gary: to get some answers chris toomey joining us now from morgan stanley.ou and your partner manage $3.5 billion. you are going to be talking to your clients his week and early after the new year and telling them to reflect on what has been a difficult year even for long-term investors. what are you going to tell them? >> if you look at this year, we had two referendums, u.k. and italy which threw out two heads of state. we had 40 different elections. we had a huge election here in the united states. all sorts of concern and pressure on the market. yet we are basally where strategists thought we would be at the independent of the year. we are up 10%. if you want to look at what happened in 2016, you have to look back to 2015. oil prices and china drove 2015. we had a supply side correction. we had a lot of production primarily driven by opec and saudi not cutting. we saw a situation where oil prices dropped below $30. and we saw china initiate a hard landing. they cut back only corruption and lending. they let their currency devalue and that created an indu

gary: to get some answers chris toomey joining us now from morgan stanley. you and

gato get some answers chris toomey joining us now from morgan stanley.

gary: to get some answers chris toomey joining us now from morgan stanley. you and your partneran

chris murphy tweeted out sad and quiet but crippling sadness today and finally pennsylvania republican senator pat toomey saying senseless killings that sandy hook inspired me to work across the aisle on common sense gun safety legislation. up next, comments from the father of one of the sandy hook victims who started a foundation to prevent gun violence through brain research and community education. he spoke of the clinton school of the community of arkansas about the epidemic of violence in the united states, mental health stigma as well as the importance of social learning. this is just under 50 minutes. >>. [applause] >> good evening. doctor richmond has extensive research experience ranging from neuroscience to cardiovascular biology, diabetes, obesity and kidney disease. he has worked in the research and drug discovery arena for over two decades and is passionate about helping people live happier and healthier lives. doctor richmond is dedicated to reaching out and educating youth and believes our future relies on their imagination. this is manifest through his teaching martial arts biology, neuro

toomey, thank you so much for joining us. appreciate your insights, as always. >> thanks for watching everyone. i'm ayman mohyeldin. "hardball" starts right now with steve kornacki filling in for chris matthews. stay with us. >>> the world according to donald trump. let's play "hardball." >>> hey, good evening. i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews. according to donald trump, the united nns is little more than a social club. the president-elect tweeting yesterday, quote, the united nations has such great potential, but right now, it is just a club for people to get together, talk, and have a good time. so sad. trump was highly critical of the u.n. security council vote last friday that condemned israel's stoplight building on land claimed by the palestinians. the united states abstained from that vote, but breaking from past precedent, it declined to veto the resolution. israel now accusing the obama administration of orchestrating the vote. the white house denying that claim. after the vote, trump tweeted things that the u.n. will, quote, be different, when he becomes president. and over the weekend, he said the big loss yesterday for israel and the united nations will make it m

toomey, thank you so much for joining us. appreciate your insights, as always. >> thanks for watching everyone. i'm ayman mohyeldin. "hardball" starts right now with steve kornacki filling in for chrisews. stay with us. >>> the world according to donald trump. let's play "hardball." >>> hey, good evening. i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews. according to donald trump, the united nns is little more than a social club. the president-elect tweeting yesterday, quote, the united nations has such great potential, but right now, it is just a club for people to get together, talk, and have a good time. so sad. trump was highly critical of the u.n. security council vote last friday that condemned israel's stoplight building on land claimed by the