0 bullet. we heard from the president today and speak directly to the children at the podium today. he said this is our first task as a society, keeping our children safe. this is how we will be judged. steve? nbc s peter alexander. jumps into the cycle now, we have michael crowley, bureau chief. we talked about the executive orders there and there is real stuff there. the meat of all this is the legislation that obama is proposing and asking congress to act. you have republicans and a number of pro gun democrats including the senate majority leader harry reid who does not seem enthusiastic at the start of the debate right now. realistically, what do you think the most is that we can get out of this in terms of gun control laws? not that much. relationship with him, but there other ways in which his fingerprints are on the president s policies and afghanistan won the argument. two things here i would add on guns specifically. biden in a way is a messenger for obama and sectors