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Figure out tomorrow if she broke the law. she could be back in the hot seat and actually then forced to say something other than sorry, cant talk. >> alisyn: by the way, even today members of congress, including congressman baucus and hatch are trying to figure out if its time to do away with some of these loop holes and change the system. >> clayton: loopholes and tax exemptions. those could be on the chopping block. coming up, aaron hernandez charged with the execution-style murder of his frie...

I dont think john mccain is a loyar. >> no spin zone. mccain and rubio was saying it is the best bill we could get. they didnt read the own bill. chuck shumers staff wrote it. you look out for the little people. >> if they have loop holes, i will report it and so will you. what we know. the cbo report that was waved around as a reason to like the bill, for the next ten years, cbo reports that unemployment will go up and wages will go down because of that. >> you have a black caucus woman on who ...

Point. so blaiseantly discriminatory on its face because they are targeting a specific group or specific ideology and completely -- within the same group, within the same kind of category but saying if you believe and youre a conservative, tea party, youre going to get the scrutiny. on the left you get a pass. thats the problem. >> ill take a lead from president obama. hes the one who went to the east room and said he was outraged. hes the one who said he read the report and couldnt believe this...

Fund-raiser to curb youth violence. the city has an epidemic of gun violence. joining me from california is jackie speier. congresswoman, it is always a pleasure to speak with you. particularly on this issue, you were a survivor of gun violence. what is your reaction to the proposal unveiled today regarding expanded background checks? >> i am very hartened by the proposal that was presented today. it goes a long way to closing the loop holes that exist in the universal background check law today...

Conflicts of interest implicit in contributors to this organization getting access to the president? >> well, look, i respect fred and respectlook, i respect fred respect his opinion. but the fact of the matter is we are in a battle for priorities in this country. i can promise you one thing. those gigantic republican super packs, funded by a few interests will spend whatever they have to in whatever way, shape or form they must to protect their loop holes in the tax code, to protect tax rates. ...

A vigil last night for three crew members on the navy jet killed when their aircraft went down in washington state. they were on a training flight with the island base. their prowler went down in a remote area. no parachutes were deployed. the names will not be released until 24 hours after their families have been notified. >> steve: meanwhile, new york city may michael nanny bloomberg vowing to fight back after a judge struck down his soda ban. the judge ruled its unfair because there were too...

>> well, the fact of the matter is that that is what we need to do, and it has got to be the balanced approach where you have to be looking at what are the revenue source. >> they say no more revenue. >> listen, lets just talk about spending. you want to talk about closing those loopholes for oil and gas or the special interests? that is spending. you want cut spending? it ought to be included in what we view as spending cuts. and we ought to be cutting that, and that would give us additional re...

Cut the budget than what he calls this silly sequester the president demanded. he said president obama is kicking the can down the road, kicking it so far, were running out of road. and that the president didnt seem to have any plan of his own for cutting spending. listen. >> if he had a plan, why wouldnt senate democrats go ahead and pass it? the house acted twice over the last ten months to replace the sequester. the president got his tax hikes on january 1. if were going to get rid of loop ho...

This is what government does in our lives and its worth paying for. >> can i add the notion that if president obama just saturdays around the table a little more with john boehner and eric cantor and that would persuade them to drop their resistance to hikes is silly. they would never do it. im not sure what he gets by visiting their offices, by going to the hill, by having them over to the white house. i think this is obviously a political way of getting them to come to yes on this. and i do ag...

Loop holes. they were supporting romney back then. >> correct. >> but now they wont support any loopholes whatsoever nor will they identify them. >> the bigger debate is if you do close the loopholes, what would it go for in republicans say it shouldnt be for deficit reduction, it should be to lower tax codes. its a non-starter for democrats. >> great to have you on with us. >> thank you. just ahead, the republican plan to steal electoral votes is going forward in one state. thats pennsylvania...