michael nutter, i'm very proud to have him on, mayor nutter.he idea of the constitution which we can read, it's right in there, you have a right to have a musket because you have to be of a militia. militias are the people who are supposed to be carrying out the public order, protecting domestic tranquility, not creating trouble. they're supposed to be helping to protect against. these guys, these nuts come on and say i need my gun to fight my government. >> yeah. no, that's the police department, your state police, the national guard, and under -- i can't even imagine the circumstance. that's why we have the army. this is -- it's an absurdity, quite frankly, and the wonderful thing about america is people can believe whatever they want to believe, and i do respect that. what we're talking about is human life. what we're talking about is protecting children and adults, and whether it's on the streets of philadelphia or new york or chicago or atlanta or in a classroom in newtown, connecticut, people want to be safe. you know, it's interesting, c

mayor nutter, thank you so much for joining me. the front line every time there's a homicide in philadelphia, you know all of the facts and figures. and you certainly know about the school district. let's just look at this as if it came from pluto, this idea. didn't come from the nra. what value does it have to have an armed police officer, a 50-year-old guy, maybe an ex-police officer, retired police officer, standing somewhere near the lobby of the main door of a high school in philly. would it have any value? >> well, here's the deal, chris. in many instances, as we saw in newtown, certainly, the person doesn't always come in the front door. and while in very specific situations, in certain schools, whether it's officers patrolling nearby or as a part of their regular duties coming into schools, this is not really a serious idea. the issue is less guns. and certainly, less semi-automatic weapons, rifles of this type. the issue is about the type of weapons that should be accessible and available to civilians. and that no one has

thank you very much, mayor michael nutter.ear to you, sir, and eugene robinson my colleague here. >>> that, of course, was chris matthews with philadelphia mayor michael nutter and eugene robinson. we're going to take a break now and then we'll be hearing from president obama on the fiscal cliff talks. this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ laughter ] smoke? nah, i'm good. ♪ [ male announcer ] every time you say no to a cigarette, you celebrate a little win. nicoderm cq, the patch with time release smart control technology that acts fast and helps control cravings all day long. ♪ quit one day at a time with nicoderm cq. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i could get used to this. [ male announcer ] yes, you could business pro. yes, you could. go national. go like a pro. ♪ many hot dogs are within you. try pepto-b

michael nutter of philadelphia, we appreciate it. >>> let's shift back to the fiscal cliff and the art of the possible with one of the lawmakers that will have to pass a vote if a deal is consummated, kay bailey hutchison, member of the appropriations committee and republican from texas, she joins me now. thanks so much for being on the program. >> thank you, luke. >> so we know now the ball is in the senate's court, emphasis is now on harry reid and mitch mcconnell. seems the house is not in session. johnny isakson, your colleague from georgia said congress should pass the $250,000 and below deal because that's what's going to happen afterwards. do you think that should happen? >> i do not. i think $250,000 is too low a threshold. a lot of working people who are couples would exceed that. however, i talked to some of my democratic colleagues and they are saying maybe in the $400,000 or $500,000 category we could set a benchmark. i do think it is essential that we start talking about what amount can be passed on a bipartisan basis, because, you know, i'm one who believes you shouldn't

i would like to bring in philadelphia mayor, michael nutter, a democrat and one of the most prominent mayors in this country. following the shooting, the mayor issued a statement that read in part, and i'll give you an excerpt here. "as a country, we don't need more debate, no more excuses, t. the time for action is now." the brady campaign has given the obama administration an "f" for its handling of gun rights in this country. what say you, mayor? i know to the past, you've been a surrogate for the obama campaign. that has the president done enough? >> well, craig, first and foremost, on your program, let me express the deepest sympathies to all of the families, the 26 victims and certainly even the mother of the shooter, a victim herself. we feel very pained, as the president has expressed, but we feel it here in philadelphia, for the violence and death that takes place in our city and cities across the country. craig, i'm not going to get into the grading issue. all of us can do a lot more, and president obama -- a lot more on this issue. and president obama acknowledged in his ve

. >>> michael nutter, the president of the u.s. conference of mayors joining us from philadelphia.or, thank you very much. >> thank you, andrea. >> you have been all over this issue, but now do you see an opening because of this horrendous tragedy to get people mobilized? >> andrea, i think the conversation has really shifted all across the country. i do believe that we've reached a tipping point here, and usually when you see that happen on any number of issues, different people are prepared possibly to take different action than maybe they were in the past. this is a horrific tragedy. it has really fwrached people in very, very different ways, and as saddened as we've always been about tucson or aurora, other places, and certainly death and carnage on our streets all across the cities of america, this particular incident, i think, is a culmination of a variety of these massacre type incidents that we've seen over the last few years, and they're increasingly happening. the issues of high capacity weapons, these magazines, assault weapons being used, body armor available out in the

was talking about those ignorant crazy people who are proud of it he was also referring to the gun nutters that have taken over the halls of congress and the rest of washington politics over the weekend just twenty four hours at the connecticut shooting suicide massacre bartlett made his views on going after all very clear calling out the gun nuts on twitter on saturday he tweeted idea restrict gun ownership only to the types of guns in existence when the second amendment was adopted he followed that up on sunday by tweeting southerners are the only ones who need guns to protect themselves from their own government bartlett even did the unthinkable he called fox so called news this coverage of the tragedy in connecticut tweeting fox bans gun control advocates fair and balanced my ass. bruce bartlett is the last of a dying breed as sensible republican is a real tragedy both for the republican party and for america at the party doesn't disavow the gun crazies it considers part of its base case in point larry pratt has been a frequent guest on my show. so you're like sure nagel who said we ne

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were injured, in webs sister, new york, but i want to play what one of your own colleagues, michael nutterad to say about a plan like yours taking place in their area. take a listen. >> i guess, you know, out of last week's bizarre press statement, it wasn't a press conference, i guess mr. lapierre would then say that firefighters need to have armed guards go with them. i think it just shows that that was a completely dumb-[ bleep ] idea from the start. >> so he's talking there about the nra's reaction coming out saying the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with the gun. you're not a supporter of nra? >> not at all. >> but you're saying -- >> my job is to make it safe for the marlboro students in my jurisdiction. i don't make state law, i don't make federal law. i don't support the nra, i want to get rid of assault rifles. i think we have to close the loopholes on gun control. that being said, our students need to be safe where they learn. what newtown showed us was existing security is not safe the people that rely on safety in our commune and they do an excellent job. t

joining me now, philadelphia mayor michael nutter here in studio.. >> good seeing you, alex. >> tell me first of all what was the mission of this trip? >> the primary purpose, actually secretary paulsen, his paulsen institute was having their second annual sustainability conference about cities and sustainability. when you look at what's going on in china, the amount of investment in infrastructure, the growth of many cities, beijing has 20 million people and anticipates 1 million additional people every year for at least the next five years. a sister city to philadelphia 15 million people, fifth largest city in china. it is massive in scale, the number of people in cities, the infrastructure investments that are being made in ports and in bridges and roads. and structural -- structures all across these big cities. and then they're planning other cities. put 2 million people here, put 5 million people here in cities. >> extraordinary. >> so it is almost overwhelming. >> yes. i know that you traveled there with "fortune" magazine's reporter. he was o

phone began to ring, and i heard from a lot of people, from mayors, the mayor of philadelphia, mayor nutter, members of the house, ed pearlmotter, who is going it head the effort in the house, along with co-sponsors. i'm putting that together in the senate. i've had citizens groups, ceos of companies, namely sony, call and say whatever i can do to help, i will help. i've had a member of the nra from the central valley of california call me and say i have an ar15, which is a sister weapon to this bushmaster, which your reporter said was common. i don't believe it's common at all. it's a weapon of war. it's designed for military use. it's a civilian version of the m-16. it's a killer weapon. you have no chance against that weapon, so i profoundly disagree that all of these weapons are so usual, and we intend to introduce a bill, and i intend one way or another, month matter how long it takes, to get that bill through. there's one thing i'm sure of. in the suicide bombancy of doing something that is sound, that is practicalable, that is workable, these incidents are not going to stop. i've wat

federal level bays, as mike bloomberg and others would tell from you urban areas, philadelphia mayor nutterguns are illegal, the semiautomatics. >> in utah we think we do it a lot better than the way they do it in chicago and the way that they do it better than they do in new york city. we happen to be much more conducive to allowing people to get conceal carry permits. we happen to think that if you go through the appropriate process to get the conceal carry permit, that's a good thing, but guns aren't for everybody, but as a constitutional right, you should be able to access. >> what about background checks? 40% of the guns sold in this country are sold without background checks? are there some steps that the nra should be accepting so that you can begin to get a handle on the proliferation of weapons in the hands of people who should not have them? >> i do verz who, and i have expressed them since the moment in tragedy happened and before. this intersection between use of lethal weapons and the access to lethal weapons and the mental health side. i think that's common ground. first and f

or help our community, have have mayor bloomberg and our conference chair from philadelphia, mayor nutter i mean we are -- we're the closest. the towns and cities are the closest to having deal with the effects of this violence, so it should be incumbent upon us to solidify ourselves, to be a pore powerful voice, to be more power than we've ever been to come together with a ban on assault weapons to make sure we put the pressure on and really meet the challenge of how do you balance -- what we're asking for is some balance. we do recognize our constitutional right to bear arms, but i think that this has gone to a point now to afford some people with the ability of conducting these mass exterminations is just not what -- >> this has struck home for you personally. your father and two friends, the victims of gun violence. >> my father was killed when i was a year old. i never got to meet him. i never got to know what it is to have a father, so this hits very close, and i ended up in connecticut where i lived in the south bronx where my two closest friends were killed as children through gun

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other celebrities like mario batali, colorado governor john hickenlooper, philadelphia mayor michael nutterepresentative robert brady. joining me now is sister simone campbell. thank you, sister, for joining us this morning. >> glad to be with you, carol. >> i wondered what you felt about mayor booker's exercise. what do you think? is he doing the right thing? >> i think anything that brings attention of ordinary folks to the struggle of people, low-income neem our society, this probably is a step forward. i think he will find it quite challenging. when we were in milwaukee during a tour, our bus tour, we discov discovered a man and his wife and two kids who used food stamps for breakfast and lunch during summertime when the kids aren't in school. and what billy told me was that having a 14-year-old child, a boy, who is growing and eats everything in sight, the only way they can do it, to try to keep him fed, is then come into the evening to st. benedict's dining room because billy's salary is only enough to keep a roof over their head and keep them from being homeless. i think mayor booker

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pearl nutter. another bill which i introduced with senator schumer and the ban on high capacity assault weapons which i sponsored with senator lautenberg. this is not something new. this is not something new. we know that with the extension of those large magazines, dewid -- we did not see the kind of killings we have seen in recent years. so for many people in this country who are trying to reduce gun violence, this moment is different. when i work -- work with us and i'm asking my republican friends to work with us. it shouldn't be a democrat or a republican issue. it is all of us as americans who are mourning the death in newtown and we don't want to see any more of these shootings again. work with us to save lives. because we can do this. work with us to make sure our children get to grow up and live to their fullest potential. work with us to reduce these tragedies in all of our communities across the country. work with us so we don't have to cover the funerals. that's not who we are as americ

i was in china for ten days and with a group of mayors, the mayor of philadelphia, beijing, mayor nutter in china are asking about the fiscal cliff. everywhere we went. what's going on with you people? so the world is watching. and it's not just us. and i don't care, maybe you think the chinese, well, too bad for them, but it's not just the chinese, it's europe, and they're blaming the fact that their economies aren't going based on the fact that we're in this stalemate. you know, it's huge. >> harold, i mean, it all comes down to leadership. you know, when you talk to business owners, they want leadership shown. i'm glad the president is talking to business leaders now. >> and a debater on the phone. >> not only the administration but also on the other side of pennsylvania avenue with the republicans and harry reid in the senate. you're just not seeing it. >> you don't see enough of it. curiously, the markets -- investors are actually increasing their exposure which is kind of contrarian to your point. i do believe to julia's point, you'll see a receding or retreat in that attitude over