SEN. TED CRUZ (R-Texas): "This is a president, I think, who has drunk the Kool-Aid. He is feeling right now high on his own power and he is pushing on every front, on guns. And I think it's really sad to see the president of the United States exploiting the murder of children and using it to push his own extreme, anti-gun agenda. I think what the p

"Most people are law-abiding citizens and may go ahead and sell those or turn those over, but you're going to have a fraction of people that are going to take a stand, and I can just predict a Waco-style standoff in some rural area and it's not going to end well," Gloversville, New York Mayor Dayton King (I) said about New York state's new gun cont

O'BRIEN: What do you make of what he's saying? Of these 23 executive actions, are there some that you think would be targets for being struck down by a court? KAINE: There's the completely anti-government wing that will make that argument. I guess they made it against President Bush 41 when he by executive action banned the importation of certai

At Thursday's press briefing, White House press secretary Jay Carney says no law-abiding American citizen will lose a gun as a result of President Obama's new gun proposals. "There is nothing the President proposed yesterday that would result, if enacted, in anyone -- any law-abiding citizen in America losing a gun," Carney said. "The President

CNN: Lance Armstrong says he began doping in the mid-1990s and would not have won 7 Tour de France titles without cheating.

MSNBC's Ed Schultz scolds Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) for not giving a firm answer on whether he supports a new ban on assault weapons. ED SCHULTZ: Senator Al Franken of Minnesota is another Democratic lawmaker that was somewhat puzzling in the last 24 hours, who decided to clarify his position. He says, 'I co-sponsored legislation to

White House press secretary Jay Carney avoids questions on how much President Obama would like to raise the debt ceiling. Carney: There is a long tradition here of Congress acting to raise the debt ceiling. This is a power that they've given themselves to do, and the point is, without drama and delay. A monthly extension is drama. So Congress sh

NRA President David Keene accuses elitists of supporting armed guards in schools while denying them for other Americans.

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: "The first foundational principle is there is a Second Amendment. The president and I support the Second Amendment. And it comes with the right of law-abiding responsible citizens who own guns, use it for their protection as well as for recreation."

Lawrence O'Donnell, Richard Wolffe and Krystal Ball talk about President Obama's gun control proposals.

O'Reilly discusses President Obama's gun control proposals. He says that President Obama can make gun crimes federal crimes and says that states should decide if they want to run background checks. He also argues that the gun ban in Chicago does not work.

Dr. Charles Krauthammer psychoanalyzes Manti Te'o on Special Report. KRAUTHAMMER: I did see [and] hear strange stories when I was a psychiatrist, but this one, I probably resign the case because the only three explanations; the guy is dangerously naive, deeply deceptive or delusional. Dangerously naive, but then how could

The White House posted four videos today of children who wrote to President Obama about guns.

RUSH: I want to go back to an earlier sound bite that I played on this program. I have received more than the usual number of emails about something. I get e-mails from people who complain, conservatives who are unhappy or disappointed with something they see, or somebody they see or hear in what they think is conservative media. They'll send me e-

BROKAW: And all these component parts claim it's not their responsibility. NRA says it's not about the guns. It's about violence. It's about mental health. Mental health people say we can't share information because we have privacy issues here. The video game industry says we have a right under the First Amendment. Reverend Al, it reminds me a lot

The debt ceiling debate seems to be splitting conservatives. Former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough explains how and why he wants to remake the GOP; and Michael Needham, Heritage Action for America CEO, and CNBC Contributor Tony Fratto, weigh in.

Maddow discusses President Obama's gun control measures. She defends Obama's executive orders and compares them to a similar actions taken by Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

NBC's Chuck Todd shows that by many indicators the country is not better off under Obama. Todd: On the other hand, there is plenty of data to support the idea that the country is not better off than it was four years ago. And that the struggling economy continues to take a toll on families. Median household income is lower than it was in 2009.

The panel discusses recent violence in Mali and Algeria.