>> yeah, wayne lapierre went there.wer is none of the bostonians i talked to wished they had a gun. no one i talked to in boston a week after the marathon bombing wished they had a gun. guns would not have done anyone any good at any time in that story in boston and we know it. if every man, woman and child at the finish line of the boston marathon had a gun, it would have done them absolutely no good when the bombs went off. the three dead would still have been killed. all of the injured and maimed would still have suffered the same injuries, and the people that weren't injured would not have reached for their guns, they would have rushed to help the injured just like all the gun toting police officers did. no one with a gun would have taken a shot at the bombers because no one knew who the bombers were. but wayne lapierre could still ask his reality challenged audience how many bostonians wished they had a gun two weeks ago. wayne doesn't care about or even know the facts of the boston case, so he probably doesn't kno

the threat in that letter to mayor bloomberg echoed wayne lapierre's never surrender battle cry. the letter said, you will have to kill me and my family before you get my guns. anyone wants to come to my house will get shot in the face. the right to bear arms is my constitutional, god-given right, and i will exercise that right til the day i die. what's in this letter is nothing compared to what i've got planned for you. joining me now are ej dionne, columnist for "the washington post" and a member of the nra's enemies list. and joy reid, managing editor of the grio. i have to start with you, you are the only one among us on the nra's enemy list. so you have to be, i guess, these days more careful with your mail than the rest of us do. but when you listen to that language of wayne lapierre saying that, you know, president obama just what an enemy he is to the way of life of members of the nra and then you hear it echoed in this letter, this is getting as ugly as we could possibly expect at this stage. >> that's for sure. i mean, i want to say at the outset, i believe passionately

. >>> 26 days ago, at the national rifle association convention in houston, wayne lapierre said this. >> when it comes to defending the second amendment, we will never sacrifice our freedom on the altar of elitist acceptance. we will never surrender our guns, never! >> and in that speech, wayne lapierre paid particular attention to two people. >> michael bloomberg. he's gone from mayor in new york to the title of national nanny. now he's joined the president, created his own billionaire super pac, ready to spend hundreds of millions to attack the nra, demonize gun owners, destroy elected officials who won't bow down to his will. and obliterate the second amendment. president obama said this was only round one. round two is on the way. they're coming after us with a vengeance to destroy us. to destroy us and every ounce of our freedom. >>> today, the united states secret service confirmed that a threatening letter possibly containing the deadly poison ricin was sent to president obama. u.s. secret service can confirm the white house mail screening facility intercepted a letter addresse

wayne lapierre isn't the only person with strong words for president obama. pretty much every speaker we have heard from for the past two days had strong words for president obama and folks like new york mayor michael bloomberg. anyone they feel is trying to restrict their second amendment right to bear arms and while there's been a lot of celebration of the defeat a couple of weeks ago in the senate of a series gun measures including one that would have expanded background checks on gun buyers, wayne lapierre is telling them they are part of a long battle to continue to fight for their rights. let's continue to listen to what he had to say. >> it's up to us. every single nra member. every single gun owner. all americans, all over this country to get to work right now and to meet them head on with an nra that's strong enough, large enough to defeat any and all threats to our freedom. today -- [ applause ] today we are a record 5 million strong. we must not and we will not slow down, not one single bit. by the time we are finished the nra must and will be 10 m

i don't think they are represented well by wayne lapierre.'ve got that big group of people there who care about their rights, who care about their guns. but he's not speaking on behalf of them because when you talk about things like universal background checks, most of them, most gun owners supported that and he is out saying they are coming for your guns. >> he's inciting a riot. >> so wayne lapierre, i agree, not the best representative but he is not the only person who was there. sarah palin got a standing ovation. take a look. >> this president, flying ingrieving parents on air force one and making them backdrops in his precedent campaign style evidence. as far as leaders who offer resolutions we have leaders who practice the politics of emotion. what keeps me optimistic, keeps us reloading in this fight, what keeps us going in this fight and about this country that i love, i know we love, is the faces that i see here today. you don't give up! the washington establishment sneers at you and you don't give up. the lame stream media just bla

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let's start with wayne lapierre, the nra's vice president.ut the boston bombings. >> a terrorist with bombs and guns just outside frightens citizens sheltered in place with no means to defend themselves or their families from whatever might come crashing through their door. how many wish they had a gun two weeks ago? >> so ms. navarro, do you think a lot of bostonians owned a gun when the city went into lockdown? >> i don't know. i don't think wayne lapierre know what is they are thinking. you're seeing the use of emotion to try to advance a political agenda. we saw it it right after newtown when that was being used. a lot of people at that nra convention were bothered by the way the family of the victims were used, if you'd like, to advance that debate. and i think they are doing exactly the same thing. but we need to take the emotion out of it and act with logic. look at the policy issues and try to find some common ground. >> wayne lapierre says the nra's membership has hit 5 million and gun restrictions were defeated on capitol hill. is g

by the way, wayne lapierre is up next.ut chris cox was there, the first speaker which was their top lobby guy. they're starting off with their top lobby guy. i think that is a pledge in itself. what do you think? >> i think that carrie and michael have made some great points. the overall calculus of what's going on is the populace against the passionate. what the nra is telling with you that lineup, they're throwing red meat to the loyal, the faithful. they don't need to grow the tent them just need to keep that base fired up. that has been their formula all along. so these numbers are encouraging for those who want to bring about change. unless they're backed up by passion, it won't matter. >> going back to the basics here, cynic we're looking at wayne lapierre who once supported expanding background checks, and now fast forward, saying no way to it. i am curious, do you believe that some of those nra members who are there, who are worried about their second amendment but still worry about their life, the life of their ch

headliners including wayne lapierre, sarah palin and an intro video from rick perry. >>> so far no cemetery in boston wants anything to do with the dead suspect in the marathon bombing. the debate over where to send his body. plus an update on the case in the three other men swept up in the investigation. >>> let's get to the news live here in new york city. tensions are mounting in syria and across the wider region where a new front has opened in that country's brutal civil war. israel launched attacks twice in the last several days. in an apparent attempt to keep sophisticated weapons made in iran from getting to hezbollah. they're targeting long range missiles in a military research center which sent shock waves across the city. israel would not officially confirm the attack but syrian state tv blamed israel and according to nbc's richard engel, many welcomed the attack. though they promised retaliation, it's not clear if syria, iran, or hezbollah will make good on those threats. the u.s. said it was not surprised on the threat. in an interview with telemundo, president obama defended th

>> i think wayne lapierre knows he is speaking to the faithful, to the members of the nra.o 5 million very faithful, very loyal, hard working american supporters and he is speaking to them right now. i think that any republican that is in favor of -- that spores the nra would tell you that we share the pain that every american shares with the terrible gun violence that has taken place in connect aicut an other parts of the country in recent months. our heart goes out to those families and we are sensitive to that pain. but at the same time, i think wayne lapierre makes a great point when he says it is important not to penalize honest to, hard-working americans who do have the right to bear arms much the whole idea is not to penalize the honest, hard working, law-abiding citizens because of the fact that there's some bad people who have done some very, very bad things. >> chris, has the tragedy at newtown, has it been perhaps a boone for business at the nra? >> well, i mean, i'm not sure that they needed newtown to, you know, to increase their roles. in fairness, you know, i

wayne lapierre knows just how to set up the debate over gun safety measures. let's take a listen to him. >> lawrence o'donnells and rachel maddows, they pound the message over and over again. but let me make this perfectly clear. we will never back away from our resolve to defend our rights and the rights of all law-abiding american gun owners. >> so, just so i understand it, it's our profession and our colleagues, rachel maddow and lawrence o'donnell versus law-abiding gun owners, even though none of those people have suggested taking away their rights and 98% of americans actually favor expanded background checks. >> well, for this conservative audience, going after the media is something that's pretty popular. he got a lot of cheers for that. you see that at a lot of other conservative conferences across the board and the attendees here really do blame the media for highlighting this issue, especially in the wake of newtown. they actually feel like they are under some you know, assault, really as this debate goes on and they say that they're seeing what the

host: here is more from wayne lapierre is today in houston. [video clip] >> president obama, the president of the united states, had a press conference 17 days ago and angrily called the nra liars. liars? really? this from a man who spent his entire reelection campaign saying he supported our second amendment rights. and would never try to take anyone's gun away. and he calls us liars. who from the president repeatedly claims that 40% of fire arms sales to not involve a background check. that was never true. post close "ington --e the president 3 pinno gave the washington post" the president three pinocchio's. my favorite line is that 90% of americans support his background check bill. raved aboutnnot anything else. what kind of pulling they do in the white house but i do know this, when it comes to keeping guns out of the hands of violent criminals and the mentally deranged the nra agrees 100%. host: 1 you're listening to that clips as this -- -- one viewer listening to that clip says this -- betty from louisburg, virginia. betty is on the de

yesterday nra executive wayne lapierre brought up boston in his speech. we'll have more on that. stay close. hoo-hoo hoo. sir... i'll get it together i promise... heeheehee. jimmy: ronny, how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? ronny: i'd say happier than the pillsbury doughboy on his way to a baking convention. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >>> 16 minutes past the hour right now. this is the weekend nra is hosting the 142nd annual meeting in downtown houston and more than 70,000 people expected to attend gun shows, rallies, seminars there. yesterday nra executive vice president wayne lapierre evoked controversy saying how many bostonians wished they had a gun two weeks ago. >> how many bostonians had a gun two weeks ago. no rose garden speech will ever change that inescapable fact that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> lapierre and sarah palin criticized the administration. the woman who took the gun magazine from jared loughner called these claims insulting. >> what

you can breathe a sigh of relief that wayne lapierre is off your back. now you have a michael bloomberg problem. i'm michael michael, hopefully not your problem. this is the war room. >> michael: in the 20 days since the senate failed to pass background checks, 330 americans have died from gun violence. that's according to slate. and americans are crying out for congressional action. mayors against illegal guns held protests in seven cities across the country, and it has a million and a half petition signature for another gun vote. it is possible that the gun bill would pass on the second try. it failed by six votes last time, but they said this morning, they think they think theythey can getno contest enough senators to pass it. we'll have to make adjustments to it. >> michael: one of those adjustments is scrapping the term "universal background check" because it has become associated with registries and confiscation. that's no accident. the gun lobby has done it's best to perpetuate the myth that the government wants a massive gun registry. >> revenge

after sandy hook wayne lapierre comes out with that crazy act and you know, the common sense was the this was the text time to create a three-inch daybreak between them and the nra, and they couldn't do it. all the polls showed 90% support for background checks. the g.o.p. is so frightened of nra, fox news, and the g.o.p. noise machine that they couldn't even do it on the most simple, obvious vote. they are absolutely hitched to the nra. the nra thing is don't tar us as crazy. there has to be separation from people who are putting up bleeding obama gun targets either the g.o.p. isn't interested or doesn't have the guts into reporters came up to the guys who made it and said are you trying to make him look like obama? the guy said, let's just say i gave my republican father one for christmas. meaning i gave one to my father for christmas and the republicans, ha-ha. they did not make them take down a woman. they had a nazi, and obama and a battlerred woman called ex. but she was allowed to stay up. >> why was obama green. >> when michael was talking about the vote would come back there

suppose that i were wayne lapierre who's on totally the opposite side from you.with me? >> i would say, you know, it's well documented that he supported background checks in the past. that's not something that can be run away from. the importance of being honest and truthful and not prevaricate in any way to the people who listen to him cannot be overstated. you know, he has a family. there has to be, no matter who is sitting in the chair opposite me, there have to be points where we can agree on something. >> well, you've said that there are some things we agree on. what are some of the things you think we agree on regarding guns? >> i think we can agree that responsibility is tantamount. that nobody wants to be irresponsible in any way. on either side of this debate. i think everyone can agree that the kind of loss of life that this country has experienced is unacceptable. i don't think anyone would argue in their right mind that that is somehow the price we pay for our freedom here. i just don't think that's a rational explanation. so if someone has a reasonab

yesterday nra executive vice president wayne lapierre really sparked controversy when he invoked the boston terror attacks in one of his speeches, asking how many bostonians wish they had a gun two weeks ago? listen to more here. >> how many bostonians wish they had a gun two weeks ago? no bill in congress, no rose garden speech will ever change that inescapable fact that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> lapierre and sarah palin also criticized the obama administration for, quote, exploiting victims of gun violence. speaking about guns and victims, it's hard not to talk about this heart breaking story in kentucky. do me a favor. whatever you do -- take a look at your screen. that 2-year-old little girl was shot to death by her 5-year-old brother. of course this was an accident, people. their mother was at home at the time. she had just stepped outside before the gun went off. you can't imagine what this was like for her. here's where most of the controversy lies in a lot of people's conversations. the .22 caliber crickett rifle belonged to that 5

. >> wayne lapierre using the boston bombings to justify his crusade for gun reform. will the organization be able to keep up with what politico calls the no compromise strategy? we'll have a chance to talk to senior political editor mark murray. and some family members of 9/11 victims outraged at a plan to charge a 20 to $25 admission fee at the new museum. we'll talk to one family member who accuses it of trying to make money off the worst day in american history. it is also our "news nation" gut check. alright, bring the model in on the set! ah beautiful. work the camera... work it...work it! those hands. oooh la la! magnifique! what's your secret? what? huh? dawn? how can this be? [ female announcer ] dawn hand renewal with olay beauty helps lock in skin's natural moisture to improve the look and feel of hands in 5 uses. [ sponge ] gotta hand it to your beautiful hands, huh? [ female announcer ] love it, or get double your money back. dawn does more. [ sponge ] so it's not a chore. a great cup of coffee should be easy as one, two... well, just one. new single serv

wayne lapierre loves reince priebus and he loves wayne lapierre. well tonight, we look at the celebration in houston tonight of the marriage between lethal hardware and the hard right and yes, houston, we do have a problem. joy houston and ed rendell, former governor of pennsylvania. the nra convention shows just how far right the far right has gone. the nra has gone so far right. look at the speakers list. almost exclusively composed of hard right figures like sarah palin, rick santorum, ted nugent and glenn beck. looks like the roster from a cpac convention. in fact, it's the same list. this afternoon, ted cruz, well, took an end zone dance if you will for helping defeat the background checks bill in the senate. let's watch his dance. >> a month ago, you had the president holdinging it seemed press conference after press conference -- in washington look like an unstoppable freight train. i was joined by rand paul and mike lee. in writing a short and simple letter to harry reid that said we will filibuster any legislation that undermines the right

nra executive vice president wayne lapierre. it couldn't be more different. anyway, he invoked the recent boston lockdown in his argument for gun rights. now, this is twisted but it's how he's thinking and how he's selling. let's watch. >> they can try to blame us and shame us with all their might, but when it comes to defending the second amendment, we will never sacrifice our freedom up on the altar of elitist acceptance. we will never surrender our guns. never. imagine waking up to a phone call from the police at 3:00 a.m. in the morning warning a terrorist event is occurring outside and ordering you to stay inside your home. i'm talking, of course, about boston. how about bostonians wished they had a gun? >> kasie, you were down there, you can give me the tick tock as we say in this business. he's going for the hard right. i'm telling you, i am now overplaying his hand. he wants us armed. the american people, men, women, whatever, armed. >> the tone at the convention was absolutely no surrender. it was a call to arms from lapierre. the crowd responded acc

if i'm talking about jim porter and wayne lapierre and other gun members. to jim porter and wayne lapierre, i say, you make this as transparent as possible. we are supposed to be a nonprofit nonpartisan organization. what happened. there are people, good people, who have been affected by gun violence. there are people that haven't been affected by gun violence and they don't want to be. they want to come to the table with us right now and we need to do it. to the membership, i say, speak your mind. in whatever form that you can. take to the internet. take to the stage. and speak your mind. say like i sam saying, that we support common sense background checks. if it saves one life, it's worth it. >> eryn sepp, nra member, iraq war vet, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you so much, chris. >> more than 32,000 gun-related fatality per year. it may surprise you how two thirds of the deaths occur and why that number is getting larger. that's next. both tylenol and bayer back & body are proven to be effective pain relievers tylenol works by blocking pain

wayne lapierre loves reince priebus and wayne lapierre loves reince priebus.ell, couldn't we look at the celebrations down in houston as the marriage between lethal hardware and the hard right and, yes, houston, we have a problem. joy reid and ed rendell, former governor of pennsylvania. the convention is taking place in houston, shows how far right the right has gone. the once bipartisan group known as the nra has gone so far right. look at this speaker's list. it's composed of hard right figures, people like sarah palin, ted cruz, rick perry, rick santorum, ted nugent and dpl glenn beck. this afternoon, ted cruz took an end-zone dance, if you will, for helping to defeat the background check in the senate. let's watch his dance. >> a month ago you had the president holding press conference after press conference and his package of legislation that would have undermined the second amendment in washington look like an unstoppable freight train. well, i tell you, i was proud to join with my friend senator rand paul and senator mike lee. [ applause ] >> in writin

wayne lapierre loves reince priebus and reince priebus loves wayne lapieere.ell, couldn't we look at the celebrations down in houston as the marriage between lethal hardware and the hard right and, yes, houston, we have a problem. joy reid and ed rendell, former governor of pennsylvania. the convention is taking place in houston, shows how far right the right has gone. the once bipartisan group known as the nra has gone so far right. look at this speaker's list. it's composed of hard right figures, people like sarah palin, ted cruz, rick perry, rick santorum, ted nugent and glenn beck. this afternoon, ted cruz took an end-zone dance, if you will, for helping to defeat the background check in the senate. let's watch his dance. >> a month ago you had the president holding press conference after press conference and his package of legislation that would have undermined the second amendment in washington look like an unstoppable freight train. well, i tell you, i was proud to join with my friend senator rand paul and senator mike lee. [ applause ] >> in writing a

. >> merely 24 hours before that speech, 1,000 miles away in houston, nra's ceo, wayne lapierre was pushing that exact brand of anti-government phobia. we'll take a dip -- a strange one -- into wayne's world and discuss this weekend's nra national convention when the brady campaign's colin goddard joins us next on "now." i do a lot of research on angie's list before i do any projects on my own. at angie's list, you'll find reviews written by people just like you. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. easy-to-use platform. no, thank you. we know you're always looking for the best fill price. and walk limit automatically tries to find it for you. just set your start and end price. and let it do its thing. wow, more fan mail. my uncle wanted to say thanks for idea hub. he loves how he can click on it and get specific actionable trade ideas with their probabilities throughout the day. [ male announcer ] open an account and get a $150 amazon.com gift card. call 1-888-280-0157 now. optionsxpress by charles schwa

i'm happy to sit down with wayne lapierre or anybody and talk about what we're going to do in a reasonable and proper way to keep people from getting killed. >> joining me now here in washington for an exclusive interview is democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia. senator, we just heard, a gun dealer agreeing with you completely on this. >> lawrence, i've been cleared through my state of west virginia and we have a very gun culture, if you will, and it's pretty natural for us to be born and raised and around guns and learning safety and the proper way to do it. >> when did you start -- when did you get your first gun? >> a bee-bee gun first. i was probably 7, 8. >> can't do too much damage with a bee bee, but i know is -- >> sing shot bolt action .22. >> how old were you? >> i'm about 12. and then a .410, a small shotgun. and i got that and then moved -- >> i'm nodding like i know what a .410 was. >> you've got the .410, .16 gauge and 12-gauge. >> you grew up with this, guns in the homes and normal thing. and now you come to this crossroads, and this country, after newtown. what -

nra oracle, wayne lapierre also had his predictions, at last year's big gun bash. >> we know if president know it will be on its way to being lost forever. >> america may not be lost forever, but it is changing. since the last nra convention, moviegoers were gunned down in

first of all, forgive me if i'm not sent into fits of self-doubt by being called shameful by wayne lapierre. but i never, never advocated and do not advocate in the deepest recesses of my mind a ban on firearms or a ban on hand guns. you can have reasonable regulations of firearms. we regulate many things in this society without outlawing them. you could have reasonable regulations while still protecting people's legitimate second amendment rights. but let me get back to what i meant to say that night which was clear to some and not clear to others. i was talking about a gun culture in sports and specifically in the national football league. in retrospect, given the time that i had, i wish i had said if we want to gain some elusive perspective after tragedies like this, then a serious discussion has to begin within sports about a number of things, including, though not limited to, domestic violence and whether or not those who play a violent sport are more inclined toward domestic violence. the effects of football. we know that long range, it has an effect on people's cognitive ability, on

things that were said about obama by wayne lapierre as you mentioned and other people like that.ul to attach these things specifically to what people -- to policy goals or policy aims. >> it's not attached to policy goals. you didn't have rhetoric on the left calling for almost a revolution. what you have is this rhetoric of revolution on the right. not saying that it's tied to anti-gun control, but there is a lot of rhetoric i think that's irresponsible, that is not at least discouraged. >> it gives legitimacy. there is already this paranoid undercurrent looking for a venue and it legitimizes it when congress uses this rhetoric as well. >> is the president looking to stir that up as well by the fact that there are three possible contenders that the president wants to nominate in d.c. that are very liberal, judges, and the president is looking to draw republicans out that would be obstructionist to this. >> this is not extraordinary at all. this is the ordinary business of governing. there's an unprecedented judicial vacancy crisis. these courts are so important in ruling on the

headliners including wayne lapierre, sarah palin and an intro video from rick perry. >>> so far no cemetery wants anything to do with the dead suspect in the marathon bombing. the debate over where to send his body. plus an update on the case in the three other men swept up in the investigation. >>> let's get to the news live here in new york city. tensions are mounting in syria and across the wider region where a new front has opened in that country's brutal civil war. israel launched attacks twice in the last several days. in an apparent attempt to keep sophisticated weapons made in iran from getting to hezbollah. they're targeting long r

and we also heard from one of the nra's superstars, wayne lapierre, and he is one of the big faces of the nra. listen to what he had to say. >> we know every word spoken today and throughout the weekend will be scrutinized by our opponents. but let me make this perfectly clear. we will never back away from our resolve to defend our rights and the rights of all law-abiding american gun owners. >> reporter: so that's what we will hear more of today. we will here again from wayne la pierre. they will tell members where gun rights stand in america and what needs to be done and what they want the members to do. again, today i think the key word today will be politics. >> thank you. >>> now to kids and guns and the tragedy this week in kentucky. did you hear about this, a 5-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old sister with a .22 rifle he got from his birthday. it was purchased by this site, cricket.com. the site is down apparently for maintenance. some people are asking if children should be exposed to guns at an early age. this is the conversation i want to have with 17-

gentlemen, members of the national rifle association please welcome my friend, my fellow virginian, wayne lapierre.[applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, you are kind which we do it all together one by one and people like you all over this country. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you houston and good morning. colonel north, i really appreciate your kind words. you are a genuine american hero and for your service to god, to our country and to your n.r.a., we all salute you colonel and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. [applause]

featured tina addresses by some of the nra's chief officers including executive vice president wayne lapierre, president david keene, and chief lobbyist chris cox. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> today i want to thank you for what you do to support our second amendment rights and for being here at this incredibly important meeting. by your very presence you are sending a message to the president, to joe biden, diane feinstein, and michael bloomberg. and to all their friends in the media who have been claiming for months that you and american gun owners simply don't count. we've all been under attack since the connecticut tragedy by those who would exploit the victims of a madman to second their agenda.-- advance their agenda. we've been under attack because they realized to win they'd have to take down the n.r.a., demonize gun owners and convince the american citizen that is we are the problem rather than mass shooters and criminals the federal government refuses to prosecute. within hours of the shootings in connecticut they swung into action. new york's mayor announced he would spe

sarah palin, and wayne lapierre. they kicked thing off by criticizing the obama administration for using victims of gun violence against them. >> where we see tragedy, barack obama and michael bloomberg, they see opportunity. while we pray for god to comfort those suffering unimaginable pain, they rush to microphones and cameras, gather in war rooms on capitol hill and scheme about how to use that suffering to push their political agenda. they follow rahm emanuel's blueprint. never let a tragedy go to waste. >> patricia joins me live from houston. she is actually from tucson. patricia took the gun magazine from the hands of jared loughner. he shot gabby giffords in 2007. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> what do you make of the remarks yesterday that the supporters of tougher gun laws see opportunities, and they blasted the president for the exploitation of people like you. >> nobody is manufacturing reasons to use these horrible tragedies in political ways. they are in need of bei

wayne lapierre, said we have in the midst of everything we care about.re nra members right to be scared? are there more battles brewing? >> they're win right now. they've won all the battles they fought so far this year. but as rena pointed out, the president is committed to try to get the background check bill back before the senate this year. vice president biden is committed to it. and lead proponent in the senate, joe manchin of west virginia, says there might be tweaks that can get more support. we've seen it, as well. some of those senators who voted against the background checks are under tremendous pressure right now, including democrats, who could face the primarieprim. i think you're going to see another vote in the senate. but in the house, nra very strong. i do not see this becoming law this year. >> you have an exclusive interview with warren buffett, holding his shareholders meeting this weekend. always amazing and interesting things to say. and he talks about the role women play in business. how important that is. and the future of berkshi

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do you think these groups can create a powerful faux to the nra and the face of the nra wayne lapierrebsolutely. we already are. we can motivate moms online and then get them to act off line and you are seeing that today as an example. ted cruz is in new york city for fund racing, and our moms are twitter bombing him and our moms are on the ground protesting his presence in new york city asking why he voted against background checks. so social media is helping moms get out there. this movement is moving forward and we are winning. >> michael: and mom knows best. thank you shannon. keep up the good work. coming up, the makers of citizen koch join us with their story right after this. ♪ >> michael: the koch brothers have long been a source of exasperation here at "the war room." their deep pockets and considerable skill of transforming republicans into puppets are reason enough to redefine the word d.c.sy. and now citizen koch is getting rave reviews. the citizens united case and it's effect on scott walker. >> more than $3.5 billion has been spent making this the most expensive election

the executive vice president wayne lapierre for the first time links the boston bombings to gun control. listen. >> imagine waking up to a phone call from the police at 3:a.m. in the morning warning that a terrorists event is occurring outside and oring you to stay inside your home. i'm talking of course about boston where residents were in prison behind the locked doors of their own homes. a terrorist with bombs and guns just outside. frightened citizens sheltered in place with no means to defend themselves or their families from whatever might come crashing through their door. how many bos bostonians wished they had a gun two weeks ago. >> josh sugar man. first, what do you make of lapierre's comment? >> mr. lapierre's comments are basically as cynical as they are hip lit call. in the is the 70s the nra led the fight to stop the regulation of wlak an smokeless powder which are the key ingredients used in virtually all pipe bombs that are used across the country and are a suspected ingredient in the boston bombing. boston has the lowest gun death rate in the nation, second lowest in th

wayne lapierre sounds like the alones that you see in the al-qaida videos with what he's saying.king to me that as civilized societies are we're so behind the rest of the world on the issue of high-caliber weapons. >> cenk: as we go to break here, one final tragic story from today relating to guns, a two-year-old was shot and killed by her five-year-old brother. they had gotten the five-year-old brother a rifle that was made for youth. and the family said it's okay, he was used to shooting. i mean, how insane have we become that we're making rifles for five-year-olds? of course they're accidently going to shoot the two-year-old sisters, how crazy are we as a country? so we're out of time here, but i want to go to the next segment where we talk about again the whole rest of the world and the labor protests that are going on there, and the reasons behind it, and when we talk about that, when you look at the disparity between the top ten percent and the rest of us in this country it is amazing. we'll do that when we come back. >> if you believe in state's rights but still support th

glenn beck and wayne lapierre both invoked the boston bombings at this nra convention. >> that's ridiculous. >> how many bostonians wish they had a gun two weeks ago. >> in the people's republic of cambridge -- that wasn't meant to be a laugh line. that's what it is, i think. the people's republic of cambridge. >> now, this is the kind of stuff that glenn beck and lapierre, the nazi salute by the mayor, yet you have mainstream, quote, republican politicians there. candidates for president that ran and some being projected to run in 2016. is this the kind of forum they ought to be at? >> no. not only should they not be at the forum but even those candidates that didn't go should denounce what happened, should denounce the clearly referenced president obama with the target. they should denounce it and say this is not what america is all about. from a political standpoint, this is good for the things that you and i believe in. it turns off the average person. but joe make as very good point and the point is that if that's somebody disturbed out there who does believe in the nra stuff, they may

screamed when he came on the show, a lot of these more extreme gun rights lobbyists, and i would put wayne lapierrein that category. they are to such an extreme level, obama is going to grab your guns, defend yourselves, arm yourselves, record gun sales after sandyhook and so on. is it surprising that you're getting some people to flip now? >> there were people saying obama is going to take your guns before any of this happened, before sandyhook. >> again, morgan, i would caution us from allowing this one crazy person for people who advocate gun owners. >> i was curious about his constitutional right. but a god-given right? >> these are natural rights and these inalienable rights are given to us as we are endowed by a creator. >> absolutely. >> do you think that's the case with the constitution? i believe the constitution was a leisurely-framed document drawn up by the founding fathers. now i'm being told this is a god-given right to have an ar-15 machine gun. >> you're taking it crazy seriously. >> you went from gun to ar-15. >> what's it mean? god-given right? >> it's entirely possible to pursue

sensitive to that large group of people that are responsible gun owners, who don't agree with wayne lapierrespokesman. but will move toward him if they feel threatened by murmurs of even the thought of people taking away their guns or intruding on their traditional lifestyle. there's got to be a middle ground. >> personally for harry reid, what i find interesting about this politically, we're seeing democrats doing the texas two step. they're advocating for more stronger gun control on a national level. but on the state level, it's been reported the democratic party is looking to recruit pro gun candidates like brian schweizer. he famously said he had more guns than he needs. but not as many as he wants. >> i want to bring california's attorney general. she just signed legislation that will release funding for people prohibited by law from earning them. >> do you see momentum for change? >> i have to -- i absolutely do. i think southern california has done should be carried out around the country. it would institute common sense gun safety laws. we have put $24 million into an initiative of

and that convention featuring rhetoric like this from wayne lapierre. tragedy to try to blame us, to shame us into compromising our freedom for their political agenda. the political leads who scorn us, we say let them be damned. >> those comments coming on the same weekend that former congress woman gabby giffords met with the victims of the boston marathon bombing. it's good to have you here. senator, i want to start with you, your reaction. you were pretty strong. your first reaction to those words. what do you say now given the time you had to think about? is it still that that might help you reach people across the aisle? >> when he says let them be damned he is talking about 90% of the american people. in fact, he is talking about 74% of his own members who favor criminal background checks for all people who purchase firearms. this common sense measure is what's denounced by the nra showing that they are really out of touch not only with mainstream americans but also with their own members and most responsible gun owners who actually want to keep f