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Morning." how has he been at unseating the nra on being the main messenger? >> it was the one shot before. mayor michael bloomberg has been a game-changer when it comes to gun safety. again, he's a guy who believes in the second amendment but he's saying there's no reason why e e should have an assault weapons ban or have a gun in your home or car and assault policemen on the street. why can't we get background checks? why can't we see who's getting these guns so we can do what's necessary to keep our family safe. >> robert, has he been a platform changer? >> it's too early to tell. we need to...

To see if significant minds have changed or policy has changed. i will say with the caveat he has a soapbox. he is using it. when you take a look at what mayor bloomberg has done when it comes to smoking ban, tax regulation. >> soda ban, the headphone ban. >> you're going down the list. but i think it's a little too early to tell, but i do think he's an influential figure. >> robert is right, but he's put his money where his mouth is. you look at that race in california. he lost the primary because of the gun issue. in the suburbs of chicago he put some serious money behind it. >> you think th...

Robert, i'll begin with you because i want to go first to that digging in one. the hill reports speaker john boehner has told fellow republicans he is absolutely done negotiating one-on-one with the president. at the same time, the president says no compromise. what kind of bargaining chips do republicans have at this point? >> oh, my goodness, alex, they have a huge bargaining chip coming up, and that's called the debt ceiling. congress racks up the bills, and congress has to pay those bills. we had this fight last year. we saw a huge, huge who was going to blink first, and obviously presiden...

Seems not all red jars are created equal. olay regenerist. president obama has settled on former nebraska senator chuck hagel has secretary of defense. an official announcement is expected for tomorrow. today's topics, digging in, mean spirited, and the must reads for this week. democratic strategist and former senior adviser to president hillary clinton campaign, doug hathaway. editor of nbc news hour. and former bush/cheney senior adviser robert trainham. welcome to the three of you.

Against the superstorm sandy relief funds. >> maybe some of the reason is the 67 individuals who voted against the basic $9 billion that only dealt with fund insurance. it may be some within the republican party who are so mean-spirited that they don't want to move forward to help individuals who happen to be, maybe some say, because those are blue states. they're still playing politics. >> robert, what do you make of that characterization there by representative meeks? were the republicans who said no to sandy aid, were they mean-spirited or just playing politics? >> i can't speak to that spe...