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from that period. the fallout from financial crises is, big ones, is almost always very slow, and recover usually does take a number of years. so i mean, part of what is happening today is kind of cyclical, and the problems will mitigate and go away once consumers d. leverage and can spend again, but that is a very long process and it will be all the longer if government hinders rather than helps. but you are right, the other thing that is going on that i have tried to describe in this talk is much more than business cycles. it is an acceleration of the middle-class driven by technol...

Guns. but i think having a background check seems to make a lot of sense. it's what the voters have wanted. it's what the american public wants. we have to enforce it better. >> you wrote and i mentioned this earlier, you travel the world and you've also treated people in combat issues in combat zones like afghanistan when you were in the navy. but i say you've traveled to europe, japan and korea and they are fascinated by your work in treating trauma patients from gun injuries because they don't happen there, certainly not in the numberses we see here. >> that's absolutely right. right now i'...

secretary of state hillary clinton, bill gates and director of national intelligence james clapper. president obama made his latest comments on libya a couple of hours ago during a speech in washington outlining a new energy plan. >> we've led an international effort in libya to prevent a massacre and maintain stability throughout the broader region. >> nbc news capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell joins us live now. what else can you tell us about this meeting? i understand there may be back-to-back closed-door sessions here? >> we'll have the senate getting their chance talk ...

Tell your doctor about alcohol use, if you've ever had gout, or are diabetic and experience increases in blood sugar. flushing, a common side effect, is warmth, redness, itching, or tingling of the skin. ask your doctor about niaspan. fight back. fight plaque. niaspan. megyn: the trauma surgeon who saved the life of congresswoman gabrielle giffords after she was shot in tucson in january, and also saved many others that were shot in connection with that massacre, is stepping into the debate over better background checks for gun buyers. in a piece that he just wrote, dr. peter rhee wrote --

The street, madmen, criminals, people will get hurt. megyn: what about dr. rhee? people know him because he worked on the congresswoman, talking about how they don't have gunshot wounds in europe, japan, korea. >> i disagree on that, though i share his frustration. everyone that's looked at other countries say that you cannot make that comparison. it's the culture in the countries that makes a difference. it's social and economic circumstances that makes the difference. you have gun bans in mexico and look how much violence you have there. you have gun bans in south africa, 19,000 murders. the...