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These shootings, i mean, every other day certainly it seems this year and certainly school shootings as well, but did you all step up? like you said your tactical teams and the mall work on drills, is that something you stepped up in recent years? it at least seemed we had more profile shootings in public places? or is this something that you all just have been doing over time and just continue to do? >> sure. i would say that since columbine, you know, law enforcement around the country and inc...

Scenes very extensive conversations and talks going on to make sure it happens. i think the united states is going to be able to send its individuals over to make sure americans are protecting and there will be a sense of cooperation between the two governments, just as were seeing now in other areas, russia and syria and p5 plus one dealing with iran. those opportunities to talk and have conversation and make sure people are safe during the period of olympics, thats going to take place also. >>...

Unveiled olympic teams opening ceremonies. most of you hate the patchwork look, but vickie says, its like the dog thats so ugly, its cute. and richard posting, as long as theyre made in america im good with it. theyre designed by ralph lauren. >> the former trader joes exec opening a new store selling expired food, we asked if you eat food past a sell-by date. jcm tweeting, thats one step up from dumpster diving. so, thank you all for sharing your thoughts today. keep them coming and well read t...

Ive been here several times. its not cute to be here. i dont want to be here. its not a nice place to be at. >> its what i do. >> but things happen. being at the wrong place at the wrong time. >> all the time, i been here about 20 times. every time i get, i get bailed out. i dont play that. my money is long. i always get bailed out, you know what im saying? >> inmates spend an average of 45 days at rikers. some can be sentenced up to one year. each inmate costs new york city about $47,000 a year...

>> its what i do. >> but things happen. being at the wrong place at the wrong time. >> all the time, i been here about 20 times. every time i get, i get bailed out. i dont play that. my money is long. i always get bailed out, you know what im saying? >> inmates spend an average of 45 days at rikers. some can be sentenced up to one year. each inmate costs new york city about $47,000 a year to house and feed. many are awaiting the outcome of their cases or transfer to a state prison. >> arthur dam...

Brady. >> david gregory, brady or manning? >> yeah, i go with pat. i dont bet against brady. i go niners as well. >> okay. >> manning. >> arent you concerned sometimes that meacham is ratings deaf? >> actually, that is like being concerned about death. >> harold, stay with us. >> its a part of life. >> meacham, if you have to. david gregory, thank you. we will be watching sundays "meet the press." what is the future? i love it. gene, thank you as well. we will be reading your column in this morn...

Wear well. that said, will this is all sort of under the umbrella of acknowledgement that this is a big problem for christie and if something else comes out that shows he wasnt telling the truth, he can forget about it so to speak. >> on the heels of what you just said, there is another quote ill add from your report, that its refreshing to see a leader step up and take responsibility. but im curious were there any republican officials with whom you spoke that did not come to governor christies ...

About it. gee, i wonder where are that came from, which makes one of the key questions in all of this, what do republicans outside new jersey, republicans in those key early primary and caucus states who will decide whether christie is the candidate in 2016, what do they make of all of this? well, actually a lot of them right now seem to be supportive, the chairwoman of the new hampshire republican party saying in part, quote, i think that its unlikely this is going to have a significant influen...

Well have better growth this year. it seems like from all sides that was a general discussion that we had. the longer term question is the more interesting one right now with guys like larry summers and even some of the experts like robert gordon from northwestern saying the u.s. may be in for a p protracted era of slow gote for the next ten years. the big debate is where we started. this unemployment thing. how much should government be spending if were into a period of slower growth? should th...

Dependent. that was happening before the war. americans were lifting themselves out of poverty. government continue the progress for five years and then stopped it. >> we should have been more generous, done the other things that government can do to help folks. john: government does not teach a dependency. >> i am not here saying government is profit. government has some bad things, clumsy, bureaucratic. there are things it does really well. hey, private folks, step up. john: these graphs of th...