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Lobby? >> reporter: congress will spend the next two months fighting about the death ceiling and cuts. rob and sunny, back to you. >> thank you. a couple of months may be optimistic. there is no guarantee whatsoever what congress is going to do. but it is an interesting moment that the nra is being brought to the table. that should be an encouraging sign that -- around that table there's going to be a nice balance of opinion. >> right. different voices. it's interesting, the nra claims $4.4 million was spent on congressional lobbying. the brady campaign spent $5,800. so there is a disparity in...

>> when will you find the courage to stand up to the gun lobby? >> reporter: congress will spend the next two months fighting about the death ceiling and cuts. rob and sunny, back to you. >> thank you. a couple of months may be optimistic. there is no guarantee whatsoever what congress is going to do. but it is an interesting moment that the nra is being brought to the table. that should be an encouraging sign that -- around that table there's going to be a nice balance of opinion. >> right. different voices. it's interesting, the nra claims $4.4 million was spent on congressional lobbying. th...

Exchanges, something you know, that the federal employee retirement system fund, he's preventing-- >> he's raiding, he's raiding. >> he's reinvestments right now to stave off default of the debt ceiling. >> greta: today has there been any discussions that you know of between the white house and capitol hill what to do about the debt ceiling or sequestration by the principals? >> not that i know of. right now we're seeing posturing that happens, republicans are saying that there has to be an equal number of spending cuts for every dollar the debt ceiling is raised and the white house making it ...

Congressman grason, congratulations and thanks for being here. >> thank you. as steven tyler would say, i'm back in the saddle again. >> i imagine republicans didn't exactly roll out the red carpet for you today? >> no, that's okay. i think we're going to have to find some way to get along with each other, i guess. but time will tell. >> now, talk about getting along. they've already said they're willing to hold the debt ceiling hostage. that's quite a reversal from a few years ago. listen to this. >> does -- will the debt ceiling be raised? or does it have to be raised? yes, you can't not rai...

trayvon martin was shot and killed, could be a key piece of evidence. he had a closed fracture of his nose, two black eyes, two cuts to the back of his head in a minor back injury. i want to go to martin savidge covering the story for us. with all these new details and developments does it help zimmerman's argument he was in fact standing his ground they killed trayvon martin in self-defense? >> reporter: it depends on who you talk to. here's the way it breaks down. this information coming from the prosecution, the special prosecutor angela corey, they had to provide the basics of th...