here to talk to us about possible solutions is john rosenthal, co-founder of stop handgun violence andooters association, an alternative to nra for moderate gun owners. thank you for joining us. >> thank you eliot. >> eliot: the frustration we've felt for years in response to gun violence. in the context of all that has happened, the lack of action, what is your agenda, and how do you plan to make it real. >> it's no different than it has been the better part of 20 years. i'm a gun owner. i'm a business person. i believe in the second amendment and the right to bear arms but the founders never extended that the second amendment extend to terrorists and criminals to buy guns without even a background check. toy guns and teddy bears have a multitude of regulations of how they're made and marketed. you need an i.d. to vote in many places. but in 33 states it's federal gun policy that you do not need an i.d. or background check to buy an unrestricted, unlimited number of guns. that is federal gun policy. it's left to the states and states do what they want. the only place where there is a

rosenthal -- pentagon papers -- does anyone know what else rosenthal did? rosenthal really changed the "times" to a much more dramatic, lively newspaper. when you take journalism class is, you were told about the who, what, where, when, how. the who was elevated by something called the new journalists -- dramatic in nature, quotes from people telling us the who, what people were about, what their motives were, letting them talk to reveal their psyche. rosenthal was a proponent of this. he brought liveliness and action and even narrative to "the new york times." -- 21is how it began t members of the panama cabinet. rosenthal changed that. he had a major effect on up the newspaper. because it was an iconic newspaper, it trickled down. in other words, the who had previously been much more in tabloids. he brought it to life. the who sometimes we think may be overemphasized. sometimes you think that -- if we had a nuclear accident in manhattan, the first story would be about the guy who was walking out of the subway and was hit by the bomb and we would hear abou

joining me, john rosenthal, chairman of stop handgun violence founded in 1995. the son of former attorney general robert f. kennedy with us and contributor michael smerkonish. talk about the silence of the nra here. you have a couple of article that is described this as the duck and cover noting that when we have seen past tragedies like this of mass killings that the nra will lay low and then fight legislation proposed. will that work this time around or will they be forced to come out and make a statement that goes beyond saying we are sorry for the loss of life in. >> you know, tamron, as i have expressed to you in the past i feel like i answer the telephone for a living. that's what i do 15 hours a week and i have therefore covered any number of these sort of instances in the last decade plus. this one is different than any i have talked to my audience about in the past. the depth of the feelings, the fact there were 20 first graders puts it on a new level. i might be proven incorrect but i think this time the memories longer than the nra hopes and coming fe

joining are two curators, mark rosenthal and marla prather. also are three of the artists featured in the show: jeff koons john currin and my good friend chuck close. i'm pleased to have all of them here at this table. let me start with you, mark. somebody once said to me great books begin with a question. do great exhibitions begin with a question? >> well, that's what i hope. the question here is, is andy warhol the most impactful artist? >> rose:impactful rather than important? >> i prefer that. i prefer that because i think of his effect being like a meteor hitting the earth and changing climactic conditions, changing river beds, changing ways of working and so influential is to too hard away to put it. if the topography changed in the art world because of andy warhol and you as an artist came along five years later or 15 years later and started workingin one of the multitude of ways an artistightork, you may not be thinking well, did this start with say cezanne or pollock or warhol? you're just working amongst the menus of ways that artis

rosenthal changed that. he had a major affect on the newspaper. because it was an iconic newspaper, it trickle down to others. in other words, the who had previously been much more in tabloids, but he brought it to life. the who, sometimes, we think as overemphasized. sometimes you think if an atomic bomb, or if we had a nuclear accident in manhattan, the first store would be about the guy walking out of the subway hit by the bomb. we would hear about some bad men and not realize that trillions had been wiped out. sometimes the who becomes comic when there are major news stories anything they sometimes have the upside down. well, now i want to talk a lot of that -- a little bit about the future of "the times." as some of you know, because you have seen me teach, i walk around a lot. today i am standing still because c-span asked me to. i am at my wandering around stage right now, but i will sit still. the future of "the times" is our next subject. what can happen to "the times?" can they survive? they have cut their staff from 11450 to about 1100

and i believe we also had alex rosenthal who represents the night life music consortium here at budget and finance talking about her organization's ongoing support and commitment to working with the warriors as the proposal moves forward. >> thank you. >> okay, thank you. so, at this time we'll open up for public comment. >> supervisor kim, can i just ask, ms. matts, can i just ask if you could summarize the public benefits? i know we mentioned the benefits of the port. [speaker not understood] went over those. i think from the budget committee's discussion, i think it was last week, 5,000 full-time jobs, about 2800 -- 5,000 temporary jobs and 2800 permitted jobs and about $80 million annually from visitor spending to the city. * permanent also mentioned by the fire department, fire boat station and 7 acres of public open space. was there anything else that's left out of those public benefits from the development? >> i do think it's important about the 7 acres of open space, for commitment of the warriors to maintain all of that open space. in addition, the three sides of the pier that

rosenthal will have to take a detour until the road is fixed. that's not expected until next spring. >> i can live with a block and a half detour for as long as it takes. this is very much in perspective. we're very grateful that the city is on it. >> reporter: utility crews are working through the night on temporary repairs. people who live here dodged a bullet. but that doesn't mean joyce will sleep any better. >> how do you know it's safe? >> reporter: the workers are essentially the new neighbors around here. the permanent repairs aren't expected to be finished until next spring or summer. reporting live in lafayette, noel walker, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> a school in marin that was closed today because of storm damage plans to reopen tomorrow after a huge cleanup effort. mainly unanimous workers ripped out carpets and cleaned floors covered with mud at white hill school in fairfax. an overflowing culvert clogged by branches. four classrooms will need major repairs. the damage is estimated in the 10s, of thousands of dollars. >>> now to ktvu

rosenthal will have to take a detour until the road is fixed. that's not expected until next spring. >> i can live with a block and a half detour for as long as it takes. this is very much in perspective. we're very grateful that the city is on it. >> reporter: utility crews are working through the night on temporary repairs. people who live here dodged a bullet. but that doesn't mean joyce will sleep any better. >> how do you know it's safe? >> reporter: the workers are essentially the new neighbors around here. the permanent repairs aren't expected to be finished until next spring or summer. reporting live in lafayette, noel walker, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> a school in marin that was closed today because of storm damage plans to reopen tomorrow after a huge cleanup effort. mainly unanimous workers ripped out carpets and cleaned floors covered with mud at white hill school in fairfax. an overflowing culvert clogged by branches. four classrooms will need major repairs. the damage is estimated in the 10s, of thousands of dollars. >>> now to ktvu

let's bring in john rosenthal cofounder of stop handgun violence.e joined us last week in wake of the jayvon belcher tragedy. he's back to talk about what we can do to change the gun laws. thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure, eliot. >> eliot: when we talked last week, it was after the tragedy that we suffered through last week. we talked more theoretically about the need for gun laws, about how the second amendment really was not a bar and how you also are a gun owner but have smart, centrist, moderate ideas that could take us a along way toward getting guns off the streets. let's go sequentially through the ideas. where would you start? >> well, first of all we're a country of people and laws. we regulate wall street because people would go broke otherwise. we regulate healthcare because people would die otherwise. there is only one product in america not regulated not regulated on how it's made, marketed or sold and it's the real handgun. we regulate toy guns and teddy bears but there is no manufacturing and marketing standards for firearms beca

we also have on the phone john rosenthal. john has been with us all week. you and your organization have put up billboards urging action, urging people to call on their members of congress. john, what is your reaction to what we saw from nra today? >> this is consistent behavior and consistent response and absolute nonsense. it's also old news. there were two armed guards at columbine high school. the fbi was even out gunned at waco by david koresh with a tennessee made assault rifle that he blew up a tank with and killed police officers. all these weapons are readily available from private gun dealers without a background check in 33 states and thousands of gun shows. it's absolute insanity to arm and put in armed guards at every police station, at every school. then you have to do every mall. look law enforcement officers carry pistols with 13 rounds and congress has given criminals ability to buy assault weapons in 100 round clips without detection at gun shows and 33 states. the nra's response to make, you know, guns more accessible should make it very

john rosenthal, thanks for coming on. i wish congress would listen to you. that's "viewpoint" for this week. have a grererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererere [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hey, hey, hello everybody. [ music ] o you all across this great land of ours from our radio studio and t.v. studio here on capitol here in washington, d.c. a new poll shows that the most unpopular senator in the entire country is republican leader mitch mcconnell. he's got only 37% favorable rating in his own home state of kentucky, but mcconnell says, that's not true. and he accuses, believe it or not. he accuses president obama of cooking the polls. what a lose her. he's in total denial. yeah. have you ever heard him speak? have you ever looked at him? no wonder he is so be popular. we will talk about that and mosh. first, standing by, lisa ferguson with today's news update. hi, lisa. >> hey, bill. good morning everyone. big news of the day, susan rice is choosing to withdraw her name for consideration of secretary of state. president obama w