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This time last night we were george mason university about midway through our live town hall guns in america. president obama took questions from me and members of the audience including nra members, gun rights advocates. the back and forth got tense at times. a chance for president obama to talk face-to-face with critics and supporters. gary tuchman was watching from a florida gun range with a grown up of gun enthusiasts and tonight reports. >> reporter: at the shooting sports range in florida,...

Him in the election. it was to their advantage not to vote. proved to be a very bad miscalculation. >> what do you make of the president using his executive power you? are a legislature. >> i think its fine. we had been urging him to set the example for raising the minimum wage anywhere within his power to do so. of course, we would prefer to pass legislation to raise the minimum wage for everyone. over 60 officers of those getting the minimum wage are women. so we think its really an important ...

About wanting that soft power for themselves. this attack may have come from north korea and executed by russian hackers working from servers in china, all of those countries have potential interests in reducing the influence of the american entertainment industry. >> thats a very interesting point. we both interviewed a human rights organization who is going to drop movies over north korea to get people to realize whats going on in the outside world and those movies come from hollywood, right? ...

To release it. then it was released. i find that interesting. your perspective from sony, they had maybe legal concerns before they decided to put this movie out. >> sure, heres the reality. in america, we have this first amendment right and we like to be expressive and the supreme court says you dont want to kill sfeech. we have unrestrained, unbridled areas to share them. lets clear it with the white house, lets clear it with the state department, bring it to someone else. when would that end?...

For lifting the embargo, which is the unconditional release of political prisoners, the recognition of labor unions and journalists an the parties and schedule of free elections we would all celebrate, the way we are celebrating alan gross release. but what we dont like is the legitimizing this dictator at the end of their lives. >> legitimizing dictators at the end of their life and a key point of this situation. and there is the deal itself and the precedent it sets. today robert menendez slam...

Terrorists, they are claiming, that they dont represent a threat to the u.s. and making the case, they specifically, the taliban specifically asked for these five guys. those are the five they wanted? >> these are the five individuals that were hand selected by the taliban in their statement on their website late sunday night. the taliban described this as a victory and as senior members of the organization and what is clear in the military assessments and there is nothing, sean, to indicate the...

President, what happens if, indeed, that land is gone? >> well, its a sad commentary on the obama presidency. i mean, a decade ago -- like it or not -- the united states was respected and feared. and feared is important. people in the united states were so mushy, we dont want to be feared. you better be feared. and putin makes sure that his neighbors fear him. and for our president, look, we can survive putin grabbing crimea. but what about the precedent it sets? what about the message it sends ...

Over reporters that george zimmerman is set to fight rapper dmx in a, quote, celebrity boxing match next month. thousands as you can imagine have signed a white house petition to stop what it calls an attempt to promote racial tensions in america. the reverend al sharpton the president of the national action network and msnbc host released a statement saying in part, we must be very careful not to glorify or in any wayside step the implications of making someone whose only claim to fame was kill...

Hour before sunrise and in the western sky, just after dark for a little bit before it sets. >> there are ancient paintings of comets and things like that in the sky. >> oh, yes. >> are we going to see this type of monumental sulenial, millennial type of event? >> perhaps. i know im not giving you the straight answer here. comets are capricious. so the comet could still fizzle and do nothing, but it was kind of underwhelming coming into the sun. it never really got to be the comet of the century...

If we can secure them in depots, have international inspectors there which we could do within months you effectively taken them away from assad. you prevented him from using them. will he try to cheat? of course he will. you try to catch him and reduce it. by getting most of the weapons you greatly reduce the risk. jenna: a lot of time and a lot of money. the big question about the precedent that it sets, frank. is this the type of pattern that we want to set for others like iran? >> well it is ...