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You need an ally. ally bank. your money needs an ally. senator rand paul is on his 2016 i'm not officially running for anything yet national tour. tomorrow, that takes him to howard university, one of the oldest and most respected historically black colleges in the united states. and to preview that speech i'm delighted to be joined by joy reid, managing editor of the grio.com. what do you expect from this speech? is it going to be somewhat confrontational in the way that magnificent performance by mitt romney was when he went before the naacp? what does rand paul want out of this? >> yeah, ...

Visiting scholar at new york university, eric bates. manager of the grio.com, joy reed, senior political reporter at politico, maggie haberman and assistant director for legislative affairs for the brady campaign, colin goddard. colin, you're in washington. i think the fact that john mccain called out members of his own party for standing in the way of the democratic process seemed to be a powerful moment. if not for the nation, then at least for the republican party. how much pressure do you think that ultimately exerts on these 13 angry men? >> i think it's a great amount of pressure coming ...

Opinion. now 47% approved gay marriage. just 43% disapprove. joy reid is managing editor for the grio.com. brian sims is a pennsylvania state rep who's openly gay. thank you for joining us. i want to start with joy who's our expert here all the time. then you can be the new expert. congratulations on representing one of the more interesting parts of the city, we call center city. anyway, let's go with this, why do you think if you had to write a history paper on this, what would be your lead about why the black community shifted in favor of allowing people to marry somebody of the same gender?...

Collar workers of all ethnic groups. back in 2004, only 18% were in favor. now with 80% opposed back then, four out of five opposed. by december of 2012, there had been a spectacular shift in opinion. now 47% approved gay marriage. just 43% disapprove. joy reid is managing editor for the grio.com. brian sims is a pennsylvania state rep who's openly gay. thank you for joining us. i want to start with joy who's our expert here all the time. then you can be the new expert. congratulations on representing one of the more interesting parts of the city, we call center city. anyway, let's go with thi...

The white house was unamoosed at this attempt to silence the debate over gun control. as was one of the fathers of the victims of the sandy hook shooting. >> all i've heard is the second amendment, the second amendment. and it's not about the second amendment. it's about saving children's lives and innocent people's lives. >> joining us now, joy reid, managing editor of the grio.com, and john sultz, chairman of votevets.org. welcome to you both. joy, i am going to start with you because i feel like rand and ted's excellent adventure, they are feeling their oats. is this just bluster? do we rea...