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hi lisa. >> hey bill. good morning everyone. some pro gun lawmakers are taking a new look at limits on high-capacity magazine clips. those clips are devastatingly common in mass shootings. the gunmen in newtown aurora and tucson carried magazines with 30 rounds of ammunition. adam lanza only switched cartridges twice when he killed 20 young children in newtown. now the high-capacity clips are under new scrutiny. amateur shooters have trouble switching magazines and christopher murphy said if lanza had to switch nine time instead of two, many of the newtown children would likely still be alive. restrictions on high-capacity clips seem to have no chance of making it through congress. now conservatives say this is something worth discussing. >>> and a california gun program is gaining attention nationwide. the state has the only program in the country that confiscates guns from people who bought them legally but later became disqualified. now, if someone commits a certain type of crime they're put on the state's armed persons datab
hi lisa. >> hey bill. good morning everyone. some pro gun lawmakers are taking a new look at limits on high-capacity magazine clips. those clips are devastatingly common in mass shootings. the gunmen in newtown aurora and tucson carried magazines with 30 rounds of ammunition. adam lanza only switched cartridges twice when he killed 20 young children in newtown. now the high-capacity clips are under new scrutiny. amateur shooters have trouble switching magazines and christopher murphy said...
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our latest from lisa ferguson, current news update out in los angeles. hi, lisa. good morning to you. >> hey, bill. good morning, everyone. the sequester is said to step in a week from today but don't expect congress members to change their salaries. the pentagon is expecting to furlough 800,000 workers. members of congress will be keeping their 174,000 dollar salaries. congress can only change its pay if it passes a specific law to do so, and it hasn't. cnn says it took an informal survey before lawmakers left on recess and most said they are willing to take a pay cut if a sequester goes into effect on march 1st. but willing or not, that is just not happening. the 27th amendment prohibits lawmakers from changing their salaries until after the next election. nancy pelosi is one of the wealthiest members of congress and one of the biggest opponents of a pay cut. congressional staffers say they can be furloughed or laid off like any other government worker aa will a new bloomberg pole shows most personsl shows most persons wants guess to delay the cuts for another d
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hi lisa. good morning. >> hey bill, good morning everyone. >>> the president is attending the national prayer breakfast this morning along with the first lady and vice president biden. then this afternoon he is headed to lancedown virginia to speak at the conference. biden is in massachusetts. cowan is filling in for john kerry who is secretary of state but it is only on a temporary basis. voters will be able to pick a new senator and a special replacement election on june 25th. >>> yesterday, biden spoke to house democrats in virginia at the same conference the president will be attending today. and he asked them to keep fighting for gun control legislation despite the possible political ramifications. many lawmakers are staying away from the issue especially those up for contentious re-elections in 2014. but biden told members of the house yesterday that's simply unacceptable and that he can only imagine how they will be judged as congress, as a nation and as individuals in they do nothing.
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today's current news update lisa ferguson's got it out in los angeles. hi, lisa. good morning. >> hey, bill. good morning, everyone. more news on guns in schools this morning. philadelphia police say a seven-year-old boy found a loaded gun in his backpack. the boy found the gun when he was putting a folder in his backg yesterday afternoon. he meal alerted the teacher who then called police. it was a ..38 caliber handgun loaded with five rounds of ammunition. officers are now interviewing the family and watching surveillance video trying to figure out how gun got there. the boy says he had the backpack with him the entire day. yesterday, house democrats unveiled a comprehensive set of recommendations on reducing gun violence. the plan nixed the white house agenda calling for an assault weapons ban and high capacity clips and addressing mental health and strengthening background checks. it is uncertain if that has enough support to make its way through congress. lawmakers admit they have an uphill battle ahead and a more piecemeal approach might be the only way of g
today's current news update lisa ferguson's got it out in los angeles. hi, lisa. good morning. >> hey, bill. good morning, everyone. more news on guns in schools this morning. philadelphia police say a seven-year-old boy found a loaded gun in his backpack. the boy found the gun when he was putting a folder in his backg yesterday afternoon. he meal alerted the teacher who then called police. it was a ..38 caliber handgun loaded with five rounds of ammunition. officers are now interviewing...
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hi lisa, take it away. >> good morning, everyone. the house today will cass an upward down vote of its version of the violence against women's act. it has been stalled in congress thanks to disagreements between the two chambers. the house passed a resolution allowing for its consideration. 214 house republicans and all 200 house democrats voted for the rule to allow votes today. only nine congressmen voted against the resolution. all of them male republicans. now, the house's bill heads to a vote. it is not nearly as aggressive as the senate's plan which allows for provisions for lgbt native american and undocumented women. >>> if the house's version fails today as expected, the senate's bill gets an up-or-down vote. it likely pass and hit the president's desk in the next few days. >>> and some big controversial over the voting rights act now under consideration by the supreme court. according to the act areas with histories of racial discrimination cannot pass new voting laws without first getting approval from the courts. the supr
hi lisa, take it away. >> good morning, everyone. the house today will cass an upward down vote of its version of the violence against women's act. it has been stalled in congress thanks to disagreements between the two chambers. the house passed a resolution allowing for its consideration. 214 house republicans and all 200 house democrats voted for the rule to allow votes today. only nine congressmen voted against the resolution. all of them male republicans. now, the house's bill heads...
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standing by in los angeles, lisa ferguson with today's current news update. hello, lisa. good morning. >> hey bill, good morning, everyone. chuck hangel will finally get a confirmation vote today in the senate armed services committee. democrats are working to overcome republican opposition and appoint hagel to his position as defense secretary as early as this week. community chairman carl levin said members will have an opportunity for discussion today followed by a vote. some senate republicans are threatening a filibuster which would make for just a third time in history cabinet members to work to block that. levin is predicting all 55 democrats will back hagel on the senate floor along with at least five republicans. that does give hagel the 60 votes need avoid a filibuster and should get him securely in the pentagon. >>> rick perry is in california this week trying to convince businesses to set up shop in texas. last monday, perry made an ad buy inviting california companies to enjoy the tax perks available in the lone star state. this week, the push takes the texas
standing by in los angeles, lisa ferguson with today's current news update. hello, lisa. good morning. >> hey bill, good morning, everyone. chuck hangel will finally get a confirmation vote today in the senate armed services committee. democrats are working to overcome republican opposition and appoint hagel to his position as defense secretary as early as this week. community chairman carl levin said members will have an opportunity for discussion today followed by a vote. some senate...
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i know lisa is interested, too. we will see lisa in just a second. we will take calls on guns at the bottom of the hour. don't go anywhere. get that strong cup of coffee and that newspaper and join me. we have two more hours left of me and you and the news. it's just an amazing thing. so sexy me, you and the news. i thought it is. but there is nobody more beautiful that i can think of to talk to this time in the morning than our one and only lisa ferguson in l.a. lisa, what have you got for us? >> hey, richard. you are sweet. good morning everyone. colorado senator mark eudall says he will support chuck hagel as secretary of defense. he made that following hagel's confirmation hearing. hagel faced scarp criticism lindsey graham was outraged from hagel's remarks back in 2006 saying the jewish lobby had intimidated the senate into doing dumb things. in spite of that day-long contentious hearing, hagel likely will win confirm nation from the senate. they have time to submit written questions and they could hold a final vote as soon as next week. congres
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hi, lisa. good morning to you. >> hey bill. good morning everyone. dc is unveiling a new statue of rosa parks today. : this will be the first full-size depiction of any african-american. the capitol does have busts of martin luther king, jr. and sew journer truth. congressional's leaders are saying it's a watershednent our history. >>> the president is speaking and answering questions at the business council dinner in d.c. obama is voicing his opinion on chuck hagel's long-awaited confirmation saying the u.s. has the secretary that our troops deserve. it was close but lawmakers did confirm hagel 58 to 41. he is scheduled to be sworn in today. that means hagel now heads into office with a list of challenges ahead. first up, the sequester hits friday friday. without a deal, the defense department is facing about $46,000,000,000 in cuts before the end of september. that means hundreds of thousands of furloughed civilians and cuts that will affect military equipment and ness. hagel will also need to deal with getting the troops out of afghanistan and com
hi, lisa. good morning to you. >> hey bill. good morning everyone. dc is unveiling a new statue of rosa parks today. : this will be the first full-size depiction of any african-american. the capitol does have busts of martin luther king, jr. and sew journer truth. congressional's leaders are saying it's a watershednent our history. >>> the president is speaking and answering questions at the business council dinner in d.c. obama is voicing his opinion on chuck hagel's...
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hi, lisa. good morning. >> hey, bill. good morning, everyone. as we have been talking about, chuck hagel is making history as the first presidential appointee ever to be blocked from the secretary of defense position. just last night, senators failed to move forward on hagel's nomination. the procedural vote was 58 to 40 falling two votes shy of the six he needed to break the fill filibuster filibuster. you thought you were lucky with one day off. the senators get a whole week. they won't be back in session until next monday, february 25th, meaning hagel's next vote is delayed at least until then. that gives republicans 10 full days including financial disclose user and speech transcripts. even lindsey graham who admits he is not expecting to find much information and the filibuster shouldn't last much longer. climate change, this is something the president hinted at tuesday during his state of the union. someone asked him again about that yesterday during his googleplus chat. the president responded saying getting anything through congress will
hi, lisa. good morning. >> hey, bill. good morning, everyone. as we have been talking about, chuck hagel is making history as the first presidential appointee ever to be blocked from the secretary of defense position. just last night, senators failed to move forward on hagel's nomination. the procedural vote was 58 to 40 falling two votes shy of the six he needed to break the fill filibuster filibuster. you thought you were lucky with one day off. the senators get a whole week. they won't...
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lisa ferguson is here. well, she is not here. she is in los angeles with today's current news update. hi, lisa. good morning. >> close enough. los angeles, d.c. good morning, everyone. the president is in annapolis today after 10:00 this morning and atends the conference at the western annapolis hotel. vice president biden is swearing in john kerry as secretary at state from the state department and then later this evening, he is speaking at the house democratic issues conference in leesberg virginia. he will lay out a renewed plan for combatting climate change. forces say it will likely include a few executive steps like using presidential authority to curb emissions from existing power plants. it's something the president promised during his inaugural address last month. it fits in with what appears to be to use ex i can you've been authority. the epa is putting together a plan to regulate new power plants, but the president will likely call to take that one step further and tackle coal plants already in existence. obama is cal
lisa ferguson is here. well, she is not here. she is in los angeles with today's current news update. hi, lisa. good morning. >> close enough. los angeles, d.c. good morning, everyone. the president is in annapolis today after 10:00 this morning and atends the conference at the western annapolis hotel. vice president biden is swearing in john kerry as secretary at state from the state department and then later this evening, he is speaking at the house democratic issues conference in...
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lisa ferguson standing buy out in los angeles with today's current news update. hi, lisa. good morning. >> hey, bill. good morning everyone. as bill mentioned, the national governor's association is in dc this morning and president obama and vice president biden will be speaking to that group from the state dining room. no doubt they will touch on the sequester, which is still scheduled to hit this friday. if those cuts go into effect we can expect hundreds of thousands of furloughs and lay-offs plus clogged air travel and reduced education funding and unemployment benefits. the president is asking both parties to work alongside him to end the budget stalemate and he will tell governors there is work to be done. dr. joe biden and the first lady will speak at today's meeting. a surprise appearance last night at the ausc-arizona. here she is in that dress that she wore to the governors' dinner she was not actually in los angeles, but she did speak live from the diplomatic room to announce the winner for best picture, "argo." mrs. obama's office said as a movie lover she was
lisa ferguson standing buy out in los angeles with today's current news update. hi, lisa. good morning. >> hey, bill. good morning everyone. as bill mentioned, the national governor's association is in dc this morning and president obama and vice president biden will be speaking to that group from the state dining room. no doubt they will touch on the sequester, which is still scheduled to hit this friday. if those cuts go into effect we can expect hundreds of thousands of furloughs and...
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good morning, lisa. >> hey bill. good morning everyone. president obama still dealing with the backlash from marco rubio over his leaked immigration proposal. he's telling spanish language tv the leak did not damage negotiations with the senate. leaks happen all the time and it will not stop talks from moving forward. important to note during all of this back and forth obama's plan is the first to actually specify a means to citizenship. it is a slow path. immigrants would first need a green card which can take decades. anyone in the country illegally would go straight to the back of that line. they would still abe allowed to live and work here but would not get federal benefits. obama's plan is much more strict than president reagan's immigration control and reform act from 1986. the average wait for citizenship then was about six and a half years. under president obama's plan, it would take about 13. >>> ratings for the president are at another high. a bloomberg poll finds 55% of americans approve of the job he's doing. that's the highes
good morning, lisa. >> hey bill. good morning everyone. president obama still dealing with the backlash from marco rubio over his leaked immigration proposal. he's telling spanish language tv the leak did not damage negotiations with the senate. leaks happen all the time and it will not stop talks from moving forward. important to note during all of this back and forth obama's plan is the first to actually specify a means to citizenship. it is a slow path. immigrants would first need a...
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but lisa ferguson out in los angeles. hi lisa. good morning. >> hey bill. good morning everyone. the obama administration is hitting back against the latest ad from the nra. just before the president's state of the union tuesday, the gun lobbying group released this online video saying president obama gives a good speech on guns and he may sound reasonable until you look at the details of his plan. >> let's look at what obama's own experts have to say. this internal justice department memo says "an assault weapons ban is unlikely to have an impact on gun violence." the ad goes on to cite several other statements from the memo and claims the federal government will confiscate firearms from lawful gun owners. now the justice department is hitting back saying yes the medal does exist but the conclusions are factually inaccurate and taken out of context. the president is not out to create a national registry or use it to take away everyone's guns. >>> you might have also caught wayne lapierrre's bizarre op-ed in the national -- in "the daily caller" yesterday. if you didn't think pro
but lisa ferguson out in los angeles. hi lisa. good morning. >> hey bill. good morning everyone. the obama administration is hitting back against the latest ad from the nra. just before the president's state of the union tuesday, the gun lobbying group released this online video saying president obama gives a good speech on guns and he may sound reasonable until you look at the details of his plan. >> let's look at what obama's own experts have to say. this internal justice...
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hi, lisa. good morning. >> hey, bill. good morning everyone. a lot of proposals frompot president obama's state of the union, some with a better chance of becoming law than others. , not expecting the government to solve every problem but he is calling on those in congress to come together. >> don't expect every one of us to agree on every issue but they expect us to put the nation's interest before party. [applause.] the president wants to tackle new gun legislation when he spoke of the american families torn apart by gun violence. >> gabby giffords deserves a vote. the families of newtown deserve a vote. and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence, they deserve a simple vote. >> another important topic, the president brought up last night is that of higher education. he said taxpayers cannot continue to subsidize those costs and the government must do its part to lower the cost of a college tuition. obama is releasing a college scorecard based upon where you can get the most bang for your educational buck. we are live in o
hi, lisa. good morning. >> hey, bill. good morning everyone. a lot of proposals frompot president obama's state of the union, some with a better chance of becoming law than others. , not expecting the government to solve every problem but he is calling on those in congress to come together. >> don't expect every one of us to agree on every issue but they expect us to put the nation's interest before party. [applause.] the president wants to tackle new gun legislation when he spoke...
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hi lisa, good morning. >> good morning, everyone. president obama is meeting with a group of progressive and labor leaders today talking about immigration reform and how that fits into his larger economic agenda and a balanced approach to the deficit. on that list of attendees for that meeting include marshall fitz from the center for american progress. ben jealous from the naacp and richard from the afl-cio. later in the day the president is meeting separately with a group of business leaders. that includes lloyd from goldman sachs, from yahoo and kent from coca-cola. congress has the next three and a half months to run up the deficit as much as it wants. the house and senate extended the debt ceiling. president obama has signed the no budget, no pay act of 2013. not only does that put off the nation's debt obligations until may 18th, it also withholds pay for a number of congressmen and womenless women unless they pass a budget by april. >>> eight senators have voted to block the violence against women act. that bill would protect
hi lisa, good morning. >> good morning, everyone. president obama is meeting with a group of progressive and labor leaders today talking about immigration reform and how that fits into his larger economic agenda and a balanced approach to the deficit. on that list of attendees for that meeting include marshall fitz from the center for american progress. ben jealous from the naacp and richard from the afl-cio. later in the day the president is meeting separately with a group of business...
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let's get the latest from lisa ferguson out in los angeles. hi lisa. take if away. >> thanks, bill. good morning everyone. lawmakers are back on capitol hill today and the senate is gearing up for its first hearing tomorrow on a renewed assault weapons ban. now, the only caveat is this bill has almost no chance of becoming law this year. the new ban would outlaw 157 different kinds of military-style assault weapons. but it is already facing oppositions from most republicans and even some democrats, meaning it has little chance in the senate and even less in the house. a parent whose son was murdered during the newtown connecticut shooting is set to testify in front of the senator. senator dianne feinstein will preside over the hearing. senator feinstein has proposed this bill and has been pushing an assault weapons ban for years. she also opposed big filibuster reform meaning she's helped pave the way for republicans to block her own bill. >>> even background checks could be doomed even though that doesn't have some -- does have some bipartisan support. democrat senators schumer and
let's get the latest from lisa ferguson out in los angeles. hi lisa. take if away. >> thanks, bill. good morning everyone. lawmakers are back on capitol hill today and the senate is gearing up for its first hearing tomorrow on a renewed assault weapons ban. now, the only caveat is this bill has almost no chance of becoming law this year. the new ban would outlaw 157 different kinds of military-style assault weapons. but it is already facing oppositions from most republicans and even some...
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hi, lisa. >> hey bill good morning, everyone. it seems the supreme court will side with monsanto on a case of soybean patents. they have been battling the court for the last five years. it is notorious for its patents and aggressive investigations. the company has sued 410 farmers and 56 small businesses most of which cannot afford to go to trial. in 1981 a supreme court decision said living organisms can be patented as private property. that means farmers cannot save seeds for the next harvest. the patent should not extend beyond first-generation seeds, but the supreme court seems to be siding with monsanto as well. it spends $10 million a year to track down farmers for violations to its patents. this could be the most important campaign finance decision since citizens united which abolished limits on campaign spending. back with more bill next. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege
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hi, lisa. >> good morning, everyone. there are plenty of super bowl ads to talk about this morning. here is an interesting political one you might have seen if you are living in d.c. this comes from new york city mayor michael bloomberg's advocacy group. mayors against illegal guns. >> we think it's reasonable to provide mandatory, instant background checks at every sale at every gun show no loopholes anywhere for anyone. >> america can do it for us. >> that's come from bloomberg's group, mayors against illegal guns which purchased air time only in washington, d.c. to run that ad last night during the super bowl. it showed wayne lapiere testifying in 1999. they did support background checks in 1990s but now are against that policy. it could be the only new legislation with a hope of making it through congress even some prominent republicans are coming around to support that one but many lawmakers, including some democrats still are against a renewed assault weapons band or restrictions on high capacity magazine clips. some other news from d.c. john kerry getting started as secretary
hi, lisa. >> good morning, everyone. there are plenty of super bowl ads to talk about this morning. here is an interesting political one you might have seen if you are living in d.c. this comes from new york city mayor michael bloomberg's advocacy group. mayors against illegal guns. >> we think it's reasonable to provide mandatory, instant background checks at every sale at every gun show no loopholes anywhere for anyone. >> america can do it for us. >> that's come from...