but in the wake of sandyhook, you've seen a real seat change. going forward, you're going to see some real change. >> well, it's encouraging. and certainly, congresswoman, who we know is a real fighter in getting republicans on your side is progress. nia malika henderson, thank you for coming. i know we've been dealing with a well-financed gun lobby, but when you see babies being buried, sometimes your money can't be spent against the atrocities that people are facing. people just don't want to hear it anymore. i believe. thank you both for your time tonight. >>> on his birthday, republicans are breaking reagan's 11th commandment. thou shall not speak ill of fellow republicans. >>> plus, president obama winning on issue after issue, even the right wing propaganda machine is changing. and fox news back pedals from an ugly hillary clinton smear. we have the tape. big show tonight, live from washington. stay with us. >>> have you joined the "politics nation" conversation on facebook yet? we hope you will. today, our fans were talking about the cele

wiping away a tear while announcing medals for the teachers and educators at sandyhook elementary who died trying to protect their kids. >> they had no idea that evil was about to strike. they could have taken shelter by themselves, but they didn't. they gave their lives to protect the precious children in their care. they gave all they had for the most innocent and helpless among us. and that's what we honor today. the courageous heart, the self fless spirit, the inspiring actions of extraordinary americans. >> the president embraced the family of those newtown heroes one-on-one as they came up to accept their medals for their loved ones. this is what he's fighting for. this is why now is the time for action. congressman, let pme start with you. how can he see what the president is talking about and still say we don't need to make a change. >> well, reverend al, all they had to do was come to chicago to know how impactful it has been in terms of the numbers of individuals who have been shot, killed, maimed, we've got to do something. we must do it quickly. and one of the best things

during the break and action on the field and a very special moment before the game. 26 students from sandyhooklementary will be here to sing "america the beautiful" flown in after an anonymous donation after someone paid to have them flown here to new orleans. that's the latest live in new orleans. back to you now. >> all right. that should be a very poignant moment. thank you very much. >>> for the first time since the inauguration, beyonce has broken her silence about the lip sif g sinki sinki sinki sinki sinki sinking con troe versy. >> that settles it. >> at a news conference, she erased all doubts about her ability to perform it live. after the song, mrs. carter took questions and she commented on the controversy. >> due to the weather, due to the delay, due to no proper sound check, i did not feel comfortable taking a risk. >> beyonce will be performing the halftime show at sunday's super bowl and says, yes, she will absolutely be singing live. >>> the first jobs report of 2013 will be released this morning. the experts predict unemployment will stay at 7.8%. late thursday, the senate pa

in just the two months since sandyhook, more than 19 american lives have been taken by gun violence. we have to end the epidemic of gun violence in this country. we have to do it for our children. but there is hope. this fight is moving in the right direction. now is the time for change. joining me now is clarencepaige. thanks for being here tonight, clarence. >> thank you, reverend. good to be here. >> janay mcfarland, anotherheartanother heartbreaking case of senseless gun violence. >> it's one more tragedy on top of the other ones we've had to deal with here recently. the irony here, of course, was, as you mentioned, her sister had just participated in the same ceremony which president obama was speaking and after leaving that event, she goes and hears that her sister has been shot up in chicago. this is ironically similar to the event that they were memorializing here, the killing of a 15-year-old girl in the south side who had been a baton twirler. >> yeah, hadiya pendleton. >> exactly. it's one more tragedy and it adds more fuel to the current ferveer to get some tighter gun co

over 30, including the brother of this hero, victoria soto, the san sandyhook teacher who died protecting her students. this is a fight for all courageous victims of senseless tragedies and it's personal for this president. this hand hch written message from the president appeared on the program. it's a message to hadiya's family. in it, the president says that he is heartbroken by hadiya's death and he vows to fight to the end of senseless violence. this issue is personal for the president and for millions across the country. and we're seeing real urgency and more momentum. >> let me go to you, first, congressman. it seems the energy is not letting up, is it? >> we had with the vice president today, the police commissioners from new york city, your hometown, philadelphia, baltimore, at l t atlantic city, wilmington delaware where there was a shoot k today where three people lost their lives. flfgs a real focus and a detailed discussion in multiple hours about how we move forward and how we make sure that what we do is truly effective. i think the vice president who said that every single

today, we learned that the brother of victoria soto, the sandyhook teacher who died a hero trying to protect u her stunts will be a guest of the president for the state of the union. it's part of a growing movement of lawmakers inviting victims of gun violence to the speech. putting the issue front and center before the american public. >> i received a letter from newtown, from sandy point elementary school. and she and her mother will be coming as my guest on tuesday. >> my guest is a woman by the name of carol pryce who lost her son to gun violence, many years ago. >> and, tomorrow, michelle obama will attend the funeral of hidaya pendleton, the 15-year-old honor student who was shot and killed last month in chicago. change is hatching. it's real. today, former president clinton urged democrats to act. >> it's important to take some action now that it is posz sibl on the issue of gun violence. >>> i see this whole gun issue as an opportunity, not a toxic land mine. >> and now, in the senate, two democrats and two republicans are joining forces nearing a deal on background checks th

sign of desperation right now that they see they're on the defensive, defensive, especially after sandyhook and how much we've overreached in the past and the public now is making a pushback. >> but it also, michelle, shows you that people have to, even if they were inclined to listen to them, have to wonder when you take people, danny devito, jack nicholson, their enemies. and then at what level do you say wait a minute, does anybody that even slightly disagree with you become a threat to the second amendment? maybe this is not about the second amendment. when you look at the nra list, the american medical association, national association of police organizations. league of women voters, ywca, united methodist church, these are not enemies of the second amendment. we all don't have to agree with you to not be an enemy. >> i think clarence is exactly right in terms of it's very important for them to stoke this feeling of victim hood and besiegement and paranoia among the membership. and, you know, maybe we can through the smurfs on the list and argue what kind of threat brittany spears pose