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If you thought the battle over new gun laws was over, think again. outside groups are planning to spend millions to push gun control to the front burner in the midterm elections this year. start with nra, they plan to spend much of its $200 to $250 million budget on educating members about candidates. and "usa today" reports michael bloomberg will use his personal wealth to try to strengthen gun laws, and that may be just the start. matt bennett, senior vice president and cofounder of the third ...

And go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. (natalie) ooooh, i like your style. (vo) so do we, business pro. so do we. go national. go like a pro. issues like job creation, minimum wage, and unemployment insurance are going to weigh on the minds of voters far more than obamacare by the time the 2014 elections roll around. >> that was senator chuck schumer laying out the message of economic populism. why? because guess what. jobs and the economy are still t...

Mobility, growing inequality, and what to do about it. and i think the point i made in my piece is that these arguments are really at the core of the democratic party. bill clinton was campaigning on growing the middle class, and obviously the kind of democratic forefather, fdr did, as well. so i think theres been a reaction to economic -- to conversation about economic inequality, and i think that reaction is wrong. >> yeah, neera, you also took on by name third way, part wall street-backed but...

Parties are concerned about it. but it does not appear to be anywhere near enough to bring this deal to a crisis point. theres some talk also about trying to find a way around it later on. >> yeah. >> when some of the appropriations are actually done. and thats an opening for senators and members of congress to look at this more seriously when they get back in january. >> all right. thank you for that reporting. nbcs kelly odonnell, appreciate your time. and now over to the big panel today. form...

Is this the way to get it done? >> sure. i think thats the way to ensure we get a vote on it. and in the house, thats crucial. its absolutely crucial. because even if the senate passes it, as bob knows, the house could just not bring it up. and if they pass it as a stand-alone bill. so its important. and, again, one thing that we want to stress, bob and i both want to stress, these are people who are not sitting back and not looking for work. these are people who are desperately looking for work...

True in another submission. >> when you say submission, what you mean is in another statement that is under oath. >> thats given to the court. >> right. >> and he basically said, are you joking? i cant -- so weve been told a lot about obama, by senators on both sides, that we can be pretty calm about the nsa programs, because everything has been working the way its supposed to. that we have checks in place, that there are courts watching this. that the -- we dont know about it, but the people wh...

And you get this term, you lie. >> you do get that term. >> use it -- you sit on a throne of lies. >> also benghazi. >> you know, chestnut. >> one of the definitions of corruption, bill, is the use of dishonesty to gain or keep power. >> barack obama. >> i like him as a human being. but somehow it seems like hes over his head. >> i just want to say to my critics, i hear your voices and im aware of your concerns. >> so maybe you can shut the hell up for a second, maybe i can focus, you know. >> t...

The lie of the year. here are todays top lines. pick your watergate. >> stunning new poll numbers that show president obama with the worst approval numbers of his presidency so far. >> im going to throw up. >> dont throw up. >> the president really has taken a hit. this is the latest poll that shows his approval rating at 43%. >> thats not that bad. >> the president doesnt have the lowest poll numbers of any president at this point in his presidency. not even close. >> yet somehow president obam...

For a long time sherrod brown, a senator from ohio, one of the so-called purple states, who really proved that this is not -- a., not some newfangled idea of economic populism and second, not some idea or message thats destined to fail. someone like sherrod brown could be a great spokesperson for how you can talk about economic liberalism in a way that really appeals to voters throughout the country. >> yeah. and that goes to a lot of those working class voters youre talking about who care deepl...

Powers. a conversation thats been largely impossible over the past few years. joining us now to do that, the author of that article i mentioned, amy davidson, and a lawyer who has worked on spying litigation for years and a former colleague of mine, in fact, shane cat i doll in new york city. welcome to you both. >> hi. >> amy, lets start with honesty here. separate from what the president predicted, which was that these decisions would go a different way, if tested, there is also the specific h...