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From the "global post" and again, we will update you throughout the hour as we get more information. and meantime, a huge political story to tell you about this morning. michael bloomberg is taking on the nra head-on, and in is a monumental battle involving millions of dollars and with incredible confidence on both sides h. this is the big development this morning n. a push to reignite the fight in guns over mark, the former new york mayor and billionaire businessman is offering a $150 million...

President obama and the two spent nearly an hour on the phone discussing ukraine and de-escalation. the two agreed to have their top diplomats further about ways to diffuse the crisis. this moment is a significant test for president obama. back home political allies and opponents wait to greet him on implementation of health care reform and abroad the world waits to answer two questions. has the united states sufficiently rebuilt its moral authority to convene our allies for action against russi...

World will respond. at the table, charlie senate, founding editor of foreign affairs publication global post. ru ru ru rula gibral. and an organization responsible for coordinating coverage in the u.s. capitol and analyzing political developments that affect the jewish world. and nina khrushcheva at the new school. so nice to have you all here. so let me ask, should we believe the evidence from the iaea that the iranians are dialing back their program? >> i think we have to believe it. and i thi...

Hope, rationality, and moderation by the great people of iran. >> hope and rationality. it sounds great. but as president obama pointed out the real test will be, quote, meaningful, transparent, and verifiable actions. joining me are charles senate, co-founder of global post, christina bellantoni, mark quarterman, research director at a project that works to end genocide and crimes against humanity, and the managing eld or the msnbc.com. what did you think of the announcement of that phone call?...

Of "global post" charlie, good to see you. hosni mubarak no longer in prison and egypt under military rule. has the revolution come full circle? what do you make of the situation on the ground. >> its unfolding. revolutions take a long time. if you look at our own history it took a very long time from the boston massacre all the way to the point where we had a constituti constitution. theres a good length of time needed for this now and on the streets in egypt. a big challenge for egypt as it tr...

While they were in power and now accepted the coup. once theres been a crackdown, were unhappy with the coup crackdown. the united states seems to want to have it all ways all the t e time. now they are talking about removing aid from egypt and cutting off a billion and a half dollars in aid washington gives this country. i think most people in this country find it to be not only insulting but something that will encourage more of an insurgency like the conservancy were seeing now. >> thank you ...

Continues to rise following this very deadly day in egypt, peter. >> ayman mohyeldin whos been helping us out all week from cairo, egypt, thanks so much for your reporting. joining us now on set for more, robin wright, the senior fellow and distinguished scholar at the woodrow wilson center and charlie senate is the co-founder and editor at large for the global post. robin, nice to see you in person. charlie, i will begin with you quickly, if i can. the muslim brotherhood a major faction showing...

Cairo, egypt. global post correspondent louise is a lublock is there. louisa, can you give us a sense of what youve seen on the ground today and perhaps more broadly how what weve witnessed over the last 24 to 48 hours is different from what we saw during the revolution following the -- during the arab spring almost two years ago now. >> reporter: well, today i spent my morning in a mosque which has been turned into a make shift morgue carrying 235 people who died yesterday. it was a very, very ...

From the world and that continues to hamper the opportunity for egypt to get back on path of economic growth. >> that was president obama speaking roughly an hour ago on deadly eruption of violence in egypt this week and muslim brotherhood started todays protest march from a mosque where the bodies of those killed in the violence are housed. and a day after security forces cleared two protests camps accept o set up by supporter of former president mohammed morsi. louisa loveluck is a junalist wi...

Of 10 and 7 killed in one day. we thought that was unprecedented violence on the streets of egypt and overnight weve seen this thing really take on a very dramatic and new and escalate iing -- >> thank you, charlie. that global post has now partnered with nbc. >> we will see a lot more of you. >> we hope so. were proud of the partnership and excited about bringing it forward. >> thats exciting. congratulations. >> thank you. >> we should note tomorrow, joe, whether or not the republican party wi...