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As will the funds for the settlement for african-american farmers discriminated against by the department of agriculture. still, the president has been subjective to criticism about his unwillingness to talk about race. back at the table is msnbc contributor and washington post columnest e.j. and joining us is joy reid who is managing editor of the grio.com. it's two things for the president on this. symbol and substance. the idea that he just sort of walks through the world navigating race is talking about race. for many folks, they want more. they want more talking on this topic. >> it's int...

Service protection. yesterday senator ted cruz accused the president of exploiting the murder of children to push through gun control legislation and then there are the real nuts out there. a movement of people who say that the sandy hook tragedy was a hoax. the real purpose was to create a political environment to take away all our guns. the american public is largely on board with at least some of the president's agenda. in a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, more than half, 56%, say laws covering the sale of firearms should be stricter. so what realistically can the president do? dav...

Debt limit debate. let's bring in our monday gaggle. political editor of the grio.com. jennifer reuben and steve mcmahon. we know, here's what we know, perry. we know the president says pass the debt limit increase with no strings attached. that's his message to congress. we know that any potential plan b that others have come up with, the white house has completely put it off the table and we know that senate democrats are begging the white house for plan b. does he owe harry reid an explanation? >> he does. the option, they rolled out the trillion dollar coin, smartly, over the weekend. he s...

There are a lot of people across america that have been concerned about a president obama crackdown on guns. and even before newtown they started buying them up in bulk. >> okay. peter alexander, thank you very much from the white house. joining me now, msnbc contributor and political editor for the grio, perry bacon jr. and reuters political reporter andy sullivan. all right, you guys. so with regard to the guns, first up to you, perry, do you think enough republicans are going to join with democrats that something's going to get done here? >> i don't think so. at least right now. you've only...

Killed last month. a short time after they arrived at a converted middle school in the nearby town of monroe, the governor of connecticut announced the formation of a commission to study the gun and ammunition laws in his state. >> you don't need a 30-round clip to go hunting. you don't need a 30-round clip to honor the constitution of the united states, and i think it's time we have a realistic discussion about the weapons that are being used time and time again in these mass casualty situations. >> i'm joined now by managing editor of the grio, joy reid. joy, i want to take a look at another...