they have to be dynamic and simply change policies to attract more voters. >> roger simon, thank you ry much. what a column you have written. everyone should check it out. thanks, roger. >> thanks, tamron, as always. >> absolutely. >>> the photographer that took a picture of a man pushed to his deaths rather than reach out to help him. he's defending the decision to take the picture. >> whether i had a camera or not and i was running towards it, there is no way i could have rescued mr. han. >> i'll talk with congresswoman schwartz last week calling on mr. boehner to meet with the president. now that he has, what are we are her thoughts? you can join us our conversation on twitter. ♪ the weather outside is frightful ♪ ♪ but the fire is so delightful ♪ nothing melts away the cold like a hot, delicious bowl of chicken noodle soup from campbell's. ♪ let it snow, let it snow when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost.. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what

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greatly appreciate it. >> let's bring in roger simon. roger, thanks for hanging with us and coming to join me today. senator manchin, i got a portion of what he said happened with the conversation with the president. and he went on to say that he knows the friends at the nra and those that support the 2nd amendment rights will participate in what he hopes to be a productive dialogue. i don't want to say he's being too optimistic but from the actions we have seen, from the nra do you believe there's a possibility after this moment to have a productive conversation on these kinds of weapons? >> there's a moment to have productive conversation but it's not with the nra. the nra isn't going to fold up the tent and creep away in to the night. what we need is i'm afraid public outrage. the grief that came from newtown has now been turned both in to outrage and grim determination and that's a good thing. we need people to keep pressure on. president obama made a wonderful speech from newtown. i was moved to tears by it. many were. we need to mo

roger simon wrote a great article in making fun of them.ublican ideas well, obviously he couldn't win. you can't beat a black guy. he said, quote their idea is it is not fair. romney was cursed with white skin, and rich and powerful father. the best education money could buy, and numerous cars, houses, boats, and offshore bank accounts. life can be so cruel. i loved the way that he mocked him. meanwhile what is john boehner up to? other than fighting the president on the grand bargain and the so-called fiscal cliff, he said if you do filibuster reform, and you actually can get legislation passed through the senate well, we would hate that because we love gridlock in washington as the republicans right? so he said, if the senate reforms it, the filibuster, we'll block every vote. quote, any bill that reaches the republican-led house based on the senate democrat's heavy handed power play would be dead on arrival. if you thought gridlock was bad before, wait until you get a load of the new gridlock where he would kill every single bill. do you

i'll talk to roger simon. he has a scathing new column out on republicans. quote, listen to this, republicans have found their stab in the back. it was the minorities what done them in. that's what he wrote. we'll ask him about it. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios stop! stop! stop! come back here! humans -- we are beautifully imperfect creatures living in an imperfect world. that's why liberty mutual insurance has your back with great ideas like our optional better car replacement. if your car is totaled, we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. call... and ask one of our insurance experts about it today. hello?! we believe our customers do their best out there in the world, and we do everything we can to be there for them when they need us. [car alarm blaring] call now and also ask about our 24/7 support and service. call... and lock in your rate for 12 months today. liber

. >> stephanie: no roger simon. [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: hey, dee in virginia. >> caller: hi, how are time. >> stephanie: you have a minute go ahead. >> caller: mass shootings in one category is men. nobody is saying take the guns away from men. >> stephanie: yes, it is virtually always young men. >> caller: right, and there are three key categories not necessarily dealing with mental illness, but there is usually anger, vengeance and misperception. you think about trayvon martin, he has a misperception of this kid, and these were two kids that were killed knead leslie. and you look at sarah palin who says -- the misperception of gabrielle giffords. let's use violence. >> stephanie: all right. honey hard break here. representative joe courtney of connecticut next. ♪ for half of what glenn beck is going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the firs