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Initial rollout has been improved. joining me now, ezra klein, "washington post" columnist and msnbc policy analyst. ezra, before todays hearing we had the secretary calling the website launch flawed, calling it unacceptable. she announced three different steps to move forward and they included having the inspector general review the sights development, create and appoint a chief risk officer, update and expand employee training. do you think thats going to be enough to prevent the problems, and...

Enough information in the system. the point being that is a fair debate that is ongoing. our mandate was to deal with the issue of inside the four walls of the classroom, the school property, for safety. you can have your background checks. you can have all kinds of side issues or gun control will not make a difference for the safety in the classroom because youve always got vulnerabilities there. >> but if fewer people get access to those guns because of more thorough background checks, that wo...

You kind of do research, you see where the majority is, and then you position a product accordingly. i look at chris christie, okay? a guy who is in a blue a state as there can be. its dark blue. hes got a 70%-plus approval rating. >> by the way, 69% approval rating among people of color. >> yes, okay. thank you. even better said. i dont get why -- where the hostage is, where the gun to the head -- horrible, horrible pun -- that republicans dont make the move. why -- whos holding them prisoner? ...

San santa, i understand you dont like to say happy holidays. >> i cant find any reference that santa has said anything other than merry christmas. >> what do you make of the political correctness of our culture? >> you have got the biggest belt buckle ive ever seen. >> id like to say that the el vs got the idea from elvis. >> so theyre in denial. theyre arguing about side issues. i mean, it is amazing. >> yeah, look. ultimately, they want to see their elected officials in washington get to work ...

The more we debate these side issues, the more we take away stuff that were better at, were screaming at every poll. the voeters are not confused. this is the election they want and i think the traditional kickoff, is now. the conventions. >> i think the president is trying to turn this into a value selection. theres some people that argue, and i think mike might be one of them. i think the democrats have turned this in a segmented way. how do they take his economic argument and turn it into a v...

He sought stimulus funds back in his home state of wisconsin. yes, he indeed sent letters to win money for a couple of organizations. one nonprofit got more than $20 million. those two, if you will, side issues, aside, it was a pretty good week all in all for paul ryan. he hopes to finish with a strong speech at the villages. his mother comes along with him. back to up. ron mott traveling with paul ryan in the sunshine state. thank you. we appreciate it. >> you bet. security forces in afghan...

10 years i every in paid less than 13%. i think the most recent year is 13.6 or something like that. paid taxes every single year. >> this president believes that the tradition of, as a for presidential candidates to put forward multiple years of tax returns is useful and valuable one of the not always a comfortable one of the but one that he is certainly awide and thinks one the american people believe is right and expect their candidates to abide by. >> reporter: interesting because throughout...

Month and a half. everything within the margin of error and the polls will not change until three weeks before the election. thats the one thing obama and romney agree on. its going to be a neck and neck race. the persuadables havent started to pay attention. were sort of talking to each other no talking about bain and wealth and other numbers from the polls. 60% of respondents said bain didnt matter, 73% said romneys wealth didnt matter to their vote. these are issues that are sort of side issu...

About is the important issues, the fact that were borrowing $3 billion a day to keep this government going. we have got to talk about jobs and the economy, not just as democrats and republicans but as americans to find -- the more time we spend on these side issues, i think thats more of a distraction and frankly the obama campaign in 2008 was about hope and change, this year bits about distract and change. we have got to focus like a laser on what the issues is and from the republican standpoin...

hollywoods greats that tell me what movies mean to them. >> i wanted to have shirley temple curls. >> and this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. im harvey weinstein filling in for piers morgan. ive got to tell you, when piers asked me to do this, i thought he was kidding. he wasnt. so i went to one of the smartest people i know to ask for advice. oprah winfrey. well hear from her coming up p. but heres what she told me. she said if youre nervous, tell people youre nervous. well,...