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Course, opened the door to the whole litany of questions that you raised so eloquently in your opening statement here. >> you know, congressman, the whistle blowers, they had a lot to lose. why risk it? why do you think these guys took on washington? >> i think that they felt that they were out there on the point and left alone to begin with. you articulated a point that was of great concern to me that they put them in benghazi with a requirement that they inhabit a place that was not up to the standards that are required under the law. we've established that when we had our last, you know, in...

Have heard from the u.s. senator john mccain, that this is getting too far that, the saber rattling is getting too loud and you simply cannot risk it. this is a leader who has been in power for just over a year in north korea and certainly many people don't know his personality or his prediction, whether or not he would even be willing to use military force and rather escalate that conflict across the region. joining me now congressman adam shift, a democrat from california and the house intelligence economy. good to sigh you. were you satisfied with john kerry's meeting in beijing and with ...

I'm teasing my brother there. did you find yourself successful as a guy who's known to be for gun control in areas of the state that are very tough on that? did you change any minds? did you manage to win minds over on this issue? that's where we are right now. >> when i ran for re-election, i carried counties and mercer county that are nra counties because i'd done other stuff. not because i convinced them about guns. and one last thing. and martin o'malley has done this consistently as governor. it's about time our elected officials risk their future. if you have to risk losing, risk it on p...

On this issue? that's where we are right now. >> when i ran for re-election, i carried counties and mercer county that are nra counties because i'd done other stuff. not because i convinced them about guns. and one last thing. and martin o'malley has done this consistently as governor. it's about time our elected officials risk their future. if you have to risk losing, risk it on protecting children. risk it on doing something incredibly meaningful to end this carnage. if you're not going to risk for something like that, then why are you in office? >> let me bring it back to that question. we ...

Welcome back to "hardball." what is the washington gridlock on fiscal negotiations look like to the rest of the world, particularly europe where eurozone are taking drastic budget cuts and austerity measures that make our situation look tame. chris just returned from a trip to europe's capitals, including athens, and shares his experience of the complete devastation in greece currently dealing with. jared bernstein, storm former economic adviser. we don't know what the risks are of what might happen january 1st. there's a risk it could be horrible. that's all i'm saying. tell me what you saw i...