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There is stuff i dont like, stuff you dont like, stuff republicans dont like. of all the things, this is the hill you are going to die on. this is the war you are going to wage. you are going to compromise all over the place. these 1.3 million people who ar over the place. these 1.3 million people who are unemployed, this is where youre going to put your political capital? >> you know what really is astounding is while the house is saying lets cut $40 billion out of food stamps, absolutely will ...

Now after the united states has effectively rolled over if more months is president obama sort of getting a spine with vladimir putin and saying ive had enough, im not going to let you rule us like this anymore. you saw that with the announcement that hes going to meet with these lesbian gay groups on sidelines of the g-20 summit. i think putin will get his backup even more. i dont think that thats a reason for the president of the united states not to act. i would say that this showing of a spi...

President barack obama jump starting his push to tighten the nations gun laws with todays speech near the aurora movie theater where a gunman killed 12 people last summer. a victims family member says the time to act is now. >> dont wait until your family is touched by violence like this. do it now. lets act. lets be responsible. >> well, the president is to speak at the denver police academy 5:00 eastern time. colorado lawmakers recently passed tough new gun laws including universal background ...

Executive action, and doing so where he can, abiding by the constitutional amendment, which, of course, as you know, martin, says there shall be a wel well-regulated militia. it has nothing to do with taking the guns out of the hands of people but regulating and control assault weapons, capacity clips, making sure that theres universal background checks for people. come on. these are common sense, practical things that we can agree on, and, in fact, most members of the nra agree with universal b...

Decisively on bin laden talking about the immigration reform. ke propose legislation and call up the white house and say this is a national priority. we have been squabbling about this for five years. unhealthy for the country and not a very edifying debate. ill call leadership down tomorrow. we have legislation. lets act. the the same in a lot of areas on the energy prices which are up. he could open up places for drilling. he could go to the left and say i want the $4 billion, the tax breaks t...

To obsess but he acted decisively on bin laden talking about the immigration reform. ke propose legislation and call up the white house and say this is a national priority. we have been squabbling about this for five years. unhealthy for the country and not a very edifying debate. ill call leadership down tomorrow. we have legislation. lets act. the the same in a lot of areas on the energy prices which are up. he could open up places for drilling. he could go to the left and say i want the $4 bi...

Well talk about it in a second here. you have a potentially powerful asset, ally, with the first lady. shes recently talked about taking on childhood obesity. take a listen. >> lets stop wringing our hands and citing statistics, lets act. lets move. lets give our children they deserve. i look forward to working with all of you in the efforts in the months and years ahead. im going to need you. im going to kneeled you championing these causes, giving me feedback, giving me direction and guidance....

Mini federal government. they have all the agencies. if we can do it in florida, we can do it anywhere. a way to restore trust in government, opening up the books. were not perfect. only one person walked the ate is earth is perfect and we know. but give us the good ideas. we want to satisfy the customers, the voters. theyll give the ideas to us. theyll bring it to washington. dont just talk. too much of that. lets act. thats with a w what were doin florida. >> mike: if you look at the states bu...

Society. >> theres no reason that a kid, 19 years old thats been investigated already and not even a year ago, being a i believe to purchase a ar-15. >> it starts with the politicians, i believe it starts with the nra. >> i want us to take action, i dont want this to be just another mass shooting, i want it to be the last mass shooting. >> president trump made a reference to the shooting but did not make a reference to gun laws. house speaker ryan putting any brakes on that kind of talk. >> what...

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