vivek murthy, has called gun violence a public health crisis and has pushed for strict gun control. the nra came out against him, jeopardizing his chances of confirmation in the senate, but the white house is not giving up. i recently spoke about it with chris cox, who's an executive director of the nra. after our last meeting when you came on last week and said you're going to score this vote and in particular these democrats in these sort of red-leaning states were going to hear from the nra and your millions of members, we heard many of them were balking and pushing back on the white house saying this has got no upside for us. choose somebody different or do somebody different. now the first news is that the white house is considering delay or withdrawal. your thoughts on that? >> well, recalibrating means can you add to 51. look, megyn, the united states senate rejected president obama's nominee to head the civil rights division at the justice department because he represented a notorious cop-killer. he was out of touch with american people, out of step with american people, and

he intends to nominate vivek murthy for the job. >> jon: hold on there indian americans, you can haveleague doctor or your tech genius you cannot have both. [laughter] he seems evidently qualified. seems like smooth sailing for got ship murthy. >> the second concern i have along the same shrine about your comments about guns. >> jon: iceberg! someone said the word gun which means it's time for the new segment: america stands its ground. what were dr. murthy's comments about guns. >> in your tweets of october 16, 2012 tired of politicians squared of nra, throws some of the words. i would hope you would know that americans have a first amendment right to advocate the second amendment. >> jon: yes, americans have a first amendment right to advocate the second amendment and apparently you don't have a first amendment right to have a different opinion from that. everyone knows the first amendment only applies to saying positive things about the second amendment. that's all. it says you can have a gun unless you don't have anything positive to say. shut it down. in addition to that tweet mu

vivek murthy would pass. the problems here and one of the ways democrats explain the challenge is you have a number of voters who have single-issue second amendment voters. when i decided to run for congress, the first anything my dad asked me was where i stood on the second amendment. you don't have as many folks on the other side who are single-issue gun safety voters. you know you're losing a certain chunk of the electorate. >> let's take another issue. pro life, pro choice. it's the same kind of thing. you have a number of people who are so called pro life, against a woman's right to choose. and they're single issue voters. a lot of pro choice people are not single-issue voters. >> i kould would say it's more balanced. >> i'm giving you another one. when it comes to guns, it says a lot more than just guns. in these square states, it's about culture. and they're saying, is she one of us? or not? that's what you ran into even with your father, which is, you know, his buddies are going to ask, the first ques

vivek murthy. an advocate for stronger gun laws in america.r reading, he would use the office of surgeon general to further his campaign against gun ownership. earlier i spoke with chris cox, the director for legislation, and i wrote and asked him why they are so concerned about this doctor. >> mr. murthy is not just a gun control supporter, but an advocate. his agenda is to treat the gun like a disease. that is not something that the nra will sit by and watch happen. we'll engage tens of thousands of supporters and make sure that everybody knows the truth. >> he was head of the group, doctors for america, which used to be doctors for obama, designed to get the president elected. he has sent out tweets and made comments that seem to be in favor of gun limits. tired of politicians playing politics with guns putting lives at risk because they're scared at nra. guns are a health care issue. and then he went on in december after the newtown tragedy saying that the nra conference predictable, blame everything in the world except guns for the newtow

vivek murthy nominated by the obama administration to be surgeon general but now amid opposition fromate, white house telling "the new york times," it's "recalibrating our strategy around his floor vote. a re-calibration that could include allow dr. murthy to withdraw his nomination." the excessive concern he developed as an emergency room doctor with the ravages of gun violence. >> my concerns with regard to issues like gun violence have to do with my experience as a physician, seeing patients in emergency rooms who have come in with acute injuries. >> murthy's unforgivable sin, it may be that last year as president of a health reform advocacy group, he signed onto a public letter to congress, saying, "as health care professionals, we are unwavering in our belief that strong measures to reduce gun violence must be taken immediately." the letter advocated for such radical notions as a ban on military-style assault weapons, a proposal more than half americans agree with. the letter also advocated that doctors are not prohibited from talking to their patients about gun safety in the hom

viv -- vivek murthy -- >> we will make assessments on how and when to move. >> i think you think it speaksue. but what is the issue with the nominee? >> the nra came out against him because of support he supports gun control measures and his point of view that guns are a disease. the nra thinks of guns as a right issue and doesn't score many votes on capital hill, but when it does, people pay attention because the nra has an active engaged membership. >> it is an election year and there are a lot of folks with political height on the line. >> reporter: the micro issue is the nra stance on gun. the macro is the democratic panic that is gripping capital hill where the democrats are in serious chances of loosing the senate. so people are distanting themselves from the president and staying away from this. you can function without a surgeon general so that is why the white house is recalibrating >> the senator up in alaska says he is going to vote no and nine others in the same category. broadly speaking, though, you believe this is speaking to a larger issue and issue for the president and de

vivek murthy, he believes doctors should collect information about gun owners which goes on record. everything is computerized. all your gun information would potentially be on line. >> and he's the president and founders of doctors for america which was an offshoot of the doctors for obama organization that was started in 2008. he was also part of an organization that successfully fought a florida law that would have prevented doctors from including in a person's medical file whether they're a gun owner or not. so he's advocated the notion that a doctor should document whether you own a gun or not. >> right. >> at the intersection of medicine and politics again go too far. let's hear what he had to say. >> my concerns with regard to issues like gun violence have to do with my experience as a physician, seeing patients in emergency rooms, who have come in with acute injuries, but also seeing many patients over the years who are dealing with spinal cord injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder and other chronic complications from gun violence. >> is he coming out against skateboards.

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