>>> good afternoon, reiders, this is the reid report, joy reid. we have an action packed hour for you. general motors and those faulty ignition switches. senator barbara boxer quizzed the ceo today and finds outs what congress needs to do to protect consumers. >> the supreme court opened the door a little wider for big spenders to influence our election, we'll explain. >>> today is the day house republicans hold their umpteenth hearing. >>> every single talking point that they have ever put forward in the attempt first to block and then to overturn the president's health care law essentially blew up in their face yesterday, after president obama and vice president obama took a victory lap to celebrate the aca's big day. with 7.1 million individuals signing up for private health insurance by the federal and state health exchanges and many more in line before open enrollment physically ended. it hasn't just beat expectations, expectations by the way that no one thought they could beat. it's left republicans floundering for anything new to say about

>>> happy friday reiders, this is the reid report, i'm joy reid and we start today with the shoots at ft. hood which continues to raise questions about mental health and a subject nobody's talking about anymore. guns. we'll talk with the former chief of staff of congresswoman gabby giffords about whether anything, even a mass shooting can break our national silence on gun control. first the latest on the shooting that killed three and injured 16. moments ago, texas governor rick perry spoke about the shooting, calling it a senseless act and thanking the first responders. >> thank you and how much we appreciate the first responders, and the professional way that they took care of business. we had a number of our active duty military who were the first responders and their thanks to the texas rangers, to the fire department, the police officers and how they almost seamlessly worked together. >> military officials are now examining reports that army specialist ivan lopez the suspect was involved in an argument before the shooting. >> there may have been a verbal altercation with another

i think a woman will probably come your way. [ both laugh ] >>> happy monday, reiders.rs are hiding among us in plain sight. that's a quote from the southern poverty law center on frazier glen cross, the lone suspect in a kansas shooting that left three people dead and less than 909 minutes ago the overland park police chief announced that the shootings are now officially being considered a hate crime. >> we have unquestionably determined through the work of local and federal law enforcement agencies that this was a hate crime. >> we'll have more on the story of the former klansman and the three people he is accused of killing. later, more violence today in ukraine and fears it may lead to another attempted amnexation by russia. >>> jeb bush son of one president, brother of another, but is he conservative enough for his own party to nominate? we'll take a deep dive into the state of the republican rebrand? >>> first, we turn to the latest out of kansas where a midwestern jewish community is in mourning on this passover eve. after a man with a long history of anti-semiti

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. >>> happy friday reiders, this is the reid report, i'm joy reid and we start today with the shootsontinues to raise questions about mental health and a subject nobody's talking about anymore. guns. we'll talk with the former chief of staff of congresswoman gabby giffords about whether anything, even a mass shooting can break our national silence on gun control. first the latest on the shooting that killed three and injured 16. moments ago, texas governor rick perry spoke about the shooting, calling it a senseless act and thanking the first responders. >> thank you and how much we appreciate the first responders, and the professional way that they took care of business. we had a number of our active duty military who were the first responders and their thanks to the texas

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