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Aurora, colorado. im going to read you a little portion of that speech because it fleshes out what was behind his words today. the president saying he believes in the second amendment. but i also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree that a.k. 47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not in the hands of criminals. that they belong on the battlefield of war. i believe the majority of gun owners would believe that we should do everything possible. that a mentally unbalanced individual should no...

Little portion of that speech, chris, because it fleshz out i think some of what was behind his words today. the president saying he believes in the second amendment but "i also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree that ak-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not in the hands of criminals, that they belong on the battlefield of war and not on the streets of our cities. i believe the majority of gun owners would agree that we should do everything possible to prevent criminals and fugitive...

Upset about diming but again disabilities. most of the major countries around the world have signed this. it should have been done. >> goldie, you in your very being would embody some problems that the republican party has. youre an intelligent woman of color. >> sure. >> what does the republican party have to do to make people like you feel it has something to say to to you? >> you know, i live in the american south and thats ground zero for this modern day gop. what i hear on the ground and i ...

Been largely one of their own making. same thing with colin powell. okay. someones going to break ranks and endorse the president again, cant let it go and then it becomes this debate over race, which is not a very good thing for the republican party to be talking about right now and also shows a party in turmoil two weeks before the election. >> and it shows a party whos really trying to define who they are and stand for. i think whats going to be really interesting to see is after the election...

Hurdles? i know people will get through. he campaigned very hard, but also the adrenaline rush of those last few weeks and days. and also tonight. megyn: how are you doing? >> we are doing great. george and i are very happy to be home in texas, living what i call the afterlife now, what i call the promised land. we are building the vice presidential center. we will start to move in later this year and have the grand opening next april. this will include both the presidential museum and archives ...

-- ryan was. >> i was, i didnt expect biden to do so well. his past experience is so impressive. >> and i think this debate, i enjoyed the policy issues discussed. seemed like the first debate between the president and governor romney was talking points, rehashed over and over again. >> i am going to send it back to sean. now that youve seen the candidates do you think either, no matter who wins this country will be better off do you think there is a clear choice now and youre nervous that the w...

>> there was this very pointed moment when martha raddatz said directly what is worse? another war in the middle east, or a nuclear armed iran? and paul ryan jumped in, i dont think it was his time to answer. he said, nuclear armed iran meaning im ready for that war. >> i think theres a theme here on foreign policy which is there was very little actual policy daylight between ryan and biden in terms of the -- the criticism would be i dont like the rhetoric he used or the process to end up with t...

And paul ryan jumped in, i dont think it was his time to answer. he said, nuclear armed iran meaning im ready for that war. >> i think theres a theme here on foreign policy which is there was very little actual policy daylight between ryan and biden in terms of the -- the criticism would be i dont like the rhetoric he used or the process to end up with the results but agree with the current sanction regime in iran, agree we dont want to send troops into syria and agree with the 2014 timeline in ...

And who the heck wants to be surrounded by liars? jon: so it does come from both sides. i mean, you know, rudy giuliani who you heard there at the end not officially part of the romney campaign, if im accurate. it seems were hearing it from both sides this time around. >> the point is americans deserve better, right? we have very complex issues facing us. we have global economic crisis. we have domestic challenges. we need a very clear vetting of policy issues at hand and calling someone a liar ...

Policy issues. for example, they disagreed -- >> robert, robert, robert -- can i just interrut for one moment. im delighted, first of all, at your knowledge of political history and the fact that you can provide me with a mirror example of democrats. what i was actually you, if i might, is why does paul ryan in one sentence say he supports mitt romneys view that the gop republicans were wrong to insist upon the sequesters or agree to them, and now a few seconds after he says it adds discipline. ...