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Check for anyone who wants to buy a gun so that people who are dangerous to themselves and others cannot get their hands on a gun. lets make that happen. >> reporter: brianna keilar, cnn, washington. all right. so 47 minutes after the hour right now. and former president bill clinton finally has a twitter account, sort of. last night stephen colbert dedicated his entire show with an interview for clinton. and at one point colber surprised clinton by telling him he set up an account in his name...

Hall of fame credit to your name now. you have a horse thats going to be in the kentucky derby. your son got a head coaching job at minnesota. it hasnt been a bad week for rick pitino. how do you top it? >> you know, we have such a great family. we celebrate big time. were true new yorkers. atlanta wont sleep. well stay up all night. and we will celebrate. my children know how to celebrate. >> excellent. i have a feeling louisville wont sleep tomorrow either? >> im so happy for louisville. were ...

If i find myself agreeing with you because of the famed clinton charisma, i will continue the interview staring into a hand mirror. because you are the medusa of political persuasiveness. do you understand? >> i do. >> okay. >> i dont think clinton liked that too much based upon his face. that out of the way, rules out of the way, colbert broke the news he started a twitter account for the former president. >> president clinton was taken. william jefferson clinton was taken. but pres billy jeff ...

>> amazing time with colbert. >> sound good? >> is -- question. is he sane? >> is he sane? >> he is cool. >> you got some more left. anything else? you dont have to. >> no, no, im done. >> youre done? >> he could run for president tomorrow morning. anyway, theres a good chance colbert still has a stake in that new twitter feed, though. the masthead of it reads, i am president william jefferson billy jeff rodham clinton. steven colbert is my bff. recent tweets from that account include "now that ...

Interview staring into a hand mirror. because you are the medusa of political persuasiveness. do you understand? >> i do. >> okay. >> i dont think clinton liked that too much based upon his face. that out of the way, rules out of the way, colbert broke the news he started a twitter account for the former president. >> president clinton was taken. william jefferson clinton was taken. but pres billy jeff was available. would you like to break into the 21st century right now and send your first twe...

>> sound good? >> is -- question -- is he sane? >> is he sane? >> he is cool. >> you got some more left. anything else? you dont have to. >> no, no, im done. >> youre done? >> he could run for president tomorrow morning. anyway, theres a good chance colbert still has a stake in that new twitter feed, though. the head of it reads, "i am president william jefferson billy jeff rodham clinton. stephen colbert is my bff." recent tweets from that account include "now that im no longer president, ive b...

0 think theyre great. im joined right now by nbc news political director, chief white house correspondent, chuck todd, and the "huffington posts" howard fineman. i want to start with howard tonight. youve got this louisville background. tell me how the women of the state of kentucky will respond to this new nastiness from mitch mcconnell. hes already at 36% approval. what will they think of him sitting there talking about a woman they know of, they maybe wouldnt vote for but they know of her, an...

0 afternoon. chris matthews and "hardball" is right next. politically unbalanced. lets play "hardball." good evening, im chris matthews in philadelphia tonight. let me start with this. ive learned one thing about politicians over the years. they are who you think they are. its always the same for me. i meet a politician ive been reading an, been watching on tv. i believe theyre not the person ive read about and watched. then after i really get to know them, guess what, i discover theyre prec...

0 response just moments ago saying his office was bugged. >> as i indicated, last month they were attacking my wifes ethnicity, and apparently also unbeknownst to us at the time, they were bugging our headquarters. quite a nixonian move. this is what you get from the political left in america these days. >> and just ahead, well have an exclusive interview with the man who broke the story. we begin with those families most devastated by gun violence. challenging lawmakers to look them in the ey...

0 but nixonian tactics to bug campaign headquarters is above and beyond. i mean, whats your response to that? was this bugging? is this some nixonian scheme? >> well, to begin with, we contacted mcconnells office and his campaign over a day ago before putting the story up to see if theyd have any response. we never heard from them. even today after all this he, mitch mcconnell, wont respond to the substance of the story. instead, he said this was a watergate style bugging operation. the source w...