so far is physically unharmed. we will come back to you for an update. were of the attention in washington has been on guns. wednesday s senate hearing on changing the gun laws was the chamber s first since the newtown, connecticut shootings and the lines were drawn for change and the roadblocks have been going up. i want to bring in the reporter for the atlanta. also the editor for the grio. good to see both of you. i will start with you, molly. you have a story on the chances of the president s plan at getting through congress. this is what you write in part. the assault weapons ban is not going to happen. democrats are downplaying as part of the president s proposal now. let s start here. why won t the assault weapons ban happen? the assumption to reason i
proposed by paul ryan which are so callus it s hard to use another word to describe them. jack lew has been very suk s sesful and if anybody can, jack can. if you look at the paul ryan budget, what you see is literally a transfer of trillions of dollars over the ten-year budget window from programs that help low income people to tax cuts for rich people. this is the robin hood in reverse on steroids. jack lew recognizes that one of the critical roles for government is protecting economically vulnerable people. now, that doesn t mean he won t put some spending cuts on the table and they may even involve entitlements but you can bet the vulnerable retirees and the people who depend on the safety net at times of market failure will have a very strong ally in jack lew. to that point, many people
which we depend all of the time on people telling the truth. and the fact that he s there as a u.s. citizen as opposed to being there as director of the cia doesn t mean he won t be expected to tell this is a man who served very honorable career. gretchen: but senator, he blamed it on the videotape when he briefed members of congress go two day after the attack. this is suspect coming from a man who knew terror. you expect him to say it is a videotape today? no, i don t. and all the more reason why to tell the truth and he will have every incentive to tell the truth today. he served a distingished career and in recent days it was tarnished by revelations of his own conduct he will want to end on a high note by telling the truth. brian: nothing takes away
the workplace? the laws name sake, she s not buying it. she was up in new hampshire campaigning for the president today and said that doesn t mean he won t because he has been known to flip-flop quite a bit. well said. it would seem to me that romney s got to be clear on this on how kneels about the law. even if you say the gab is smaller. why wouldn t you ban discrimination and why wouldn t you create mechanisms like lilly ledbetter does to enforce those laws. that s what s going on. even if alex is right and men do work marginally more than women, that s a six point pay gap and not a 23 point. women want flexibility. women pay disproportionately for having children and health care.
the workplace? the laws name sake, she s not buying it. she was up in new hampshire campaigning for the president today and said that doesn t mean he won t because he has been known to flip-flop quite a bit. well said. it would seem to me that romney s got to be clear on this on how kneels about the law. even if you say the gab is smaller. why wouldn t you ban discrimination and why wouldn t you create mechanisms like lilly ledbetter does to enforce those laws. that s what s going on. even if alex is right and men do work marginally more than women, that s a six point pay gap and not a 23 point.