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We be hearing republicans talking about universal background checks may pass the senate if the president wasn't about every three days doing some event to bring more attention to this issue of guns? you know, there's always a lot of debate. where should the president use his bully pulpit? where shouldn't he? you hear some republicans saying stay out of the immigration debate. the fact of the matter is, we wouldn't be where we are on this gun issue, we wouldn't be as close as we are on universal background checks without the white house pushing so hard. >> the highlight of president's speech wa...

>> that's the difficulty in passing any form of legislation is that you are doing a national legislation for a problem that has different pockets of resistance. >> right. >> and so what's promising, optimism for the president, is that some of his reforms that he suggested are incredibly -- are incredibly testing well many polls. 92% for back ground checks. has neglect -- have you guys ever seen anything polling 92% ever? >> longer recess and soda in the water fountains. >> you didn't mention uniforms. >> the question comes do you do this piecemeal? do you take stuff that polls well and put it ...

I'm tamron hall. the "news nation" is following breaking new the. the had the going gold unveiling a sweeping and ambitious plan to fight gun violence and predicting a fierce fight ahead with gun rights advocates. >> there will be pundits and special interest lobbyists warning of a tyranical assault on liberty. not because that's true. the only way we will be able to change is if their audience and constituents and membership said this time must be different. >> saying he will put they weight of his office behind making a reality. he will have a series of proposals like universal back ground c...

Connecticut. >> white house press secretary jay carney also said the president will announce comprehensive action including assault weapons ban, a ban on high capacity magazine clips and closing big loopholes in back ground checks. all of as governors of new york, delaware and maryland take action to pass some of the strictest laws on guns in our nation. let me bring in our political panel. former pennsylvania governor ed rendell, a nbc news political analyst and molly ball, reporter for "the atlantic" and chris van hollen will join us here shortly. governor rendell, the announcement is coming...

Congress delays 83 more americans die including eight children from guns. a classroom is emptied every three dies, 340 kids a month end 3,000 die every year. what's missing in this conversation is the nra has dictated a national gun policy for three decades and congress has gone along with it. the last votes that congress took was whether or not people on suspected terrorist watch lists should be able to buy guns. they can't fly in airplanes should they be able to buy guns. democrats and republicans said yes they should be able to buy guns and the vote before that was to give absolute immunity...