Senate Democrats launched a filibuster on Capitol Hill, hoping to ban gun sales to individuals on terror watch lists. In the aftermath of the Orlando massacre, will we soon see federal legislative action on gun control? On ‘News with Ed,’ Lonnie and Sandy Philips, the parents of Jessica Ghawi, who died in the 2012 Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting, say that “for the first time in a long time” they are optimistic there will be action on gun control.

Ed Schultz is an American television and radio host, a liberal political commentator, and a former sports broadcaster. He was the host of The Ed Show, a weekday news talk program on MSNBC, and The Ed Schultz Show, a talk radio show, nationally syndicated by Dial Global. Ed has won three Eric Sevareid Awards and has managed and been lead talent for a broadcast team that has won two Marconis and a prestigious Peabody Award. Ed has been named one of the top ten radio hosts in the country by Talkers Magazine for a number of years. Ed Schultz has been a nominee by Syndicated News/Talk Personality of the year by Radio & Records.