in congress means what the nra will allow, and because they are a front for the gun lobby, they haved for what the people want so we can't get things like background checks passed. there's a lot of work that needs to be done. a lot of it involves kicking people out and replacing them with morally just leaders who give a damn about childrens' lives. [cheers and applause] i think we have an opportunity. >> sarah: overturning citizens united would certainly help. [cheers and applause] >> 100%. really the issue to end all issues. >> sarah: that is the big one and that is the root of so much of this. now that you have seen how congress operates from the inside, are you hopeful? do you see that there is change possible? are you excited about america's future or is it depressing? >> both. [laughs] i will say, i am very hopeful. a lot of times, on the outside, you might say, there's only a small group of good people and everyone else is a corporate hack and they don't care about everyone. but having conversations with my colleagues, i have been so surprised by so many people who come i get i

allegedly from the nra.not the only game in town now. there's money that is supporting candidates who support gun safety. senator gary peters of michigan, thank you so much. we greatly appreciate it. and still ahead on morning joe, senators were briefed yesterday on three unidentified objects shot down from north america air space over last weekend. >> it was a very, very good briefing. the military intelligence agencies are working around the clock to get a more comprehensive picture of what's happening and recovering more evidence. now we still have questions. senator tester is going to lead our caucus in investigating this. >> and senator jon tester joins us next. >>> also, the growing health conditions in ohio this morning as residents fear for their safety after that major train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals in the environment. we'll get an update from governor mike dewine. "morning joe" will be right back. e dewine "morning joe" will be right back dove invited women who wanted their damaged h

members of the -- the majority of the nra supports -- a majority of the nra members support universal background checks for all gun purchases. you could say the same for red flag laws. you could actually even say the same for military style weapons. a majority of weapons support a ban on military style weapons. we're not going to get there. that's not going to happen, right? even though 18-year-olds can still walk in and gun down people in schools, gun down children in schools. we won't get there. but republicans won't even take the first steps that the majority, overwhelming majority of their own people want them to take. >> these are adults, by the way, i think. these adults, these republican leaders, who use guns, use ar-15s and other assault weapons as part of their political gesturing. they take pictures with them. they take pictures with their family holding guns. they think they're so cool. >> it's grotesque. >> point the gun at the camera, whatever. it's not only grotesque, it is mocking the reality that your kids are living in. >> let me tell you, willie, i'm a gun owner. i'v

we don't know because, at every turn, the nra and industry that east part of has fought the sort of scientific form with policy. and who we are sort of fumbling around, trying to form good policy. >> and as we fumble around, many states are loosening their gun laws. you are a gun owner. this permit-less carry worry you? >> yes, so, i'm a gun owner. and i shoot with my boys every chance i get and yes, i am also a big proponent of what responsible gun owners believe are reasonable restrictions to on the truth is, we don't know. we don't know because, at every turn, the nra and industry that east part of has fought the sort of scientific data collection that is necessary to form with policy. and who we are sort of fumbling around, trying to form good policy. >> and as we fumble around, many states are loosening their gun laws. you are a gun owner. this permit-less carry worry you? >> yes, so, i'm a gun owner. and i shoot with my boys every chance i get and yes, i am also a big proponent of what responsible gun owners believe are reasonable restrictions to make sure that bad people don't have guns

. >> she's a lifelong nra member. a recent visit with alaskan troops in kuwait, she showed she knows her way around a gun. >> she doesn't just vote with the nra, she goes out and kills a caribou, skins it and cooks it for dinner. >> by john mccain's choosing sarah palin, that certainly was a curveball. and i think it gave some new energy to the republican ticket. >> i'm not one of those movers and shakers within the republican party that i think conventionally you would think would be tapped. >> why not go for a woman? why not make some history? when you're in an america that has the itch for change, it looks like it could be a really smart pick. and maybe she'll get some of the women who are mad over hillary clinton having lost. >> ladies and gentlemen, the next vice-president of the united states. >> i was hired to work on the obama campaign after hillary conceded. and we were watching sarah palin give her convention speech. >> before i became governor, i was mayor of my hometown. and since our opponents in this pre

it reminds me a lot, actually, of the nra and how the nra still has this huge powerlected offic washingtondespite the fact that gun reform legislation is supported by 70%, 80%, 90% of the public. it is this fear of the base. yes, paul ryan, good for him. he has no more you-know-whats to give, and maybe he will be a person who helps lead some to say the same thing. we will see. >> when you even talk about the nra -- >> really good parallel. >> -- legislation, sometimes 60%, 70% of nra members support legislation that the republican party kills. mika, it is insanity. it's not even worrying about the base because 60% of republicans don't want donald trump to run. it's just fearing your own shadow. >> you have to wonder what's going on. >>> now to this. newspapers across the country dropped the comic strip days after the creator made comments that are said to be discriminatory and racist. the cartoonist described people who are black as members of a hate group from which white people should get away. those comments came in response to a report surveying 53% of black respondents agreeing with t

the definition of bipartisanship in congress is what the nra is okay with. when we think about another thing, right, like extended waiting day periods, if we had real waiting day periods in the country, we could cut the violence almost in half because it can prevent folks taking their own life with a gun. so i think there are a lot of things that we can do to our common sense reform that can have a real impact, but this is part of the problem of money in politics, the fact that the nra owns a lot of these politicians. >> that second set is really interesting, suicide, gun violence and wedding day periods is really specific approaches that. michigan state representative ranjeev puri, thank you for making time on a very difficult day. congressman maxwell alejandro frost, thank you. thank you, both. coming up, the latest move by governor ron desantis against advanced placement programs in florida schools. that is still ahead. l ahead. before dexcom g6, my diabetes was out of control. i was tired. not having the energy to do the things that i wanted to do. befor

the other thing is, the nra's been around for over 100 years. of young people who simply didn't want our friends to die anymore, young people to -- know better fit in school or outside the school. despite the setbacks, i do think it's important to acknowledge that the law that we passed down through parkland, despite the desantis saying all these things has not been repealed. the number one group uses the law that we passed most in florida, the extremist protection order, that enables you to disarm someone that has a risk themselves or other, with council new product, the number one group that uses republican sheriffs. we pass these laws in republican state legislatures across the country. they can say all they want that they are doing all these things, because it's not politically safe. not a single republican or democrat lost their election because they voted for the bill in florida, the same thing happened this summer in congress. not a single senator or member of congress lost their election just because they voted for bipartisan safer commu

everyone said you will never get the votes, the nra is against you and so on and i was like there in so many meetings where she said we are not giving up. >> also the first woman to head the senate intelligence committee. >> putting somebody right now at the head of the cia, who played a role in, let's say, torture, is not necessarily appropriate. >> reporter: she was also the first woman to serve as the judiciary committee's top democrat. >> we came from different places philosophically. >> we were thrown together and made it work. we showed that women can do it. >> reporter: senator feinstein admits the last few years were tough after losing her husband. >> they had credit partnership. if you talk about what a legacy, we look at some of the things, the big ticket items, we've got some environmental issues she will leave a legacy behind, correct? >> that is something really important to her in california. she was able to get past the desert protection act which established death valley national park, joshua tree and the mojave desert. that was 7.6 million acres of land that she was

they started call change is the rest is challenging the influence of the nra gun manufacturers and the parents of gina montalto started a foundation to help students pay for college. his father says it's the way that he's keeping his daughter's memory alive. it's just about. >> helping to keep jeanne as light shining. she was she was so positive and loving and caring. we we. want her helpful nature continue on and again, to keep relate, shining in this >> well, the gunman has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. residents in eastern ohio say they're getting sick and animals are dying after a train derailment spill toxic chemicals into the environment. there. take a look at the explosion after the train crashed. local officials told residents it was safe to return home after the february 3rd explosion. but the epa is warning that the soil may not have been disposed of properly. now you have residents that are reporting multiple symptoms, including headaches, coughs. others say livestock has died. wildlife officials are reporting dead fish in the waters wit

a democrat sponsored it and the nra endorsed it.fined as locking saves, boxes, and cases. last year police in richmond reported that over 700 guns were stolen just from vehicles alone. joining us right now, the virginia state delegate who sponsored that measure, alfonso lopez. thank you so much for coming on the show this morning. tell us why you sponsored the legislation and how it came to such great success and what can be learned from this for more legislation? >>. >> thank you very much for having me on the show this morning. i really do appreciate the ability to talk about -- or the opportunity to talk about this bill. i dropped my son who's 5 and my 15-year-old son off at school every day, and i find myself having to say a prayer every morning because of all the shootings that are happening around the country. and so i thought -- we've got to try to find a way to bring the parties together, brady, every town, moms demand action, gifford's and the nra on some piece of legislation they could all agree on, and we tried to basical

makes me high is supporting my friend and the guns that called off of san francisco and called the nra a bunch of terrorists. go. you don't need drugs for that. man come on. i don't want to speak -- i want people to recover like dorse. i don't see how these sites will do that. i don't see how these sites will help someone going on drugs -- >> i'm going to pause the moment for a moment. if you could please direct your comments at the entire empanelled committee and not at any individuals of the committee. you have a minute remaining. thank you. >> thank you sir. thank you for that air speech violation. i do apologize. just got excited here in my office, but i do recommend that the committee does not recommend this unless there's a pathway to recovery. i apologize if i wasted anyone's time. i'm sorry if i wasn't clear and i wanted to be supportive and opposed this venture. thank you for your public service ladies and gentlemen. >> thank you for sharing your comments with the committee. do we have anyone further in the queue? just checking request our tech team. there is one more speaker.

this fellow bill buford said atf is always painted as anti-gun and the nra has tried to make atf is punchingbag for decades. buford pointed out it's correct to say, almost every atf agent involved in waco was a gun owner, a hunter. atf agents are pro-gun ownership, but legal gun ownership. the thing that always gets loss mostly because people do not want to think about it is that illegal guns were being constructed and cash aid -- cached at mount carmel. branch davidians were breaking the law and atf for all of its ponderings and fbi afterwards for all of their blunderings for the desk that did not have to happen and yet law was being broken and the agencies of the government who are post to enforce those laws were acting as they were supposed to, at least initially. host: rob in kansas. hi. caller: good morning. i hope you mentioned in your book that david koresh was a pedophile, they're emancipating girls as young as 11 years of age to say they're going to be in the light which means they are allowed to marry david koresh, have sex with him or whatever. anybody who thinks he was a hero, he

contest reality tv show and launched a public career at the furms community working closely with the nras all about speed and efficiency. >> why do you feel so passion a gnat about diversifying gun ownership and bringing in asian american gun owners? with. >> i'm a diversity and unconclusion advocate no matter where i am. whether it's in the gun community, my day job in silicon valley, it should cut across all facets of your life. some of the worst crimes and attacks happen right here blocks from where we're eating lunch right now. >> if you had to boil it down, what is it that changed during the pandemic for asian americans and guns? >> we kept on seeing time and time again that law enforcementen can't always be there to protect us from something bad. so the question for all of us became what can i do about this? >> could call chris chang an ambassador at best. >> reporter: josh is with the violence center. >> the primary base of the gun industry has been older white males. what's happening is they are dying off. and to borrow a phrase of the tobacco industry, the gun industry is not fi

contest reality tv show and launched a public career in the firearms community, working closely with the nra> everything is all about speed and efficiency. >> why do you feel so passionate about diversifying gun ownership? and bringing in asian american gun owners? >> i'm a diversity and inclusion advocate, no matter where i am, whether it's in the gun community, whether it's in my day job in silicon valley. it should cut across all facets of your life. some of the worth crimes and attacks against asian americans happen right here, blocks from where we're eating lunch right now. >> if you had to boil it down, what is it that changed during the pandemic for asian americans and guns. >> we kept on seeing time and time again that law enforcement can't and won't always be there to protect us from something bad, and so the question for a lot of us then became what can i do about that? >> you can call chris chang an ambassador at best and a salesman at worst. >> reporter: josh sugarman is with the violence policy center that approaches guns as a public health issue. >> the primary base of the gun

so, i think unpacking that myth in a major way is so important, and not cozying up to the nra operative it. >> it's not even open for debate anymore, as far as i'm concerned, it is demonstrably true. that we are not keeping guns out of the hands of disturbed young men. and we see them as mass shooters and school shooters, and it happens time and again. they fit a profile, not all of them. they don't fit the exact same profile, but they sure are similar. to each other. and they shoot off warning signs, always, they're disturbed and they're going to do something they often posted online, and then they do. >> i think we have to also talk in addition to talk about gun control, we have to talk about white supremacist violence specifically in the ideology of that. and why that is such a threat. i think, especially interviews i've done with black lives matter, cofounder alicia garza, interviews i've done with people in the community, activists, people who aren't activist as well, this concern about white supremacy in about this type of violence that we saw with january 6th, we saw with the buf

amy: she is a staunch opponent of gun-control who won an a+ rating from the nra and a 2014. the following year, a white supremacist gunman massacred nine african-american worshipers at the historic emmanuel ame church in charleston. in the wake of the shooting, she called for the confederate battle flag to be removed from the state capital barrooms but that was only after enoous -- grous but th was onlafter ormous backlasby bree newso who sced a fgpolto tear down thelag and act of non-civi disobience- nonvlent civilisobedience. she was arrested and the flag was put back up that day. in ohio, fears of a wider health and environmental disaster are growing after a freight train operated by norfolk southern crashed and released toxic chemicals last week in the community of east palestine near ohio's border with pennsylvania. data released by the environmental protection agency on sunday show the train contained more toxic and carcinogenic chemicals than initially reported. the ohio department of natural resources estimates the spill killed more than 3500 fish in surrounding wate

he was a founding member of the nra in the 60s, but didn't, by the time he died.hat he once thought. he was on the board! he stopped with a handgun underneath the pillow every day until the day that he died. and we talked about this in very real terms, because my father was a man that should not have had access to guns! i prevented my father from killing my mother! i hit in that closet! i thought i would die! and because i've lived both sides of it, i listened, and i talk about, it and another going to give up. because i was that scared kid. and my sister and i talk about it all the time about this. if we can prevent anyone from flipping through the hell, the fear -- my sister, my baby sisters that from what we've been through. and we are gonna keep fighting. and i will listen and talk to anybody to just talk about it in really real terms. >> congresswoman, thank you, thank you for doing on this. this is -- this is not a fight worth giving up, and we appreciate the effort that you get every day. >> thank. you >> congresswoman debbie dingell. >> lifesaving federal

. >> it says, if nothing else, just how embedded the nra they are in all gun lobbyists. idea that the more guns we have the safer we will be. if that were the case, america would be the safest country on the planet. but we are not, we have more mass shootings, as you mentioned, that we've had days this year. this is catastrophic. you are not safe anywhere. adele there was a decision by the fifth circuit court saying the domestic abusers can't have guns. 70 women a month are killed by former or current to be partners. most mass shootings are domestic violence related. but we don't talk about that nearly enough. people think a lot of it is going to be from schools, churches, supermarkets, no. the most dangerous place for him to be. the most dangerous place for a child to be is in their own home. and you have politicians who are not doing anything to make sure their last guns out there. >> speaking of children we mentioned in the intro. missouri lawmakers couldn't even pass a law against banning kids. i mean, literally, kids. from carrying guns. what is wrong here? >> i thi

the nra was 20 times more powerful back then the need is even now. that you want. >> what do you make of how she's going about this, though? i mean, she could have chosen to step down and let governor gavin newsom pick a replacement, which ed, you know, people thought she might do that instead, she's kind of choosing to go out on her own terms. as you talked about. how do you think that kind of speaks to the whole situation here? i think it's i think it's her prerogative. look. there are of men in the united states senate serve a long period of time and no one. >> no one. asked them to retire early. yes, can can nation nation lost a step or 2? i don't know. we've heard these rumors are for an 8 people. talk about it. the fact is she is she is there. she's a voice. she's a consistent throw. it. and and i think it's it's her prerogative. i think there's a certain decision to the site. how would she goes on a big king taking this step right now is certainly courageous. she's basically take yourself out of politics for the rest her life. but i think doin

not just helping, they will have help from the nra, the national reconnaissance office, cia people, experts in chinese surveillance technology. but where they really earn their money is, they're able to find that piece where they have it intact enough or can repair enough to download data and see what was being vacuum got into those surveillance technologies and what was being sent back. >> i want to ask you, finally. you are on the program a couple of days ago talking about threats to the electrical grid, particularly from white supremacist groups or neo-nazi groups. we just got news now that there was a power plot grid, being described as a neo-nazi leader, i'm not sure how much of a leader he has. and some some woman from maryland who he was linked with, their plan to attack electrical substations to quote completely destroyed the entire city and that would spark some sort of a race war that white people would then take over according to them. >> this is literally everything we were talking about on this broadcast fired a night come to fruition. this was a real profit won by a leader who

that and he was running the nra seat. so that put the entire party to be tied to this very bad plan. for mainstream republicans, it has been a rule that we do not touch these. >> it's rich for republicans, joe biden is lying about this and they've been saying democrats want to fun place. when i think maybe cori bush in the house has talked about defunding police. i think that's it among democrats. >> i think we put it is correct, president biden is painted with a broad brush. but it's a brush works got handed. him and he is in the leadership, in a leadership position. rick scott is not a fringe member, he is not on the other two, here he is somebody who is a member of leadership. as alyssa, said running to replacements mcconnell. also made this an altar plan frankly. because republicans indeed have been divided before and have generally tried to stay away from it. i do not understand why he put it out and i don't understand why he keeps saying the plan doesn't say what it says. and until they added askar us saying that bu

is she going to carry the ages old fetishization of guns that the nra has a spouse for decades, or meetoung voters, and many gun owners, by the way, where they are today, which is calling for common sense gun reform? what about her is generationally different, other than her age? if it's just her age, well, that's identity politics him and i'm pretty sure republicans would call that woke. >> well, if it's just about age , ages, i mean, is age what determines mental competency? >> no, it doesn't. look, i think that mental competence tests, as unconstitutional as they may be, by the way, are a nice thing in erie, and they should be applied across ages, right? some of the younger republicans in congress, for example, would fail mental competency exams. >> just the republicans? >> merger retailer grain, lauren, people who are are inciting violence of the capital, for example. i welcome a conversation from anyone at democratic side who compares to those people. i think she's leaning into generational stuff because she's uncomfortable taking trump directly on policy. and i don't think in a re

the ref is aimed at challenging the influence of the nra and gun manufacturers.f jena monta started a foundation to help students pay for college. gina's father says it is his way of keeping his daughter's memory a life. that's just about. >> helping to keep june as light shining. she was. she was so positive and loving and caring. we we. want her helpful nature continue on and again, to keep relate, shining in this role. >> the gunman has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. >> people living in parts of eastern ohio say they're getting sick can add abel's are dying after that train derailment spilled toxic chemicals into the environment. take a look at the explosion. so bad that straight after the train crash, local officials told residents it was safe to return home shortly after the february 3rd explosion. but the epa is now warning that the soil around there may not have been disposed of properly. and folks who live in the area are reporting several symptoms headaches, coughs, other issues, some say livestock has died and wildli

contest reality tv show and launched a public career in the firearms community, working closely with the nraed and efficiency. >> reporter: why do you feel so passionate about diversifying gun ownership and bringing in asian american gunowners? >> i'm a gun advocate, no matter where i am, whether it's in the gun community, whether it's in my day job in silicon valley, it should cut across all facets of your life. some of the worse crimes and attacks against asian americans happened right here, blocks from where we're eating lunch right now. >> reporter: if you had to boil it down, what is it that changed during the pandemic for asian americans and guns? >> we kept on seeing time and time again that law enforcement can't and won't always be there to protect us from something bad. and sort of the question for a lot of us then became well, what can i do about this? >> you can call chris chang an ambassador at best and a salesman at worst. >> reporter: josh shugerman is with the violence policy center that approaches guns as a public health issue. >> the primary base of the gun industry's sales

recovered from the chinese spy balloon as you know, it is said to have multiple and tennis to include nra and she'll locating communications. interpret that, what does that tell you about what china was trying to do? >> well, china is surveilling with a satellite overhead every hour and a half. the balloon has greater capabilities or has had in the past greater abilities to collect signals intelligence, probably greater ability to take more high resolute photographs on greater dimensions. but again, because this was so obvious, the department of defense and others were able to mitigate pretty strongly against this. what i take from this overall is, this can be a net gain. this can be a win. depending on the quality of what we collect, we can learn about the blooms enhanced capabilities as they are. and how to protect against them. the -- this doesn't make sense. both presidents just met. a secretary was about to meet with his counterpart, these are nations trying to normalize relations and most intel attempts some effort at covert collection. this is the equivalent of a brass band going d

land they have now had five years to try to undermine the law, the nra still suing the state over.at even they know that that law is good and it is working. >> congressman, all eyes are on ron desantis and his possible presidential ambitions. i like to say florida is the epicenter of all things crazy. so i feel like the u.s. looks to see what happens in this state. what do you make of this new reporting that desantis campaign wanted to ban guns on election night event for him, but desantis also wanted to blame the venue for the ban? is that what we can expect from the gop's current global golden child? >> i think this is something we have seen consistently, actually, with republicans. this went on several times during the trump campaign, they did not want to guns and guns were not allowed. into their venues. listen. they may not want to say it out loud, but republicans quietly know that there are several people out there, lots of people, a significant amount that should not have access to guns. and the reason they do not want guns at their event is because they know what makes them

we don't know because, at every turn, the nra and industry that east part of has fought the sort of scientificd who we are sort of fumbling around, trying to form good policy. >> and as we fumble around, many states are loosening their gun laws. you are a gun owner. this permit-less carry worry you? >> yes, so, i'm a gun owner. and i shoot with my boys every chance i get and yes, i am also a big proponent of what responsible gun owners believe are reasonable restrictions to make sure that bad people don't have guns and do bad things and we are now at the neighborhood of about 20, five or 26 states. florida, ron desantis is trying to become the next to an act permit to conceal carry. which means you have a gun, you can carry concealed, or without any kind of permit without any kind of background check. without any kind of reasonable restriction on what is a very immensely powerful freedom. writes? the freedom to carry guns as an him right in the second amendment. the slot of debate about what that means. they come to that admit sort of responsibility. the s idea that we can just do it, willy-ni

i mean, they don't want to face the gun lobby, they don't want to face the nra, they don't want to face gun manufacturers or people they have convinced somehow that it's more important to have the right to own and use a deadly weapon than it is to survive when you go to college. >> yeah. it's sick. and this is the only country where that happens. there isnoter other country putting up with this for decades. michigan attorney general daini nestle, thank you. >> now, as we mentioned, today marks five years since the massacre at marjory stoneman douglas high school. the community held a vigil for their 17 lost loved ones. we spoke with fred guttenberg who has nench done an interview before about his daughter jamie, a fight to protect students in schools and the push by republicans in florida to make it easier to obtain guns. joining me now is fred guttenberg. his 14-year-old daughter jamie was murdered in the mass shooting add marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. he's also the author of american carnage. always an honor to speak with you. i see the beautiful picture o

there is a legacy of nra power, gun lobby power that is being eroded but it's not completely gone. your question is are things changing and they just are. last year we passed the most significant gun safety bill in 30 years, really the first in 30 years. it expanded background checks. people said that couldn't be done. a whole bunch of republicans voted for that measure that just frankly six months earlier had opposed many of the things in that bill. the politics are changing really fast. a lot of republicans are changing their minds because they actually realize that the gun lobby isn't as powerful as it used to be. so, yes, this looks like an uphill battle, especially sw a republican house. a lot of people said we wouldn't be able to pass the bill we papass last year where red flag laws and bans on guns to domestic abusers but we did because the issue is moving fast. >> i should note encouraging states to adopt red flag laws, one that michigan doesn't have. before we move to china, senator, the shooter, a anthony anthony bought two guns after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor. bec

. >> it said f with the nra and you will be doa. this person lived 20 minutes away from us.d not really touched a chord with a lot of people. >> yes, it is incredibly inspiring that we stood up, but young people having to stand up to not die in their classrooms is not a good sign. it's as good of a sign as a canary passing out of a coal mine is for our democracy. >> reporter: in a way, it was almost like let the kids do it. >> 100%. and that is time and time again one of the most incredibly frustrating things, probably the most insulting. it's all the people that we had come up to us and say, my generation really screwed up, but we are glad that you kids are here to fix tand acting like they have no role in that. >> reporter: it all took a toll. now 22, and a harvard senior majoring in history, hogg is active but not full time working for march for our lives. he told us for a few years he just felt numb. you have said that you have posttraumatic stress disorder, ptsd. how are you? >> much better, thanks to therapy. my freshman year was really, really, really hard. and maybe

is she going to carry the ages old fetishes a shun of black guns that the nra has a spouse for decades- where they are today, which is, calling for common sense gun reform? what about her is in relation really different other than her age? if it is just your, age well, that's identity politics. and i'm pretty sure republicans would call that woke. >> and mondaire jones, if it's just about, age age is -- 's age what determines mental competency? >> no, it doesn't. i think that mental competency tests, as unconstitutional as they may be, by the way, our nice theory, and they should be applied across ages. somebody younger, republicans, in congress, for example, would fail mental competency exams. >> just the republicans? >> marjorie taylor greene. lauren boebert. people inciting violence at the capitol, for example. i welcome a conversation on the democratic side that compares to those people. i think she is leaning into generational stuff because she's uncomfortable taking trump directly on policy. and i don't think in a republican primary the generational argument is as compelling, esp

we double down on hydrogen in the nra with new tax credits.ve to energy manufacturing investments to support communitiesen where coal plants have closed both in my homees state and senator home state of wyoming andto provide jobs and taxes. appropriated for the law was the largest investment in the department they've ever seen. this works hand-in-hand with the inflation reduction act to boost american innovation competitiveness and security so we clearly given department of energy a lot of work to do. congress has spoken clearly the last two years between the .energy act, bipartisan infrastructure bill and the inflation reduction act that united states has all of the above energy policy that supports using all of our god-given resources the cleanest wayfl possible that's how we sue up energy security and achieve energy independent oil addressing climate change. it is my intention to make sure the laws are informative socially, affectively and in my with that clear congressional intent which i can assure you this administration doesn't seem to

they both had 80 ratings from the nra, but they went in together to try to pass background and they wrote a bill on it and then we traveled the country. the president made the case for it everywhere. and then in april of 2013, republicans in the senate blocked that bill from a vote in full view of the families the parents of those children were there and the president was pretty angry afterwards. it was it was definitely the most cynical i've ever seen him. and he said, you know, the next time this happens, i don't want to speak. am i going to say if we've decided as a country that we're just going to let this keep happening? i don't want to go out and give you a do each time and kind of give people the sense that this is normal, that we can just move on. and so i wondered if that would true after charleston, josh, as he often found the best in any situation, not to give too much away from the book. but i say there's there's no one in washington who's name perfectly matches his demeanor than josh. except for maybe anthony weiner. and but in this oval office meeting, the president was hold

the nra and lobbyists and donations to politicians who feel be-holden to them, but not to the constituents that elected them. until that dynamic changes, we're not going to see significant mitigation of the violent threat. there are things states can do. red flag laws do work. michigan does not have a red flag law, so, hypothetically, if this shooter's father was as concerned as he says he was about his son, locking himself in a room and shooting target practice out the back door, possibly -- possibly a red flag law in michigan might have allowed police to temporarily seize that weapon. we also need to enforce existing laws. most cops just want to be able to do that, yet this guy, we know, was a -- someone who had a gun charge the on him and could not have possessed lawfully or purchased a gun in michigan, yet his father says he, quote, bought a gun. we don't know if he bought it at a shop with a background check or bought it stolen on the street, we'll have to figure that out. we have to start training our population to understanding warning signs and indicators of gun violence and do som

we have talked about the fact that a decade ago, a quarter of all democrats had an a-rating from the nra hard work of moms demand action volunteers who aren't giving up. but we are also in a place where gun violence is the number one killer of american children and teens. and so, it is more important than ever that we work quickly on this issue. we are not just moms any more, we're mothers and others, we're students and survivors. but we have to use our votes so biasly. and really ask officials where they stand and only vote to those who are willing to move the ball forward. >> that made me think there are so many trey lewises out there. there are so many young people going about their lives, having survived school shootings. i wonder if we need to listen to them more, we need to ask them what it is like to have been raised from the age of 3 and for anyone who doesn't have a little kid, active shooter drills change. when you're 3, sometimes they tell the kid to pretend there's a wolf in the hallway. if there's window on the door, they lower the shade and play a game like they're hiding f

some of the most influential thinkers on the right today are literally mon nra communists -- nonarchists. i guess a defense of the anti-ukraine strain of republican thinking today would be their opposition to ukraine is part of the a coherent world view. i might not agree with that world view, but it would be a defense. but the same republicans who are trying to defund ukraine are often the loudest voices clamoring for a confrontational and reckless approach to china. many of them criticized president biden mercilessly when he withdrew from afghanistan. if their opposition to ukraine was part of a broader theory of nonintervention, maybe it would look more on the level. but that's not what's happening here. ukraine is being singled out, and all signs point to this right-wing republican affection for vladimir putin as one of the primary reasons. but here's the good news. the good news is in spite of this turn inside the republican party against ukraine, support for ukraine remains popular amongst the american people. nearly two-thirds of americans support the united states continuing to s

i'm owned by the nra. this is who i belong to.e seen a christian cross, i have seen lawmakers wear, we have replaced those symbols with an assault weapon. that's who we seem to stand for these days. and the man who is handing these out, andrew clyde from georgia, yeah, he profits from the gun industry. he has the fourth ranked gun store in the state of georgia. so let's look at this for what it is. not an assertion of the second amendment. the right to keep and bear arms. rather, profit killing and replacing american values with violence. >> rev, i know you have had a really long week, but this story, you know, the republicans keep showing us who they are, and i'm looking, but do you feel like everyone sees what's happening here? >> i hope they do. i mean, you know, maya angelou said if somebody tells you who they are the first time, believe them. when you are walking around the congress and you are wearing an ar-15 that you couldn't say is for hunting, you couldn't say for any of the excuses they have been giving us for the last