. >>> pastor frank gill and ben reed, you may have seen this done on youtube with watermelon. they want to see how many rubber bands it takes to make this pumpkin explode. >> how many rubber bands do you think it takes to make this thing explode? >> 300. >> yeah, i'll be a little mover optimistic. 280. >> that's way more optimistic. i said a little bit. >> how many come in the package, 500? >> we're at 150. 150. >> a long way from 300. >> they're at 150. >> 195. >> how many rubber bands. >> it's going. oh. whoa! it's like a ninja cut. >> it was surprisingly clean-cut. >> it looks like 195 rubber bands later. they say it's something fun to do and also great life application about not folding to the pressures of the world. rubber band ball at the end. >>> ooh. >> what else can he do? >> we've seen watermelons. >> let's try it with your head. >>> he's been hired for this wedding to mess with the guests and mess, he does. >> the wedding hypnotist next "right this minute." and still to come, daddy's coming home. >> and the dog and the toddler. >> see the precious moment when he fin

reed and republican strategist rich gaylen. thank you for being here. >> my pleasure. >> ben carson is way ahead ain raising money.t say anything to us at the bottom, is anybody going to drop out, rich? >> sounds biblical. he who is last shall be first. you're the reverend, tell us a quote. >> it's sunday morning too. >> i've been wrong about this every step of the way, wrong about everything about it so asking me what's going to happen next is silly but what i do know is that it is different. i live in washington, d.c., and among republicans and democrats, we are looking at a different world inside that beltway than everybody else in the country is looking at. they just don't see it the same way we do. we'll see whether we're as far as we think we are. >> the big haul by ben carson, governor, and then you see some of the "establishment republican candidates," george pataki with $14,000 on hand, acting as if he's a grassroots candidate, i mean, this is like the whole party is turned upside down. can you imagine republican governor george pataki talk about he's a grassroots candidate? >> he's social an establishmen

ben carson does better against democrats despite his controversial comments that appear to blame victims in oregon's massacre. >> gun control only works for normal, law-abiding citizens. it doesn't work for crazies. >> jeb bush seems wore reed about his numbers. if the election was held in the first week of october, i would say uh-oh. >> marco rubio is not worried about bush highlighting his lack of experience. >> right now, rubio is number three behind donald trump and ben carson. two points ahead of jeb bush. tracie potts, nbc fuse, washington. >> vice-president, joe biden, still hasn't said if he will run for president. he is making a >>> an update to a story you first heard about from the news 4 iteam. a virginia woman caught on camera practicing yoga on some metro tracks. they arrested this woman frr trespassing. a misdemeanor charge it is. the news 4 iteam obtained this in april. you can see her lower herself from the platform on the orange line and you can see her partner lower himself too. he is seen taking pictures of the woman. transit police say they were deliberately trespassing on the tracks. that is illegal and dangerous, specially because of the highly charged third rail. >>> this story is getting a lot of re

ben carson his new book, which she wrote with his book, candy. from new, we're live hampshire for the problem solver convention. saturday, coverage of the brooklyn book festival, on barackjulian reedma. the middle east needs a sexual revolution. gregory on the current religion,t faith and interviewed by sally quinn. professor ont, alexander hamilton, his role in the creation of the federal government. theay afternoon at 4:00, u.s. information agency film on the first three years of the war in afghanistan and alleged war crimes. get our complete weekend schedule at www.c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. host: i want to introduce you to elizabeth esty. newtown, dan barry, some of the cities she represents. democratic members of the house yesterday talking about gun legislation? guest: a number of us took to the floor because frankly we have had enough. we need to have a vote on common sense gun safety legislation. the tragedy happened in newtown. america came together and people again.ever we just put the flag back up to full staff this morning. we had another mass shooting in america. ands time to start action, the house needs to vote on this legislation. host: what is the