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Have been hit the hardest. This is the first earthquake of such magnitude to hit the area in more than 100 years. Lets go right to nbc news Foreign Correspondent matt bradley. What do we know about the efforts that are underway . Yes so far we are seeing local authorities and the military trying to bring people out of the wreckage. As you, said the death toll is now at 8000. It was only a couple hours ago the death toll is at 800. A couple hours before it was at 600. As you know from the earthqu...

Semiautomatic rifles that you were just talking about a minute ago. but i think ultimately in order to move this thing forward, rev, you really need to get gun owners involved in this more, not the gun advocacy groups like the nra and gun manufacturers, but gun owners who themselves say, look, theres a problem here that should be addressed. if you can get those individuals energized behind some type of collaborative bipartisan effort, then youll see pressure transferred to members in the senate....

The easier yes votes, are they now in a more difficult position? >> i think everybody at this point is in a more difficult position. if you have the republicans on the one hand pushing this thing forward, and thats a dangerous proposition, and if they open it back up and have her testify, and we will figure out if she wants to testify at some point, thats also a difficult proposition, and then you did have highcamp -- >> you on do you not give her her day if she wants to testify? in the cnn poll...

To break the partnerships, to keep us from working with one another and he cant keep our communities safe. god bless donald trump for pushing this thing forward, 150%. >> bipartisan effort for most years, securing the border, making sure we know who is coming into the country, do you think the president did a disservice with all the rhetoric around mexico and the things he said? did he make it harder to get the job done and push the democrats and left even further left on this issue trying to ge...

Are unimportant, but this is a president ho had big apple big after a very tough year, do you conceive that he looks at washington and says, maybe i have to be a little less ambitious about what we can actually achieve here? >> no, i dont. i concede that the president doesnt spend a lot of time looking at washington. he spends a lot of time looking at what families across the country want. they want clear discernible concrete actions that he can take so that he can move this thing forward, not w...

That whole thing down. lets assume maybe that didnt work or something. i think there should be punishment but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child. >> now, it is unclear what he meant by quote, unquote, legitimate rape and i have never heard of any biological mechanisms that kick in to stave off an unwanted pregnancy. immediately a host of republicans denounced the comments including the romney-ryan campaign. quote, governor romney and congressman ryan disagree wi...

Where hes just captivated the room and comes off very perso l personal, the voice isnt high-pitched. its not strained. hes relaxed and very comfortable with himself. his problem is translating that to the wider audience when youre looking at him through your television, you feel that. and thats something rick santorum is able to do. newt gingrich even has that ability to kind of draw you in and fire you up on certain arguments. i think the problem with romney in my estimation, hes been over mana...

Everybody agrees that healthcare reform is necessary. but it needs to be done the right way. neil neil do you think its too late for that? that this sort of medical ship has sailed and despite all the problems, i dont see the administration trying to draw it back. paul ryan wants to rescind the whole healthcare program and start fresh, but thats unlikely. so given that distinct possibility, what are we left with? >> well, im not as pessimistic as you are. i think there is just a slight chance th...