well. all schools in the area obviously in lockdown. greg melvin, let's recap what jay carney had to say when the president was notified at 10:30 this morning in the oval office by john brennan. >> no presidential reaction just yet, but his spokesman jay carney did say during a news conference a short time ago in part, "i think it's important on a day like today to view this as in the eyes of a father and others that are parents certainly do which is to feel enormous sympathy for families that are affected." again, that coming from jay carney about an hour or so ago. that school that you mentioned there, sandy hook elementary school, it's a k through 4 school, we're told. that means that the kids who go to school there are somewhere between 5 and 10 years old. we do know that after that call came in at about 9:40 this morning that law enforcement evacuated classroom by classroom. they went room by room. those nearby the school, we're told, took in some of the students as well. at this point as you guys just indicated, we are still waiting to find out more about the gunman. at this po

boykin. let's play what jay carney said in the last hour. >> no single piece of legislation, no single action will fully address the problem. so, i don't have a specific agenda to announce to you today. >> keith, you're a democrat. there are people within your party pressuring the president. dianne feinstein on the phone today. is that enough? why not go after the ban, the legislation? mrs. feinstein said she will have have ready the beginning of the next session. >> it is not enough, you're right. but it is also true no single act will be able to resolve or eliminate the possible tragedies happening in the future. we need a closing gun show loophole. we need better background checks and we limit or restrict high-capacity magazine clips. we need to do more gun control and i think the public is willing to take that step. now, you saw the poll that they mentioned earlier, 54%. and almost member of the democratic party supports that and really not a lot of political liability for focusing on this issue right now. and it's a lot of fear keeping democrats from doing this. i worked in

washington and said that the justice department -- remember, i asked this question of jay carney at the briefing. i still got some grief last night or ribbing from my fellow journalists at the white house. about the fact that i was the one who asked the pot question. >> of course. >> bill: i admitted i'm a former pothead. >> hey, once a pothead always a pothead, buddy. there is no former pothead. >> bill: all right i'm a pothead. the justice department said they're still obliged to enforce federal law. i'll give that a great big capital b capital s. every police department, they decide what laws they enforce and what laws they don't. what are you going to spend money on? what are you going to spend time on? they should not spend time on pot -- chasing pot users in colorado or washington. the people have spoken. >> the voters agree with you. they've had their say. >> bill: all right. by the way president obama who is a former -- i'll give him former -- >> former pothead for the president. >> bill: he knows that smoking pot is not a dangerous practice. all right. we're still on our ce

jay carney. that's incredibly hard to believe as reports have been circulating for weeks. this is a failure of leadership. this year the u.s.a. is sending more than $300 million to mexico. and they have the gull to imprison an american combat veteran for nothing? and what about the new mexican president? where is he? he has the power to release corporal hammar immediately. so why isn't he doing it? this is a disgusting situation. and we call for president obama to get corporal hammar out of that filthy prison this week. the buck stops with you, mr. president. abraham lincoln would have done it. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. joining us from washington, senator bill nelson from florida who has been trying hard to secure the release of corporal hammar. am i making any mistakes here? >> good evening, bill. and, yes, we all want to get him out and we want him out by next week by christmas. so he can be home. i would just point out that the white house is involved i have talked to both of them today. i have asked the state department to have our general council our c

press briefing that jay carney says now is not the time to talk about the assault weapons ban. >> schieffer: i guess the follow-up is when will be the time? but my guess is the president probably won't take questions today. but it will be interesting to see what happens here and what's going to happen after this. how bad does it have to be for people to say this is as far as we're going to let this go. i think that's the question we as americans have to confront now. >> o'donnell: bob schieffer, stay with us as we await president obama at the white house to address the nation. i want to go now to major garrett who is there, who's in the briefing room. major, any indication what we may hear from the president? >> norah, we don't have an indication of how the president will mark this incredibly grim day in national history and a very grim moment for his own presidency. as was indicated, the president has responded to these mass shootings in the past identifying to the country his own personal reaction as a father of two young girls understanding it is a moment for the country to

president? well, jay carney says oh, look, look look, we're going to try to go for the assault weapons ban. do i believe him? i'm not quite sure. this is what he said in an editorial at the arizona store after the gifford shooting. the president said: >> well, you must be so proud. the brady group of course gave president obama an f., f., f., f., for extraordinary silence and passivity in gun control issues. there is one congressman who's sorry for the silence that has happened over the last many years, actually, congressman from kentucky. he had this emotional moment earlier. >> i promised my constituents, the families of the bereeved in connecticut, my own family and every american family... i will not be silent any longer. >> cenk: that is great to hear. congressman from kentucky joins us now. congressman, great to talk to you. >> hey cenk. >> cenk: hey there. first, let's talk about the silence in the years before. why do you think that happened, whether it's you or other politicians related to this democratic or republican? >> well, you know, first of all my voting record's been v

that? >> when jay carney says he moved halfway on this thing, what you got to go back and see is the president demanded an extra $800 billion in tax increases. john boehner starts out and says okay, we'll do that. and what do they do? they move to 1.6 trillion in tax increases. >> wait a minute. >> the president doesn't want to deal. >> congressman gohmert, would you support what congressman chaffetzays he would support about the 99%? >> it doesn't look good to me. >> sean, i will not support the proposal. let's be clear, plan a is still underway. there is still negotiations going on at the white house. harry reid says this bill goes in nowhere, but it distracts us from the real problem. i think there is still american that think if you raise taxes on the rich, somehow that's going to solve a trillion dollars deficit problem. >> if we don't pass something, if we don't pass something in the next 14 days, every single american has a tax increase. it's $4 trillion to president obama. i want to prevent that. we need to cut taxes. that's why i think this modified plan b makes sense. >> if

white house press briefing opened with jay carney congratulating on behalf of the president and the first lady and everybody here at the white house, we all congratulate kate middleton for her pregnancy. >> it is a big story. >> bill: it is hardly the number one news story -- hardly worth the white house briefing. anyhow, not the first one to get pregnant. >> it is not that hard to get pregnant. i mean good for her and everybody. >> president obama has not started his second term yet but there is already a push to create his presidential library. the "chicago sun-times" and lynn sweet is reporting the university of chicago is pushing to figure out how to get the president to make them a serious contender. maybe an easy push as the obamas have many close ties to that school. presidential libraries act as part museum, part archive and they're funded through public/private partnerships. >> bill: he was a professor there. obviously that would be the place to put it. at the same time, let me say the last thing this country needs is another presidential library. they're all -- i think tot

the people. >> yes. and the press secretary, jay carney, is i think likewise, subject to legitimate criticism. i assume that he has access to information and for many days, maybe not 73 days, but they have done everything they could not to get the facts out. if they want to end it, it's simple, just get the facts out. quit trying to hide them. i don't understand why everyone gives them the pass except cbs and fox on that. >> exactly, gret a. that's the bottom line. just be straight with the people. that's all we expect of our government, is honesty. so that we can, as the people being served, so we can judge the decisions being made. and jay carney, just so obstinate and arrogant really, in his replies and in his exarchals with the media over this. if i were a member of the media, being talked to and scolded as jay carney does to them, i would be quite offended and it would make me want to be an even better reporter and better investigator of what the facts truly are with this libya tragedy. >> the dirty little secret in washington, on both sides of the aisle, you will lose access -

, you could hear jay carney other than sort of speaking about some theoretical support for a renewed assault weapons ban could not point to one. this is something he has taken considerable flak from the left on because they like this assault weapons ban that was in place from '94 to 2004. the president has given a lot of rhetoric about this ban. now the questions are increasing about what action, if any he is willing to take. are the media, are they asking the right questions and what are we to make of answers we got from mr. carney? >> they're interesting questions, that's for sure, megyn and in terms of the responses we saw from the white house press secretary yesterday and in recent days i think it really does come down to two points. one is politics and the other is practical reality. i think it is important to stipulate of course the president abhores these types of heinous and horrific acts. we all do. we're all mourning and just horrified what we saw. when the president spoke especially in the immediate aftermath he sort of had to compose himself. a father of two young girls.

capitol hill. good afternoon, sir. jay carney said today that the republicans' offer is, i'm quoting him, magic beans and fairy dust. speaker boehner says democrats like you are living in la la land. as one serving his 22nd term in congress, can you tell us, sir, who is living in an enchanted universe and who is operating on planet earth? >> well, quite frankly, the republican party is so confused that they don't truly realize that president obama won re-election, and there are certain parts of them that said, hell, no, they're not going to accept that. even mitt romney has gone off to shangri-la somewhere because of their refusal to accept reality. instead of just saying, as the president has said, that you can't get to $800 billion without hurting so many people, americans, and that it would be unacceptable, why don't we tell speaker boehner, first of all, that's going to be unacceptable by republicans and most americans. two, why don't you lay out the $800 billion? i for one, if you didn't care about the economy and you didn't care about the american people, you bet your life you

that might be discussed. white house press secretary jay carney today reiterated the fact that the president does support a ban on assault weapons. of course, we haven't seen a whole lot of action to reinstate that ban, but that is potentially one of the other things that might be under consideration in the coming days and weeks. but i think that we will have to wait and see what the specifics will look like. the white house made the point that while the president did make that statement today, their main focus is on the victims and helping the people of connecticut right now. >> kristin, you and i were at the hofstra presidential debate when a member of the public put that question to the president about an assault weapons ban, and you will recall that he expressed support for that, but nothing has happened, has it? >> reporter: nothing has happened, and i can tell you it's not just at hofstra, martin. we in the press often ask jay carney about this very issue. what type of action can we expect to see from this white house in terms of backing up some of those words? at this point

white house, according to jay carney, this is a multi-day exercise in futility. he said that -- he reiterated the president would veto it, but it won't even get out of the senate. >> they will not vote on the proposal in any way, shape, or form. this is an interesting gambit by john boehner, andrea, because i see a lot of down side. if this vote goes down, and i assume it won't, john boehner made a very public pledge yesterday that we will pass this and when we do, the president will have a decision to make. but if it goes down, it's a real judgment on sort of the divided republican house conference. if it passes, there's no path forward at least that we can currently see. as you point on the president obama and harry reid saying this is going nowhere. the argument, i talked to some boehner allies today -- the argument shows, look, it shows we're doing something. we're trying to get a plan that will get -- that can get through the u.s. house, but, again, we're getting closer and closer now 11 days away from the end of the year, and this is an exercise that will not ultimatelyplan b

pressed the press secretary jay carney on this issue, asking why the president has not done more to take the lead on this issue? >> in the october presidential debate the president said one of the debates, weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don't belong on our streets. can you name one thing the president has done in the last four years to help remove weapons of war from our streets? >> you know, there is no question, jake, that the scourge of gun violence is a problem that has not sufficiently been addressed because, as we saw in few down, we continued to -- new town, we continue to tragedies that hurt innocent victims. the president supports the assault weapons ban and reinstatement. >> one measure, one act, one to remove the weapons of war that he talks about? >> again he supports legislation that is designed to ban some weapons but as you know --. megyn: guy benson, radio talk show host and political editor at townhall.com. welcome back to the program. >> thank you, megyn. megyn: the reporter from abc news jake tapper asking for one, name one thing. this is a dem

. what about the assault weapons ban? what's the president going to do? jay carney. well, we can't tell you. what about the background checks for guns? what's the president going to -- >> we can't tell you. >> bill: does he support the assault weapons ban? what's he going to do about it? we can't tell you. does he support a ban on the high capacity magazines in we can't tell you. does he support a background check on every purchase of a sale or purchase of a gun. well we can't tell you. here's instead we get sort of this from jay carney. >> no single piece of legislation, no single action will fully address the problem. >> bill: well, that's true. that's just words. that's just mealy mouth. they say this is such a complicated issue. it is. it is multidimensional. it is. it is not just guns. you have to think about what we're doing about mental health about school safety, about violent video games. yes, we do. right? no single action is going to solve the whole question of evil and gun violence in our society. that's true. but that's not an excuse! for not acting. that's not an excu

was time for the president was very jay carney talks transparency at a white house briefing designed claiming to be the most transparent administration in history there are more than a few dark spots on the president's record but also some light on the issue straight ahead. is monday december seventeenth five pm in washington d.c. my name is christine for you're watching our team. let's begin with a closer look at a shocking problem taking place inside the walls of the v.a. hospital veterans inside say drug abuse is so rampant that it's bringing people off the street to buy and sell drugs inside the hospital walls r.t. correspondent liz wall spoke to one of the veterans and brings us an inside look of a problem those in charge seem to be aware of but want to simply ignore. the department of veterans affairs administers health care to military veterans with an annual budget of over eighty seven billion dollars it's the largest department in the united states after the defense department at the v.a. medical center in washington d.c. it's no secret that if you want drugs you can get the

. big differences from tuesday to monday. monday, jay carney, you heard me complain about it yesterday which was vague and fuzzy and mushy and full of generalities. yesterday, he got down to telling us some -- first of all he said the president would definitely support legislation in this area. he didn't do so in his first four years. no family at any gun control legislation legislation. so that was a big threshold and they said here is the kind of legislation we would support. >> first, he is actively supportive of, for example, senate feinstein's stated intent to refvise a piece of legislation that would reinstate the assault weapons ban. >> assault weapons ban, number 1, the president is behind. no. 2, common sense solution: >> he supports and would support legislation that addresses the problem of the so-called gun-show loophole and there are other elements of gun legislation that he could support. >> bill: right. so that's number 2. the gun show loophole 40% of guns today sold at gun shows. no background checks. we want to fix that. and distillsly, it's not just the guns

jay carney talks transparency at a white house briefing despite claiming to be the most transparent administration in history there are more than a few dark spots on the president's record will shed some light on the issue just ahead. and it's been two years to the day since the tunisian street vendor set himself on fire sparking the arab spring now there are new government leaders so what is really changed in the middle east to take a look back over the past couple years i mean. it's monday december seventeenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for you're watching our team. while much of this country today is still in shock devastated over the deaths of twenty children and six adults murdered at a connecticut elementary school friday morning newtown connecticut has been described as a picturesque a quiet new england town and there are no words to truly describe the horror of what happened or the sense of loss residents there are feeling president obama spoke to the community yesterday evening in an attempt to try to bring the country together in this time of crisis we can't

eastern time. the fbi and local enforcement on scene. he was asked for his reaction and jay carney said that he does not want to relay that until we know more about what has happened. honestly, the president has a father, so he feels enormous sympathy for the family and wants to do everything that he can to support state and local law enforcement during this tragic event. jay carney was specifically asked about whether assault weapons bans, whether that remains the commitment of the president. and the answer was yes, it does remain a commitment of his. but today is not a day to engage in this kind of debate. reporter: we just got word that an entire entire classroom of students was not accounted for. we were told that you are in class -- would suggest that an entire kindergarten class was gunned down in this horrible incident. megyn: rick leventhal, we will come back to you in a moment. the reporting seems to be coming together from multiple sources. twenty-six people dead, including 18 children. an entire kindergarten class unaccounted for. a man wearing full camouflage. black combat g

. you can see jay carney taking to the microphones there. we will monitor it for you as they get to news on newtown we'll bring it to you. across the country you saw signs of increased security at schools in the wake of this tragedy in connecticut. for instance, police recruits in million walkee undergoing training over the weekend to deal with tragic situations, similar to friday apartment rampage. as kids showed up to school possibly keying armed police officers in front of their school. how far should we go to keep our kids safe? dr. james shaw is a school security, safety and violence expert, a true expert at the chicago school of psychology and author of the book "jack and jill, why they kill" you spoke at the commencement ceremony at columbine high school shortly after the massacre there and you know what you're talking about when it comes to this adolescent side, i mean young, young people in this country, whether it's late teens or early 20s, committing mass murder. back then this is you april 20, 2000 saying, we must require of ourselves that we do more than grieve. what ki

live at the white house for us. i guess press secretary jay carney wouldn't get too specific about that plan today. >> that's right. look, the president got high marks for those remarks he mentioned last night at that prayer vigil. i was there. across the political spectrum, people were saying it's perhaps struck the right tone. maybe there will be some action. but there is a way to have a reason debate to find out the best solution. jay carney, when pressed today on exactly what the president is going to do, was not very specific at all. didn't have a clear battle plan at all. so didn't even have a time line of how quickly he would move. take a listen. >> i think that it's part of it, but it is far from all of it. as you know, the president has taken positions on common sense measures that he believes should be taken to help address this problem, but he made clear that more needs to be done. >> that was a question about gun control, not as specific and firm in terms of the president last night, saying that he really wants to do something to protect children, although we're told th

americans rise. >> jay carney also said they will continue to negotiate with boehner and other congress members in a search for compromise. let's get your check on stops. the nikkei is trading at 9,911. that's up 8% from monday's close. some stocks are falling on profit taking. the yen is trading in a narrow range. dollar is slightly lower as trader buy the yen against major currencies. it's now quoted at the kospis up half a percent. the google website allows anyone to search through books and review some of their contents. in japan members of the pen club have protested the google project after the firm digitized copyrighted material without permission. both sides eventually found a compromise. investors in trouble times often put their money into safe haven investments. some germans have done just that. now they are finding some unusual places to park their euros. >> reporter: in germany vehicles more than 30 years old and in pristine condition are certified as classics. an index measuring classic car prices show they have doubled over the past decade. behind this is a uniquely vigil

afternoon. white house press secretary jay carney holding a daily briefing today and talking about how tragic the events are and asked the initial response was. carney held off saying that it's too soon and the president waiting for details and made the point that president obama is watching these events unfold today as a father as much as he is wachi inwatching as a presid. the president reached out to fbi director mueller as well as the governor of connecticut malloy. now, president obama is very reminisce ept of the aurora, colorado, shooting and president obama spoke to the nation. he was middle in the campaign at that point. he suspended the events. spoke to the nation about how tragic it was, extended condolences to the people of colorado. i'm sure we'll hear similar comments of the president today. jay carney was asked earlier today about the fact that president obama has supported stiffer gun control legislation. he was asked if today was the day to renew the efforts. he said today is not the day to talk about policy but focus on the victims and all of the people who are suffer

jay carney says he thinks syria's leaders have gotten the messages. >> it's hard for me to imagine that they are not fully aware of the seriousness of the president's position on this, the seriousness with which we would take the prospect of the use of chemical weapons. >> shepard: u.s. officials say they have recently spotted the syrian military moving around chemical weapons components. syria is believed to have enormous stockpiles of chemical weapons, gases that can kill people by raising blisters on their lungs or shutting down their nervous systems. as bashar assad's regime gross desperate the chances of him unleashing those weapons are growing. the fighting that began last year in syria has killed at least 40,000 people. if president assad gives the go ahead for the chemical weapons attacks it's hard to predict how many more would dyed. we have team fox coverage tonight jonathan hunt at the united nations first to james rosen at the state department and to james nato is taking steps to minimize the amount landing outside of syria. >> that's right, shep. the foreign ministers

has a chance to be a gain changer here and so does conference -- congress. >> jay carney addressed what he called a complex problem. >> we as a nation have not done enough to fulfill our number one obligation which is to protect our children. >> but pro-gun laws are not the answer according to the libertarian cato institute. >> i think we could do a better job of identifying treating, helping, preventing people with mental issues from acquiring firearms. >> joe mentioned conceded that it might be time for a change. -- joe manchin. >> i do not know people need an assault rifle. i do not know people who need 30-round clips. >> many washington insiders to believe that congress will do something. it is too much of the hot-button issue not to. but the question remains what and when. gordon? >> thanks. apparently some people on wall street are betting some form of gun control will hurt gun manufacturers, despite rising sales in recent months. shares tumbled for a second straight day, the only two publicly-traded gun manufacturers. on wjla.com, you will find it a slide show of the victims

ground there. christin welker standing by at the white house now. we heard from jay carney a short time ago. white house spokesman indicating that today was not the day to start the conversation about gun control and perhaps tightening gun control laws in this country. any indication at this point, any indication about when and if we might hear from president obama? >> white house press secretary jay carney saying it's likely to hear from president obama later on today. as you know, craig, it is customary when we see a tragedy such as the one unfolding right now in connecticut happen, president obama will often come out an give his reaction, express his sympathy so that's something that white house press secretary carney saying is likely today. president obama was informed about the shooting at 10:30 this morning by the national security adviser john brennan. he has been updated on this situation throughout the day. the white house at this point in time not revealing the president's reaction. they say it's too soon. they say the president is still getting information. so they're really

. we've heard some comments, john harwood, from jay carney, the white house spokesman sort of talked about it. can we expect an official statement or press conference from the president about this tragedy? >> i think it's likely we'll hear from the president, probably in person, if not in a written statement. what jay carney said on his behalf was that he, like every parent, expresses enormous sympathy for the tragedy that's going on in connecticut right now. he got questions, of course as always happens in circumstances like this, about his views on gun control and whether he will seek any new legislation. jay carney said it's not the time for politics, it's the time to focus on the victims. that's where it stands at the moment. obviously this is, brian, totally distracted watchishingt attention away from fiscal cliff discussions and news coverage for days. >> john, i have to break in with some more breaking news related to this story. this just coming in, nbc news, the suspect from new jersey and a parent, one parent according to nbc news of the suspect has now been found dead in t

about plans they're going after gun rights. jay carney laid it out. let's take a look at what is in store for the second amendment in this country. >> actively supportive of for example senator feinstein's stated intent to revive a piece of legislation that would reinstate the assault weapons ban. >> i think we all know that every income tax filer in america is going to pay a higher rate coming january 1stiwl unles congress acts. so i believe it's important that we protect as manypfl americanñ taxpayers as we can. and our plan b would protect the americanw3 taxpayers who make a million dollars06 or less and 6 all of their current ratesbsl extended. >> sean: that was speaker boehner talking about protecting the taxpayers with his plan b. now it's a modified plan b. is that what the plan really does? here to debate that juan williams, author of the great destroyer, and david limbaugh is with us. if you go back, this is how far we've come in a year. go back to when the republicans were debate -- trying to get the nomination. tax increases. all said no. then it went 3-1. first itt5ñ

politics instead of being straight with the people. >> press secretary jay carney is likewise, subject to legitimate criticism. i assume he has access to information. for many days maybe not 73 days but that i done everything they could not to get the facts out. just get the facts out. quit trying to hide them that's -- i don't understand why everyone get gives them a pass except cbs and fox. >> that's the bottom line. be straight with the people that's all we expect of our government. honesty. so we can as the people being served so we can judge the decisions being made. jay carney, just so objects it in and arrogant really in -- obstinate and arrogant in his replies and exchange with the media. if i were a member of the media being scolded as carney does i would be offended and would it make me want to be a better reporter and investigator of what the facts are with this libya tragedy. >> greta: dirty secret in washington on both sides of the aisle is access, you will lose access, you have to use good judgment. i'm not saying you sell your soul to the administration. >> so what if you l

goodwin among the guests here tonight. jay carney said gun control is only part of the president's plan. he said it requires more than just legislation to prevent more shootings like friday's. fox news chief white house correspondent, ed henry, with our report. >> crowds in connecticut lined up for the first of 26 funerals starting with 6-year-old noah h posner, and in washington, they fell back into the ritual of vowing never again. >> twenty children who will never grow up to learn to drive or go on the first date. >> doesn't just break our hearts, but shatters them. >> yet neither senate leader called for gun laws, and at the white house, jay carney vague on specifics tied to theecrusade president obama hunted october. >> there's common sense measures that he believes should be taken to help address this problem, but he made clear that more needs to be done. >> reporter: far more he has at that particular time that the president at that dramatic prayer service. >> i'll use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens from law enforcement to mental health profess

. including our healthcare entitlement program. jay carney went so far to compare republican pressure on debt creeling to hostage taking. >> this is a profoundly bad idea that i think could not be more frightening for american businesses. and american workers. >> of course, treasury secretary geithner it go may have also frightened people yesterday. by telling cnbc the white house is prepared to go off the fiscal cliff, unless the republicans bend on taxes. comment by former democratic presidential candidate howard dean frightened republics that this debate is not just about raising taxes on the rich. >> the truth is, even needs to pay more taxes. not just the rich. that is a good start. we are not getting out of the deficit problem unless we raise taxes across the board and go back to what bill clinton have. >> some liberals pushed the president to raise the debt ceiling himself, claiming he has executive power through the 14th amendment. jay carney reveals today the white house studied that, does not believe the president has the power. that means we are headed for another major sho

. >> today, white house press secretary jay carney said for the first time president obama would support the assault weapons ban senator diane feinstein plans to introduce on the next day of congress. >> he is absolutely supportive of senator feinstein's stated intent to revive a piece of legislation that would reinstate the assault weapons ban. he supports and would support legislation that addresses the problem of the so-called gun show loophole. and there are other elements of gun law legislation -- gun legislation that he could support, people have talked about high capacity gun -- ammunition clips, for example. and that is something certainly that he would be interested in looking at. >> after the massacre at sandy hook elementary school, rupert murdock tweeted "when will the politicians find the courage to ban weapons" today, weapons designed expressly to kill human beings and then modified to meet the federal machine gun ban have no legitimate place in american society. time to get rid of them. here is republicanscarb scarborough. >> do they want to be seen two years or four years

like there's a little wriggle room. jay carney was asked about this and didn't want to get nailed down. the answer that you get from jay carney is he doesn't want to negotiate these kinds of things in public. but it does appear that the president created a little bit of wriggle room. are they negotiating? are there some phone calls or e-mails going back and forth, something that's happening behind the scenes that we're not seeing behind the cameras? and i just heard from a gop aide who tells me that nothing has changed from yesterday. there's still no phone calls, no e-mails, no communication ongoing from behind the scenes even though the white house says that the conversations continue. it's very difficult to see how this ball will get moved down the field if they are not talking. >> okay. and can i just main illustrate more about that comment that you just made? was the quote actually no conversations today, no e-mail tweets or carrier pigeons? >> that's right. i know. it's very interesting. because i think that's the disturbing part of this, that a lot of time there's a lot of

moment here at the white house at the press briefing where press secretary jay carney was pressed by reporters to say what it was that speaker boehner and the president were talking about during their meeting here at the white house on sunday. the reporters wanted to know if the specifics being discussion skused in that conversation are separate from the specifics being offered in the public dialogue. take a listen to what jay carney said. >> i'm trying to be incredibly opaque about the distinction. look. >> it's working. >> it's working. >> so at least he's man enough to admit he doesn't want to give us the answer to the question, and the question is what's going on in these negotiations, and maria, a little bit like a blind man with an elephant. know something is happening and can feel bit and pieces but no idea of what the total scope is other than talks continue and both sides are use the same talking point saying the lines of communications are open. >> what a day. let's break down how the markets reacted to all the fiscal cliff talk and jackie d'angelis with that angle. >> the

trernld. megyn: confrontations outside of the michigan capital. white house press secretary jay carney said he had not heard not necessarily about the violence outside the michigan state capital, but comment made by one michigan state democrat saying there will be blood in the wake of michigan's right to work law. saying instead i haven't seen those comments. and talking about the president's repeated calls for civil debate. laura, i want to tell the viewers what happened. our own ed henry is at the white house press briefing. he asked about -- hold on -- about this guy mr. geiss, the michigan state democrat saying there will be blood if they do this in michigan. jay carney said, well, i didn't see that comment. doesn't sounds like it necessarily means what you are implying it means but the president likes civil debate in general and that's what we want to see in michigan. >> reporter: remember a few years back in 2009-2010 in the leadup to the obama-care vote, the tea party was described as brown shirts, racists, astro turf protesters. they were kind of phoney protesters. they weren't real

you any news that comes out of this briefing. >>> regardless whether the press secretary jay carney is able to defend the president's logic there are major questions why the commander-in-chief decided to make such a vocal stand yesterday in what some say is just a local michigan fight? so let's follow the money that could be a motivation. in this past election cycle, big labor was responsible for more than $143 million in political contributions. of those contributions, 91% went to democratic candidates. just 9% went to republicans. that is a decades-old trend. on average unions have given 92% of their political contributions to the democrats and 8% to republicans. so here with his explanation of why that might be, mark mix, president of the national right to work legal defense foundation. hi, mark. >> alisyn, good to be on with you. alisyn: nice to have you. what is your theory first why the president decided to wade into this michigan battle, by the way two years ago this was happening in wisconsin, the president said that is wisconsin issue, meaning let the state decide? >> well in

spokesman jay carney. we do know, wolf, he's expected to address this, to actually come out before the cameras, perhaps, and give some sort of statement to speak to this. he's been in touch with the governor of connecticut. he's been in touch with his fbi director. the white house has been waiting to get a firmer grasp on the facts. as you know, it is a very fluid situation and the president certainly wants to know he has a firm grasp on the facts of the case, what is going on before he addresses the nation, wolf. >> it looks like this may be the worst mass killing at a school in u.s. history, based on the information i'm getting over here. columbine high school, littleton, colorado, back in 1999, dylan klebold and eric harris killed 12 fellow students and one teach brother before committing suicide in the school library. in this case, john king reporting close to 30, we believe, are now dead. and 18 to 20 of them children, if those numbers hold up. this looks like it could be the worst mass killing in american history, something no one anticipated would be happening at any point, but

or what jay carney says, we could deal with spending cuts up front as well? >> i don't know why anybody is surprised by the opening salvo. i think this is basically it. i don't think that the president's going to budge. i mean, there's a dilutional nature of president obama. he won 50% of the vote and yet, he thinks he won 90% of the vote and that's how he's acting now and i don't care what anybody says, there is no rational reason to raise taxes right now. you don't get enough revenue to deal with the deficit and by the way, we got 2.7% economic growth, which people were jumping up clapping about the markets were, but that's still pretty lousy. >> all of that inventory build. >> that won't happen again u ben stein? >> one reason to raise taxes we have a 1 trillion dollar deficit, but i agree with charlie, we've got to cut this noncess out how we need 50 billion of extra stimulus. look, we're running 3 billion a day of deficit spending, we don't even know if deficit spending is stimulative. we don't have to prove that that's stimulative. we're running such a huge deficit. unless

ammunition magazines that could carry more than ten rounds now according to white house spokesman jay carney obama would also support legislation that closes a so-called gun show loophole that has allowed some weapons to be sold without criminal background checks but the buyers since obama has been president for mass shootings have taken place but until now critics say that obama has skirted the issue of federal gun control last week's massacre at that elementary school in newtown connecticut claimed the lives of twenty innocent children ages between six and seven and also six staff members were killed in the gun control advocates say it's a shame so many lives have been lost before u.s. leaders finally got the ball rolling on legislation in real largest firearms maker in the u.s. also announced on tuesday that it's being put up for sale by its owner freedom group international is the maker of the bushmaster rifle the weapons thought to have been used in friday's connecticut massacre shares in publicly traded gun makers have been dropping for a third straight day there's also been rep