0 time passes, once we get past the state of the union, this could fizzle out. knowing how much gun control has talked about not going to happen. why not? why is it going to stay a pertinent part of the conversation in the public going forward? i think the public has been shocked and their conscience has been put on the carpet here with this one, and the totality of newtown, aurora, tucson, a number of others, this just bizarre situation out of webster, new york, guy sets a fire, firefighters come and he basically tries to take target practice and picks off a number of them, killing two, injures another two, damaging other people s homes. i guess, you know, out of last week s bizarre press statement, it wasn t a press conference, i guess mr. lapierre would then say firefighters need to have armed guards go with them. i think it just shows that was a completely dumbass idea from the start, the announcement last week. we need to ban assault weapons. we need to ban the high-capaci
president obama and congress are miles apart, but with the president cutting his vacation short, is there time for a resolution. the srkd term shuffle is getting complicated. chinese food for former president bush surrounded by family. still in a houston hospital after his health has taken a turn for the worst. good morning. it s wednesday, the day after christmas and this is the daily rundown and i m luke russert for chuck todd. just more day in paradise for president obama while the rest of the family stays in hawaii. he will head back later this evening. he did take out with the first lady to express gratitude with service members on behalf of the nation. we know it s not easy, but what we also want you to know is you have the entire country behind you and all of us understand that we would be nowhere without the extraordinary service that you provide. i want to say thank you and we love you. kristen welker is live in honolulu. it s early in the morning there, bu
didn t quite rule it out. ted kennedy jr., a connecticut resident, is openly considering running, assuming there is a vacancy there, in massachusetts. ted kennedy jr. been on our show a couple of times and has been fairly open about his interest in finally getting in to president to electoral politics. speaking of other poll news in florida, governor rick scott s job approval ratings are still under water. nearly two years into his term, 45% disapprove of his job. 36 approve. 52% say the governor does not deserve to be re-elected. a majority of republicans would like another challenger to scott for the republican nomination in 2014. vice presidential nominee paul ryan, the house budget chairman tapped georgia
the senator wrote a letter to the governor telling him he wanted congresswoman-elect colleen hanabusa to succeed him in the senate. back in washington, vermont senator pat layty was sworn in tuesday to succeed inouye as the senate s president pro tem putting him third in line of presidential succession. meanwhile the boston globe reports congressman ed markey apparently has more than just a casual interest in filling the seat of senator john kerry when he, as we all are assuming at this point, leaves to become secretary of state. the paper reports that bay state residents are getting phone calls for a poll that sizes up markey s chances if he faced outgoing senator scott brown in a special election. meanwhile, former massachusetts governor in 1988, presidential nominee michael dukakis tells the globe it is highly unlikely he ll be the
finally. [ male announcer ] when you combine creamy velveeta with zesty rotel tomatoes and green chilies, you get a bowl of queso that makes even this get-together better. on our radar this morning, a high honor in the capital. for more than a half a century to service. the remains of the late senator daniel inouye will lie in state in the rotunda of the u.s. capitol on sunday. a rare honor really reserved for presidents, veterans and other leaders. there will be a service friday at washington s national cathedral and a final memorial sunday in hawaii. governor neal abercrombie has asked the state democratic party for a list of three names to consider to fill his seat.