boss toik seetic seems to finis. it s not a done deal. there could be an automatic recount to see who is the number two. and the runoff is less than two weeks away. so there is that uncertainty there. there is the fact that bostic doesn t live in the congressional district which could give mark sanford and his folks some firepower to hit back at bostic. so in some ways if i m the mark sanford folks, i ll feeling good. he still has a lot of money left over from the gubernatorial war chest. mark murray, thank you so much for joining us. thank you. we appreciate it. next, republican party chairman on what went wrong in 2012. he says the problems are about process not policy. but would fewer debates and earlier convention really fix what is wrong with the gop? plus, we ll go to jerusalem for more on the president s meetings today and learn about israel s iron dome. [ male announcer ] i ve seen incredible things.
likely it will be in there. but that is the game to watch. assault weapons ban never had the votes. background checks potentially. background checks and straw purchases, new federal guaranteed sentencing for that for those who buy guns from somebody else illegally. interesting to see if this gets out of the senate. it doesn t face a easy path in the senate by any means. south carolina, the state that keeps on giving, yesterday governor mark sanford won or was in the top two for his primary on the gop side. stephen colbert s sister won the democratic side. but mark sanford yesterday, no guarantee he can wheat this guy curtis bostic who came in number two or larry grooms. it s going to be quite a fight for sanford going forward. he has a very tough path. he got 37% of the vote. that means 63% voted against the person who they probably know the best. he was their former congressman, former governor. he has perfect name id in that district. but where he actually caught a break is the f
0 area congressional seat. what is still unclear who his opponent will be. a recount between curtis bostic and larry grooms, separated by less than 1%. sanford will try to cobble support for those who voted for other fields. the importance of putting the country s financial house in order. at the end of the day what we re all fighting for as fellow south carolinaians and americans is this larger notion about doing something on the tipping point that our civilization now finds itself. we have 40% of every dollar borrowed to sustain government. we have a fed that buys 75% of what the treasury spends every year. where we have a congressional budget office that says in just 12 years we will only have enough to pay for interest and entitled and nothing else. i want something that will succeed. senator dianne feinstein who sponsored the ban was irritated. she said, obviously i m disappointed. i tried my best, but my best, i guess, was not good enough. you d think the congress would liste
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welcome back to morning joe. time to talk about what did we learn? i m not going to be earnest about my viewing has bebits. keep it to yourself. what did you learn, mike? the president lands in israel with some important conversation there. but we have to keep an eye on syria. yes, we do. 70,000 dead and counting. it s way too early and morning joe. right now we have luke russert and chuck todd with this very special daily run down. they re going to do some diving. you be the judge. see who does it better. we ll see you tomorrow morning. mideast mission with high enthusiasm and low expectations. president obama arrives in israel for his first visit there as president. we ll go live to jerusalem in just a few minutes. back here at home, some republicans recoil at the party s plans for the future. the chairman is in the hot seat. he ll be here live to counter his critics. plus, senate leader harry reid says democrats will not have an assault weapons ban in the