knows he doesn t have the votes here. 40 votes or less. sure. it looks like it s going to be defeated one way or the other. so in a sense it doesn t matter if ted cruz and others are blocking it from coming to a vote. they can kill it in the house. they can kill it in any number of ways. the point is the nra, the gun lobby why don t they want a vote? why don t they want a vote? well, because 90% of the country by numerous polls is supporting the idea of near universal background checks. it doesn t make a whole lot of sense to oppose it. the nra used to support it. you said they could win. if they could win why don t they want to have the vote? then they can screw the other guys. carolyn maloney from new york. thank you for joining us, congresswoman. thank you for having me. i don t like to talk about this, but you ve been threatened. that s true. that shows you how deep and intense this gun safety debate is in the country. what s going on? what s happened to you i
one thing a vital free press. men and women able and set on reporting the set, the motivation of the war hawks. the faults in the intelligence, the alternative paths that the leaders have failed to explore and, of course, a reasonable estimate of the horrors to come. well, tonight we discussed the good journalism that was done during the iraq war buildup and the bad decisions to bury so much of it. coming up next, now with alex wagner. in the great gun safety debate, michael bloomberg prefers data, and wayne lapierre prefers wayne lapierre s opinion. it s monday, march 25th, and this is now. the whole thing, universal checks, is a dishonest premise. wayne lapierre, meet youtube. we ll take the nra spokesperson on a trip down memory lane. 80% of nra members even say that they think we should have reasonable checks. the numbers don t lie, but
reporting the set, the motivation of the war hawks. the faults in the intelligence, the alternative paths that the leaders have failed to explore and, of course, a reasonable estimate of the horrors to come. well, tonight we discussed the good journalism that was done during the iraq war buildup and the bad decisions to bury so much of it. coming up next, now with alex wagner. in the great gun safety debate, michael bloomber prefers data and wayne lapierre prefers wayne lapierre s opinion. it s monday, march 25th, and this is now. the whole thing, universal checks, is a dishonest premise. wayne lapierre, meet youtube. we ll take the nra spokesperson on a trip down memory lane. 80% of nra members, even, say that they think we should have reasonable checks. the numbers don t lie, but are the lawmakers diluted? james carville and howard dean
and playing safe. what do you make of what is going on at the moment? i think they re really cowardly because they know in their hearts there s no need we re talking about assault weapons here. i ve watched this show and no one has ever given a good reason for having them unless our government is going to invade them or something which of course is asinine so i don t get it. good for the senator for going forward. she s great and she s right. i do think newtown was kind of a turning point, even if we don t get all that we need to happen immediately. it broke something in all of us but also in the barriers to go forward. i believe they re crumbled. i believe people will stack them up but the break has been made. martin, you have four children. what do you make of i prefer to call it a gun safety debate now. gun control seems to send the wrong kind of tone to people. they get very exercised about second amendment liberty, freedom, so on. change the word control to safety. it s ab
violence debate in america but already, you can see it hitting stumbling blocks up in washington. most senators preferring not to engage in some spat with the nra and playing safe. what do you make of what is going on at the moment? i think they re really cowardly because they know in their hearts there s no need we re talking about assault weapons here. i ve watched this show and no one has ever given a good reason for having them unless our government is going to invade them or something which of course is asinine so i don t get it. good for the senator for going forward. she s great and she s right. i do think newtown was kind of a turning point, even if we don t get all that we need to happen immediately. it broke something in all of us but also in the barriers to go forward. i believe they re crumbled. i believe people will stack them up but the break has been made. martin, you have four children. what do you make of i prefer to call it a gun safety debate