they don't want to look at the existing science on whether gun laws make us safer or less safe. john lock did the first study of all the counties in united states and where you had concealed carry permits, more gun ownership by citiz

why does the nra continue to wield this power? i've got a tweet here from ted nugent. k michael moore this. will you ever admit your "bowling for columbine" big lie is a propagandist smear against the good families of the nra and the honor american legendary freedom warrior charlton heston? >> listen, ted and i are both from michigan but there's a reason why in detroit we call him the motor city mad man. you know, he's -- he's been off his rocker for a long time. i feel bad about that because he actually had some good music back in the day, but, listen. the thing here with wayne lapierre, who by the way actually i thought he's aged pretty well. >> by the way, he's never come on the show. i repeatedly ask him. lapierre, if you're watching. >> that's odd. >> go on every other show. come on my show. >> they are generally not afraid. >> tell me why you said this about background checks before and now have done a complete u-turn, why you think schools should be gun-free zones and now should be full of guns. come and explain to me. be a man and do it. >> and, wayne, if you're

. >> stephanie: our friend eric boehlert tweeted he said hashtag nra good guys with guns will stop badcident. >> that was in nevada. >> the three that were shot. yes. >> stephanie: we were saying, we're going to talk about -- [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] i don't think there's any other issue where the congress is more out of step with the american people than guns. background checks more popular than a ram from getting nuclear weapons. the gun statistics among americans, 83% support universal background checks. in that poll. even this post popular provision, still not considered to pass the senate, let alone the house. 56% of americans supported the assault ban. measure still deemed impossible to pass. >> you know what the hangup is? personal sales private sales. in order to get bipartisan support, chuck schumer is trying to work out a deal where they cannot have limitations on private sales. but that's the hangup. that is wherein the republicans and some of the moderate democrats have an issue. they don't want any kind of regulation on private sales. >> stephanie: we have some crunchy

nra buy congress. please keep the conversation going. facebook.com/carolcnn or tweet me. >>> 26 down, 7 to go. the miami heat do it again and move closer to the nba's all-time winning streak. bleacher report next. >>> have you check the your bracket this morning? i'm sure you have. and i'm sure you're crying because i bet you didn't have florida gulf coast in the sweet 16, did you? andy schultz joins us with bleacher report. good morning. >> good morning. well, if anyone had the eagles winning two games in their bracket, there's probably a good chance they attended school at florida gulf coast because yesterday they did something no one has ever done and that's make the sweet 16 as a 15 seed. in just their second year of being eligible for the tournament, florida gulf coast is making it look easy out there. they went on a 17-0 run in the second half to cruise past san diego state. up next a trip to north texas will they will look to continue their cinderella run. ohio state aaron craft rescued the buckeyes with a game winning three with under a second to go as osu escaped with a 78-75 win over

tweeting @bpshow. honesty broker puts it quite bluntly, either harry reid is stupid or the nra is filling his pockets. big money lost the election but continues to win policy. also on twitter fred wilder says when did senator reid become the most powerful republican in the united states. i want a real democrat as a majority leader. teamster said sadly, this is true, senator feinstein was against filibuster reform so she is now reaping what she was sown >> bill: she was not there with tom harkin and others. and geoff merkley for oregon who wanted to get rid of that filibuster, but she was on the other side. well, sadly for her. maybe she regrets it now. ron is out in elgin, illinois. hey, ron what do you say? >> normally, i would say good morning, bill. but it's not a good morning. the leaders have failed us again. this issue just irritates me right to the core of my bones. >> bill: yeah. >> caller: we have lost our soul as a nation if 203rd graders gunned down in less doesn't turn this nation to do something about the assault weapon ban, i don't know what will. >> bill: go back to the example of we ta

tweet us. post it on our facebook page. here's a chance to play along at home. think about if you would a new possible low for the nra. go one level lower. now one more until you find a bar so low that cheney could trip over it in his underground bunker and there you will find this recording of an nra robocall that went out this week to the residents of newtown, connecticut. >> john: okay. here's the best part. only is that despicable, it is a lie. no bill in connecticut or anywhere in the country seeks to disarm any law-abiding gun owner, take the fox out of your ears. i would like to repeat that number they gave and put it on the screen so you can all enjoy it. it is 703-267-1200. that's the number for the nra's institute for legislative action grassroots division. i recommend returning the favor and give them a call. though i do warn after numerous attempts today i only received a message saying all operators are busy because apparently the nra doesn't like receiving unwanted calls. joining me now is my panel of nonexperts, contributor to forbes.com rick ungar tina dupuy and managing director and host of this week

tweeted this. i have gotten a lot of questions about the new york city mayor gun ads. looks like one of the senator got his talking points straight from the nrare is what wayne lapierre said this week. >> he is going to find out this is a country of the people, by the people, and for the people, and he can't spend enough of his $27 billion to impose his will on the public. they don't want him telling them what to food to eat, and he can't buy america. >> michael: that's because it is already in the pocket of the nra, and yet the gun group just keeps pushing its luck. the nra is actually making robo calls and sending postcards to newtown families. >> your state senator will play a key role in determining whether the connecticut general assembly will pass legislation restricting your gun rights. this would impose a gun rash rashening scheme and imposing gun legislation. >> michael: so they can actually calling families of nowtown, talk about not having the common touch. joining me now john rosenthal. john welcome back into "the war room." >> thank you. >> michael: isn't it ironic that wayne lapierre says bloomberg can't buy the american public?

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nra got out there and said, you need to be armed. everybody in america must be armed. teachers, nurses, so on. two big rock stars, rob thomas and nikki sixx tweetedhing. you have michael moore on the show. would love to hear him talk about the blog on guns. they said you said in your blog about sandy hook last week it may take a moment as dramatic as one of the parents releasing the pictures of their child after they had been slaughtered by adam lanza in school that day. why do you think that would make a difference? some of the parents felt it was an offensive suggestion. >> no. there was something on fox news. nobody was offended actually because everybody knows and i knew in newtown knows that you would want this to happen only if the parents approved of it. in my blog i talked about a young man named emmett till in 1955, a young black kid murdered down south simply because he was black. his mother insisted that there be an open coffin. she wanted photographers, the news people to see what happened to this 14-year-old boy. to see what racism and bigotry does. that galvanized the country. it was three months later that rosa parks refused to get

tweet from seadog. guest: a. host: have the talks to the nra about mental health?st: we need to make a real commitment to this. look at the way the records are for criminals and people with mental illness. they should not have any guns. some want to take some guns out of the hands of some people. a criminal, a felon with a propensity to violence. i do not want them to have anything, period. nothing. they should not have these things. there is also a lot of crimes and people who may choose something else -- knives, other attacks. of the 30,000 suicides, many times it is hanging or jumping or other tragic actions. what sort of happens in washington, d.c. and other states is we get into arguments and we think we're doing something. when we pretend it is not there, we have done this for centuries . itces.n them as which we treat them as contagious. that's not what mental illness is. host: we have this on twitter. guest: that is not true. let's not turn this into political games. if we turn it into one thing or another, i will push that out of the way. you have millions

tweets. card, ok to register your but registering your gun is an infringement? that sounds silly." -- "itcing the nraeels like it was a call to arms, that is what i saw." "i enjoy competitive shooting and was an nra member until it was taken over by right wing nuts. james says he has a shot up target in his front yard. the people tot of keep and bear arms doesn't mean just bear them. stronglyople feel very about guns. it is not a debate about financial reform or other measures that we hear on capitol hill and that is why it has been difficult for senators to figure out the position they should take. it is a complicated issue will -- fraught with heavy emotion, and the last time gun measures were passed it was in 1994 and there were political consequences for democrats, and that is what we see play out here. when the senate begins debating this, it will get touchy. host: philip rucker, white house correspondent for "washington post," thank you for being here. guest: led to be here. host: next, a report that numbers of congress and their relatives to work for them last year. then later, we will find ou

nra says the state passed the measure with no committee hearing and no public input. >>> john lennon's widow is using social media to take aim at gun violence. yoko ono tweetedal pictures including this one promptly retweeted by president obama's twitter account. it proclaims "over 1 million 57,000 people have been killed by guns in the u.s. since john lennon was shot and killed on 8 december 1980. >>> and just a few days after two teens in steubenville, ohio, were convicted of rape, another rape case involving teens is drawing a whole lot of attention because some are turning to social media to take vicious swipes at the young alleged victims. three teenage boys in the town of torington, connecticut, are accused of raping two 13-year-old girls. and at least one of the alleged victims is being attacked by other teens on twitter. cnn's susan candiotti takes a look at the powerful impact social media is having on this case. >> reporter: at least two of the three accused teens are familiar with faces for football fans at connecticut's torington high school. edgar gonzalez named most valuable player this season and teammate are 18, legally adults. a third young

nra say background checks can easily be side stepped. >> yoko ono adding her voice to the debate. john lennon's wife. she tweetedhere they are, bloodied glasses. this would have been their 44th wedding anniversary. and with those glasses she tweeted out, over 1,057,000 have been killed by guns in the usa since john lennon was shot and killed on december 8, 1980. >> that is a powerful tweet. >> staggering numbers. she also said her and their son, john, after 33 years, still miss john of course. >> we all do. >>> well, we're learning this morning about a near diplomatic disaster during the bush administration. during the united nations conference in new york in 2006. a secret service agent's shotgun discharged just as iranian president ahmadinejad was getting into his limousine. the agent apologized profusely. ahmadinejad though just shot him a look as he got into the limo. >>> an outspoken supporter of syria's president is dead after a suicide bomb ripped through a mosque in the heart of damascus. dozens of people were killed. the preacher is the most senior religious figure killed in the civil war. his death a m

tweets. "it is ok to register your card, but registering your gun is an infringement? that sounds silly." referencing the nra and -- "it feels like it was a call to arms, that is what i saw." then, "i enjoy competitive shooting and was an nra member until it was taken over by right wing nuts. upes says he has a shot target in his front yard. then, the right of the people to keep and bear arms doesn't mean just bear them. guest: people feel very strongly about guns. it is not a debate about financial reform or other measures that we hear on capitol hill and that is why it has been difficult for senators to figure out the position they should take. it is a complicated issue will -- fraught with heavy emotion, and the last time gun measures were passed it was in 1994 and there were political consequences for democrats, and that is what we see play out here. when the senate begins debating this, it will get touchy. host: philip rucker, white house correspondent for "washington post," thank you for being here. glad to be here. tomorrow, ginger gibson, bill allison, and marc zeillinger. tomorrowon journal" at 7:00