amy: that was chris murphy. yesterday, one gonzalez and i sat down with chris murphy on monday.egan by asking him about the debate over guns in washington and president trump's mixed endorsing conference of gun control and then taking it back. cooked it is important this country is talking about the issue of guns every single day. the media may only pay attention when there is a school shooting or a mass atrocity him of it every single day, 90 people die from guns. there is a mass shooting in this country on average every single day. in chicago and in hartford and bridgeport, we're talking about the concert once of gun violence 24/seven. listen, i can't tell you where the president is on this issue today. clearly, his gut political instinct tells him, his party cannot avoid the fact that 97% of americans in the latest all what universal background checks , but of course, he has this longtime affiliation with the nra and they want none of these changes to happen. i don't think as your leader su. i think mitch mcconnell is willing to bring a series of votes to the floor. not this

. >> texas senator john cornyn .alked about his bill the measure is cosponsored by senator chris murphy of connecticut. madam president, on another note, i want to emphasize another point and talk about a new milestone reached. we have reached 64 federal cosponsors for a bill i produced with senator murphy called the fix nics which is a background sponsoredrm bill we together. it is pretty recent -- remarkable that in an institute ,ike this at polarized times you have republicans and democrats coming together saying yes, we have a problem and yes, to fix to work together it. this is the kind of legislation the nation has been waiting for as people continue to be frustrated and depressed about random acts of violence that have broken out in our cities and schools. shootings like the one that occurred in texas outside of san andnio, and then las vegas, in florida. we are saying the status quo is not acceptable. to hear the democratic leader, senator schumer, say there are other things he and his colleagues would like to do. but i would quote some ancient wisdom that the journey of 1000 mi

senators chris murphy and john cornyn talk about the policy and discuss trying to make changes to the national background check system. i hope we rise to the moment before us and get something done to try to make the country safer over the course of the next week or two. i will be glad to go and join the president in a few hours to hear more about this thought on how we can put the safety of our kids ahead of any political considerations to make sure parkland is the last. in newtown connecticut that place has been fundamentally changed when you lose that many young lives in a short period of time there is no true recovery and unfortunately they will find that as charleston did in orlando and so many before them. we need to remember while the country can pay attention to the epidemic of gun violence and when there is a mass shooting this is an epidemic that does not take a day off. yesterday likely b to 90 people died from gunshot wound is. that is an epidemic in and of itself. another chunk of them were homicide i. it is 20 times higher than the average. you are more likely to die fro

. >> reporter: one of the notable things that stuck out to me is when chris murphy of connecticut who has been at the forefront of this since sandy hook reminded the president you need 60 votes in the senate. typically it is the republicans trying to offer that reminder. the president clearly trying to sort of break the mold in the way he was interacting with lawmakers. we saw that before in immigration. we have to see how this plays out in the days to come. >> kelly o'donnell making that smart point. we have seen this movie before, so we'll see how it ends. kelly, thank you. i want to bring on our panel for the next 54 applicantses here. betsy woodruff and our national political reporter from bloomberg. great to have you both. and let's start with the nra's response overnight. basically calling it good tv but bad policy. watch. >> i don't know yet whether that was just a performance or whether that is actually the new position of the white house. but i got to tell you, it shows how this debate is fundamentally shifted. >> that was actually chris murphy. i think we have the dana lash

he embraced connecticut democrat chris murphy's call for background checks on all gun purchases. an idea republicans have voted down again and again. >> we can't get it done. there's nothing else like that, where it works, people want it and we can't do it. >> but you have a different president now. >> well, listen, i mean -- >> you went through a lot of presidents and you didn't get it done. you have a different president. and i think maybe you have a different attitude, too. i think people want to get it done. >> mr. president, it's going to have to be you that brings the republicans to the table on this, because right now, the gun lobby would stop it in its tracks. >> i like that responsibility, chris. i really do. i think it's time. it's time that a president stepped up. >> reporter: trump even seemed to opposed his own vice president on how to take guns from someone identified as a possible threat. >> allow due process, so no one's rights are trampled, but the ability to go to court, obtain an order and then collect not only the firearms, but any weapons in the possession of

next senators chris murphy and john cornyn talk about gun policy and discussed trying to make changes to the national background check system. >> colleagues, i hope we rise to the moment before us and get something done to try to make this country safer over the course of the next week or two. i'm going to be glad to go and join the president in a few hours to hear more about his thoughts on how we can put the safety of our kids ahead of any political considerations, try to figure out how to make sure that parkland is the last. as i told some of the kids will come into my office from parkland, the ripples of grief will never ever in their in newtown connecticut that place has been fundamentally changed when you lose that many young life in a short period of time. there is no true recovery and, unfortunately, parkland will find that as charleston did, as orlando did, so many before them. but we need remember that while the country tends to pay attention to the epidemic of gun violence, when there is a mass shooting, this is an epidemic that doesn't take a day off. yesterday, likely, ,

chris murphy was in the meeting with president trump last week.ke a real turning point? >> it was remarkable. it surprised me that at times the president seemed to be outflanking even the most arkansardent anti-gun supporters in the room. and the question is, really, what is he going to do about it today and tomorrow? all he needs to do is convince 10 to 15 republicans, not even the majority of their caucus, to support some of these measures and it'll pass. basically every democrat will join in supporting it. i'm seeing this play before where the president talks a good game in one of these televised meetings but doesn't do any follow up. i hope this time is different. >> do you trust the president on this issue? >> well, i think the president genuinely wants a real deal on background checks. but i just don't know he's going to do the work to make it happen. i don't think he wasn't telling the truth in that meeting. i just know that it's going to take more than his words in a meeting to get it done. i think the president realizes that this issue is

the measure was introduced by republican mike lee, democrat chris murphy, and vermont independent bernie sanders -- who noted that the constitution gives congress, and not the president, the power to declare war. sanders said the u.s. was contributing to a humanitarian catastrophe in yemen. >> the united nations emergency relief coordinator said that yemen was on the brink of "the largest famine the world has seen for many decades." so far, at least 10,000 civilians have died and over 40,000 have been wounded in the war and 3 million people have been displaced. many americans are also not aware that u.s. forces have been actively involved in support of the saudis in this war, providing intelligence and aerial refueling of planes whose bombs have killed thousands of people and made this crisis far worse. amy: in honduras, police injured at least six demonstrators outside the us embassy wednesday as they protested a visit by nikki haley. the protest came as she met with honduran president who was inaugurated for a second term in january despite allegations of widespread voting fraud in the

amy: we just interviewed chris murphy of connecticut who joined was sanders and pushing for this.sk you, medea benjamin, last year the trump administration approved the resumption of sales of precision guided munitions to saudi arabia. president obama had frozen some of those weapons sales last year due to concerns about civilian casualties in saudi arabia's expanding more in yemen. obama did not cut off the support, but he did restricted. trump took those restrictions off. you have been deeply concerned about this vote. can you explain what happened on the floor of the senate? >> well, i want to give kudos to bernie sanders and chris murphy and michael lee, a conservative republican, who introduces resolution using a very unique angle, which is the war powers act to say this is an unconstitutional, has never been voted on by congress. congress has not only the authority, but the obligation to declare war. and certainly does not fit under the authorization for the use of liryt s paed after 9/11 to attack those in theted -- involved 9/11 attack were associated forces. so it was a v

people want to get it done. >> we're joined by chris murphy of connecticut. senator murphy, thank you for joining us. it seemed the president was backing you. met with the nra and they came out tweeting no more gun control. your reaction? >> the president has the potential to move mountains. the gun lobby has had veto power over legislation. 97% of americans support background checks. if the president wants to do this, he needs about 10 or 15 republican senators to the table. i think the president is trying to have it both ways. i think the president knows the mood of the country have shifted that he and his party are going to page a huge price if they don't support universal background checks. the nra was one of his earliest supporters when he was moving towards the nomination in 2016. he's trying to keep them happy as well. his instincts in that meeting were not wrong. if he and the republicans don't start showing movement, there won't be as many republicans available to him in 2019. for his entire agenda and political salvation, that's not good news for hi

two seats to his right, a strong gun control person, chris murphy of connecticut.ike he wanted to -- what do you call it, not flinch, clinch like a boxer losing a round. he wants to stop the action a little bit and look like -- he also said i want to have a bill both sides agree with. i'm not sure if he doesn't think this is one issue that's going to hit him in the burbs and he better be careful if he looks like the obstacle. >> if we were dealing with a traditional political actor, that would make sense. i don't know what trump's political cue lus, how he thinks. i don't know what they are. so it seems to me that it would make sense on the one hand that that choreography that you just described would suggest that he's up to something. but again, i don't know what's going to happen once he gets back to the white house. what's interesting about the room, he's talking about gun violence in america. did you see any block congress members in there? you think about gun violence affecting black communities in this country? there was no one in the room. >> to give you a s

senator chris murphy, always a great pleasure. >> thanks. >>> joining me now, richard painter, who served as white house chief elth ethics lawyer under george w. bush, and sam seeder, host of majority report and longtime john bolton watching acritic. richard, i saw you tweet something about knoelten when his name was surfaced as something like someone who was the most dangerous person in the bush administration with you. >> i didn't work with him, but i talked to people who worked with him, and he's not only a hawk. he is extremely reckless. he wants to go to war first. diplomacy second. i didn't understand why we sent him over to the u.n. because i thought he was supposed to try diplomacy at the u.n., and he didn't do very well over there. that was a disaster. but having him as the national security adviser could really be a terrible situation, put us into a nuclear war. he could go after north korea, and that would result in millions of people being killed. and i wouldn't put it beyond him to try to drag china or russia into it. and then in the middle east, he's trying to go after iran

that would end cooperation with the saudis and initially proposed by bernie sanders mike lee and chris murphy and this is all happening right here in the nation's capital just as demonstrators protest against the saudi princes u.s. tour as well as the saudi assault on yemen. from yemen is a cry the only crown prince is here in the u.s. the news inside the white house right now meeting with the president runs on well he's here to secure and secure more u.s. when things to be used against me i mean it and yet most of the market himself as a reformer while being responsible for creating the worst humanitarian disaster on earth hands out yemen hands out you know they are you are you. saying there's been a whole lot of criticism over washington's role in the kingdom's campaign and for some background ten thousand people have been killed since the start of the intervention back in two thousand and fifteen and saudi imposed a blockade has left the country at the brink of famine which the u.n. has deemed the world's worst humanitarian crisis. look at your leisure. even though the public has condemned

only does support but what legislation he's willing to push for and fight for and that was what chris murphy was essentially saying, by saying he has to deliver the votes, he has to deliver the amount of republicans and give them some political cover so that they can get to a legislation that can get 60 in the senate. that said, erica, we will potentially see if there will be more clarity that comes from the white house today as they discuss their gun and school safety proposals. >> so that is happening today. but real quickly, is there a feeling, there is frustration as we heard there in this question about what will we see from the president in terms of specifics and support moving forward. is there a sense that anything is going to start to move today? >> reporter: likely not. that's the feeling up here on capitol hill. we heard from the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell on the floor moments ago an he did not mention this debatae at all. the real reality of the situation is you have multiple proposals, you have a lot of ideas, the president hasn't come fully behind one and one that c

does admit there are operations one out of three ain't bad senators bernie sanders mike lee and chris murphy have introduced a bill that would force a senate floor vote on ending unauthorized u.s. participation in the saudi war in yemen some are hailing this bill as an unprecedented heartwarming bipartisan initiative that would reduce executive branch war powers however this is not correct because senator sanders being an independent makes this. try partisan bill that would reduce executive branch war powers american support for the saudi assault on yemen didn't start with president obama good corporate media mention obama support for saudi world crime at an average of six thousand percent less than one hundred to a few relevant boys. and the democrats. want to bad way reporting from the saudi embassy because they only care money are exactly nice that show but if. we can get them all to true god complex redacted tonight also you can now go to steam dot com slash atlee camp for our stuff and twitter at redacted tonight until next time goodnight and good. luck on some is not so is not a quick

democratic senator chris murphy told the president previous moves to change the law have been thwartede of the country's national rifle association. in the end, mr president, the reason nothing has gotten done here is because the gun lobby has had a veto power over any legislation that comes before congress. i wish that wasn't the case, but it is. if all we end up doing is the stuff that the gun industry supports, then this just isn't worth it. we are not going to make a difference. the discussions come two weeks to the day, since the florida shooting. students and teachers today returned to their school for the first time since 17 people were shot dead. dozens of officers and well wishers were on hand, offering support. one young student said it was incredibly sad to return to where herfriends had died. it was a tough day for all of us. i lost three friends. three great friends. one of them was a nicholas, who was in my anatomy class and i literally saw him at the exact same day at the beginning in the morning. i saw day at the beginning in the morning. isaw him. day at the beginning

i could see chris murphy from connecticut standing in that crowd earlier. think about it, for people from connecticut, they thought sandy hook was their enough is enough moment. and what did we see after sandy hook? simply not enough. earlier today, i spoke to one of of the fathers of a teenage girl who was killed in parkland. he was talking about gun control measures. he was so disappointed in what the president has done so far. he had that listening tour two weeks ago. since then is sort of in the middle of the sand box, as he said, throwing sand but sticking with the nra talking points. it was a parkland said that said devos should not be head of the commission. it was that same dad that applauded the governor of florida, in a state that's pretty pro gun, applauded the governor of florida for taking stronger actions. while there may be some they don't love, something, he told me, is better than nothing. let's bring back nbc's godgy schwartz. he's outside a school in clayton, missouri. give us an update. >> i'm here with matalli. she was one of the organi

nothing to do with you know those were bernie sanders of vermont mike lee republican of utah and chris murphy the democrat of connecticut. as i said earlier ten democrats democrats voted with the republican majority including the senate armed services committee is ranking democrat senator jack reed of rhode island and senator joe donnelly of indiana they all voted to basically say no words totally cool for the military your taxpayer funded military to be aiding saudi arabia probably what i said humanitarian catastrophe i believe it is one of the worst humanitarian crisis of our time going on in yemen but we're coordinating this you know that's what we do from onset of our bernie sanders who actually put up the car and put up the boat actually said some will argue on the floor today we're really not engaged in hostilities we're not exchanging fire people please tell that to the people of yemen whose homes and lives are being destroyed by weapons marked made in the usa dropped by planes being refueled by the u.s. military on targets chosen with u.s. assistance at some point the united states an

he seemed to embrace connecticut democrat chris murphy's call for background checks for all gun purchases. >> we can't get a gun. there's nothing else like that where it works, people want it and we can't do it. >> you have a different president now. >> listen -- >> you went through a lot of presidents and didn't get it done. you have a different president and different attitude. >> reporter: the president disagreeing with his own vice president saying in some cases law enforcement should take weapons from someone identified as a possible threat even if it violates due process rights. >> allow due process so no one's rights are trampled but the ability to go to court and collect not only firearms but any weapons in the possession. >> or take the firearms and then go to court. a lot of times by the time you go to court it takes so long to go to court to get the due process procedures, i like taking them early. >> reporter: the nra quickly reacting to that strongly disagreeing with the president. >> the nra is going to protect due process, an approach we are going to hold to. due process mu

would end the cooperation with the saudis it was initially proposed by bernie sanders mike lee and chris murphy now this is happening right here in the nation's capital just as demonstrators protest against the saudi princes u.s. tour as well as the saudi assault on yemen bahrain yemen it is a crisis saudi crown prince it's here in the u.s. the news inside the white house right now meeting with the president trusts all parties here to secure the cure more u.s. weapons to be used against me i mean and to mostly bargain himself as a reformer while being responsible for creating the worst humanitarian disaster on earth. yeah. you know. there's been a whole lot of criticism over the saudi princes visit as well as the saudi assault on yemen but first some background a ten thousand people have been killed since the start of the intervention back in twenty fifteen and a saudi imposed a blockade has left the country at the brink of famine which the u.n. has deemed the world's worst humanitarian crisis. well there are like. even though the public has condemned washington's role the u.s. has been activel

>> reporter: trump told democrats like chris murphy that he supported their call for universal background checks. >> we can't get it done. nothing else like that, where it works, people want it, and we can't do it. >> you have a different president now. you went through a lot of presidents and you didn't get it done. >> mr. president, it's going to have to be you that brings the republicans to the table on this because right now the gun lobby would stop it in its tracks. >> i like that responsibility, chris. i really do. i think it's time that a president stepped up. >> reporter: but today, the white house walked that back. >> it's not necessarily universal background checks, but certainly improving the background check system. >> reporter: in the meeting, trump called for legislation raising the minimum age to purchase rifles, like the one used by the florida shooter. >> it doesn't make sense that i have to wait till i'm 21 to get a handgun, but i can get this weapon at 18. i don't know. so, i was just curious as to what you did in your bill. >> we didn't address it, mr. president. look,

chris murphy: mr. president, mr. vice president, thank you very much. thank you for taking this seriously. our hearts go out to parkland. we know, having gone through this in sandy hook that that community will never, ever be the same. and i want to bring it back to this issue to background checks if i could. i think there's real opportunity. president trump: i agree. sen. murphy: there's no other issue like background checks. 97% of americans want universal background checks in states that have universal background checks, there are 35% less gun murders than in states that don't have them. and yet we can't get it done. nothing else like that, where it works, people want it. and we can't do it. president trump: you have a different president now. you went through a lot of presidents and didn't get it done. you have a different president. i think maybe you have a different attitude, too. i think people want to get it done. go ahead. sen. murphy: in the end, mr. president, the reason nothing has gotten down here is because the gun lobby has a veto power o

nothing to do with you know those were bernie sanders of vermont mike lee republican of utah and chris murphy the democrat of connecticut. as i said earlier ten democrats democrats voted with the republican majority including the senate armed services committee is ranking democrat senator jack reed of rhode island and senator joe donnelly of indiana they all voted to basically say no words totally cool for the military your taxpayer funded military to be aiding saudi arabia probably what i said humanitarian catastrophe i believe it is one of the worst humanitarian crisis of our time going on in yemen but we're cool with that because you know that's what we do from onset over bernie sanders who actually put up the car and put up the bullet actually said some will argue on the floor today that we're we're really not engaged in hostilities we're not exchanging fire people please tell that to the people of young men whose homes and lives are being destroyed by weapons marked made in the usa dropped by planes being refueled by the u.s. military on targets chosen with u.s. assistance at some point

host: chris murphy was at that meeting last week with the present and lawmakers. on gun control. he was also on abc's "this week" talking about that meeting with the president. [video clip] thehe president has potential to move mountains here. the gun lobby has had a veto that over the legislation 97% of americans support universal background checks and of the president wants to do this, he just needs to get 10 or 10 orocratic resent it -- 15 democratic senators to the table. he knows the mood of the country has shifted such that he and his party will pay a huge price in the polls in 2018 and 2020 if they don't start supporting things like universal background checks. at the same time, the nra was one of his earliest supporters once he was moving toward the nomination. consolidate the republican establishment in 2018 and is trying to keep them happy as well. his instincts in that meeting are not wrong. if he and republicans don't start showing some movement in parkland, there'll not be as many republicans around for him in 2019 and his entire agenda and perhaps for his political

joining us now, member of the foreign relations committee, senator chris murphy of connecticut. have you back on the show. >> good morning, guys. >> senator, in richard haass, one of his previous books, he talked about how actually the national debt and our financial misfortune was actually a national security issue. >> sure. >> would be a national security issue and there you saw dan coats saying the same thing. how does tariffs, how do tariffs impact our key alliances across the globe? >> well, listen, tariffs can be a really important tool to try to make sure the other countries know that they can't manipulate our economy. let's be honest, that's what china has been doing. dumping steel below the cost of raw material and that hurts our own industry. but when you announce tariffs without talking to our allies about it, allies that aren't dumping that product in the united states, you set off a series of consequences that are both economic and strategic. and that's what i worry about with respect to this announcement. you have a potential fissure between the u.s. and europe tha

. >> and democratic senator chris murphy, debates and the power house round table. >> you're there too. >> yeah. >> not power house unless vega is on. thank you, george. >> see you guys. >>> we'll move on to the massive clean up after the nor'easter. flooded homes downed power lines and made a mess on the roads and at the airport. >> eva pilgrim has more on the clean up and ongoing travel mess. >> reporter: this morning millions of americans in the northeast waking up to catastrophic scenes like this. >> the wind was scary. >> reporter: major cities stretching from maryland to maine trees split in half, roads collapsed, power lines out. >> it was so devastating. >> reporter: the massive nor'easter turning deadly killing at least eight. outside boston this tree slamming through a car's windshield and those gusting winds completely uprooting trees in washington, d.c. look at this scene in massachusetts. the tides rising extremely high. those wind gusts causing major flooding. drivers pushing the through. others forced to flee their homes. >> i was trying to get out before it's too late.

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. >> speaking of china and speaking of tariffs, senator chris murphy was out this morning on this network talking about that. i want you to listen to what he had to say. >> we're separately trying to get the chinese to agree to work with us on getting tough on north korea. china is the key ultimately to getting north korea to the negotiating table in a meaningful manner. when you are putting this issue on the table with them and setting off a trade war, makes it a lot harder. >> so, very briefly discover, ambassador, is he right? >> yes. i think we have to be thoughtful about what we're doing here. if he does that, then why would north korea sit down with us and believe that anything that got negotiated would be real. we need administration that has a 360-degree view and a strategic approach to very tough negotiations. >> ambassador randy sherman always a pleasure to have you on the show. >>> coming up the east coast bracing for a lot of snow. it could affect folks on the west coast. that's all expected to hit and how tonight we'll get rid of it. your body was made for better things than

he embraced connecticut democrat chris murphy's call for background checks on all gun purchases.epublicans voted down again and again. >> we can't get it done. there is nothing else like that where it works. with me want it. and we can't do it. >> but you have a different president now. >> well listen. >> you went through a lot of presidents you didn't get it done. you have a different president. you have a different attitude too. i think people want to get it down. >> mr. president it's you that has to bring the republicans to the table. because right now the gun lobby would stop it. >> i like that responsibility chris. it's time. it's time that a president stepped up. >> trump opposed his own vice president on how to take guns from someone identified as a possible threat. >> allow due process so no one's rights are trampled but the ability to go to court obtain a order and collect not only the firearms but any weapons in the poksz. >> or mike, take the firearms first and then go to skort because that's another system. because a lot of time by the time you go to court it takes s

the number 2 senate republican, john cornyn and chris murphy are sponsoring a more limited bill to improveackground check system. cornyn said the meeting was a brain storming session and if the senate tries to do too much, it could end up not passing anything at all. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. one of the president's suggestions was to take weapons away from dangerous people and do the due diligence. >> you're right, shep. that raised some you brows here on capitol hill with republicans. john cornyn of texas said he was not comfortable with that comment. >> no. i'm not. obviously the president feels strongly about the mental health factor in many of these mass shootings. i think that's an appropriate focus. but i do think it's important to maintain our due process, protections for citizens against arbitrary government action. >> florida senator marco rubio spoke at length on the senate floor floating ideas about how to improve our schools and make them safer and gun control. he floated gun violence restraining orders. >> something that will give law enforcement and close family m

senator bernie sanders joined mike lee and chris murphy to talk about the war powers legislation. this is one hour. >> mr. president, pursuant to section 1013 of the department of state authorization act fiscal year '19 84 and 1985, and in accordance with the provisions of section 601b of the international security assistance arms export control act of 1976, i make a motion to discharge senateoi joint resolution 54 from the committee on foreign relations. >> under the previous order there are four hours of debate on the motion equally divided between the proponents and the opponents. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. president, article 1, section 8 of the constitution states in no uncertain terms that, and i quote, congress shall have power to declare war, end of quote. let me repeat it. article 1, section 8 of the constitution states, it is congress that t has the power to declare war. the founding fathers gave the powerut to authorize military conflicts to congress, the branch most accountable to the people. not to the president but to congress, and that is the issue that we're g