which are one of the most competitive adaptive basketball teams in the state led by its captain, chuck hillwho was a national paralympic and, and is now an assistant coach on the national big team. >> it is great to have this opportunity here in san francisco. we are the main hub of the bay area, which, you know, we should definitely have resources here. now that that is happening, you know, i i'm looking forward to that growing and spreading and helping spread the word that needs -- that these people are here for everyone. i think it is important for people with disabilities, as well as able-bodied, to be able to see and to try different sports, and to appreciate trying different things. >> people can come and check out this chairs and use them. but then also friday evening, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., it will be wheelchair basketball we will make sure it is available, and that way people can no that people will be coming to play at the same time. >> we offer a wide variety of adaptive and inclusion programming, but this is the first time we have had our own equipment. [♪] >> good even

he advised republican senators such as chuck hagel and bill frist on the hill and lobbied for raytheon before being chosen to serve as secretary of the army with president trump. i asked him if the u.s. was heading for a cold war with china and if isis resurged because the u.s. pulled out of syria. will the u.s. seize the iranian oil tanker headed to syria? will it respond to iranian backed rebels shooting down a $62 million u.s. drone? whether north korea has miniaturized a nuke. i asked him what russia hiding in the wake of that cruise missile accident and how much radiation was released. will the u.s. put cruise missiles in asia. these are all questions that we brought to him and we'll have many answers tonight on special report with bret baier at 6:00 p.m. eastern around more on fox news at night with shannon bream. trace? >> trace: rebels in yemen have blown up a u.s. drone. you reported a senior u.s. defense official confirmed that to fox news. the iranian backed rebels say they shoot it down with a missile. defense officials say it went down southwest of the country's capitol ci

when mike was on the hill is when senator chuck grassley revealed that the inspector general had found an employee that they were misusing systems to listen in on the conversations of the current spouses or former spouses or lovers. this is not one or two people this was at least a dozen and this is just the ones that caught. i think because they had been in the town for so long. i had been around for a lot of these battles. what always concerns me is the mac and process essentially for training keep tabs on the this stuff. you can pass a law and this is what the act was designed to do. it was designed to actually prevent the stuff that they are actually being used to do today. it is engaged in a lot of the americans. the problem that we have in what we want to engage you on our system is supposed to be self-correcting but my caveat to that is that it only self corrects if we as citizens engage. what gives you reason to believe that we have a better than even shot a been able to kind of get it right with this technology. >> i'm fascinated by the technology i love this book. it's beauti

richard: i think you are seeing that, outside the 2020 campaign noise, on capitol hill, in washington. speaker pelosi, chucker, they talked about this. but you are right, you were very nice about it but i think where the president sits on gun control or background checks is very squishy. that's probably the best word. he has flipped on it. he says -- >> melissa: how about open and not entrenched? how about thoughtful and listening to other people? >> richard: when you have the majority of the country saying that now more than a beer time we did about contracts, that they caught shooters this week, three of them. one with bullets. also given the fact that in dayton, and 30 seconds this guy mowed down massive amounts of people. we have a problem in this country. if we sit here and ignore it and try to move around it we will continue to have these shootings. >> melissa: so thank god he's open to that. he makes all kinds of sense. that's why you see so many americans open to it. but i think what's interesting, axios had a great article about it. i think it's true that it is september or bust. like said, democra

their own retirement >> reporter: brown is not the only one on capitol hill who .ants to target buybac a bill from democratic senators chuck and bernie sanders requires companies to raise wages and provide more benefits in order to buy back stock. senator chris van holland wants to limit executives from trading after a buyback. today brown acknowledged his proposal won't pass any time soon, but he said he's prepa td fos fight to last years. for "nightly business report", i'm i ylan mui washington. >>> ed cliffhold joins us to talk more about this and the ovall trends he i seeing in buybacks. he is chief rearch strategist at ed davis research. nice to have you here. >> thanks. >> there's a lot ofst an capitol hill about the increased buybacks and the consistency of some companies to buy back their shares. if washington gets involvein some way, shape or fofrm, whrm, would the impact be? >> what companies would do is find other ws to return capital to shareholders, and that's what buybacks have become. because they are not taxed like dividends, companies have figured out that's a more tax efficient way to do that. what you ha

when mike was on the hill is when senator chuck grassley revealed in 2012 that the nsa respect the general had found nsa employees were misusing nsa systems to listen and on conversations of their current spouses or former spouses or former lovers. this was one of two people but at least a dozen in those were the ones they caught. i think for me because i've been in this town for so long and worked both in the intelligence community but also on the hill and like caps on i've been around for a lot of these surveillance battles over the last 15 years what always concerns me is the back and process essentially trying to keep tabs on the stuff. you can pass a law and this is what the foreign intelligence surveillance act was designed to do one passed in 1978. ... what gives you reason to believe that we have a better than even shot of being able to get it right with this kind of technology because in many respects, kind of like you, i am fascinated by the technology. i love this book. it's a superbly written and beautifully edited. but i know the mentality that drives an awful lot of folks in

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chuck schumer from capitol hill yesterday. >> we have to be really tough on china.antage of us. america has lost trillions of dollars and millions of jobs because china has not played fair and being tough on china is the right way to be. >> we've heard from several democrats. making the case they ripped us off to the tune of trillions of dollars. you are getting agreement on this across party lines. that's the point to be made. the second point to be made and that's a question. whether or not you can get to a deal. and right now, hogan, it appears on the outside it will be very stubborn. can you say whether you get it done before the next election? >> reversing decades-worth of the american worker, the american businessman, american industry and companies being taken advantage of by china is not going to happen overnight. this president has come in and called out what we know to be the case about what china has been doing. whether it's forced technology transfer or technology theft. this is what everyone across the globe understands and recognizes. but this is the f

whether mitch mcconnell will put it on the calendar, our capitol hill reporters, tell me is very unclear right now. chuckchumer wants more. chuck schumer said yesterday we can't just do red flags. we have to also attach it to other things. >> and there are few republicans who are prepared to support. >>> all right, coming up the president says he's, quote, in all in favor of expanded background checks for gun owners. but the head of the nra reportedly warned him that position will not play well. those figure when's we come back. you're watching msnbc. you're wa. but we're also a company that controls hiv, fights cancer, repairs shattered bones, relieves depression, restores heart rhythms, helps you back from strokes, and keeps you healthy your whole life. from the day you're born we never stop taking care of you. dprevagen is the number onemild memopharmacist-recommendedng? from the day you're born memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. switching to the aarp auto insurance program let's take a ride with some actual customer

in a statement a little while ago, top democrats up on capitol hill, nancy pelosi and chuck schumer called on senator mitch mcconnell to bring to the floor, the president to support the background checks act of 2019 which calls for background checks for private gun sales. they say the following in a statement, quote, when he can't mention guns while talking about gun violence, it shows the president remains prisoner to the gun lobby and nra the public must weigh in and demand passage of this legislation for the safety of our children. neil? neil: blake, thank you very, very much, blake burman at white house. prescient though it might seem now, if you think about it, fbi director chris wray was warning about the lone white gunman when he was saying this is something we have to worry about. listen to this. >> just in the first three quarters of this year we had more domestic terrorism arrests than the prior year. it is about the same number of arrests as we have on international terrorism side. awful lot of the racially-motivated violent extremism is motivated by what you call a white suprem

. >> senate minority leader chuck schumer will hold a news conference on capitol hill shortly. this comes as the senate finishes up work before the summer recess. senator schumer is expected to be asked about the budget deal vote and immigration issues. that is live at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. president trump is holding a campaign rally in cincinnati. we will have that live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. you can follow our coverage online at c-span.org or with the free c-span radio app. saturday morning at 10:30 eastern on c-span, we will show you the first of two democratic presidential primary debates in detroit and then sunday morning at 10:30 eastern, the second round of presidential primary debates. saturday and sunday at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> reagan is an intellectual. he is an intellectual. he is comfortable with ideas. yen understands the power of ideas. , ah that kind of foundation political leader can do all kinds of marvelous things. >> author and historian lee edwards will be our guest sunday from noon

right now is putting his money on capitol hill because of his conversations with mitch mcconnell that we know occurred, and with nancy pelosi, as well as chucklearly appears to be hoping that there's some type of congressional resolution on the issue of gun regulations, jim. >> well, each chamber, each branch seems to want to put the onus on the other branch. joe johns, thanks so much. we'll be right back. the president's comments, we're going to have them live here on cnn in just moments, speaking about a number of issues, including the crucial question of gun control. we'll be right back. [leaf blower] you should be mad at leaf blowers. [beep] you should be mad your neighbor always wants to hang out. and you should be mad your smart fridge is unnecessarily complicated. but you're not mad, because you have e*trade which isn't complicated. their tools make trading quicker and simpler. so you can take on the markets with confidence. don't get mad. get e*trade and start trading today. don't get mad. ...and it's now on sale fors and just $59.ories. it can lead you on an unexpected journey... ...to discover your heritage. get your dna kit (now)

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chuck schumer. he says anyone who tries to buy body armor should have to pass an fbi background check. manu raju joins us now from capitol hillat's real and what is talk in the idea of will congress vote on specific proposals? >> reporter: well, there's going to be a lot of push to get bills voted on. the house judiciary committee will come back a week early but that's not until early september to take up bills. probably most of them will not become law. one bill that does have a chance of getting through both chambers is so-called red-flag legislation. that's legislation, different versions of that particular bill, but one that's being talked about would give grants, federal grants to states and localities to give them the authority to develop laws. so law enforcement and others could come in and prevent people from getting access to guns if they are considered safety risks. but other issues such as background checks legislation, which is going to be pushed on, is very uncertain its future. the democrats in the house have been trying to get senate republicans to take up a bill that they passed in their chamber to provide uni

hill to pass new gun laws. is that going to happen, griff? reporter: i don't know, ainsley, but sure feels like wheels of washington are turning. chucko tackle gun control, vote on a house bill passed earlier this year. at least one republican, senator tim scott says he is willing to return immediately to talk about gun legislation. as the president, who we'll hear from in less than 90 minutes, tweeting this in the last hour. we cannot let those killed in el paso, texas and dayton, ohio, die in vain like those seriously wounded. we cannot forget them and many who came before them. republicans and democrats must come together to get strong background checks, perhaps marrying, this legislation with desperately needed immigration reform. we must have something good, if not great come out of these go tragic events. already senator kirsten gillibrand is blasting that suggestion. >> it is absurd. this is part of the problem. he is linking issue of basic common sense gun reform we should go back in the senate today to vote on with this issue of immigration, because again he continues to try to demonize people seeking asylum, people needing

hill on the push for new gun legislation. some republicans are willing to back red flag laws but chuck schumer says that doesn't go far enough. and retiring congressman will hurd of texas, he represents a district along the u.s./mexico border and speak to him live and we will hear from cory booker and beto o'rourke. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. ng joe." we'lbel right back. imu emu & d♪ look limu. a civilian buying a new car. let's go. limu's right. liberty mutual can save you money by customizing your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. oh... yeah, i've been a customer for years. huh... only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ dprevagen is the number onemild memopharmacist-recommendedng? memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. depend® fit-flex underwear for all day fun... features maximum absorbency, ultra soft fabric and new beautiful designs for your best comfort and protection guaranteed. life's better when you're in it. be there with depend®. but we're also a company that control

>> on capitol hill the house has already passed legislation that would close a lot of the loopholes and enhance background checks for gun purchases. there are now bipartisan calls. chucketer king of new york getting together to say to mitch mcconnell, bring back the senate and pass this legislation. i asked the president this morning if he believed that was a good thing to do. listen to what he said. >> president trump: you have two sides that are very different on this issue. let's say all good people but two sides that are very different. if we get close i'll bring them back but it has to be -- we have to see where we are with leadership. >> president trump said there is a strong appetite in congress for passing enhanced background checks like we have never seen before. i asked him about these large capacity magazines, the shooter in el paso was using what looked like a standard ak-47 style of magazines. the shooter in dayton was using a drum that can carry up to 100 rounds. 74 or 75. the president said there is no appetite in congress for doing anything about large capacity magazines right now and he also said there is no appetite in congress to go back and renew t