i can be reached on twitter @howard kurtz and same time same place back here next sunday at 11:00 and 5:00 eastern. hope you'll join us then for the latest buzz. a fox news alert. the u.s. senate now gearing up to vote tomorrow on four new proposals tackling gun control. those amendments facing a very steep hurdle on capitol hill where lawmakers are once again locked in a heated debate over the second amendment. welcome to america's election headquarters. i'm gregg jait. happy father's day to everybody out there. >> hello, gregg. happy father's day to you and to everyone. i'm arthel neville. thank you for joining us, democrats forcing the issue to the floor with a marathon filibuster following last weekend's massacre in orlando, the worst mass shooting in u.s. history now becoming a major flashpoint between both

political parties. more live from washington. garrett? >> reporter: greg and arthel, these proposals are going from both parties to increase gun safety, but this is anything but a bipartisan effort. on monday the senate will vote on four proposals, two from democrats and two from republicans, and it is highly unlikely that any of these proposals will receive enough votes to pass. this issue has become one of the president's top priorities for his last few months in office, and today the administration took the rare step of sending attorney general loreto lynch on to all five sunday morning shows to make its case for gun control reform and specifically for the proposal from california democratic senator dianne feinstein which would give the attorney general the most latitude to deny the sale of guns to suspected terrorists. >> obviously we want to be able to have the tools we need to stop individuals from obtaining guns who should not have them, but we also need to have a process consistent with the law

to protect ongoing investigations and protection sensitive matters, and this amendment does give the department of justice both of those tools. >> in his weekly address yesterday, president obama also renewed his call for a ban on assault weapons. the nra this week has been outspoken that it agrees. no terrorist or suspected terrorist should be allowed to purchase guns, but it is also pushing back on the administration's efforts to unnecessarily chip away at second amendment rights in the name of protecting the homeland. >> the truth of the matter is those guns were banned in paris, and it didn't stop that terrorist attack. they were banned in brussels. they were banned in california, and it didn't stop concernedio. the point is criminals and terrorists are not going to be deterred by one more gun control law when they are willing to walk into a gun-free club and commit murder with a firearm. >> now, while none of the four proposals up for a vote tomorrow are expected to pass.

republican senator susan collins of maine is working on an alternative compromise that may be able to gain bipartisan support later this week. gregg and athel. >> garrett tenney, thanks, garrett. >> you got it. now to the latest out of orlando. two florida cher itch's deputies injured when a driver crashed into the funeral procession for one of the nightclub shooting victims. police say the woman got impatient, tried to cut through an intersection slamming into two motorcycles. both deputies expected to be okay. the woman was given a ticket and then released. in the meantime, we are hearing more from survivors of the massacre about what happened inside the pulse nightclub. peter doocy live in orlando with more. peter? >> reporter: gregg, there's still a lot of law enforcement activity here at pulse one week after the terror attack. earlier this morning around 8:00 we saw dozens of investigators from the fbi and other federal agencies gathering gear and

signing in to go work the crime scene, and we are about to find out a lot more about the things terrorist omar mateen said that kept the s.w.a.t. team out of the club for the first three hours of his attack. >> what we are releasing tomorrow are actually the kranz scripts of the phone contact between the killer and the orlando negotiators the night of the attacks so it will be a partial transcript of those calls. we're trying to get information out. it's our goal to be as transparent as possible in this investigation. >> reporter: most new details about what happened inside pulse have been coming from survivors. one of them told the tribune news service he saw terrorist omar mateen laying down next to his dead and wounded victims to hide from police officers outside. omar mateen was constantly in trouble, according to nearly every available record from his life, and the ones that show he was okay apparently aren't accurate because the doctor listed as performing a psych

evaluation on mateen a decade ago so he could carry gun for 4 g4s security says that incorrect and that doctor says, quote, what i do know that in september 2007 i was not living or working in florida. i was not performing any work for back-inhut and i did not administer any type of examination to omar mateen. last night a soccer team paused pat the 49th minute and left 49 seats empty in the stands and exactly one week to the minute from when shootings started, 2:02 a.m. church bells rang downtown in orlando, 49 times as well, once for every victim of the terrorist attack here. gregg? >> peter doocy, peter, thanks very much. also, donald trump is facing questions about what can be done to prevent a similar attack from happening again. mr. trump saying this morning that the u.s. should look at the

possibility of profiling in the wake of the mass slaughter in orlando. elizabeth pran now live with more. >> reporter: hi, arthel. donald trump igniting another hot topic and candidates on both sides of the aisle are publicly reacting to the massacre in orlando, whether their stances on gun control or terror the republican nominee on the political shows voicing his stance again reiterating that the people who are on the terro ability to buy a firearm. donald trump varying from the gop's historical stance on gun control. trump went on to say he wants to begin a dialogue with a national rifle association about flagsing or banning individuals on the terror watch list. trump says there were red flags when it came to the orlando gunman, and he's not ruling out profiling individuals in the u.s. >> i think profiling is something that we're going to have to start thinking about as a country and other countries do it. you look at israel and you look at others, and they do it, and

they do it successfully, and, you know, i hate the concept of profiling, but we have to start using common sense, and we have to use, you know, we have to use our heads. >> this week we saw prominent republicans such as house speaker paul ryan speaking out against some of trump's proposals such as a temporary ban on muslims entering the u.s., and in regards to gun control, the speaker says lawmakers shouldn't be rushing to laws or proposals which could hinder americans' constitutional rights. house lawmakers are on the sidelines as the debate over gun control in the senate against into next week, and in regards to his party's nominee, ryan says he'll support him and he will not divide the party. >> i believe that if we want to be successful, and i don't like identity politics no matter who plays it. let the left play identity politi politics. that's their currency. as conservatives according to our principles we believe in unifying people and aspiration and we believe in taking an

agenda of the country and giving people a better path forward. >> reporter: arthel, as you know, senate lawmakers plan to vote on at least four lawmakers in regards to gun control as early as tomorrow. back to you. >> yes, and we're going to be talking with judy mill bertha very subject in about 15 -- not 15 minutes, in about seven minutes. >> reporter: great. >> elizabeth pran, stick around for that one for me. >> thank snow thank you. the pentagon is holding a teleconference call with moscow. actually they did it yesterday, very unusual, after russia launched air strikes this week killing a number of u.s.-backed rebels in syria. the kremlin insist is it was all an accident and blaming the u.s. saying it failed to update russia on the fightsers' locations. in the meantime, a new push by dozens of u.s. diplomats within the department of state urging president obama to change his strategy, to ramp up military pressure with targeted air strikes against syrian president bashar al assad. let's bring in ambassador john

bolton, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. as well as senior fellow at the american enterprise institute, a fox news conbeautor. ambassador, good to see you. the russians bombed u.s.-backed rebels. at the same time american jets are poised in the latest planned series of bombings to come within range of russian surface-to-air missiles, so is this an increasingly perilous confrontation between the u.s. and russia, or does the teleconference that happened yesterday, again, they unusual, does that sign an encouraging sign of cooperation? >> no, i don't think so at all. let's be clear. russian policy objectives with respect to the assad regime are 180 degrees the opposite of the stated american policy objectives. the russian military intervention in syria is to prop up assad whereas american support for the opposition is intended to overthrow assad. now, nominally both the united

states and russia are opposed to isis, but the priority is completely different. that's really our top priority for the russians. going after isis is an incidental aspect of keeping assad in power, so i -- i really am very worried about what the russians have done here. there was every risk that american advisers were with those opposition forces that the russians bombed, and it's just so typical of the way the russians operate. is it undertaking military action where americans could be in jeopardy? they blame us for not keeping us updated. this is something i think the russians think they can do and get away with. >> speaking of getting away with, president obama's strategy appears not to have worked for the longest period of time. now you've got 51 u.s. diplomats within the department of state, and they are calling for a change in strategy by the president, targeted military strikes against assad.

what do you make of this? does it represent a deepening frustration and dissent over president obama's handling of syria? >> well, i've certainly never heard of a dissent channel cable that had this many people signed up to t.usually it's one or two at the most. occasionally career foreign service officers resign in protest, but this is far and away the biggest sign of opposition that i've ever seen. i think it will have no effect whatever on obama. i think he sees any action by the united states and syria more than what we're already doing as threatening to iran. i mean, let's be clear. it's not just the russians who support iran. it's iran who has brought hezbollah out of lebanon into syria on assad's side, and i think as it has been from the beginning obama is worried that if he does anything to affect iran's interest in syria and

lebanon adversely it will jeopardize his nuclear deal with tehran. that's what's on his mind. >> what about the merits of their idea, and it's one that's been backed by, you know, a great many military people, although the president has ignored it. would targeted bombing of assad's government be a viable way, you know, to stop assad from repeatedly violating the cease-fire and actually force him to the negotiating tabling? >> well, it's possible. it would certainly wake him up if one morning he found that his entire helicopter fleet had been destroyed. the problem is even if we were successful in overthrowing assad we have no real guarantee of what comes next. i think if there was an opportunity and hypothetically there may have been in 2011 by allowing this thing to drift for five years now. it's five years since this civil war began, we've now lost control of the opposition. there are radicals throughout. there are radical mill it is a and we've got isis to deal with

as well, so while there may once have been a chance to put together a syrian government that can keep the country together, i'm afraid it's gone. i think the real policy the u.s. should focus on is overthrowing the ayatollahs in iran. they are the main threat to peace and security in the middle east and really internationally. >> ambassador john bolton, always good to see you, ambassador. thank you. >> thank you, gregg. well, firefighters are making some progress against wildfires burning out west, but the battle is far from over. as they brace for gusty winds and scorching heat. lauren blanchard is live from 0 newsroom with more. how is it looking out there? >> reporter: hi, arthel. though crews have been making progress on wildfires in the worst they are bracing for extreme heat that could cut into progress they have also made and also worsen continues.

the sherpa fire has been 45%, icording to authorities. they were given a lucky break on friday night when expected winds down down, but now extreme heat could add fuel to the fire and has residents on edge. >> the fire was so close and there were a lot of burning embers coming down. i came out in my pajamas and said, hey, there's one woman in here and five dogs. just wake me up if i need to go. >> reporter: in arizona the cedar fire has already engulfed some 12,000 acres and fire officials there don't expect any break as temperatures rise to nearly 118 degrees and humidity drops. and in new mexico, the governor has directed the national guard to help secure communities impacted by a massive fire in the central part of the state. that fire is only 9% contained and has already burned well over 17,000 acres. arthel? >> well, let's hope that those folks out there get some help

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hours is not always enough. >> we think that having the maximum flexibility is the best way to achieve that. it lets us determine whether or not the sale should proceed, first of all. we may be able to look at a person and make a determination even faster than that or we may not. we may in fact need more time, and i think the american people deserve us to take the greatest amount of time and scrutiny that we can and the important decision of whether or not someone has been implicated in this matter should in fact be able to buy a firearm. >> attorney general loretta lynch. joining me now is judy miller, an adjunct fellow and a pulitzer prize winning author and journalist and fox news contributor. judy, good to see you this morning from tel aviv. and i start by having you -- >> good morning, arthel. >> good morning. we'll get to why you're there in a moment, but i want to start in this perspective. is this more about gun control or national security? >> well, you know, arthel, it's

really about both because in this instance the democrats are trying to take back control of the senate, and they see kind of overwhelming american support for doing something to tighten gun control and access to guns in the wake of these terrible shootings in san bernardino and orlando, so in this instance they are arguing that tightening these -- these regulations will actually enhance national security and protect americans against terrorist attacks, and republicans by contrast are under enormous pressure to go along with the democratic minority in the senate, but this is a very, very difficult position for the republicans, especially those who are in very tight races. >> so you are in tel aviv for a national security conference, judy. what's the world security in

that community. what's chair take on the gun violence in america and also worldwide? >> well, you know, they are absolutely mystified, many israelis are, especially the ones i asked about that issue at the conference that i attended here. they were talking about a country that is awash in weapons if you're a military officer or enrolled in the military, if you're serving in the military, but for civilians, it actually turns out to be very difficult to get a weapon. weapons are extremely expensive. if you want one you have to demonstrate a need to enhance your own personal security. you have to be subjected to in some cases physical and mental examinations, and as i said the price of ammunition and guns is very high. i think israelis are a little mystified about our political process in general.

they don't understand donald trump and hillary clinton being the presumptive nominees of both parties and they certainly don't understand america's reluctance to enact some serious controls on whether or not terrorists or suspected terrorists have access to weapons. here most of the terrorism has been the result of stabbings because palestinian terrorists have had a very difficult time securing firearms, and they think that americans would want to take similar steps, and it's hard to explain to israelis that. >> of course, of course. >> you have a second amendment. >> i want to -- i've got really tight here for a quick answer from you, if you could, because you hinted at this. this is perhaps more than a gun control issue, it's the democrat' efforts to regain control of the senate and the

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hi. i'm arthel neville. time now for "sunday housecall." >> and i'm gregg jarrett. joining us dr. david samadi, chairman and professor of urology at lenox hill hospital and chief of robotic surgery. >> also dr. marc siegel, professor of medicine at the nyu's langone medical center, also author of "false alarm, the truth about the epidemic of fear." joining us live via skype this sunday, and good to see both of you, docs. >> glad to see you. >> we'll get right to you. >> good to see you. >> as we mark one week since the terror attack at an orlando nightclub pulse that left 49 dead and dozens injured, the massacre will no doubt leave lifelong scars on those directly involved, but it w