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And it -- it's a disservice. it's a disservice to the country. i love the country so much. i hate -- i literally -- i'm literally depressed over what's happening to it. i'm -- i'm really mad at how easy it apparently is to turn rationality upsidedown and to the point it doesn't exist. >> joy, i know that you're not a psychiatrist, but how is it a disservice to the country, as he says, to highlight the murder of our children? >> right. you know, there's an old movie called "an imitation of life. "that what you just showed is an imitation of right. he's doing a good approximation of being a huma...

Can down the road, kick it down the road, kick it down the road. >> ah, the classics. they never die, do they? joining us now is jared bernstein, a senior fellow at the center on budget and policy priorities and dr. james peterson, associate professor at lehigh university. both are msnbc contributors. jared, i want you to get serious and not kick the can down the road when i ask you for an answer to this question. the president's budget involves major concessions for progressives. what is the president expecting in return from republicans? >> i will be serious, and there will be no can kicking...

Think is strengthens the hands of the people assembling at the capitol for them to do their job? >> once again the american people is ahead of where they electors are and i think that's why it's so promising what i'm hearing from folks is that it looks like they're going to drop a bill either monday or tuesday and keep an open review on the senate side and the idea is to get as many republicans onboard as soon as possible on the senate side so they can go with the bill they passed between 70 and 75 votes so when it hits the o house it's going to be harder for the extreme right of the republica...

European-american society to exist requires a european-american majority and a clear one at that." is this the fear that's really driving opposition to reform, victoria? because in fairness to the doctor, it sounds a bit ugly, doesn't it? >> it's very ugly, and it's also something that we've seen forever in terms of immigration. back in the late 1800s, we had similar arguments about keeping america very much a euro-centered country. but i really don't think that it is going to be an obstacle. first of all, because of the public opinion support, but more specifically, because of the broad-based...

Your point, the white house is keeping up the pressure. the splash page for the white house website, a call to action for gun safety supporters that speaks to how precarious this effort still is, doesn't it? >> reporter: oh, it absolutely is precarious, martin. so i expect that you are going to continue to see the administration press this issue. you heard the families of newtown say that they are going to stay engaged in this. because remember, even if this legislation does pass through the senate, it still has to make its way through the house. that is much tougher sledding. a lot of the mem...