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Wisconsin congressman, former vice presidential nominee paul ryan wrote in the wall street journal today, "the president is giving congress the silent treatment. he's refusing to talk. to break the deadlock, both sides should agree to commonsense reforms of the country's entitlement programs and tax code." you may have noticed something was missing in that message but a staffer in senator ted cruz's office spotted the omission right away. he's sending out a tweet and let me quote that tweet. there is one big word missing from this op-ed. it starts with an "o" and ends with "bama care." gloria ...

Before this election. i think it would be far too dangerous for him in places like pennsylvania and ohio. if he could pass it, he might take the risk. but it won't pass. >> and he hinted at that. didn't he hint at that when he said there's lot of opposition in congress. i know the limitations, but these are the commonsense reforms. >> but sam, he's not going to ask for an assault weapons ban. >> no. >> he's going to talk about assault weapons. >> he also talked about some of the things that he has done on his own, but one thing i think is really important that we underscore, there's been a lot...

Kind of stilted animatronic performance yesterday in front of the vfw, and it gives you a lot of hope for the election. one thing i would be very careful of, i think the president went further than he has before in talking about gun violence. i don't believe he will propose any new measures of gun control before this election. i think it would be far too dangerous for him in places like pennsylvania and ohio. if he could pass it, he might take the risk. but it won't pass. >> and he hinted at that. didn't he hint at that when he said there's lot of opposition in congress. i know the limitations...

Ask for an assault weapons ban. >> no. >> he's going to talk about assault weapons. >> he also talked about some of the things that he has done on his own, but one thing i think is really important that we underscore, there's been a lot of conversation in the black community because people have looked at what has he done for the lgtb community, for the latino community. this message, talking about violence in this way, it relates to people's lives. this is the reality of what organizations like the naacp, like the urban league doing work in our urban centers and black communities understand ve...

They have voted on the repeal, and now house lawmakers say they will work on an alternative to replace the house health care law. john boehner says he will ask the committee members to come up with commonsense reforms. yesterday they passed the repeal legislation by 249-389. and three republicans joined the democrats, but the bill stands little chance of clearing the senate though. and the argument against health care reform is direct. it will destroy jobs they say at a time when the nation desperately needs them. stephanie elam is in new york. >> well, if you ask the republicans, they say yes...