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Giffords was nearly an fascinated. it took ten months before we finally talked the senate judiciary committee with chuck consumer at the lead finally making that hearing happen. ten months to take a look at the policy flaws in this country that facilitated that shooting. so i dont think president obama has given up. i know mayor bloomberg hasnt given up. placing blame elsewhere doesnt do anybody any good. >> let me be less politic than mark. i have a history with senator leahy and senator schume...

Beefed-up security around american embassies. i think the whole point is to keep any people away from them. that would include visitors. employees as well as for people from the countries that would normally be at that the embas embassies doing business. >> pete williams, thanks. now turning to the other story overseas that has u.s. officials pretty up in arms. russias decision to give edward snowden temporary asylum is creating new tensions in u.s./russian relations, which are already pretty st...

>> wheres schumer? >> hes been very quiet on this. >> very quiet. i think you could google him now and not find him in the same line as weiner right now. he is smart. isnt he? thats a judgment. hes smartly staying away from this. >> yeah. he doesnt want to go near this. most politicians in new york do not want to go near this. the governor does not want to go near this andrew cuomo. the clintons have yet to talk about this despite the fact their names keep getting thrown into every story in part...

Schumer. chuck schumer ewanted to be a chemist, anthony weiner is a performer. he learned how to cut corners so he wouldnt have to do the work behind the legislations. he would do the work after his colleagues had spent months working on the 911 bill, which he had nothing to do with. he would go to the floor of the house, have this eruption, being a big hero for standing up to the big republicans, without doing any work. >> he didnt get any legislation passed and couldnt build any coalitions. he...

>> ive been saying all along, oh, immigration is going to pass. no, its not going to pass the house. citizenship is not going to happen in the house. >> when do you declare it dead? >> a couple of months ago. >> just to rewind for a minute, didnt senator mitch mcconnell lose some altitude yesterday? hes lost some of his own people. john mccains come out. and i think the friendship thats grown up -- you say it doesnt matter much. you cant be friends in the senate anymore across the aisle, but sen...

The house leaders struck a very defiant tone. saying, the american people are alarmed at the presidents ongoing assistance of this bill rather than pursuing a commonsense approach to fix the problem. the president has demonstrated hes willing to ignore significant portions of law he himself has signed. raising concerns among americans this administration cannot be trusted to deliver on its promises to security the border and enforce laws as part of a single massive bill like the one passed by th...

Schumer, let it be mccain, those guys. look at this week. the most prominent president speaking is bush. not obama. >> you look at it two ways. politically, what he should do is lay back, because i dont think theres a -- >> you think he should lay back even more? >> yes. i think if he put himself on the line before the american people and said we really have to do this and then, you know, it loses, it looks like a big political defeat for him. thats one approach. >> thats how beguns we guns we >...

Immigration bill. after house republicans huddled for two hours wednesday with questioners lining up more than ten deep to hash out the path forward on immigration, the bottom line is clear. the senate bill backed by mccain, schumer and potential 2016 conservative prospect marco rubio is despised and dead on arrival in the house. >> house republicans want to do this on our term and not on the senate terms and not on the white house terms. >> it was not a well thought out approach in the senate. ...

To convict zimmerman on a lesser charge. before we go to break, a look at todays politics planner. speaking of immigration. schumer and mccain. in about an hour are going to be with the president talking immigration. youre watching the "daily rundown" on msnbc. a company where over seventy-five percent of store management started as hourly associates. theres opportunity here. i can use walmarts education benefits to get a degree, maybe work in it, or be an engineer, helping walmart conserve ener...

Someone like schumer. schumer saying if you dont give them the pathway, theyll be marching in the streets. thats divisive behavior. america doesnt need that. america needs a leader and leadership that brings people together, not separate. >> republicans want dirty air and water, and so this is a common tactic. you dont think it has any impact? >> no, i dont. ive traveled this country by car four times making this film. i have seen every school closed, every person on the unemployment line, and t...