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joe mansion and pat toomey were pushing this background check bill most aggressively, they're still tryingvotes from their colleagues. they came close and they seem to have found a couple of people they have won over to their side. in terms of the headline, the issue is now on the back pages but maybe there is an event--not that i'm cheering for an event understand--but the next time there is an event that pushes the issue on the front pages there will be pressure on those handful of wavering senators to change their vote. and mansion and toomey are still working for that day and harry reid is still working for that day. the house of representatives is a different matter. i still think this could pass the senate and we would see what would happened. >> john: i think you're right. michael tomasky for "newsweek" and the daily beast. i caution all of our viewers about reading the comment section on the daily beast at any time. it's not always good for the eyes. thank you so much, michael. >> thanks, john. >> john: thank you. up next is the washington redskins a racist team name for a team? sp

there was an nra rep in manchin's office as he was drawing up the background check deal with pat toomey. so how did this relationship get like this? the nra push follows a letter earlier this week from new york city michael bloomberg to a thousand major new york democratic donors, urging theei to withhold contribution, to the four democrats who votel the against the bill. only two of them are running in 2014. though there are some national donors who are upset, the fact of the matter is whileseriously for the two of them, don't forget they come from small state, and money is not going to be the reason why they either win or lose for re-election. still, the guy who's in charge of getting democrats elected to the u.s. senate as head of the democratic senatorial campaign committee, he was noncommittal. saying of bloomberg, quote, i'm not going to make a judgment. he's entitled to do what he needs to do. he's capitalized on bloomberg's criticism. using him as a punching bag in his race. now the nra is also going on the air to defend pryor. the radio ad mentions the 2008 murder of arkansas d

we'll come up against that again and again because, again, he's also committed to supporting pat toomey conservative republican, who does not agree with the bloomberg world view on most things. in fact, on guns, doesn't agree with most of what the bloomberg -- >> background checks are probably the most you'll get out of pat toomey on guns. >> right. it's a really sticky thing. once you're talking about how transactionally you want to be about it, what you want to be rewarding in the short term as opposed to what you want to be rewarding in the long term. it's actually not possible to ignore parties entirely. but with bloomberg, i think the idea, again, is right now he has to do, as you said, what he has to do is put the fear of god in people. for that matter you could argue from the gun control perspective, the very best thing that could happen, the very best outcome for this cycle is that they don't quite get a scalp but they may get -- everyone they're targeting almost loses. never, never behave that way again. >> they're in their heads. we'll see if this kind of threat is in the head

pennsylvania republican senator pat toomey asked for prayer that sarah's body does not reject the lungs. money hans say please pray for sarah's donor the person who gave hire the gift of life. may god grant them a peace that surpasses understanding. >>> sarah's surgery today has special meaning for her parents celebrating their 14th 14th anniversary. >> shepard: a little boy got on the same list after sarah did. any word from him. >> of a yair is 11 and on the adult waiting list thanks for the judge's order. he has cystic fibrosis and his brother died from the disease. the judge who aloud him and sarah to be put on the adult list is expected to hear the case on friday. although for sarah, it would be a moot point but it's important to the accosta family. the organ procurement and transplantation network has not changed its rules on the age at which a child can get on the adult donor list but decided to have a special committee review the age requirements. >> shepard: moll y thank you. >>> let's get to boomer acai son. he launched a foundation to help those with cystic fibrosis and famil

may god grant them a peace that surpasses understanding and then senator pat toomey of pennsylvania hadent in reference to this thing. i'm deeply grateful to the organ dope nor and his or her family for the potentially life saving gift to sarah. our prayer would help. we pray sarah's body accepts the new organ the way doctors believe it can. that is the biggest concern, is sarah's little body being able to accept this pair of lungs. >> right. i echo her mom's prayers and senator's prayers. i think that's exactly right. there are a number of different steps and until they've actually decided to put the lung in it remains a little bit up in the air whether she would go ahead. there are things they can identify that would be wrong. do you happen to know, i haven't seen the posting. is it an adult or child? >> we don't have the information yet. what is the duration of the surgery? >> it can be quite a time consuming, it can take four to six hours, sometimes even longer. there are a number of considerations having to do with the size of the lung, if the lung is too big. if it's an adult, the

bill was worked out by two senators who had the strong backing of the nra -- trong -- republican pat toomeyanchin. in a shift the organization is going after manchin with a new tv ad. let's watch it. >> remember this tv ad? >> i will -- >> that was joe manchin's commitment, but notice manchin is working with president obama and new york mayor michael bloomberg. concerned? >> tell senator manchin to honor his commitment to the second amendment. >> manchin pushed back hard today, writing, quote, the washington n.r.a. could spend $100 million on ads against me, still won't make what they say true. if they were honest with their members, they would sigh that my bill protects second amendment rights, but enhances and strengthens them. unfortunately the leadership in washington has lost is way. while griving families show the humidity issue, of course, the nra continues the long journey. nia malika henderson is a reporter for "the washington post," and ron reagan a political analyst. i want to start with ron reagan on this. the red line it seems to me on syria has certainly moved over to the righ

these are individuals who -- pat toomey, who from the very beginning either from the beginning of theovement or from the beginning of their team as a public official have really understood the goal and the message of the grassroots movement, and they -- they've listened to the people, and that's all that grassroots has ever wanted. they don't want politicians in their pocket. they just want the politicians to listen. again, it comes back to that con sent of the governed. >> is there one sort of, i guess, on the wish list, who do you think right now if the tea party could select one to run for president, who do you think would be sort of the one that would be most appreciated by the tea party to run? >> well, mine i have my personal picks. thing do you're going to get a varied answer from the tea party depending on who you speak with. i have a number of people i'd like to see take a run for it. a lot can happen between now and 2016 so i'm a little bit hesitant, but i would say i would love to see -- gosh, that's tough. i would love to see rand paul thrown into the mix or ted cruz throw

senators who had the strong backing of the nra -- actually the strong opponent of the nra, republican pat toomey and democrat joe manchin. in a shift the organization is going after manchin with a new tv ad in west virginia. let's watch it. >> remember this tv ad? >> i'm joe manchin. i approve this ad because i'll always defend west virginia. as your senator, he will protect our second amendment rights. >> that was joe manchin's commitment, but now manchin is working with president obama and new york mayor michael bloomberg. concerned? you should be. tell senator manchin to honor his commitment to the second amendment. >> well, manchin pushed back hard today, writing, quote, the washington-based nra could spend $100 million on ads against me. it still won't make what they say true. if they were honest with their members, they would see that my bill not only protects second amendment rights, it enhances and strengthens them. unfortunately, the nra leadership in washington has lost its way and is more concerned about political power than gun rights. and gun safety. while grieving families show the

senator pat toomey from pennsylvania saying today he does believe that secretary sebelius does have thelines. also senator bob casey from pennsylvania writing a letter to secretary sebelius asking for clarification on the current policy on lung allocation and whether or not it's unfair to children under the age of 12. many in the medical community say the story is another important reminder of how more organ donors are needed, not just for children but for adults as well. erin? >> thanks very much, jason carroll. the human face on something, you may think about and statistics. but it's about lives. >>> still to come, can your iphone be hacked through your charger? apparently a new and rather frightening risk. >>> we have a revealing problem solved. later, the story of a storm chaser who gave his life doing the thing he loved. blank blavng woman: everyone in the nicu -- all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days. everything that you thought was important to you changes in light of having a child that needs you every moment. i wouldn't trade him for the world. who matte

because of your former boss who co-authored that legislation, expanding background checks with pat toomey of pennsylvania, met with newtown families yesterday at the news conference with families, the senate majority leader vowed, quote, the fight is not over. it's just beginning. so do you think, especially listening to senator murphy there, do you think there's any real hope of reviving this measure? >> i do think there's hope. i don't think it's going to happen quickly. partly because, you know, there are immigration issues taking a lot of the political oxygen, but i do think that, you know, what i think is smart about what the families are doing today is they're showing to these members of congress, obviously in particular the ones that voted against it, that they're not going away. and they're going to continue to make an emphasis and speak out and basically make it very clear to these senators that there's going to be, you know, political consequences from voting against something that the overwhelming majority of americans think is common sense and reasonable reform. so, i do think

senator pat toomey of pennsylvania, sara murnaghan's home state, says that has to change. >> sara is being treated by some of the best doctors in the world and they are ed that she's an excellent candidate to have a successful transplants surgery. it seems to me a policy that systemically excludes her and other children in her circumstances is a flawed policy. >> suarez: last week federal district judge in philadelphia ordered a change in transplant policy for both cases, and said the children must be platesed higher on the waiting list. that prompted some doctors to say courts have no business deciding on medical matters. >> i don't think we want judges making medical decisions any more than we want doctors deciding supreme court cases. >> suarez: now the organ procurement and transplantation network is setting up an appeal process for children under 12. for more on the case for more on the case, yesterday's decision and the issues involved, we turn to arthur caplan, director of the division of medical ethics at new york university's langone medical center. doctor, the new rules pro

earlier this afternoon on the senate floor, republican senator pat toomey of pennsylvania called on sebeliustep further in this exception. >> i am not asking secretary sebelius to make an exception for one individual. we're asking for a change in a policy that is flawed and that is currently excluding somebody from being on the list for -- to be an organ donor recipient that ought to be on that list. >> joining me now, david magnus, director for the center of biomedical ethics at stanford university. thanks for your time, sir. >> my pleasure. >> first let me get your reaction to the judge's decision. this is temporary. hearing will be held on june 14th. there are 222 people waiting for lung transplants including six children and ten who are younger than the age of sarah in her region. what is your take on the judge's decision here? >> i think having a judge make decisions about allocation decisions is a really terrible idea. people worked really hard to develop a system that's as fair as possible. it requires a great deal of thought to find the right policies for how to implement that. for a

pat toomey the republican you know was his collaborator in this and all this law would have said is that the same rules that everybody likes and sets all the gun owners of america that apply to background checks if you walk into a gun store will apply to a gun show if you walk into it well not just private sales their laws have to be at least seventy five vendors for constitute a gun show so if it's just you and me or even ten or twenty of you and me it doesn't count seventy five betters so here's the. remember this. i'm your man. you're seven you're all protect our second amendment rights that was a commitment but now manchin is working with president obama mayor michael. and reject. the national right. sounds to me like wayne la pierre's gone off the off the rails here anybody want to . i'm good sport i was racing from the from the overreaction to sleep he did i don't know that he still will in the next go around you know let me in sandy hook why do some one hurt my knee with what they proposed afterwards was already illegal under connecticut law what in today's eleventh and twelfth of

default prevention act, and what pat toomey's default prevention act does is it ensures the scenario you said, money that we have borrowed, we will keep paying, pat toomey's default prevention act says in the event the credit limit is not raised, the united states will always, always, always pay its debt. we will never, ever, ever default on the debt, and we'll take that completely off the table. and so then the debt limit fight would only be about, as my friend from colorado put it, cutting up the credit card for future spending. and so i would ask would my friend from colorado support the default prevention act, making it impossible, taking default off the table permanently? mr. bennet: i say through the chair to my friend from texas, i have not -- i haven't read the bill, but i will read the bill and i commit to you that i will do that. it is -- and i -- i appreciate, i think, the implication of this which is that you're not objecting to my metaphor about the cable bill being cut up, because i do think that is a real problem here. we're not saying to people -- we shouldn't be sayi

they were dealing with pat toomey. they were going back.hey came up with a deal that the nra said we're not going to score. we're good with this. so you guys put that out. we won't score it. suddenly larry pratt and gun owners and said we're the real second amendment rights people. so if that's larry's position, larry's been consistent. you can't attack larry for hypocrisy because i've known larry, this is larry's position. always been his position. but for the nra to now act shocked that joe manchin was pushing a bill that they helped draft with him. >> yeah. >> is pathetic. >> and i think not surprising. i think this is the kind of advertising you're going to see against manchin, see against other people who are part of crafting this legislation, and for me the question is how much money mike bloomberg puts in to defend manchin, what this looks like from help from the other side. he's done a lot in terms of hurting the democrats who voted against it. i'm curious to see what it looks like now. >> i think you will find a lot of people in we

. >> pennsylvania lawmakers now weighing in on the issue, including senator pat toomey from pennsylvania he believes sebelius does have the authority to change the guidelines. also senator bob casey writing a letter to sebelius asking for clarification on the current policy on lung allocation and whether or not it's unfair to children under 12 years of age. also now, wolf, many in the medical community saying that this story is an important reminder of how more organ do r donors are needed for adults and children. wolf? >> jason, thank you. jason carroll reporting. let's hope something positive happens and this girl can be kept alive. >>> coming up, thousands of people injured as antigovernment protests spread in turkey. we'll take you live to the heart of it. plus, hurricane season is here. it's expected to be extremely active and whether researchers could soon be getting a new tool that could save lives. i want to make things more secure. [ whirring ] [ dog barks ] i want to treat more dogs. ♪ our business needs more cases. [ male announcer ] where do you want to take your business? i

still out there is gun safety, and we know joe manchin was able to put together this little -- with pat toomey checks. leading democrat leading republican, they thought they had it together. it didn't pass. and now the nra is going after joe manchin who is a big gun guy. >> he is the guy who shot obama's copy of the climate bill with a big gun. >> bill: that was a campaigned a. >> uh-huh. >> bill: now the nra is going after him. and he is a tough guy, and he is fighting back. listen to this. >> i'm joe manchin and i approve this message. i'm a lifetime nra member but i don't walk in lock step with washington the nra, west virginia you know me. i think most law-abiding gun owners agree with me. call the nra and tell them to support criminal background checks. >> bill: don't mess with joe, huh? >> exactly. and he is not up for reelection until 2018, years away. he is already having to shore up his support back home by releasing this ad. >> bill: it is also i think sending the nra a message. >> exactly saying look there has to be a middle ground. unfortunately i don't -- for people who are pushin

putting a bill together that these reporters in washington tell me they helped draft with you and pat toomeyyou for a bill they helped put together! >> joe, here's the thing, i haven't changed. they're trying to say joe manchin's changed. i haven't changed. i'm the same joe manchin i've always been and people back home know me. the bottom line is the leadership of the nra in washington has changed. in 1999 background checks were good. and you know what? i haven't changed, 4 million nra members i believe haven't changed, but the leadership has changed. we need to question and call them and tell them, why have you changed? >> wane lapier, a big supporter of background checks. in fact, you weren't the one that's changed. we'll look at your new ad and then take you to chris matthews. >> okay. >> i'm joe manchin and i approve this message to bring common sense to washington. i'm a lifetime nra member, but i don't walk with this administration or special interest group. west virginia, you know me. i haven't changed. and you know i've always fought for our gun rights. i believe we can protect the s

showed last week, we talked about the nra ad after joe manchin after the background checks he and pat toomeyut out there. now senator manchin is looking to fire back at the nra. >> he's planning to spend $100,000 from his re-election campaign on ads pushing back at the nra. these ads will be taped this week in west virginia on his home turf. and so unusual for a senator who was just re-elected in november, not until 2018, is going up with a re-election ad. this has become a personal dispute between him and the nra. as we've talked here on the show, he's an nra member, the nra turned on him after he put out that compromise. it's become very personal. politico's john bresnahan reports today that the senators, chief of staff, hayden rogers, who is a lifetime member of the nra, has taken the nra sticker off his truck. >> wow. >> i mean joe manchin has been a friend of the nra for his entire life. we talked about this ad nauseam. a-plus rating. is he at least talking behind the scenes to his friends in leadership positions at the nra saying let's work this out or are they broken apart? >> those c

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