pratt, he said that is not enough. you have to come out and say that you're not going to go along with this. anything short of that is unacceptable. >> do we know what great the speaker gets from gun owners? >> i would imagine not a lot. >> you heard larry pratt talk about this whole idea of

pratt, he said that is not enough. you have to come out and say that you're not going to go along with this. anything short of that is unacceptable. >> do we know what great the speaker gets from gun owners? >> i would imagine not a lot. >> you heard larry pratt talk about this whole idea of state saying you could arrest a federal agent. >> that makes some people very nervous. there is a balance that exists between the federal law enforcement and law-enforcement. we have seen this play out in arizona. it is interesting to hear him say that. >> their group is known for helping with the attorney fees and that sort of thing when there is prosecution. >> we saw the same thing with

we'll talk with eric pratt, director of communications for the gun owners of america. paul helmkey, former president of brady campaign and, indiana university professor. the supreme court took up the first major examination of gay rights in a decade. the court hearing arguments over california's proposition 8 which band same sex marriage. it is the first of two days of hearings on the subject. fox news supreme court correspondent shannon bream with our report. >> reporter: following argument today, the supreme court must now decide whether or not to uphold the wishes of california voters who, in 2008, ratified an initiative known as prop 8. it amended the california constitution to limit valid an legally recognized marriages to only those between 1 man and one woman. a number of the justices today asked why individual states shouldn't be able to make their own decisions about the relatively new concept including samuel alito who said the idea of same sex marriage is newer than cell phones and the internet. >> on the question like that, of such fundamental importance, w

last week i spoke to larry pratt.ere's what he said about a quinnipiac showing 91% of americans do support background checks for people who buy guns. >> i'm saying it's no good. >> okay. >> i'm saying it's as good as a $3 bill because the same people that are telling us 90%, we found it's 4%. nra found it's 5% among their members. >> every poll we get keeps saying the same thing, but those people are lying? >> if you set the poll up so you get a certain outcome, then you're going to get a certain outcome. >> so that poll was worth a $3 bill to pratt. anyway, yesterday on cnn pratt was asked about polls taken by fox news. >> do you believe the fox news polls? >> i'm not sure i believe any polls at this time. i don't think they know how to ask the right questions. >> that was the big bad wolf there. anyway, pollsters don't know how to ask questions. that's a great line. a recent fox poll, by the way, put the question like this. "do you favor or oppose requiring criminal background checks on all gun buyers including thos

yesterday here on "hardball" larry pratt of the group called gun owners of america had no defense for his opposition to background checks. why is it bad for the government of the united states to maintain information on people that are criminals, wife beaters, addicts, or otherwise threats to society so -- or under some sort of restraining order so they don't get access to firearms? what's wrong with that? >> they're going to get access to firearms anyway. they have done it. they do it all along. >> yet while they oppose background checks as he just did for gun owners when it comes to making schools safer, they're all for background checks. this week the national rifle association task force said to make schools safer. not surprise iingly arming scho employees including teachers is a big part of the plan. but buried inside their report, the nra report, is this bit of hypocri hypocrisy. quote, it is recommended the schools perform a preemployment background check and periodic rechecks on all employees including a criminal records check. yes, they're calling for a background check, the

entire "newsmakers " interview with larry pratt on sunday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> following the release of the marked unemployment numbers, president obama and republican governor brownback talked about their plan for economic growth. the president outlined his approach to the 2014 budget. in the republican address, governor brownback talked about how republicans want to grow the economy without raising taxes. >> hi, everybody. our top priority as a nation and my top priority as president must be doing everything we can to reignite the engine of america's growth, a rising, thriving middle class. .hat is our north store that must have every decision they make. yesterday we learned that our -- we created about $500,000 this year. we haveave got -- created about 500,000 jobs this year. but we have got more to do. there are spending cuts that are hurting the community. cut cell costs our economy hundreds of thousands of jobs this year. countrywant to keep our on growth, when the create good, middle-class jobs, you have to make smarter choices. thi

thank you, larry pratt. you explained yourself perfectly. you're against all background checks. >>> coming up, the aryan brotherhood of texas probably don't like them either. assistant d.a. prosecuted them in kaufman county, texas. another has withdrawn from the case citing security concerns. tonight we're going to talk to an african-american who spent time in prison with the aryan brotherhood of texas and got to know and fear them. >>> plus, life seems normal for most of us despite the big sequestration budget cuts. republicans feel like they have the high ground politically on this one. real people are getting really hurt by sequestration. how about cancer clinics turning people away? >>> it was 45 years ago today martin luther king jr. was assassinated down in memphis. andrew young and dr. king's grandson dr. martin luther king iii join us to talk about voting rights and gun violence. >>> let me finish with this. nine out of ten americans support background checks. why doesn't congress? and this is "hardball." the place for politics. >>>

larry pratt,s," executive director of gun owners of america. sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.astern on c- span. >> they had a political marriage, much like john and abigail. she would lobby in the halls of congress. saywas always careful to my husband believes this and advocates that. but she was doing the pitch. one of her husband's opponents said he hoped that if james were , sheelected president would take up housekeeping like a normal woman. she said, "if james and i erred elected -- i are elected, i will neither

. >> tonight another person is accused of killing a man downtown on pratt stream. derek schuler is charged with first and second-degree murder of anthony black. the 23-year-old is the second to be arrested. black was leave being early in the morning on april 2nd when he saw two men talking to his girlfriend. black asked them to leave her alone and that's when they stabbed him. matthew darby is also charged in black's murder. >>> baltimore county councilman todd huff was sentenced for driving under the influence. he was pulled over in february because he was driving at night without his lights on. the officer arrested hof when he realized he had been drinking. he was given a one ceo yea suspended sentence and -- one-year suspended sentence and two years probation. >>> the housing market is hot. >> plus, as the competition gets hot, we find out more about team baltimore. >> weather wise, we briefly got to 60, still 10 degrees below average. we picked up a 10th of an inch of rain. so rachel from catonsville, you are the winner. we'll be right back. çeçeçeçe >>> if you

. >> and then those boys, paul, the one they call pratt, falling to his death from a freeway overpass. what was he doing out there so late at night. >> the kid was climbing up the freeway sign to tag it and lost his footing. they said he was hit by two cars. >> does life mean nothing any more? what can be done? (music). >> all right, listen up. this ain't kid stuff any more. this is war. everybody attack, all the gangs beating on us, now it's time we take back the hood. we're going to tag it up big and reclaim the store. my cousin coming strapped for back-up so if anything happens. >> hey, what's up, man? >> what y'all planning. >> we hit them back and we hit them hard. >> listen to me, all of you. go home. go home before you get yourselves killed. >> what are you talking about? >> can't you see what's going on in your own hood? you think we're going to let that happen? no, i'm not. >> come on, tibo, you're a leader. >> yeah, but i also want to (inaudible). >> i want to lead as many of these kids out of here as i can. >> we ain't playing no more, this is real. three of our kids are de

around camden yard during rush hour because the city department of transportation is doing work on pratt street at utah street. starting at 9:00 each morning two lanes will close at utah. if enough progress is made, it will be reduced to one lane in the afternoon. also adding to the congestion, the orioles are home all this week. >>> a new service tax is causing a stir around baltimore. a fee will be charged for residential and nonprofit properties. money raised from the tax will be spent on improving storm water run off systems. in baltimore county, owners of town homes have to pay $21. single family homeowners will pay $39 for this so-called rain tax. >>> and still ahead on "wjz eyewitness news at noon," a mix of clouds and sun today. the complete forecast is 2 1/2 minutes away. but first here's a look at the midday stocks and last night's winning lottery numbers. squirt some into water and boom. kool-aid. but, you are kool-aid. well people get freaked out when you drink from your own head. like, real freaked out. [ male announcer ] smile. >>> welcome back, everyone. we are sitting in

here's adam scott, aziz and chris pratt in "parks and recreation."rs, tech geniuses, x games medalists and, of course, scent artists. the man owns a rolexus. it's a lexus filled with rolexes. >> what's the point of that? >> to have it, which he does. >> okay, i'll lay out the benefits of donating, tom will flatter and schmooze as only tom can. andy, you know, this is just a learning experience for you, so you just watch and listen. >> i had to pull a lot of strings to get this meeting, so, please, no one embarrass me. ben, put on something decent, like a tux. andy, you're hopeless. just take a shower. >> i already took what i call a dwyer shower. i rub my armpits with air fresheners. new car. >> jimmy: new car. [ cheers and applause ] adam scott, everybody. "parks and recreation" airs thursday nights at 8:30 p.m. here on nbc. jonas brothers perform next, so you want to come back. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ phoebe ] stress sweat. it can happen any time, to anyone! [ female announcer ] stress sweat is different than ordinary sweat. it smells worse. ge

i spoke to larry pratt which is an influential pro-gun lobbying group. how prevent people from right now if you're on the terror watch list, you can buy a gun. and i asked him if that should be okay and here's how he answered that question. >> that list is sort of like voodoo. nobody really knows how the names get on the list. nobody knows exactly what they have done. they haven't had due process. now, if you want to live in a dictatorship, fine. do something like that. we don't think that's the way america wants to work. >> are you okay with people listed on the terror watch list buying a gun? >> no, i'm not. i'm not okay with people convicted of a felony, especially a violent felony, from buying a gun either. here's the question that ought to be asked. do we as americans think people who are mentally impaired and are a danger to themselves or somebody else or people who are convicted felons of crime not -- i'm not talking white collar crime but crime, should they have their rights limited and when it comes to buying a gun? and i think most americans wo

i challenged larry pratt. gun owners of america. gun salesmen of america i think.opposing background checks. let's watch this kerfuffle. the ill logic of this is as follows. if i walked into a gun store to you and looked like a nut, a crazy person, would you sell me a gun? >> no, and frequently gun dealers experience that and -- >> so if you could call up and find out in a matter of seconds whether this person has a mental capacity, a problem, and has been court ordered not to be operating in any way with a gun, why wouldn't you want to take advantage of that information? >> chris, even after you've done that, the chap that's been turned down can easily go somewhere else -- >> where? >> and they do. >> where do they go? >> they get them on the street. >> that's what we're tieing to st stop. you can't have private sales, can't have internet sales. >> you think criminals are going to obey that? >> so the argument would be, why do we check mayor, people, before they get on an airplane to make sure they're not carrying something dangerous? they could always get on some

this hour i'll speak with gun owners of america larry pratt. what is it like to go through the existing federal background check. see how chris cuomo buys a gun himself. she's a high-profile victim of gun violence, gabrielle giffords and her husband talk about what their life is like right now. i'm wolf blitzer, this is the situation room special report, guns under fire. >>> it's being hailed as a break through a bipartisan compromise that could possibly lead to expanded background checks on gun purchases. but after the slaughter of 20 first graders and six educators it spurred a drive to crack down on gun violence. we're devoting this hour to the gun control battle and we begin with our chief congressional correspondent, dana bash who has the very latest. >> reporter: you're right. after the sandy hook shooting there was a lot of talk of assault weapons ban, limiting high capacity magazines. that would be limiting lawful gun owners ability to buy guns and that kind of thing is very difficult to pass through congress. that's why supporters of t

i challenged larry pratt. gun owners of america. gun salesmen of america i think. he's opposing background checks. let's watch this kerfuffle. the ill logic of this is as follows. if i walked into a gun store to you and looked like a nut, a crazy person, would you sell me a gun? >> no, and frequently gun dealers experience that and -- >> so if you could call up and find out in a matter of seconds whether this person has a mental capacity, a problem, and has been court ordered not to be operating in any way with a gun, why wouldn't you want to take advantage of that information? >> chris, even after you've done that, the chap that's been turned down can easily go somewhere else -- >> where? >> and they do. >> where do they go? >> they get them on the street. >> that's what we're tieing to stop. you can't have private sales, can't have internet sales. >> you think criminals are going to obey that? >> so the argument would be, why do we check mayor, people, before they get on an airplane to make sure they're not carrying something dangerous? they could always get on s

. >>> a rare baseball card from 1909 of pittsburgh pratt pirate honus wagner sold today for $2 millionwagner forced a recall because the tobacco company didn't have his permission to print the card. >> think of all the moms who threw out the baseball cards. >> my mom saved our cards. >> baseball giants, different outcome today? >> yeah, let's talk baseball. st. louis cards threw a little cold water on the world series champions celebration today. >> carlos beltran in the first off ryan vogelsong scores carpenter. cardinals up 1-0. giants got even with one swing of the bat, hunter pence over center field. homer number 2 for pence. giants took the lead in the second. then the cardinals got to vogelsong for three runs in the 5th. one run already in and beltran singles to right to score two more. three rbis on the day for beltran, as the cardinals win 6- 3. tomorrow in pregame ceremonies, giants get their world championship rings. >>> one finals participant set for monday night's ncaa championship basketball game. kevin ware and louisville, the sentimental favorite after ware's injury last

the other being pratt in new york city, our main competitor. we're full of young people, which means we are big bike audience if you've been in the building. every surface in the building has bicycles on it. we have 300 indoor bike parking spots and nobody has better bikes than art and design students, let me tell you. we also, because most of our housing is currently in oakland, we run a transbay shuttle service, full-size buses that have raised carriages so we can get bikes underneath. so, we use the bikes on both sides of the bay. and this is the lot. if you've been down there, it's a little blighted. it was a bus washing maintenance and fueling lot. we've been working with the s.f. department of public health to clean it up for the past two years. there was all the tanks have been removed. there was one tank, some diesel fuel. and we're remediating that, removing the material. and we're expecting that clean bill of health soon. so, what will we do with that lot? we haven't done any plans yet. what the heck are we going to do with that? if y

tali elisabet i'm a zero amber lyon dan johnson larry pratt the president of gun our america really sounds like you've got a whole host of people coming in to. your name to actually had here on the show i think this is going to be very exciting what are the goals of united we sink you talk a little bit about what are some of the ideas that are going to be presented as well as what you're hoping to accomplish with this nationwide that is great great question and this to kick off for our university united we stand bus tour that we're going to hold in the future ten stops across the country and what the goal is to unite the grassroots left to right everyone people across the spectrum to break the stranglehold of the two party system and reform the electoral process throughout the united states so when we hold this to the course june twenty second united we stand best of all will be the kickoff and we hold the tour in the fall all that momentum as you mentioned before voting is important right well we're going to inspire many people to run for the local congressional state races two thousand a

streets of yangon, what's happening is probably pretty similar, a tableau of car speakers, but also a prattood works in the hopes of jacking up your karma. money trees are paraded around pinwood cash donations for months. free bang wets and feasts are held. many moments of spiritual reflection. the majority of people here practice tera vata buddhism, the oldest most conservative form of the religion, which simply puts asserts that existence is pretty much a continuous cycle of suffering through birth, death and rebirth. >> very noisy. very noisy, yes. >> the morningstar teahouse where i've come for several years, the must-have bone deep, la pet tuk. the salad of fermented leaves, i know, it doesn't sound good, but you would be wrong to think that. take the fermented tea leaves, add cabbage, tomatoes and lots of crunchy bits, season with lime and fish sauce. this is absolutely delicious. >> you like it? >> oh, yes. >> yes, yes, fantastic. >> simple, delicious, things not to be taken for granted if you've been out of joint like this guy, zanzi. >> this happens again and again for us in myanma

streets of yangon, what's happening is probably pretty similar, a tableau of car speakers, but also a prattod works in the hopes of jacking up your karma. money trees are paraded around pinwood cash donations for months. free bang wets and feasts are held. many moments of spiritual reflection. the majority of people here practice tera vata buddhism, the oldest most conservative form of the religion, which simply puts asserts that existence is pretty much a continuous cycle of suffering through birth, death and rebirth. >> very noisy. very noisy, yes. >> the morningstar teahouse where i've come for several years, the must-have bone deep, la pet tuk. the salad of fermented leaves, i know, it doesn't sound good, but you would be wrong to think that. take the fermented tea leaves, add cabbage, tomatoes and lots of crunchy bits, season with lime and fish sauce. this is absolutely delicious. >> you like it? >> oh, yes. >> yes, yes, fantastic. >> simple, delicious, things not to be taken for granted if you've been out of joint like this guy, zanzi. >> this happens again and again for us in myanmar

welcome into "the war room," adam pratt, and sarah noone. >> thank you. >> hi. >> michael: what madee to start this online petition? >> well, when we found out that representative todd was going through this bill it was definitely something we wanted to do anything we could to help. >> michael: yeah. >> so when -- >> michael: no tell me. so you thought a petition would be the best way to get started? and did you have any idea it would grow like this? >> we had no idea. our original hope was 5,000, and we had hoped that several thousand would draw at attention to the issue and send a message to legislators that this was something that we cared about, the extra 82,000 have been really amazing. >> michael: that's a great way of talking about it. adam what kind of feedback have you been getting from your peers? it is a state where it's illegal and there are people who are not in favorite of it? >> it's actually mostly been positive in regards to the petition. there has been a little bit of feedback on the national level in comments on the petition and other postings about the petition of

the engine for the aircraft that the pentagon wanted is being built by pratt whitney.s of congress were pushing a second engine built by the arrival contractor in large political -- the hope among some that it would lead to jobs in their states. it was a classic case of congress foisting on the defense department something it did not want to add it to another $3 billion. it was a double sideshow and distracted from some of the greater problems and challenges. >> does any other country in the world have this set up? >> no. no other country spends nearly what we do on this. >> is it good or bad that congress -- >> it is hopeful that congress acts as a check on some of these runaway programs. in many cases, congress is trying to sh the pentagon to do it staff that it does not want to do. members of congress wanted for their own interest. we continued to build tanks and ohio. why do we do that? members of the ohio delegation want the jobs. the army does not think it needs any more tanks. >> there is a " in your article about the marine corps is ability to get what it wants

pratt street at the inner. police say black's fiance picked him up when police say two drunken men approached her. when black confronted them, he was stabbed to death. mary? >> okay, denise. thank you. the first suspect also faces first- and second-degree murder charges. >>> no jail time for baltimore county councilman todd huff. huff was pulled over in february with a blood alcohol content twice the legal limit. today, a judge sentenced him to one year in jail suspended. he'll also have 12 points added to his license, which can still be revoked, pending an appeal. >>> tough regulations, about to hit the cosmetic surgery centers. they are aimed at protecting a woman after a woman died after getting liposuction. >> reporter: mary, these changes will force med spas across maryland to either clean up or close down. >> reporter: hula witherspoon went in for a simple liposuction, but left this now shut down timonium med spa with a serious infection that claimed her life. >> the worst thing that could possibly happen

pratt it did. >> joy: deed. and as mr. graham said any time you back the president it's good good.l frisch, welcome back home inside "the war room"." >> good even, michael. >> michael: how is the president doing on his second term agenda? i feel almost silly asking that question. it's only 100 days and not historically a marker, but what do you think--how do you think it's gone? >> well, i guess the first 100 days are a honeymoon. that's what people keep saying. if this was a honeymoon it's obviously an arrangeed marriage because it was not pretty. congress would not cooperate and the idea that they would cooperate any further, i quite like what the president said in the press conference as if mockingly. you expect me to control the bad behavior of the republican congress. that's their responsibility. that's very true, and i wish the media would cover it more like that. >> michael: yes, that is a great point. that's the thing the republicans are such a mess--the leadership of the republican party can't control their own soldiers, but by the same token he is the president, and it is

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pratt, mr. ellison says stabilization. is that going to fix things or not? >> well, the answer is not, and i think stabilizing it is half the game, but the other game is, he needs to get ready to get rid of this company. this company has no reason to exist anymore, and he -- the new ceo needs a dual track, yes stabilizing, but at the same time getting ready to sell what's left of the company to whoever will buy it. >> what is left of the company, mr. brad? is it the real estate? what is it? >> i think it's the pattern of behaviors. >> they don't need j.c. penney. they're just going there out of habit. so the real estate and the habit can be transferred, but their brand is gone. >> simon, jump in here, professor ellison you're saying two contradictory things. on the one hand you say stabilize it, but your colleague there says maybe it's up for sale. i know people who supply j.c. penney's, they're finding it incredibly difficult to get financing to execute for orders on j.c. penney. mr. ellison, how do you convince everybody that this is a solid ship with enou

james pratt reports. >> they hoped to claim the italian title at the home of their fears city rival, torino. when ape was dashed challenger won on saturday. for 86 minutes of this game, looked as though the runaway league leaders would not have the motivation needed -- would have the motivation needed for seventh straight league win. four minutes remaining. the 2-0 win. one point one the remaining four games to claim the 29th title. fans hope they get it against palermo next saturday. meanwhile, the lan is back up to third in the title. they came from behind to beat catania. the tenet took the lead again after the break. catania took the lead again after the break. , the homeee minutes side is in front for the first time. the 28th world substitute pouncing twice. a penalty to convert a 4-2 win. milan ins the land -- a qualifying spot. four games remaining. james spratt, up to zero. >> manchester united have already won their title, their hopes of setting a new record points title in the english premier league are over. united came from behind. it also means chelsea moved back above a

everybody pratt has examples of going wrong year? i administration is dedicated to help can citizen make sound decisions in the marketplace, this president wants to command society and not allow people to make free choices. look at cars, the market in general. the competition for goods and services. just look at the auto market. it wants to command the car market. he wants to tell people, you have to get out there and buy green. buy that, and i'm going 0 subs ties that. >> he's not saying you have to buy it. heat making it possible for you to buy it. there's a serious difference there. >> taking my money and funneling it towards the volt and say you have to -- >> he is not saying you better buy it. >> prices run way u. >> when tide you get a notice in the mail saying, mr. vair any, you nuss by a involvement i di i. >> do the think this president this right identify to be teaching financial responsibility? >> as much as any other president, you bet. >> this president has run up just over $6.1 trillion in extra debt in four years and t