California governor Gavin Newsom hammered Mike Pence's idea to have some sort of "automatic death penalty" for mass shooters, as a "pathetic" solution to a growing problem. RACHAEL MADDOW: In terms of some of the specific proposals that we did hear from these candidates tonight. One of the I think more memorable proposals possibly was former Vice President Mike Pence saying that he would solve school shootings by instituting a fast death penalty process.