So the only thing i can figure is that that movement, crude as it may be to throw these two issues together toward personal freedom, toward individual autonomy is growing. Profoundly, on the right, as well as on the left. People want to make their own decisions, they do. And it may be dangerous for society as a whole to allow this when it comes to gunbuying, but there you have it. In one bet, you can make on america we are still a cowboy country. We reilike to get around in ourn cars and live in our own houses. The difference here is doing harm to others. Two people getting married doesnt hurt someone elses marriage, nor does it reduce its reverence or love. Having a gun in the wrong hands, freedom for that person can mean death for lots of otherings. And that is where the desire for freedom jumps the tracks. Thats where our cowboy urge need wyat earp to come in and clean up dodge city. Politics nation with al sharpton starts right now. Thanks, chris. And thanks to you for tuning in. Im live from atlanta. Tonights lead, republicans need a reality check on guns. They need to see the human face on tragedy. They need to see the horrible toll this violence and their policies are taking on our children. Thats what the president was doing today. This afternoon, president obama took his fight for gun safety to his hometown of chicago. A city thats been torn apart by gun violence. In the crowd was mother of hadiya pendleton, the 15yearold honor student who was shot and killed just a week after attending the inauguration. Fortunately, what happened to hadiya is not unique. Too many of our children are being taken away from us. Two months ago, america mourned 26 innocent first graders and their educators in newtown. The overwhether he will ming majority of americans are asking for some common sense proposals to make it harder for criminals to get their hands on a gun. These proposals deserve a vote in congress. They deserve a vote. They deserve a vote. These victims of violence deserve courage from our leaders. This morning, at the white house, the president got emotional. Wiping away a tear while announcing medals for the teachers and educators at sandyhook elementary who died trying to protect their kids. They had no idea that evil was about to strike. They could have taken shelter by themselves, but they didnt. They gave their lives to protect the precious children in their care. They gave all they had for the most innocent and helpless among us. And thats what we honor today. The courageous heart, the self fless spirit, the Inspiring Actions of extraordinary americans. The president embraced the family of those newtown heroes oneonone as they came up to accept their medals for their loved ones. This is what hes fighting for. This is why now is the time for action. Congressman, let pme start with you. How can he see what the president is talking about and still say we dont need to make a change. Well, reverend al, all they had to do was come to chicago to know how impactful it has been in terms of the numbers of individuals who have been shot, killed, maimed, weve got to do something. We must do it quickly. And one of the best things that we can do is reduce the number of guns on the streets in our possessions and to make sure that nobody except military personnel and some Law Enforcement people, have access to these weapons of mass destruction that people are walking up and down the streets. Now, melissa, when you see the president tearing up and he had the same reaction tearing up the day that we heard about newtown, you get a real sense of how personal and how deeply this affects him as a person. Something that runs contrary to his cool, unflappable image that hes been given since weve known him in national politics. Well, you know, reverend sharpton go ahead, melissa. I think the president reverend sharpton, as you know, of course, the personal nature of the fact i think that we particularly saw during the president s speech today in high park, you know, before he began speaking, you could see a certain kind of enthusiasm about being back home, about being in high park. You could hear that enthusiasm reflected back by the young people at high park academy. As you know, i continue to have fa family who live right there in the neighborhood. So my fear and terror as a parent about what is happening in terms of violence there, i can certainly feel the president on that sense of it was the connection he made during his speech today. But here, in chicago, we get a newtown ever four months. Let me show that clip, melissa. People need to understand that its not only the mass killings, congressman day visz. It is the consistent kind of siege that people are living under in certain parts of this country. Listen to this part of the president s speech. Last year, there were 443 murders with a firearm on the streets of this city. 65 of those victims were 18 and under. So thats the equivalent of a newtown every four months. The equivalent, congressman davis, of a newtown every four months. I worked with you on our National ActionChapter Network there. Youve been dealing with this for years with your constituents on the west side and all over chicago where its a constant fear, a constant kind of hoping that the next time the phone ringing u its not bringing you bad news. Human beings have to live under this kind of condition is unbelievable. And i think its one of the reasons why its so important that the president came to chicago. People have been clambering and asking for him to come home. And while they recognize that he is the president of the United States of america and must give attention to all areas, all issues and all parts, but we always say that Charity Begins at home. People are ecstatic that the president was here this afternoon. The young people and others embraced his every word. They were so thrilled and delighted because he brought hope to them. Hope to their lives. Hope that were going to get a handle on this issue. And i was moved when he said each one of us must be involved, we need all hands on deck. It cant happen alone. All of us must Work Together to make it happen. And convince the republicans in congress that weve got to do something right now to put a stop to this carnage. Melissa, talking about republicans, at the same time, theres a republican state lawmaker in texas who is actually introduced a bill creating gun classes in school. He says go to any high school today and youll see them engaging and many what we could consider probably dangerous activities. Do republicans really think that guns are like dumbbells or basketballs . Right. Look. I would suggest, actually, that part of what the president suggested, as bad as those policies shlgs these sort of direct policies that were seeing coming out of the most conservative will wants of the republican party, that actually, the most cage dangerous elements are about republican economic policy. So what the president said today is, look, when youre looking at the problem of chicago, it cant exclusively be under as a gun policy problem because, of course, chicago has very stringent gun laws. You have to look at the much broader questions of Economic Opportunity that are available. Here is what we have is going to stand in the way of the president. Its going to stand in the way of the president s economic, stimulating proposals that will help communities and give young people opportunities for jobs and employment and Higher Education and the things that we know will really begin to stem the tide of violence. And so i think we have to be vigilant about their gun policies. But we also have to be equally vigilant about economic policy. Congressman davis, thanks for your time. As the congressman can tell you, the stringent laws of chicago are one thing. But youve got to have national stringent laws. Not just in the city. Weve got to have help across the nation. Thank you so much, reverend al. Thank you. Thank you. Well deal with more of this later in the show. Ahead, john mccain has a personal grudge and hes actually admitting it. And those screams you hear are coming from wall street. Elizabeth warren gets to work and its explosive. Nothing says changs like carl meltdown rove. Bik show coming. Stay with us have you joined the politics nation conversation on facebook yet . We hope you will. The Committee Hearing was a big hit. Donna says theres a new sheriff in town. Jane says she is what we needed for so long. Jay says this is why i contributed to her campaign, even though i live in georgia. 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Mccain blocks hagel for defense secretary because he said fwbad things about preside bush, because he stopped hanging out with his own party, because he stopped hanging out with the cool kids . What is this . High school . Im sorry mr. Mccains feelings got hurt, but its to reason to block a vote on national security, especially when he promised not to. Weve never filibustered a president ial candidate and i dont think we should start here. That was sunday. But just four days later, mccain said no to holding a note on hagel. He broke his promise, he filibustered. John mccain obviously still had some sour grapes with chuck hagel, but hes really trying to get back at the man who beat him in 2008. This is all about trying to settle scores with president obama. Joining me now is former pennsylvania governor, ed rendell. Governor, is this all about losing to the president . Sure it is, rev. And the best proof of it is it has nothing to do with chuck. Giving answers on benghazi should have no answers. Its simply what mccain said in 2006. After hagel had been a republican, said things about president bush, john mccain said, and i know you put up the quote before, i would be honor today have chuck hagel as my secretary of state. So its clearly not about hagel, its about obama. Youre absolutely right. And to drive the point further, he once shared similar views on issues with the president. But, now, hes flipflopping, even though hes shared though views. So he wouldnt agree with the president anymore. He changed. He flipflopped on tax cuts under president bush. Mccain actually opposed tax cuts for the wealthiment but under president obama, he says those bush tax cuts should stay. On repealing dont ask, dont tell, under bush, mckaicain supported the repeal of dondon ask, dont tell. On the dream act, mccain sponsored three versions of the dream act urn president bush. But under president obama, he opposed the dream act. So all of this flipflopping on things you used to agree with but anything the president is for, if his name is obama, youre against. This is very, very petty. And on global warming, remember, the Mccain Lieberman plan was a good plan and Mccain December disallowed that when obama became president. No, theres no doubt about it. When the president was elected in 2008, since that time, mccain has gone after him and the attacks have just gotten worse and worse. Listen to this. Its interesting how theres been numerous shifts on the president s issues since the election. Hes traveling around on a canadian bus selling american jobs. This president leads in leading from behind. He does not believe in american exceptionalism and that accounts for his behavior. This president is either engaged in a massive cover up deceiving the American People or he is so grossly incompetent that hes not qualified to be the commander in chief. Dont americans have the right to look for stellar leadership where people can oppose each other and when the contest is over, governor, they Work Together for the good of the country . I mean, there have been exchanges in the 2008 primary races between thensenator barack obama and thensenator hillary clinton. They ended up working together and then put together as team as secretary of state that i think will be a study for political sien science students for decades to come. No question. And if you go back a little further to Cross Party Lines when president george w. Bush was elected, one of his earliest supporters was ted kennedy. You remember ted kennedy and president bush put together no child left behind. And senator kennedy led his credibility to that. He worked on the president with something he believed would be good. And if they had funded no child left behind properly, it would have been a success. So this is a recent phenomena and i will tell you, the republicans are hurting themselves. They are driving home, in the minds of the American People, that they are obstruction u. S. Ists. They will disagree with the president no matter how good his ideas are. Governor ed rendell, thanks for your time tonight. Thanks, rev, and nice weekend. Same to you. Coming up, the president pounds his message for fairness in chicago today. And senator Elizabeth Warren gets 20 would recollect. Can you identify when you last took the wall street banks to trial . When did you bring them to trial . Anyone else want to tell me about the last time you took wall street bank to trial . Were coming right back. Stay with us. My mother made the best toffee in the world. Its delicious. So now weve turned her toffee into a business. My goal was to take an idea and make it happen. Im janet long and i formed my Toffee Company through legalzoom. I never really thought i would make money doing what i love. 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