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Cabinet inside the white house yesterday. The group will be led by Vice President joe biden and will begin looking at a set of proposals that include reinstating a ban on assault rifles like the one used by gunman adam lanza. Its the president s job to promote a plan that fixing, satisfies the needs of the country. He is the commander in chief. Hes the consoler in chief but the commander in chief. Joining me from newtown, connecticut, is Chris Jansing, host of jansing company. Chris, we heard a lot of Different Things about flowers running out of local shops there in town because of the outpouring the support for the victims. As we watched the scene there grow. Describe what youve been witnessing as you people prepare to bury two of these little 6yearolds. Everybody that i talked to, thomas, in this community,s especially the families have told me that they feel the support here and literally around the country. I was talking to principal hochsprungs daughter, erica. We heard from her this morning. She said one of the things that has heartened her is hearing from teachers all around the country, house inspired they would have been. She said if my mother would have had one message to anybody, it would have been read a book to a child. And theyve been overwhelmed by social media, support that theyve gotten. Then if you look behind me. Ive been to this memorial in downtown as early as 6 00 in the morning and as late as 11 30 at night. And families are coming together here, you often see them holding hands. And you just see the number of flowers. You mention that theyre literally having to expedite getting more flowers in here. And i think that we often have this feeling what can we do . A lot of toys have been donated for children for christmas. A number of funds have been set up in local banks and online. And it has made a difference to every person in this country that ive talked to. They say they feel the support, thomas. Nbcs Chris Jansing reporting for us there. The host of jansing company here on msnbc. Chris, thanks so much. Senator Joe Lieberman speaking on the house floor right now. Talking about what this tragedy has meant to him. Hes an independent. Well listen in for a second. The act of a madman. Or mad people. This time, they said it reflects a deeper problem in our society. And i believe what causes that change is that 20 of the victims in newtown, connecticut, were young children. And there is not only a heartbreak across our country about this, not only anger, but i think theres guilt. And we all ought to feel guilty because as a society, what the attacks in newtown said to us is that, we have failed to fulfill what would seem to be our most natural natural law. If you will. Responsibility which is to protect the safety and lives of our children. Senator Joe Lieberman talking on the senate floor saying they ought to feel guilty, referencing himself and his other colleagues, that americans arent protected by stricter gun laws in this country. The senator there eye were an impassion with an impassioned speech. But even as both members, or even as members of both chambers of congress are advocates for strong gun regulations in the wake of this tragedy, there are some who would argue that more control of firearms is not the answer. Joining me now is one of them, Georgia Republican congressman jack kingston. Sir, its good to have you here. I hope you were able to hear senator lieberman there, saying we ought to feel guilty. Referring to elected officials like yourself. Do you feel a sense of guilt at all that arent stronger laws on the book that would protect the children we lost in connecticut . You know, thomas, as a father of four, a father who has driven carpool for many years, a teeball coach. Theres nothing more horrific than the image of somebody pointing a gun at a 6yearold and pulling the trigger. We all mourn the loss. We see the problem and its happened in other countries as well. We look for something, okay, what can prevent it . I think thats where we need to go with this discussion, yes, put gun control, more gun control on the table. But also dont forget the Mental Health element. Dont forget, is there a home situation that we need to learn more about. You know, was this young man addicted to violent video games . Was there a hollywood influence . I think that we cant just stop at guns. We need to put the whole thing on the table. You know, you know when you drop your child off at school, you want to know that he or she is going to be safe all day long. So when you talk about the fact you think more gun control may be a topic to debate right now. There are certainly a number of politicians who have been progun rights in the past. Theyre now advocating for gun control including senator joe manchin who fired a gun in this ad right here. Were watching it here. They are changing their tune a bit. I want to remind everybody. Take a listen. I dont know anyone in the sporting or hunting arena that goes out with an assault rifle. I dont know anyone that needs 30 rounds in a clip to go hunting. I had an nra rating of a. You know, enough is enough. Im the father of three daughters, this weekend, they all said, dad, you know, how can this go on . The republicans are going to have to figure out. I mean, do they wapnt to be the party and this is what its going to boil down to. This is the world they live in. Do they want to be seen two years from now, four years from now, as the party of glocks. Today, in daily news. 9 title of blood on your hands. When you hear joe manchin and Joe Scarborough talking about the party of glocks. Are you worried, we need to bring up violent video games and hollywood as well. Is the reinterpretation, the modern day reinterpretation and that people have access to assault weapons . You know what is also disturbing, thomas, people s, d republicans here we have a town that was controlled in by democrats, the white house for two years. And nothing took place. For the partisans in our country to already start injecting politics in here, that saddens me further. Now, we have to remember connecticut has the fifth toughest gun control laws in the country, including an assault weapon ban that bans 35 different weapons. The weapon used was not an assault weapon, therefore it wasnt banned. It also has education requirements. Registration requirements, fingerprinting requirements. This young man stole the guns from his mother. He took them to a gunfree zone. He broke into it. He carried the guns. He broke four laws before he even shot the trigger in the school. So we have to remember, that while we jump up and down talking about assault weapons, this is a state that bans assault weapons. And i think we do a disservice to the solution when we turn it into politics. And that is what appears to be the case right now in washington, d. C. But, sir, politics have a huge influence in this, as we look at the nra which is large lobbying group for gun manufacturers that has supported they support you. You have an a rating from them. You have voted yes on promoting gun sellers and manufacturers. And yes on the waiting periods taking waiting periods from 72 hours to one day yes on a trigger lock law in washington, d. C. How can you say politics are not involved with this when you look at a voting record right there. The nra gives you an a in allowing for people like an adam lanza to have access to the weapons he might have had. His mother might have had it legally, but we cannot police what his mother is doing inside that house to keep lanza away from those weapons. Yes, and none of the policy issues which you just ticked off would have prevented adam lanza from doing this. And it is very sad that we want to cloud the issue by making nra the policy, as opposed to adam lan za and what triggers this. Think of germany, germany in the last three year has had three mass shootings, and theyve had the strictest gun control laws in the world. Including psychological profiling. And 2011, czech republic, nearby germany, has very lax gun control, they have not had this type shooting. So theres nothing we can do . We need to be complacent in the fact that we can send our children to school to be assassinated . No, i think that one of the problems we have on the gun control debate is it immediately starts dividing people into, you disagree with me, therefore, youre the enemy. Ive opened up saying lets put gun issues on the table. Lets include Mental Health. Video games, home back ground in there. And i think where there is common ground, you could say the storage of weapons. But when we immediately start saying, well, you want this, therefore you dislike children or whatever, its not productive to the debate. And i want to point out, ive been in congress for a long time, i can tell you, gun control debates are very, very difficult. And they always get clouded in the politics of partisanship. And i dont mean republican versus democrat because this splits party lines but i money progun and antigun. I think if we want a reasonable discussion and address this, we have to talk about what happened in germany with the gun control law us. Did it prevent anything . What happened in connecticut, the fifth toughest gun control laws in the country . It did not prevent anything. So what im saying is, you cant just stop at guns. You have to look at Mental Health. What about having a tollfree number for people who have somebody like an adam lanza in the house who say, im concerned that my son may have a tendency towards violence and insane acts. What do i do . I think we can fund grants on that, work with mayors in communities about it. Theres a lot of things that we can do on a bipartisan basis in washington, d. C. And i think so at this point, we need to come together as a nation, rather than start pulling off into separate camps. Congressman jack kingston, thanks for your are time. Thank you. Ed schultz, ed, your reaction to what the congressman said, its not just about gun control issues but the compilation of issues, one being Mental Health. Well, we all have our personal resume on this. Six kids, nine grandkids, all my boys hunt. Assault weapons, whats the definition . Is the congressman trying to tell the country that man went into that School Without an assault weapon . Its all how you write the law . 90 bullets in a clip, thats an assault weapon. 30 bullets in a clip in the minds of the american people, thats an assault weapon. So its how you write the law and what youre going to tolerate is part of it. The congressman, i give him credit are talking about Mental Health. But Mental Health is a lot more than dialing 1800. Is he willing to resource the clinics and the Health Personnel that going to be accessible and have access to Mental Health. Or is he going to help make the determination as to who is going to be able to own a firearm or not . Giving examples around the world doesnt cut it. Our freedoms are so different than other countries right now. We have to somehow man this urban and rural divide that has taken place in this country. Because where i come from, people view firearms, leave me alone. Dont bother me with legislation, ill take care of myself. Thats far different than what you hear mayor bloomberg say in new york city. Its two different worlds, two different cultures. As you point out, the congressman bringing up other influences around the world. But when you look at the confines. I want to show everybody these numbers. The amount of people that we have lost. Guns every year. The numbers are staggering. Were following another shooting thats an apparent murder suicide in longmont, colorado that has left four people dead, including a child. As we look back in 2004 had the assault weapon ban was in place, there were huge loopholes. How does the congressman ensure that any legislation going forward, if, ed, we get anything, if we get anything, has real are teeth to it . Well, there arent as many shootings when we had the assault weapons ban in place. Thats a fact. Congress cant run from that. I commend the president from doing this in a very timely fashion. But i think what the president and the commission need to do is talk to the gun advocates. Bring the National Rifle association into the association. Conversation. Ask them what would they do . Theyre against everything, but ask them what would they do . I mean, some of these people on the right, and it is a political issue, theyre saying that we ought to arm the teachers. Arm the teachers. That means a 24yearold student graduating from Montclair University should be proficient in a firearm . Your mom was a teacher. Its hard enough to get quality educators in the school system. Now, we think they have to be trained not only to educate the children, but to have some type of training on a handgun or firearm. I think the assault weapons ban say good start. I think senator feinstein and other senators have stepped forward because this is whats moving the country right now. We understand the First Amendment. Hes talking about hollywood. Does that mean he wants to attack the First Amendment and freedom of speech and the ability to make entertainment . Were going to have to reel that in . So this is multifaceted. Im all on board for the Mental Health help. But its got to be resourced. Then you get into insurance issues. Its one domino talking over the other. Ed schultz, thank you too much. The big question for you today, do you think leaders in washington will be usual on this period of time to get anything done on gun control . Tweet me thomasaroberts. Plan b, his Speaker John Boehner plans to go over the fiscal cliff. And richard, save in syria, after being kidnapped with his news crew. He describes those details for us. Our plan b would protect american taxpayers who make 1 million or less. And have all of their current rates extended. Well, two weeks until taxes go up on nearly every american, house Speaker John Boehner is making another game of political chess on the fiscal cliff. He and eric cantor announcing last hour that he would introduce a plan for the bush tax rates of those making 1 million or less. This news comes from president obama placed another counteroffer on the table, his third one in nine days. Joining me in kristen welker, nbc news correspondent. Chr kristen, what do you make in light of the boehner plan put on the table . The president unupped them here. You look at the polls, they show if we do in fact go over the fiscal cliff, the majority of americans would place the blame on republicans. So house Speaker John Boehner putting forward the proposal that would increase taxes on those making 1 million or more. Harry reid already responding. He said Speaker Boehners plan b is the farthest thing from a balanced approach. It will not protect middle class families because it cannot pass both houses of congress. It would be a shame if republicans abandoned productive negotiations due to pressure from the tea party as they have time and time again. There you have democrats taking issue with this idea of raising taxes on those making 1 million or more. Thomas, this plan b does not mean that negotiations are not going forward. They still are, two competing plans on the table. Lets look at president obamas latest offer. This is something that the white house put forth late last night. Calls for increase on taxes for those making 400,000 or more. 1. 2 trillion in new revenue. And entitlement savings phone Social Security benefits. That is something that Many Democrats do not like. Taking a look at boehners offer now, that would call for raising rates for those making 1 million or more. 1 trillion in new revenue, 1 trillion in tax cuts. Speaker boehner made note of the fact that the tragedy has impacted the talks. I think both sides would agree to that. This is a difficult time for americans, thats why, while we continue to have conversations with the white house, continue to have hope that we can reach an agreement, its not a time to put americans through more stress. Kristen, not a time to put americans through more stress. How much pressure does whats taking place in newtown, put on the pressure for both sides to get it done . I think it puts pressure on both sides. Both sides that both americans just dont have the appetite for that. In light of the tragedy in connecticut that has become the nations tragedy. Theres a lot of pressure for the president to get something done. A programming note i want to pass along, House Minority leader nancy pelosi is going to talk with Andrea Mitchell about the fiscal cliff and her call for the ban on magazine clips. Thats coming up here at 1 00 on msnbc. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who dont. Multigrain cheerios five days later, i had a massive heart attack. Bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. Now, im on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. Its the president s job to promote a plan that fixes that satisfies the needs of the country. He is the commander in chief. Hes the consoler in chief. But hes the commander in chief. And whether the legislation that he proposes gets passed or not, thats not that shouldnt be his first consideration. One day after new york mayor Michael Bloomberg stood in a room flanked by victims of gun violence and their families. He spoke on morning joe calling for the president to move towards change. Saying change needs to happen at the federal level. Among the 34 that stood there yesterday, roxana green, her 9yearold daughter, christina taylorgreen was killed while he waited in line to talk to gabby giffords. Roxana penned a book called as good as she imagined. She joins me here. I have to imagine witnessing whats going on in newtown, connecticut, this must be very hard for you. How are you and your family doing today . And what is your message for newtown . Well, our heart breaks for newtown. We offer condolences. Love and prayers. We feel their pain. We know exactly what theyre going through and i just hope that they stay strong and peace. One thing with you, youve been very forward in the wake of christina taylorgreens death. You have gotten very involved in try to see gun laws changed. Here we are, almost two years later, after her loss, her death. And were nowhere, do you feel at times angry that your daughter might have lost her life in vain, and that we continue to have policy in this country that does not protect innocent children and people from assault weapons on our streets . Im very disappointed and very sad. And every time one of these tragedies, senseless acts happen, of course, it britians it all back up for our family. And its just not necessary. Really believe that the president and congress has to come up with a gun violence Protection Plan immediately, so people dont lose their lives. People have to be able to be safe. Outside their grocery store. In a movie theater, in their schools. I mean, todays the time, right now. We cant wait another minute. So many people are losing their lives. You bring up the president. And he gave a very impassioned speech, one that he helped pen himself, in newtown, connecticut, to the families and to the nation who was in mourning and watching what everyone is going through. And i just want to play a small part of that. Take a look. We cannot and will not be passive in the says of such violence. We should be willing to challenge old assumptions, in order to lessen the prospects of such violence in the future. Forgive me, this is the speech that the president gave after the loss of your daughter and others in tucson, the rhetoric much the same as what we heard in newtown. Do you feel resolve and have we reach the Tipping Point, that phrase has been used a lot, the Tipping Point because of the loss of children in tragedy . Im very confident that the president will do something about it now. I dont know why they didnt do anything sooner. There shouldnt have been an awe aurora, wisconsin, and now connecticut. Everybody has been wonderful for the wonderful children and teachers who lost their lives. Rocxana, we thank you for lending your voice to this. Stamps. Com is the best. I dont have to leave my desk and get up and go to the post office anymore. [ male announcer ] with stamps. Com you can print real u. S. Postage for all your letters and packages. I have exactly the amount of postage i need, the instant i need it. Can you print only stamps . No. First class. Priority mail. Certified. International. And the mail man picks it up. I dont leave the shop anymore. [ male announcer ] get a 4 week trial plus 100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. Go to stamps. Com tv and never go to the post office again. When you give a child a toy, it has to work. Make just one someone happy and when its a toys for tots child, well, what could be more important . So this year, every hasbro toy donated to toys for tots will be powered by duracell. Happy holidays. Duracell with duralock. Trusted everywhere. [applause] welcome back, everybody. I want to talk you to washington, d. C. Youre watching applause right now. A live look there after the Vice President swore in senator Patrick Leahy as the new president protem. This makes him second in line for the house speaker. Trade ne traditionally, the longest serving member of the party. He replaces daniel inoue who had the distinction of being the longest serving senator in history. A war hero, inouye received the medal of honor for heroics in world war ii. While recouperating from the loss of his arm, he met bob dole. His last words before passing away, aloha. In the aftermath of the halls of Sandy Hook Elementary School calls for actions in all walks of life. What will it really are take to get work down in washington, d. C. Richard wolf, Vice President and executive editor of msnbc. Com. Paul barrett, Senior Writer and author of book glock. And the book that made head lines across the country. Gentlemen, i want to start with you. The Washington Post has reported that the president has put the Vice President in charge of putting a stop to violence. Yesterday, the president met with biden, along with other cabinet members to discuss this issue, along with arne duncan there, we see Kathleen Sebelius there, eric holder to formulate a plan. How many opportunity is there for something to get done, with public sentiment the way it is after newtown . Well there say window, people are obviously outraged at what happened. While there is a political will to do something, they have to move and they have to act. They have to get through the fiscal. There may be talks about sb immigration as well. So its a bit crowded right after the honeymoon. Secondterm honeymoons do lot last long. A moment they have to seize. They have not given a reaction. The facts, however, on social media. Theres a radio silence from them. Paul, your book is about one of the guns that lanza brought to this school, glock. We go over it in tucson, in aurora. It was the militarystyle bushmaster type rifle. Used in afghanistan and iraq. I want to show everybody an ad for the rifle. Reading consider your man card reissued when it comes to this weapon. What does it say that thats the way a weapon like this is promoted . What does it say also when americans question Gun Legislation in this land, and the rebuttal is, well, you dont bleed red enough with the american right to bear arms. Well, guns have been promoted since the 19th century by samuel colt, the guy who designed the weapons of the west, machismo and the guns are deeply woven into american culture. Thats something thats not going to change coming out of this horrible event. Reverend hall, at the sermon, got the standing ovation calling the faithful across the country to rally in support of gun restrictions. I want to show what you had to say. Our political leaders need to know theres a political leader who some stand together with our leaders as they act to take assault weapons off the street. Just part of the sermon that you gave. What would you like to see religious communities do to try to ripple change in this country . Well, religious communities have historically prayed for the victims and for the assailant and for everyone involved. I think theres an antidotal sense now among faith leaders all across the country and faiths across america that its time for us to do something more. And i think, clearly, in the stages of doing that, here in washington, but also around the country is gathering faith leaders from a variety of faith traditions and essentially just putting a counterweight on our legislators and our executive branch to say there is another voice in america. And its a voice that believes there are common sense consensual things that we can do to curb the access to guns and to bring a stop to the violence. A counterweight, richard, no matter what we do right now in the immediate aftermath of all of this does not mean that a tragedy like newtown may not happen again. There might be a weapon sitting in someones house right now that could be in the mindset of someone that theyre planning to do something on the heels of this tragedy. But there are those voices out there that would like a long wish list of things to be done in the wake of this tragedy. Including an assault weapons ban. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wants to ban those highcapacity magazine clips. And mayor booker who was with them against gun violence. Wants to close the loopholes. He appeared with Rachel Maddow last night. Criminals should not be able to buy guns. And even at higher levels when you think about the reality if youre a suspected terrorist in america, you can go to the secondary gun market and buy a weapon and conduct the kind of terrorism we saw in mumbai which was done with automatic and semiautomatic weapons. The fabric of gun culture is woven into americans lives. How do we put a genie back in a bottle when it comes to modernday wednesday that our forefathers could never have imagined . We cannot put the genie back in the bottle. We can tamper with rules. Nobody in washington, not president obama, not senator feinstein is going to confiscate the guns throughout. Anyone who is implying otherwise is kidding themselves. Americans love to drive, they wouldnt have anything else but huge cars. Didnt matter about safety, they said. Youre not going to change the cigarette culture. Its not one piece of legislation. But the fact there are multiple fronts that people have opened up now. The fact that there is this sense of outrage, the fact that theres one tragedy too many. When you look at other countries where this happens, australia, scotland. There was significant outcry when elementary kids get killed in this way. So for multiple points of action and it happens in multiple years when you dont have a gun lobby that says no changes can happen. Its not an overnight solution. But steps in the right direction. Richard wolffe, paul bearic, the reverend, thanks a lot. A bit of good news. Were breathing a huge collective sigh of relief after being held captive, an nbc Correspondent Group Richard Engel and his group are freed and out of arm. Engle and his crew sharing the story of what they faced. The ordeal. Im very happy that were able to do this slapshot this morning. We were driving in syria about five days ago in what we thoughts were a rebelcontrolled area. We were with some of the rentals. As we were moving down the road, a group of gunmen literally jumped out of the trees and bushes on the side of the road. Probably 15 gunmen. They were wearing ski masks, they were heavily armed. They dragged us out of the car. They had a container truck position waiting on the side of the road. They put us into that container truck. We were with some gunmen who were escorting us. They executed one of them on the spot. And they took us to a series of safehouses and interrogation places. And they kept us blind folded, found. We werent physically beaten or tortured. It was a lot of psychological torture. It was a traumatic experience. Were very happy to be here. Were in good health. Were okay. Everyone was great, nbc was fantastic informing our families, keeping everything up to date. Keeping the story quiet. About t. What a night, huh . But, um, can the test drive be over now . Head back to the dealership . [ male announcer ] its practically yours. But we still need your signature. 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And i also think it shows to compromise. My colleagues across the aisle have been counting on millionaires and billionaires needing to pay more. Were doing what we can for as Many Americans as we possibly can, while working across the aisle and bringing the compromise. I think it makes sense. Congressman meeks, this is maybe an effort in few tiutilit here. The white house saying maybe this is offensive. Whats your take . My take is, we continue to negotiate. You got to get to a part where theres compromise. And theres got to be progress. What ive been hearing from my colleagues on my side of the i will from the president and the speaker, theyre talking. So i think theres continued progress and weve got to make sure theres fairness and its equitable in how we resolve the problems that the country is facing. Im hopeful, that we move forward. Because for me, we want to make sure that were not resolving the problems of our country just on the backs of the poor and those who are most in need. When we talk about this, those with most in need right not, i want to get your take to the victims of hurricane sandy. Both of you representing districts that were severely damaged. The conservative group wrote to members of congress saying there are scores who would give aid to victims. They say when a Natural Disaster occurs, there is a textbook response by congress. They cobble together an overpriced bill and its filled with pork. This proposal is no different. Congressman grimm, who someone who knows what happened on staten island, whats your take on that . Obviously, its not helpful. Im not that concerned about it, what ive been doing since literally the day this happened is work extensively with my congress to make sure i have the votes necessary to pass the bill. Dont get me wrong, though, im concerned theres extraneous things in the bill. Thats not needed. That just makes the lift heavier and i dont think we need to do that. I want to see a streamline bill, one that gives new york, new jersey, those affected by this superstorm that have been devastated, gives them what they need. But it should be what we need and what the confer has asked for. Governor cuomo stepped. To the plate and kept it i do be fiscally responsible, and weve been saying that from day one. Is the criticism that this is filled with pork, something that needs to be taken seriously . Look, i think we can see happening here and what new york, new jersey, connecticut has been requested, is similar as to what has taken place with other areas of the country have had these devastating storms, and we will always come together. For people looking at this issue as iron thats an American Issue, that should bring us together because, guess what, the people of new york, you know, i have represented predominantly democratic district. You represent a predominantly republican district. We have democrats and republicans in our respective districts, and the storm did not go after a democrat or a republican or someone that is rich or poor. It hit all of us, and so this is an American Issue that we should come together on and make sure that we resolve it so we can make sure that people can resume their lives. I think that thats what mike and i have done, and im hopeful thats what thats what weve done in new york for other areas that have been affected and afflicted by these kinds of storms, so i am hoping we come together in the house and on the senate so that we can get these things done. I appreciate your time, gentlemen. Republicans make history with the addition of congressman tim scott to the senate. 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Joining us is sir, your reaction to scotts appointment, and are you a little bit disappointed that it wasnt you . I know you were in consideration. Several of us were. I think everyone in the delegation was being considered, but were all very excited for tim. People dont realize, i think back home or in washington how close this group of freshman is from South Carolina. Myself, mr. Scott, mr. Duncan, mr. Gowdy, and to have any of us elevated to the senate was a real pleasure for all of us. He is the first black senator from the south since reconstruction. What does this mean to the optics, the face of the future of the gop . Listen, South Carolina is one of the places were leading the way. We now have a black senator. We have an indian woman governor. We are taking the message in places and through folks that no other state is doing, and its something to be very proud of from South Carolina. When we talk about your future plans, i think a lot of people are curious since this role did not go to you, do you have any interest in primarying lindsey graham, tim scott, or nikki haley for that matter . I talked to senator graham at some length. Im not going to run against senator graham. I like senator graham. Tim scott is a good friend of mine, and i kind of like it in washington. I think were all right for right now. Republican congressman mick mulvaney. Thank you for your time. Thanks, thomas. Thats going to wrap things up for me. Ill see you back here tomorrow at 11 00 a. M. Eastern time. Dont go anywhere, now. Now with alex wagner comes your way next. [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of all day pain relief. This season, discover aleve. All day pain relief with just two pills. They dont help single moms. Hi hi [ sarah ] what happened to our house last year . [ daughters ] it flooded and the water flooded out. Yeah. 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