>> i would ask that to harry reid.ld get him on i would say, how many more sandy hooks before you would not stand in front of a microphone. >> come on the show, harry reid. i have invited senator reid for two years. >> let's kill another 150 children? how about 1,050 children? >> let's leave the guns issue by repeating what yoko ono tweeted tonight. over 1,057,000 people have been killed by guns in the united states since john lennon was shot and killed on december 8, 1980. if that single fact doesn't make americans say enough is enough is enough, then nothing will. let's take a break and come back. >> we should be ashamed of ourselves if we allow this to continue. >> do something. let's come back and talk about the pope. you're a catholic, i'm a catholic. let's discuss. >> recovering. >> seems a good man to me. >> okay. p sneezes... [ sneezing ] she may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec®. powerful allergy relief for adults and kids six years and older. zyrtec®. love the air. and kids six years and older. all s

harry reid says stuff in the past.hen you say this on the floor, the media ignores it and brushes it off. whereas if it's a republican it would be -- >> greg: the definition of insanity is expecting sanity from harry reid. it's your own fault. to expect anything commonsensical from him. can we talk about how he sounds? he has the voice of horse lubery can't. can't -- lubricant. >> dana: how do you know? >> greg: it's metaphor. it spent time on the farm. doesn't he realize, he is insane. that he realizes that he is shooting in his own tent. obama owns the sequestion ration. he has become the attack dog so rabid his handlers aren't safe. we give you the job of defending harry reid. >> greg: toughest job in world. >> bob: top official at the pentagon came out and said reid did not mean to suggest that there was something about sequestions ration that caused this particular death. having said that, the timing could haven't been worse. he finds a way to get in these situations and then spend two or three news cycles to get

but that doesn't excuse harry reid. i can't let harry reid off of the hook. this is the best chance that we have had in the last 10 years to get an assault -- to get the assault weapons ban which, remember, was in place for 10 years, julie anne? >> we can't get them out of government until 2014 >> bill: but harry reid could do it today. at least have a vote on it and make these people vote. >> that's what we are talking about here. i maybeean maybe it doesn't get through the house. get it through the senate. at least bring it up to a vote on the floor of the senate. >> that's -- that's the issue. the issue is: itthere will not even be a vote because of harry reid. what kind of leadership is that? none. zero. zero. chris, one final point, chris, i will get right to you. but, you know, the people who want to vote no, they are -- they love harry reid. right? those spineless senators love harry reid because now, they won't have to vote. >> that's the point. they won't have to explain to their constituents why they voted against the kids at new town. >> that's a b

this is our country, harry reid!nd i just -- >> he should be ashamed of himself. >> absolutely. >> every senator in that u.s. senate who was voting against their principles. >> harry.reid. >> harry underscore reid, that's r-e r-e-i-d@u.s.senate.gov. if you don't take the time to send him an e-mail don't complain about it after the next shooting because the next shooting happen. >> and let's talk about the pope. i feel angry about this day. i think it's a day that's shaming america, shaming the senate. >> shameful democrats. absolutely shameful. ay calls yo. to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. anti-depressants ca

that ended this week after harry reid dropped the ban from any legislation.o, jim, you didn't get a lot of coverage on that in the media. >> well, on cnn on thursday, you got a certain amount of oh, hand wringing, it's so terrible. the end of everything in terms of this issue. and you're struck by the contrast that news thursday was covered and the flip for the president in last year. talks about mental health parents, educators and the pl panoply of things you might do. and so adam lanza the killer there, and sort of fallen out of the picture and the things have become gone control. the at media is so focused, john holmes, right about a the lot of things, converted to islam, and in terms of what was going on with him. the only thing they want, define as justice for newtown is gun control up or down. >> jon: we'll get to you in a second, judy. ron fournier wrote the ban on assault weapons sponsored by dianne feinstein of california died tuesday with barely a whisper from the media or the white house. black bunting should have hung from every window in washing

>> john: when we talk about how sorry harry reid is for acting like harry reid.he comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. [clucking]. everyone wants to be the cadbury bunny. cause only he brings delicious cadbury crÈme eggs, while others may keep trying. nobunny knows easter better than cadbury! a closer shave in a single stroke for less irritation, even on sensitive skin. ♪ ♪ gillette mach3 sensitive. gillette. the best a man can get. [ male announcer ] it's red lobster's lobsterfest our largest selection of lobster entrees like lobster lover's dream or new grilled lobster and lobster tacos. come in now and sea food differently. visit redlobster.com now for an exclusive $10 coupon on two lobsterfest entrees. >> john: welcome back to "viewpoint." one last question from my esteemed panel. is there any initial that you think every in washington could agree on katie? >> i think they did agree on not taking a pay cut for thi

larry reid? >> no. >> reporter: larry reid denied the allegations. we heard from him in the last 30 minutes. here is what he had to say. >> really mind-boggling that someone can say that because they are in a relationship with someone else that they paid me $50,000 because i wanted to retire. i never took a freakin' time. >> reporter: we are still gathering more reaction to the story and putting that together for tonight at 10:00 p.m. eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> an audit of two city counsel members, inluding larry reid alleges they abused their power. they released the report today listing a dozen violations by city counsel members oakland councilwoman desley brooks and larry reid. the auditor accuses them of using their power to influence the bidding process for the clean up at the army base. >> the law was broken here. the report wasn't done in the open. >> she says they are clear. city counsel members with only appropriate funds. they deny any wrong doing. go to www.ktvu.com where we have the entire auditors report. click under the ho

are you satisfied with senator reid's comments? yes or no. and go to our poll. the scourge caused by politicians not doing their job. you know politicians not doing their jobs has an impact on young people and children in the country. the sequester is causing cuts to scholarships for the u.s. troops killed in iraq and afghanistan. each new college scholarship reduced by almost 40%. abc news political director rick klein joins us and abc news has been leading nationally on this story. what's going on here? >> so this is a program called the iraq and afghanistan war grants and this is a special program created for the children of servicemen and women who died in one of the wars in iraq or afghanistan. it isn't a lot of money, about $5,000 top scholarship. >> greta: a lot to them. >> a lot to them if you're trying to piece together a college education, not large in terms of the big picture, but because of the sequester, the department of education said that these grants are cut and new grants are cut by 38% across the board. anytime a new grant if it was $5,000 bef

joining me now, msnbc's joy reid. joy, michael steele said, look, you can't say this on monday and pass these kinds of things. this is part of what's alienating those voters. >> absolutely. apparently, the governor's and legislatures out there in the world didn't get the memo from nice reince priebus. the problem with these laws, lawrence, they are far more likely to disenfranchise black and hispanic youth, something like 72% of african-americans who go to vote are asked for i.d. something like 760% of hispanics, but half of white younger people who go to vote. so you're disenfranchising people directly and black and hispanic youth are far more likely to report not voting because either they don't have the i.d. or are perceived or think they don't have the i.d. so on one hand, we're going to speak more nicely to minorities, but as a back up, we're going to make it harder for them to vote. >> and joy, there's ten other states out there considering doing this kind of thing. and i keep hearing people theorizing that, in

than disagreeing with the way senator reid did it.ould call it a gaffe. >> neil: you think he was making an incorrect link? >> i don't think he meant to. he's too good of a man. >> neil: he mentioned it in the context of the soldiers and -- not good and crisis management rule number 1 is when you make a mistake, you immediately say i didn't mean it, not unsubstantiated. that comment is not what i would have advised. it's hare i harry reid saying i misspoke. >> neil: let's talk about when politicians get into trouble. you're a believer, as you were with bill clinton, get out there right away and get ahead of it. get the facts out. a lot of times i think presidents or c.e.o.s understand the magnitude of the problem. >> when will they ever learn? every time you see the same mistake made, to give a half truth or no comment because lawyers are telling you to no comment and there's no one to confront the lawyers. what's more important in politics, business and life. >> neil: it helps to make sure your confidantes are lawyers. the attorney c

i would give reid a d and pelosi probably a c minus. do you know pelosi by the way in the run-up to the iraq war was for removing saddam hussein? did you know that? i read that the "wall street journal" today. >> i know. a lot of people were. i was not. >> bill: she was. hillary was. i thought that was pretty interesting. >> badly informed. you know, the answer, i think, is they stay in these jobs for so long. you know, it used to be majority leaders and speakers are -- minority leaders or majority leaders moved quickly either up or out o. they have been around for a long time. think about it reid has been in that job for, you know, 18 years. she has been in that job. i thought she was going to leave when they lost the majority. the problem is you get house eyes or you get senateized. that means you only know how to speak in that kind of language. >> bill: partisan language. it's true. once you start to think in partisan ways you are not looking for solutions. you are looking to prop up. >> legislative speak. >> bill: you look like the

reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: at the end of a long, hard few days, people probably aren't expecting me to say some positive things about republicans but i think it's appropriate to do so. first of all, the speaker sent us this bill at a time when we had an opportunity to look at it and work on it. he should be commended, as i do commend him, for doing that. rather than trying to jam us on something right before the c.r. expires. we've val yentdlwe've valiantlye this a better bill and that has been done because of the outstanding work of senator mikulski and senator shelby. the product that we have is a good product. it funds the government for six months. that's all. but it's good. because not only does it fund the government for six months but it allows us to get back to regular order here, which we've all been talking about doing. not only is this legislation important, but what we're going to do to follow up, to do regular appropriation bills, to

and so the majority strategist, harry reid, had a choice.lt weapons ban in the bill, going to the floor, and watch as the first amendment offered on the floor would be an amendment to strip out the assault weapons ban, or bring the bill to the floor without the assault weapons ban and watch dianne feinstein offer it as an amendment just like she did last time and harry reid is making the second choice. he announced tonight, once debate begins, i will ensure that a ban on assault weapons limits to high capacity magazines and mental health provisions receive votes along with other amendments. in his state of the union address, president obama called for all of these provisions to receive votes, and i will ensure that they do. there was going to be a vote on the assault weapons ban on the senate floor whether harry reid included it in the original version in the bill on the senate floor or not. what we know now, the vote will be up to dianne feinstein. if she offers it on the senate floor as we know she will, and fights for it as we know she wi

tom that reid want today retire, and reid wanted $50,000 a year, and tom needed to figure out how reider: he did acknowledge, he paid darrell kerry to quote, open doors. this evening, an angry larry reid called the accusations slander. >> somebody can say, because they're in a relationship with someone else that they paid me $50,000 because i wanted to retire? i'm still here. i have just got reelected. i have never taken a freaking dime. the only thing i ever got from larry was a freaking plaque. >> reporter: darrell kerry also denied any wrongdoing. >> $1,000 a week, what did you do with that money? >> paid my rent, ate. >> did you give that to any city council members? >> no. i can't say i gave larry any money. >> reporter: larry reid says he's hiring a lawyer, and he believes a full investigation will clear his name. eric rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> a parolee wanted on felony weapons charges is still on the run tonight after he evaded police in san jose. they found him on junesong way. he discarded a loaded gun, jumped fences, and escaped. officers set up a perimeter and we

let's take harry reid, who has coward before the gun lobby if harry reid thinks it's gun lobbyists who got him back in the election, he's nuts. he lost the male vote. it was the obama coalition of union voters, young voters who put harry reid back in office. people like harry reid give the gun lobby far too much credit. >> sam, what's your reaction to that? >> they say the same thing, that the nra has trumped that. and the only thing i would add to that is this. we've seen a tlot of recent pollings, specifically background checks, and it's universally popular. i don't see any other issue polling at 90% popularity. if you read specific issues it might dip. this is a noncontroversial bill. it would be surprising to me if democrats felt concerned or nervous about voting for it and i think harry reid recognized that and that's why he's going forward with this in the baseline bill. >> according to "the washington post," these individual gun safety measures have overwhelming support with the public. you know, they have 6 in 10 people, 57% support a been on assault weapons, a majority, obviou

president, leader reid, eater macconnell, mr.mbers of the house and senate, distinguished guests. thank you, mr. speaker, for making this day possible. [applause] one distinguished guest who is not with us or maybe has come late to john lewis. we are on the steps of the supreme court earlier this morning. mr. clybourn stated until this start of the program -- the start of the program. it is an honor to sit in the congress of the united states to -- john lewis. [applause] and it is a joy to be here to honor rosa parks. when rosa parks was a little baby, her mother sang her the hymn "o freedom, let it ring." she heard that song in church. it would become the anthem and mission of her life. rosa parks would say i would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and wanted other people to be free. rosa parks is being remembered with this statue in the capital, but this is not the first time her greatness has been recognized here. she has many connections to congress. she is no stranger to these halls. she was recognized

reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: would my friend yield so i can make a brief statement? you will get the floor when i finish. mr. inhofe: yes. mr. reid: mr. president, i have been waiting today to take just a moment to honor myron fleming, director of doorkeepers, who is retiring after 40 years working on capitol hill. he began working in the capitol with the office of senator howard metzenbaum of ohio. he has worked in the senate for 33, 34 years, and prior to that, he worked in the house of representatives for seven years. he is someone i have watched over the many years that i have been here. he is really a wonderful personality. he is someone who helps keep order in this institution. his presence here in the senate is a calming -- one that's calming. everyone knows him, likes him. it just won't be the same without him. while i will miss him, i know he will be glad to spend more time with his wife jean as well as their children, mark and michelle and

reid is aiming for votes sometime after the easter recess. but there's still little-- if any-- republican support for that effort. for more, i am joined by ed o'keefe, who has been reporting on this subject for the "washington post." welcome back to the "newshour," ed. first of all, majority leader reid said he was pulling the plug on this because it just didn't have enough votes. why has it been so hard to get the votes for the assault weapons ban? >> it basically boildz down down to campaign politics. you have 15 senate democrats up for reelection in 2014 and they hail mostly from states in the south and midwest and west that have stronger gun cultures than most, so asking those moderate democrats who are in state that have, you know, strong ghun cultures to vote for things on a ban on almost 160 specific assault rifles is a bridge too far for reid who understands in order to maintain his majority in the senate he has to see most if notal of those senators re-elected. already it is a difficult prospect, and it would be made more difficult,

somehow senator majority leader harry reid taken it to a new low level.hameful display on the floor of the u.s. senate when the top democrat on capitol hill took it upon himself to imply the tragic accident that took the lives of seven marines in nevada on monday happened because of the sequester. if case you missed senator reid's incredibly insensitive, stupid, idiotic state. well, here it is. >> mr. president, late last night seven of our marines were called in hawthorne and many others were injured in that explosion during a training exercise here the ammunition depot. it's important we keep training our military. but one of the things of the sequester is we cut back in training and maintenance that's the way the sequester was written, it's just not appropriate, mr. president that our military can't train and do the maintenance necessary. these men and women, our marines were training there at hawthorne and with the sequester, it's going to cut the stuff back. >> sean: all right. almost immediately following reid's ridiculous comments reaction began to

>> aye. >> though officials may argue reid's claim of not being a troublemaker, even reid acknowledges and whenever he finishes his sentence, he'll have issues to deal with. >> so what happens when you get out of prison? >> what happens? i don't know. i'll need to be very careful. one mistake and i'm back for a recall. >> you think you're going to drink? >> why not? >> seems to cause you problems. >> i've been doing it for 40 years. any time i'm out. can i see myself stopping? no. no. no. >> jimmy had told us about all the problems his drinking had caused. and that he had concerns, but the fact that when he was released he planned to go right back to drinking, it was evident, that's who he is. that's who jimmy is. >> i'll be okay. i'll be all right. i hope. >>> coming up -- >> i stood on the bed, and i put the rope around his neck, and i killed him. >> how long did that take? >> five minutes. >> the chilling account of one young inmate's descent into murder and a life in prison. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-

tom that reid want today retire, and reid wanted $50,000 a year, and tom needed to figure out how reidas going to get the $50,000. >> that's absolutely false. i've never had that conversation with anyone. >> reporter: he did acknowledge, he paid darrell kerry to quote, open doors. this evening, an angry larry reid called the accusations slander. >> somebody can say, because they're in a relationship with someone else that they paid me $50,000 because i wanted to retire? i'm still here. i have just got reelected. i have never taken a freaking dime. the only thing i ever got from larry was a freaking plaque. >> reporter: darrell kerry also denied any wrongdoing. >> $1,000 a week, what did you do with that money? >> paid my rent, ate. >> did you give that to any city council members? >> no. i can't say i gave larry any money. >> reporter: larry reid says he's hiring a lawyer, and he believes a full investigation will clear his name. eric rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> a parolee wanted on felony weapons charges is still on the run tonight after he evaded police in san jose. they foun

harry reid says it doesn't.in promises that the fight is not over and she claims that senator reid did tell her that this would be offered as an amendment on the senate floor, but-- >> it came out on 10-8 vote of the judiciary committee not to give me a vote would be a major betrayal of trust. >> megyn: joining me now to discuss that, monica crowley, she's a radio talk show host and kirsten powers, the daily beast,both are fox news contributors. and it's spin and hope that has no foundation in reality? i mean, do we all agree that her assault weapons ban for all intents and purposes is dead? offering it as a amendment, as an amendment does nothing. it will not pass. it had very little chance of passing as part of the main bill and now it's offered this way, zero chance. >> well, look, when the president did this as a state of the union, it was meant to shame the republicans. what was left unsaid was that ocrats weren't going to support it and you had harry reid say right there, he has less than 40 votes. that me

oakland city council member larry reid has sent the city auditor a written response.d is denying the audit's accusations council member brooks was not available for comment. >> jacqueline: it certainly was a beautiful day. highs in the upper 60s. 66 in livermore. 67 in santa rosa. notice near the coast temperatures are cooler and the '50s. the satellite and radar showing the clear conditions and it will stay clear and breezy. warmer tomorrow and for the weekend. >> thieves in burlingame are using a-t-m skimmers to steal money and information. police tell kron four's philippe djegal that the robberies are happening. at one particular a-t-m. without customers having any idea. >> "victims were able to come up there and transact business with the atm as normal.and, then later that skimmer would be removed,,, and, then the information garnered from that skimmer was used to commit fraud." >> reporter: so, by the time you the customer, approach the a-t-m. you are already a victim. once you've pulled out your card and insert it into the machine. the skimmer will then read all

and the reason that harry reid, this is the best clip that we've at theed for harry reid.s is smart for the democrats to try to create a universal appeal on the budget. let's take a look. >> our power for an agreement will take a balanced approach to reduce spending. i urge the republicans to join us to do the difficult, but necessary work at hand. if there is a message to take away from this year's election, it is this, americans are tired of politics and position, they're tired of obstruction, and distraction. the american people, democrats and republicans, want cooperation, reconciliation. i urge any of my republican colleagues who are considering the same strategy of obstruction to turn away from the divisions of the past and join cooperation, compromise and consensus. >> sean: all right, the problem is, he doesn't mean it, that sounded like obama, obama doesn't mean it either. they say that and then the president goes out and say that republicans want to stab, punch, kick, and hang and throw granny over the cliff. >> except there's a reason why the democrats have the

. >> majority leader reid -- >> majority leader reid -- >> majority leader reid show some courage. >>k: i love that. harry reid once bragged about how his dad shot himself in the head with a gun. he made that in a pro-gun argument? so should he be targeted with these ads, definitely? now let me bring in some extras on this issue. diane diane kirby is a gun-control advocate, and rashad robinson, executive director of colorofchange.org, one of the longest african american organizations in the country, and certainly the largest online one. thank you both for joining us. really appreciate it. >> harry reid is mentioned very often in that ad diane. is he one of the main problems here, and do you have go after democrats too if you want to help solve this issue to let legislation through? >> yes, gun violence is not a political issue. it's a healing issue. it's a women's issue because it's our loved ones that are being killed. so this is beyond politics. i don't care whether they are democrat or republican or independent, we need to come together as a group, as americans and do something abo

our side is like, well -- mahar reid, i'm going to do my harry reid impersonation.ell, we don't have the votes so i don't want it bring it up because it won't pass. i mean, that's as crazy as the detroit lions getting kick off and then the guy looks with 80 yard to go but the san francisco 49ers are coming at him and he is like what is the point of even running down the field. i'm not going make it. i'm a detroit lion. >> especially since we have reggie bush now. we're going to be in good shape. >> yes, that's what we always say. it is always going to be better. but i think seriously though, that the reason that in the past, with columbine, aurora, virginia tech, people forget about it after a few weeks and we move on to whatever else. people are not moving on. they are not moving on after newtown. and i think the reason is, and i can tell by the mail i get, there are too many parent who everyday drive their kids to school, and they open the door and this is what -- i mean, i've got this, more than a dozen times from mothers writing me and saying, i now when they op

reid for that statement.say, quote, it is pure political posturing on the backs of those dead marines. and i want to read something else, too. that marines have said that they had prepared for this training program for a good long time, and they never would have done it if they didn't have the resources to do it. so it's the marines versus harry reid. we'll be back with steve forbes, judd gregg and harry bernstein. senator gregg, this ain't even politics. this is so low, i can't believe it. >> well, it's hard to explain. harry reid is a friend. i suspect it was said in the moment. without any conscious thought about what the implications of it were. and i suspect he regrets saying it. and he is a decent individual, harry reid, and certainly understands the importance of our military and the trauma that these families must be going through right now and they shouldn't be drawn into something like this. >> that's the thing. and the marine corps made it very clear. again, they had been planning this exercise for

this week senate majority leader harry reid stripped feinstein's gun ban from the bill for strategic reasons, so that the senate will take it up next month. the pared down legislation focuses on school safety and gun trafficking. at new york's city hall mayor michael bloomberg who heads mayors against illegal guns implored congress for an amendment to the stripped down legislation. >> the only question is whether congress will have the courage to do the right thingor whether they will allow more innocent people, including innocent children, to be gunned down. >> the mayor was flanked by vice president joe biden who reminded the audience that congress has passed a been on assault weapons in 1994 and could do so again. the vice president also turned to a mother of one of the schoolteachers killed in the newtown, connecticut massacre. >> you know, it's time for the political establishment to show the courage your daughter showed. it must be awful being in public office and concluding that even though you might believe you should take action, that you can't take action because of a polit

big fight between harry reid and senator dianne feinstein.lt weapon's ban, she is accusing him of breaking his word. and on the republican side reince priebus is in a spat with former republican chair michael steele. yesterday michael steele went on the radio show for andrea tontarose who is a contributor to fox news. >> michael steele who would win in a steel cage match, you or reince priebus? >> oh, no question i would clean his clock. >> what would you use the sleeper hold or -- >> just -- just one knock on the head. it's done it's over. >> no pile driver needed? >> no that's just way too much energy for this. >> bill: so then she asked him about reince priebus, saying well, michael steele made a lot of mistakes. he was a terrible chair -- i'm paraphrasing here of course. he accused him of running the party into too much debt and basically bankrupting the party, and not doing anything about a 50-state strategy, which reince priebus said he invented. >> i was laughing at some of these numb nuts saying oh we need to do a 50-state strategy. d

did reid and other democrats betray families by not fighting for an assault ban?> any legislation is a success. our congress is ineffectual on any issue. >> reporter: gun reform advocates like robin thomas, executive director aren't feeling betrayed. instead, they are evaluating the obstacle course that is congress in trying to maximize their chances for success. >> you have a situation where the threatened filibuster has shifted the dynamic. rather than looking at to get to 51 they are looking to get to 60. >> reporter: other reform groups are taking the same reasoned approach while acknowledging many felt betrayed by reid the coalition says it is important to understand the procedural hurdles he is contemplating. santa clara constitutional law professor who is also a gun expert agrees reid is trying to optimize his chances for a bill to pass. he says while assault bans likely pass constitutional muster universal background checks most certainly do and is a much more practical option for a divided congress. >> if you are a gun control proponent you would want som

>> i disagree with senator reid.hink he should have made them vote on the record but, having said that, they can vote in a side of a piece of legislation. i think that it is insane for the nra's lapierre to talk about bloomberg buying the values of the country, when the polls say, almost 90% of the country already supports universal background check. i think what he is really concerned about is for the first time you have people on the other side that are well-funded. the gun manufacturers have been funding the nra and now you have an even playing field and he just seems rattled and doesn't know what to do because there is no poll, including the enter's internal polling, i'm sure that says the americans don't want universal background checks so he has lost that one. i think they are targeting on bloomberg. targeting some of the senators and putting ads there, it evens the playing field in this argument and i think it will pass and i think it's a good thing. >> it's worth pointing out as long as we are talking about m

again, it's until friday where harry reid has another set of things he can do. >> michael: so harry reidld actually end this if he chooses to end it? >> yeah, harry reid can end it if he gets the 60 votes, but a number of republicans were enjoying the whole spectacle, so they wanted to extract certain promises from heir on other issues, so they said according to senate rules this has to ripen, and it's not until friday when you can have the straight up or down vote. >> michael: senate rules are unbelievable. so rand rakd said if the president or the attorney general will clarify if they will not kill americans on american soil, i will yield. is it strange that i agree a little bit with what he is saying? >> i think's a certain point there. if eric holder is willing to go there, what is keeping the justice department from saying look, we have an ironclad promise that we will give you that we will never use drones to kill americans on american soil who are not posing imminent threat. the problem there are agencies that say, no there are circumstances when the government could possibly use

weapons i'm just frustrated with reid. 80-some-odd percent on infrastructure and i heard 84% of nra members are for background checks so i don't know who they are listening to. what do you make of that gop autopsy? >> well, it was pretty superficial and pretty silly, and i think it's very interesting that that exact same day, and i'll have a piece about this up at the "daily beast" tomorrow, if i may get in that quick little plug but that very same day that reince priebus was at the national press club talking about the need to reach out to latinos, you had the president nominate thomas perez, and you had three republican senators, all white men, raise all kinds of questions about this guy, and say he is the wrong man for the job, so that's who they are. reince priebus can rent out the national press club and say what he wants to say, but this is who they are. >> michael: yeah and so too is the ryan budget. how can they vote for something like the ryan budget. >> exactly. they might even end up passing a budget which makes

senate is harry reid.the last year, he told a flat out lie on the floor of the senate and said mitt romney hasn't paid taxes in ten years. that was a lie. a flat out lie. >> brian: he never even met mitt romney. >> steve: so now what the senator said yesterday has got his own team trying to walk it back. and yet, it is incredible and we're going to play it for you. harry reid implies that the sequester caused the explosion that killed seven in hawthorne, nevada yesterday. that's right. he linked the sequester with seven dead marines. listen. >> one of the things that sequester is cut back in training and maintenance. that's the way the sequester was written. these men and women are -- our marines were training in hawthorne and with the sequester it will cut the stuff back. i just hope everyone understands. >> brian: so he's asking us to tie it all together. why are you bringing it all up if you don't believe they should be tied together? if you didn't believe it should be written, you should have stopped t

harry reid had heavy nra backing the last few campaigns. surprising that they pulled it at this stage? >> yeah, to me personally, it really is. i would have thought after what we saw happen in connecticut that it -- that there would have been -- it would not have been as difficult. if you're sitting back and watching this and you look, for example, at the headline that you just showed us earlier with all of the pictures of those children that were literally slaughtered, most numbers of the american public have to be saying this is an absolute travesty. what is so difficult about this? why is it that there is a belief in our country that you need to have these type of weapons at home? quite clearly this person could not have slaughtered all the children if you didn't have an assault weapon. >> the politics are very tough, john. you have red state democrats in louisiana, arkansas, alaska, they don't want to touch an assault weapons ban with a ten foot pole. >> and i think it was a big part of the democratic strategy in '06 was to get pro gun

harry reid. but time out.e's what harry reid said on the senate floor today. >> we should all reflect on what happened yesterday as we proceed with other nominations including a lot of judicial nominations. this can be a senate where ideas are debated in full public view. and obstruction happens in full public view as well. or it can be a senate where a couple of senators obstruct from behind closed doors without ever coming to the senate floor. >> harry, we know this speech. we know the drill. if you're going to go swimming you've got to jump in the lake. just don't put your toe in there. you want some numbers, folks? it's about power. it's not about people. we're talking about clotures, right? 137 times. that's the number. from the 111th congress. got more numbers. the 112th congress, 115 times they pulled stunts like this. we've got more numbers. how's the judiciary working out for us? oh, we've only got 87 vacancies. that makes the courts run really, really nice. but of course they don't like the philosoph