education could be cut by more than $4 billion. 100,000 children could lose their place in headstart. the white house says more than 25,000 teachers and aides could lose their jobs. the national education association, it puts that number even higher, closer 2080,000 jobs lost. mark moriel is the president of the national urban league and will cain is a cnn contributor and jane zahadi is a writer at cnn money. mark, all of this, all of this, is if they go over the fiscal cliff and they don't fix it, and they never fix it, right, the worst case scenario. my question for you. so much talk about taxes for the rich but isn't it true if the sequester goes into effect and isn't fix this will d disproportionately hurt the poor? >> it would because it would be tax increases on middle and working class americans and hard cuts across the board in defense and domestic programs, including education and job training so there's -- >> 700,000 mothers and children will lose nutrition assistance and 80,000 fewer child care subsidies and 14,000 fewer homeless would receive assistance. this is what agencies are preparing for as they do these cuts. >> remember, congress set this up. they set the cliff up in an effort

educators across this nation express our sympathy for the horrible tragedy in newtown. i know that many of our educators, teachers and support staff have relied on the national educational associationlth information network crisis guide this week in helping our students deal with this tragedy. but no, carol, we do not believe that it is right to arm teachers. teachers are there to help students, to provide curriculum, not to be police officers, but having said that, there is a three-pronged approach that could be taken and should be taken. >> before we get into that, let's just talk about the idea of teachers being armed because so many americans have been talking about this issue. if there were guns in the classroom, how exactly would that work, do you suppose? >> i think it raises many logistical issues, and we don't need more guns to deal with violence. what we need are programs that are -- >> what kind of issues does it raise? >> it raises the whole issue about we need to focus on mental health issues and services. many of our schools do not have the resources to provide counselors and nurses, social workers, psychologists. we can look at students and help identify needs that t

on the other side, the president of the national education association says we do not need guns in schools, period. >> well, they need protection. the kids need protection. bill clinton thought they needed protection. the israelis have tested it, and it works there. you know, what we've suggested that each school district and each school administrator look at the problem that they face. right now you have a mix. you have federally funded officers in many schools. you have a mix of funding in other schools sprup volunteers in some place where's administrators are armed with concealed carry and all that. we're not saying that it ought to be this or that, that one size fits all program will work. what we are saying is the first obligation that we have is to protect our children and the way do you that is you look at the problem. and know-- >> schieffer: don't you try to also try to get some of these guns off the streets, get some of these guns out of markets? every study shows that when a society-- the fewer the guns, the less homicides. >> that's not true. >> schieffer: well, actually, it is

. >> i think the national education association has done much to increase the safety of bo students and adults who work in school. i just don't believe that bringing more guns into the school enhances the safety of students. policemen are given incredible training in order to not only how to use a firearm, but when and how to shoot it. we've had incidents with police that even innocent bystanders have been killed. the idea that a teacher who receives a course in gun safety is prepared to deal with a situation in school doesn't make sense. we need to make sure that there are common-sense law that is keep the guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them. i think part of the discussion has to be the background check for anyone who buys a gun, the idea we eliminate 30-plus round magazines they used to just blast away. this is not about guns and hunting. it's when safety of students and that's where we start. i believe the greatest way to keep students safe is to keep guns out of the schools. >> there's been reaction since newtown. the gallup poll shows house americans views this,

and in the next group you can see the national education association, the uaw, the seiu, a couple ofnions breaking in there. they're the only groups with money to compete at all with the corporation givers who give largely to republicans. so when republicans are taking on the unions, when they're forcing decline in membership and what right to worker as the president puts it right to work for less, i happen to like that phrasing, it causes union membership to decline and less money for political action and there's a cynical political motive and i just want to put this all in perspective. if we could put the chart back up that was just on the screen. as union membership declined in this country, right along with it, middle class share of the income has declined. and i know the story is not that simple. but the decline of labor in this country has been a very important piece of the story of the decline of the middle class and rising inequality in the country. paul krugman has an article talking about profits as a share of national economy surging while the share of national income goin

and vice president of the nation's largest union, the national education association.s -- why now? why is this happening now? >> oh, i know. >> please. >> this is a lot of political payback. there's a three-prong approach that the coke brothers and their illi it were are taking. it's all about winning something for them so up to say, corporations are people, meaning money is people. you have to vote suppress. when moms and grandmas and college students and minorities show up, the brothers lose. why did we see six-hour waiting lines? they understand that. the third thing, labor unions. where was the ground game for this? where are the people that got people to the polls and did the phone calls? more than that, labor folks are your neighbors. one in every 100 americans is a member of the national education association. we live in neighborhoods that -- >> if you live in a big enough apartment building. >> you'll know somebody that's a teacher and works in a public school. >> right. >> so they are systematically saying, how do we dismantle something like a labor union? whe

according to the national education association michigan ranks ninth in the country with the average salary for a public teacher being $63,940. here's how one teacher summed up the bill. >> wages will go down. benefits will go down and it is going to hurt small business. it is going to hurt local business. it is just going to hurt michigan. >> jennifer: she's right. lots of pain with this bill. and joining me now is one of the teachers who left her classroom to join the battle to stop the bill. monroe high school history teacher sara ziegler is joining us from michigan. thanks for coming. >> thank you for having me, governor. >> jennifer: you bet. so let's just dial back for a second and explain to people how is it that unions help teachers in the classroom? >> well, in addition to bargaining our wages and our benefits, we're also able to bargain our class size, we're able to bargain supplies. all of the things that we need to do a good job and teach the youth of tomorrow. >> jennifer: you mention to bargain your wages. talk about what it will mean when -- as this is signed for you t

joining me this morning is meg, the president of the national education association of virginia. we also have national nea representative dennis roikle with us as well. thank you for coming in so early this morning. >> good to be here. >> i want to start with you. overing picture, -- overarching picture, what is the big picture? what can we stand to lose because of the cliff? >> if nothing is double, it will be across the -- is done, it will be across the board cuts that translates into $4.8 billion. it will impact nine million kids, including 80,000 in head start. it will take a million dollars out of special education and we'll do awfully those cuts to kids and education so the wealthiest 2% of americans can have a tax cut. doesn't make sense. >> you're talking about spending on the federal level. you have to think about the money flowing through local coffers. fairfax county, the biggest school district in our region but a lot of people at home might be surprised that a quarter of kids are on reduced or free lunches. can they get by without those? >> they can't. when we look a

here's the message from the national education association. >> cutting hundreds of billions of dollarsare and medicaid will short-change the people who need it the most. so if you don't want seniors to come up empty, call senator warner and tell him, don't make a bad deal that cuts our care. >> joining me now is the federal government affairs director, chuck loveless. >> good to see you, chris. >> you're targeting four politicians here, senator warner and claire mccaskill and two others. why these four? >> we are very concerned that it could include many cuts in medicare, medicaid, and social security. with regard to the two republican house members, both of them have expressed some interest in including revenues as part of an overall deficit deal so we're trying to encourage them in their thinking in this way. >> these ads are running in those states. you also have a spanish version. you have a national day of action scheduled on monday with 200 events throughout the country. clearly you want to send the message that labor didn't fold its and karl rove is doing a series of ads. do you

and the "full court press" brought to you today by the national education association the good men andc schools for every student in america. you bet. under president dennis van roekel. you can find out more about their good work at nea.org. nea.org. bob cusack still with us here as a "friend of bill." managing editor for "the hill." bob, i want to switch to -- not that we've exhausted the fiscal cliff. we'll come back to that. but another big issue congress -- justice antonin scalia got in a little hot water this week. >> you mean noni? >> bill: that's his nickname. antonin scalia. he was at princeton and somebody said you know, justice in the past you've equated homosexuality with beastality. is that really fair and he said basically his own style hey get with it! i mean if you can't have moral feelings about homosexuality can you have moral feelings about murder. puts the two in the same sentence. so the question becomes now you have same sex before the supreme court. can he fairly and evenly and openly rule in that case? hasn't he already made up his mind? the question is raised. g

. >> let's bring in the national education association president and the american federation of teachersssued joint statement, we're putting it up on the screen. "guns have no place in our schools, period. we must do everything we can to reduce the possibility of any gunfire in schools, and concentrate on ways to keep all guns off school property and ensure the safety of children and school employees." david what do you say to people opposed to the idea of putting more guns into educational facilities? >> well i think we would all agree as parents that guns in schools especially by felons and by mass murderers is a bad idea. >> many parents say any guns is a bad idea. >> i understand they would say that and a lot of that comes from a lack of education on the safe ownership and responsible deployment of a firearm. there's education that goes along with that responsibility and we provided that yesterday, the first parts of that. there needs to be follow-on education. is it right to arm every teacher? not every teacher wants to be armed so of course not. is it right to give those an option

the full court press. we are coming to you live from our nation's capitol, brought to you today by the national education associationunder president dennis van rockier creating great public schools for every student in america. follow more of their good work at nea.org. a little braying -- first let's welcome to the studios this hour, a good friend and a colleague of mine from the white house, covers the white house for huffington post jennifer bendry. nice to see you. >> hi, bill. >> thanks for coming in. peter okaygburn here in studio. >> hey. >> allegation breaking news this morning thanks to michaelen from politico here, reporting that president obama ms. has decided and will announce he is asking debbie wasserman schultz today on as dnc chair, which i think is a good choice. can't argue with the results? right. >> that's a pretty good move. why would he go with somebody else right now? if you look at debbie wasserman schultz' role nancy pelosi decided to stay on and there is a domino effect when that happens. if she stays, basically the leadership structure stays which means where would debbie wasserman schooul

in a study done by the national education association for statistics, 90% of schools had checked in procedures- check-in procedures and an overwhelming majority had the ability to lock down students. and of those, 20% had some sort of on to -- of law-enforcement on duty. i'm not sure about those statistics. here is the thing. schools already know they need to keep kids safe. we need to understand that an armed gun man who has to blast through secured doors and class to get to children is going to wreak havoc in a school setting. our schools are not fortresses. we do not want them to be. in many ways, we need to think about what is happening in society that leads to those conditions that are external to the school. i do not think it is fair to say that schools are not following the appropriate safety measures. parents should feel comfortable that school districts and school boards are doing the right thing. in this case, at sandy hook, they have the policies in place and the teachers ask -- acted upon it and kept the vast majority of the children safe. host: we are talking to francisco negron,

are going to shift gears for a second tampering in gerald, the executive director of the national education association -- and bring it in the gerald. the first thing we want to find out is, what do parents want to know about their schools? how much information are the parents get thing about how safe their schools are? >> right now, parents are concerned about that, but most of very connected to their schools. i think what they are most concerned about is what do i do with my children this weekend? i think we should start with what is going on at enter your family this weekend with your kids are sitting there and you are sitting there and you are seeing this on tv. host: it is in all the newspapers and televisions. it is wall-to-wall on television. what are you advising parents to do? caller: we learned a lot from the terrible columbine a situation. this is very similar. definitely with the younger children, yes, shut off the tv. put on music, watch a movie, go out and watched -- go out and do christmas shopping. do not let smaller children see this on the tv. they cannot digest the kind of informatio

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. >> the federation of teacherrest and national education association say more guns are not the answer. gun supporters though say they support the proposal to arm school administrators or teachers. union leaders say instead of arming teachers with guns, schools need more psychologists and resources to combat mental health. >> this is a wake up call. and there are consequences to austerity. there needs to be investments if we actually want to help children. >> republicans in at least six states plan to introduce legislation that would allow or require school staff to be armed. the brady campaign to prevent gun violence called that idea quote, insane. >> more coverage of the developing news we've been bringing knew. it's happening in the south bay. san jose city college is in a state of lockdown. there has been one report of a gunman on campus. choose news chapper 2 is giving us a look. students being told to stay in the room they're in, lock the door and turn out the lights. it is affecting the entire campus of san jose city college. more coverage of this news on ktvu channel 2 news at

he was -- yesterday we had the head of the michigan national education association -- >> steve cook. . who said they've been meeting with the governor, issues about how to resolve the issue. he knew there was a possibility the legislature might do something. he didn't want anything to do with it. he would not sign it if it came to his desk. what happened? >> labor leaders have been telling -- i've also spoken with steve cook. they said that right, they were negotiating with the governor for weeks. they believed he was acting in good faith. and they thought that there was a way to avoid having this right to work bill so it's called go to the governor's desk and have him sign it. then they said all of a sudden, on wednesday they got word that this was all coming down. the governor was going to sign it and they basically were taken completely off-guard. completely by surprise. >> bill: was he lying to them or did the koch brothers get to him? >> that's really unclear. some of the lawmakers michigan's congressional delegation, the democrats met with the governor and they said that his ans

the 20 children and 6 educators. today there is a walk for peace the national rifle association is saying that the answer is to deploys at schools. our national correspondent has more on the proposal and the backlash it's receiving. >> reporter: don, nra leadership made no mention of a proposed assault weapon ban, or restricting the availability of high capacity magazines but saying that the solution is to put armed police officers at every school. >> the only way to stop a monster from killing our kids is to be personally involved and invested in a plan of protection. the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun and a good guy with a gun. would you rather have your 911 call bring a good guy with a gun from a mileway or from a minuteway? >> senator richard bloomenthal of connecticut rejected the proposal. >> the nra statement today is sadly and shamefully inadequate. calling for more guns and rejecting real action against gun violence. demanding brave leadership, the nra has declined to step forward as a credible and constructive partner. >> reporter: where the gunman ignored locked doors and blasted his way in, ma

the national coalition to end child abuse and deaths. particularly the national association of social workers, the national center for the review and prevention of child deaths, the national children's alliance, every child matters education fund, and of course the national district attorneys association as well as individuals like michael, teresa, who testified before our committee, kim day, terry covington, and john. we have a real chance to see this bipartisan legislation become law this very year, in the few days that remain. there is similar bipartisan legislation that was introduced last year, at the same time i originally filed the bill, that is authored by senators kerry and collins. i'm hopeful that the senate will see the bipartisan action that we have here today and the commitment we have and will move forward with this improved version of the legislation quickly. and i yield the balance of my time and my thanks to chairman paulsen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back his time. the gentleman from minnesota, mr. paulsen. mr. paulsen: mr. speaker, yumeds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. paulsen: mr. speaker, as the protect our kids act of 2012 will help us preve

the national rifle association is the natural, obvious choice to sponsor this program. their gun safety, marksmanship and hunter education programs have set the standard for well over a century. over the past 25 years, their eddie eagle gun safe program has taught over 26 million kids that real guns aren't toys, and today child gun accidents are at the lowest levels ever recorded. school safety is a complex issue with no simple, single solution. but i believe trained, qualified, armed security is one key component among many that can provide the first line of difference as well as the last line of defense. again, i welcome the opportunity to serve this vital, potentially life saving effort. thank you very much. >> asa, thank you. >> [inaudible] >> as i indicated, as i indicated at the outset, this is the beginning of a serious conversation. we won't be taking questions today, but andrew and -- [inaudible] our public affairs officer is here. we will be willing to talk to anybody beginning on monday. a text of the speech by wayne and asa hutchinson's remarks are available at nra.org. i want to thank all of you for being wi

week from the shooting massacre that left 20 children and six educators dead, we have heard plenty of people calling for new gun control laws but very little from the national rifle association until now. in a bizarre news conference, the head of the nchl ra said the solution of gun violence in this country is simple, more guns. armed officers in every school. it is the same line we have heard before from the nra. has the country's relationship with guns fundamentally changed since newtown. what we saw last night from house republicans is yet another symptom of a real problem for the gop. they don't believe in compromise. they have lurnlged too far to the right. president obama tapped kerry to be the next secretary of state. let me finish with the great new movie about getting bin laden and how one person can make a huge difference. we begin with where things stand on the fiscal cliff. david corn is the washington bureau chief for mother jones magazine and msnbc contributor, jared bernstein was chief economic adviser to vice president biden. gentlemen, president obama tonight said he had spoken with speaker boehner in addition to meeting with senate majority leader harry rei

the national rifle associates. followed by reaction to the nsm r.a. briefing from senator democrats. later, education secretary talks about safety in schools. tomorrow on "washington journal" we'll look at the so-called fiscal cliff. with "washington times" political editor. our guest is steven moore with "the wall street journal" leek then a look back at the columbine shooting. with the author of "columbine". >> if you work for them you would get a sometimes generous, sometimes overbearing, sometimes almost cruel boss. he didn't know how to apologize. which men of his age and class, they are not going to apologize to a young private secretary typist and he had a way of, sort of turning the tables and his version of an apology would be to say i'm a kind man and you are doing a good job today. but the issue was never settled. he always had to get the last word in. one night going through white hall a german bomb fell nearby and he should not have been out at all. his bodyguard pushed him into a doorway and a couple of his men were slightly wounded. churchill did not like to be touched. he said thompso

the national rifle association is the natural, obvious choice to sponsor this program. their gun safety, marksmanship and hunter education programs have set the standard for well over a century. over the past 25 years, their eddie eagle gun safe program has taught over 26 million kids that real guns aren't toys, and today child gun accidents are at the lowest levels ever recorded. school safety is a complex issue with no simple, single solution, but i believe trained, qualified, armed security is one key component among many that can provide the first line of difference as well as the last line of defense. again, i welcome the opportunity to serve this vital, potentially life-saving effort. thank you very much. >> asa, thank you. >> do either of you feel like any -- >> as i indicated at the outset, this is the beginning of a serious conversation. we won't be taking questions today, but andrew is here. we will be willing to talk to anybody beginning on monday. a text of the speech by wayne and asa hutchinson's remarks are available at nra.org. i want to thank all of you for being with us, and i look forward to talking to

the mississippi. there's cuts to public education, which the national school board association say could have profound potential cuts to social services. more than 12% of rock island's population lives below the poverty line. and of course, there are tax hikes. at theo's coffee shop, people have a lot to say about washington, d.c. and the fiscal cliff. james cheeks says he is counting on congress to prevent his taxes from going up. >> scary. you know, it's scary. where is that money going to come from, you know, how am i going to pay that extra tax hike. >> reporter: one booth over, ted and gus say they don't think congress can avoid the cliff. >> i hope so, but i don't see it yet. >> if we're going to have standoffs, have that do nothing congress, it is going to be awfully toug to get anything done. >> reporter: potential effects of the fiscal cliff in rock island, illinois aren't necessarily any better or worse than in other cities around the country. the bottom line is if congress fails to act, repercussions will be felt across the country. wolf? >> ted rowlands in rock island, illinois. >>> imagin

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the other costs and things they cut back on. there's been a discussion about mental illness and schools are coming out and saying, wait a second, the national association of educatorsunselors and put armed individuals in our schools. >> alisyn: and i've heard that, if they had trained guidance counselors in schools might prove to be as good protection as an armed guard who could spot these kids who were clearly sending off warning signs before they did anything. but you know, again, these are the answers. these are the conversations we need to be having and hopefully we will come up with answers how to tackle this in short order. let's get to your headlines, tell what you else is happening at this hour, because the fiscal cliff may be coming sooner than you you thought. >> we do not need to have a serious matter involving more than a trillion dollars of united states taxpayers' money dropped on the senate next thursd thursday. >> alisyn: he wants to -- jeff sessions is saying the real fiscal cliff deadline should be when the lawmakers return from break, thursday. if the deal is not proposed by then, there won't be enough time to review and ratify it. we can't affor

across the country 26 times to remember each of the children and educators killed, and after being noticeably quiet for the past week, the national rifle association holds a news conference next hour. the gun rights groups will comments on the shooting as it faces impassioned calls for tighter gun control. poppy harlow, jason carroll are in newtown on this somber morning. poppy is the at the town's memorial. good morning, poppy. >> reporter: good morning, carol. let's look at what has become this small makeshift memorial that began the day after the horrific shooting, has grown into something beautiful, it is blocks long, it is across the street and people will gather this morning and across this town to remember the 26 lives that were lost one week ago at 9:30 a.m. as you said church bells will toll 26 times for the victims, also the president and the white house will take that moment of silence. 28 governors from across this country have asked residents of their state to participate in moments of silence. people will wear green in memory of the victims, that's the school color of sandy hook. the governor here in connecticut saying they we will n

. >> local education decisions are best made at the local level. >> but the ceo of the national rifle associationled the connecticut school murders a "horrible tragedy" is proposing a voluntary program to allow schools to bring in retired police, military or secret service together provide armed security. >> every mom and dad would make them feel better if they drop off their kids at school we have a police officer in the school, good guy that if a horrible monster tries to do something they will be there. >> he says the former republican congressman and homeland security deputy director hutchison will help develop the plan. hutchison compares this on the federal air marshals. >> it's armed guards with a presence there to protect america. should the children less important to protect than the air transportation? i don't think so. >> gun store owners across the country have been reporting skyrocketing gun sales. colorado has unprecedented number of firearm background check applications. the nra says the membership is piking by 8,000 new members a day. >> eric: molly henneberg. thank you. >>> case

the national rifle association is the natural obvious choice to sponsor this program. their guns safety, hunter education programs have set the standard for well over a century. over the past 25 years, the eddie eagle and state program has taught over 26 million children that real guns are not toys. today child gun accidents are at the lowest levels ever recorded. school safety is a complex issue with those simple, single solution. -- with no simple, single sol ution. but i believe trained, qualified armed security is one key component among many that can provide the first line of difference, as well as the last line of defense. again, i welcome the opportunity to serve as vital, potentially lifesaving effort. thank you very much. >> thank you. as i indicated at the outset, this is the beginning of a serious conversation. we will not be taking questions our public affairs officer is here. we will be willing to talk to anybody beginning on monday. a text of the speech by wayne and a suction's remarks are available at nra.org. i look forward to answering your questions next week. >> next, democratic senato

the national rief association breaking its silence after newtown. this will not nra's first official public comments since 26 students and educators were gunned down a connecticut. we are expecting to hear from the executive vice president and president any minutem

educators. because this complex problem requires many solutions, not just one. >> now downtown washington, there were demonstrators demanding tougher gun control laws marching on the offices of the national rifle association. the powerful pro gun lobbying association. meanwhile, the sandy hook praj dihas leading lawmakers and long time gun advocates have a short list of policy changes, restoring the assault weapons bien. dianne feinstein saying she will introduce the legislation when the congress returns. >> we can protect the second amendment rights we can and will protect it but we can also look at ways we can make our country and our children more safe. i really believe we can sit down and have that dialogue and hopefully movement on that. >> now meanwhile, sense friday, on the white house, we the people petition, website, there were nearly 149,000 signatures calling for tougher gun control measures. mandy? >> of course this will continue. thank you very much for that. another hot topic in the wake of this tragedy is mental healthcare spending. joining us from salt lake city is brenda reece brennan, director at intermountain healthcare. thank you so much for joining us today, brenda. what is the first

education secretary ar ne. duncan and health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. one of the biggest issues at steak, gun control reform. crowds marched on the capitol hill offices of the national rifle association yesterday demanding change. president obama is working to assemble legislation including a potential push to reinstate a nationwide ban on assault weapons. but the white house is quick to point out that changes are needed in other areas as well. >> i don't have a specific policy outhype for you today from the president and i think that it is important to remember that thisis about our gun laws and enforcing them but it is also about a broader series of issues. >> the white house says in the coming weeks, president obama will be meeting with are changing their stance on gun rights in the wake of the shootings. virginia senator mark washer and west virginia senator joe manchin are both now peeking out in support of tighter regulation on assault weapons. nafta, both warner and manchin ever the nra. >>> virginia governor bob mcdonnell has announceed a statewide plan that way review school safety procedures on a state and local level. school leads are will review recent safety audits to tr

the president's commission on education, mental health, and all the other things that need to be done to keep us safe. >> reporter: but far-reaching gun regulations will no doubt be met with resistance from the national rifle associationhe debate, but will hold a press conference friday. senior administration officials say they are ready. >> the nra is an organization that has members who are mothers and fathers. and i would expect that they've been impacted by this as well. and hopefully they'll do some self-reflection. >> reporter: polls show there is an uptick in support for stricter gun legislation, following the shooting in connecticut. but, wolf, the question is, will it last? will it be enough for americans to sway lawmakers? president obama said he plans to use the bully pulpit, take it directly to the american people, and he's confident that he can rally support from them, wolf. >> brie yanna keilar at the whi house, thank you. let's see how the president does. let's see what joe biden does as well. >>> the people of newtown, connecticut, buried four more shooting victims today. three children and a teacher who died trying to protect them. kate balduan is here. kate, you and i spent four days in newtown. very

educators. i want to throw up the gallup poll. 64% of americans agree with you. arming one school official would be effective. a poll taken shows 54% of americans view the the national rifle associationvorable light. so the idea of putting some fire power in schools seems to be gaining traction, but my question to you is why stop there? why not focus on some additional gun control, as well, perhaps extending waiting periods and limiting ammunition and a ban on semiautomatics. can you see those in addition to arming teachers, as well? >> if i thought that banning a specific type of firearm would help, i would be all for it, but i know for a fact, it doesn't. they have strict gun control laws in connecticut. here in utah, we've been doing this for 12 years and this is nothing new and we have one of the most permissive states for firearms and we haven't had school shootings either. >> you mentioned the ban on specific types of guns. what about banning certain types of ammunition? what about limiting certain types of ammunition, can you see the need in that? no, it's not going do any could, if i thought it would, it would. if someone can show me definitively. who needs a 30-round clip? >

the national rifle association is the natural obvious choice to response sor this prament. their gun safety and hunter education programs have set the standard for well over a century. over the past 125 yeered their eagle gun safe program has taught 26 million kids that real guns aren't toys. and today child gun accidents are at the lowest levels ever recorded. school safety is a come plects issue with no simple solution fpblet but i believe trained, qualified armed security is one component among many that can provide a first line of difference swelts the last line of defense. i welcome the opportunity to serve this in this vital life saving effort. thank you very much. >> as i indicated at the outset, this is the beginning of a serious conversation. we won't be taking questions today but our public affairs officer is here. we will be willing to talk to anybody beginning on monday. a text of the speech by wayne and asa hutchinson's remarks are available at nra.org. i look forward to talking to any of you and answering your questions next week. thank you very much. >> a few hours after the n.r.a. event diane fi