not really doing the business of the nation. what they should be doing is tackling the big issues, whether it s stopping the sequester, whether it s passing immigration, whether it s doing gun control. but instead they re trying to gin up small scandals to really distract the american people of the real work that is at hand. all right. well, we re going to have to leave it there. maria teresa kumar and jonathan capehart, thank you for your time tonight. thank you so much, reverend. ahead, a major milestone in the george zimmerman trial today. that s next. [ male announcer ] erica had a rough day. there was this and this. she got a parking ticket. and she forgot to pay her credit card bill on time. good thing she s got the citi simplicity card.
just doing stupid things for stupid reasons is the issue. they don t think it s because of guns. you watch these interviews. you talk to these guys. they don t think you need to do anything on gun control. not only that you talk to them they say their constituent calls are nine to one against doing gun control. we have this we talk ho listicly about the country saying, oh something is changing. i agree with you guys. something has changed. the numbers have moved a little bit nationally towards more gun control, but not in these districts. texas is not wisconsin. it s definitely not washington, d.c. these are still radically different parts of the country with different views on guns. why can t elements of the republican leadership including ted cruz tell the truth about potential gun control legislation? the truth is nobody is coming to take your guns. why can t they say that? we re not coming to take your guns. i agree with that but i went hunting two weeks ago. it was 2:00 on a