what do you make of folks like joe manchin the senator? one point was getting a lot of heat and pressure he and mark from alaska as well. democrats who say don't count me in for vote on the assault weapons ban. how much pressure do you think is going to be brought to bear from democrats to get on board. >> there will be because i don't think dianne feinstein is going to stop until she gets a floor vote on the so-called assault weapons ban. i don't think it would ever get a floor vote in the house it might be just sort of separate the wheat from the shaft but in the senate i think she is going to keep pushing for it that's going to be a real problem for democrats who are running in 2014 because, like you said, senators like manchin are in states that don't support this assault weapons ban. they don't want their rifles being taken away from them. they don't want the government tracking every gun. they don't want their magazines being taken away. it's a tough call for harry reid to decide who is from nevada, another progun state whether he pu

the idea that you can actually problem-solving to get -- did you joe manchin? oe when he said that venue doesn't even exist on -- can you imagine the american people putting up with that when they hear such a claim? there's no venue for republicans and democrats to get together and solve problems. then be on the grassroots, our goal, ladies and gentlemen, will be to take the 25 problem solvers useful here from congress, and expanded by the end of the year to 75 or 80. do you hear what i'm saying? can you imagine? [applause] can you imagine 75 or 80 members of congress who actually get in room, republicans and democrats alike, this isn't about ideology, ladies and gentlemen. this is about problem-solving, doing the work of the people. you can imagine the impact that's going to have on the future of this nation, the time is now. let's light a fire under washington, ladies and gentlemen. thank you all for being here. ..

another bipartisan group of senators, including senator joe manchin of west virginia, who has long been a staunch gun rights advocate is working on legislation that would make it mandatory to pass a background check for everyone who wants to buy a gun. currently roughly 40% of the guns sold in this country are sold with no background check at all. so if that happens, that would be a stunning achievement, right? even just the bipartisan talks themselves pretty encouraging. it is all so encouraging. but we have to be careful not to pat ourselves on the back too much. not yet. tomorrow first lady michelle obama is returning to her hometown of chicago. she is returning to attend an event that should not even be taking place. she is returning to attend the funeral of a child killed by gun violence. 15-year-old hadiya pendleton was shot and killed in chicago on january 29th. she was huddled with a group of kids taking cover from a rainstorm after school when a gunman opened fire and shot hadiya in the back and killed her. hadiya was an honor student. she was a majorette. and in fact, she just

joining us, democratic senator from west virginia, joe manchin. screen right. left we've got republican congressman from california, jeff denim. >> thank you. >> steve: as commander in chief, shouldn't the president of the united states, who does have with his administration, some leeway in moving money around in the various accounts. shouldn't he be making these cuts as painless as possible, because right now he's making them sound pretty painful? >> not unless we change the way that the sequester needs to go into effect. it was across the board. there was very little leeway. but we should come together. if we can't get a big deal, which puts our financial house in order, then we should at least be smarter about how this is implemented as far as the sequestering. that would be giving flexibility to both the department of defense and to the nondefense so that they can make the cuts less draconian. that would be a smarter way. we're working hard across the aisle on the republican side. if we can't get a big deal but we think we can put that together, that needs

there the national association for gun rights is running a campaign to paint democratic senator joe manchining to set up a federal gun registration system. he's not for that. he's for common sense reform keeping guns out of the hands of the criminal and mentally ill. >> i've been hearing roomers and lies about my position on guns. i want to be very clear and tell you i'm a proud gun owner. nobody's going to take my guns, and i'm sure as hell not going to let them take your guns. this is a bunch of crap and people talking about things that they don't know what they're talking about. >> michael: i have a feeling that's going to be some of the most soft-spoken rhetoric we're going to be hear on this issue. vice president biden is taking his gun safety message to gun owners specifically outdoors men. biden didn't water anything down for the hunters and fishermen. saying quote if you have to go up in the poconos and go bear hunting or deer hunting with that weapon, and you need a clip that has 30 rounds in it, then you shouldn't be hunting. you're a danger to yourself if you can't get the bear o

in the future, but in the immediate life that we are in, with the fight for legislation, you got joe manchinho was on with us just the other day, he said i'm an nra member and he alluded to the fact that he did not agree with the nra leader ship. that the leadership was in name only. the bottom line is how much pressure will democrats put on republicans to come out and say what this man has written needs to be condemned, just as republicans have said to democrats, when incendiary language has come from the ranks of your part, david. >> those calls will come out more and more and more. for example, you could say to a republican from maine, hey, look, do you associate yourself with these paranoid rants against the president and against latinos and against people who live in brooklyn or not? yes or no, where do you stand? and the fact that la pierre came out with such extreme right wing insanity, insanity, in the name of the nra is going to make it harder for members of congress who would like to stay with him. >> thank you, david, thank you, raich rachel, we'll see what happens next. >>> it's

democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia and former gop presidential candidate jon huntsman. this is two hours. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome marianne huntsman and abby huntsman. [applause] family"] ♪ >> we are family. we are so excited to be here today and to be a part of this launch. we cannot think of to do better people than our father, governor huntsman and senator joe manchin to be a part of this kickoff for no labels. [applause] as our generation looks to the future, this just gives us hope. thank you all for being here. it is great to be here. i will say that democracy was not supposed to be easy. it is through debate and conversations just like one that our dad and senator mansion are wanting to have that really tackle the issues that need to be tackled. we are so excited for our generation about this organization. there is no better way to kick it off again by singing an arrangement of "god bless america" that we put together. >> ♪ god bless america land that i love stand beside her and guide her through the night from above ♪ from the mountains ♪ through

you're having joe manchin, the senator, where do you think it goes? >> i quite frankly don't know.k it is good that there are going to be hearings this week on all of these bills. i think there is a difference between background checks and then what tom coburn is talking about. personal registration, there are stories in our paper, these deals that are coming together. but when coburn sort of threw cold water on it, it was not so much about background checks. it was this narrow issue of will there be a registry of personal issues. when you listen to the folks, it is a huge hurdle for some democrats and republicans to get over. then we could see something along the lines of background checks. i think assault weapons though, will be a bridge too far for some republicans and democrats. >> assault weapons looked very tough to me. but i want to talk about the background checks, this kind of registry that we talk about, one thing that happened, the damage control space, the nra and gun rights activists, efforts to constrict the amount of data, the groups, we can't get that trace data. th

joe manchin, ben nelson, charlie dent, michael grimm, chris smith there.at as you pointed out how polarized people are. >> charlie dent, one of the big power players on gun control and manchin is one of the key allies that president obama's going to have on that legislation. >> interesting list, josh. thanks so much for joining us. you pronounced my name beautifully. thank you. >>> and time now for the "gut check." a new "usa today"/pew poll shows republicans get most of the blame for the sequest tradition and 49% for congressional republicans. 11% see it as equal. what did your gut tell you? if the sequester deal isn't reached, a lot of you slighted because you weren't included in the poll and we're calling out to you. go to facebook.com/newsnation to cast that vote. thank you for hanging with us. tomorrow, of course get some big show 2:00 p.m. eastern time. "the cycle" is up next. [ female announcer ] are you really getting salon quality... or settling for wannabes? stop compromising! new vidal sassoon pro series. care and styling from the original salon

. >> let me bring in democratic senator from west virginia joe manchin. a big player in the gun control debate and wearing the no labels pin for bipartisanship. senator manchin, a pleasure to have you on. >> i'm wearing the pin as you see no labels and basically it's a group of people, tamron, come together as problem solvers. you know? we are not here to fight but fix things. that's what we do in west virginia and what i found no labels to be here in washington and proud to be a national co-chairman with jon huntsman. >> you would like to see if you will there to be more of a compromise in that town. it's interesting that this politico article says the president's speech more aggressive because the president believes according to them that you cannot reach a deal right now with the republicans in washington. they are vulnerable and divided and there's an opening for his agenda perhaps to be heard in this bully pulpit form of the state of the union. are members of the gop in your opinion just unwilling to agree on anything right now? >> well, i don't know

have "the wall street journal" with a report of perhaps a bipartisan group of senators and maybe joe manchin, the move through on legislation but it would not include as stated a ban on those military style assault weapons but it would include perhaps a ban on the high capacity magazines. is that likely the move to see? the president's heavily focused on universal background checks and included but is that what we're likely to see here at this point? >> that seems to be what people are indicating. i can't speak to that negotiation but i can tell you that all of the different things on the table have real strong support of the american people and they want to see real action and they want to see a variety of measures, particularly stronger background checks and a ban on high capacity magazines. >> tim, she brings up a point. the american people want to see the universal background checks and seeing this since newtown, the phrase, everything has changed. we watched the children perform and whose heart did not melt unless you're the most evil human being on the planet and with that said you're

let's go back to statutory hall, where we're joined by joe manchin and kansas representative. senator, you've been telling congress to stop fighting and start fixing. did you hear that to be able to? >> i did. i was pleased with the tone. i thought it was a bipartisan tone that put everyone together working for the betterment of our country, and fulfilling our commitment to those who sacrifice for all of us. i thought the tone was very good. we've got to make sure we follow through on it now. >> lynn jenkins, what did you think of the litany of government interventions, though small, and not all that inexpensive that the president is proposing, but nevertheless, marco rubio was criticizing those. do you agree with rubio? >> i agreed with the president on his goals of getting hard-working americans back to work. getting the economy stoked, all the way addressing the issue of the debt and the deficits. i just happen to disagree with him on how we go about doing that. but that's what's nice about having folks across the rotunda in senator manchin, as folks were building some rela

uses, a lot of people are going to be watching his tone and i want to play for you what senator joe manchinaid this morning. >> you want to hear that spirit of bipartisan, i mean, we need to come together. we really do. and the leader sets that tone. and i'm hoping to hear that tonight. i really am. when you're in that position, you keep taking a thumping every day, trying to bring people together, and you just never give up. >> and in "the new york times," we have seen this, "he has shown an assertiveness, self-possession, even cockiness that contrasts with the caution, compromise, and reserve that he showed for much of his first term." so i'm wondering what you're looking for in tone, as well as in substance tonight. >> actually, we probably agree a lot on that point. i've worked with the president on the fiscal cliff deal. i've worked with him on hurricane sandy relief. i'm working on him right now on the violence against women act. yet, we see absolutely no give on the other side in terms of how we are approaching issues like the sequester, like the continuing resolution, and like the d

saying joe manchin and others saying he is clearly qualified and the president should have his man there. and to take one statement out of context from a speech he gave when he wasn't in office is not really taking the measure of the man. he's not going to have a good relationship with republicans on that committee. and he is weakened within the pentagon where you have that crisp military, be-prepared attitude. you know it better than anyone. you've written a book. you've been with the military far more than i have. and rachel, you know they all have things down very carefully. the way he answered questions buzz damaging to him. despite from so many people from colin powell and people who republicans revere who all said this man should be confirmed. >> i think we are at an important and fragile and sort of unsettled moment in terms of civilian relationships of the military and political civilian relationships with the military. and this is the biggest wrench in the works that could have possibly imagined. we'll see how it plays out. andrea mitchell host of andrea mitchell reports. thank

not go as far as some of us would like, but the senatorial quartet consisting of chuck schumer, joe manchink, and tom coburn are working on a deal that could expand background checks on gun sales. this comes during the same week when a bipartisan group of house members came forward to announce they, too, are working along similar lines. could this be the start of something big? let's bring in msnbc contributor goldie taylor and democratic strategist julian epstein. there's a lot more to curbing gun violence than background checks. but here you have got these two democrats, two republicans, even two nra members in senators manchin and coburn. isn't this a sign that things that are possible -- that we should be optimistic that things are going to happen? >> you know, martin, forgive me for being a bit cynical but i think it's the start of something small. this is cowardice on its face when we can't talk honestly about banning assault weapons, about banning clips with multiple rounds, 30, 40 rounds in a clip. when we can't talk about cracking down on the illegal gun trade happening on our stre

joe manchin of west virginia is the most conservative democrat, but he's to the left of the most liberalepublican, scott brown of massachusetts, who is no longer in the senate. the most liberal senators, new mexico's tom udall and richard blumenthal in connecticut. jim risch of idaho is the most conservative. there he is all by himself. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." politicking of course can be a blood sport, and karl rove's critics must smell blood in the water. democrats liked "w's" brain or the so-called architect or bush's brain, but now it's conservatives who are on the attack. a popular tea party group doctored up a photo of rove in a nazi uniform. of course, they later apologized, but that picture is out there. on fox news sunday journalist bob woodward slammed his new venture to broaden the base by selecting more winnable candidates for office. let's watch that. >> you're going to set yourself up as a kind of politburo vetting these candidates. i mean -- >> no, no, no. >> the whole theory of republicanism is to let the local state or district decide. >> i t

an unlikely foursome of senators, chuck schumer of new york, joe manchin of west virginia, tom coburnoklahoma, and mark kirk of illinois are huddling together in hopes of finding a compromise on gun safety legislation. the associated press reports now, quote, the senators' talks have included discussions about ways to encourage states to make more mental health records available to the national system and the types of transactions that might be exempted from background checks, such as sales among relatives or to those who have permits to carry concealed weapons, said people who spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to describe the negotiations publicly. for that and other campaign politics we have our "hardball" strategist here tonight, democrat steve mcmahon and republican john feehery. john, let's talk about your party and the way it wants to position itself on the whole issue of what happened in newtown. i don't mean necessarily gun laws particularly but the issues of background checks, the issues of mental health records. is there a role for the republican party in gu

susan said, background checks are moving, there's a coalition around universal background checks, joe manchin and other democratic senators who are for that. assault weapons probably not going to pass as you probably know. and the question might be about high-capacity magazines about the ban on those will pass. republicans still nervous about this issue. you saw in your interview, john barrasso would not condemn wayne lapierre's very crazy op-ed piece. republicans worried about this issue, still not sure if they get primaried if they get behind gun control too much. >> senator barrasso having an "a" rating from the nra. i'll get that out there. but i'll talk to you about the interview, as well. primarily focusing on chuck hagel and the fact that will come to a vote tomorrow. he would be the first foot soldier, you know, in that position. a vietnam vet, has a great career as a republican from nebraska. what do you think is the main opposition to seeing him get into that seat? he said weak and wobbly performance at his hearing. >> i don't know what the opposition is quite frankly, thomas. maybe

democrats were telling me they think they can get something that would have bipartisan support from joe manchinrom west virginia, and mark kirk, a illi very moderate bipartisan senators bringing toward a bill. i would look for that after this week -- long recess is over. and also i would look to colorado today where you have the house of representatives who are putting a sweeping background check on the floor for a final vote. and a cap on magazine rounds, 15 rounds per magazine. that's a very moderate, you know, kind of purple state. i cover colorado politics for five or six years. and it's interesting to me to watch democrats who are essentially out there very much like east coast republicans pushing this forward. joe biden called four moderate state lawmakers on a democratic side to say please vote for this. so you have the white house involved there, too. trying to create some pressure to move this inside washington game outside. >> and susan pedro, i wanted to ask you as a long-time washington house correspondent and the bureau chief for "usa today," your take on the total blackout of any

. >> well, senator joe manchin, trying to get ben bernanke, trying and failing, to sign on to the commontoughest thing we face. that was ben bernanke saying very politely, no, senator it probably is not. so that was number one, ben bernanke went to the senate and said you can't just obsess about deficits all day. >> because it would be irresponsible for us not to do something. we have two alternatives, two paths to take here, either fix the financial problems in a longer term bigger fix or do something with the sequester, that we punished ourselves, basically because we have been unable as a body to come together. i think that was also said, shouldn't we do the sequester in a smarter way where there is more flexibility. >> i suggested to make trade offs in the near recovery, and aligning the policy with the timing, the timing says we made progress in the very near term as far as the budget is concerned. the problem is unaddressed in the longer term. so it doesn't quite match to be doing tough policies today, when the real problem is a somewhat longer term problem. >> again, ben bernanke

joe manchin of west virginia is the most conservative democrat, but he's to the left of the most liberalepublican, scott brown of massachusetts, who is no longer in the senate. the most liberal senators, new mexico's tom udall and richard blumenthal in connecticut. jim risch of idaho is the most conservative. there he is all by himself. we'll be right back. and then treats day after day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter. [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it... in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. great taste. mmm... [ male announcer ] sounds good. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> welcome back to "hardball." politicking of course can be a blood sport, and karl rove's critics must smell blood

questions but still came strongly to his defrks defense, as did the other democrats on the committee, joe manchin and others, saying he is clearly qualified and the president should have his man there and that to take one statement out of context from a speech that he gave when he wasn't in office is not really taking the measure of the man. he's not going to have a good relationship with republicans on that committee, and he is weakened within the pentagon, where you have that crisp military be prepared attitude. you know it better than anyone. you've written a book -- you've been with the military far more than i have. and rachel, you know that they have things all down very, very carefully. and the way he performed, the way he answered the questions, that was damaging to him despite all of the incombiums from so many people, from brent scowcroft and colin powell and people who republicans admire and revere, who have all said this man should be confirmed. >> i think we are at an important and fragile and sort of unsettled moment in terms of civilian relationships with the military, in particula

joe manchin of west virginia is the most conservative democrat but he's to the left of the most liberalepublican, scott brown of massachusetts who is no longer in the senate. the most liberal senators, new mexico's tom udall and richard blumenthal in connecticut. jim rich of idaho is the most conservative. there he is all by himself. we'll be right back. mom? i know you got to go in a minute but this is a real quick meal, that's perfect for two! campbell's chunky beef with country vegetables, poured over rice! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the ground and more time in the air. suddenly, faraway places don't seem so...far away. ♪ [ male announcer ] why do more emergency workers everywhere trust duracell...?? duralock power preserve. locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. now...guaranteed. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. >>> w