0 it. and even prior in the deliberative process that i was referring to that john was talking about, the white house involvement in the actual in any changes that were made to the so-called talking points was extremely minimal and nonsubstanti nonsubstantive. why not come forward initially and say friday night white house officials were involved in the interagency process that you ve been describing? why not offer that information at the start? again, there was no intent here to do anything about answer the question, which the questions were related to this was the republican accusation that everybody was very excited about at the time, that did the white house change the intelligence community s assessment of what happened? did the white house tell the intelligence community to say that there were demonstrations? and the underreported fact of all the revelations, today, is that these documents bear out what we said all along. the answer is no. the answer is no. of process whe
entire. both highly educated they fell in love in a small bar in new york. they danced. th their dance continued through the decade each as thea contracted m.s. and edith took care of her. the couple left for canada where same-sex marriage was legal. for two years they were married. but when thea died this nation s laws did not recognize edith as thea s wife or beneficiary and so she was forced to pay hundreds of thousands in taxes that no straight couple will ever have to face. joining us now is victoria difrancesco sorto and msnbc latino and williams, an msnbc contributor. yeah, that s right. jimmy, i don t want to reduce a description of that beautiful relationship to the issue of taxes, but what is your view about how this will play out?
0 lost or stolen. prohibiting data from criminal traces on guns, from being used in research to draw conclusions about firearms-related crime. the provisions have been in place for years, but now in this bill they ve been made permanent. that s right. thus far, those are the only concrete gun measures that congress has enacted since 20 first grade children were gunned down with a military-style weapon in their classroom at sandy hook elementary school. well done the nra. even the murder of children won t move them. let s get right to our panel. in washington, former house judiciary council and democratic strategist julian epistein and in tampa florida, professor james peterson, contributor for us and also for the grillo.com. it is easy to vilify the nra for their disinterest in gun and and law enforcement officials have been saying to congress, if you want to take the nra at its word that we want to keep guns out of the hands of criminal, we have to prevent guns from getting into the
challenger or scared off from seeking re-election due to the threat of one. but there s one incumbent republican who appears undaunted. his name is senator lindsey graham of south carolina whose path to re-election in 2014 seems pretty smooth at this point, and that could mean big things on a range of tough issues, including immigration. let s bring in msnbc contributor jimmy williams and victoria defrancesco soto, a contribute for msnbc and msnbc latino. jimmy, i want to draw your attention to a story in national journal. it says things are changing in your native state. the tea party isn t quite the power it may once have been. it also says senator graham is gambling that changing times and his own political skills will keep him safe in 2014 from a primary challenge by the tea party. do you think that s accurate? not after yesterday. oh, dear. not after he went to the
0 reporting, this is really something that is going to hit pockets of the country hard. so it is going to be gradual. it s going to take effect over time, but it really could impact pockets of the country. for example, here in washington, d.c., 14% of all of those people employed are employed by the federal government, so it could have an impact here. and also on low to middle income americans. for example, head start programs. as we have reported as many as 70,000 kids could be kicked off of the head start rolls. there s a lot of concern that economists are expressing about some of those figures and they say this spring really could yield some lower jobs numbers. so a lot of anticipation and concern about what the actual impact will be. and so, kristin, with the president headed to capitol hill next week, what are you hearing about the white house strategy for reaching a big deficit reduction deal and do you expect the president to spend the weekend looking to buy a magic wand from