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Which spelled out and uniting student groups. they are saying universal background checks and assault weapons ban. that is a non starter in congress. when i asked students what do you twoowant to achieve? most are pragmatic. they want to be a counter force to the nra. we want to sign people up to vote. they are not go all-in on changing legislation. they know the limb limits of t political will. >> the students outside peacefully protesting. the nra tweets all control my own guns, thank you. #2a, #nra. that infuriated students. especially when you talk about honoring 17 kids killed by that ver...

Middle east, europe, all around the world. they look to us, read the paper about us, they hope we'll be a counter force against some of the bad guys in the world. now we're saying, you're on your own? >> this is going to be the challenge. when you eliminate your soft power or the diplomacy, you end up having to rely on your milita mite. this is a national security budget that focuses on the hard power, which is war. not a budget that allows the united states to focus on peace making and peace building, people around the world admire the u.s. want to come here, that often helps us in these situ...

And as a guest of yours was saying earlier, we haven't had a real crisis yet, no one's really been tested, including the president, i do feel republican establishment, what's left of it in washington has to be the pressure point, that is -- it's republicans who brought down richard nixon at the height of watergate. and in the end, it's republicans that are going to have to be fearful of what's going to happen to their own necks in their own elections that are going to be the counter force against them, they have the power. right now, very few are showing any opposition. john mccain is obviousl...

In an op-ed for the "new york times" this week he said the following and i'm quoting from him, he says "i will not campaign for a vote for or support any candidate, even in my own party, who does not support common-sense gun reform." that's a pretty heavy statement for abincumbent president. >> well, there are going to be a lot of people who expect him to get out there and campaign for them and he wanted to set the record very clear, what his expectations will be, and he's hoping that the american people do the same thing. he's convinced the only way we'll break the stranglehold that special i...

Anywhere against the islamic state. you can't defeat them by air. it has to be a counter force on the ground. can't be us though. has to be the syrian kurds. >> we have some cuban pastries out there. hope you try them. coming up, we'll take you back to nevada where the stage is being set for the next republican debate. that and a whole lot more right here on msnbc. what? wow... yeah! okay... guys, i'll be writing a new language for machines so planes, trains, even hospitals can work better. oh! sorry, i was trying to put it away... got it on the cake. so you're going to work on a train? not ...