. >> we'll talk about this and other things, including michelle bachmann, megan mccain will talk aboutnd that will be next on "now." [ sniffs ] i have a cold. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ deep breath] awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is. that's the cold truth! >>> michele bachmann is the only woman running for president and megan mccain sat down to get up close and personal. michele bachmann is not doing great in the polls. did you talk to her about the realities of her campaign? >> i did. i asked her, you could lose and even in my father's campaign at the last moment there's still an inkling you could lose. she doesn't think she's going to lose. i admire that optimism. there's still a good chance she couldru)z in iowa. >> you're drinking the bachmann juice. >> i did a little. >> i didn't even entertain the idea of not being victorious, not because of me personally but what i'm thinking ab

. >> back in april, megan mccain took me to the nra convention in pittsburgh. met up with a councilman from pinsburg who was not at all psyched about his city hosting the nra and the 70,000 of its members this year. watch. >> i represent the eastern part of the city of pittsburgh. i represent the poorest area of the city of pittsburgh. unfortunately, the most crime infested, the most homicides, the most drug infested area in the city of pittsburgh, the lowest economic standards. and it is unfortunately a very difficult place. it is a place that has been plagued by violence, by gun violence. i myself, in fact, my whole life has been the consequence of gun violence. my aunt was murdered. and my mother had a nervous breakdown. and for 30 years had a mental illness she never recovered from. my cousins have been shot and killed. my wife's father was shot. my wife's mother, my mother-in-law was shot and killed who lived with us. her brother killed someone and spent 20 years in the penitentiary. a do i adopted his son and raised him as my own son. he actually went int

megan mccain and beb white from politico. thank you all for joining me.want to talk about is congress. if you think you have a lot to do before the end of year, take a look at congress. tax cut, unemployment insurance, medicare reimbursement for

. >> i turn to megan mccain who knows more about it than i do. >> we have ideological differences. but i think what she is trying to say is that congress's approval rating is at 7%. we are 13 days from christmas. and she's right, they are roadblocking. they are studying for a test, coming to the final exam. this is why americans are watching on the news and then feel disenfranchised. this is everyone's problem and i hate making it partisan. >> i think they flipped the script in the sense that they now have a vehicle in the house that would extend unemployment insurance, it adds in things that democrats don't want. the ketone pipeline, other deductions in federal pay. but they can vote for something and say, we voted to extend this. we aren't the scrooges. we say yes, they are saying no. >> they are cutting weeks of benefits. >> you're absolutely right. >> no good deed goes unpunished. luke russert, thank you for joining us. the sanl of capitol hill. >>> coming up wrs the gop front-runner. but first, we talk about the political infighting at nrc and the mood in congress. that's next

msnbc contributor megan mccain, a columnist for the daily beast. ladies, erin, what are you hearing about this deal that passed overwhelmingly. do you expect one side to be more satisfied than the others? >> yes. republican senators only get two months, not a year, and want to see it go for a year. now, also as the keystone pipeline decision that you mentioned that mike was just speaking about, republicans are overjoyed that the president is going to have to make a decision on this. >> megan, it's only two months and when you talk about the groundhog day, that movie out there with bill murray, it's hilarious but the day keeps repeating itself. is it fair that we're going to be going through this again? >> no. congress's approval rating is only a two-month extension plan and really is in layman's terms is putting a band-aid over a stab wound. now we're left with something that neither side is satisfied with. >> goldie, do you think the public should be angry about what is going on in washington? >> absolutely. i've got to agree with megan here. it's

saw children taking part in their father's -- >> mary anne saw how megyn mccain was so influential -- >> i actually helped megant first. >> i think that megan we looked at more. i mean, we read her blog and, like, my sister was involved with it. and so i think during this process, i mean, we started twitter just to keep our friends updated on what we were doing, and it kind of led into a much bigger process, and then we realized social media's going to be the big thing, so we kind of ran with it. >> and i think it's great to see behind the scenes of a family and what the kids are up to because you want to see what the family's like. and i think that's one thing that i really liked about the last election cycle is, you know, you saw a lot of the kids out there, like the romney boys and megan doing her blog. and we also, the three of us girls are very close. we wanted to do something as sisters and twitter happened to be the new fad. so, um, you know, so that's why we decided to do this. >> what do you think it is about the romney boys that's sort of fun to poke fun at? i know you guys have tweeted -- >> well, th