cornyn: you are still. you served with distinction at the department of defense according to all reports, and i admire your skills as a lawyer. i realize you are in a different role now, making policy and serving and administration. but i understand your role. i want to ask you to revisit your comments earlier about whether a constitutional right can be deprived without due process of law. we're not just talking about the second amendment, but the fifth amendment, and the 14th amendment of the constitution. i think senator whitehouse asked you about the constitutional freedom to travel, which is a constitutional right, but there is no constitutional right to fly in an airplane, is there? sec. johnson: i suspect there are legal opinions around to answer that question. i have not read one lately. sen. cornyn: are you aware of any legal opinion that was a there is a constitutional right to get on an airplane? sec. johnson: i know there is a freedom to travel and freedom to associate. sen. cornyn: i agree with

cornyn: there is a bill on.com the cornyn amendment. thanks. colleaguezed that my from texas all of a sudden, when it comes to the fourth amendment, we have emergency powers. police officers in danger -- they don't have to go through a process. i have agreed,d we tended to be more on the hawkish side on those things, only pro-law-enforcement side. all of a sudden, when it comes to gun, the standard becomes ridiculous. if we are saying that the only time you should be prohibited from buying a gun or going on an airplane in this new world of terrorism is if the criteria that could convict you of a crime, but as a path to oblivion. the people who will be laughing at that are the leaders of isis and those they inspire. that is way beyond what i have ever heard. we don't hear that argument on search and seizure on the fourth amendment from my colleague. let's treat them all the same. i believe there is a right to bear arms. i believe every law-abiding american has the right to own a gun. i don't agree, as someone who advocates for gun control, with

the bill in the senate from senator cornyn. the democrats in the house and the senate. >> as you said it is pretty close to what senator cornyn offered but the republicans blocked that. if you were a house democrat on the conference call you were saying that it was you're letting the national rifle association right your legislation for you. and they want to limit whatever gun aspects for that bill is much as possible. whether that's true or not, who knows. house republicans are feeling pressure to do something with guns in it. perhaps not to do so much that it might upset the nra. house minority leader nancy pelosi released a statement. saying they will continue to for a meaningful gun bills that will save lives and protect us from terrorism. with expanded background checks and meaningful no-fly by legislation. billy: the same things that democrats were asking for last week. checks forkground gun sales and a ban on gun sales to people on no-fly list. on thebeen stepped up heels of the orlando shooting were 49 people were kille

senator cornyn: what -- what do we need to do to get that number up? well, the -- i mean, we obviously are in agreement that we'd like to see more money in there. but some of it is a function of the ex post facto concern. meaning that an individual who is assessed under the jvta needs to have committed their crime after the enactment of the jvta. so after -- after may 29th of last year. and so these trafficking investigations, child pornography investigations that are subject to that assessment generally are long- term investigations. so the crime would have had to occur after may 29th, the investigation would take place, the case would be indicted, and the case has to proceed all the way to sentencing and to a judgment and conviction. and so as time goes on, there will be more individuals who -- who will, in effect, be qualified to be assessed. the other component is that the individual needs to be non-indigent. and so there are going to be a substantial portion of people who will likely be considered to be indigent and therefore will not be assessed

bush, again, texas senator john cornyn, will be among those speaking at that service. senator cornyn was here, literally maybe an hour, hour and a half ago outside the dallas police department, where we sit. he stopped by to pay his respects and stopped by to drop off a united states flag that he told me had flown above the capitol a few days ago. i talked to him about the performance of dallas police chief, david brown as well during that conversation i had with him. >> chief brown has done a magnificent job articulating for many of us the fact that if there is an instance where somebody has done something wrong, that should not affect the way we treat law enforcement in other parts of the country. for example, these five officers did nothing wrong. they did nothing wrong to anyone, and they paid the ultimate price. we need to have the difficult conversation. i appreciate the president coming, along with the first lady and vice-president, and of course, former president bush. look forward to paying our respects to the families of the fallen. what is most troublesome t

i might augment that list was just about to put john cornyn on it as well.ald trump i think also stands out because he more than a lot of people is emphasizing the fact that he is for the working and women of america. donald trump spoke to the republicans in d.c. about three weeks ago, and actually i thought the most important sentence that he spoke was in response to a question he was asked, and it was almost a throwaway line. but to me it symbolized and encapsulates the entire trump campaign. he said i am not a politician. i just get things done. and i think that's what separates donald trump. [applause] donald trump also has a campaign platform that we can all agree on. he wants to secure the border. he wants to replace obamacare. he wants to lower taxes. he wants to renegotiate trade agreements and repeal the executive orders. that alone will change the country, and instead of two-thirds of the american people think we are going in the wrong direction will have two-thirds or more thinking we are going in the right direction. the other thing donald trump

congresswoman johnson, senator co cornyn, senator cruz, these men and women are here with us because this absurd violence on our streets. those that will help us fight it are men and women in blue. our peacemakers in blue. they have died for that cause. that is why today we reserve five seats for the men we lost on thursday night. we offer our gratitude to you, our cops, including those who have traveled here to support your brothers and sisters in the dallas police department, the dallas area rapid transit police, and the el centro college police force. ladies and gentlemen, thank you. thank you for coming. [ applause ] most importantly, it is our purpose today to bring comfort to you, the families who are represented by those empty seats. we love you. we will never forget you. we also honor those who came close to death that night and who were wounded not only in the body but in the soul. may you never be forgotten as well. we understand that dallas's pain is a national pain. that is why i want to say thank you to president obama and first lady mrs. obama, vice president biden and

congresswoman johnson, senator cornyn, senator cruz, these men and women are here with us because they absurd violence on our streets. those that will help us fight it are men and women in blue. our peacemakers in blue. they have died for that cause. that is why, today, we reserve five seats for the men we lost on thursday night. we offer our gratitude to you, our cops, including those who have traveled here to support your brothers and sisters in the dallas police department, the dallas area rapid transit police and the el centro college police force. ladies and gentlemen, thank you. thank you for coming. [ applause ] >> most importantly, it is our purpose today to bring comfort to you. the families who are represented by those empty seats. we love you. we will never forget you. we also honor those who came close to death that night and who were wounded, not only in the body but in the soul. may you never be forgotten as well. we understand that dallas' pain is a national pain, that is why i want to say thank you to president obama and first lady mrs. obama, vice president biden and d

it's much like the bill in the enate from senator cornyn. the democrats in the house and in the senate have already rejected that idea as insufficient. host: as you said, that was -- the pretty close to what john cornyn, the majority whip in the senate, had offered and the senate blocked that. so why do the republicans think that that's the appropriate measure here? guest: if you're a house democrat on a conference call early this afternoon, you were saying that it was because you're letting the national riffle association write your legislation for you. they want to limit whatever gun aspects of that bill as much as possible. whether that's true or not, who knows. but certainly house republicans are feeling pressure to do something with the word guns in it. perhaps not do so much that it might upset one of their big backers, the n.r. a. host: you talked about what the democrats may be planning, what they're talking about. house minority leader nancy pelosi released a statement that reads in part that democrats will continue to push house re

it's much like the bill in the enate from senator cornyn. democrats in the house and the senate have already rejected that idea as insufficient. >> as you said, that was -- it's pretty close to what john cornyn the majority whip in the senate had offered and the senate blocked that. so why do republicans think that is the appropriate measure here? >> well, if you were a house democrat in a conference call early this afternoon you were saying that it was because you're letting the national rifle association write your legislation for you and b that they want to limit whatever gun aspects of that bill -- as much as possible. whether that's true or not, who knows. but that's certainly house republicans are feeling pressure to do something with the word guns in it but perhaps not do so much that it might upset one of their big backers, the nra. >> you talked about what the democrats may be planning what they're talking about. house minority leader nancy pelosi released a statement that reads in part that democrats will continue to push house rep

david brown will speak as will senator john co senator john cornyn. the race for the white house, a major event in the democratic party. >>> hillary clinton and bernie sanders sharing the stand with sanders offering his endorsement, congratulating her for winning a hard fought race for delegates. i congratulate her for that. she will be the democratic nominee for president. >> i have to say it is such a great privilege to be here with senator sanders. i can't help but reflect how much more enjoyable this is going to be when we are on the same side. >> joining us is bernie sanders campaign manager, jeff weaver. >> it is officially over for bernie sanders. >> we want her to be president of the united states. we want her to beat trump and elect democrats up and down the ballot so we can enact this most progressive platform. so you are very happy about the platform. he is going to actively campaign for her? >> i think will see him from coast to coast holding events. i think he will be appearing at down ballot events. i think they will see him and he will

cornyn: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i want to begin by briefly commending the efforts of the junior senator from pennsylvania, senator toomey, for his work and leadership in crafting legislation which would protect families from the dangers of so-called sanctuary cities that the senate considered yesterday. sanctuary cities are, frankly, not particularly appropriately named because these are cities that have made a conscious decision to refuse to cooperate with the lawful orders of federal authorities, especially when it comes to removal of criminal illegal aliens. and the bottom line is, the failure to cooperate with federal law and federal officials is a danger to the very communities that many of our colleagues who blocked this legislation claim to want to protect. in other words, these so-called sanctuary city policies that refuse to cooperate with the removal of people who demonstrate their untrustworthiness by committing crime after crime after crime, they are a threat to the entire community, including

i asked john cornyn, senator cornyn from texas, president obama was to make a big investment in central america to deal with this problem of the unaccompanied minors. honduras is at the epicenter of it. i like john a lot. i said, why don't we go try to learn what we can about this problem? you said, come to mexico to talk about energy reform and i will come with you to honduras to learn about honduras and this issue. we went to mass at the main parish and these central square, and unbeknownst to me, we let them know we were coming, but they reached out to all of the jesuits who had been there when i was there and ask them to celebrate mass. the center -- she had been my roommate for a while and he was now a parish priest and guatemala -- he had been my roommate for a while and he was now a parish priest in guatemala. he came back from guatemala and -- in in serio vote sarajevo. they were part of the jesuit community. they were young, vigorous 40-year-olds, and now they are vigorous 65-year-old, 70-year-olds. they were doing great work. they were coming up the procession during ash wedne

>> i have been here for a long time and i agree with senator john cornyn. this emphasizes the fact that the last several months those of us calling led by john cornyn, we now crystallized why it is important to have a special prosecutor. >> senator tim scott, thanks so much for being with us tonight. >> good to be with you judge. >> and attorney general lynch is not rechoosing herself from the clinton's investigation. instead, she says she will do this. >> they'll make recommendations on how to resolve what those facts lead to. the recommendations will be reviewed by career super siviso and the fbi director and it is a common process, they present it to me and i fully expect to accept the recommendations. while i don't have a role in those findings, i will be briefed on it and i will be accepting the recommendations. >> but, accepting those recommendations enough or should loretta lynch rechoose herself on this case? >> our defense attorney, ted williams is here. all right, ted hit it, right or wrong? >> judge, let me just say while i don't question the int

i might augment that list and say we ought to put john cornyn on it as well. our candidate for president, donald trump, i think also stands out because he more than a lot of people is emphasizing the fact that he's for the working men and women of america. and donald trump spoke to the republicans in d.c. about three weeks ago. and actually i thought the most important sentence that he spoke was in response to a question he was asked and it was almost a throwaway line. to me it symbolized and encapsulates the entire campaign. i am not a politician. i just get things done. and i think that's what separates donald trump. [ applause ] >> donald trump also has a campaign platform that we can all agree on. he wants to secure the border, replace obamacare and lower taxes and renegotiate trade agreements and he wants to repeal executive orders. that alone will change the country and instead of two-thirds of the american people thinking we're going the wrong direction, we've have two-thirds or more thinking we're going in the right direction. the other thing donald tr

this statute, known as the justice for victims of trafficking act, was introduced by senator cornyn, and i co-sponsored it. and it was among the first pieces of legislation that our committee reported out during my initial months as chairman. today's hearing provides us in opportunity to ask the department about this administration's efforts to implement the law since its enactment just over a year ago. at it's core, human trafficking involves the exportation of another human being, typically for purposes of forced labor or commercial sex. victims can include both men and women, adults and children, foreigners and u.s. citizens. in most if not all such cases, the trafficker exploits the victim's vulnerabilities. for example, sex traffickers typically use some combinations of force, deceit, or/and flattery to exploit their victims. they may ply the victim with drugs or alcohol to make them more compliant and then often combine violence with manipulation to exert control. horrific only begins to describe the effects of sex trafficking in its victims. the mental and physical scars run d

and john cornyn will be speaking at the ceremony. also speaking today george w. former president bush 43. we'll have that ceremony for you when it begins. >> new information coming out today on china's claims on the south china sea. the haig ruling in favor of the philippines. they are telling china that there is no legal basis for the territorial claims in the south china sea. here is the author of the coming collapse of china, gordon, we have covered it on the program. china has claimed the spitses of sand and building up a military base, claiming this as land and saying it is their own. and so what is the significance of the haig ruling? >> the ruling undercuts all of china's claims. they say all of the south china sea is international water. that is inconsistent with choina's claim that it is a chinese lake. /beijing must be ruling. everyone knew that the court will rule in favor of the philippines, but not that they would win every single question. that's what happened. >> is china going to pay attention to the guys in the the haig. >> they repudiate the rul

and i believe you'll hear about unity from senator cornyn, president bush and president obama. the past few days have been some of the darkest in our city's history. there's no question about that. as we bury these men in the coming days, it will not get easier, i know. but there's nothing like a crisis that forces one to take pause of your life and your city's life. and if you're from out of town, i hope you'll forgive me for a moment. i want to speak to my fellow dallas sites. i've searched hard in my soul of late to discover what mistakes we have made. i've asked why us. and in my moments of self-doubt, i discovered the truth that we did nothing wrong. in fact, dallas is very, very good. our police are among the best in the country. i'm in off of our dallas police officers -- i'm in awe of our dallas police officers. \[applause] we set the standard where policing can both be strong and smart, where men die for the rights that this country was built on. in short, i have never been more proud of my city, our city. while we did nothing wrong, there is a reason this happened her

element of the gun provision what the democrats will like and that years of the provision from john cornyn in the senate. >> democrat say putting the responsibility of the attorney-general prove probable cause to have to hold a hearing and it will r take too long will only delay the purchase by three days.-f so the reason is there should be an outright ban for anybody on the no-fly or no buy list. that is what they would like to see past. but republicans are very guamant about the due process. >> do we see that type of response to the legislation on the other side?op >> yes. there were some proposalsvotes. voter those orlando shootings the legislation did get the most however it did not reach the 60 votes needed. most supported it but it was the same reaction it was written by the nra but bomb not proceed. >> how much will this influence what happens today?ol >> they have to have a lot of influence it brought attention and pressure on to the speaker so what it is interesting to me they wanted to meet with speaker ryan directly that is almostwi unprecedented. but he will be meeting with the

cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the assistant majority leader. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i share the regret of my colleague from wisconsin that our friends across the aisle are the dysfunction that characterized the last congress when they were in charge is unfortunately creeping into this congress as well, in spite of a year and roughly a half of relatively good productivity by the congress on a bipartisan basis. but to come in and make objections against commonsense ways to protect whistle-blowers that are determined to try to make sure that we keep our commitments to our veterans is just, well, it's shameful. and i share the disappointment of my colleague. but moments ago our democratic colleagues failed another test, a test to whether they care more about american families or about special interest groups. this, mr. president, is what i'm talking about. the test that our democratic colleagues failed is one to see whether they care more about averting these sort of devastating birth defects caused by the zika virus or whether they care more about the special

cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, the senate is not in order. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senate will be in order. the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, some have taken yesterday's announcement by f.b.i. director comey as vindicating secretary clinton for her use of a private unsecure email server, but that would be exactly the wrong conclusion to draw. while the f.b.i. did not recommend that the former secretary of state be indicted, the concerns that i have previously raised time and time again have only been reaffirmed by the facts uncovered by director comey and the f.b.i.'s investigation. it is now clear beyond a reasonable doubt that secretary clinton behaved with extreme carelessness in her handling of classified information and that she and her staff lied to the american people and at the same time put our nation at risk. first director comey said unequivocally that secretary clinton and her team were, and i quote, extremely careless in their handling of very

[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome senator john cornyn.applause] >> i know i speak for everyone here and around the country in expressing my profound gratitude to mayor rawlings, chief brown, and the entire dallas and dart police departments. [applause] we thank you for your strength and the grace you shown in these trying hours. chief, i particularly like how you put it yesterday when you simply said dallas loves. it is my solemn privilege to join the people of dallas all across the state of texas and the entire country in honoring these men of uncommon courage. several years ago in the aftermath of another tragedy the shocking explosion in west texas , a local official told me something that sticks with me even to this day. he said being a texan doesn't describe where you're from. it describes who your family is. so today our family and this great nation shares the grief of dallas. i want to especially thank president obama, first lady michelle obama, vice president biden and dr. joe biden by honoring us with your presence here today. [a

the senior senator from texas, john cornyn. president bush. police chief david brown.ew days have been some of the darkest in our city's histories. there's no question about that. as we bury these men in the coming days, it will not get easier. i know. but there's nothing like a crisis that forces one to take pause of your life and your city's life. and if you're from out of town, i hope you'll forgive me for a moment. i want to speak to my fellow dallasites. i have searched hard in my soul of late to discover what mistakes we have made. i've asked, why us? and in my moments of self-doubt, i discovered the truth. that we did nothing wrong. in fact, dallas is very, very good. our police are among the best in the country. i am in awe of our dallas police officers. [ applause ] we set the standard where policing can both be strong and sma smart, where men die for the rights that this country was built on. in short, i have never been more proud of my city, our city. while we did nothing wrong, there is a reason this happened here, this place, too time in american history.

bush also spoke along with texas senator john cornyn, the mayor of dallas, and the city's police chief. this is 90 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of united states, and distinguished guests. [applause] please remain standing for the presentation of colors and our national anthem. >> right turn, halt. present arms. ♪ oh, say, can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ what so proudly we hailed ♪ at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ thro' the perilous fight ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched ♪ were so gallantly streaming ♪ and the rockets red glare ♪ the bombs bursting in air ♪ gave proof through the night ♪ that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave? >> to begin with the program please welcome the mayor of dallas, mike rawlings. [applause] >> please be seated. good afternoon. welcome. at 8:58 p.m., five days ago, the soul of our city was pierced when police officers were ambushed in a cowardly attack. in the days that followed we have sear

whatat is pretty close to john cornyn, the majority whip in the senate had offered. the senate blocked that. why do republicans think that is the appropriate measure here? if you are house democrat on a conference call early this afternoon, you are saying that it is because you are letting the national rifle association right your legislation and that they want to limit whatever can aspects of that bill as much as possible. whether that is true or not, who knows. house republicans are feeling pressured to do something with the word guns in it. much that itot do might upset one of their big backers, the nra. >> you talk about what the democrats may be planning and house minority leader nancy pelosi released a statement that reads in part, democrats will continue to push house republicans to give the american people a vote on meaningful gun violence prevention measures that will save lives and protect our communities on terrorism with expanded strengthened our checks and meaningful no-fly, no buy legislation. what are you hearing about what the plans of house democrats

it is much like the bill in the senate from senator cornyn. the democrats in the house and the senate. >> as you said it is pretty close to what senator cornyn offered but the republicans blocked that. billy: if you were a house democrat on the conference call you were saying that it was because you're letting the national rifle association write your legislation for you. and they want to limit whatever gun aspects for that bill is much as possible. whether that's true or not, who knows. house republicans are feeling pressure to do something with guns in it. perhaps not to do so much that it might upset the nra. house minority leader nancy pelosi released a statement. saying they will continue to push for a meaningful gun bill that will save lives and protect us from terrorism. with expanded background checks and meaningful no-fly no-buy legislation. billy: the same things that democrats were asking for last week. want background checks for gun sales and a ban on gun sales to people on no-fly list. it has been stepped up on the heels of the or

[applause]. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome senator john cornyn.ings, chief brown, and the entire dallas police departments. [applause]. we thank you for your strength and the grace you have shown in these trying hours. chief, i particularly like the way you put it yesterday when you said simply that dallas loves. it is my cell and privilege to join the people of dallas, all across the state of texas and the entire country and honoring these men of uncommon courage. several years ago the aftermath of another tragedy, the shocking explosion in west texas, a local official told me something that sticks with me even to this day. he said, being a texan doesn't describe where you are from, it describes who your family is. so today, our family and this great nation shares the grief of dallas. i want to especially thank president obama, first lady, michelle obama and vice president joe biden, and jill biden for honoring us with your presence today. [applause]. in times of darkness when it is hard to hold on to hope, we must remember that these men along w

not many of us are inclined to compromise on what we said was a cornyn amendment, which was done reallyt the behest of the nra and unworkable. and the cornyn amendment was driven by the idea that the attorney general would have three days, 72 hours to stop a gun going into the hands of somebody on the terrorist watch list. 72 hours. if it couldn't happen in that period of time, that individual on the terrorist watch list would be able to get that firearm. and our legal system can't happen in 72 hours. so more time would be necessary. but at least it points to the direction of where we all want to go. let's get to a point if you're on the terrorist watch list you don't get to have a gun, but let's make sure the due process both could protect individuals and get done in a realistic time frame. >> nancy pelosi and john lewis went out on the capitol steps. i want to play a little sound. >> we have the power. we have the capacity. we have the ability to get rid of hate. we have come to the point where members of congress, all of our members. you must do something. you must act and act now. n

the podium now we have senator cornyn of texas introduceing george w.ush with lives in dallas and killings, to grieve with their families. our white house correspondent john carl on the scene in dallas. john, we have seen the president at many of these memorial services. every time you feel his deep frustration. >> reporter: you see the sadness, the compassion for the strims and their families, but a deep and growing frustration as president he has had to come to talk to communities torn apart by mass shootings over and over and over again. as was the case in newton, connecticut, nearly fourg four years ago, in charleston south carolina last year, and in orlando just three weeks ago the president's -- the original draft of remarks that was put together by his speech writers was largely thrown aside. we are told the president struggled crafting these remarks consulting scripture late into the night. i'm sure we made changes on board air force one today. he has two audiences. that stadium is filled with dallas police officers. they are in there. there are

in the house have read check and that idea as insufficient for top >> that is close to what john cornyn had offered and the senate locked it. think that is the appropriate measure here? were a house democrats on the call this afternoon, you were saying it was because you are letting the national rifle association right the legislation for you. whether that is true or not, who knows, but house republicans are feeling pressure to do something with the word guns in it but perhaps not use so much that it might upset the nra. >> you talked about what the democrats may be planning. house minority leader nancy pelosi released a statement saying democrats will continue to push house republicans to give american people the vote on violence and protector communities from terrorism with expanded, strengthened background checks buy legislation. what are the plans for house democrats in the coming week on and off the war? >> we are talking about the same things democrats were asking for last week. they want background checks on this has been step up on the heels of the orlando shooting after 49 peop

jon cornyn said a special council should take over the e-mail investigation. >> she would be such a bad president. >> reporter: presumptive republican nominee donald trump saved his sharpest jabs for clinton herself. >> look at the calls she has made over the years. she has harsh judgment including voting for the war in iraq. >> reporter: she has faced criticism throughout her campaign but a house committee found no new evidence of wrongdoing in response to the 2012 benghazi attacks. >> i think it's pretty clear it's time to move on. >> reporter: lynch is expected to have the final say over whether she will face any charges for using her private e-mail server. white house spokesman josh earnest wouldn't say if the meeting was inappropriate but only that she understand the rule is paramount as did president obama. >> hena daniels in new york, thank you, hena. we will have more on the controversy over bill clinton's meeting with loretta lynch coming up on "cbs this morning." >>> the pentagon has broken down another barrier that prevented some americans from serving their country. as david

jill biden, as well as texas senators ted cruz and john cornyn. former president george w. bush brought an impassioned message of unity, as well. >> too often we judge other groups by their worst examples. while judging ourselves by our best intentions. and this is -- at our best we know we have one country. one future. one destiny. we do not want the unity of grief. nor do we want the unity of fear. we want the unity of hope. affection. and high purpose. >> president obama is set to host a town hall on race tomorrow. a number of memorials and funerals for the slain officers continue over the next days. >>> authorities in baton rouge have arrested three suspects they say are connected to a plot to kill police officers there. it began with a burglary at a pawn shop early saturday morning where officials say eight handguns and a bb gun were stolen. one 17-year-old suspect, who was apprehended on the scene, is alleged to have told police they stole the guns and were going to get bullets with the intention of shooting police. two of the handguns have yet to be recovered, and au

reporter: at least one democrat, senator chris from delaware said it sent the wrong signal but john cornyn said a special counsel should take over the investigation. >> she would be such a bad president. >> reporter: donald trump saved his sharpest jabs for clinton herself. >> she has horrible judgment including the fact that she voted for war in iraq. >> reporter: clinton has faced questions about had your judgment and trustworthiness throughout the campaign but this week a house committee found no new evidence of wrongdoing in response to the 2012 benghazi attacks. >> i think it's pretty clear, um, it's time to move on. >> reporter: lynch is expected to have the final say over whether she will face any charges for using her private email server. hena daniels, cbs news. >> trump will address a conservative summit in colorado today. hillary clinton is off the campaign trail today. >>> every year thousands of people are hurt over the july 4th weekend. from fireworks and even sparklers, we'll show you just how dangerous they can be next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, flames. this is bob, of bob's turkey fa

do you support that so-called cornyn legislation that was originally introduced on the senate side by john corn sglin. >> this law requires in 72 hours that if you are denied or you are on that watch list, that in 72 hours, there must be a case brought forward in court. that's not realistic. there is a court docket. there is a procedure to open up a case for them to look into it. the 72 hours is not reasonable. they're halfway there. we must, if someone is denied because of a background check, we must have a process in place to give that person the right to appeal that, but 72 hours is not realistic. and we already have a back log in our courts. really, do you think that we can say, i can just jump ahead of everyone else, i must do it? and the kicker to this, and i want you to keep an eye on this, is that in the 72 hours, if i don't get to court, then i just automatically get the gun? that's -- no. >> you said republicans are halfway there, though. at a time when it's so hard to pass legislation, why not meet them halfway there and why not take this legislation, if it's something that

so the legislation written by senator cornyn did get the most votes. however it did not reach the 60 votes needed to advance any sort of legislation in the senate. so most republicans supported it, but it was the same reaction, democrats said, look, this probable cause standard is too high. the national rifle association, so we're not going to go along with t host: how much of this is overshadowed by the house sit in and how much will it influence today? guest: i think the sit-in brought attention and pressure on speaker ryan to hold some sort of gun measure legislation. and what's interesting to me is actually the house democratic caucus wanted to meet with speaker ryan directly in a caucus meeting. obviously that's very rare. almost unprecedented. he is actually going to be meeting with congressman john lewis of georgia, the civil rights icon, who led that protest, wells congressman john larson of connecticut. he'll meet with them privately later today. obviously about guns. we'll see what happens from that meeting if there is a way that democrats ca

senator john cornyn now speaking at a service in dallas. ♪ e david: from bloomberg world headquartersw york, this is "bloomberg markets." vonnie: commodity markets are closing in new york. julie: it has been a risk on sentiment today, helping stocks and commodities. seeing a big rally today, the biggest gain in crude prices in two months. 4.5% now, it continues to climb as the day goes on. it has to do with this overall sentiment and some supply disruptions in nigeria. the usda out today with its latest crops forecast. corn at 1%, cotton also getting a big bid here. because of what's going on in brazil, dry weather in brazil reducing the corn crop. slashing its estimates for corn to 20 million bushels -- 70 million bushels. that by extension is helping deere as well. , whenn see the big leg up that data hits at noon. david: thank you so much. let's get the headlines on the first word news this hour. and mrs. obama in attendance, speaking live there is former president george w. bush. this interfaith memorial service to honor the five police officers who were slain in an ambush last we

and it also mirrors a provision from senator john cornyn in the senate. >> host: so why are democratske this particular piece? >> guest: because democrats say putting the responsibility on the attorney general to prove probable cause, you have to hold a hearing, it would take too long, and they don't like that it would only delay the purchase by three days. so their view is that there should just be an outright ban on anyone who's a suspected terrorist or on the no-fly/no-buy list, any terror watch list. that's what they would like to see passed, but republicans are very adamant about including due process. >> host: ms. kim, do we see that type of response on the senate side? >> guest: yes. so as the senate voted on about four gun paroles and then two different gun proposals a couple weeks ago, almost immediately after the tragic orlando shootings on june 12th. so the legislation written by senator cornyn did get the most votes, however, it did not reach the 60 votes needed to advance any sort of legislation in the senate. so most republicans supported it, but it was the same reaction

. >> robert and david cornyn, thank you. >> it is very american. >> this is wild stuff.untries, they put away the guys -- they hang him. anyway, still ahead, some angry response to ted cruz tonight from chris christie. i cannot wait to hear from him. >> i think he said something really tough about cruz. we'll get to that. we have one more night lehere i cleveland before heading to my hometown for the national convention. who are we going to choose? at least tomorrow night or do we have to wait until friday? >> at least tomorrow, late. >> late tomorrow as i said. >> we'll continue after this. >>> all i can say is i went through the process of 2008 so i kind of know the rhythm of eit. a decision is very late. i don't expect a decision is announced over the weekend. that's all i know right now. he plays it well. >> we are here in cleveland. that was tim kaine as democratic as he's talking about being hillary clinton's vice president candidate. it is been reported that an announcement can come on friday or saturday if hillary clinton is thinking about it. apparently is going

it is much like the bill in the , bute rum senator cornyn democrats in the house and senate have already rejected that idea as an efficient -- insufficient. >> it is close to what the majority whip in the senate had the senate blocked that. why do republicans think that is the appropriate measure? >> if you are house democrat on a conference call early this afternoon, you are saying that it was because you are let

john cornyn put out this statement. my condolences are with the families of the officers who lost their lives in last night's horrific attacks them about continued to be with the injured and those affected by the unspeakable tragedy. senator cornyn goes on to say that law-enforcement officers put themselves in harms way every day. it is shocking. reprehensible. david from crab orchard, west virginia. independent. >> good morning. this is tragic what happened in texas. everybody is going to talk about it as being a race issue and the gun issue. i'm hearing, back in west virginia, a population of 18,000. a couple days ago we had a police officer assaulted by an all-terrain vehicle. he was attempting to pull it over because it was in violation of running the streets. it happened it was a black he drove the atv and directly at that police officer. broke some bones. the cost him and he is under charges per attempt at murder. it is the atmosphere that our leaders, congress, both parties, of white house, a culture tearing down

my proposal with senator cornyn in no way, shape, or form infringes upon the rights of law-abiding gun owners. what it does is ensure that terrorists do not have the ability to legally purchase firearms. isn't that really the goal here? two weeks ago house democrats waged a disruptive and destructive sit-in to shut down congress because they supposedly wanted to pass legislation that prevents terrorists from being able to purchase firearms. now they can. with this proposal coming to the house floor, but democrats are opposing it for no good reason. it's because they only want the political fight and because they don't want to confront the three inconvenient truths i'm about to address. regardless whether you are a liberal democrat or conservative republican, my proposal with senator cornyn should be supported by all. it would require only the most partisan bad intentions of my democratic colleagues not to be praising and supporting this legislation. just think about it. it would also be the height of hypocrisy and irony not to push this measure with their full energy. this bill wasn't

it is much like the bill in the , bute rum senator cornyn democrats in the house and senate have already rejected that idea as an efficient -- insufficient. >> it is close to what the majority whip in the senate had the senate blocked that. why do republicans think that is the appropriate measure? >> if you are house democrat on a conference call early this afternoon, you are saying that it was because you are letting the national rifle association write your legislation for you and not to limit whatever gun aspects are part of the bill. whether that is true or not, who knows? certainly house republicans are feeling pressure with the word doing soit but without much that it might upset one of their big backers, the nra. >> to talk about what the democrats may be planning. house majority leader nancy pelosi released a statement that reads in part that the cuts will continue to push house republicans to give the american people a vote on meaningful gun violence, measures that will save lives and protect community from terrorism with expanded, strengthened by context and medieval no-fly, --

it is much like the bill in the --ate from senator cornyn but the democrats in the house and the senate rejected that idea as insufficient. close to whaty the majority whip in the senate had offered and the senate block that. why do republicans think that is the appropriate measure here? democrat were a house on the conference call early this afternoon, you were saying that it was because you're letting the national rifle association right to your legislation for you and they want to limit whatever gun aspects that bill -- as much as possible. whether that is true or not, who knows but house republicans are aboutg pressured something with the word guns in it. >> you talked about what the democrats may be planning and what they are talking about. nancy pelosi released a statement that reads in part that democrats will continue to push house republicans to give the american people a vote on meaningful gun violence, prevention measures that will save lives and protect our communities from terrorism. what exactly are you hearing about the plans of house democrats are for the coming week bot

texas republican senator john cornyn offered an amendment requiring a three-day waiting period by gun buyers, giving the justice department time to ask a judge to stop a sale. it failed to get 60 votes. now the house is planning to take it up. >> republican proposal is specifically designed to ensure that the justice department fails and the suspect is allowed to buy a gun. >> reporter: republicans have blasted the democrats for fund-raising over their sit-in, adding this is all about election year politics. the gun issue is a winner for them politically, they believe, leaving some gop leaders conclude that many democrats would rather have an issue than a bill. >> maybe they want a political ad or argue in the campaign. that doesn't enhance safety or improve our nation's security. and it's unfortunate that they stand in the way of progress. >> speaker ryan and senate majority leader are expected to meet tomorrow to review the disturbance and make sure it does not happen again. >> mike emanuel, thank you. >>> nasa's unmanned history has officially reached its long-awaited climax. junea

cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, yesterday i had the privilege of attending a memorial service for the brave dallas police officers that lost their lives almost a week ago. it was a fitting tribute to these courageous men who fought evil and who made the ultimate sacrifice. there through such a sad and tumultuous time, the brave leadership of mayor mike rollins and police chief brown have been a constant source of inspiration. i have had a number of people stop me in the hallway and said have you seen or heard this police chief down in dallas? i said absolutely. have you seen the sort of leadership and the calming influence that mayor rollins has provided at a time when people are confused, distraught, angry? it's just been very impressive. they have gone above and beyond the call to bring as much comfort to the city as they possibly could. while they have shown the world what poise under pressure looks like, i just want to say how proud i am of their dedication to the people of dallas and their steady and