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The united states senate on the democratic side today had their election for the new leadership team. chuck schumer, as expected, was elected the democratic leader. the minority leader of the senate by his democratic senate colleagues. bernie sanders was elected to a leadership position created for him. they are calling it the chair of outreach. elizabeth warren is in the position called vice chair, which was the position chuck schumer had before he was el rated to minority leader. there are two...

Elected the democratic leader. the minority leader of the senate by his democratic senate colleagues. bernie sanders was elected to a leadership position created for him. they are calling it the chair of outreach. elizabeth warren is in the position called vice chair, which was the position chuck schumer had before he was el rated to minority leader. there are two kinds of leaders now in the democratic senate. one is the leader of the senate, the leader of the democrats in the senate that is cle...

Obviously, the background checks, the magazine, all of that stuff, you know, peoples lives are definitely been lost because of some things have slipped through the cracks. we can do a better job. yet, were focusing on the president skeet shooting. i find find it amazing. great to have both of you with us tonight, katrina vanden heuvel and richard wolffe. share your thoughts with us on twitter, edshow and facebook. we want to know what you think. coming up, president obama tries to offer solution...

Little more peace to the streets. >> where are we right now? i bring you forward on this subject. you understand you were critical of harry reid today. sheer senate majority leader harry reid. i want you to respond to this. >> have i said to senator leahy, i want a bill to come out of the committee. if dianne feinstein by the time its through the judiciary committee, if she doesnt have her assault weapons, at least let her have an opportunity to offer this amendment. >> will you vote for it? >> ...

Of these things is one of the things wrong with our country and one of the things thats right with it is we have a president who is in charge and who is going to get to the bottom of it. >> r.t.rybak, thank you, sir. appreciate your time. >> good luck down there. its great to see those people voting. coming up, we are going to bring you the very latest updates on hurricane sandy including the latest on airline cancellations. well also show you why some in ohio say they feel president obama and...

So federal programs that fund teacher, police, and firefighter jobs would take a $12 billion hit. if romney doesnt cut those, hes going to have to squeeze other programs, like medicare. there are two things to remember here, my friends. first, federal money does hire teachers, cops, and firefighters. second, romneys cuts could be devastating to the people we depend on the most. lets bring in rt rybak, welcome to the show. >> good to be here. >> now, given all the things weve just helped the amer...

On federal dollars to provide support. his denial of it obviously has some political advantage. what is it can? >> i think mitt romneys trying to paint this picture that hes a "job creator," who in the private sector created all these jobs and government doesnt create jobs. there are two problems with that. number one, he laid off a whole boat load of people when he was in the private sector. and by the way, when he was in massachusetts, he did the same thing to the firefighters, the teachers, a...

Support, why isnt the dnc going after this? >> well, a good yes, ed, one of those things we wrestle with the fact of the matter is we can either jump to attention every time rick santorum says something nutty or try to make sure we get the message out about what the president is doing on the economy. the president can run the country or try to respond every time rick santorum says something crazy that would take way too much time. >> this one definitely goes out of bounds from any of the stuff w...

>> why would santorums spokesperson say islamic policies when talking about environmental policies? >> again, its no different from what you hear all the time on fox news and on hate radio. rick santorum, like millions of other americans, immersed in hate radio and fox news for decades. this is the result of it. hes the tea part difficult candidate. this is what you see, but there is a gaming chasm between the tea party and the rest of america, they will generate the neck republican candidate wh...