you have to accept had the structural reality of washington, the president does not pass legislation, the political system we have now is not even clearly the head of his or potentially her party. this is more indicative of our political culture than i think about obama s strengths or limitation. zachary karabell, mckay coppins and i cut you off because we are out of times, and rachel i m used to it. and rachel smolkin, good to have all of you. thank you. have to bring you back when we have got more time to chat. thank you. as the immigration debate heats up at home, president obama talks about the issue on his latin american trip. arizona congressman raul grijalva joins me next. head to southern california for a live report on effort there is to contain a large wildfire that tripled in size the last few days. changing the world is exhausting business. with the innovating and the transforming and the revolutionizing. it s enough to make you forget
with guns stopped terrorists with guns. the ranks of the national rifle association swell as the gun rights group meets for its annual convention in texas. how members and leadership are impacting the gun debate. we will get to those stories in a few moments. first, reaction is pour nothing israeli air strikes in syria. u.s. officials tell nbc news israeli warplanes launched those air strikes against targets inside syria. israel s spokesman in washington would not comment on reports, only to say that israel is determined to prevent the transfer of chemical weapons or other game-changing weaponry by the syrian regime to terrorists. specifically to hezbollah and lebanon. joining me now, kristen welker, traveling with the president in costa rica. good to see you. do we expect to hear from president obama on this issue at some point today? reporter: craig, i can tell that you president obama is just wrapping up a meeting with
between urban and rural, the sort of cultural clash. you are really seeing that play out here at the nra convention. this is a cast as a fight for second amendment rights and gun rights but it s also being played as a broader conflict between sort of different groups of people in america, a culture war, if you will, the term that the nr the incoming, excuse me, nra president used to describe t and it s a theme that sarah palin hit on yesterday. i mean, the folks that are here feeling very strongly that their rights generally and the way that they live their lives is under assault from an elite group of people in washington. casey hunt, james rosen, chris evans, rebecca sanders, i have so enjoyed our conversation, thank you all so much. i hope we can do it again soon. thank you. thank you, craig. coming up, what s the b idea? today, we are looking at a potential solution to a problem that costs lives every year. you won t believe that something this important, what you are
you wrote an op ed, wrote a piece in the post about texas senator ted cruz and the buzz around his presidential ambitions. you were at the speech last night down there in south carolina, what was the impression that you got from folks who were in the room? what were they saying about ted cruz? still talking about your wonderful career here. no, i m kidding. yeah, right. they were impressed. having talked to people about it even today said, look, smart guy, clearly a very good speaker, certainly conservative but probably little too soon. they note the fact he has only been in the senate for about five months and one woman say to me, if he jumps into this, he is essentially going down the road of barack obama, spent two years in the senate. look at the problems he has h part of the reason he has had them, he didn t have enough washington experience. perhaps cruz should wait a little while longer.