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>> reporter: kate, good afternoon. we're just hearing the clapping that ted cruz is getting. he spoke to reporters for a little while ahead of this, answering questions about whether it was off key to be holding a second amendment rally in the wake of such a terrible shooting. he flipped that around and said that's on democrats. that the right answer is not to infringe on the second amendment rights of american citizens. he's been very aggressive in call thing a terrorist attack and accuses the obama administration of being weak, not calling it islamic radical terrorism. i pushed him on what s...

One of our key values is freedom of expression, freedom of belief and the like. what is not acceptable is when that crosses over into actual planning for and carrying out acts of violence and terrorism. anyone who's ever walked through the museum here in oklahoma city would recognize the difference. >> how do you characterize this virginia rally, where demonstrators are showing up, packing heat. it's not necessarily a second amendment rally. it's a take back or constitution, take back our government rally. one of the organizers furious with the president's policies. is that, to you, crossing a...

Here, maybe a couple hundred. is an all day event supporting and protecting second amendment gun rights. these are people from all over the country who say this nation needs to make sure that people who live here can responsibly carry guns. now, there are no guns at this rally, because it's in d.c. and d.c. bans firearms. quite frankly, they have been very adamant about the fact they want this to be a peaceful event. they have urged the people here not to bring this guns at all. as you said, it's a different event over in virginia, they are expecting to have people show up with their guns. the...

Terror, secretary janet napolitano will be live at 12:30 eastern right here on msnbc news to talk more about that. and there are two big second amendment pro gun rallies happening right now near the white house. protesters packing the heat at the loaded gun rally. this one is on the banks of the potomac in nearby virginia. the protest site near d.c. is the closest you can get to the city and still legally carry a gun. meantime guns are not allowed at the second amendment march within the city limits because of d.c.'s ban on handguns. tracie potts is live at the second amendment march. tracie...

Identify with the tea party movement. it's going down there to talk to folks who traveled in some cases very far away to be here in washington to participate in a large tea party rally. >> and so what did you see in terms of which politician they said best exemplifies the goals of the tea party. >> the most interesting thing here, monica, it really highlights one of the problems, if you will, of the tea party movement, we asked tea partiers whether they would consider voting for president 12 different republican or conservative politicians. none of them top 50% as far as folks who would -- res...