cornyn: right. mrs. feinstein: and i would go first and then he is going to do his 20 minutes and then you would? mr. cornyn: i have no objection to that. the presiding officer: is there objection to the modified request? mr. cornyn: no objection. mr. cornyn: 20 minutes, 20 minutes, ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. feinstein: thank you very much. i appreciate the senator from texas. madam president, i rise today to speak in support of the amendment to keep guns out of the hands of known or suspected terrorists. the orlando attack again exposed a dangerous loophole in our law that allows known or suspected terrorists to legally purchase guns through the national criminal instant background check system known as nics. we call this loophole the terror gap. let me explain what that means. there are currently ten categories of people who are blocked from buying guns through the national instant criminal background check known as nics, and here they are. they include felons, those un

cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, in the wake of the horrific -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. cornyn: i beg your pardon, mr. president. i'd ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, the past few days we've been contemplating the who ar -- horc shooting in orlando and asking ourselves how could this happen? and, of course, praying about those who were injured. yerksd as the presiding officer knows, we had the opportunity to be briefed by the f.b.i. director and by the director of homeland security. and what we learned is that there's a lot that's -- there's a lot still left to learn and that the investigation is on-going. but clearly this was not an act -- a random act of violence. this is not about somebody going to purchase a gun at a store and then going out and deciding indiscriminately just to kill the first person they

senator john cornyn had a couple of amendments. one of them was to help counterterrorism operations and the other is actually -- i guess talking about dealing with emergency situations. i'm curious from both of you what your thoughts are on those amendments, whether they fix legislation, whether they undermine it. >> i have to see the final version in order to be able to accurately answer your question. all we're asking is that the amendment that is finally passed, if there is one adopted, that basically encomp pauses the current exigent circumstances and codifies that. so i'm talking about true emergencies. situations in which a person may be with alzheimer's, missing and the police need to locate this person immediately because they might be in physical danger, don't have time to obtain a search warrant, and we don't want anyone to be harmed with an hour's long wait in order to get a search warrant from a magistrate. so talking about that. talking about underwaged people who might be in harm or at risk of harm, and talking about

with regards to the two amendments senator cornyn raised, they both raise a host of civil liberties and privacy concerns. one of them would dramatically expand the surveillance authority of the fbi and allow them to -- with just a subpoena and without a court order -- get information about individuals' browsing history, what web sites they might visit, information about the to and from of e-mails they may send, location information that might be associated with someone's ip address. i think the average american would be very concerned to know that the fbi could get that information without going to court, particularly given the history of abuse we've seen with these types of subpoenas. for example, you know, the inspector general has noted that these types of national security letters as they're called have been abused in the past and have been used in circumstances they shouldn't have been used. given the controversy, given the concerns with this amendment, this is just not the bill to put that amendment on, and it's something that should be subject to robust debate, and i'm confident

that is reflected in a conversation i just had with senator john cornyn saying when it comes to, for example, the gun control debate happening here, people should vote their conscience and not be suede by whatever donald trump wants to do or for that matter other nominee or presumptive nominee, hillary clinton. it goes back to the idea of where does the conversation go from hereby? expect to see paul manna ford with lawmakers on capitol hill. he has been come for weekly meetings or at least calling in when lawmakers talk about how best to support trump. as for what happens operationally to get to your question i'm talking with sources and the sense is that the adults are in charge now. this is what i'm hearing from one top republican strategist who suggested it's not as though we'll wake up tomorrow and see a different kind of donald trump but you will wake up tomorrow and start to see a different kind of campaign, professionalized campaign which may go a long way to try to assuage some of the concerns for people who are looking at struggles with battleground states and want to see s

maybe they will acknowledge cornyn's amendment isn't tough enough, but it does seem like there's talking here. >> well, this was, as you've said, the worst mass shooting in the history of america so if this doesn't bring people together to try to do something to prevent this from happening in the future as we look at the anniversary of charleston, as we look at what happened in san bernardino, as we talk about those children in new town that were first graders when they were slaughtered and would have been in sixth grade now, yes, i hope it brings people together, and there is some hope here because of the fact that, as you point out, that at least there's been some discussion on the

that's what john cornyn is trying to work out. he had a proposal back in december that failed and democrats said the burning of truth was too high for the department of justice and it was a three day delay of the terrorists waiting out those three days. i think when you look at the entire spectrum of the gun laws and put forth by democrats, we are hearing something along the line and of what's coming out of new newtown and pennsylvania closing the holoopholes, that's not goi to go anywhere because of the nra. i do think there is a possibility of considerations i had with lawmakers that some compromise between feinstein and cornyn is possible. there are a lot of options out the there. instead of three days maybe it is a fifty day review period for if someone is on the terrorist watch list -- it could be a possibility. remember anything comes out of the senate has to come out of the house. if they have any problem with the senate bill, they'll move onto the house. >> luke russert. >> thank you very much, we are following a terrible

. >> thank you, senator cornyn. i want to apologize. we have our caucus lunch at 1:00, which i have to attend so i will read but not hear your testimonies. for decades survivors and family members of those who perished in the holocaust have sought whatever small measure of justice they could for the crimes committed against them. even today more than 70 years after those atrocities there are still wrongs that need to be right ed. while there's so many things that we can never recover from the holocaust, so many lives taken from us, it is our moral duty to help those survivors and their families achieve what justice can be found. for example, the nazis not only sought to kill jews in europe, they sought to destroy their heritage. their temples were destroyed and their art was stolen. the nazis tried to end european totally u inclouding the rich history of the jews of europe. they failed. but there's still work to be done. to help the survivors and families reclaim treasured family heirlooms stolen from them. pieces of art stolen from jew

the first proposal from senator cornyn would immediately block the sale of a firearm or explosive or explosives to a suspected terrorist, and once probable cause is shown not only permanently block that sale but also allow the suspected terrorist to be arrested and detained. this would apply to anyone currently investigated as a terrorism suspect as well as anyone who was investigated within the last five years. unlike senator cornyn's proposal, the democratic alternative would not -- would not prevent a terrorist from buying explosives as the alternative pertains only to firearms. unlike senator cornyn's proposal, the democratic alternative would not notify state and lowell law -- and locl law enforcement when a terrorist tries to buy a weapon nor would it give authority for that terrorist to be arrested or detained. unlike senator cornyn's proposal, the democratic alternative would not ensure due process, protect our constitutional rights or require the government to periodically review its procedures to ensure it's investigating the right people. the second proposal from senator g

cornyn met them.hey had to do, the only requirement was that you have to prove your case to a federal judge, within three days of purchase they can act on that. that was the only requirement, protecting due process. i don't want to go so far as some of the elected officials that said that republicans are just giving guns to isis, i don't want to match their hi perp lee saying they're against due process, but they missed an opportunity with the cornyn amendment. >> you can still vote and vote it down. >> what are they going to vote on, they haven't been specific on anything. give us specificity. >> david, put that question to you. the cornyn amendment dana was talking about there, why do democrats think that's not better than nothing? they voted against it, won't get on board with that. if they all got aboard, maybe they could pass it. >> you can have debate about that. democrats thought it didn't go far enough. what we are seeing with democrats, this used to be an issue that was considered to be a los

feinstein fired back about cornyn's noting felons, fugitives and drug users and ten categories of people from getting them. >> the fourth or fifth amendment. how many more provisions of the bill of rights do our democratic friends believe can be denied due process of law. >> one group that cannot be blocked from buying guns are those who are known or suspects terrorists on the fbi's consolidated terrorist watch list. they can buy guns. >> expect all four amendments to go down in defeat tonight. there is one more option, senator susan collins is offering another amendment, not being taken up tonight. she claims to have broad bipartisan support. we have heard that before. >> we will check back on that, doug. thank you so much. >>> the supreme court turned away a challenge to assault weapons in connecticut and new york. they left in place a lower court ruling that upheld laws following the shooting of newtown connecticut. the families of nine are suing the rifle company that made the gun used in that shooting. a judge heard arguments in that case today. they report on what's ate stake. >> r

we will put up this cornyn amendment this due process version.ould delay sales up to 72 hours and then you need a court to get involved. the buyer, terror suspect in the eyes of the fbi get notice and have some opportunity for legal representation, a lawyer to deal with the court whether or not they should have their gun rights restricted. the stronger version of this would be to use the no buy list like the no-fly list like mostly democrats have pushed saying lets not go into the courts and have that process any time any individual wants a gun, let's have a strict rule and the default would be you don't get to buy a gun because you're on the terror watchlist and you appeal to the government to get off the list. two very different approaches about the same thing, a people oriented approach to restricting access to guns and trying to curve gun violence to the wrong people. >> i'm glad you explained the cornyn bill. that's what hugh hewitt was describing earlier in the hour. it's always about politics and some say it's not enough and too much. >> h

and thank you for holding this important hearing with senator cornyn. we led that bill, the justice for victims of trafficking act. it wasn't an easy bill to pass, but i'm pleased that people came together and supported that bill because as much as we talk about the problem of sex trafficking internationally, it is the third biggest criminal enterprise, human trafficking is across the world, after illegal drugs, illegal guns, but we really can't be a beacon on this issue until we clean up our own shop here at home and that's what the justice for victims of trafficking act was focused on. i think sometimes people think this is a distant issue. something that only happens in foreign lands. then you hear the story of a 12-year-old in rochester, minnesota, who got a text to go to a party. showed up at a mcdonald's parking lot, with a friend, got put in a car, brought up to the twin cities, raped, pictures were taken, put out on the internet, then sold to two other men. the guy that did that was convicted in federal court. but that's a real story. and just a

yesterday democrats had a chance to support serious constitutional proposals from senator cornyn and grassley that would have helped keep guns and explosives out of the hands of terrorists and improve the national background check system. and while a majority of the senate voted to support these proposals, most democrats voted against both. so let me say again, senator cornyn put forward a serious proposal designed to prevent known or suspected terrorists from being able to buy guns, and democrats voted against it. now does that mean democrats have decided to sell weapons to isil? of course not. democrats surely don't believe their leadership claim that any senator voted to sell gun to terrorists last night. just as democrats really don't believe that every democrat who voted against the cornyn amendment to block such sales and take terrorists off the streets is guilty of voting to sell guns to terrorists. we all agree that the obama administration must prevent the sale of guns to terrorists. disagreeing on how best to do that doesn't require amateur claims that we all know to be fal

feinstein fired back about cornyn's noting felons, fugitives and drug users and ten categories of peoplem getting them. >> the fourth or fifth amendment. how many more provisions of the bill of rights do our democratic friends believe can be denied due process of law. >> one group that cannot be blocked from buying guns are those who are known or suspects terrorists on the fbi's consolidated terrorist watch list. they can buy guns. >> expect all four amendments to go down in defeat tonight. there is one more option, senator susan collins is offering another amendment, not being taken up tonight. she claims to have broad bipartisan support. we have heard that before. >> we will check back on that, doug. thank you so much. >>> the supreme court turned away a challenge to assault weapons in connecticut and new york. they left in place a lower court ruling that upheld laws following the shooting of newtown connecticut. the families of nine are suing the rifle company that made the gun used in that shooting. a judge heard arguments in that case today. they report on what's ate stake. >> repor

there is a reason senator cornyn amendment is not good enough for democrats. it has to do with the amount of time you have for this due process. so what senator feinstein is proposing is the attorney general can step in and stop the sale of guns until the due process is carried out. i'm excited to see there might be bipartisan legislation on this as early as next week. charles: the type line, right? again if it's up to the administration to determine. once the right is revoked to buy a gun, first all we don't know who is in control of these lists. they are so huge and so long, you wonder what is the criteria for getting on there? and there is no criteria for getting off. if there is a compromise it would actually backfire. it would be worse for potential gun owners. >> you have senator feinstein saying to donald trump, he makes everything worse. don't look a gift horse in the mouth. he's giving you a great gift. and that's what -- how you thank him. i don't necessarily think think is just a matter of the number of hours. this is much more complicated. it comes

. >> reporter: john cornyn is pushing a bill to delay the sale of a gun to a suspected terrorist for 72 hours allowing an investigation to take place. but democrats want to go further. >> now, this new orc poll actually shows that 90% of republican voters want to prevent people who are on that terrorist watch list or no-fly list from getting a gun, which is one reason why you're seeing republicans make that very clear. they don't want terrorism suspects from getting guns. kelly ayotte from new hampshire announced she would both for both the democratic and republican version of that bill and she's involved in these talks led by susan collins of maine to try to cut a deal on this issue. right now it doesn't look very likely. >> manu raju on capitol hill, thank you so much. >>> what does democratic senator chris murphy think about the fact that all four votes, at least as of now, seem likely to fail. we'll ask him, next. ou stay con. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you get an industry leading broadband network and cloud and hosting services. centurylink. your link t

senator cornyn, i would like to proffer this to you. i know you wanted to make an opening statement. i would like to ask my questions and then go to senator klobuchar, and i'm going to go down to finance, and you said you would chair. and at this point make your opening statement. would that be okay? >> sure. >> okay. >> ms. steinberg, in recent years, the justice department federal prosecutors have focused primarily on curbing the supply of sex trafficking victims by pursuing traffickers who advertise and sell human beings for sex. with the passage of last year's act, congress shifted some of the focus to curbing demand. this new law makes it much easier for prosecutors to charge buyers of sex trafficking victims. i have three questions along this line. since this law was passed, as the justice department issued guidance and a directive to assistant u.s. attorneys about this important statutory change? and if so, in what form did the issue -- did you issue that guidance? i think -- bush the button. >> turn my microphone on. thank you f

i want to thank you and senator cornyn for the work you've done on this. there's a lot we can and are doing and should be doing to fight trafficking. this includes strengthening trafficking enforcement, providing supportive services and ensuring that we treat victims as victims. not as criminals. but prevention is also a critical piece of the puzzle. and this requires the right policies backed up by sufficient resources. as we've explored previously in this committee and as research continues to demonstrate run away and homeless youth are particularly vulnerable to trafficking and exploitation. indeed, covenant house new york's 2013 survey found that youth involved in commercial sexual activity frequently report exchanging sexual acts for basic necessities. like food or a place to sleep. and a more recent study by covenant house new orleans found that a quarter of the homeless youth they interviewed had been victims of trafficking or sexual labor. this is obviously horrific and unacceptable. what more must we in congress do to ensure that these kids have a

maybe they will acknowledge cornyn's amendment isn't tough enough, but it does seem like there's talking here. >> well, this was, as you've said, the worst mass shooting in the history of america so if this doesn't bring people together to try to do something to prevent this from happening in the future as we look at the anniversary of charleston, as we look at what happened in san bernardino, as we talk about those children in new town that were first graders when they were slaughtered and would have been in sixth grade now, yes, i hope it brings people together, and there is some hope here because of the fact that, as you point out, that at least there's been some discussion on the republican side. now, we think we want to have something that makes a difference. i think most americans would be shocked to know that people who are on a terror watch list can't fly if they are on the no-fly list but they can go out and purchase a weapon, and so that is number one focus, and the second, of course, is the background check. there was bipartisan support for that background check bill t.barely

i want to follow up quickly, you talk about the cornyn compromise, underscoring there is very little make it through, based on my conversations, if anything leaks by, it would be that one. is that the one you're watch in? >> it would because of so much similarity to feinstein bill, if you're on this watchlist you should not be able to get a gun. democrats have a serious problem because the doj said a three-day review period part of that bill is not enough time. they need more time. pat toomey of pennsylvania put forward increase that up to 50 days and room to maneuver and work. maybe you put democrats don't look like they weren't for this in a political ad. they believe this is a good political issue and want to double down on it. >> luke russert with all the politics and intricacies. i think it will be a late night for you, my friend. appreciate your reporting. >> you, too. >> in cleveland the city celebrates its first national sports title in over 50 years and the national republican convention just four weeks away, are they ready for the next wave of big crowds? we'll explore that

a competing measure by republican john cornyn would only apply to people on watch lists now. and would only postpone gun buys for three days unless the feds could persuade a court to block the sale outright. before i get into all of that the speaker of the house just spoke reporters. clearly this is on the minds of the press. he was questioned about that and a few other things as well. take it away. >> that's right. paul ryan was asked about these gun measures and he reiterated wh republicans are concerned about on capitol hill that this measure that you mentioned from diane feinstein would perhaps go too far in their view. they believe it's drafted too broadly and that potentially it could sweep in folks who are not on that terror watch list and if those folks are swept in what is their recourse? that's a concern that paul ryan raised speaking to reporters just a few minutes ago. >> going after the second amendment how you stop terrorism? no. that's not how you stop terrorism. we have a bill that's being voted on right now to go after home grown jihadist. this is a person wh

the breakdown was mostly along partisan lines on the cornyn bell.enators conley and mansion voted yes. , twoe feinstein amendment republicans voting yes, a yacht tte kirk of illinois -- ayo and kirk of illinois. we are getting your thoughts and we will talk about the other two proposals. brent is in charleston, west virginia, republican. caller: thank you for taking my call. and look at what democrats are telling american people in summary. they are saying we have these mass shootings. most of those have been terrorist attacks, attacks carried out by people who are loyal to a radical strain of islam. the democrats are saying if you just let us infringe on second amendment right, it will solve these problems. it will prevent these attacks from occurring. in nomind the fact that case, in no mass shooting in the last five years has any measure proposed by any democrat been casen to have -- in every it is proven that these laws would not have prevented these attacks. so why do democrats keep proposing them? i do not believe it is because they're stupid.

he's going to sign on with the cornyn legislation. i'm sure he'll be talking about that later and she's going to sign on to the bill that doesn't have another loophole that, actually protects. if there is agreement and he can demonstrate leadership, good, good for him. but believe me, there is so much that separates them that this is going to be a very robust campaign and you better believe that every single day she will be pointing out those contrasts that she is favor of americans and he's in favor of himself and he will walk on the backs of anybody to be able to get more for him. it includes the news media cycle and also includes his business dealings. >> jennifer granholm, thank you. >> you better. >> and coming up, i'll have america's first openly gay. >> and breaking with safety measures. he'll tell me why coming up. ♪ it's time to free yourself from the old way of buying and selling cars. introducing beepi, the radical new way to buy & sell cars, all online. carefully inspected, guaranteed and delivered right to you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

senator cornyn's proposal would put a three-day waiting period on a buyer who are is on a terror watch list. >> under the feinstein approach, the gun sale would be denied and the bad guy walks away. nothing else happens. under my amendment, the fbi is notified. >> reporter: but with both republicans and democrats offering up their solutions, either side won. democratic senator blumenthal says he'll seek common ground. >> republicans are going to be unable to look themselves in the eye and look their constituents in the eye this november if they fail to heed and hear the american people saying enough is enough >> reporter: but there was one victory for gun control advocates the supreme court decided to leave in place assault weapon ban legislation passed in the wake of the sandy hook elementary shoot 123450g it's personal. it's my hoax state. it stemmed out of my mother's murder. regardless of the outcome tonight, the issue is on the forefront of everybody's mind. that in itself is a victory. >> reporter: her mother was that hero principal from sandy hook elementary. she told me even if

senator john cornyn of texas who has a way to talk about the terror fly list because that actually has to be changed. that's something, believe it or not, where you have agreement between the far right and the aclu. >> look at it this way, the terror watch list and the no fly list, this guy was on neither. so he literally walked into a gun shop and even if there was a you can't buy a gun if you are on no fly list or terror watch list. he wasn't on it so he would have been able to -- any new legislation wouldn't have affected orlando. >> that's right. we end up talking about the small ball things and not focusing on how do you destroy the safe haven where isis is able to plot and plan attacks and even if those are attacks where they are encouraging lone wolfs like mateen to carry out attacks across the world, that is how they are going to continue to hit us soft targets all across the country. >> guns became front and center very quickly, didn't they? >> yeah. >> dana, thank you very much. always great. plenty more ahead as this special edition of "the o'reilly factor" moves along this

republican john cornyn was dispatched to negotiate with demonstrate dianne feinstein about a bill to prevent people on the terror watch list from buying guns. while those negotiations were going on, pat toomey went to the senate floor to support senator murphy and the crack in the republican wall was now open. now you measure victories in washington not by getting everything you want. that never happens. i once heard the senator i used to work for tell a newcomer to washington that if he was serious about making governing progress on the things he cared about, he was going to have to stay at this for 30 years. now when you've learned to look at progress that way, 30-year curves, slow, inch by inch, hard won progress, what happened last night in the senate was the stuff of real drama. a junior senator stands and will not sit down until he moves the entire body and he wins. is america safer today because of chris murphy's win last night? not today, but america inched closer to being safer today. and we know where america would be if chris murphy did not stand up yesterday. think about

cornyn: mr.president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, about 24 hours ago, our democratic friends filibustered an appropriation bill for $1.1 billion that they themselves had said was an emergency to deny mothers pregnant with babies potentially like this one depicted here from suffering the devastating birth defects associated with microcephaly. you can see the shrunken skull associated with shrunken brain and devastating impact. this is the principal danger of the zika virus, which has heretofore been limited really to south america and central america, places like puerto rico, sadly, and haiti. but this mosquito that carries this virus is native to places like texas, louisiana, florida, the southernmost parts of the united states. and while so far the only cases, save one, recently in florida of infection from the zi

i'd like to thank senator cornyn for his of the remarks my introduction.senator cornyn mention my wife's alley and daughter katie are with me today. silly serves seven years as an officer in the air force and grew up in an air force family. she remains my most trusted advisors of the love of my life. katie is a rising high school senior who is interning at the washington d.c. what part of our children, joe, mike, gideon without the 11 spore will be here today. >> be here today. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> and also welcome my fellow nominee, it is a privilege to be here today with him today. i'm humbled by my nomination to be the 22 for the national guard bureau,, by the great leaders have served in this great position in the past, and if confirmed, by the incredible leaders that i will join on incredible leaders that i will join on the joint chiefs of staff. over the past four years i've been honored to serve as the vice chief the witness firsthand the visionary leadership of general frank grass. he, along with his predecessors have left a mark resulting

i think senator cornyn has a good policy. if you have been investigated in the last five years, it notifies the fbi. >> it gives 72 hours to have a hearing. let me ask you this. there is a provision, a bill, bill nelson op florida has put forward, if you're on the terrorist watch list or have been at any time in the last five years, that the fbi would be notified if you try to buy a gun. that's not up for vote? >> that's part of cornyn's -- if you're on there on mere suspicion or hunch and denied a constitutional right, i have a problem with that, too. >> all right. congressman mccaul, thank you for joining us. >>> up next, the fight over it comes up every time after mass killing. every time, it goes nowhere. is that about to change? we'll talk to the national rifle association and to the senator leading the charge on gun control. safety doesn't come in a box. it's not a banner that goes on a wall. it's not something you do now and then. or when it's convenient. at bp, it's training and retraining in state-of-the-art simulato

issa worked with me on the house version of this bill, and senators leahy and cornyn took the lead in the senate. and, again, i want to thank chairman of the oversight committee, jason chaffetz, for his work on the foia reform act to the ringing it floor. he's brought additional initiatives that did not make it into this version of the bill but that deserved continued attention, and even in our negotiations, i give it to chairman chaffetz. a lot of times when you're trying to work things out and get things done between the house and the senate, there has to be some compromise, and there are a lot of good things that he wanted in the bill that i strongly supported but we were not able to get them in. for example, one of his provisions would have required every agency to accept foia request by email. just a simple improvement that every agency should adopt and i look forward to working with chairman chaffetz in the years ahead on such commonsense reforms. i would like to recognize a few of the staff for both representatives issa and chaffetz that deserve recognition, strong recognition

americans are not swept unfairly, but what harry reid told me yesterday, he said quote, anything cornyn wants, the nra wants, i'm opposed. that's some strong language. even if the senate does vote on these bills, it is unlikely there will be any significant changes to gun laws, and we haven't seen any changes in nearly a decade, carol. >> all right, manu, thank you for that reporting. >>> for the first time, we're hearing from the orlando gunman in his own words. what you're about to see is about the bp oil spill. he was interviewed when he was working as a security guard. >> no one gives a [ bleeping ]. like everyone is out to get paid. they're hoping for more oil to come out and more people to complain, so they'll have jobs. because once people get laid off here, it is going to suck for them. they wants more disaster to happen. that's where the money making. >> all about the money, right? >> all about the money, exactly. >> we're also learning chilling new details about the shooter's final moments. an official telling cnn he not only posted to facebook during the attack, but actually

. >> reporter: republican senator john cornyn says a special investigator should be appointed in this case. he's also tweeted lynch and clinton, conflict of interest? an attorney cannot represent two parties in a dispute and must avoid even the appearance of conflict. donald trump has weighed in on this, he called the meeting in an interview terrible and horrible. kimberly, back to you. >> thanks, rich edison at the white house. >>> donald trump is taking aim at former rivals who refuse to support him despite their pledge to support the republican nominee. >> they signed a pledge saying they will abide, saying they will back the candidate of the party. and now they sit back, the pledge is out there, and the press doesn't even go after them on that. they broke their word. in my opinion they should never be allowed to run for public office again because what they did is disgusting. >> newt gingrich, former speaker of the house and a fox news contributor, joins us. he supports donald trump for president. thanks for joining us today, mr. speaker. i wanted to get your reaction, donald trum

the corn and proposal -- the cornyn proposal is described as a wolf in sheep's clothing. i think it was a sheep in wolf's clothing. it lacked the toughness that we need in such a measure. the republicans are now indeed scrambling. they cannot figure out how to stay on the good side of the nra and still be credible with the american people. i can say with absolute certainty that i am determined to see commonsense solutions that reflect common ground, but they need to be effective and stop the kind of terrorist extremism and every day gun violence on our streets. it takes 30,000 people every year. we are not giving up, we are not going away, we will not relent. in this effort. i would like to introduce a great partner from the state of new jersey. now that he has arrived, a great partner and friend from the state of florida, bill nelson. nelson: what am i going to tell 49 grieving families? going to tell the families of those still in the hospital fighting for their lives? what am i going to tell the trauma surgeon whose bloodstained shoes have been showed on a picture on s

and makes a decision that there is compelling evidence, not necessarily probable cause, which is cornyn's reasonable suspicion that this could be a terrorist threat, they can deny the weapon. >> dickerson: you mentioned senator cornyn's bill, is tt your disagreement on the republican side, standard. >> the standard is too high because you can just arrest the person. so that would cut out a lot of people who are probable threats. and it has to be completed within three days which justice and others tells us is impossible to complete the process within three days. >> dickerson: let me ask you this. the president called for what he calls assault weapons ban to be reinstated in the wake of this massacre. where are you on this? that obviously is legislation you are responsible for, can it come back, are you working to bring it back? >> well, we wrote the bill that passed in 1993, was law for ten years. after sandy hook we wrote a modified bill. it didn't pass. i think senators murphy and booker and blumenthal and bennett and others who went to ther from made a very clear case to bring this bac

senator john cornyn of texas who has a way to talk about the terror fly list because that actually hasnged. that's something, believe it or not, where you have agreement between the far right and the aclu. >> look at it this way, the terror watch list and the no fly list, this guy was on neither. so he literally walked into a gun shop and even if there was a you can't buy a gun if you are on no fly list or terror watch list. he wasn't on it so he would have been able to -- any new legislation wouldn't have affected orlando. >> that's right. we end up talking about the small ball things and not focusing on how do you destroy the safe haven where isis is able to plot and plan attacks and even if those are attacks where they are encouraging lone wolfs like mateen to carry out attacks across the world, that is how they are going to continue to hit us soft targets all across the country. >> guns became front and center very quickly, didn't they? >> yeah. >> dana, thank you very much. always great. plenty more ahead as this special edition of "the o'reilly factor" moves along this evening. t

>> i hope some i don't know what senator cornyn's proposal. is i don't know what senator grassley's proposal is. but you'll notice we are getting proposals from them now. now, they may be like we've seen before, with poison pills or something like that, but i think the conversation has changed in the wake of this horrific event. >> woodruff: senator al franken of minnesota, we thank you very much. >> thank you, judy. >> sreenivasan: as we heard, britain was stunned today by the killing of a member of parliament. jo cox was a strong supporter of saying the country should stay in the european union. in one week britain votes on that very question. both sides in the argument suspended their campaigns today out of respect. before the latest, our economics correspondent paul solman was in oxford hearing the arguments. tonight, the case for leaving the e.u. it's part of his "making sense" series, which appears every thursday on the newshour. >> reporter: the oxford union, perhaps the world's most famous debating society. >> mr. president, i am delig

>> reporter: cornyn proposed a bill to require the fbi to get a court order to block someone on the terror watch list from buying a gun. >> it would give the justice department the ability to prevent known or suspected terrorists from purchasing firearms. it will protect the constitutional rights of all americans. >> reporter: a vote on the amendment are expected next week. adam may, cbs news, capitol hill. >> fbi director james comey has also raised a concern about the democratic proposal. he says it could tip off terrorists that they are under suspicion. >>> president obama is heading to yosemite national park tomorrow. he and the first family will join others in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the creation of america's national park system. the obamas will spend father's day weekend in both yosemite and carlsbad caverns national parks. >>> this weekend is a good time for the park. >> it's amazing. we are going to be entering a gradual warming trend. this weekend will be spectacular for any outdoor activities including barbecuing with dad. minute map rainfall to the north. that's wh