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Personal. isnt that beautiful? >> yes. >> these small things make an enormous difference in the life of a child. its really just a kid being a kid. >> my wish was for a suit so that i could attend a family members funeral. it meant a lot that someone took the time and they knew that that was important. >> this looks awesome. >> when a childs wish is granted we are reassuring them that their voices are being heard. >> i love you. >> there is this big world that wants to wrap their arms around the...

The time and they knew that that was important. >> this looks awesome. >> when a childs wish is granted, we are reassuring them that their voices are being heard. >> i love you. >> that there is this big world out there that wants to wrap their arms around them and protect them and we need to all step up and do that. >> danielles group has already granted more than 4,000 wishes to kids in 35 different states. you can learn more about your program or nominate someone who you think deserves to be ...

>> and the world can change again. up next on "morning joe" republicans in the house step up, offering a bill to avoid the next government shutdown while softening the impact of the sequester cuts. house gop conference chair cathy mcmorris rodgers joins us when we come back. cold feels nice on sore muscles, huh?

I know there are different qualifications for a place like this. do you know what they are? >> id say there are sort of three dedescriptions you hear, one is an independent living facility, they have their own apartments and probably have their own cars in the parking lot. but theres probably a common dining room ands not considered to be a medical facility. and then you have things called assisted living facilities which are a step up. there is some medical care available. then of course you ha...

Investments, every cent from five companies that make firearms. that follows after california state teachers pension fund also took its money out of gun companies. and after the mayor of chicago said he is considering whether to get money from his citys pension funds out of the gun companies as well. it also follow cerberus, deciding to sell the giant gun company that they owned. a move cerberus made after a call from its client, a california public employees pension fund questioned their involv...

Took its money out of gun companies. and after the mayor of chicago said he is considering whether to get money from his citys pension funds out of the gun companies as well. it also follow cerberus, deciding to sell the giant gun company that they owned. a move cerberus made after a call from its client, a california public employees pension fund questioned their involvement in the firearms business. when investment firms and big pension funds start taking their money out of the industry of mak...

And what we need to do is to have people get a backbone and say that, yeah, it is right to not have our police outgunned. yes, it is right to say that if we have the option between a shooting and a mass murder, we should choose, my god, the least of those hideous things. thats the kind of common sense we need people to have and guts we need them to have. and, by the way, if youre afraid of the nra, i want you to talk to some of the real lobbyists out here, the people who have been victims, whose...

Citizens. their leaders are seemingly out of control. and what we need to do is to have people get a backbone and say that yeah, it is right to not have our police outgunned. yes, it is right to say that if we have the option between a shooting and a mass murder, we should choose, my god, the least of those hideous things. thats the kind of common sense we need people to have, and guts we need them to have. and by the way, if youre afraid of the nra, i want you to talk to some of the real lobbyi...

Congress and particularly the republicans in the house need to step up and propose it. but the white house has to get serious. >> eric: step up, both sides. everybody, step up. thats the message. >> thats the message. >> eric: thanks a lot, guys. now, to remembering ed koch. he was beloved for his approach to life. if he was in washington now, high would get something done am you can see his attitude 39 years ago, when i interviewed him in 1974 for public access cable temperature that was cable ...

The pressure on employers to do a much better job of recruiting and promoting women." i talked with her from my book, "knowing your value," which addresses this, and you know, she says women dont raise their hand. they dont ask questions in great groups. theres tons of different ways that we dont step up and lean in, which i believe is the title of her book and get in there and stay in there. is that a fair argument, do you think? >> i think that there is a certain point in that theres a valid p...