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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130108:16:41:00

and more recently things like to change like looking at raising gradually rates of eligibility and means testing. there's really important structural changes that need to happen to give the country fiscal stability. but the aadministration will have to stand up to its own party and produce bold ideas and frankly be willing to work with republicans to get the job done. >> one thing i want to show everybody is politico having this front page profile, the hell no caucus, backed up by the conservative group the club for growth. congressman from arkansas cotton saying, that he would have voted both speaker boehner plan b on millionaires in the final tax hike and vowed to vote against raising debt limit in two months, absent the massive cuts the president opposes. he voted against gun control, immigration reform.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130108:16:14:00

decorated war veteran will be someone who is a great voice and face for the military but at the same time, he has not been quiet about his desires to cut military spending. >> our power panel, thanks, ed rendell and alice stewart. thank you. i'll speak with the former national security advicer brent skocroft. gabby giffords and her husband mark kelly announcing a new plan to fight back. we'll spell to one of the heroes to one of the days in tucson. >> can gun control activists take on powerful nra? tweet or facebook your comments.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130108:16:23:00

what the american population feels instead of the administration of the nra because most of their members, 74% of the nra members feel there should be sensible gun reform. >> we had christina taylor-green's mom in the last hour talking about the efforts. she has mobilized along with her family to make sure christina was not lost in vain two years ago. i want to play what she had to say. take a listen. >> we just want sensible gun control. we want to come up with a plan where everyone is rirped to have a background check, that military style weapons do not have to be owned by the average person, and that we come up with a mental health care plan. >> as we talk about patricia what needs to be done on a federal level nationally. what has been done in your community of arizona in the last two years that makes you feel that not only that community has

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130108:16:18:00

tucson preparing to mark the second anniversary of the mass shooting. there are several new developments to talk about in the fight today to curb gun violence. first off, gifford and her husband mark kelly announcing the start of a new args aimed at getting washington to move on gun control. they say they want to promote a national dialogue and raise funds to fight the gun lobby. this comes after the couple visited newtown, connecticut, saying that massacre prompted them to take action. >> when it can happen to children in a classroom, it's time to say -- >> enough. >> i have a gun, gabby and i are both gun owners, we are strong supporters of the second amendment. but we've got to do something to keep the guns from getting into the wrong hands. >> you'll recall that 9-year-old

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130108:16:22:00

shooting, 20 little martyrs, is that really the catalyst that we need to see as a country? >> i hope it's the final catalyst of little children being murdered. the gun lobby nra and gun manufacturers in my opinion they are saturated in the blood of those innocent children. and most of our legislators have blood on their hands. and i'm hoping, my gosh, if this doesn't change it, what will? we're going to fight the good fight. if i don't continue to fight for this, then i need to be ashamed of myself. not everybody can take up the fight. some people have been so emotionally wounded that they can't, but i can and i must continue to fight. i hope everybody will go to demand a plan that agrees that we need to have some sensible gun reform and sign up there. let the gun lobby and nra know

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