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To do that. i would say to rob's point, i don't think that this is a -- anything gender related whatsoever. i think it's personality related and that stood out about yellen. her main rival for the job, larry summers is much harsher on people. yellen would be a departure from him, not from bernanke but that's exactly what the fed needs right now. this is a controversial time in american history as regards to the economy. and yellen was very realistic that we do not have a full recovery right now that people are not employed and cognizant of that and that's a really important condition for a fed...

Completely unconventional. you need an unconventional person to continue that. >> heidi, thank you for reading my mind and making this segue easy than it would have been if you hadn't brought up larry summers, the person who many thought would get the job and strange thing happened on a way to the coronation, rob, why did he get derailed and not get the job? >> there are so many reasons, heidi alluded to some of them. larry is a head strong individual. he's ruffled feathers in the past when he was at harvard he made comments about women, i think they were in many cases probably he was treated ...

>> good time for ohio football. >> thanks. >> let's bring in rob cox, an old, old friend of the show. a lot of people will make a lot about this being the first woman to head the fed. that is extraordinarily important in terms of breaking glass ceilings and to young women in this country, but perhaps the way she will perform the job, this is going to be the first democrat to helm the fed in 30 years. >> i mean, not since tall paul have we had a democrat in that office. but janet yellen is eminently qualified. s it is incredibly important she is the first female, but she's not in that position ...

Mary, she lunged at the shooter and lost her life doing so, nicole lost her little boy dylan and mark lost his son daniel, all three at the same time totally spontaneously chimed in and said congresscongressman, w going thir. so the idea that it sdwnt get can done now or doesn't get done next week or doesn't get done in three months, guess what, they will still be here. they're basically going to keep coming at the house and the senate until we fix our gun legislative problems in this country. so they're not going away and it will keep coming back even though this week will be the six month an...

Somebody else's school. somebody else's town. it is somebody else's community. until one day, you wake up and it is not. >> newtown families will be in attendance at today's presidential remarks. some will fly back to washington with the air force to begin a week-long lobbying push on capitol hill. just last hour, harry reid took to the senate floor pushing for an open debate and admonishing more than a dozen gop congressmen who are threatening to filibuster. this comes as senators pat toomey and joe manchin work on an expand bill. it is a big week in the gun debate. joining us now, rob cox, c...