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  Joe Manchin's 'personal dispute' with the NRA

Obama’s overseas trip should clarify his foreign policies

  Nathan Gonzales of the Rothenberg Political Report, The National Review’s Robert Costa, and The Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus discuss what we should expect out of the President Barack Obama's G-8 trip, recent poll numbers on the president's approval rating, immigration reform, and the recent NRA ad

Scarborough: NRA targeting Manchin in ad is ‘pathetic’

  The NRA has put out an ad targeting Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., after he sponsored a bill mandating background checks for gun purchases. Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Jon Meacham and Politico’s Maggie Haberman join the Morning Joe team to look at Manchin’s response. Anne Gearan from The Washingto

NRA takes aim at Manchin in new ads

  The Morning Joe panel talks about the new ad targeting Sen. Joe Manchin and discusses how it impacts the gun control debate.

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  First Read Minute: Background checks to fall short

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., the co-author of background-check legislation to be voted on Wednesday, said he does not expect to receive the votes needed to pass the measure, NBC’s Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro report.

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Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, D-W.Va., left, and Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., arrive at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2013, to announce that they have reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers.

Relatives of the victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut meet with Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.VA) on Capitol Hill in Washington
Relatives of the victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut meet with Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.VA) on Capitol Hill in Washington

Relatives of the victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut meet with Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.VA) on Capitol Hill in Washington April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron