he told me last night there are elements of the toomey-manchin bill and elements of the cornyn-murphy bill he is support i have at this of. he made that very clear. that shows bipartisan impulses. >> steve: right. >> he is very respectful of the second amendment and law-abiding citizens who own and possess their firearms in a peaceful way. they have their rights and he knows that. steve: kellyanne, the nra said after the meeting, well the meeting was great tv, the gun control proposals discussed would make bad policy that would not keep our children safe. you can see the people around that table coming together but how does the nra fit into this equation? because it seems like the american people really want to get something done this time and the nra has to be at the table as well? >> they were at the table. they were at the table, private table with the president over the weekend. he made that very clear to the governors. said it including to fox news on monday when he met with the governors he had lunch, shared a meal with the executive members, three of them from the nra or so. th

is all in with senator cornyn-murphy? when do you think he will make an outright decision like this is my plan, go bass it? >> look, the president has already expressed support for senator cornyn's legislation u h. he has also supported the stop gun violence act. those are two pieces of legislation in their current form that the president supports. the toomey bill he has not fully gotten on board with. they are still kind of working out some of the final pieces of that legislation. until it gets into its final stage, we're not going to weigh in. but we're continuing to closely watch that. and engage with a number of members of congress to help improve the system. some of the things that he would like to see improving on how the background snl works. largely done through senator cornyn's bill and that's one of the big reasons he supports that again, he is looking for ways that we can improve the mental health system. so that we can take guns away from people that shouldn't have them. these are all the types of things that h

firearms from threatening individuals, overhauling and reforming mental health programs and the cornyn-murphy bill criminal proved reporting to the federal background check system. the white house rolling out the bill one day after the rally. instead the event felt more like a campaign rally for the president where he attacked potential 2020 challengers. >> can you imagine covering bernie or pocahontas? how about that? i'd love oprah to win. i'd love to beat her. i know her weakness. >> reporter: and debuted this new campaign slogan. >> keep america great, exclamation point. keep america great! >> reporter: the president touting the steep tariffs he imposed last week on steel and aluminum imports and his potential summit with north korean dictator, kim jong-un. >> who knows what's going to happen? i may leave fast or i may sit down and make the greatest deal for the world and all of these countries. >> reporter: he surprised everyone by suggesting drug dealers should be executed and raising eyebrows with what some democrats say a racially charged attack on congresswoman maxin waters who has c

instead, the cornyn/murphy bill with improved background checks, expanding mental health programs. the president creates a new commission on school safety, chaired by betsy da voss to raise the issue of raising the purchase age. >> we can't just keep setting up blue-ribbon committees and they talk, talk, talk. two hours later. then they write a report. >> reporter: da voss on "the today" show argued the commission is just the first step. >> everything is on the table. >> reporter: and the president out tweeting his own defense, saying legislation moving forward, bump stocks will soon be out. when it comes to age limits, watching court cases and rulings before acting. states are making this decision. >> republicans on capitol hill were waiting to see what kind of political cover the president could lend when it comes to guns. but with his morning tweets, it seems clear when it comes to the age issue, he's not going to lead. >>> an end may finally be in sight. we're getting new details about when the massive trans-bay project will be finished. >>> would you pay more or less for conge

one was the cornyn-murphy bill, better known as the fix nics, as well as the stop school violence act, providing $2 billion for school safety, focused on purchasing equipment and personnel. both of those are in the omnibus. as mick outlined from the short this process is one that certainly leaves a lot to be desired and it's one in which the appropriations process in congress has been broken now for 22 years. it's been 22 years, since 1996, when actually an appropriations process worked and the president signed a bill. instead we've been left with continuing resolutions. so we have a hopsian choice of do you have a continuing resolution again or do you begin to build what you lay our out as priorities including national security and border security. we are pleased with that and hence the president agreed to upport the bill. reporter: i hear from both of you about spending increases, infrastructure, $1.3 trillion to get us to october. a lot about what's in here in terms of money going out, none of the fiscal responsibility. what happened to the republican party, the republican party no

bill like stiffening the number of records reported to the national background check system that cornyn murphy bill has at least 60 cosponsors at this point that is the magic number that has already passed the house and if congress does do anything that is the effort that would come out of congress. but the key battleground area will be the age limit proposal we were just talking about and how much do you expand of what people are subjected to as something similar such as the billoo after sandy hook and how much politics has changed and if there is enough support to get through that congress that is probably where the real battleground is at this point and the president has expressed support for thatit but there may be a fight but probably we will not see something in the end on assault weapons or semi automatic rifles. >>host: do you think we will seeyo something? we have seen congress discussing before but no substance will this actually? >> that is the million-dollar question sometimes they take pressure not only from the nra but the bill that actually passed the houset in december that is

calls on congress to pass the cornyn murphy fix nics bill.t. work with the state to provide firearm training to some school personnel. in florida 144 hours. this is the key though. ainsley: integrate mental health and primary carry. audit of fbi tip line. some details as i was reading some of these articles this morning. study age restrictions to buy guns and the affects of violent video games. they will be looking at that improve the bang ground checks to buy the guns and allow military vets and retired police to go and work in the schools. brian: i would love to see the toomey manchin bills pass. this president was for it they would go over the top. the key is, we discussed last hour, the risk protection orders, so if you have somebody like nikolas cruz in your midst. and you feel hamstrung and feel as though law enforcement can't act, hopefully give them the power to do that. ainsley: people a threat to themselves or others won't allow them to buy guns. steve: sure, after what happened in parkland do something about bump stocks. that refer

it supports the fix nics bill by senators cornyn and murphy. what's interesting, john, if the nra had written their dream list of proposals, it would be this. not to say these won't work. but this is completely in keeping with what the nra would like. >> yeah. is there anything? he mocked senator toomey for saying, oh, you're afraid of the nra. anything s there anything in this list of proposals that the nra doesn't support? signs point to no. they seemed to have been the last person to speak to the president and the white house about the bill they put forward. some progress is better than none. but this is an nra approved checklist. >> so, david, what's the play here? that despite what he said in the meeting on tv, that he's going to do what everybody in his party does when it comes to this issue. and that was just for show. when it's time to go, he checks every box that people who vote on this issue might punish him with. >> it looks like he is willing to lead on a couple of issues. he's been consistent saying there should be more in schools.

it looks like toomey, manchin bill is front and center along with the fix knicks bill which is cornyn murphypaper we might get something. ainsley: senator toomey is going to join us background checks bill put together. steve: he said some of you people in this room are petrified of the nra. the nra came out with a statement while the meeting made for great tv the gun control proposal discussed would make bad policy that would not keep our children safe. senator toomey will talk about that and so much more with brian in about 10 members u. brian: two minutes after the top of the hour. we are goin looking at. yesterday we had the acting director of ice on our show. obviously he was upset and who wouldn't be. he is trying to get illegals out of this country and broken the law in many respects, not just coming here. overstaying visas and committing crimes. he had a list of 800 people to pick up in california. well then the oakland mayor, libby schaaf decides to give a warning about the raids. and, therefore, he had 150 pickups instead of 800. here's the mayor not backing down. she is not sorry a

one is a bill introduced by senators cornyn and murphy. a background check system is only as good as the data in the system. we have inconsistent quality of data. some states will provide excellent comprehensive up-to-date data. other states not so much. the corner murphy bill will have better data and that means we'd have a better system. i introduced a bill one they nickname for this was lie and try. what are legislation does this make it possible for more states to prosecute people who commit a felony when attempting to purchase it for our. those people who live out their own criminal background in their own criminal history deny that criminal history in the hope that they will be able to circumvent by a firearm. it happens every day that convicted felons who know they are convicted felons deny that in an attempt to buy a firearm. i legislation would require the up you will discover several lives to inform the law enforcement in the state from which a person comes so the state could prosecute if they choose to. it's only about enforcing

firearms from threatening individuals -overhauling and reforming mental health programs -and the cornyn-murphyorting to the federal background check system the white house -- the gun proposal one day after the president's rambling, at times vulgar speech in pennsylvania that was supposed to focus on republican congressional candidate rick saccone. instead -- the event felt more like a campaign rally for the president -- attacked potential 2020 challengers -- trump: can you imagine covering bernie or pocahontas? pocahontas, how about that? oh, i'd love oprah to beat oprah. i know her weakness. no, no. i know her weakness. and debuted this new campaign slogan. america great exclamation point! keep america great!the president -- touting the he imposed steel and aluminum imports and his potential summit with north korean jong un. know what's i may leave fast, or we may sit the greatest deal for all of these president surprising aides by suggesting dealers should be executed -- trump: i think it's have to start don't you agree? i you're ready. eyebrows with democrats charged congresswomawaters -- w

the cornyn-murphy bill would have better compliance and better data from the states. a second piece of legislation is a bill that i've introduced with senator coons and the sort of nickname for this legislation is lie and try. what our legislation does is it would make it possible for more states to prosecute people who commit a felony when attempting to purchase a fire gun. that is to say those people who knowingly lie about their own criminal history, deny that criminal history in the hope that they'll be able to somehow circumvent the nics system and buy a firearm. it happens every day in america, that convicted felons, who obviously know they were convicted felons, deny that and attempt to buy a firearm that they are not entitled to. our legislation would require the f.b.i. when somebody commits this felony, to inform the state from which that comes so the state can enforce that. it is about enforcing laws on the book. i often hear from my friends who are second-amendment supporters, as i am, we ought to do a better job of enforcing the laws on the book. this is a

voice support for the stop school violence acts which is currently in congress as well as the cornyn murphyill on improving background checks. administratively, the president says, well, actually one more legislative piece, raising the minimum age purchasing a long rifle from 18 to 21. administratively, the president may announce that he plans to expand a dhs test program on school safety, fix the fbi tipster program. encourage states to enadopt gun violence protection orders so that weapons can be taken away from people who threaten to harm themselves or others. and encourage arming school faculty and staff by perhaps announcing a program providing federal grants or federal training to people who want to carry weapons. attorney general jeff sessions, by the way, is going to be here later on today for an opioid abuse session. the president not scheduled to drop by that but he always could stop. in the president not happy that the attorney general has turned the investigation fisa abuses over to the doj inspector general michael horowitz instead of launching a criminal investigation into wha

house spokeswoman sarah sanders to press earlier today that the president is supportive of the cornyn murphyll, a modest change. sounded much hardware leery of the other items. >> is it appÉtit on capitol hill, you think back to 2013 when those background checks failed. a lot of questions, is it different this time? has the appetite on capitol hill changed on this in any appreciable way? >> the appetite to discuss it or the fact they feel it need to discuss it has definitely changed compared to previous mass shootings where it usually fades within a few days. that's mostly as a result of these young people, these teenagers speaking out. but the attitudes haven't changed that much. and the reason is precisely the chart you put up about what happened after that 2013 vote. it doesn't matter the an issue is pulling to 92% if you can't translate that to vote. this may be a moment where that changes, but it's not been proven yet and many of the republicans who were wondering what to do about this have primaries coming up. this is a tough time for them and they know the politics are much safer. to

that theomething cornyn and murphy built has at least 50 cosponsors, which is the magic number in the senate. it is likely if congress does do anything, it will be likely in whatever comes out of congress. the key battleground area will be the age limit proposal we were talking about and how much do you expand the universe of people subject to those background checks. that is -- viewers may remember bill aftermanchin sandy hook. that is probably where the real battleground is at this point. the president had suggested support for that in some of these white house meetings. where we probably will not go -- we are probably not going to see something, in the end, on an assault weapons ban. host: ultimately, do you think we will see something? because we have been down this road before in congress after shootings. do you think this will actually have some type of result? guest: we all know congress can be stalled and sometimes does not act unless there is pressure. there is a significant amount of pressure, not only from the nra but from students protesting. but a bill that passed the hou

firearms from threatening individuals -overhauling and reforming mental health programs -and the cornyn-murphyreporting to the federal background check system the white house -- rolling out the gun proposal one day after the president's rambling, at times vulgar speech in pennsylvania that was supposed to focus on republican congressional candidate rick saccone. instead -- the event felt more like a campaign rally for the president -- where he attacked potential 2020 challengers -- trump: can you imagine covering bernie or pocahontas? pocahontas, how about that? oh, i'd love oprah to win. i'd love to beat oprah. i know her weakness. no, no. i know her weakness. and debuted this new campaign slogan. trump: keep america great again, exclamation point! keep america great!the president -- touting the steep tariffs he imposed last week on steel and aluminum imports and his potential summit with north korean dictator kim jong un. trump: who know what's going to happen. i may leave fast, or we may sit down and make the greatest deal for the world and for all of these countriespresident trump -- surpr

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

that's something that the cornyn and murphy bill has which is the magic number in the senate version has passed the house. if congress does to anything that's likely to be in whatever comes out of congress. the pete key battleground area will be the age limit proposal. then how much do you expand the universe of people subject to a background check something similar to the toomey mansion bill after sandy hook and their how much politics halves changed and whether there's enough support to get through congress the president has suggested support for the in some of these white house meetings. where we are not going to go, are probably not going to see something on assault weapons. >> ultimately do think we'll see something? we saw them discussing and debating but nothing of substance coming out. do you think this will have an end result. >> we know that congress can be solved they've seen significant pressure not only from folks like the nra but the students were protesting i think this bill that passed the house in december that's the biggest chance of having something that pass. it h

it's a bipartisan piece of legislation by senators cornyn and murphy that would improve the background check system, require and strengthen those agencies that need to report concerns. also includes the stop school violence act which authorized state-based grants to be used to train teachers and students to carry some weapons. it includes active shooter training. the white house defending it, saying, look, this is a case by case basis. the plan is also getting criticized by some who say this just puts too much burden on states and not enough in the hands of the federal government. so a lot to unpack here. again, this is a first step nearly a month after that tragic shooting in parkland, florida, stef. >> it's a first step or is it. i want to bring my panel in. phillip rutger is the washington bureau chief for "the washington post." matt welcwelch, editor at large reason. and phillip block, princeton university. i know the president really enjoyed that listening tour. sounds like he's only listening to the nra. >> yes, i think that's right, stef. remember in that february 28th meeting h

improving the national background check system with a plan with senators cornyn and murphy and expansional health programs and the most striking, promising doj assistance to help firearms training for school personnel. what is not there, no moves to curtail gun purchases by domestic abusers. no universal background checks. and no raising the gun age or the age for gun purchases to 21. if you are keeping score at home of the ideas floated by the president in the last month, only the ones that are largely in line with what the nra supports made the cut. white house press secretary sarah huckabee-sanders said that is not because the president is afraid of the nra. but that he can't make everything happen with the stroke of a pen. >> right now, the president's primary focus is on pushing through things that we know have broad bipartisan support or things that we can do from an administrative perspective that we can do immediately. >> joining me now someone who met face-to-face with president trump on guns, congressman deutsche. >> thank you. >> so the president tweeted this morning that the

a few days ago, there was momentum for this relatively modest john cornyn and murphy bill for the background system. there is no urgency now for it on capitol hill. people are confused about where the president stands. right now, gun owners are continuing to be happy about the fact that there is no plan to move forward with any sort of gun control or background check legislation in congress. >> i'm curious your view. put it in the context of this interesting poll that "usa today," your paper, has out about standing up to the president. >> we asked people in the elections in november, do you want to elect a congress that mostly stands up to president trump or a congress that mostly cooperates with president trump? and by 2-1, registered voters told us they would like to elect a congress that mostly stands up to president trump. and this, of course, reasonably alarming news for republicans. and it's a little bit of a surprise, because traditionally americans wanted congress -- want a government that cooperates and gets things done. but in this case, americans have concerns about president trum

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

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

the first title is the title that is very similar to what john cornyn and murphy's bill does. it's information into the background check. and easily. >> one bill is nicer than having seven bills. >> right. the second part has a provision that would require background checks on all commercial sales. you see, one of the big gaps in our background check system today is sales at gun shows and sales over the internet, are not necessarily subjects to a background check and we think they should be. these are essentially commercial in nature and they're on a scale that really matters. so, our bill would require those background checks. you also have a number of provisions which will-- >> you have support on that. >> for? >> bipartisan support. >> we had 54 votes in 2013 and most are those are still in the senate. >> you didn't have a lot of presidential backup. >> there was a worry that he wanted to go further, and that was a worry for some of our guys. there's two other items, one is a list of ways in which a law abiding citizen could have greater freedom to exercise the second amend

they could pass cornyn murphy which actually tightens background checks.d pass a number of things that the nra is claimed to support and they just aren't doing it. it is really -- it is really distressing. following parkland. >> i'm not sure what it takes. >> by the way, most nra members support these measures. almost all gun owners support these measures. overwhelming majority of americans support the measures. >> there is surprising new numbers when it comes to young people's views on gun control. joining us now, director of polling at the institute of politics at hartford university. >> we found surprise comply counterintuitive finding. happens once a year. once just a couple of years we found on this particular issue, millennials are less progressive than other generations of americans. the issue overall. >> on guns. >> only really on guns. very few issues where they haven't been trending more progressive in the five or six years. intensity of this issue is being driven by general x, baby boomers, and essentially the grandparents of the kids. >> doesn'

the nra said it's okay for them to move on the cornyn/murphy bill on enhanced background checks, nobody either and david ignatius, how remarkable. you have to president of the united states mocking republicans saying you're scared of the nra when they were doing far more, the ones that he was pushing, pat toomey and democrat joe manchin were actually doing so much more than other republicans did and now you have the president in the corner cowering in fear of the nra weeks after claiming to be so much stronger than them but look what happened at the nra meeting, look what happened with the gun meeting. look what happened with the dreamers meeting with dianne feinstein there and everybody -- the president saying whatever you guys decide to do we want to do. it makes you look at his announcements not only on the transgender ban but even in meetings with north korea around you start saying this man means absolutely nothing that he's saying, even if he announces it from the white house or the cabinet room and so i think aren't we wise to question whether he'll even have a meeting with north

we should pass the fix nics legislation proposed by senators cornyn and murphy. the nics system is only as good as the data that goes into it and their bill would block bonus pay for political appointees that failed to upload records to the system and award states that follow the uploading plan, would create domestic abuse and violence prevention program to give states the ability to share incentives, to share information to prevent common convicted of a domestic violence crime from purchasing a gun. fix nics is a good start to overhauling our background check system. as senator murphy said the other day, it is a good-based bill on which to build. but frankly we have to do more on background checks. we have to require background checks on all gun sales, whether it is at a gun show or over the internet or between individuals. it can be as simply as going to a licensed dealer or a local police station to have a background check run on a prospective purchaser or transferee. it may be inconvenient, but it will save lives. when universal background checks, however, i

cornyn? and senator murphy, do you want them to do anything on this?ckground checks, that's great. if they want to raise the age to 21. make exceptions for somebody who has been in the marine corps for three years if he went in at 17 and we have asked him to carry a gun into battle. i think it's a little ridiculous to say he has got to wait a couple years before he can get one there are some things that could be it needs to be reasonable and not punish the law-abiding citizen. that's the key. brian: israeli's prime minister under fire at home is visiting with the president today and they are good buddies and they are true allies in and out of politics. however, if you are looking at the peace process with the palestinians, to come out of this know the real threat we understand is coming from hezbollah and syria and iran and russia who have combined forces and a war could be imminent. am i correct? >> well, i don't know if the war is imminent. there is always a threat from hezbollah, from syria, from lebanon, because of hezbollah u and that's backed by

cornyn: mr. president, in the 21st century bill, sen. murphy and i worked on, part of it involving the mental health and safe communities acts, we provided additional grants to jurisdictions can use outpatient treatment. a variation on what the vice president talked about. adam lanza's mother, if he wasn't compliant with his mother and the medications, she could go to civil court to get a court order that forced him to take his medication and follow his doctor's orders. many people with mental illness, if they take their medication, they can function in society. so there are sobriety tools. president trump: so chris and john, are you better off having a one-off bill or can you merge it into joe and pat's bill? because i like that much better. having a comprehensive bill. some people don't like that word. i like that word, comprehensive. they say it is a bad word because it represents things. i like the word. i would rather have a comprehensive bill. can you merge yours into this bill or would you rather have a separate fix nics feel? senator co

the first title is a title that is very similar to what john cornyn and chris murphy's bill does, it strengthens the reporting of information into the background checks. president trump: can you merge it in? senator toomey: absolutely. easily. president trump: it's better to have -- one bill is nicer than having seven bills. senator toomey: right. the second part has a provision that would require background checks on all commercial sales. see, one of the big gaps in our background check system today is sales at gun shows and sales over the internet are not necessarily subject to a background check, and we think they should be. these are, essentially, commercial in nature, and they're on the scale that really matters. so our bill would require those background checks. we also have a number of provisions, which we'll -- president trump: do you have support for that? senator toomey: for? president trump: do you have bipartisan support for what you're saying? senator toomey: we had 54 votes in 2013. and most of those 54 voters are still in the senate. president trump: and you didn't hav

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

that theomething cornyn and murphy built has at least 50 cosponsors, which is the magic number in theate. it is likely if congress does do anything, it will be likely in whatever comes out of congress. the key battleground area will be the age limit proposal we were talking about and how much do you expand the universe of people subject to those background checks. that is -- viewers may remember bill aftermanchin sandy hook. that is probably where the real battleground is at this point. the president had suggested support for that in some of these white house meetings. where we probably will not go -- we are probably not going to see something, in the end, on an assault weapons ban. host: ultimately, do you think we will see something? because we have been down this road before in congress after shootings. do you think this will actually have some type of result? guest: we all know congress can be stalled and sometimes does not act unless there is pressure. there is a significant amount of pressure, not only from the nra but from students protesting. but a bill that passed the house i

there's a approach that cornyn and murphy have advocated that could pass and there are other things thatht pass, banning bump stocks for example there's things we could get done that would address the issue and that ultimately is what we need to do, look for things that are going to be effective in preventing that next act of mass violence and then particularly to protect our schools and our kids these are just things we can't allow to happen. >> senator, thank you. great to have you on. >> great to be with you, as always thanks. >> when we come back, jim cramer will join us live from the new york stock exchange. we'll get his take on the big news, cigna yibung express for $42 million. we'll be right back. tomorrow, it's a day filled with promise and new beginnings, challenges and opportunities. at ameriprise financial, we can't predict what tomorrow will bring. but our comprehensive approach to financial planning can help make sure you're prepared for what's expected and even what's not. and that kind of financial confidence can help you sleep better at night. with the right financial a

it's a bipartisan support in both chambers of congress sponsored by john cornyn, chris murphy, chrisaw -- diane feinstein, jeanne shaheen -- another bill being discussed goes back to 2013, it's the toomey-mansion proposal. after the sandy hook massacre, the legislators proposed an expansion of the current background check system from gun sales at gun shows. it was put up for a vote in 2013 and lost -- the department of justice puts out a form given to gun shop owners or anybody selling guns -- this is the federal form that is filled out when you go to purchase a firearm. you some of the questions it asks. to of the question say are you the actual transferee, buyer of the firearms on the form? are you under indictment in any court of felony? have you ever been convicted in any court of felony? are you a felony of justice? are you an unlawful user or addicted to any controlled substance? have you ever been a good -- have you ever been adjudicated or committed to a menstrual institution -- mental institution? it goes on from there. this is one of the forms used in the process of buying

it's a bipartisan support in both chambers of congress sponsored by john cornyn, chris murphy, chrisaw -- diane feinstein, jeanne shaheen -- another bill being discussed goes back to 2013, it's the toomey-mansion proposal. after the sandy hook massacre, the legislators proposed an expansion of the current background check system from gun sales at gun shows. it was put up for a vote in 2013 and lost -- the department of justice puts out a form given to gun shop owners or anybody selling guns -- this is the federal form that is filled out when you go to purchase a firearm. you some of the questions it asks. to of the question say are you the actual transferee, buyer of the firearms on the form? are you under indictment in any court of felony? have you ever been convicted in any court of felony? are you a felony of justice? are you an unlawful user or addicted to any controlled substance? have you ever been a good -- have you ever been adjudicated or committed to a menstrual institution -- mental institution? it goes on from there. this is one of the forms used in the process of buying

senators chris murphy and john cornyn talk about the policy and discuss trying to make changes to the national background check system. i hope we rise to the moment before us and get something done to try to make the country safer over the course of the next week or two. i will be glad to go and join

the best option is this bipartisan bill sponsored by john cornyn and chris murphy, democrat of connecticut gun registry, in the national crime registry. and if they get this done and if other things happen in states like florida where a republican governor and a republican legislature are going to take steps, then this issue will be to the benefit of the republicans. if they don't, it's going to work, as you say, to not only the disadvantage of the republicans, but also to the president. the president had a high profile meeting yesterday, well received. would have received more attention had it not have been on the day that it was with all the kerfuffle about sessions and hope hicks. but it also put the president strongly on the side of having to get something done. so his fate and the republicans' fate are tied to some degree in getting some positive steps done, and republicans, the republican whip in the senate, john cornyn, is leading that fight on an important bill which would go a long way to satisfying that issue. stuart: i think for the first time in a long time we are going to get

i don't understand why they don't do what murphy and cornyn put out there. the nra supports that.uld be a great first step. this is a take no prisoners second amendment guy. >> yeah. >> who is even confused by the republican senate and house's inaction. >> so from what i understand the senate republicans caucused this behind closed doors, there was a sizable contingent of republican senators who opposed the fix nix act the nra endorsed measure that senator cornyn and i put forward that just simply makes sure that states report people to the background check system. >> why? >> so i think that there is a brook no compromise element within the republican senate and republican house conference that feels as if you give an inch then you are ultimately going to have to give a mile. >> but the nra is supporting this. they could go to their so is there a difference between what the nra is saying publicly and what the gun lobby is saying -- >> why else would there be -- >> i know this. if there's a politician in northwest florida achbd if i were afraid of the nra and the nra said we suppor

did embrace and what he did endorse essentially yesterday, speaking of chris murphy, work on some legislation with senator cornyn up here. he was very frustrated, saying i wonder if essentially the president is going to stick with what he said. here is what he had to say last night. >> he's such a good dealmaker, go out and find 10 or 15 republicans who will support it. i don't know yet whether that was just a performance or whether that is actually the new position of the white house. >> reporter: and that use of the word performance really key, we heard that from many lawmakers since that meeting yesterday, the fact that this did play out in front of live tv and lawmakers up here want the president to be very specific at legislation. he not only does support but what legislation he's willing to push for and fight for and that was what chris murphy was essentially saying, by saying he has to deliver the votes, he has to deliver the amount of republicans and give them some political cover so that they can get to a legislation that can get 60 in the senate. that said, erica, we will potentially see if there will

i support senator cornyn and senator murphy's bill, and it's an important improvement that we must make. i also support senators' denial notification act. these are all important things. i thank you for the opportunity to testify today. i hope you'll consider us willing partners, both senator nelson and i, to move forward on this, and i want to close with this note. out of tragedy and out of heartbreak, the families of the 17 victims in parkland came together and they decided that they would set aside for a moment their differences on all sorts of other issues so they could come together on fight hard on the things they agreed on. i believe that should serve as an example to this body. there are things we agree on. we should pass those things. there are things we should disagree on. i hope we debate them. perhaps we can find common ground on those as well but we should first act on the things we can agree on and take action so this never happens again to anyone anywhere. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator rubio. i appreciate it very much. and we're going to call our first pa

cornyn -- and they were hoping for a quick exit on this. they have this limited background check bill with chris murphy. they would have liked to get that on the floor, maybe pass that, knock away a few amendments and say they did something. now they can't because the president told them we have to have this big comprehensive thing. they wanted to do something before they left town, and now they'll have a hard time doing it. >> we laugh about these things, but it's not laughable when you see republican senators saying things that are so damning. if you're a trump supporter, you can roll your eyes, but he said, we're not ditching any constitutional protection simply because the last person the president talked to today doesn't like them. essentially saying, it's not just based on principle, it's based on the last person who talked to him. marco rubio, senator from florida, his state is where parkland was. it was part of the cnn town hall where he laid out some new views. sfwlz there are some additional we forms, the possibility of looking at age limits on automatic rifles, the notion. we'll continue to e

this legislation sponsored by senator murphy and senator cornyn would ensure that federal agencies and states get information about individuals who should be prohibited from buying a gun on the national background check system. i hope my colleagues will cosponsor and support our legislation to help states use every federal resource available to them to keep their schools safer from violence and have the mental health services they need. i thank the president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: mr. president, this week, we're considering a bill to roll back the rules on some of the biggest banks in the country. over the course of this week, i will be spending a lot of time on the senate floor talking about the problems with this bill and how it threatens working families and american taxpayers, but i want to start by looking back to 2008. the reason that we have these rules in the first place. ten years ago next week, americans started holding our breaths. for years, financial institutions, boy, they have been

the senator there, chris murphy from connecticut, who has narrower legislation with senator john cornyn on background checks, it passed the house, but it included a concealed carry proposal that the senators have said is a nonstarter. "the new york times," at the meeting, the president repeatedly rejected the n.r.a.'s top legislative pryor. a bill known as concealed carry reciprocity. which would allow a person with permission to carry a concealed weapon in one state to automatically do so in every state. to the dismay of republicans, he dismissed the measure as having no chance of passage in congress. republican leaders in the house have paired that n.r.a. priority with a modest measure to improve data reporting to the existing instant background check system. joyce in north carolina. you're on the air. ood morning. caller: good morning. host: your thoughts. we're listening. caller: ok. just think that people ought to be asking why is it they want to buy the gun in the just thin place. record d be kept on the for that and that would lay a legal ground to start with. there should be a r

one of the bill introduced by senator cornyn and murphy called fix nics. our background check iss only as good as the data in the system and we had inconsistent quality of data. the data provided generally by the state. with excellent, comprehensive data. others not so much. the court and murphy bill would encourage better compliance, better data from the state and means we would have a better nics system. the nickname for this legislation is lie and try. what are legislation does is make it possible for states to prosecute people didn't commit a felony when attempting to purchase a firearm. those people who knowingly lied about their own criminalwn background -- their own criminal history, deny that criminal history in the hope that they'll be able to somehow circumvent the nics firearm. happens everyday in america that convicted felons who know they are conveyed to tell in deny that an attempt to buy a firearm to. i legislation would require the fbi when it discovers someone has committed this sort of felony to inform the law enforcement in the state fro

host: on that fix nics bill, the majority whip, jorn cornyn of texas, it's his bill, sponsored with chris murphy. he tweeted today he now has 16 senate sponsors on that bill. tell us more about what their bill would do. >> it would actuallyle correct to the current system t wouldn't expand background checks, but it would encourage more reporting by the states to the back grond system for gun purchases. it would not go as far as universal background checks. that's something else you have been hearing in the last couple weeks. the democrats are supportive of. the fix nics bill is more narrow, more modest, 69 co-sponsors in the senate now, which can overcome a filibuster, and backed by the n.r.a. which is why a lot of people think if this bill can't get over the finish line, nothing can. host: what do you take from members, both in the house and senate, on what the house proposed in terms of school safety, gun proposals from last week. do they see those measures, those proposals from the white house as a starting point for negotiations? what are you hearing? >> sure. it is a starting point. of the

senator murphy from connecticut, senator cornyn from texas, we are the principal cosponsors of the bill. we agree with very little in other areas of public policy, but we agree in this case that this is simply too important of be an issue that we really need to demonstrate our competence and to try to regain the public's confidence in our ability to actually function in a way that will save lives in the future. well, unfortunately, much like the daca debate, people want to make this bill a christmas tree, trying to decorate it with other legislative ornaments that look nice to their political base but stand no chance of passing this body or the house. i think we have to call that what it is. it's political posturing. it's not about getting a result. it's not about passing a bill which will actually improve the background check system to praoefpb people like -- prevent people like the shooter at suggest the land spreupbgdz -- from suggest the land -- sutherland springs. he is focused on school safety and i support that. i know my colleague, senator hatch, has introduced a bill that is bi