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Affordable care act is off the table. there is a rhetorical rebrand happening. i don't think it's insignificant, but when you get to the policy segments it is kind of minor. >> kind of minor. we'll leave it at that. sam stein and luke russert, thank you both. we have developing news. an italian court has found 26-year-old american amanda knox guilty of fatally stabbing meredith kercher in the university town of perugia seven years ago. the decision upholds the original guilty conviction of knox, which had been overturned in 2011. the italian court sentenced her to 28 years and 6 months in pr...

The politics lead. 13 hours on the senate floor. apparently that was not enough time for senator rand paul of kentucky to get everything he needed to say off his chest. he's threatening to launch another filibuster. this time he has a posse, they will have his back in a fight over second amendment rights. with me now to talk about this and other issues, ben le bolt for the obama campaign, kristen roberts, news editor for the national journal and cnn contributor ross dalfit. guys, the last filibuster greatly increased rand paul's visibility on the national stage. he spoke for 13 hours in an eff...

Amputee's murder case. and then new ammunition in the gun fight. obama for action is up with ads targeting 16 republican lawmakers as they plan to protest the nra in washington. we'll speak with ben le bolt and los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa all coming up next. , he opened up jake's very private world. at first, jake's family thought they saved ziggy, but his connection with jake has been a lifesaver. for a love this strong, his family only feeds him iams. compared to other leading brands, it has 50% more animal protein... ...to help keep ziggy's body as strong as a love that reaches f...

Organizing for action mobilized to put the pressure on from the outside into washington? >> that is exactly right. public opinion was already there. 90% of americans support universal background checks. in fact, three kwaurgters erqu members support the background checks but we haven't seen a majority number of congress yet commit to pass those. these are targeted events in congressional districts around the country accompanied by advertisements showing them that their support for responsible gun safety measures. >> so, ben, organizing for action is also launching this major ad buy today. if i...

So the new grass roots group that has emerge from the president's campaign infrastructure known as organizing for action holds its first national day of action today. the group is holding 100 events in 80 congressional districts and asking supporters to push the president's plan to combat gun violence. its website now features videos like this one of a minnesota man who lost his father in a mass shooting back in september. >> i was extremely proud when the president announced that gun violence prevention was going to be something that he was going to work to fix. i think the time is now. we've...