wayne lapierre, this is what he said about background checks a few years ago and wayne lapierre says leaks out how involved the nra was in negotiating this, the background check bill, which they were, they were all over it, and then they're running ads for a bill that they were working with toomey and manchin and others with to pass it, it's just another example of this overreach. >>> we've got huge news coming out of syria. the red line has been crossed. >> officially. >> what's going to be done? >> the united states has concluded that pro-government forces in syria have used chemical weapons against the opposition crossing the so-called red line that is now drawing america more directly into the conflict. the obama administration says there is evidence that forces loyal to president bashar assad used serin gas on a handful of rebel fighters, somewhere to 100 to 150 people were reported killed in those attacks. those numbers could change. now for the first time the u.s. will begin sending small arms and ammunition to rebel groups via the cia. there has been considerable pressure bot

>> well, i haven't really experienced this issue from washington with wayne lapierre and all these other. i've experienced it sadly from meeting many people like john who are parents who have lost children who are grandparents hosh have lost grandchildren who, are floends have lost friends. so many people i know have been involved in gun violence. i'm not alone. people all around this country have. so the thing that has changed is very tragically, there's been a growing lobbying force, republicans, democrats, independents, people like john who voted for a republican senator who is, you know, going about his daily life and a horrendous thing happens and suddenly politics isn't about politics, it's personal. that's what guns have become. i'm not in this because it's politically had advantageous. it's a tough thing to do politically. the president had a lot of other things he wanted to do, but when newtown happened i'm so proud of a president lo said look, i could do a lot of other things. they're easier. it would be more convenient and successful but i can't look away from a country where

if wayne lapierre can make up stuff that sounds logical while making no sense... hey, so can i. once again friends, this is live tv and sometimes these things happen. >> watch the show. >> only on current tv. cenk off air>>> alright in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of the spending cuts and all the different programs that wind up hurting the middle class. cenk on air>>> you got to go to the local level, the state level and we have to fight hard to make sure they can't buy our politics anymore. cenk off air>>> and they can question if i'm right about that. but i think the audience gets that, i actually mean it. cenk on air>>> 3 trillion d

if wayne lapierre can make up stuff that sounds logical while making no sense... hey, so can i.gain friends, this is live tv and sometimes these things happen. >> watch the show. >> only on current tv. >> in your report you indicate that the decision to target americans faced on bullies were made only in the irs. how did you determine that? >> these were through interviews with irs staffers, in cincinnati ohio, as well as washington, d.c. at the heard quarters determination unit and the exempt organization unit. >> that was inspector j russell george. that was back in may when this whole irs scandal blew up and all these organizations were campaigning the irs for non-profit status it looked as though the audit of that campaign was really tilted against tea party and right wing organizations. then on monday we learn wait a minicar the progressives were being targeted also. it looked as though the air was out that have balloon. we got a look at the bolo list. "be on the look out" list, and it was scrutiny on both sides. it looked like this scandal was dying, hermela, robin and chr

. >> i know right after sandy hook and certainly right after the press conference from wayne lapierresay the tactic of the nra is to wait it out. they say something and they wait for the media and for people to move on and no real change comes about. that same strategy that was criticized that was called a paper tiger. are we at a point where it has worked again? >> i think it has. you know, there were many of us who wondered whether the administration should have pushed for a vote much sooner in time, more proximate to sandy hook. the counter wing argument was one as they'd be seen as capitalizing on the tragedy. i bet in retrospect the white house wishes they'd had a vote sooner rather than later. >> all right, we'll hopefully see you tomorrow, michael, thank you. >>> and he was an early supporter for then candidate barack obama in 2008. now missouri senator claire mccaskill is getting a very early jump on backing hillary clinton for president in 2016. she's has efforts to draft hillary today. in a statement posted on the political action committee ready for hillary, senator mccaski

if wayne lapierre can make up stuff that sounds logical while making no sense... hey, so can i. once again friends, this is live tv and sometimes these things happen. >> watch the show. >> only on current tv. (adam)marijuana has become a multi billion dollar a year business and authorities believe the profits are lining the pockets of criminal networks. >>they're finding out marijuana is one of the main driving forces financing not just our local street gangs, but every large cartel in mexico. (adam)to understand the roll marijuana plays in the overall drug trade, i've headed south of the border to mexico, long the greatest supplier of marijuana to the u.s. market. in the border city of tijuana, i meet up with the mexican military. >>this is the depository. >>this is the storage facility that we're going to take a look inside, but we need to open the door, need to let it air out because the fumes would give you a pretty nasty high. there's marijuana, cocaine, a little bit of heroin, and meth. wow. nearly all of the drugs in here were destined for the us. we're on

wayne lapierre, he's a famous guy, we know who he is, he's a tough gun guy. think he's moved further to the right than he ever was before. but how does that distinguish him, there he is in the picture there, how does that compare to the guys you meet and the women you meet in your state of west virginia who are gun owners and members of the nra? do they see him as a distinctive figure on his own or do they see him as a leader? what is it? >> the people of west virginia the nra members, the people in west virginia are just pure, sincere law-abiding gun owners. they don't have a commercial interest. they don't have a $1 million salary. they don't have all the fringes that come with the trappings of washington. with that being said, what they're trying to do is basically look at this and make sense. when they start seeing what we've done to the bill, you know what they said? and you mean the nra in washington is against this? we've been fighting for some of these provisions for the last decade or more. and i said all -- i said, guess what? in 1999 the nra leader

if wayne lapierre can make up stuff that sounds logical while making no sense... hey, so can i. again friends, this is live tv and sometimes these things happen. >> watch the show. >> only on current tv. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: it is, indeed. 33 minutes after the hour now on a friday morning. friday, june 28. so good to see you today. we're coming to you live from our nation's capital in our studio right here on capitol hill. brought to you today by the laborer's international union of north america. liuna. the good men and women of the laborer's union under terry o'sullivan. their big office right down 16th street from the white house doing a great job. building a better america. that's their web site. liuna builds america.org. check it out. we're talking about comprehensive immigration reform. the senate passing that bill yesterday. by a vote of 68-22. in other news, the congress is about to go home today. without doing anything about student loans of course. noft course but sadly, i should say. they just don't have time to deal with it. so on mon

this picture and the photo shopping brought to you by the national rifle association of wayne lapierre'll be right back on "morning joe." >> thank you. >>> 19 past the hour. joining us now, legal analyst and staff writer for "the new yorker," jeffrey toobin author of the book "the oath, the obama white house and the supreme court" now out in paperback. great to have you back on the show. >> good morning. >> we're going to start, though, with some opinions that you have about snowden. >> he's a big fan. >> not really. >> from way back. >> not really, actually. in the new yorker you say, edward snowden is no hero. he wasn't blowing the whistle on anything illegal. he was exposing something that failed to meet his own standards of propriety. the american government and its democracy are flawed institutions, but our system offers legal options to disgruntled government employees and contractors. they can take advantage of federal whistleblower laws. they can bring their complaints to congress. they can try to protest within the institutions where they work, but snowden did none of this. in

if wayne lapierre can make up stuff that sounds logical while making no sense... hey, so can i.e again friends, this is live tv and sometimes these things happen. >> watch the show. >> only on current tv. cenk off air>>> alright in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of the spending cuts and all the different programs that wind up hurting the middle class. cenk on air>>> you% got to go to the local level, the state level and we have to fight hard to make sure they can't buy our politics anymore. cenk off air>>> and they can question if i'm right about that. but i think the audience gets that, i actually mean it. cenk on air>>> 3 trillion dollars in spending