bob costas of nbc spoke out about this. let's watch what he said tonight. >> i believe that there should be more comprehensive and effective controls on the sale of guns. roughly 40% of the guns purchased in this country do not require a background check for purchasing. i don't see any reason why someone should be able to purchase military style or body armor or weapons. only the police and the military should have that. >> let's start off. you've been giving me a holler on twitter about this. you are a big gun fan. explain to me why bob costas is wrong? >> it boils down to the ability to protect yourself, piers. when you look at what is what happening in syria with the threat of chemical weapons. the only reason they're not going to use it is because somebody else, the u.s., has a similar threat of using a similar weapon. as a gun owner, you have to be able to protect yourself. if you are damaged and you are willing to take somebody else's life. that comes down to that person is not going to obey the gun laws. they are goi

bob costas brought one of them into the arena last night. when he quoted a kansas city sports writer named jason whitlock who assigned some the blame for the horrible crime to gun possession. >> our current gun culture, whitlock wrote ensures that more and more domestic disputes will end in the ultimate tragedy and that more convenient store confrontations over loud music coming from darr will lead more teenage boys bloody and dead. they exacerbate our flaws tempt us to arguments and tempt us to confrontation rather than avoiding it. >> even if you believe what costas and whitlock are putting out there, what's the solution? the constitution gives americans the right to protect themselves,s that clear. many parts of the country people need hand guns in order to feel secure criminals who might harm them. talking points has long felt that criminals who use handguns should be punished more harshly than they are now. in fact, all gun crimes in america should be federalized and that includes illegal possession. the level of aggression that a crimi

, people tune in to see bob costas as bob costas, not see him deliver a political rant. this is one of the nicest guys in the business. he is the face of the olympics. >> not coming out of left field, right? he hasn't decided to sit up and talk about the fiscal cliff, for example, and how he feels about it. he is talking about, in the context of a football game something that has just happened in sports to people who are well known and they're talking about a gun -- it's not not connected. >> it is connected to football because of the murder/suicide that preceded it. maybe his emotions and the emotions that surrounded that could have gotten in the way. i think that average people at home want to tune in, they want to get in their barcolounger, eat their chips and watch their game. >> usa today, nfl with a gun, wealth and celebrity can make a player a target and they go on to talk about how a lot of the players need to be armed because once they become famous and rich, you know, people can go after them. >> my problem is that we can no longer wall off sports because all k

i worked with bob costas for a number of years. i adore him, and he is a fine man and a fine broadcaster, and obviously, this is going to be something he is going to have to deal with in whatever way it shakes out. i want to switch topics a bit with you, if i can, howie, and that is this news came down today that the "new york times" is offering biopackages to 30 of its employees in the newsroom. you know, we hear this over and over and over and over again, and then we hear about newspapers closing, but does this -- should we read into this at all, pardon the pun? >> what you should read into this, ashleigh, is that newspapers are going through a very tough time, and even the "new york times", which has probably the biggest newsroom of any daily newspaper in america, is not immune to the financial pressures caused by a whole bunch of things, ranging from the internet to a tough economy. now, this is kind of a blip compared to what some newspapers, including my former paper "the washington post" have gone through, cutting hundreds a

and bob costas is satan now. >> we'll have some of that coming up in right-wing world. >> stephanie: good tease. nicely done. >> stephanie: thank you. >> stephanie: jay carney. >> what we hope for is specificity from republicans. >> stephanie: and they gone none. [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: this is what mitt romney was criticized for, was he was not specific. >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: and the math just does not work. jay carney again. >> making vague promises about achieving revenue through capping deductions or closing loopholes simply doesn't add up to a serious proposal. >> stephanie: yes, exactly. -- their proposal is the one that is unserious. >> flabbergasted about it's unserousness,ness,ness. >> stephanie: it's like oh please boner. did he rehearse that? oh my god, you can't be serious. i'm flabbergasted -- because you already commented on it back in october. he literally -- boner literally said i have never seen anything like it. >> it's outrageous. >> computer says yes. >> stephanie: yes, you have. >> flabbergasted! >> stephanie: i'm telling you he rehearsed at the tavern. >> an

bob costas is a great commentator. the big issue is we don't want to talk about gun control in this country. any time anyone talks about it they get yelled at. >> i think what he did was sort of to raise the topic. just by raising the issue, maybe that's not the right forum, but it's true. we don't have really good, thoughtful conversations about gun control or about domestic violence really either at the end of the day. this guy killed his girlfriend in the ultimate case of domestic violence. >> in both cases, your heart has to go out to all the families affected. maybe that's one of the issues here. these terrible violent crimes just wreak havoc through families that are victims of them for decades and decades. it's not just the guns. >> now the 3-month-old baby. zoey is living with relatives. >> i thought it was interesting what you were saying earlier. which is that you've obviously covered the military for a long time. this sort of macho attitude in the nfl where you don't talk about it. you said kind of reminds m

you look at the whole bob costas situation it's about domestic vehicle lent not gun violence. the one hold intoed a gun was his girlfriend et cetera. >> that's the opposite. more people that are armed there nor likely cross fires. to regulate the ingun somebody owns. regulate the people. >> regulate the people. well, javon belcher had guns why do so many nfl players have some guns? >> it's really a good question. you have some and they will is i, you know, with money combings fame and with game comes jealous i didn't, regard of what you have andenned take what you -- they feel the gun is the great imlol imoolizer. >> guys 6'5", 325 pounds, he is not going to get mugged on the street. i appreciate it. >> once bob costas stirred up that media storm business had comments on gun control. others jumped in and said the role culprits was damagage that. rubbing back for the new york giants. either of those. too early to speculate what happened with his brain or history of mental illness. we do know that javon belcher did have a concussion two weeks ago and severe enough that it kept h

so what does bob costa say during half time? call for a moment of silence perhaps? no, he pushes for gun control. is that really appropriate? >> steve: that's what he did. sibling rivalry starts in the womb and, ladies and gentlemen there, is proof. the sonogram. that's the first round. twins fighting? can you believe it? that's okay. "fox & friends" hour two for monday starts right now. >> brian: can i lean over now? >> steve: yeah, go ahead. >> steve: that is an extraordinary picture. >> gretchen: it is extraordinary because could it be that the twins in the womb are going no, you move over! i want more food out of that umbilical colored. >> brian: the one thing about that uterus, it's tight in will. >> gretchen: i'm glad you're the expert on uterus size. [ laughter ] >> brian: do you remember how tight. >> rick: show of hands? very little movement. >> steve: you're talking about from prebirth? >> brian: yeah. i have very good moment. >> brian, you're fired. >> gretchen: excuse me. does anyone have any ear plugs for the rest of this segment for me? >> brian: here

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but i think what bob costas did should be really applauded. we saw a real instance here of what harm can be done with firearms. in my own instance, i had a close friend who committed suicide many years ago. this is an old problem and what i think we need to do in the united states, we have such a callous attitude toward firearms. the supreme court has said we can have guns in the home, there's a right to do that, but that doesn't mean it's the right decision for every family. there's a lot of things that we can do. we need better mental health screening. we don't exactly know the facts here. more will come out. but we absolutely have to have more tools in the hands of mental health professionals, we need better background checks, and we need to understand that owning a hand gun is not the right decision for every family. >> yeah, but david, we've had an animated debate about this a few times, and i do have a respect for the second amendment. i have respect for most americans and the majority still believe they have a right to have a gun to pro

bob costas and o'reilly are in the theater. do you want to hit the floor and hope you don't get shot or have a gun on you that you could protect yourself? >> in that situation, in that situation, in the dark, in the confusion, i. >> bill: i respect that. >> highly more likely that there would be additional carnage. bullets flying all over the place. >> into the theoretical now. >> so are you. no you don't want one i want one. >> okay fine. >> bill: i want to protect myself with a loon with a gun rather than being on the floor. in colorado you would have been allowed to. you are taking me in a direction of a debate that i did not enter into. >> bill: you set the premise. >> i didn't set the premise. you said the gun culture and that you objected to this kind of thinking. i have this kind of thinking and millions of people have it. i want to be able to protect myself against that guy. we just have an honest gentleman's disagreement. i want it you do not want it. >> what i spoke about in quoting jason whitlock is a mentality a gun

and the lack of any debate also irritates bob costas. and he believes that he's putting the debate out there. he's called on president obama to now really try to take some decisive action. not to prohibit americans from arming themselves at home to protect their families but to prohibit the wholesale and easy way that you can go out and buy an ak-47, whatever it is you may want. nobody needs that, as he said, outside of the military or the police. >> the argument that i've heard from nfl players, current and former, retired nfl players, these are young guys, they're making a lot of money, they're pretty well known in their chunlt communities. a lot of times they say they buy a gun to protect themselves. because they're afraid of what could potentially happen. what does costas say about that? >> i think it's really a case of bravado, showing off. there's an amazing statistic. 624 arrests of nfl players. of those, 177 were drink or drug related involving usually driving. we saw this horrifying accident over the weekend with another nfl pla

sports commentator bob costas did during sunday's broadcast of sunday night football process was addressed in the tragic murder suicide involving kansas city chiefs player jay vaughn belcher here's what asa's had to say. our current done culture with lock wrote ensures that more and more domestic disputes will end in the ultimate tragedy and that more convenient store confrontations over loud music coming from a car will leave more teenage boys bloodied and dead handguns do not enhance our safety they exacerbate our flaws attempt to escalate arguments and bait us into embracing confrontation rather than avoiding it in the coming days javan belcher's actions and their possible connection to football will be analyzed who knows but here wrote jason whitlock is what i believe if trayvon belcher didn't possess a gun he and cassandra perkins would both be alive today. and here's what caused this didn't say he didn't say the government should take away people's guns he didn't say we should repeal the second amendment and he didn't call for limits on gun ownership still the conservative media and

when nbc commentator bob costas found himself in the middle of a firestorm after criticism of comments he made on sunday in the wake of the murder/suicide of a kansas city chiefs player. >> what i was talking about here, and i'm sorry if that wasn't clear to everybody was a gun culture. i never mentioned the second amendment, i never used the words gun control. people inferred that. now do i believe we need more comprehensive and sensible gun control legislation, yes i do. that doesn't mean repeal the second amendment. >> the controversy comes over a heated debate on the senate floor over gun rights for veterans. gentlemen, good morning. >> good morning. >> john, let me start with you, senator coburn wanted to amend the bill to stop veterans affairs department from putting the names of mentally incompetent veterans into a background check system to prohibit them from owning firearms. let me play that exchange from the senate floor. >> how in the world can we say the people who fight and defend for us through a social worker deemed incompetent to carry a gun? >> if you're a veteran or n

. >> bob costas, did he cross the line. >> and the most outrageous royal prank over. >> hello there. could i please speak to kate please, my granddaughter? >> this is piers more dpgan ton. good evening. our big story tonight from what every one is talking about. the royal prank called heard around the world. and this shocking new york subway photograph. reports of chemical weapons in syria. let's get started with what promises to be a lively discussion. and a host of huff posts live. and welcome to you all. let's start with guns and the fall out of the murder and suicide of jovan bellcher. let's watch what he said tonight. >> i believe that there should be more effective controls on the sale of guns. >> roughly 40% of the guns purchased in this country do not require a background check for purchasing. i don't see in anyone should be able to purchase military style or body armor or weapons. >> let's start off. you are a big gun fan. explain to me why bob costas is wrong? >> it boils down to the ability to protect yourself piers. when you look at what is what happening in syria with th

pln to me why bob costas is wrong? >> it boils down to the ability to protect yourself piers. when you look at what is what happening in syria with the use of chemical weapons. somebody else has a threat of using a similar weapon. as a gun owner. you have to be able to protect yourself. if you are damaged and you are willing to take somebody else's life. that comes down to that person is not going to obey the gun laws. they are going to find a gun or find another weapon. >> stretching and shooting to syria and chemical weapons seems like a bit of a stretch. the implications of that is that every american should have access to chemical weapons and nuclear weapons. it will result in weapons ownership. look at europe and the rest of the world. we are way, way out there. we have the highest murder rate in the world. >> abbey, here is what they say to me. each time it is the same debate and nothing gets done about it. 300 million guns and you have between 11 and 12,000 guns and murders a year. britain has 35 as does germany and australia. to countries that have strict gun kcontrol

i want to make a comment about bob costas. he makes the comments. >> bill: bob costas, yes. >> caller: he makes the comments, what i think in the framework of caring about two people losing their lives. and they want to run him out on the rail and it was just a month ago richard mourdock makes comments, where was the outage he shouldn't even be allowed to run. just the difference of both sides is amazing to me these people that -- >> bill: well, yeah. sometimes it is just hard to explain. the inconsistency outraged about one thing and not outraged about another. when it comes to -- it is not surprising for the nra. this is their position. they've gone from an organization at one time which really did a great job representing hunters and saying you know, we've got our rights. we want to be able to continue to enjoy that sport. to right now where they will oppose any and every measure no matter how reasonable toward saving lives with just the most reasonable forms of trigger locks. >> background checks. >> bill: background check

. >> bob costas and gun control. alec baldwin live and unfiltered. >>> plus an extraordinary heartbreaking story. mother and her children in a christmas fire. how she's finding the strength her life. >> finding out the truth is very important. it's the way i want to honor and respect my parents and my children. >> this is piers morgan tonight. >>> good evening. there aren't many laughs to be had in politics unless you have a guest like alec baldwin. in real life we call him the poster boy for liberals. this is an exchange from nbc's 30 rock. >> this is 15.1% of americans hate republicans because you're sneaky and cynical. >> i think i'm the opposite. i'm doing everything i can for my beliefs. i believe one rich person can change the world. >> joining me now is alec baldwin. we've never met in the same studio. >> i'm going to miss that show and that character. >> what is going to happen to my life without jack. >> your life. >> he's great comedy. >> even to the wire as we get to where next week sometime we finish the

. >> to bob costas and gun control. the fate of a thinking man's ceo, "30 rock's" and alec baldwin live and unfiltered. >>> a heart breaking story of hope after tragedy. a mother lost three young daughters and parents in a christmas day fire last year. she's finding the strength to rebuild her life. >> for me, finding out the truth of what happened is very important. it is the way that i want to really honor and respect my parents and my children. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. with everything going on in washington these days there's not many laughs in politics unless you have a guest like alex baldwin. you would call him the poster boy for liberals but plays a hard core republican and for laughs. listen to this exchange of nbc's "30 rock." >> this is why 50.1% of americans hate republicans. you are cynical and sneaky. >> i'm doing everything i can for the beliefs and i believe one rich person can make a difference and a roomful of rich people can change the wrmd. >> joining me now, the always out

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growing debate in morning over remarks broadcaster bob costas made about gun control during halftime of nbc's sunday night football it has some calling for his firing. while discussing the weekend murder-suicide involving jovan belcher and his girl , costas said if belcher didn't possess a gun and he perkins would be alive today that triggered a backlash from gun rights advocates some calling for nbc's ouster. no comment from the network. >>> manning brings the broncos to the coliseum this week. we will carry the game live here, we will make it raiders day. [ unintelligible ]o q! >>> relief for muni riders that is our big story. >>> all night effort to fix a power problems seems to be paying off. what muni is saying now about the morning service. >>> big mess in marin. what is happening after a school shutdown after water >>> good tuesday morning. 5:29. thanks for starting your day , i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas. muni riders getting from point a to b again this morning after power outage put the brakes on service last night. amy hollyfield has the good news live at church an

you bring up bob costas, eric. there are facts and figures. when you have bill bennett going we don't know what the effect of the assault ban expiring was. yes, we do. assaults with guns have tripled since then with assault weapons. you know, it does not take a genius eric. >> yeah, yeah. >> stephanie: and bob costas' point, i was going to say i read a statistic earlier. you are 43 times more likely to kill a spouse or family member than you are an intruder if there is a gun to the home. that goes to bob costas' point. >> the suicide rate skyrockets when you have guns in the home. >> i've been tweeting the statistics. people are amazed. you know, three years ago, i wrote a piece about rampage nation. and how the press absolutely does not care about the shooting sprees and they happen all the time and they're news for about 48 hours and then it disappears and i've been writing about that on and off for three years. and after the aurora massacre this summer, i pointed out where is the context? where -- why does the statistic that's 30,000 americ

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. >> bob costas and gun control, the fate of a thinking man's ceo, "30 rock," alec baldwin, live and unfiltered. there is hope after tragedy. a mother lost her three young daughters and parents in a christmas day fire last year. she is finding the strength to rebuild her life. >> for me, finding out the truth of what happened is very important. it is the way that i want to really honor and respect my parents and my children. >> this is piers morgan tonight. >>> good evening. there are not many laughs to be had a in politics. nms, of course, you have a guest like alec baldwin. he was the poster boy for liberals. he does a good job of playing a hard core republican and playing it for love. this is an exchange from "30 rock". >> this is why 50.1% of americans hate republicans because you're sneaky and cynic wi cynical. >> i'm doing everything i can for my beliefs. i truly believe that one rich person can make a difference in this country and a roomful of rim people can change the world zblchl joining me is now the always outspoken and entertaining alec baldwin. >> we never met in the sa

the football player from kansas city who killed the mother of his child and then himself, he said bob costas was wrong when he argued that cassandra perkins would still be alive if belcher doesn't have a gun. what next? control on cars? they are used in more homicide than guns. we need to amp up our education on certain freedoms and liberties and put larger penalties on those who abuse them, but nick, that is the point. we don't ban cars because they're potentially dangerous, but there are significant controls on their use and ownership. they're registered, licensed and you have to have training. what controls would you accept on the ownership of firearms? i'm just asking. you can answer at mailbag@wusa9.com. that is our report. i'll be right back here at 11:00 along with anita and topper. don't forget. log on any time to www.wusa9.com. have a great evening. we'll talk to you a bit later. bye bye. ♪ "e.t." >>> duchess kate's pregnancy, the prank and the hospital's royal security breach. [ phone ringing ] >> hello, i'm just after my granddaughter kate, i want to see how her little tu