professor, i had a chance to ask senator chris murphy about the biden administration stance on bloodshedpalestine and israel. >> do we have tools in our two t told box, do we have more latitude, less latitude, what tools do we have? >> it is hard for us to influence events in israel and the palestinian territories because of the lack of leadership on both sides that are interested in dialogue. unfortunately, netanyahu ha been rewarded politically from m moving further away from a palestinian state and equally, hamas has been rewarded for organizing l militant opposition to israel. we don't have the kind of brokers we need in the region. we have an important relationship with israel, important humanitarian relationship in that territories. >> that was senator chris murphy, democrat from connecticut, whom i caught up with congress -- caught up with in congress earlier today. let's get to professor cole. we have been discussing this for decades. are there are limits of this particular crisis that seemed different to you? >> the difference is primarily on the american side, from the sense th

one reason for optimism is that chris murphy and john cornyn have worked on gun issues before. a modest piece of legislation passed in 2017 with a lot of support to add reporting into the background check system, to improve how that operates. they know their way around gun politics. they have been discussing this. there's optimism they can agree on background checks component and come up with legislative long. >> it does sound promising. keep us posted.

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okay, so that was sen, chris murphy, democrat of connecticut, whom i caught up with in congress earlier today. now let's get to our discussion with besser call. one, let me just ask you to, we've been discussing this for decades. are there elements of this particular crisis that seem different to you? the, well, the differences primarily on the american side in the sense that you have had impassioned speeches of while mainly democrats on the left in congress are pretty roundly condemning the net 10 yellow government and israel for its actions in gaza. and not accepting the israeli narrative about these things, which is that this is merely a matter necessary as self defense are the issues are being re framed almost like black lives matter in terms of palestinian human rights. there is a change also in the middle east and that we have for the 1st time in a long time seen solidarity across the green line. so the palestinians are striking today, not only in the west bank and gaza, but in israel proper, where 20 percent of the population is a palestinian heritage. so there is a cross border

adviser gina mccarthy won today's big push for electric trucks means for the country and senator chris murphy on why the white house still isn't formally calling for a cease-fire and gaza. all in starts right now. >> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. house leader kevin mccarthy announced the he'll be opposing the bipartisan commission for the january 6th insurrection along the lines of 9/11 commission. this comes a little bit as a surprise because because it comes after months of negotiations that he was party to. there's probably a lot of reasons for this announcement. one of those reasons is likely that mccarthy's a principal figure in the big lie that donald trump won the election and everything that happened around it. here is mccarthy two days after the election. >> president trump won this election so that everyone who's listening to not be quiet. do not be silent about this. we cannot allow this to happen before our very eyes. >> we cannot allow this to happen before our very eyes. trump won the election. unequivocal. it's easy, of course, to just focus on donald trump's rol

so that for my chris murphy, a senator from connecticut, we expect to hear more reaction later this evening or tomorrow, given the president biden is under pressure for many members of his own party to change his policies towards the the israel palestine conflict. is there any indication that he's likely to do so? it's really hard to say right now, quite frankly, president biden came into office and he wanted to spend his 1st year focusing on anything but middle east peace. he wanted to focus on domestic issues, the economy, the roll out of the coven, 19 vaccines, and on the international front. his priorities have been china, russia, and to a lesser degree iran. beyond that, that was what he wanted to focus on. but with the violence in guys that we saw it sort of thrust biting into the middle of this, whether he liked it or not. and so now the big question will be, is she satisfied president joe biden with just this cease fire? and then backing away from this moving forward, or will he and will the white house and will washington in general now see this as a potential opportunity to really

chris murphy told me that has an opportunity for agreement.or breakthrough if these two come together on that aspect which would expand background checks. something congress has tried to do for nearly a decade. >> and why do you think closing this loophole will do something to stop the mass shoots? >> specifically because the loophole has been used by mass shooters in the past. i'm thinking of the shooter in odessa, texas. john cornyn's home state. he told me he was shaken by that. the person could not have passed a background check so they bought a gun at an unlicensed seller. this is something he said congress never intended for that to be the case and the loophole is being exploited. it's difficult to enforce given the ambiguity of the law. unlike previous efforts like manchin and toomey, this is redefining an existing piece of law. that's an easier sell for republicans and gun rights activists. that's another reason they're optimistic about this. these two have worked together on the gun. a bill from 2017, a modest piece of legislation to

senator chris murphy, representing mccall and retired general allen talk about the orion nuclear deal, the plans to reenter the agreement and whether a new set of guidelines should be adopted. this is part of a recent mccain institute forum. >> ryan hoke, former u.s. special envoy to iran and i am pleased to be invited by the mccain institute to moderate a discussion with distinguished panelists. i want to thank ms. cindy mccain in the mccain institute for their thought leadership. and organizing the discussion. we have three guests that i think are known globally. senator chris murphy from connecticut, he served in the house for three terms, eight years in the connecticut general assembly, we have representative michael mccaul, congressman from texas with distinction, a republican leader on the house foreign affairs committee and we have general allen who is president of the brookings institute, retired u.s. marine corps four star general, former commander of the nato international assistant board and u.s. forces in afghanistan. i want to begin by asking a question to senator murphy.

. >> center chris murphy representative michael mccaul and retired general john allen talk about the iran nuclear deal divided admission plan to enter the agreement and whether a new set of guidelines should be adopted. this is part of a recent mccain institute forum. >> brian hook former envoy for iran. i'm very pleased to be invited by the mccainea institute to moderate discussion some very distinguished panelists. want to first thank mrs. cindy mccain and the mccain institute or their leadership in organizing today's discussion. i like to make some brief introductions and will get right into the questions. we have three castes who i think are known globally. certainly in the united states. senator chris murphy from connecticut he served in the house for three terms and eight terms in the connecticut negeneral assembly. we have representative michael mccaul congressman from texas withte distinction as a republican leader on the house foreign affairs committee. we also have general allen who is the president of the brookings institute presaged tired u.s. marine corps four-star gener

senator chris murphy, representative michael mccall and retired general john allen talk about around nuclear deal . >> ryan cook, former us envoy for iran. and i'm very pleased to be invited by the mccain institute. two moderate discussion with a very distinguished panel. i want to thank mister miss cindy mccain and the mccain institute for their leadership for organizing today's discussion. i'd like to make brief introductions and then we will get right into the questions. we have three guests i think are known globally. certainly in the united states. senator chris murphy from connecticut who was served in the house for threeterms served for eight years and the connecticut general assembly . we have representative michael mccall, congressman from texas. with distinction as the republican leader on the house or in affairs committee . we also have general ouallen who is the president of the brookings institute he's a retired us marine corps or star general. a former commander of the nato international purity assistance force and us forces in afghanistan. i want to begin by asking a q

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a real meaningful effort between the democrat chris murphy and the republican john cornyn. they are talking about a way to beef up background checks. this negotiation has been happening quietly behind closed doors for several weeks. he talked to both and they gave me details of what they are talking about. they both sounded optimistic they can get to a deal. they are talking about redefining a provision of existing law that would expand the universe of gun sellers who are required to register and get a license. the reason for that, once you register and get a license, you have to conduct a background check before selling a gun. in many states, private sellers don't register and can sell guns to people who in some cases, like in the mass shooting in odessa, texas, use them to kill a lot of people. john cornyn, who is a strong second amendment proponent, told me that's wrong. the law is ambiguous and should be clarified. this would be a major breakthrough if congress is able to reach a deal on background checks. other things like shannon was talking about that president biden

joined by connecticut senator chris murphy at that senate hearing today.he capitol january 6th. what do you say to your republican colleagues we just played that are not just continuing to requwrite history but coming up with ways to rewrite the history of that awful day. >> yeah, i mean, this is nuclear grade bananas. the fact that they think they can rewrite the absolutely 100% crystal clear history of that day, remember, they came to the capitol with a very specific mission. they weren't engaged in some general protest that went wrong. they came to the capitol on the day of the certification of joe biden's win to stop that certification. they were breaking into the capitol looking for members of congress going straight to the house and the senate chamber in order to try to stop joe biden from becoming president to try to frustrate that count from being completed so they could keep donald trump in office despite the fact he lost the election. they were carrying donald trump flags. they were chanting his name. they were following his instructions, and the

this is something that's small and targeted and chris murphy, you have somebody from connecticut whoesents the nu town families and cornyn you have somebody from texas who represents one of the most permissive states when it comes to gun ownership. on this specific bill based on your reporting do you think this is the kind of thing that can get 60 votes in the senate? >> small and targeted means that maybe it would have a better chance than the gun reform that the president and democrats have been pushing for for a long time, but even with that being said it's still every time you bring up the idea of any sort of gun law changes it becomes a really, really hard thing to get through congress. it was last month that president biden assembled families whose families had been impacted by gun violence, including some of those newtown families and said that gun violence was an international embarrassment in the united states and talked about the executive actions he was taking including ghost guns. but this really is about whether or not the president will be pushing congress on this and w

i talked to senator chris murphy today and he admitted our tools in this conflict are thinning and gettingller, not larger. how do you see the facts on the ground? what can be moved? >> i dispute the idea that american leverage is thinning. i think american willingness to use its leverage remains as limited as it ever was. you spoke about the strategic significance to the u.s. in that respect things may well have shifted. strategic significance today is much more the difficulty for a biden administration seeking to say america is back, america is back means we stand up for international laws, human rights, and yet this is how we treat the palestinian situation, israel's denial of palestinian rights. that is a bad look and then there is an internal domestic political conversation, something that is shifting, especially inside the democratic party. what i want to make clear, you asked about normalization, and hear something important happened under trump which has changed. trump took the normal playbook, which was not working, and he said i am actually going to accelerate the israeli sense o

democrats like connecticut senator chris murphy are growing tired of the republican up here with that with that. >> with the name of a label is outside of washington, dc helps them. they murphy argues americans need traditional infrastructure improvements but also things that support the work force like more affordable childcare. many parents in particular, women are going back to work because they can't afford. >> place for their kids. >> and the white house is still looking at a soft memorial day deadline for a compromise. live in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> thank you, jesse. coming up, gas is going up. power prices compared to the rest of the country. plus, if you're planning to travel, you have more options amtrak is adding more troops to its services when you can catch your eye. >> and tomorrow marks one year since george floyd was killed by police how the family plans to honor his life and the lives of other victims of police violence. i was injured in a car crash. i had no idea how much my case was worth. i called the barnes firm. when a truck hit my son, i had so many que

day by day, did alienate not only the progressive wing of democratic party but some allies like chris murphy and tim kaine and jeanne shaheen were telling me and others that they felt the u.s. needed to call for immediate ceasefire right away but the president's decision was that you can't back netanyahu into a corner and i think from his years of expernce as chairman ofhe foreign relations committee and as vice president, when president obama had a cold relationship with netanyahu, vice president biden then was sort of the go-between, the b.b. whisperer, trying to keep channels open and that is his nature. i think it was that and the intensive diplomacy and the key was egypt, persuading egypt to show it could deliver results from hamas and four days before the ceasefire came together, egypt finally showed they could get hamas to stop firing long-range rockets into tel aviv and that was such a red line with the israelis, such a hot button for them and when those rockets stopped, the u.s. side knew that hamas might deal and then it was time to start escalating the pressure on netanyahu and sa

others like connecticut senator chris murphy also want to look beyond police reform.floyd got to the position that he was. >> because of layers and layers of systemic oppression. >> and a new associated press poll shows most americans want reforms to the criminal justice system about 25% think it needs a complete overhaul while an additional 43%. think it needs major changes live in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> thank you, jesse. back here in the bay area. several groups did hold events in honor of the memory of george floyd for unit has that part of our coverage. >> people marched in streets, in cities across the united states to mark the first anniversary of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin murdering george floyd by forcing his knee into the back of floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds here in the bay area. the oakland chapter of the n a a c p held a george floyd remembrance event here at youth uprising in east oakland, among other things, the civil rights organization highlighted the importance of being a registered voter. but those who want

others like connecticut senator chris murphy also want to look beyond police reform. george floyd got to the position that he was. >> because of layers and layers of systemic oppression. >> and a new associated press poll shows most americans want reforms to the criminal justice system about 25% think it needs a complete overhaul while an additional 43% think it does need major changes live in washington. i'm jessi tenure. jesse, thank you for that. here in the bay area. several groups held events in honor of the memory of george floyd kron four's. haaziq madyun has that part of our coverage. >> people marched in streets, in cities across the united states to mark the first anniversary of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin murdering george floyd by forcing his knee into the back of floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds here in the bay area. the oakland chapter of the n a a c p held a george floyd remembrance event here at youth uprising in east oakland, among other things, the civil rights organization highlighted the importance of being a registered

this weekend and nearly 30 democratic senators, including connecticut's chris murphy, released a statement sunday calling for an immediate cease fire. >> there isn't really a path to peace without the united states playing arole and, so, i hope that the biden team is going to be very active over the next few days to try to wind downsehostin rival bernie sanders said the u.s. should stop supporting netanyahu, while alexandria ocasio-cortez questions whether violence inflicted on palestinians. when members of his own party share the belief that he is giving too much credence to israel in this situation, are they wrong? >> our role as the white house as >> our role in the white house is to play a constructive role in diplomacy, to have intensive quiet discussions with leaders in the region. >> reporter: but that sort of approach with netanyahu may not work, as he signaled no plans to change tactics with hamas sunday. >> we're not just going to let them get away with it, and neither would you. >> reporter: diplomat rashid areikat says president biden has to do more. >> i think the united state

senator chris murphy, representing mccall and retired general allen talk about the orion nuclear dealthe plans to reenter the agreement and whether a new set of guidelines should be adopted.

i thought i talked to senator chris murphy just the other day and, you know, he admitted that our tools in our leverage in this conflict are, are, are thinning and getting smaller, not larger. how do you see the facts on the ground? what can be moved? well, i somewhat dispute the idea that american leverage is spinning. i think american willingness to use its leverage remains as limited as it ever was. i think you spoke about the strategic significance to the us. i think in that respect things may well have shifted. i think the strategic significance today is much more difficulty for a biden administration. seeking to say, hey, america is back and america is back means we stand up for international law values, human rights. and yet this is how we treat the palestinian situation. this is how we treat israel, denial of palestinian right? i think that's a very bad look. and then there's an internal domestic political moving the conversation somebody the shifting especially inside the democrat party. what i want to make clear is you asked about normalization. and here i think something impo

>> yes, senator chris murphy and senator blumenthal.despite what happened today. we have been through four years at donald trump. i sat across from him at parkland where nine times he said he wanted to see background checks. nine times. kept it all this time. in the end, the next day, he meets with the nra and he folds. we can't keep folding. republicans can't keep folding when you have things like what happened in el paso, san jose, parkland and sandy hook. it just keeps going on. >> senator, another matter pressing the potential vote to vet gate the attack on the capitol. do you have any sense of how that will go? >> we know we've heard about seven of them say they are for this we know there is a systemic idea. i don't know what p they'll do. it is true they've combined forces that is focused on the immediate and what needs to happen now with the law changes. that is not the substitute for this 9/11 commission that we have. >> thanks for being here. i know you've got votes ahead. >> we do. it is lightening outside, rachel. time to get

the democrats laid out rather succinctly by chris murphy, senator from connecticut writes the following, gun sales increased in 2020 by 40%, gun deaths increase in 2020 by 30%. that is not a coincidence. your rebuttal. >> he is correct it's not a coincidence if you use the right formula to get the wrong answer. you can't talk about concealed shattering records in june without looking at the violence we saw in cities across the country at the same time and the spike in homicide followed shortly after that and we've seen the civilian guns in circulation rise steadily for years, homicide remain steady until the last few years and from 2009 to 2013 when gun manufacturers saw their annual output double when president obama was the best gun salesman in the country homicides dropped during that period. doesn't hold up to scrutiny. >> your the crime stats, big-city homicide skyrocketing. anytime we put up a step like this i remind people last year wasn't a good here. we have really bad numbers last years of the fact that we are up over last year is even mwinter, portland, 800%. is democrat defl

negotiations happening for weeks now, probably more than a month now on whether democrats, led by chris murphym connecticut, can find 60 votes on modest background check legislation, but there's not a lot of progress and going to see democrats get antsy, wanting to do something on their own if they can't get republican support. on economic issues, when it comes to taxes and spending, can go it alone with simple majority, reconciliation is not subject to filibuster. but immigration, guns and police reform, can't do that, either have to abolish the filibuster or get bipartisan support and they don't have the vote right now. >> 25 republican senators would oppose an independent commission to investigate the january 6th attack. what happens now? >> likely headed to filibuster in the senate. doesn't have a path at this moment. unless something drastically changes in coming days to ten republicans in senate. would be first filibuster of the biden era, first legislation to die because of that threshold, i think conversation will ramp up quickly after that happens. >> weird to see the stock photos and

and chris murphy smoke to wolf blitzer a day after about the lack of action at the federal level. >>s crime, and if we passed them would have meant these nine individuals would still be alive. >> they have been discreetly making a way to secure a back grounds check bill, and it would conduct fbi checks on a buyer before selling a gun. shannon watts is joining me to talk about this. she founded moms in action after sandy hook to change american gun laws. we have seen years of failed attempt to pass bills related to gun reform and background checks. do you think those two senators have found a path to an agreement? >> we're feeling very hopeful about the conversations that are happening. i want to be clear that while we're waiting for this moment in congress for 25 years now, there has been significant change in state legislators all across the country. 21 of them have closed the background check loop hope and 19 states have closed something called the charleston loophole, and some state legislators have done their job, but we do want congress to act. right now we are all only as close

senator chris murphy from connecticut, he served in the house for three terms, eight years in the connecticut general assembly, we have representative michael mccaul, congressman from texas with distinction, a republican leader on the house foreign affairs committee and we have general allen who is president of the brookings institute, retired u.s. marine corps four star general, former commander of the nato international assistant board and u.s. forces in afghanistan. i want to begin by asking a question to senator murphy. senator you have been a supporter of president biden's early steps to reverse course on iran after the last four years of the trump administration. he supported lifting the travel restrictions on iranian diplomats in new york, reversing the snapback of sanctions and quickly rejoining the iran nuclear deal direct diplomacy with the iranian regime. what is your view on the terms of rejoining the nuclear deal? should the biden administration rejoined the joint comprehensive plan of action as it was when they trump administration left it or something insist on new language con

and chris murphy and john cornyn are trying to work out a bipartisan bill to strengthen gun background checks, as the nation deals with yet another mass shooting. this time, san jose, california. the suspect is said to have shot eight co-workers this morning before taking his own life. this morning, the president ordered the flag lower to half-staff once again, just like after other shootings. he issued a statement that read in part, i have the solemn duty of yet again ordering the flag to be lowered to half-staff. enough. once again, i urge congress to take immediate action, and heed the call of the american people to help end this epidemic of gun violence in america. let's bring in our leadoff guests, phillip rucker, claire mccaskill, and professor melissa murray. good evening, and welcome to you all. claire, i'd like to begin with you, given your background as a prosecutor. what stands out to you in this d.a. investigation into trump. i understand it's early yet. >> first, i would say it's probably not early. typically, a grand jury is not called until most of the investigation is c

is and chris murphy, a top democrat told me it's not so much that democrats are shifting, it's that republicans have shifted and that israel has really shifted in the past several years under the tutelage, of course, of benjamin netanyahu. i think that has been one of the concerns that you heard from democrats up here that they feel like they have to go further because they feel like the dynamics of the political discussion have really started to shift in the last decade or so. so i think that's why you're seeing some of the pressure up here on capitol hill because democrats feel like they need to push the biden administration a little further than where they're currently standing. >> yeah. listen, like we always say, it's a crisis you expect and the crisis you get so often presidencies run into this sort of thing. thank you so much. >>> the white house coronavirus task force briefing set to begin at any minute this as the cdc relaxes masks and social distancing rules for fully vaccinated americans. >>> and with the easing of the guidelines, what does it mean for the state of the u.s. economy a

universal background checks for gun buyers two senator, the republican john cornyn of texas and chris murphy of connecticut have been quietly negotiating. they have the makings of a bipartisan deal to close a loophole that's led to preventible mass shootings what exactly is this loophole? >> the loophole has become so pervasive, it has a name it's the private seller lo loophole sometimes called the gun show loo loophole you can buy and sell guns without a background check licensed gun sellers must conduct a background check for transferring a weapon but the statute is very vague. that's what's the two senators tell me. they believe they can define the statute a little more clearly so people who make money off of selling gun s have to register senator cornyn is a strong second amendment propoents he was motivated by a shooting in his home state where an individual who would not have been able to pass a background check evaded the law by buying from an unlicensed seller, which you can do in many states like texas. if you sharpen up the law, it makes it harder for people to avoid it and skirt t

negotiations happening for weeks now, probably more than a month now whether democrats lead by chris murphy the senator from connecticut can find 60 votes on a modest piece of background legislation but there's not a lot of evidence on progress, joshua. and this is where you're going to see democrats start to get very antsy and wanting to do something on their own if they can't get republican support on economic issues when it comes to simply taxes and spending. they can go it alone using their majority, a process known as reconciliation that's not subject to the filibuster. but on immigration, on guns, on police reform, you can't do that. you either have to abolish the filibuster or get bipartisan support and they don't right now have the votes. >> and briefly, before i let you go. 25 republican senators said that they would oppose an independent commission to investigate the january 6th attacks. so what happens now? >> it's very likely headed to a filibuster in the senate. it does not have a path at this moment. unless something drastically changes in the coming days to ten republicans in

that we know of, two key members in the senate foreign relations committee todd young and senator chris murphy also making a similar case. they said both sides must recognize that too many lives have been lost and must not escalate the conflict further. we're encouraged by reports that parties are exploring a cease-fire. we hope that the cease-fire can be reached quickly and that additional steps can be taken to preserve the future. all this leading to questions about how the biden administration respond, what the president will do and undoubtedly these calls will only ratchet up if no cease-fire is eventually reached. >> manu raju, we'll see what effect that pressure has. president biden facing pressure to take action and end the violence, engage with israelis and palestinians here to reach some sort of cease-fire and soon. >> let's go to the white house. our john harwood is live us with. the top envoy dispatched to dekaes dees deescalate tension here. far too many people died. the question is what will the biden administration do about it? >> well, that's the question and whether or not as m

joined those calls, joined a bipartisan call last night for a cease-fire, the bipartisan calls from chris murphyhat call for a cease-fire. saying, i agree with the statement put out by senators murphy and young last night in its entirety. i want to see aid cease-fire reached quickly and mourn the loss of life. yes, this comes as 28 democratic senators, members of the democratic caucus, the most liberal, the independent bernie sanders caucus with democrats to the more moderate members like mark warner, the chairman of the senate intelligence committee, all joined those calls for a cease-fire as well. going further than the white house and putting more pressure on the biden administration to join those calls. now, at the same time, the biden administration has notified congress that it actually wants to move forward with an arm sale to israel. $735 million in precision-guided weapons. now, that proposed sale was notified to congress before this whole conflict took place, but the window is closing for the time that congress can actually take steps and block that sale from going forward. so, that me

one republican did join with a democrat, senator todd young of indiana joined with democrat chris murphypushing for a ceasefire. you're hearing more criticism also of those calls, from senate republican leader mitch mcconnell who went to the floor and said this should not be an equivalence issue and attacked hamas and said that israel should not be forced to essentially -- the action -- should not be equate wd what hamas is doing. you're hearing partisan split of sorts happening on capitol hill. at the same time questions about a $735 million package, an arms sale that the united states is trying to move forward to israel. this happened actually before the conflict, they moved forward with this arms sale, but congress is currently approving this arms sale at the moment, but i am hearing that from my sources that it appears that that arms sale will go through and one key member, senate foreign relations chairman bob mendez indicated to me that he does support that arms sale going forward even though some calls on the left, some democrats such as ilhan omar are sharply critical of the bide

joining us democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut. thank you so much for joining us.s you heard, the "wall street journal" reporting this san jose gunman was detained five years ago in 2016 for having books on terrorism, various very disturbing manifestos, a book filled with notes about how he hated his workplace. he later killed nine coworkers there. how disturbed are you to hear these apparently missed red flags? >> i guess what's so disturbing to me is that we have proposals in front of congress right now that could have prevented this crime, that if we had passed them, plausibly could have meant these nine individuals would still be alive. here are the two proposals that are wildly popular. first, a red flag law, making sure every state has a law on the books whereby people who have come into contact with an individual who may be contemplating violence, that we can go to a court and have that person's weapons taken away. second, universal background checks, because a red flag law doesn't work unless anywhere that individual buys a weapon they are stops from buying

senator chris murphy, that book is called the violence inside us. it is now out in paperback. thank you so much for making time tonight senator, i really appreciate it. >> thanks a lot, chris. >> all right, that is all and on this tuesday evening. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening rachel. >> good evening chris thank you my friend. much appreciated. it's interesting, that has been unfolding over the course of the last 24 hours, even as there was big news about the other one of these nonsense trump election a fraud fantasy quests that the trump loyalist republicans have been pursuing across the country. this includes that same super serious firm called the cyber ninjas that arizona republicans hired to run their recount clown show in arizona. the cyber ninjas and this same cast of characters indulging this voter fraud fantasy thing. in addition to them messing with the ballots and what they're doing with the election results in arizona, they have been th pursuing a court case in michigan a county call antra county, michigan. and in the michigan instance they h

. >> senator chris murphy on "morning joe."ocrats calling for an immediate cease-fire as they enter the second week. jeremy bash former secretary to leon panetta, still with the cia, jeremy you spent years dealing with this region, tragic results on all sides. let's talk about what the biden administration can do to ratchet this down. >> want to play what jen psaki had at the briefing and asked her to translate her careful wording into something that we can understand, all of us. >> our calculation at this point is that having those conversations behind the scenes weighing in with our important strategic partnership we have with israel and other countries in the region is the most constructive approach we can take. our approach is through quiet, intensive diplomacy. >> so what is likely the quiet intensive diplomacy? i'm assuming there was a call to saudi arabia, as well, this weekend to try to have some leverage with hamas as well as the leverage we reportedly would have with israel. >> that's right, andrea. what the biden adm

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