a former prosecutor, kelly ayotte knows how to reduce gun violence. background checks, strengthen mental health screenings, and more resources to prosecute criminals using guns. washington might not like it but you can count on it. >> what the -- what do you mean washington may not like it? washington would have loved it if kelly ayotte volted to expand background checks, america would have loved it. she would have joined the majority of the united states senate that voted to do that. she is not bucking washington by voting against expanded background checks. she was bucking america. she was bucking new hampshire. and as we have already seen in the town hall meetings and in the polls, new hampshire doesn't like it. >> ayotte stands for our values, not there. >> meaning kelly ayotte stands for the nra's values, not new hampshire's. with the spark miles card from capital one, bjorn earns unlimited rewards for his small business. take these bags to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjorn's small business earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce del

and that would be kelly ayotte.ves she has a great head start, you know, coming from new jersey -- from new hampshire in the new hampshire primary. and that to me is the only thing i can find that explains her vote on the gun legislation. because she can take that vote out into right wing republican presidential primaries and iowa and elsewhere and she'll be happy to stand on that vote. >> and, you know what, that's a great theory. only problem is, her poll numbers are sinking in her home state. >> okay, there's that. okay. >> exactly. i'm glad you brought it up. >> there's a plan, but yeah -- >> yeah, if she can't carry her home state -- if she is catching hell in the same way other senators are catching hell on both sides of the aisle for the vote she has taken, then if kelly ayotte wants to throw her hat in the ring and embarrass herself by running for president, have at it. >> i couldn't agree with you more. if you look at the poll numbers that came out for senator kay hagan on the tough vote she took on the rig

that's the natural follow-up question that follows kelly ayotte around. and you're right. it will happen because we have a fast-moving dialogue going on with guns right now. >> let's listen to what kay bailey hutchinson, former republican senator from texas said about this and pat toomey with jon stewart last night. >> let me say, pat toomey, the senator from pennsylvania, did a yeoman's job -- >> he and joe manchin came together, got a compromised bill. >> and really, the american people are for background checks. they are. >> like 90%. >> yes. >> and ej, this is a former texas republican. this is no new jersey republican talking there. >> well, she is the sort of person that ted cruz would call a squish. >> yes. >> because she's in favor of this very modest measure. no, and i think what's depressing is, how few republicans crossed over on this. there was a time not so long ago, 10, 15 years ago, when you could get quite a lot of republicans voting for sane gun legislation. heck, not just background checks, but also an assault weapons ban. and it shows how ideological tha

new hampshire republican kelly ayotte has slid 15 points. >> stephen: poor kelly ayotte. apparently new hampshire voters don't want to change their state motto to live free and die. but, folks, to win the fight against these enormously popular modest gun regulations, we can't care about the voters. we can't care about coherent argument. we can't even care about what feels right. we have to go beyond all previous experience of political engagement and human interaction and achieve what i believe the zen buddhists call satori, wherein we are but empty vessels waiting to be filled. these senators must reach a state beyond truthiness, a complete nonattachment to anything other than keeping their jobs. and that's the word. ( cheers and applause ). >> welcome back, everybody. my guest tonight is the hip hop duo behind the sit song thrift shop which is the same place... please welcome mclemore and ryan lewis. thank you. >> how are you doing. stephen: ryan, thanks for coming, man. very excited here. very excited. mclemore, can i call you ben? >> sure. tephen: ben haggerty, ryan l

ran against kelly ayotte in 2010. i wonder if you could speak to the politics and gun culture in new hampshire because the motto live free and die, how does a politician think about guns in a state like new hampshire? >> i think how a politician in new hampshire has changed. i had an "a" rating from the nra. i took a very libertarian, let the states decide approach to firearms. and when i saw my former colleague gabby giffords gunned down, when i saw what happened in newtown, i know something inside happened to me in a big way. i came to grips that we need to do something in this country. it's a constellation of things but we could start in congress making sure people who don't have guns, don't have them. i went through that kind of change and apparently 90% of the people in new hampshire did also. so for a politician like senator ayotte to be so out of touch with the people she represents, to be so out of touch, that she lectures the daughter of somebody gunned down at newtown about mental health issues, we're not ta

the nra coming out and helping kelly ayotte.ake a listen to this. >> kelly ayotte is not just a senator. she's also a mom who cares about protecting our kids. it's why kelly had the courage to oppose misguided gun control laws that would not have prevented sandy hook. >> so do these help or hurt the senator? >> what is misguided about requiring background checks on potential gun buyers when you're trying to prevent people who have a criminal record who should not be having guns? what's misguided about that? i'd like to know. most american people would like to know. over 90% of americans think this is basic common sense. even most nra members, even most gun owners. >> so if voters do believe that, does this nra assistance help or hurt her because she's being socialed? >> i think it hurts her. the nra is not that popular. they claim they have 4 million members. that is between 2 and 4 million. who they're really funded by, let's be clear. they're funded by the gun manufacturers. the gun manufacturers are profiting from laws that c

kelly ayotte needs to find a way forward.o to them, chris. >> you now have the ammunition of pat toomey in pennsylvania rising in the polls. >> hold on one second. an important point. cokie just brought up, let's show really quickly the numbers of these polls and then you get to the punch line which is serve collapsing in the polls, except for pat toomey in pennsylvania who took this really courageous stand. what is happening to pat toomey in pennsylvania? >> he is going up in the polls and people are saying explicitly in quinnipiac poll his handling of the gun issue is the thing they like. >> you were saying weeks before in the lead-up to the vote that this is going against what the people want. >> right. >> now it's being proven to idiotic members of the senate -- >> get a permission structure. how do you find a permission structure -- brings back chambliss and baucus? you're right. go for six. i thought what we learned from ted cruz, maybe in the worst way, have a vote and nail them and bring them back into the fold. ted c

kelly ayott voted for a bipartisan plan to make background checks more effective. here's her vote. ayott voted for a bipartisan plan to reform our health system. ayott voted for more resources to prosecute criminals who use guns. kelly ayotte stands with prosecutors and police for new hampshire values. >> the fact that the nr sachlt highlighting her support of a different background check bill would seem to show just how much public backing there is for the measure. earlier this week senator ayotte wrote about the response on her vote in an op-ed saying "my commitment to the people of new hampshire is i will continue to try to work across the aisle to prevent violence enforce and improve our background check system and increase school safety. misleading television and radio ads are counterproductive and only help to poison this important discussion." >>> jodi arias will find if she'll be put to death or face life in prison. yesterday a jury found the 32-year-old guilty of killing her one-time boyfriend in arizona. the first-degree murder verdict was being read, arias began crying. t

kelly ayotte voted for a bipartisan plan to make background checks more effective. here's her vote.yotte voted for a bipartisan plan to reform our broken mental health system. ayotte voted for more resources to prosecute criminals who use guns. kelly ayotte stands with prosecutors and police for new hampshire values. >> interesting new ad there. new hampshire senator kelly ayotte felt the political sting of tv ads from gun control groups led by michael bloomberg and gabby giffords. the nra is coming to her defense. that was the new ad that is geared toward granite state v e vot voters. no mention of second amendment rights. joining me susan paige. that's the type of nra ad you do not normally see, which is they're not talking about second amendment rights, not talking about a gun culture, not talking about those thins, but trying to beat back and almost embrace the same things that the gun control groups claim they want. >> right. very strategic. it is much less sort of an ideological plea for gun rights than it is to say, look, people are saying bad things about kelly ayotte, but h

we are looking for the full tape of kelly ayotte's answer. i just want to hear it. i want to hear two or three minutes of her trying to explain this vote because she went to a town hall. she, obviously, has a staff that helped her get elected and i'm sure prepared her to answer these questions and i'm sure it's our fault. i'm sure we did not show enough of her answer and i'm sure there is a legitimate other side to this story and i'm sure that when we play two or three minutes of her talking, we're going to be like, thank you. >> we also saw her answer yesterday or the day before to the daughter of the woman who was killed. >> i got to tell you i have a feeling when we watch this, it's going to be painful. i think it's going to be painful and mostly for her because it doesn't ring true and the more she talks, the more she digs herself deeper and it's too bad. >> i want to ask a delicate question. >> are you a woman? >> is it even more surprising when a woman votes against this from a primal -- because there are differences between the -- >> absolutely. >> when you s

the kelly ayottes of the world should change their vote.e should try to get a revote here and try to get this thing passed. because as you said, imagine the next tragedy and imagine if that person got a gun at a gun show and that person wouldn't have gotten it had they applied through a universal background check. imagine the blood on the hands of the people who voted against this commonsense bill. >> yeah. >> and just the point you're making, the nra is implicitly telling people who have a problem with their background and know it, go to a gun show. >> that's right. >> if you have a problem, it's like a credit rating. we'll sell you the car without a rating. go ahead. joy, last word. >> you're absolutely right. the worst case scenario for kelly ayotte, jeff flake, ron johnson of wisconsin is to have this come up over and over again. they think they are safe because it's in 2016. that's a presidential year. they are in jeopardy anyway. you have a lot of democrats that want payback. that's going to be a presidential year and if this vote com

especially if i'm pat toomey or ron johnson or even kelly ayotte. >> on that point, here's senator kelly ayotte from new hampshire, who's had a rough couple of days facing constituents. earlier in the week, she was confronted by the daughter of the newtown principal killed in the massacre. let's watch this again. this is a new one. >> you really don't understand, it doesn't make sense to me. what is wrong with universal background checks? >> thank you, john. >> i will tell you in terms of a universal background check as it's been framed. i have a lot of concerns about that leading to a registry that will create a privacy situation for lawful firearms owners, however, i do believe that our current system should be fixed. >> it was an entirely different story for john mccain. he was applauded yesterday for his support of the background checks legislation. this is pam simons, a former staffer to congresswoman giffords. she, too, was shot that day in 2011 by jared loughner. she had something she wanted to tell mccain. >> i would like to thank you so much for your vote on the -- >> after the

. >>> i have one little piece of tape for you, it's really short, between kelly ayotte and one of heronstituents at a town hall meeting in new hampshire. >> i have a question and it's based something that was said -- >> let me just say i do every town hall meeting this way and have a process and we will get to as many questions as we can so -- >> we don't want to regulate guns. >> well -- >> that was today in northern new hampshire. turns out that senate vote to filibuster background checks for gun sales, turns out that vote was not taken anonymously. people know how people voted on that. the political price of that vote is starting to get rung up. that's coming up in just a moment. [ male announcer ] if you can clear a crowd but not your nasal congestion, 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. >> ten years ago tomorrow, president george w. bush pretended to land a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier. he was wearing a flight suit. he went inside and chan

his clinic. >>> the daughter of the slain sandy hook principal confronted new hampshire senator kelly ayotte at a town hall meeting in warren. ayotte a republican voted no on expanded background checks saying it would burden gun store owners. >> i'm just wondering why the burden of my mother being gunned down isn't as important. >> the legislation that was on the floor and the background check system was, as i understand the facts, certainly, you know, wouldn't have solved this. what we need to do is pull the mental health. i understand but i respect you have a different viewpoint. >>> ayotte is one of a handful of senators including jeff flake and heidi highcamp who are facing criticism. >>> turning now to wall street the past three years have seen investors selling day and go away. this years stocks said good-bye to april on a high not with all three major indexes up for the year. the fed promises to continue easy money that streak could continue. tuesday apple held a record $17 billion bond auction to help finance $100 billion pay out to shareholders. dream works is said to be close to a

and kelly ayotte does not vote onthat way but on what will help her or hurt her. >> i'm sorry for whatbeen through. as you and i both know, the issue was not background system at sandy hook. mental health i hope is the one thing that we can agree on going forward and getting done because that seems to be an overriding issue in all--and also enforcement, certainly. i think there are many areas we can agree, most of all the legislation that was on the floor and the background check as i understand the facts certainly wouldn't have helped. but what i think is mental health. >> cenk: at the end of that answer you see erica lafferty walking out because that was not an answer to her question. she just tried to change the topic to mental health. but the main issue at sandy look from all those guns and all those bullets that led to all those deaths. in reality the people of new hampshire agree with us. 88% strongly favor the proposal. 6% somewhat favored it, and only 5% opposed it, but their senator voted that way with the 5% any way. even among gun owners in new hampshire, 83% said please vot

. >>> answering to the voters in her second town hall, new hampshire senator kelly ayotte is asked again to defend her no vote on background checks. >> i really don't understand, it doesn't make sense to me, what is wrong with universal background checks? >>. >>> up in arms, senator pat toomey says he knows why his bipartisan gun bill died in the senate. >> i think in the end we didn't because our politics have become so polarized. and there are people on my side who didn't want to be perceived to be helping something that the president wants to accomplish. simply because it's the president who wants to accomplish it. >>> and google comes to us. we chat with executives eric schmidt and jerry cohen about the new digital age in their new book. >>> plus, from one former secretary to another, henry kissinger jokes about hillary clinton's 2016 prospects. >> became president. and that sort of started focusing my mind. i want to tell hillary when she misses the office, she looks at the history of secretaries of state, there might be hope for a fulfilling life afterwards. >> good day, i'm andrea

and that's a message to kelly ayotte. it's a message to rob portman. it's a message to a lot of democrats, those four democrats who didn't vote for us. they better vote the right way if there's a revote or we've got to get a revote. >> absolutely. >> i think we need a permission structure, to use the president's latest phrase, to get these guys and women back into game again. a permission structure where they can find a way to say, i was sort of right but now i'm going to be really right. i'm going to do it right this time. erica, great to meet you. you are a star for me right now obviously. your mom must have been unbelievable. >> she was. thank you. >> ed rendell, as always, sir, thank you. >>> we'll be right back after this. why let constipation weigh you down? as soon as you feel it, try miralax. it works differently than other laxatives. it draws water into your colon to unblock your system naturally. don't wait to feel great. miralax. take the miralax pledge to feel better sooner. get a reward like a beauty treatment, a dance class or a $5 gift c

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and that's a message to kelly ayotte. it's a message to rob portman.s a message to a lot of democrats, those four democrats who didn't vote for us. they better vote the right way if there's a revote or we've got to get a revote. >> absolutely. >> i think we need a permission structure, to use the president's latest phrase, to get these guys and women back into game again. a permission structure where they can find a way to say, i was sort of right but now i'm going to be really right. i'm going to do it right this time. erica, great to meet you. you are a star for me right now obviously. your mom must have been unbelievable. >> she was. thank you. >> ed rendell, as always, sir, thank you. >>> we'll be right back after this. you hurt my feelings, todd. i did? when visa signature asked everybody what upgraded experiences really mattered... you suggested luxury car service instead of "strength training with patrick willis." come on todd! flap them chicken wings. [ grunts ] well, i travel a lot and umm... [ male announcer ] at visa signature, every upgrade

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kelly ayotte of new hampshire, who voted against extended background checks is finding herself at the center of the debate. she is facing angry voters back home, for a political price. tensions boiled over in a town hall event yesterday. among those questioning the senator were erica lafferty, whose mother was murdered in the newtown massacre. >> you had mentioned that day, owners of gun stores, that the extended background chex would cost. i'm just wondering why the burden of my mother being gunned down in the hall of an elementary school isn't just as important as that? why is that something not being supported? >> erica, certainly, let me just say, that i'm obviously so sorry. and as everyone here, no matter what our views are, for what you have been through. and i think that ultimately, when we look at what happened in sandy hook, i understand that's what drove this whole discussion. all of us want to make sure that that doesn't happen again. i took a lot of heat. i will say, from even members of my own party, that didn't like the fact that i voted to actually go to debate on this

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i think kelly ayotte is in a lot of trouble. i don't believe jeff flake is. i don't believe mark begich is. the poll numbers are interesting. they're also about two and a half years premature. kelly ayotte is a rookie senator from a purple state. she might be in trouble over this. i can't imagine, for example that jeff flake is going to get in trouble because he's going to be attacked from the left on guns in a state where jan brewer just signed a law mandating that all guns and gun buyback programs be resold. >> john: i respect jan brewer as i would respect any governor serving on an outpatient basis. do you think there is a chance that politicians are learning from this? >> no. because i don't think -- we haven't seen an immediate consequence yet. the mule has not been hit between the eyes with the two by four yet. you show me a midterm election where somebody loses on this issue or in which this issue becomes an important part of an on-going narrative of the tendency and if you show me somebody who loses an election because of that, then you've got somethi

. >>> i have one little piece of tape for you, it's really short, between kelly ayotte and one of herstetituents at a town meeting in new hampshire. >> i have a question and it's based something that was said -- >> let me just say i do every town hall meeting this way and have a process and we will get to as many questions as we can so -- >> we don't want to regulate guns. >> well -- >> that was today in northern new hampshire. turns out that senate vote to filibuster background checks for gun sales, turns out that vote was not taken anonymously. people know how people voted on that. the political price of that vote is starting to get rung up. that's coming up in just a moment. [ tires screech ] [ beeping ] ♪ [ male announcer ] we don't just certify our pre-owned vehicles. we inspect, analyze and recondition each one, until it's nothing short of a genuine certified pre-owned... mercedes-benz for the next new owner. ♪ hurry in to your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for 1.99% financing during our certified pre-owned sales event through april 30th. ♪ there you go. come on, let's play! [

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. >>> i have one little piece of tape for you, it's really short, between kelly ayotte and one of herat a town hall meeting in new hampshire. >> i have a question and it's based something that was said -- >> let me just say i do every town hall meeting this way and have a process and we will get to as many questions as we can so -- >> we don't want to regulate guns. >> well -- >> that was today in northern new hampshire. turns out that senate vote to filibuster background checks for gun sales, turns out that vote was not taken anonymously. people know how people voted on that. the political price of that vote is starting to get rung up. that's coming up in just a moment. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] this is a reason to look twice. this is a stunning work of technology. the 2013 lexus es and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. the 2013 lexus es and the first-ever es hybrid. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global broadband network and custom communicati

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manu was up there with kelly ayotte. she's coming under a lot of pressure. there's pressure on jeff flake in arizona who voted no. there's pressure on rob portman in ohio who voted no. i think this is going to come back for a vote tweaked so that people who voted no on the first one can say this is slightly different. i think the big difference between this fight and almost every other fight we've had on guns is you're seeing the newtown families. like that courageous young woman involved, and you're seeing a lot of americans making those calls. i think one of the things that may have gone wrong in the strategy for this in the first round is that supporters organized all kinds of thing, including vigils that were very moving. i think the nra and their allies organized a lot more phone calls to the hill. i think you're going to see an emphasis on the pro-gun reform groups saying, okay, members of congress are going to start hearing from us. you're already seeing that happen to the senators, some of the senators who voted no. >> e.j. and manu, thanks, guys. go

i know kelly ayotte can read polls.nd i think this is going to move probably in the democrats' direction. at least in the senate. the house is a whole other question. and i think that's a very, very tough climb. but i think the nra, you know, you can only oppose something that 85% of the american public supports for so long. it will catch up with you. >> michael tomasky, thank you very much. i really appreciate you joining me today. >>> still ahead, closing arguments in the jodi arias trial where her own defense attorney today admitted, he doesn't like her but he still says, she did not commit first-degree murder. we'll have more interesting remarks from her defense attorney and the potential 2016 preview, the event that will have hillary clinton and governor chris christie sharing the same stage. it is just one of the things we thought you should know. we've all had those moments. when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from

republican senator kelly ayotte returned home this week. and at every town hall she's held, she's faced a grilling by her constituents about her vote against universal background checks. >> i really don't understand -- it doesn't make sense to me, what is wrong with universal background checks? >> okay, thank you, john. >> i will tell you in terms of a universal background check, as it's been framed, i have a lot of concerns about that leading to a registry. that will create a privacy situation for lawful firearms owners. >> ayotte's conspiracy theory regarding a national gun registry is best refuted by the actual bill. which would have made the storage of gun records a felony. with a 15-year prison sentence. the absurdity of ayotte's reasoning was even apparent to senate zealot ted cruz, who last month told talking points memo, that i don't disagree that on its face the current legislation does not purport to create a national gun registry. the change in attitudes is even more apparent. >> i would like to thank you, so much for your vote o

i am cold kelly ayotte will consider alternatives. to get the votes to pass, gun control advocates will have to accept something that is watered down, and it is an open question whether they're willing to do that. dana bash, cnn, washington. >>> inside the mind of a killer, dr. sanjay gupta explains whether biology could explain the boston bombings. >>> and chilling images of the final seconds of a doomed flight. do they contain clues about what caused the fiery, deadly crash? [ female announcer ] the only patch for the treatment of mild to moderate alzheimer's disease is exelon patch. now with more treatment options, exelon patch may improve overall function and cognition. your loved one can get a free 30-day trial. and you can have access to nurses. it does not change how the disease progresses. hospitalization, and rarely death, have been reported from wearing more than one patch at a time. the most common side effects are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fall, loss of appetite or weight, application site redness, and urinary tract infe

kelly ayotte, the senator from new hampshire, she has taken a lot of heat in her home state about her vote on background checks. she voted against background checks. and marco rubio and i remind you that ayotte is from new hampshire, live free or die. livewhy, donnie, i'm going to ask you this for a see shoesly as ask you. why would they go to run this ad. >> ayotte voted to fix background checks, fix the mental health screening and vote for reforces prosecuting guns. washington may not like it. >> this is the oldest play. the first three states to pick presidential nominees. you want to go and kiss the ring of every politician in the state. that's what marco rubio in florida is doing in the tiny state of new hampshire. >> michael: he's looking for a winter of 2015 endorsement. >> he wants kelly ayott he'se's political staff to work for him. and he wants her support. >> michael: is this too early? >> no, my daughter who is two years old talked to me yesterday about running for new hampshire and asked if we could go. never too early. >> michael: i'm going to put an ad up supporting her

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these ads running against kelly ayotte, these are harsh.ore. you see politicians start to rethink what is the -- >> we are watching kelly ayotte rethink it live as she goes to microphone in new hampshire. >> the problem for bloomberg and giffords, the time is a bit off. the people they would like to target aren't up for a couple years. >> you make a fascinating point. i thought the nra was more powerful than what i am about to read here from your work, that in the last senate elections, the 16 senate races they participated in, they lost 13 of them. >> exactly. this is the thing about the nra, why the emergence of the opposition is a big deal. their power has always been overstate, goes back to 1994, when the legend started to build in '94 after mid term loss for democrats that year. bill clinton and others concluded the reason of the story of the loss was that the nra had done it. >> had nothing to do with the biggest tax increase in history. >> all these other things, scandals that were popping up. the convenient story was guns. >> i alwa

kelly ayotte wrote an op-ed blaming out of state people for being misleading.n. >> stephanie: yeah i don't have time. yes. she -- this is what she said -- she -- she -- first of all she tried that. and then she said no i did vote for it. [ scooby-doo's "huh?" ] >> stephanie: what now? would you like the fun facts? [♪ fun-facts music ♪] >> sure. >> stephanie: i voted originally to approve the criminal background check system. she voted against the man chin toomey proposal so what is she referring to? a vote on the nra endorse proposal. the grassley cruz proposal didn't do anything to expand background checks. it made it easier to pass background checks. >> the opposite of what she claimed. >> stephanie: right. right. it's like those properly named bills like friendly florists -- >> friendly florists. >> stephanie: not in washington state. >> not at all. >> stephanie: they are surly. >> in bellingham. >> stephanie: thank you. twenty-nine minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical

senator kelly ayotte is in manchester, new hampshire. senator ion the ayotte,in you hn critical of some of these things. what's your reaction to what thomas pickering said this morning? >> well, bob, my reaction is the accountability review board report was not a substitute for adequate congressional oversight, and there were already questions raised-- i have respect for ambassador picking-- pickering-- but there were questions raised. eric nordstrom said there were key decision makers not interviewed by the a.r.b., a top counter-terrorism official asked to be review bide the a.r.b. was not. i was surprised to hear they did not probe secretary clinton in detail because obviously she was the decision maker at the state department. and in addition, the testimony we heard this week from mr. hicks certainly much of that was not within the a.r.b. report, even though he was interviewed by the a.r.b. so i believe there needs to be further congressional scrutiny of this. and i don't believe the talking points issue was in their charge as i hear h

. >> the only people who are getting hurt are the people who don't like kelly ayotte this week. people like heidi heitkamp in north dakota, they're doing swimmingly who voted against the -- >> he's got the ultimate tool, chris, it's called that bully pulpit. he's used it ineffectively. >> the latest "new york times"/cbs poll. voters in general and republicans specifically overwhelmingly back the president's position on background checks for gun purchases. and his role, position on path to citizenship under immigration reform. take a look at this. 86% of republicans say there should be stronger background checks. this is republicans. 84% say there should be a path to citizenship. offer for illegal immigrants. despite the overwhelming support for these issues that obama agrees with, the country is deeply divided over who they trust on the issues of gun and immigration. catch this. you'll like this, michael. republicans in congress, i have to say, have a slight edge when it comes to guns. president has a slight end on immigration. on the topics of guns and immigration, look at what

kelly ayotte stands with prosecutors and police for new hampshire values. >> despite the defeat of the capitol hill, families of victims are keeping up the pressure. one of them has become the target of the pro-gun lobby. the father of one of the kids killed in newtown and today a group shows that he was convicted of drug possession, dui and driving without a license. in a group the release says he's living proof that criminals we need to be concerned with do not follow laws and that people who risk other people's lives continue to do so without regard for the law. joining me now is the minneapolis mayor, a member of mayors against illegal guns and a man who turned around a sharp increase in gun crime in an nra member who lost his sister in a shooting. gentlemen, good to have you here. as a relative of someone killed by gun violence, what's your reaction to a campaign that i just told you about that's going against him for a gun rights group to attack the father of a child lost in such a violent situation? >> good morning, everybody. this is the first i hear of that. i definitely think

though ayotte isn't up for re-election until 2016. >> why didn't she listen to us in new hampshire? >> reporter: the nra is offering support on radio. >> kelly had the courage to oppose misguided gun control laws that would not have prevented sandy hook. >> reporter: the daughter of the slain principal at sandy hook elementary drove four hours from connecticut to confront ayotte. >> i'm just wondering why the burden of my mother being gunned down in the halls of her elementary school isn't as important as that. >> i'm obviously so sorry. everyone here no matter what our views are for what you have been through. >> reporter: tonight ayotte's advisers tell me they think the meetings were more cordial than you might expect. they say the senator is open to constructive steps that both parties could work on. they don't think there is enough political momentum to bring up the issue again soon with hot topics coming up like immigration reform. brian. >> kelly o'donnell in washington tonight. kelly, thanks. >>> an early heads-up on the next story for those watching with young ones present. it is a grisly subject matter. a jury in philadelphia ended

. >>> a political showdown for senator kelly ayotte as gun control groups confront her on a no vote on the gun bill. >>> no prescription needed. the fda approved the morning after emergency contraceptive pill for girls 15 and older. >>> plus atlanta's plans for one of the coolest stadiums ever. >>> the world's smallest stop motion movie made with individual atoms. >>> and weather that could pack a wallop. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for wednesday, may 1st. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm richard lui. >>> president obama is taking his push for immigration reform to mexico. here at home he says don't count him out on gun control and fixing the budget. all this as the president used his 100th day in office to define his stance on syrian intervention and guantanamo bay. let's go to nbc's traci potts who is live in washington with all the details. good morning. >> reporter: richard, the president on those issues that you noted, unable to stop the big budget cuts, unable to push through gun control, but he did say don't count me out. >> despite that, i

kelly ayotte was there. she didn't run from the question. she gave the answer she chose to give. is there proof that perhaps there may be some movement from those who said no in the past? >> she's also not up for reelection in to 16. jeff flake isn't up for -- he was elected last november. so this would have to survive a very long time to actually -- >> listen, we live in a world where people are already talking about who is the next president. >> fair enough. >> we talk about hillary clinton. so these cycles where they used to seem like forever, they come around very fast and these web ads never go away. >> you know what else is coming up, is immigration. there are other issues coming up that will fill the vacuum that people are talking about. i mean, jeff flake is going to be integral in that debate. there will be other things coming down the pike. it is hard to say what's going to -- we also have a presidential election. i mean, so it is really hard to say what is going to tilt the scales. the other thing is, and i think this is lost a little bit, even if this got past the sen