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Aurora and just to watch the news back over and over again. i would just turn it off. and i could continue my day. and thats, like erica said, we cant do that anymore. this is our life. and unfortunately, more and more people have to deal with the pain of losing someone to gun violence. >> now, "the washington post" wrote how gun control is losing badly. the article shows gun-control advocates only raised 6.5% of what gun rights v s advocates . and when it comes to federal lob lobbying, gun righ...

Derailment in new york city. at least four people are dead and 40 injured. the metro north train went off the tracks this morning at a station in the bronx. we are continuing to follow that story as soon as we have updates, we will get them there. we do know there may still be people on that train. and there are more rescue units than we can count at this point. we will keep you up to date. here in washington, administration officials say theres been dramatic progress to the crippled obama care ...

Dont anticipate that just because the immediate storm has passed that were not going to have some potential problems in a lot of these communities going forward through the week. >> president obama today at fema headquarters, the president again taking time off the campaign trail to focus on exactly what this storm is going bring to people along the eastern seaboard. >> joining me is kelly goff from theroot.com. you are affected by this. >> im an evacuee officially as of now. >> we can keep your...

For his comments and i think he was right in apologizing for them. >> lets turn to keli goff tonight, political correspondent for theroot.com and also with us tonight, republican strategist ron christie. great to have both of you with us. ron, let me ask you first. is richard mourdock an asset for the republican party? >> on a national level, no, i dont think he is. politics is about addition, rather than subtraction. i dont agree with what he said. im pro-life. i thought what he said was wrong....

Position on the matter. today it was a different story, he went on a conserve ative rad talk show, and falsely claimed the indiana candidate has apologized for his comments. >> hes a gentleman. hes a class act. hes a thoughtful guy. hell make a great united states senator. i think yesterday he apologized for his comments and i think he was right in apologizing for them. >> lets turn to keli goff tonight, political correspondent for theroot.com and also with us tonight, republican strategist ron ...

>> hes a gentleman. hes a class act. hes a thoughtful guy. hell make a great united states senator. i think yesterday he apologized for his comments and i think he was right in apologizing for them. >> lets turn to keli goff tonight, political correspondent for theroot.com and also with us tonight, republican strategist ron christie. great to have both of you with us. ron, let me ask you first. is richard mourdock an asset for the republican party? >> on a national level, no, i dont think he is....

Womens issues. todd akin coined the phrase "legitimate rape." he was caught on tape saying he doesnt support fair pay for women because it hurts free enterprise? mccaskill, warren, and baldwin are focusing on womens issues, the 47% and medicare, its working. and there are others. heidi heitkamp is in a race in north dakota. shelley berkley is neck and neck in nevada. all of these women are giving the democrats a fighting chance and taking control of the senate. im joined by michelle goldberg con...

He was caught on tape saying he doesnt support fair pay for women because it hurts free enterprise? mccaskill, warren, and baldwin are focusing on womens issues, the 47% and medicare, its working. and there are others. heidi heitkamp is in a race in north dakota. shelley berkley is neck and neck in nevada. all of these women are giving the democrats a fighting chance and taking control of the senate. im joined by michelle goldberg contributing writing for "newsweek" and keli goff, political corr...

From new york, im ezra klein in for the great chris hayes. with me this morning, alexis gold stein, william company had an, noam scheiber, author of "the escape artist." john mcwhorter from theroot.com. jared bernstein, former economist and economic adviser to vice president joe biden. we are calling him jared. >> i wanted to ask you a question. i think that early on in the obama administration we really had an opportunity where with the bank bailout we could have demanded more from the banks an...

Congressman steve cohen, tennessee. michelle bernard, founder, president, and ceo of bernard center for women, politics and public policy. goldie taylor author of "uncivil war." john mcwhorter, columbia university professor of linguistic and american studies and contributing editor at "new republic" and theroot.com. we are just a couple of days away from super tuesday with primaries and caulkes in 11 states and 424 delegates at stake. voters in states including ohio, massachusetts, tennessee wil...