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Monetize content. and we didnt do a damn thing to stop them. >> one of the sad things is as we continue to have mass shootings in this country, there are other families now going through very similar things to what you went through. there are some things, the shooters will live stream these. sometimes do you see video posted by other users on the websites. so it continues on for other people as well. i understand that you have been working on capitol hill to try to get some momentum moving forwa...

>> thank you very much. i hope we see a lot more of you when you have more free time. we have to pack you in between the sitting room and global economy. youll have more free time. >> thanks, appreciate it. >> thank you. i want to bring in my colleagues, msnbc contributor, michael steele, mara gay, editorial board member with the "new york times." michael steele, your thoughts on the klain years? >> i think he laid out the accomplishments, which, again, speaks to the ability of a chief of staf...

Prescription drugs. we were getting the cost of prescription drugs low. when you poll the american people over the last five, ten years, whats one of the number one or two or three things they want? get the cost of those drugs down. we did it. we did it in the ira bill. when you talk about young people, i predicted the young people were going to vote for us. why? we focused on climate which they really care about, and we got more done for climate than ever in history, and we talked about student...

Get at inflation. we have a lot of things to juggle. and i think that if we can do it legislatively, lets move those legislatively. if the president can do executive action, lets do that. if we can do both, lets go both. action is the word that we all have to toll. >> i want to ask about executive action in a moment. but if at the end of the day theres only agreement on lowering the cost of prescription drugs, is that something that you would support? a stand alone measure on prescription drugs ...

State legislatures to allow them to reverse the outcome and the electoral college and thats why i also put in a link to iwillvote.com, a nonpartisan group that allows you to check your registration status and register to vote if youre not already registered. >> if the stakes are this high, and theyre as high as you say they are, i mean, it seems to me that its absolutely incumbent upon the democratic party to use the majority they have in the house and the senate to do something about it legisla...

Talk about that? are they worried about that? >> yeah, in their words, they say they share those same concerns but where they differ is on the process. they are, you know, it is their argument that removing the filibuster would cause so much more harm in the future and change the process of the senate so deeply that they dont want to do that, even for this big of a question. the irony here is that that was the joe biden position of two to three years ago. thats the joe biden position of the demo...

>> i dont think chuck schumer has the political will to do it. and i think he is atrade of the pushback and i think he is -- the constitutionality. doing this, making carve outs for the filibuster is something thats very difficult even for joe biden. its difficult for chuck schumer. its difficult for joe manchin. so theres an entire group of people who are democrats for whom this is very difficult. and jake, i just want to say im so glad that we are talking voting reform and voting laws this day...

Executive order. i would love to do it legislatively. when our young people go seeking higher education, theyre supposed to be seeking opportunities of a lifetime, not a lifetime of debt. so as a mother, as a former professor, and i believe that our president understands the power of education with his own wife, dr. biden being in this space for so many years, i hope the president will take advantage of the executive order, i hope well do it also legislatively, but one other thing we must do aro...

The democratic party to use the majority they have in the house and the senate to do something about it legislatively. obviously, you cant control that. you cant control it from your perch in the house. but are you optimistic? chucks schumer has made some noise about that this year that the senate and the full 50 senator caucus on the senate side understands that same urgency that you do. >> weve done our work in the house, chris. the "for the people" act, the "john lewis voting rights" act. and...

Ive got cousins in michigan. i know theres a big gun culture there. how much might that affect the way a jury pool, if it goes to that, in a case like this or affect a judges perception of things? i mean, when you have a cultural environment that is very permissive when it comes to guns, can that affect the law? >> you have to understand, these midwestern states, michigan, wisconsin, im a native michigander and hunting is very much a part of the culture. students get time off from school for the...