not in the inner city. one thing that is new is that gun technology like all technology keeps getting more sophisticated. and so these weapons are getting even more deadly. so it s something that is getting worse because, as the governor says, the ability, the literal capacity to kill so many people in such a short period of time wasn t as was not as prevalent, was not as possible ten years ago. ezra, i want to shift gears just a little bit and get to a piece you re writing today about the president choosing his chief of staff to head the treasury department. ezra writes, in part, president obama s personnel strategy has changed over the years. when he first took office, his hiring choices were notable for the wide net he cast. but after that initial burst of hiring, obama has shown a clear preference for what some allies call line-of-sight promoting. what they mean is the president likes to promote people in his
not coming after your guns. that s not what this is about. coming after your guns. but we don t focus on that enough in terms of putting together proposed legislation, i think, governor. i think that s right. and i think it has to be narrow. i heard your first hour, willie, about whether they put a comprehensive bill or a narrow bill in. put them up one by one. who s going to vote against high-capacity magazines, limiting them? and the key to this is going to be suburban republicans in all of the cities around the country. i ve got four suburban republican congressmen. i wrote an op-ed piece on the four changes we need, essentially gun show loopholes, high-capacity magazines, assault rifles. and i said, what are you going to do? are you going to stand with your constituents, or are you going to stand with an nra that doesn t even represent their members views on this? pressure on them is not going to go away. and katty s wrong about one thing. i think this is different. yesterday we
years, it s hard to believe that new people couldn t be of use. all right. ezra klein, read more of ezra thewashingtonpost.com. katty kay, thanks as well. wes, you leaving? are we going to lose you? wes has to go. if you re playing treasury secretary jeopardy! that was good. that was impressive. albert gallatin for $300. see, he had to one-up you. exactly. that s awful. it was great. you went to the $1,000. meacham john snowe. who was the last woman secretary of treasury? of the treasury? jon? i don t think there s been one. edna this is like the senior version of jeopardy!. wes, good to see you. we miss you in new york city, but you re doing good work in baltimore. coming up next, connecticut governor danell malloy. we showed you that clip.
discussion about how we help families in trouble, how we make progress in treating folks, how we intervene. having said all of that, in our particular state, we have laws that are probably more aggressive than most states. the mere presence of this kind of weapon means that this kind of weapon can be used in the way that it s been used here or has been used in other situations. governor, our thoughts and prayers are with you and with all of those families most directly affected by this. i really appreciate your time this morning. thank you. i want to turn now to the mayor of new york city, michael bloomberg. mr. mayor, thank you for being here. i wish it weren t under these circumstances. just tragedy. terrible. you have been an unspoken gun control advocate for many years. never more so than this morning. and we ll talk about that. first, the new york post, the morning after the slaughter of innocents. describe your reaction when you
don t know a whole lot. this is a very deeply troubled individual. obviously you can t do the things that this individual did without any obvious motive, without having been being greatly disturbed. and that s what happened. and i heard is there documented health history, governor, that you re now aware of? well, you know, if you play the description that you that you already did on the show, i mean, this is not a person who maintained normal relationships. and i think, you know, there will be more time for stuff to come out and for us to understand more directly what was going on in this young person s life. but clearly he was mentally disturbed. the president is coming to visit and to share in the grief and to try to console those in the community. where would you like the national conversation to go in