by executive order. when the president looks like he s taking what was a terrible tragedy that all of america felt very strongly about and looks like he s just using that to leverage a liberal agenda. i think people have a lot of problem with that. this should be a national debate. this should be something where both sides take their story to the american people and they should let democracy figure this out. well, isn t that what the president s doing? i mean, jamal, give me your sense, then, as somebody who obviously has had experience with this both on the political front and on the personal front. realistically, given what you ve said about the difficulties, especially for people who are in some of the more rural or more conservative states, what gets done? i think you probably get the high-capacity magazines done. i think universal background checks is very easy. most people agree with that. whether or not you get assault weapons done, i don t know you get that done, but part o
context, it wasn t true for too many people. most of the top were doing very well. but for ordinary families all across america felt as if people were working harder, making less while the cost of everything from healthcare and college were going up. jobs were being shipped overseas. we ran two wars on a credit card. we turned surpluses in deficit and it culminated.. heather: and this speech from president obama there in chicago. we ll bring you any additional information. kelly: we ll continue to follow that and monitored it for you. meantime, governor romney s vp pick sparking a battle over medicare. both campaigns using some scary language regarding its future. is medicare the hot new topic that will decide november elections. our political panel will weigh in. heather: congressman paul ryan now in the history books as
guests, lewis black. you got so angry tonight you actually shook your microphone off. did i really? i ve never seen that happen before. it actually blew off you. also only in america, what i ve learned about passions on both sides of this issue. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. we begin with a big story. tonight president obama comes out in favor of gay marriage. listen to what he told abc news robin roberts. at a certain point i ve just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. contrast that with what mitt romney said afterwards. my view is that marriage itself is a relationship between a man and a woman and that s my own preference. i know other people have differing views. this is a very tender and sensitive topic, as are many social issues. but i have the same view that i ve had since well, since running for office. so tonight s big story, pre
actually shook your microphone off. did i really? i ve never seen that happen before. it actually blew off you. also only in america, what i ve learned about passions on both sides of this issue. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. we begin with a big story. tonight president obama comes out in favor of gay marriage. listen to what he told abc news robin roberts. at a certain point i ve just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. contrast that with what mitt romney said afterwards. my view is that marriage itself is a relationship between a man and a woman and that s my own preference. i know other people have differing views. this is a very tender and sensitive topic, as are many social issues. but i have the same view that i ve had since well, since running for office. so tonight s big story, president obama s support for gay marriage. how much of
did i really? i ve never seen that happen before. it actually blew off you. also only in america, what i ve learned about passions on both sides of this issue. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. we begin with a big story. tonight president obama comes out in favor of gay marriage. listen to what he told abc news robin roberts. at a certain point i ve just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. contrast that with what mitt romney said afterwards. my view is that marriage itself is a relationship between a man and a woman and that s my own preference. i know other people have differing views. this is a very tender and sensitive topic, as are many social issues. but i have the same view that i ve had since well, since running for office. so tonight s big story, president obama s support for gay marriage. how much of it is personal, how much is politic