ahead as colorado has done tonight and pass universal background checks. >> i would say that wayne la pierre'se la pierre's old vision of america, i would call everyone's attention to something he said in 1999 regarding universal background checks. >> i remember. >> we think it's reasonable to provide mandatory, instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. no loopholes anywhere for anyone. how do we begin to square that attitude with the one that was on display today at cpac? >> you know what, what i can worry about is the majority, and the majority have the viewpoint that we need to forge ahead with universal background checks. and i'm not sure what mr. la pierre's influences have been, something clearly changed his mind. i don't know if it was the gun lobby or finances or other outside influences, but americans feel that this is good legislation and colorado has shown tonight, they've shown leadership. i can't comment why he changed, but i can comment that most americans and most gun owners advocate and want universal background checks. >> statistics on it nationally

. >> wayne la pierre has driven the campaign since aurora and sandy hook.ere's the thing about la pierre. h he's flip-flopped on key issues. here's what he said in 1999 about background checks. >> we think it is reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. no loopholes anywhere for anyone. >> we do not because the fact is the law right now is a failure the way it's working. the fact is you have 76,000-some people that have been denied under the present law. only 44 were prosecuted. you're letting them go. they are walking the streets. >> shameless. he's also said previously that schools should be gun-free zones. now he says even in the school should be armed. the man does any u-turn that suits him. yet he's winning this war in washington. why is he winning? why does the nra continue to wield this power? i have a tweet here from ted new gent. ask 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

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. >> reporter: republican critics say a group that courts donald trump and wayne la pierre. >> you keep your advice. we'll keep our guns. >> reporter: but shuts out new jersey's popular governor chris christie. >> i wish them the best. let them have a great conference. as for the rest of it, it doesn't bother me a whole heck of a lot. i can't sweat the small stuff. >> reporter: still hasn't learned how to win. >> this has, over the last couple of years, become almost a "star wars" bar scene of the conservative movement. when you have figures like donald trump as your headliners. >> reporter: in fact many of the party's own critics say that they will not start winning national elections until conservatives inside the room start reaching out to people outside the room including people like rob portman for whom gay marriage is no longer an abstraction. it is now personal. brian? >> andrea mitchell in d.c. tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> a twin engine private plane crashed into a parking lot in ft. lauderdale this afternoon leaving a mass of burned cars along with the wreckage. piper navajo wa

new york mayor michael bloomberg and nra ceo wayne la pierre will be among david gregory's guests sundayorning here on nbc. >>> still ahead for us on a friday night, a new warning about the effectiveness of smoke alarms in millions of our homes. the warning has to do with our kids. >>> later, the number of people who found money they were owed after our report last night about unclaimed life insurance benefits. >>> we have a story tonight that deserves our attention. a story about protecting children in the event of a fire in the home. there is an emerging body of science telling us what a lot of us parents already know -- kids sleep more soundly than adults. it can take a lot more to wake them up and smoke alarms may not be a match for a sleeping child. we get our report tonight from our nbc national investigative correspondent jeff rossen. [ alarm ] >> reporter: it's the sound we rely on to wake us up in a fire. but experts say in many cases children will sleep right through a smoke alarm. could that really be true? we set up a test at this house in connecticut. home to the hollander f

congress, new york mayor michael bloomberg squared off against national rifle association's ceo wayne la pierre on "meet the press" today. >> i think i've spent $12 million on running ads. >> he can't buy america. >> tell didn't don't protect criminals. >> reporter: bloomberg announced a $12 million campaign aimed at convincing swing senators to support universal background checks. >> i've owned a gun all my life and i'll fight for my right to keep it. background checks have nothing to do with taking guns away from anyone. >> reporter: bloomberg's strategy -- create a counterweight to the nra, harnessing the groundswell of support for tougher laws in the wake of the newtown tragedy. >> 90% of the public wants something and their representatives vote against that. common sense says they are going to have a price to pay for that. >> he he's 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 try to impose his will on the american public. >> reporter: la pierre argued background checks only create hurdles for law abidi

five of its men, ted cruz, rand paul, mike lee, marco rubio, and jim inhofe married wayne la pierre. these five buccaroos said they won't even let a vote happen, not the even one with better background checks. they call it surveillance and want none of it. this is one area where they believe in the right of privacy, darn it. they believe in the government's right to know what's going on inside a woman's body, of course, but don't dare ask if some gun buyer is a nut, a criminal, or a wife beater. that's his affair and don't forget it. that's their view. ron reagan and malika henderson for "the washington post." i want to you watch the president here in his state of the union. he made clear many reasons that gun control legislation deserved a vote, a vote, not even an up vote but a vote. >> gabby giffords, that there is a vote, the families of newtown deserve a vote. the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of oak creek and tucson and blacksburg and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence, they deserve a simple vote. >> well,a will letter to senate majori

i want to start out with wayne la pierre saying the nra supports a bill to get records of those adjudicatedentally, inexcellent, and dangerous into the system and enforcement of stronger laws, and punishments for gun trafficking. that is, i think, a fairly impressive list of things that the nra supports. paul, can you and the brady campaign then join hands with the nra on those issues? >> i was happy to work with the nra members to make sure we passed a bill to get more records into the background checks system, but with all of those things, unless we require background checks on sales, we're not going far enough. yes, they talk about things that make sense, yes, they talked about things in the past, and wayne supported universal background checks back in 1999, changed the mind apparently now, but we have to do checks on nearly every sale to keep people that have felony records and dangerously mentally ill from getting guns. lou: are those folks who are dangerously mentally ill in the system? avenue virginia tech, only 20% of the records are in the system, and the nixon act passed in 2007 s

but, listen, the thing here with wayne la pierre who, by the way, i thought he's aged pretty well. >> never come on the show. >> he won't come on? >> i have repeatedly asked him. 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 you haven't been deported. you're still here. but you have been relentless about this. >> it makes me so angry that dianne feinstein who's seen it first hand, what the guns can do to people. she has literally picked up the pieces. >> what happened to the idea of just this is what we believe in and we are going ahead with it. even if we don't have the guns because we believe in this. that's the wha the other side does. we don't do it. harry reid should get ten million e-mails in his box tomorrow. eve

wayne la pierre used to is support them and now he is against him. >> i know you can't give out a lotnd system. >> in some casey anthonys adjudicated insane.re >> shannon: what about the cases never adjudicated? how does it work? >> where you you set the threshold for mental illness is complicated given the number of people. and kids are med kateed these days in record numbers. amazing how many people have some contact with the mental health system. it does have to be something adjudicated. back to the idea that kids will be grabbing guns from teachers. >> a kid can grab a piece of candy from teacher. >> if you get firearms training you don't walk around with your gun sticking out your back and turn your back to people. you are trained for such things. if you are fine with a security guard with a again you you should be fine with a teacher administrator who volunteers. different people carry guns in different places. >> if a principal has a locked rifle in the safe. >> they should have them locked in the trucks of the car where they are conveniently located so you can say hang on a mi

wayne la pierre of the national rifle association scorned his plan, pointing out that crimmials are not going to be checked. he said bloomberg's effort is only a speed bump in the way of the law-abiding. like most rich men fpersuasion doesn't work, mr. bloomberg buy what is he covets. he spent roughly their 100 million on each of his three campaigns. the last one made possible when a pliant city council voted to extend term limits. like most rich men, mr. bloomberg is used to having his way. although there was that failed exploratory mission when he thought he might be president. could it happen again? of course. mel brooks said it best: it's good to be the king. >> eric: fox news alert. we are awaiting a news conference from texas police on a very disturbing case. the murder of the kaufman county district attorney there, mike mcclellan and his wife were both found dead in their home last night, shot to death. they live just south of dallas. police say a manhunt is underway. they are investigating whether or not there is any possible connection to the killing of an assistant district at

. >> reporter: an nra ceo wayne la pierre also on nbc promised to continue the battle against regulations he says won't work. >> the whole thing universal checks is a dishonest premise. there's not a bill on the hill that provides a universal check. criminals aren't going to be checked. they're not going to do this. the shooters in tucson, aurora, newtown, they're not going to be checked. >> reporter: the obama administration supports universal background checks. appearing with bloomberg last week, vice president biden urged congress to show courage an confront the gun rights lobby. >> look, folks. we have a responsibility to act. the loudest voices have to be from those silenced voices, close to 3,000 since newtown. gunned down in american streets, homes and neighborhoods. >> athena jones now joins us at the white house. you saw vice president biden talking about gun control. he talked about it again last night at a democratic congressional campaign committee issues conference. what was the message? similar? >> reporter: it was similar, fred. he said, getting these gun control measures t

the list of speakers includes mitt romney, jeb bush, ron paul, wayne la pierre and america's biggesteer, donald trump. cpac actually tried to add my name to that list, graciously asking me to appear, but my flexible is not as clear as the unemployed mitt romney, donald trump, so i had to turn it down. cpac invited me to a big moment in their conference where they wanted me to do a one on one debate with ann coulter, something i have done before and something i would absolutely do again for a good cause. the last time i debated with ann coulter at george washington university, i raised $18,000 for the kind fund kids in need of desks. this time we tried, we really did, but we couldn't adjust my schedule to join the fun at cpac. so as i've told them, maybe next year. if it will work out in the schedule, i will happily go and do that. cpac's invitation to donald trump led michelle malkin to tweet, cpac is dead. and the conservative editors of the washington examiner who are actually co-sponsoring the event write, cpac flouts conservatism's rich intellectual tradition by inviting such a t

the hypocrisy, wayne la pierre says those that use those guns should be in jail, but those that use them to attack, the nra is on the other side. it is a great hypocrisy, will hurt them in years to come. >> thanks, frank. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> "the ed show" is next. >> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show." i'm michael eric dyson in for ed schultz. president obama makes his first trip to israel and gets caught at an open mike. the love gov makes a comeback in south carolina, and march madness hits the white house. >>> but tonight, i start with washington dropping the ball on protecting our children. >>> this is "the ed show," and as ed would say, let's get to work. >>> it was supposed to change everything. the massacre at sandy hook elementary school was brutal and horrific, it shook us to our core but out of the tragedy, there was a hope something could get done. we as americans believed this was the event that would prompt our lawmakers to finally act, yet this is the cover of today's "new york daily news," shame on us. the faces of the 20 murdered children of the ele

nra ceo wayne la pierre said nra members and nascar fans love their country and everything that is goodut america, salute our flag, volunteer in churches and communities, cherish our families, and love racing. on april 13th, we'll all come together at texas motor speedway. but connecticut senator chris murphy sent a letter to the nascar chairman and ceo asking him to say no to the nra. he wrote by giving sponsorship of a major nascar race, nascar has crossed a line. you have decided to put yourself in the middle of a political debate, and you have taken a side that stands in opposition to the wishes of so many newtown families who support common sense gun reform. the nra sponsored race will be broadcast on fox sports network. joining me now, senator chris murphy. senator, why should the nra not be sponsoring a nascar race. >> first, nascar has been generous since the tragedy in my state and newtown. the ceo i wrote the letter to who donated $50,000 to sandy hook elementary school, nascar's foundation matched it, and so i have no complaints about what nascar has done for newtown, they ju

the hypocrisy, wayne la pierre says those that use those guns should be in jail, but those that use them to attack, the nra is on the other side. it is a great hypocrisy, will hurt them in years to come. >> thanks, frank. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> religious war. let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. i'm not washington. let me start tonight with this. you can't steer a car with the engine off. it's problem with the republican party today. get rid of the cultural right, abortion and gay marriage, all those began who moving to the republican party over prayer in public school years ago and you kill one giant engine. get rid of the whackos as john mccain cats them and you lose another engine. all the libertarians who just want government out of their face and out of their lives and you kell another engine. try to do what reince priebus is doing right now and you will see the problem, try steering the car with your engine dead. try steering the political party once you kill the motor. you set out to kill the big motors of the republican party itself. for

. >> wayne la pierre says people don't want to be told what to do. >> he is going to find out this is a country of the people, by the people, for the people. he can't spend enough of his $27 billion to try to impose his will on the american public. don't want him in their restaurants, in their homes, telling them what food to eat. they sure don't want him telling them what self defense firearms to own and he can't buy america. he is so reckless in terms of his comments on the whole gun issue. >> it is so interesting and consistent, perry, the way he is framing this issue, which is that people getting into your business. michael bloomberg is getting into your business. it is not about the issue necessarily per se, but the message from the nra is telling the rich guy to stay out of my business, right? >> exactly. they also made this argument that bloomberg is the guy trying to ban you from getting your big gulp drinks, trying to cast bloomberg as the villain, big government guy in your face. that said, on background checks and gun control, something like 90% of americans support extende

we'll hear from wayne la pierre on the program to react to that. >> all right. david gregory, thanks very much. we'll get a preview of "meet the press" a little later on. >>> this could be a big day for tiger woods. his golf game and his marriage fell apart after he admitted cheating on his wife. he just might gain the title of best golfer in the world later today, and he is in a new relationship. >> do you think there's a connection? >> there could be. >> have your lives gotten better since you both got married? >> yes. >> yes. >> there you go. >>> experts say all woods has to do is play like his old self. he hasn't been ranked number one in two years, but that could change today. >> tiger looking for the number one ranking. >> reporter: tiger woods has once again set his sights on a familiar spot. the top. at 37 woods has captured 76 pga tour victories and is just a few away from being back at number one. >> tiger woods is currently ranked number two in the world. there's obviously a tremendous amount of pressure for him to get back to the coveted number one s

you are looking at a live picture of wayne la pierre currently speaking.he obama administration's current push for gun control. >> what's going on in this country is unbelievable? hour country is a -- is unbelievable. our country is a total mess. what we need is leadership. ♪ >> you know him, donald up interest. he blamed democrats for rising gas prices and allowing jobs to go overseas. other conference speakers include mitt romney as well as mitch mcdonnell and bobby jindal and former florida governor jeb bush. >>> bill lockyer has withdrawn the divorce papers he signed last summer. he says he's determined to work out his differences with his wife, former alameda county supervisor nadia lockyer. her drug addiction and extra- marital affair ended her political career and nearly ended her husband's career. she recently finished a drug treatment program. the couple has a young son. >>> big traffic changes coming in hayward. starting at 8:00, a one-way loop into downtown will be put into place. foothill boulevard will become a one way street at jackson and mi

i think the reason why you saw a such a strong reaction from wayne la pierre going to opening marks ofegment nra, would love, love, mayor bloom to be public face of gun control in america. the man associated with intruding himself into ordinary's people he is business. who wants to ban and prohibit a bunch of different things so the nra loves this fight with mayor bloomberg. heather: really what he is trying to do here is influence votes by senators prior to the debate hitting the senate floor when they return from recess but in these states he is targeting, those 13 states, shouldn't the senators listen to their constituents and earned those the ones that should be influencing their votes? here are the 1 states involved, kirsten? >> they absolutely should. if you look at the poll they put up, public sentiment seems to be in favor of the most of the measures the senate will be voting on. the least amount of support went for the assault weapons ban. that was 51%. that is not even a part of the bill in front of congress. so i think that mayor bloomberg is actually, his advocacy is lined

you are looking at a live picture of wayne la pierre currently speaking.istration's current push for gun control. >> what's going on in this country is unbelievable? hour country is a -- is unbelievable. our country is a total mess. what we need is leadership. ♪ >> you know him, donald up interest. he blamed democrats for rising gas prices and allowing jobs to go overseas. other conference speakers include mitt romney as well as mitch mcdonnell and bobby jindal and former florida governor jeb bush. >>> bill lockyer has withdrawn the divorce papers he signed last summer. he says he's determined to work out his differences with his wife, former alameda county supervisor nadia lockyer. her drug addiction and extra- marital affair ended her political career and nearly ended her husband's career. she recently finished a drug treatment program. the couple has a young son. >>> big traffic changes coming in hayward. starting at 8:00, a one-way loop into downtown will be put into place. foothill boulevard will become a one way street at jackson and mission. from fo

paul ryan will speak, wayne la pierre and later today, rick santorum will take the stage. mitt romney will speak later this afternoon. cpac, the largest gop gathering of its kind and the opportunity to refine the party's message. al cardenis joins us, from national harbor, maryland, chair of the american conservative union. welcome, al. >> just a mithank you, carol. great to have cnn. >> glad are you speaking with us this morning. some conservatives have talked about being more inclusive and yet gay republican groups like go proud aren't included in cpac. rob portman and dick cheney have come out in support of same-sex marriage. will the gop change position? will cpac ever change position and allow gay republicans to sit at the table? >> look, there are a few ground rules here at cpac. one, we discuss all of our serious subjects with civility. we love and respect each other, and we have had two panels yesterday, almost back to back. we had a panel post hosted by our friends involving advocates of the gay meaning movement and another panel arguing in favor of tradition aal

sarah palin, donald trump, nfrp ra wayne la pierre, all set to appear.appear? chris christie and bob mcdonnell of virginia. and caught up with a corruption scandal at a veteran's charity. jennifer carroll stepped down days after answering investig e investigatinvestigat investigator's questions. carroll not among the 57 people charged with racketeering and money laundering. allegations of physical abuse at this california preschool. a form every teacheer teacher at taping a girl's ankles and wrists. >> that's insane. >> the teacher apparently took a picture of this and showed it to coworkers. one of them was the child's mother. who contacted authorities. also in california, a daycare teacher is being accused of drugging toddlers with over the counter sleep aides. a coworker saw her put pills in little white cups. apparents were outraged when they up found out. >> i would never imagine anybody doing anything to this to a kid. >> what do you think about somebody doing this to a kid? >> sickening. sick to my stomach. i work for a daycare too. it's hard. >>

ads in those 12 states and yesterday he gave this reason as to why he's going to do that and wayne la pierre responded. >> i think i have a responsibility and i think you and all of your viewers have responsibilities to try to make this country safer for our families and for each other. and if i can do that by spending some money and taking the n.r.a. from being the only voice to being one of the voices so the public can really understand the issues, i think my money would be well spent and i think i have an obligation to do that. they don't want them in their restaurants, their homes. they don't want them telling them what food to eat. they sure don't want them telling them what self-defense firearms to own and he can't buy america. >>steve: mr. la pierre says criminals aren't going to be checked, aren't going to do this. what he says against the mayor and all other mayors against illegal guns with this campaign, it's not going to work because the bad guys with the guns aren't following the law. >>brian: he says the money should be poured into school security so they won't have soft targets

>> they ought not to oppose it but wayne la pierre is an embarrassment to legitimate law asiding gun upported background checks. >> wayne lapierre greed with that back in the 1990s. he was one of 85% in the 1990s until, i guess the gun manufacturers told him to change his position. >> right. >> okay. >> right. now he parades around with this clown show literally say if they take the rapist gun from the rapist, they will come after your gun. >> if we scream rapists from getting guns and doing a background check to see if they have been a rapist or felon, we are somehow violating other americans' rights? that's just a lie. >> here is eugene robinson what he writes in "the washington pos post". the worst way to respond to the shocking massacre in newtown, connecticut, would be to let political self-interests stand in the way of meaningful action. the parents of those 20 slain children deserve a vote on the assault weapons ban. the families of 30,000 americans who will be killed by gunfire this year deserve a vote. bringing the measure to the floor of both the senate and the house is the

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