john rosenthal, thank you. keith, always great to have you on. >>> first lady michelle obama said to address congress from chicago. we will bring you the first lady's remarks from her hometown. >>> congress saying they are poised for more progress . >>> not a lot of smoke and mirrors in here. and if we can come together, have a serious reasoned debate, not driven by politics, and come together around common sense and compromise -- >> that was president obama just a few hours ago unveiling 2014 budget plan. it includes nearly $4 trillion in spending, cutting deficit by $1.8 trillion over the next decade. the plan calls for reductions in social security and medicare. new investments in education and infrastructure and taxes on the wealthy through the buffett rule insuring those that make more than a million a year pay their fair share of taxes. >> this does not represent some grand pivot from left to senter. it is really just a pivot from left to left. >> why don't we do what we can agree to do. why don't we find

kim ruing and john rosenthal thank you so much this evening. i know we'll be talking about this in the future. we're pleased to be joined by rolling stone editor, the great tim dickinson. they called today a shameful day in washington. >> it's a shameful day for democracy when you have 90% of americans foiled by the senate. what kind of a democracy do we live in when we can't have an up or down vote that on something that has 90% support in the country. >> john: president obama also said that this marked only round one in the fight for gun control legislation. let me ask you tim what do you think comes next specifically for gun control legislation more universally. >> well, i don't think that manchin-toomey has much of a future unless there is an soap-like up rising on the twitter. but americans are distracted. nra wins when the americans are distracted. it's tragic that we have the boston bomb, and the poisoned letters, and people could have brought more pressure to bear if there hadn't been these other factors going on this week. i think the

the chairman of stop handgun violence, john rosenthal, jonathan capehart, thank you for joining us.e start with you, chip. what is your reaction? the nra putting i guess what it sees as its best offer on the table which includes allowing staff at schools to carry sidearms, shotguns and even ar-15s. is that something you wanted to hear today? >> it's interesting. when i listen to that press conference earlier, here in tennessee we have something called resource officers. school districts can make those decisions within the school district if they want an armed security guard at the school. if they want a metal detector at the school. if this is something they do, i hope they'll look at the mod nell tennessee and let the school districts decide what best fits their model to protect the kids the best. >> ar-15s, does that fit the model in your opinion. >> if that's what they want to do, that's what they should do. >> here we are, we're going to talk about this "washington post" article in a second. the bottom line, they say because of the nra's lobbying and their power that mayor bloom