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Maxwell, a contributor to the grio.com. ooi irin carmon, and now the executive director of the service women's action network, and juan ramos, the core trainer for a call to men, executive director of community-driven solutions, who has worked as a court-appointed counselors for convicted abusers. thank you all for being here. >> thank. >> so this was a tough week in terms of this castro trial, and particularly on thursday when we were watching it. and irina, i kept thinking of you in this week, you and i are both survivors, and i was thinking about the ways in which this kind of coverage is b...

"there is no plan b. there is no "what if," said one republican lawmaker. he said he talked to a handful of members who met with heritage action and the group had had no viable alternative to the president caving in. that's leaving us in the lurch. that is nor proper planning." but who needs a game plan? who needs compromise? if you're rush limbaugh, not the gop. >> are you suggesting republicans shouldn't negotiate and have biapproach with democrats? >> well, yeah, pretty much, because i don't think we have anything in common with them. >> joining me today, former national press secretary for...

They love to talk about. as the for house speaker john boehner, his office released a statement "this proposal allows president obama to support president obama's position on taxes and president obama's position on spending while leaving small businesses and american families behind." a spokesman for speaker boehner said earlier today that their office was not informed of the offer till they heard about it throughnous outlets. that's interesting because the white house said they called the speaker's office yesterday, left a message and didn't hear back. obviously the speaker has a among the lo...

Fantastic reporting. >> yes. >> i would just say -- the thing that most recently happened in terms of bargaining and dealmakering in terms precipice was on the filibuster nuclear option. in that moment harry reid played hardball, basically as hard as you can play, which is to say he sounded and seemed like he was ready to do it and you actually got a deal. >> the problem here, alex, there's no way to play hardball for obama without saying he's willing to go over the debt ceiling. if you have to do a grand bargain, think about it innovatively. immigration reform could save social security. they...

Did it encourage him to pursue trayvon martin? was it because he had a gun and thought he had the law on his side? isn't it a fair question that none of this would have happened if this person had been unarmed? was there something in his thinking, zimmerman's about the law, something about the way he behaved when he pursued martin that resulted from this law that says stand your ground? let's get to the next round in this debate. this public verdict on the trayvon martin tragedy. the battle over stand your ground. perry bacon is an msnbc contributor and political editor with the grio.com and r...