president wants a new ban on assault style weapons in the wake of last month's school shooting ram tpan connecticut. after that he may try to clamp down on gun ownership through executive action whether congress agrees or no. pro second amendment group are focusing on mental health issues and role of violence in the media. the nra walked away disappointed and others who attended a closed door session say the white house agenda was pretty clear. >> we have the opportunity to speak. at the end he choose to focus on our differences. >> at this point it is about rallying for support and they will hold a gun appreciation day next set to help rally support for their cause before the president's inauguration. >>> doug luzader in washington. thank you so much, doug. let's take another look at whose talking. the controversial decision for al gore to sell his network to al-jazeera. glen beck tried to buy his network and was denied. that's what they are talking about. >> we debated back and fourth. i think it was worth about half of what they paid. we debated back and forth. if we can get the num

is there any doubt in your mind that the across-the-board cuts would be at the tpa level? whoo's your understanding of whether -- what's your underring of whether it would be tpa or not? >> it's been applied several times before. based on that precedent, i would say that, yeah, it's going to be applied at the program project activity level. it'll be the lowest level at which congress appropriates money. that's what the law says. i don't see how they could interpret it differently at this point. >> todd, not knowing or maybe you know what they're going to do on march 1st, but not knowing -- [laughter] >> my crystal ball is hazy. >> so is there any scenario out there that would change the budget caps for the out years? i mean, is that something that is contemplated under any scenario? >> it is. um, if they, if they come up with some sort of a deal to replace sequestration, that deal could include changes to the budget caps in future years. it very well could include that. so it's possible. >> i mean, for defense does that mean that they would have to find cuts elsewhere in t

she was his closist friend and con tpa den confidante.ause she was a black woman that wasn't really discussed. >> condoleezzaa rice was such an incredible woman and so smart. here is the deal. barack obama throughout his campaign was constantly hounding mitt romney and talking about how he was going to be better for women and how there was the war on women, and it was all about women. and i think he owes women, frankly. the independent women, it's the group that voted him in. i don't understand this. there are a lot of capable women in washington d.c. and through our country. he can't find any to be in the top cabinet spots? i don't like it at all. i think it's bad. that's the problem i usually have with the republican party. i'm very prowomen. i'd like to see some cabinet spots right away. that picture, that was wrong. there definitely needs to be some women. it looked like a woman haters club. we need to she some women at the top of the cabinet posts, it's really information. martha: this is a 2012 election. president obama won 55% of t

>> reporter: as you mentioned secretary clinton has been even tpa i sizin emphasizing the work she'seen doing since 9/11 to protect our embassies and consulates around the world and people who are stationed around the world in difficult spots. she was monitoring the situation on the streets of cairo earlier in the day. the bottom line, secretary clinton says she was not in denial about what was happening. >> the very next morning i told the american people that heavily armed militants assaulted our compound, and i vowed to bring them to justice. and i stood with president obama in the rose garden as he spoke of an act of terror. >> so she's making the point that she knew it was terrorism pretty early on. she is now done with the senate panel but she is not done with questioning. there are a bunch of house members who want to ask questions about what happened in benghazi on 9/11, jon. jon: we already played that exchange with senator johnson. any other fireworks so stphar. >> that is thfar? >> reporter: that is the one that clearly got under her skin. john mccain from arizona clearly