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Not only did hardly anyone show up for his inauguration -- >> hold on. it wasnt that hardly anyone showed up. there were hundreds of thousands of people lining the streets. it might not have been as much as barack obama. >> not even close to barack obamas nomination. more importantly, there were far more people over the next few days protesting him. now weve seen an unprecedented spree of protests across the country. this past weekend it was at airports. before it was in city squares and on the ...

Disruption despite chaotic scenes erupting at airports around the world. the department of homeland security issuing one clarification late sunday night. green cardholders from these seven countries wont be denied entry into the u.s. but will face a secondary screening. the white house blaming mixed messages on the, quote, hyperventilating media. insisting the order was successful, citing only 109 travellers being detained in the first 24 hours out of the 325,000 who entered the u.s. in the same...

Very well under scrutiny. >> look to see what democrats do? theyre still stinging from the defeat of garland because he never got a hearing. do they really want to mount an opposition? my view is that democrats want to fight everything right now, and it may force mcconnells hand to try to get rid of the filibuster and make it a simple majori majority. >> david gregory, thank you very much. an actor who put his career on hold to work in the obama white house is taking a stand. up next, cal penn...

By trying to be too perfect, trying to find every perfect answer? >> i dont know what the criticism of trying to have every perfect answer is, i think the truth is shes actually had a great run this last week. her book is doing really well. these are national numbers. these arent democratic primary numbers. these are national numbers, definitely republicans, independents who are supporting her. shes not going to win the republican base, the people who threw out eric cantor arent going to vote fo...

Willingness to come somewhere where you can start and move out from the consensus there. >> we talked to him and said we will find common ground. it appears it will largely be driven by electoral realities. is there common ground on gun control? it doesnt seem like it. am i missing something and do republicans need to move forward as a party heading into the mid-terms? >> rhetorically you can hear a lot of the same sentences coming out of their mouths. doesnt mean they support the same policies....

Presidents ability to promote a strong and agreeing economy. they say the speech will return to economic fairness he will talk about. >> this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share. everyone plays by the same rules. these arent democratic or republican values or 1% values or 99% values. these are american values. we have to reclaim them. >> and the president will revisit themes from the reelection campaign outlining the plan to create jobs and grow the...

As a historic low. they had a rough election. they didnt just lose the presidency. the senate democrats picked up seats and house democrats got more votes and picked up seats in the house. the question is, the republicans like leader kantor had given speeches and lets hope they come out with a new approach here. >> can i ask you quickly on democrats, particularly on guns and the gun control proposals like mary landry and tim johnson and max bacchus and all these people are up for reelection and ...

Series of long tours to sell the plan to the public and it never caught on. support got worse. his rating on the issue fell in june. they were opposed and republicans cooperate gain traction either. hurricane katrina wiped out any chance of passing a reform and quietly disappeared. another major issue that year, iraq. >> we will not set an artificial time table. we are in iraq to achieve a result. a country that is democratic. representative of all its people. at peace with the neighbors and abl...

Audience for several state of the unions. we asked about them and democrats want to like the proposals on guns. people like mary landry and tim johnson in south dakota. as a senator in a swing or maybe republican-leaning state, how do you greet them and react to them? i assume you want to be supportive of the president and know your politics. >> you have to realize that first of all its an issue that has to be dealt with and news to be dealt with comprehensively. its not just guns, but all kind ...

And people across america have different views on this. there is a second amendment view ha is strong as well. as we move forward, we will take it as the founders said and go through committee and find what is best to protect america and individual rights. >> let me ask you quickly. is it the right course for republicans to only consider a gun bill that has a support of the majority of the majority of republicans in the house. should that be the right next step moving forward? >> i look forward ...