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Gwen ifill with families by her side. the city she loved and kept in check for the greater part of her life. in the last hour, president obama opened up his news conference paying a tribute to a force in our industry. >> she was an extraordinary journalist and kept faith with the fundamental responsibilities of her profession and asking tough questions. holding people n accountable and defending a strong and free press that makes our democracy work. i appreciated gwen's reporting even at the receiving end of a tough and thorough interview. >> we could list her resume for her, the debate she mo...

And iowa and nevada. and a surge of, you know, primary states in march. and i think people just need to be a little more patient about this. let democracy work. i am -- we are best ground game in iowa and in new hampshire. i'm a patient person, and i believe that we are making good, steady progress. ultimately the decision is not going to be about who is theí loudest voice and who can insult the person the best. who can lead? who has the proven record to8çgg difficult times. >> if staying in means that the vote is split on the nontrump candidate, are you okay with trump being the nominee fo...

So we need to act on a state level but we also need to act on a congressional level, and it's just scandalous and shameful that in the house of representatives we've never even had a vote on common sense gun legislation. never a vote on universal criminal background check legislation. never a vote on the legislation that i and so many others have introduced. give us a vote. and you know, mr. speaker, one thing he might be able to do before he leaves at the end of october is let democracy work. let the american people watch congress, vote to decide whether or not they want to take these common ...

It because those states that are passing these common sense gun laws are seeing reductions in deaths but they're also vulnerable to the negligence of other states, chris, who are not taking these common sense measures. so we need to act on a state level but we also need to act on a congressional level, and it's just scandalous and shameful that in the house of representatives we've never even had a vote on common sense gun legislation. never a vote on universal criminal background check legislation. never a vote on the legislation that i and so many others have introduced. give us a vote. and ...

Sharpie, you don't have a clue. mr. abdul jabbar posted, the bully made my point. the is the author of "mycroft holmes." thank you for being here. >> nice to talk to you, rachel. >> there are a lot of things to critique about the donald trump presidential campaign. i wonder why you singled out his attacks on the media. why that bothered you so much. >> it bothers me because first amendment is such an essential part of the what our democracy is about. when you attack journalists in order to silence criticism, are you really stifling the public discourse? the fact we can engage in some critical ...