nominee. you crazy john, you crazy for this one jay. ladies and gentlemen it is such an honor to be speaking at the correspondent dinner that nobody cares about. wow. i mean tonight is definitive proof that we all definitely haven't made it. thank you so much for going back to back with your browns. you guys are killing it. i love it. next year's event event my lala and student refugees hosting it. i like that. tonight's event is brought to you by cspan. cspan, yes. for the eight people now watching, cspan is now in hd. now you can see all that legislation not getting passed in 1080p.

all the inefficiencies, so crisp ladies and gentlemen, we are sitting here at the eve of the 2016 presidential election where we the american people get to vote for who we hate the least, and right now statistically it looks like hillary clinton should win. that's about right. that is the right response. hillary clinton generally gets. hillary clinton is like the broccoli of presidential choices she's good for you. hillary clinton is like that toyota camry of presidential options. like if you were on the price is right and they presented you with the hillary it would get the same response as a camry.

oh no, i already had one in the '90s. no. [applause] bernie sanders shook things up this year. great, all all three of you in the building. i like bernie. bernie was like america's cool substitute teacher. he came in and he was like everybody is getting pizza and you are all like hell yes i've been waiting for pizza and hillary's like that regular teacher and she's like, who's paying for the pizza. were like shut up, and the cool guys as we get pizza. some of trump's like mexico is paying for the pizza and then

dumb people are like oh yeah have the country pay for my pizza. this is great. the republican party is here. what? how? like how is 86% of the gop like yes, races chito, finally. i live in a liberal bubble so i have yet to meet a trump supporter. you i met paul ryan three weeks ago but people change so usually i see people on the street and i say this person looks like a trump supporter and i'll say hey, who are you voting for a mill say whoa, hey, hey, i don't like to talk about politics. that's who's voting for trump. they're definitely voting for donald trump. i don't like to talk about politics is the new i'm not racist but.

everybody's been asking the question, how did he get so far. how did he do it? the answer has been under our noses the entire time peter diffusing the hit film back to the future to, the character biff is based on donald trump. this is real, 1989, he wrote the movie biff used on donald trump. he's trying to kill michael j fox. this is real. if that is true we are in the wrong alternate timeline right now you guys. everybody's asking, you where where are his credentials. no where is the sports almanac. no wonder he's gone so far. he has already knows who will win the nba championship. donald trump is an amazing professional wrestler. that's not a joke, no. he was inducted into the 2013

wwe hall of fame. this is not a joke. he told vince mcmahon. he shaved his head on screen. i have to say, he will be an incredible wrestler and i use to make fun of my cousin because he still thinks wrestling is real. in 2016, we live in a world where jess even torah became governor of minnesota and donald trump could be president of the united states of america. you were right cousin, wrestling is real, politics is fake. i just have to come to grips with the fact that i'm sorry if

i'm nervous, brown people, were going to get deported. really this is just my farewell tour. i'm saying goodbye to america. i have to do all my american stuff now. i have to go to costco for the last time, i have to get knocked out of the trump rally, i have to to do everything that makes this country great. there is a sliver of hope. brock obama just recently endorsed hillary clinton and i gotta say, the media, you guys have had this double standard with hillary. just because she's a woman, you guys always go after her. she's too shrill. she's too serious. she dresses like she works at pf chang's. that's not fair. you know you wouldn't do that to bernie. if hillary just like bernie everywhere but he would be like hey, why is is the pigeon lady from home alone to running for president. what is going on? the reality of the situation is, if hillary is the dude in the relationship and we don't know how to feel about it. we are all in bed with hillary late at night and were looking at our cell phone going hey,

hey, who's wall street. she's like don't worry about it babe. it's just a friend from work. [laughter] it's actually insulting to say that hillary clinton is a dude. her accomplishments are bigger than gender. look at why she has done in her life. in 1974 she was on the staff to impeach president nixon. she was doing that in her 20s. she wrote them magna carter and 2015. she invented the telephone with alexander graham bell. it's all real information. it's on a server you cannot see. so of course she is going to run for president. if anything, she is going to become president off of sheer

desire alone. she wants it more than any presidential candidate in history. hillary clinton wants to be president so bad she is willing to sit in the same office, not a different office, not a replica scandal office. now look, we've all been cheated on. i was cheated on my senior year of high school janice i hope you're watching this. she cheated on me and worked at cinnabon at the mall. to this day, i cannot walk through a food court without bawling. i'll just just break down and cry and hillary clinton is like

i want to manage cinnabon corporate. so what do you do when you get cheated on? i cry and listen to coldplay. hillary clinton runs for president of the united states of america. wow indeed. say what you will about claire underwood but she has her eyes on the iron thrown in and she is saying come to mama. she is waiting for someone to tie a blue into the back of bernie's chair so he just floats away. that's what she is waiting for. enough talking about presidents. we are here to talk about congress. laughmac. if so mean of me to talk about a job that you will never have. every member of congress wants to be president. let's be real. there's a senator named sheldon whitehouse. that is the most ambitious name for a title you will never have.

that is like my name being hassan, head of homeland security. it's it's just not going to happen. let's be real. everyone in the media, they are hard on you guys. they say say you are a do-nothing congress, but you guys do a lot. don't let anybody tell you otherwise. you guys go to fundraisers you host fundraisers, you have your staff set up fundraisers for you to host, that's three things right there. that doesn't even include the time you tried to pass obamacare and gun control. that's five things you guys do. yeah. a lot of people at home don't know this but the average member of congress has to raise $1800 a day just for their party. it's incredible for as much time as people spend denying people money, you spend a lot of time begging for it.

don't worry, these jokes are for your donors at home, it's fine. when i was i was in the third grade, my teacher gave us this assignment. she said write a letter to your local member of congress asking what you would like to change. like a dummy, i wrote that letter. but what she meant was that you were supposed to write that letter in the memo section of a signed check. silly rabbit, letters are for santa and checks are for congress. maybe things won't change because congress approval rating is 12%. that's not even one star on yelp there are restaurants with rat infestations that are rated better than congress. that means 88% of people hate your dots.

if you are in a mall and then people walk as you a people would hate your guts. 12%, if you are a cell phone, you would be unusable. maybe things will change because you guys are just old. like your average number in senate is 62 years old. my dad is 62. you can't pass legislation when you can barely pass about movement. you can't. i'm amazed capitol hill still as that. now ultimately we are here to talk about the media which covers the do-nothing congress and here as a fake journalist i want to give a shout out to other big journalist. cnn is here tonight, no, cnn is cool but what exactly do you guys do?

every time i turn on cnn, wolf blitzer is talking to a hologram, they're hosting a panel on whether or not we should use the n word and then anthony is eating couscous. it's basically bravo with train crashes. i don't know what you do. cnn doesn't like subtlety. have you seen the headlines? you guys write your headlines the way my dad writes his e-mails, plane crashed, many injured, hassan come home. what? vice news isn't here tonight. i like nice news. they're cool. they just send you a local barista to talk to the head of isis. it's incredible. why is chad sitting down with big daddy.

if nbc is here tonight, nbc is cool, but you are everybody's annoying vegan friend. you're like i'm telling you, it will make sense in ten years. it's like not now rachel. i actually like msnbc. they do the actual news. i just don't want you to end up like al jazeera america. too soon? no really, i was interviewed once and i had to hold the boom mic while they interviewed me. people ask all the time, did the media create trump? yes, you guys did. donald trump bones in his interviews to meet the press. i don't mean that he doesn't try for his interviews, he literally calls in the way you and i order

pizzas. he's like yeah, large pepperoni pizza no olives, don't send the mexican. that's how he does his interviews. they don't call him a racist. they say his comments are race early tinged. no i'm racially tinged. that dude is racist. straight up. the huffington post, you know the huffington post, the place where your bird driver can write an article. they have a disclaimer on their website calling him a racist. buzzfeed refuses to take money from the gop or donald trump. you know buzz feed, the place place that tells you which disney princess you are, they have more journalistic integrity than the new york times. for the record, i'm a jazzman and you are all cruella deville.

ultimately at the end of the day, i just hope that love overcome fears. i just hope that's what ends up winning. fox news has taught me that. fox news is incredible because i've never seen so many people spray tan that hate people of color. you are incredible fox news and you're in new york where i'm based out of. the enemy walks amongst us and were only five blocks away. every morning i have to watch you guys, it's the same thing. i have to walk past you guys during lunch. i see all these fox news employees leave their building, cross the street, walked past me and then line up for chicken and rice. racist randy just one fat red sauce. i love it. i love that your brain can be racist and your body will betray you.

i love that. i love that all morning there just like mexican. i love that. i don't even know how to pivot here, to be honest with you guys you know, what we saw in orlando was one of the ugliest cocktails of the problems that we still see here in america. a cocktail of homophobia, lack of access to mental health care and sheer lack of political will all of us have been yelling out and crying out for change, but

the sad reality is that we are all complicit in what happened. every day, in our workplaces and in our homes and religious institutions, there is covert or overt discrimination or phobia toward people of different religious, racial or sexual walks of life. we just sit there and we let it happen because it doesn't affect our bottom line. i don't think it's that way, they they said it. it's not that simple. we just go on with our lives because it didn't affect our status quo. the sad reality is, stuff like this is going to continue to happen unless we recognize the civil liberties are an all or nothing game. the rising tide lifts all boats. it's not pick or choose. whether you like it or not, we all have to step up and fight for each other otherwise the whole thing is a sham.

until we do that, the job these are going to get harassed in the streets members from the france community are going to be demonized for using the bathroom and my brothers and sisters in the immunity are going to get shot in paddy wagons until we stand up and say something. the thing that hurts me the most is i wish i would've done more. to my brothers and sisters in the lgbt q community in every marginalized community, i'm sorry i didn't do more. and the same goes for congress. we look to you guys as our leader you make almost $200,000 a year to write rules and make our society better. not too weak, not tell tell us about your thoughts and prayers, to write rules to make our

society better. ultimately it comes down to money and influence. right now since 1998, the nra has given $3.7 million to congress. there are 294 sitting members of congress that have accepted contributions from the nra and that doesn't include the millions of dollars from outside lobbyists. before i get up here in my bubble and ask for gun control and universal background checks and banning assault rifles, we have to be able to have a conversation and right now, specifically congress has blocked legislation for the cdc to study gun related violence. we can't even talk about the issue with real statistics and facts. i don't know if this is why a kick starter thing, but if $3.7 million can buy political influence to take lives, if we raise $4 million would you guys

take that? would you take that to save life? i don't know. ultimately, i just have to ask you this, when i got into combi and when you got into media and you got into politics we wanted to the best work week of possibly do. is this what you want your legacy to be? that you were a could've done something congress but you didn't because of outside lobbying. that you were complicit in the deaths of thousands of lives? i know it's hard, yet the lookout for reelection and answer the lobbyists and placate your region. but please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you. good night. [applause] >> thank you.

our dinner is almost over. i would like to thank all my colleagues at abc news for their support this past year. i to thank our dinner event manager for everything she did over the past 12 months and planning this wonderful evening and i'd also like to thank my family, especially my beautiful wife sally for her loving support and planning this dinner of the last month. thanks to john carl for helping bring the governor here tonight and governors we are truly grateful that you joined us. josh we are grateful that you came and joined us for this dinner representing the white house. we look forward to seeing everybody at the dignitary tonight. i heart media will throw us a great after party. i look forward to seeing you. thank you.

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[inaudible conversation] >> coming up on c-span two, senate leaders were marked on wednesday night 15 hour debate on gun control. after that, senator ted cruz makes remarks on the orlando mass shooting. then democrats hold a briefing on gun legislation. >> c-span "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, larry pratt, executive emeritus of gun owes owners of america is on. they will talk about the orlando gay nightclub shooting in what concerns his organization has when it comes to hate crimes and

attacks on the gay community. and afghan investor to the u.s. will join us and share his perspective on the shooting in orlando. the future of afghanistan and the war against the taliban. be sure to watch c-span "washington journal" beginning live at 70 stern on writing morning. join the discussion. friday the network of enlightened women organization hosted its annual conservative women's conference. you can see the advent live starting at 115 eastern on c-span2. on c-span the democratic national convention holds it platform in phoenix ahead of the convention in philadelphia next month. that's at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> known as the center of the country music industry, this weekend the c-span cities tour hosted by our comcast cable partner explore the history and literary culture of tennessee state capital, nashville.

on book tv, author and historian david ewing talks about his book, the history of the ryman auditorium detailing how this nashville venue began a place for political gatherings and was the original home of the grand old opry. >> is very important nashville tennessee. a few blocks from here, young students from university, tennessee state university all did the lunch counter siddons including congressman john lewis they got arrested here, they challenged the system of what was going on in nashville tennessee and the conscience of the country.

>> >> there were a lot of people that would pretend the grand old opry was not here. people if you can imagine at the '60s counterculture with divisions between the al long hair hippie culture coming out at the time and the more conservative

element>> mr. president, for 40 hours and 15 minutes beginning wednesday morning ending thursday morning the junior senator from connecticut not the least of which discourage a number of cos

things he stood 14 hours and we talk a lot about a filibuster the scented -- senator happen very often i have led more than most anyone else. this was real. i admire and appreciate very much the junior senator fromphyd connecticut four days after 49 this and americans were gunned down in cold blood he stood here on the senatef gun floor for 14 hours asking republicans to join to do something about gun violence. it was the scourge dirty and other democrats joined him on the floor without exception all 46 of us united together in support

of what he was doing because we all believed he echoed the words that we wish you speak to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists it was inspiring the senate democrats will not cave to the nra with a gun owners of america you will not cave to then the people listening should respond against the second stream of violence through the filibuster hundreds came to watching the senate gallery there were a hundred people still sitting in the gallery at 212 this morning as he brought the filibuster to a close.this

thousands and thousands of constituents called the took senate offices demanding senate do something for gun violence senator murphy's filibuster was able to hold the floor it was a topic nationally and globally he got the world's attention in america's attention and i hope the of the senate republicans in the early morning hours we spoke and on talked and he indicated he would commit to allowing votes on to safety measures. the of booker feinstein legislation to suspend background checks in the

feinstein to close the terror loophole prevented them from walking into a gun store to buy whatever firearms or explosives that they want. >> mr. president why?e can with these little babies by some madman? of course, he has indicated he cannot get that out of his mind. that is what he thinks about every day not 24 hours a day but every day. in why was cory booker here every minute? a he was here because he lives in an area where people are killed every week for he lives in his neighborhood he

gave one of the most passionate speeches about holding a little boy shot in the head and dying in his gun arms and assure us to be a sponsor of this since his early days of the house of representatives dianne guns has feinstein doing something about guns the spot on her portfolio since she was on the board of supervisors in san francisco and became mayor as a result of the mayor be murdered and dianne feinstein led the charge and that wind of filibusters were not the way around here but of every piece of legislation.

she pursued and passed legislation to stop the easily attainable assault weapons does anybody think these are good for protecting your family? and up this evil man who went into a nightclub? i personally don't know how many clips he had al least three. if you do 38 takes less than three seconds if you're not very good it takes a couple seconds to reload. ten set to fire off 90 shells would take 10 or 15 seconds

so dianne feinstein was right many years ago and she is still right this is not for the american people's entertainment but the nra and a gallon odours of america love to sell these guns so we will vote on the murphy booker of legislation to expand background checks to close the terror loophole to prevent them from buying of the firearms and explosives up they once -- that they want him assemble a pull it as a matter of almost 90 percent of americans expand background checks i ask anyone to want

someone that has problems? with their mental capacity to purchase a gun? of course, we don't.orists from more than 80 percent of americans want the terror loophole from suspected terrorist from pursuing to buy firearms. and legislation will cover that. and shouldn't be appreciative something that should just happen because around here redound devotes a lot of stuff but i want to be very clear it is nott enough to simply just let us

vote they cannot pass gun safety measures by aerosols. mit so as a new majority for the first part of the year buts now we are a minority in this chamber waiting for those measures to pass that would happen if they continue to take their orders from the nra lineate the americans to understand and republicans to follow senator murphy is senatoruents feinstein's lead the aftermath of the worst shooting in modern american saf. history they want us to feelding safe we could help to provide that city by closing the terror loopholes and expanding background checks we hope republicans will doo

the right thing.on we need a gun safety not morgan's. is we need to say enough is enough and on another subject mr. president, the sunday june 19 is a day we celebrate for liberty and justice for all quarters of our great nation and on june june 19th will be from the "emancipation proclamation" two months after general the would surrender the number of slaves in galveston attacks -- texas lerner that slavery was no more there was no press the international television as we celebrated hope we take a moment to reflect of what that represents the celebration of liberty and

freedom for all americans sadly 150 years later we have much work to do to make sure no matter their race or religion or food they love for treated equally with the law and that all citizens have the right to vote we continue to struggle for the ballot box and disenfranchise and other areas they have done their time let them be part of society the citizens that are part of our network and our great communities let them vote right here in the capital of washington d.c. 600,000 residents in district of columbia continue of taxation without representation i always

supported statehood for d.c.. so as we celebrate this year i hope all americans look was recent trips to galveston texas matter who let you are this nation is for liberty and justice for all. what the record reflect i and the standard protocol hear i was told she would be a little late.senate major >>. >> mr. president? to benghazi unanimous consent of morning senate is in a period of debate through space.de >> without objection.

>> with the past few months there has been mass more river brussels in california ra, and france with isis issued a call for low wolf attacks against the western ramadan the followers heard the call this week just outside paris for lives were ended broadly by a terrorist the broadcast the news of the attack over the internet. this weekend orlando americans were targeted deliberately in taken from a terrorist and isis has claimed as one of the soldiers of the caliphate it is clear from his behavior this is not a random act of violence by calculated act of terror in john brennan testified this morning before the senate select committee on intelligence islamic state militants are trading and attempting to deploy a operatives for

further attacks on the west he also called the terrorist attack on openness and tolerance that define united states as a nation and of course, he is absolutely right it is the troubling reality we now face a isis is not the j.v. team. bring certainly not contained isis is the personification of evil in the world and will continue to bring tragedy after tragedy two or zero doorsteps and toilet is defeated president obamaom needs to have a campaign to accomplish this agenda read the very least prepare the military to help the next president to do with if he need won't. this is his primary responsibility in the wakeis of this tragedy here is our purpose is what we need to do our responsibility is to make a choice to work on serious solutions to prevent

terrorist attacks or use the senate as a campaign studio. yesterday's the fbi director came to deliver a critical briefing orlando and explain what is needed to prevent attacks in the future for the senate republicans attended and asked serious altor questions there rather significant group of senate democrats skipped the briefing all together for a campaign talk on the senatets ad floor and also prevented us from going forward on the bill to offer amendments and croats is hard to think of a clear contrast between serious work for solutions on the one hand or campaigning on the other doing what we can to fight terrorism beyond our borders to prevent those attacks

will be for the attacks in defee orlando and they continue to be at the forefront of our efforts now. we just pass the annual national defense authorization act going along way to help america confront the security challenges to take on threats tomorrow so now we're working to pass appropriations bill to give the fbi and other law consider a enforcement officials resources needed to track devasg down threats here on american soil and as we consider the measure we will explore additional tools to prevent devastating terrorist attacks like to address the threat of the long wolf terrorist and help connect the dots when it comes to terrorists solutions communications. now is the time to finally join with us to pursuen

serious solution that cannd make a real difference as we said on tuesday their amendment votes on this bill and amendment votes on this bill is dash j.b. were prepared to begin that process but could not get amendments pending because of the floor debate that went into 2:00 this morning we will try again today to move forward with amendments from both sides and once there is an agreement to do to so, we will all go forward. nobody wants terrorist to buy guns so democrats are serious about getting a support solution on that issue not just making a political talking point to join with or us to give the justice department the ability from

suspected terrorists from purchasing firearms and protect the constitutional rights of all americans. a it will go a step further of spa and actually allowio terrorists to be taken into custody of the judge finds t probable cause.f that is a serious solution on this issue with remember however this represents ain lay a piece of a much biggerefid challenge the director also told the intelligenceot committee today despite all of our progress on the battlefield and in the financial realm our efforts have not reduced their capabilities of global reachl that is brennan. to we have to defeat isis in iraq and syria if we want to

have those directed attacks here is what that means from the white house a means you don't need another lecture or another threat to veto the defense bill the real leadership and a plan of't action to defeat isis from our colleagues here in the senate we don't need more campaign poppycock like the witness just today we need serious solutions after all that is what our constituents sent us here to do we were held back but now we can move forward to set up the votes of all sides israel is expected. i yield the floor.

>> our nation is at war for '05 days ago we saw a terrific terror attack in orlando florida. from september 11 to the boston marathon from ft. hood to a chattanooga toussaint bernadine after the attack in orlando radical islamic terrorism has declared jihad of america as a fact it has unfolded it now indicates the orlando terrorists has pledged his allegiance to isis in the process of murdering 49 and wounding more than 50 at a nightclub all of us our hearts go out to those that were murdered in the family of those who

were victims and grieving we stand in solidarity and lift them up in prayer this horrific act of terrorism. but there is also a time for action we need and commander-in-chief who will speak the truth and address the enemy we face to on the shuffle fury to defeat isis and it radical islamic terrorist. in the wake of the attack many of us predicted what would unfold and sadly it was the same political tale we have seen over and over many predicted the democrats would from partisan ideology would not even say those words and suggest that this is another isolated incident

one long criminal not connected to any ideology or global jihad and even worse there try to use it as an excuse to go after the second amendment rights of law-abiding citizens madam president and wish we were proven incorrect but this week played out to predictably and just today we saw a political show on the senate floor democrat after democrat standing for bea hours now with a radical islamic terrorism but in a sense that americans have the right to keep and bear arms. this is political distraction and political gamesmanship. i think the american people find it ridiculous and a response to an isis terror attack the democrats say we

have to restrict the second amendment's rights of law-abiding citizens this is not a gun-control issue but a terrorism issue.f t and nothing less than political gamesmanship for their favorite hobby horse to take away the bill of rights from law-abiding to citizens i have spent yearseat m defending the second amendment to keep and bear to arms for the bill of rights and i with you with members d of this chamber are committed to defending the constitutional rights of every american you don't defeat terrorism by taking away our guns but by using them and this body shouldro not be engaged in a political circus to restrict the second amendment instead we should be focusing on the problem in hand. why did we see yesterday talk ao

because senate democrats have an election coming up and they don't want to talk about the real issues talk about isis and radical islamic terrorism and the failures of the last seven years of this administrationns to keep this country savess now in response to my criticism and others president obama gave a press conference where he said what difference does it make if we call it radical islamic terrorism? that makes the world of difference because the failure to address the enemy impacts every action taken to fight that in me and i want to talk in particular about three areas where this administration in the senate democrats' refusal to confront radical islamic terrorism has made america

less safe and what will we do about it? star with prevention. over and over we have seen the obama administration having ample information to stop a terrorist attack and yet because of political correctness and the ideology o of this administration that will not even say the word jihadi or islamic radical terrorism, they look either way and the attacks go forward. and my home state of texas of ft. hood the obama islamic administration new that he was then communication with the radical islamic cleric the obama administration new that he talked about the permits ability to wage g. potter against his fellowl soldiers and was known ahead of time. they did nothing. they did nothing he murdered

14 innocent souls as he pulled the charter but get just to underscore the blindness of this administration even after the attack they insisted on characterizing that terror attack as workplace violence that is nothing short of a of dilution that cost 14 lives if we know of u.s. service members who was communicating with the radical islamic cleric waging jihadi against fellowts soldiers military police should shot at his door for it have an administration that plunged its head in the sand like an ostrich and refused to acknowledge radical terrorism he would

have been stopped before he carried out there horrific act of terror. likewise the boston bomber the brothers they had been informed they were connected with the radical islamic terrorism the fbi interviewed them but yet what think once again they dropped the ball they stopped monitoring them so they did not even know whenpl the elder brother posted on you to a public call mind you this is not requiring complicated surveillance that was you to anyone with the computer could see this. , because administration and would not fight them there were not watching we're monitoring them so when they called for public g. todd day carry that out with pressure cookers and at the boston marathon another

example that we knew about these individuals beforehand t if we had focused prevention, probably could have stopped it. the third example was california's san bernardino the horrific attack once again we had ample information about the add individuals in question the female terrorists that came had given the administration a fake address the yet the so called betting has failed to discover that it was fake she had made calls for jihad the yet the administration failed to discover that and then we saw another horrific terror attack how about orlando? let's talk about the facts of orlando. publicly we're only five days and fax will be more fully developed

but here's what has been publicly reported that he was interviewed three times by the fbi in 2013 and 20141 of the reasons why he was interviewed by the fbi was because he was talking at his place of employment shockingly enough as a contractor for the department of homeless security about being connected to terrorist organizations including the boston bombers. any rational person that is a big red flag the yet is also reported they were afraid to say anything because they did not want to be labeled as somehow anti-muslim to speak out from someone claiming to berepo, connected to radical islamic terrorists.o we also know he was questioned by the fbi in

2014 because he was believed to be connected to someone who travel to syria to join the terrorist organization and became the first knownwn american suicide bomber at from syria. that is another big red flag if you paul or round with the suicide bombers that should be a flag if the administration is focused on radical islamic terrorism this is an individual we ought to be watching we know that the shooter traveled to saudi arabia for 10 days and for eight days in 2012 and have vindications the fbi may have been aware he was anly follower of the islamist educational website not only that but his father had

posted videos online expressing natalie's and the but arguably support for the taliban her call a vote of that is what the obama administration new. but yet by sunday morning there were no longer of watching him there were not be monitoring him and he could to win to commit a horrific act of crime that question every member should be asking is why the ball dropped over and over? not once or twice but a pattern is a pattern of failing to connect the dots and i would suggest that is directly connected to president obama in this administration is refusal to read knowledge what it is we are fighting. if you direct to the prevention efforts to stopping radical islamic terrorism we have all the information we need to keep

a very close five of them but yet his that is not what you were fighting and you close investigation but another attack goes forward i would suggest this willful blindness is one of the reasons why we saw the circus yesterday on the senate floor senatestead, they n democrats should be asking these questions but yet we hear them. a instead they want to shift to gun-control putting the federal government in charge of approving every firearm transaction between every citizen in america that would not have prevented this attack it ignores a global jihadi we're facing but it is convenient we need

serious leadership focus on a second component of keeping the country save to identify the enemy utterly and completely defeating isis yesterday's circus when calling for taking away our constitutional rights how often did they say what's utterly destroy a isis?hat leave now with foreign policy but this administration they failed effort that leaves the terrorists laughing but instead using overwhelming air power or the concerted power of the united states and military with the rules of engagement that allow us to it fight madam president right now sending them in with

rules of engagement time their hands behind their backs it is wrong andk? immoral and not accomplishing the task the you want a response to theri orlando attacks that obama and vice president by dinnerbo going down will give a self righteous speech about gun-control trying to strip away the rights of law-abiding americans how about the standing of having the president pledged that isis will be driven from the face of the eric? if you want to see ant. response then declare war on american reassign your death is warrant that is the response s of a commander in chief and the seriousness that we need less third component to focus on the enemy to focus on keeping a safe andrr passing to pieces of legislation that i haveis introduced the first is the expatriate terrorist act legislation to provide if

any american citizens to take up arms to a joint isis that they forfeit u.s. citizenship so you do not have american citizens coming back to america with u.s. passports to wage jihad on america we have seen americans like them who have abandoned their country to join up with a terrorist and just this week the cia director testified to the indivd senate that more are coming to isis will send people back here to wage jihad rather than engaging in political showmanship to get partisan advantage for the november election how about we come together to save you join isis you're not using a u.s.

passport to come back that should be a unanimous agreement if we're focused on keeping this country safe but stock about the problem of refugees what consequences of this administration that president obama in the face of this attack says he will admit muslim refugees despite the fact the fbi director told congress he cannot possibly that them to a determine if they are terrorists here is what the director said. we can only query against that so someone has never made a ripple the way to get their identity -- indemnity we can query the database until the cows, home.ho but there'll be nothing to show what because there is no record. the fbi director by obama is

telling them they cannot get the refugees but what do they say?cends clinton says let them in even though they have said they will send them into murderous. this is lunacy. by we know the paris attack was carried out in part by people who came in using the, refugee program to take advantage of a refugee programs earlier this year and a palestinian born in iraq entering the united states as a refugee in 2009 was charged with attempting to provide support to isis and wanted to set off bombs using sulfone detonators

that to malls in houston texas the refugee who came from iraq and did you hear the administration saying this is a dangerous world?ou to hottest are attempting to m kill us? they all say that the legislation i have introduced and would urge the body to take up imposes the three year moratorium from refugees coming from any nation were isis or refugees radical is long controls a substantial part of theompassioe territory we can help with humanitarian efforts to resettle in the middle east america is a compassionate country that has given morgan 10 times as much money from any country on invite earth but being compassionate doesn't mean we are suicidal it doesn't mean we invite them into our

homes people the fbi cannot talus of their pterosaur not. a what should the senate be doing? we should be engaging in a sideshow of gun control by the way i will say on behalf of american citizens in the wake of this attack it is offensive asset chair and presided yesterday.he n.r.a. over some of the show it was offensive to see democrat after democrat going on about the nra. the nra did not murder 49 people who set up pressure cookers it was in the nra who murdered 14 innocent souls in ft. hood. it is offensive to play political games with a constitutional rights of american citizens instead of getting serious about keeping this country safe.

it. >> cornyn thanks for joining i have the honor of being dead junior senator from the

state of connecticut this country is rising up and demanding united states congress take action to address the epidemic of gun violence in this nation and we're doing it because of the courage of survivors and victims of gun violence to all across america are demanding action i have the privilege to begin by introducing to you to of those heroic survivors for one is from california from san bernadine no county to shot and killed by a co-worker in his office and his wife who both pledged allegiance to isis. she will be followed by reverend her mother and cousins were shot and killed one year ago in the manual

church in charles dent they're able to buy a weapon through a loophole of the background checks laws. >> things to senators for inviting me here today. i am grateful to you and members to take action on this issue that other families to not have to live with the heartbreak in english we have been forced to endure your leadership as a source of comfort to my family and me my father was killed december 2nd last year at the regional center while at a working event that the environmental health department when a co-worker and his wife

pledge allegiance to the terrorist group isis purse to the doors of his office during bullets from the semi automatic rifle my dad along with 13 co-workers were killed and in one second our lives were changed our family was small but very close data is always happy to spend time with us whether teaching is to ride bikes are helping with homework or coaching a soccer team were going for long walks we travel the road together spending countless hours about the importance of helping others from politics to current events to whatever was on our minds we have laughter all the time now that is gone with the mass shooting as the beginning to unfold the numbers of dead and

injured continue to rise i was immediately taken back to december 2nd i know exactly what those families are going through. i know what it is like to get the call telling you the worse news you could ever imagine and the pain of knowing this is happening again in our country to so many families is too much to bear each person in that club was someone's child or sibling a lover or french progress checketts say i am surprised we are here again but sadly i am not we will continue to be again and again as our elected officials failed to take action for those hateful people to get their hands on a deadly weapon it is time to disarm hate one day after the mass shooting congress had the opportunity to take meaningful action but

instead a majority of senators are in lock step with the gun lobby with a common-sense measure to prevent people on a federal terrorism watch list out to we ignore the fact they make it easy and the goal for dangerous people including suspected terrorist to commit unspeakable acts by providing access? they are prohibited from boarding planes the yet they can purchase to firearms? her the 2000 terrorist suspects have taken advantage of this the poll i cannot read my mind why anyone thinks this is acceptable that could have prevented what happened in orlando it has investigated multiple times due to homicidal threats based on

history terror gap legislation to could have prevented the deaths and emotional scars on hundreds of americans. it wasn't easy to be here today we're still in the very early stages of grief and i think of my dad every day i lost my father and my best friend in a terrific and brutal way that defies all reason. that is not what i could not be here today i want to remind others a dozen have to be this way it is time we take a stand to disarm hate. reverend? >>.

>> thank you sentiment -- senators. to bring us here together today it is hard to believe that tomorrow will be one years since i received the devastating news that my father and two of my cousins were among nine people that were shot and killed while praying at the emmanuel african methodist episcopal church in south carolina by a man so filled with hate and armed with a gun that pain of knowing my mother and cousins were killed in a racially motivated hate

crime carried out against black churchgoers that were peacefully praying is something that i carry with me everyday i spent the most of my professional life working as a trauma chaplain but no amount of training could have prepared me for the shock pain and emptiness that consumed me in the days after the death of my family members vice struggled to answer why. wiedmaier loved ones in so many other people have been killed along with so many other americans i was baffled that how the shooter was able to get his hands on a gun and how we live in a country filled with so much

hatred racism and sexism and misogyny homophobia and religious intolerance are all things that we have sadly experienced over and over in this country but hate becomes deadly when we make it far too easy for those who are intent on causing harm to get their hands on a gun and that is why i am here today. to disarm hate. my mom's life was an expression of her faith her strength and resilience coming from humble means my mom always wanted more the circumstances of her life

were hard. but yet she found a way to keep on dreaming after the shooting in charleston i needed to be a part of the solution to find a way to keep on like my mother did i needed to channel my pain and i became part of this group every town survivor network to join my voice with the others who experience the same incomprehensible grief on sunday, when i learned that 49 people were killed at a gay club ben orlando and 53 more were injured, making it the largest mass shooting in

the modern u.s. history i turned off the television i did not participate in social media because my heart could not take it hearing about that knowing that families were getting ready to feel the same kind of pain that all the people in charleston and especially the families were feeling i was overcome with sadness and anger my heart breaks for the victims and their families whose lives are forever change physically and emotionally by the sheer horror of that day i am still learning how to walk the walk of action and advocacy. i must profess i don't know all the things all of the

nation's gun laws point by point but i do know that the unspeakable grief that accompanies the death of a loved one killed by guns violence is something that stays in your heart. i know that there is more that we alcan do and that we must do to prevent the next tragedy. and i know that america is with us it has been less than one week since the orlando tragedy more than 19,000 americans have called their members of congress and more than 70,000 people have signed petitions demanding our elected leaders to more as our communities come together to

remember though lives taken with so horrific events that took place in charleston so carolina one year ago, with the lives taken in the tragedy occurred on sunday and more than 90 americans are killed every day by the violence and hundreds more are injured i plead with you with everything that i have in my heart i asked everyone to join me in this walk to disarm hate and for those of you watching, i urge you to text disarm hate to the number 64433 together america, to gather through

everybody we can build a safe future to spare other communities from experiencing tragedy by someone who never should have had access to a gun. back to senator murphy. >> we all wish that overflowing grief that you heard was isolated but it happens every day. 80 times across this nation where the life being cut short by a gun every day there 80 families who live

through that pain that is of the indescribable sorrow and this weekend 50 families figuring out how to reorder their lives because they're beautiful sons or daughter or sister or brother is no longer with us just because they wanted to go to a nightclub to have fun and celebrate with friends. how on earth in the face of the largest mass shooting in the history of this nation to the united states senate ignore it in the week following? that is the question we all ask ourselves when we got here on monday and that is the reason why we took the floor yesterday at 11:20 a.m. and held it for 15 hours demanding that this week the senate take up the votes of common-sense

measures to make sure that terrorists or would-be killers cannot get their hands on firearms common-sense legislation from 90% of the american public the members behind me were there on the floor 40 democratic senators joining together to make this case senator leventhal senator bulger were there with me for the duration my legs are little robbery but my heart is strong because i know we made a difference yesterday we galvanize support 10,000 people called individually from every state in the nation offering support and we were given that chance because senator feinstein for years has made it a priority to make sure that those who were suspected of terrorism cannot get their

hands on a deadly weapon may be a further amendment was in effect maybe we would agree talking about orlando today faker forgiving as the power to bring the issues to the floor yesterday we have a number of members who want to speak i am glad rerun a path forward and we will see where members come back if republican members vote with the nra against 90 percent of their constituents that whate'er is kept from buying guns with the victims of gun violence and tell them they have done their job we will see the when we started we didn't know if you have any debate on any of these measures but now we believe we're on a path to get folks on the record and that is a start also again thank-you

to senator bob when senator schumer for being on the floor yesterday i did have to do as much talking as they normally have to do because i had them all by my side. >> thanks again to senator murphy to show the level of courage and grit this so sorely needed in the united states senate i want to thank the victims as hard not to get emotional better here right now you should get very excited when americans come together and get very uplifted with diverse people coming

together blacks and whites christians and muslims when they get together for a passionate purpose that is exciting but this is the agonizing affiliation these are people bound by brutality and bloodshed tied together by tragedy? and their numbers are growing every day and every hour from victims of gun violence that is preventable and they're not content to wait on change and how can we? people who think things will just get better?

well every hour of every day it continues to go the march of violence in our country and then sometimes a new town or orlando in the most savage manner leaps forward and another 10 or 20 are 49 americans are gone down and if we all have the courageous empathy to look at them and not just the others but to your mother's or child to know the you are doing nothing in fights those tragedies into more americans lives possibly into your neighborhood or community your church or playground for school so we cannot just wait we have to

make something happen so senator murphy is right the old saying i learned change does not, fought from washington it comes to washington by people demanding to say enough is enough no more business as usual right now what we need as a whole bunch of democrats got together yesterday forcing votes on amendments that will solve gun violence but certainly make it better if a known and suspected terrorist cannot even get on a plane we could pass legislation to make sure they also cannot go out to buy a gun. that isn't radical this legislation is pending now. it is up to us to change the hearts and minds of those

people who are probably intent to vote against it it is a fight that should not only belong to the victims of gun violence but an american fight to do what our country said it would do to make for common defense to ensure domestic tranquillity i want to bring someone who was with me all night long and i wish we were hanging out doing something social but last night he stood with me in senator murphy and 40 of our colleagues but he is not new to this he is the champion as the senator as one of the top legal officer is in our nation and fights the fight

every day my friend and colleague from last night. >> let me say if you have to spend 15 hours on the senate floor with anyone i want to do with cory booker in my great friend and colleague from connecticut and chris murphy shoe have to spend 15 hours straight on the floor of the senate there is no better cause to champion. the most difficult question i amassed with the better part of 25 years but has changed? the answer is americans have changed with their realization and it is linked natalie to hatred and

bigotry and with severe mental illness so people pledging allegiance to a violent extremist abroad whatever label you want to use are now committing acts of terror and hatred and

intimidating people we have to stop the acts of terror and hatred at home. these stories are worth 1,000 of our words and this picture, disarm hate says it all. but as americans feel in a way that is unprecedented in our history. to give a face san the voice who were willing to take a stand in almost six years ago the idea of having 40 colleagues go to the senate floor to take the stand

would have been difficult to expect to happen without anybody twisting arms there was an outpouring of a colleague support. america wants the senate to change. to be changemakers and change agents. to say we can change and that is what we will do to change the dynamic to stand up to the nra people who are too dangerous to board a

plane or too dangerous to buy a gun. there needs to be background checks extended if the attorney general of the united states based on facts and evidence need to be engaging in terrorist activity and they should be too dangerous to buy a gun and there is a due process to verify any claim to remove that from the list the background check is the means to enforce those laws and existing laws to keep the guns out of the hands of these people some and was then a model of these laws including stopping the

spread of assault weapons these are just a start. hope that the gun industry of the illegal trafficking they're a start and dianne feinstein has been at the forefront and a model for me when i was attorney-general to advocate common-sense sensible measures and a great intellect and a symbol of courage so i am honored to be with her today.

>> exaggerated common death intellect also thanks to those who did the 15 hours of the floor to see the commitment with the harm that has been done to this great nation and it would be one thing in john brennan in an open hearing that there will be more attacks as they lose territory become more violent and in fact, what we see is the home grown wolf.

many affected for the rest of their life because of their courage and determination to say do something when i tried to do is just that. rehab three different levels in the bill that we would propose with the attorney general so that justice would support it and last night the president's chief of staff called to say the white house would support it. it gives some heart we may have some unity coming together that pterosaur potential terror should not

be able to buy again it does in a way ease essentially if it's on the list and the background check is done to a justice so this is externally important. it does have a good strong appeal process i look back and started this a long time ago that is a long time ago the assault weapon legislation and i sponsored here in senator schumer sponsored in the house passed into law and lasted

ted years i believe he began to drive up the supply but it went out of the fact we cannot get it back. of more and more sophisticated in able to have gun shows a background check the time has, mr. and mrs. america to do something about it. it should be the easiest peas that senator of women paul know well the easiest peas because it deals with the potential terrorist fellow going to create a massive act of violence when

this comes up for a vote on tuesday we will have the vote to defeat death cannot tell you how strongly i feel to stand with this group of senators that are willing to go down and spend 15 hours on the floor of the united states senate mr. and mrs. california please hear us. we're trying to do the right thing. and now i would like to introduce a relative newcomer to someone that represents a great state. senator baldwin. >> i have seldom been at a press conference where i have seen so many in the

audience including the media and it bears repeating in the wake of orlando and all of these terrific tragedies to routinely ask for moments of silence, and they are important reverend, they're not enough. is time to disarm haiti's.

as i woke to the news on sunday of the worst attack in modern u.s. history by a u.s. citizen inspired by terrorist groups, filled with hate to legally purchase say what the end of war alien to targeting the lgbt community at a gay bar, latin night. i was so proud to join my colleagues from senator murphy on the floor but it

was the opportunity to read the names of the 49 victims for as much as we could collect quickly on their lives and it is so vital that we never forget that this was the hate crime that the victims are targeted based on characteristics and in this case lgbt americans americans, latino americans

americans, not only to kill or gravely harm the for all of those who share those characteristics that belong to that community. i attended a candlelight vigil hastily called together by a people whose hearts were broken by this. as a member of the lgbt community and surrounded by others, i could see fear and terror. there greenback to the murder of matthew shepard from hate crime legislation signed by obama in 2009 with

their whole lives ahead of them wanting to live out and proud to wonder if doing so would subject them to bullying the end discrimination and i see that again. so as we jurying to disarm hate i am so appreciative of senator murphy's efforts to make sure we get a vote farha unclosing of gun show loophole and to make sure that the fbi has the

opportunity to someone on the terror watchlist there are those that would necessarily be a terror watchlist so therefore i will also be offering an amendment the department of justice civil-rights division to prevent and fully investigate the hate crimes laws of the nation. i hope that we have reached a moment where we have our

thoughts and prayers are not enough we need to pull together and stand united we cannot let those who want to divide us win the day again. i am honored to call to the microphone even though he is a relative newcomer it has served many years in the house of representatives together. we were there where we are

about to have a showdown on the senate floor on the issue of gun-control in our country. in 200118 people died directly and with box cutters killed pilots and flight attendants. we pass laws to prohibit box cutters or knives or guns on airplanes.

we passed laws to insure our all cargo is screened for explosives to make sure that it would never happen again. this caller -- this killer said the boston marathon brothers it unfortunately what he did it out of boston their models for too many people but we have a chance to do something the nra has the vice like grip on the republican party.

they have the vice like grip on the ed gender of the leader of their party, donald trump. he says he wants to make america great again, but he doesn't not want to make america safe again. he said we will have these horrific events. with donald trump says he has the ability to stop terrorist but he doesn't have the courage to talk tough now. that is the challenge when senator murphy did with a 15 hour debate on the senate floor senator herb live with

dollar senator booker has tried to help so we can bring this issue to the american people. the nra has to stand for not relevant anymore. that is what we tried to do is force a vote or debate. i have tried to add ted million dollars per year to have research to the cdc on gun violence we don't need that to know somebody on a

watch list and needs an assault weapon or that someone should not be able to go into a gun show without a background check. with oded research to know someone shouldn't be able to on instagram to buy a gun. so that is where we are. to set up a showdown the beginning of a long fight a team that all comes together everyone realizes the terrorist that we need to fear but on the states on the streets of the united

states so for me people go through sadness but think it is anger that they feel about the inability to do something about it 22 years ago chuck schumer led the fight to ban assault weapons. he was in the house of representatives the person responsible for that becoming a lot in the united states. said to have him still here with the passionate and wisdom i gave you this senator of the great state.

>> i want to thank senator murphy to take the impression of american to put it into a spotlight that is on the senate in every senate now has to say if they are for or against terrorist getting guns. and i think them for their inspiration and they're great to work and amazing job as so many of my colleague said tammy's reading the names i got a lump in my throat. for the victims of the families so that when terrible irrational tragedy the falls you the natural inclination to turn inward

but the is beautiful people in so many others like them were white teen a candle to make sure the evil that happened to them is not repeated another reason we will win this fight sooner or later we know we will win the fight. we have had more than enough gun violence and the world has changed maybe 20 years ago but now we have isis in the long wolf and it is essential when our republican colleagues know, when will they learned? and there are wolves inspired to representative america apart until we get

something done. a republican colleagues are feeling the heat for the first time suggest instead of saying they are against it they come up with these proposals of a wolf in sheep's clothing. to know what the republican proposal says if the fbi think george terrorist they have three days to go to court to get the adjudication if not you can get a gun that every terrorist would get a gun if the fbi had evidence that would have arrested them to begin with. that is a way for them to say they're doing something when they do nothing. it is the way to travel

agents without changing the world as it is. the idea that each terrorist bomb before they can be denied a gun that has to be done in three days who would think that? no one except a handful of our colleagues and let me say one other thing the so-called proposal was even worse in addition to the problems that i mentioned it also forces the government to rebuild the terror watchlist every person has to go to the fisa court we will be here for decades. du no food drafts these proposals were passed to give the stamp of approval? the nra. we are here to say we need both we need senator feinstein the says terrorists cannot get a gun