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Be bad for business, of course. joining us now for more on this, from washington, former house judiciary counsel, democratic strategist, julian epstein, and msnbc political analyst, jonathan alter, a columnist for "bloomberg view." julian, with thousands of lives at stake all around the world, 150 countries are coming together to try and prevent arms trafficking, but they wont succeed if the nra has anything to say about it, i guess. is that right? >> thousands of lives is an understatement, mar...

Show are big-time fans, that is the understatement of the year. look what they have done. how surprising is how radically changing is this? >> its stunning that they not only raised enough money, but they did it fast. in just a few hours, the whole movie made its goal of $10 million. and you can see the numbers go up every few seconds. >> you have to wonder why a show that has this kind of fan enthusiasm was cancelled in the first place. >> ratings was the reason. i dont think it really cracked ...

Range missiles could reach south korea and japan. so this threat of deliverable nuclear weapons from north korea is real not just for us, but for our allies, too. >> gregg: kim jong-un, the new leader, continues to utter threats and belligerent behavior and going so far as to suggest a preemptive strike against the united states. theyre no match for the united states and in fact, theyre no match for most nuclear power, so whats he up to? >> in part, its a form of blackmail, but lets he not under...

Infection as a teenager. but questions about his age and health seem to be far from the minds of his flock, and his countrymen on this historic day. >> i think that he has a very good skills, and he is very nice person. is very charismatic and simple person. so i trust that he can, you know, go ahead with the church and have a long life. >> questions do remain about what type of pope hell be, as he inherits a church that still faces great turmoil. theres certainly a lot for the new pope to face ...

Landing, not 30 miles per hour. >> no iron spikes. >> it could be messy. talking about the understatement. can you imagine? seriously. er in again. that would be a sign this is not for me. >> over. >> completely, yes. president obama meets with republican senators after he didnt quite charm house members on the hill yesterday. he can make any steps toward peace? one of the senators will who will be in the meeting will be john borasco. teachers accused of putting sleeping pills in student dri...

In 2005, he was reported to be the runner-up to then cardinal ratzinger to assume the chair of st. peter. he takes over at age 76, just two years younger than ratzinger was when he became pope. he also has just one lung, having lost the other to infection as a teenager. but questions about his age and health seem to be far from the minds of his flock, and his countrymen on this historic day. >> i think that he has a very good skills, and he is very nice person. is very charismatic and simple per...

Balance a budget. >> so the president is sitting down meeting with republicans, hoping he can work through some of these thorny fiscal issues, hoping there can be compromise, but there is the big sticking point, how do you raise revenue, republicans smarting over the fact that the taxes went up on the wealthy at the end of last year. a lot of big differences between republicans and democrats. >> thats an understatement. dan lothian live from the white house. just ahead in the newsroom, actress...

Lesson is the more popular you are at cpac the less popular you are. >> saying a lot of hip-hop artist names, not the best strategy. >> what do you think is behind that? >> i think hes trying to be cool. and before -- >> its like watching your granddad at a disco. >> exactly. before he kept dating himself by only mentioning hip-hop artists from the 90s. at least hes mentioning modern day artists but its annoying. >> i agree with that. angela, we mentioned the big gathering at cpac next week. one...

>> yesterday a month after the 40th anniversary of roe v. wade, the state of arkansas passed the most restrictive abortion ban in the country. the law known as the human heart beat protection act bans most abortions at 12 weeks of pregnancy, the point at which a fetal heart beak can be detected by an ultrasound. to say that arkansas is on a campaign to restrict freedoms, would be an understatement. there is only one clinic that provides surgery wal abortions in the whole state. it stands in braz...

An understatement. peop people-- you listen to the people on the street and chavez will live on, chavez will live on. we were shocked, ive never seen with an american president in my lifetime. >> greta: all right, in 30 days theres going to -- according to the constitution of venezuela there will be another election. who is going be to be -- who is the lead on that? >> well, before, before he left for cuba to receive his last cancer treatment, chavez asked the venezuelan people to ask for the vi...