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We shouldnt have a 30round magazine or a 20 round. The president says let vees a ten. The governor of new york says, well, i can top that. Well have a sevenround magazine. This is all sort of makes you feel good but, in fact, it doesnt do much. Now, if you are out there and if youre crazy and if youve got a gun like this and if youre going to shoot people with it, it takes a second or so to change the magazines. And president obama also has an oped in todays connecticut post saying the truth is ...

51vote sequester. The white house has had success so far but the signs are positive that hagel ultimately will be concerned, the question is how long and is there any possibility that hagel in the meechbt decides to step out and take himself out of the consideration, at least thats not what the white house wants. Big picture here, though, john, our First Read Team says this is a reminder for all future legislative fights and nomination battles. Well see over the next four years, lets stop preten...

To give the senate and house time to pass a budget. The white house responded to the news telling nbc that its a terrible way to run the country, basically kicking situation down the can and reiterated the president s creation of self imposed deadlines but the bottom line some analysts see this as a caving in by House Republicans to give this extension. Well, its yes and yes. Caving in, kicking the can down the road. But this also means that the next debate on the debt limit will also come at a ...

Released while awaiting trial. Attorneys for mubarak said he could be free within days, though some say thats unlikely. The news came hours after mass gunmen attacked many buses carrying Egyptian Police officers, killing 25 of them execution style. Mubaraks possible release adds a new volatile new element to the standoff which has resulted in hundreds of deaths on both sides. Nbcs Ayman Mohyeldin is in koy cairo with more. Set the tone for what youre seeing tonight. Reporter very dense dtense. A...

Americans among the terrorists. Theres conflicting information and the fbi is investigating. This of course is video from inside the mall moments after the terrorists stormed inside saturday. Authorities now say at least 62 people have been killed and another 175 people injured. Nbc joins us from outside the mall. What is the latest there . We see a few military personnel behind you. Reporter thats right, many military personnel are here and been saying the last few hours they have been closing ...

The iranian people a mandate to pursue a more moderate course. And given president rouhanis stated commitment to reach an agreement, i am directing john kerry to pursue this effort with the iranian government, in close cooperation with the european union, the united kingdom, france, germany, russia and china. In the meantime, president obama could come face to face with rouhani, who is speaking later this afternoon. And the big question today, will the two speak to one another . If they do, it w...

Blackburn of tennessee pressed the secretary on why the site was still down this morning. This is what is happening right now with this website. Weve had somebody in the back trying to sign on. It is down. It is not working. Who is responsible for overseeing this project . Is it you or your designee . We own the site. The site had serious problems. Who is in charge . The question now in charge, qssi who was in charge was in charge and up until at that team, who is the individual . Michelle snyde...

Jurisdiction and whether if this was a crime, whether it could be tried in federal court. He did not say whether he thinks theres enough evidence to warrant criminal civil rights violation. Hes just looking into it right now. Now, within the past few minutes, we did get some reaction from the county sheriffs office. Lieutenant stride jones says that, quote, we welcome the state attorneys investigation. We are willing to listen to what they find, but we stand behind our initial investigation. Tam...

The Supreme Court rejecting oklahomas appeal to reinstate its strict law banning medical abortions, specifically those performed with the drug ru486 known as the abortion pill. The court initially agreed to take up the appeal this spring but later asked Oklahomas Court to clarify what the law covered. The court responded by saying the measure effectively bans all medical abortions. That apparently wasnt enough for justices and now oklahomas Supreme Court decision avoiding the law will remain int...

For this very frank assessment. Weve got to stop being the stupid party. And im serious. It is time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults. It is time for us to articulate our plans and vision for america in real terms. We had a number of republicans that damaged the brand this year with offensive and bizarre comments. We have had enough of that. We have real challenges and we did get whipped at the in the president ial election and thats not something that we take lightly. Meanwhile,...