robin thomas is the executive director for the giffords law center to prevent gun violence and the march our lives co-sponsoring the forum today, msnbc is the media sponsor. let's really quickly talk about your colleague senator sanders. what more do we know or do you know any more about his condition or how's doing? >> we're wishing him well. i don't knowing new more than what's been reported. we hope he has a speedy recovery. there is no one in the senate who has more energy than bernie sanders. and so i trust as soon as he gets this taken care of, he'll be right back out there pushing, pushing, pushing. >> robin, start with how this forum came to be. >> it comes out of the fact that out of the last since to eight months, almost all the democratic presidential candidates have come out with platforms on how they're going to prevent gun violence when they make it to the oval office. so it started with a lot of conversations about the specific policies that they're each looking at and standing for. and right after the shootings in el paso and dayton, there was so much energy and focus on

charles gifford stated the following "for three long years he has to pay more than he receives. how does he pay his other taxes? how does he meet his living expenses? i was glad to see somebody ask that. there was a response. congressman jerry cooper from tennessee defended the 100.six and said this. the first statement is profound and is really philosophical. it may not be possible to pave more than one year's taxes out of one year's income. wow. then we read the whole thing. it may not be possible to pave more than one year's taxes out of one year's income, but with few exceptions persons in the higher bracket have assets they could use to pay it. and that is the defense with the same defense and then i say they will accumulate assets to make the necessary income payments. i do have to give him credit, the senator from michigan said that his class abating. i declined to be any part of it. how will we ever stop? the bill was defeated. [applause] president roosevelt had to settle 94 percent on all income over 200,000. you might say what did get us out of the depression? we cut t

this is back in the days, remember massachusetts was a republican state, congress, charles gifford of massachusetts -- before i read his comment, this 106% tax bill was supposed to be in effect for three years so it was not proposed as a for everything but a 3-year thing for 100.6. however it had the potential to be forever but it was going to have a 3-year trial. charles gifford stated the problem this way, quote, for three long years he has to pay more than he receives. how does he pay his other taxes? how does he meet his living expenses? i was glad to see somebody ask that. there was a response. congressman jerry cooper from tennessee defendant the 100.6, he said this. the first statement is profound, really philosophical. i want to give this to you. it may not be possible to pay more than one year's taxes out of one year's income. let me read the whole thing. it may not be possible to pay more than one year's taxes out of one year's income, but with few exceptions person to higher bracket have assets that they can use to pay it. and that is the defense and we had the same defense

charles gifford stated the problem this way: quote, for three long years, he has to pay more than he receives. how does he pay his other taxes? how does he meet his living expenses? i was glad to see somebody ask that. there was a response: congressman jerry cooper from tennessee. defended the 100.6. he said this. in the first statement is profound, really philosophical. it may not be possible to pay more than one year's taxes another of one year's income. wow. woo. let me read the whole thing. itself may not be possible to pay more more than one year's taxes out of one year's income, but with few exceptions, persons in the higher brackets have assets they can use to pay it. and that is the defense. and we had the same defense in the senate. senator allen el of louisiana said i suspect the taxpayers i likely to have acouple lited sufficient assets with which to make the necessary income payments. there were some -- i have to give arthur vandenberg credit here etch the said, quote, that bill is, quote, class baiting. i decline to be any part of it. if we just start discriminating, how

128 remains close because of it last night new evacuation warnings were issued for six communities, gifford springs, whispering pines, anderson springs, adams springs, oberg's, and cobb. that is a warning people may need to evacuate. here are the latest figures on the kincade fire, 23,700 acres have burned, containment is still at just 5%, 600 homes and other buildings are threatened and 49 have been destroyed. the cause of the fire is still under investigation but pg&e has said one of its transmission lines in the area malfunctioned. >>> volunteers are doing their best to help evacuees forced out of their homes by the kincade fire, bernadette mouse lost her home on geyserville road bernadette mouse lost her home on geyserville rd., wednesday night after fling in her pajamas and now she is delivering meals with this santa rosa restaurant. >> i want to help because i love to help people, you help people and they are doing the best they can. that is what i wanted to do. just to keep my mind busy. >> meanwhile chef josi andres has set up shop in sonoma county and the disaster relief charity ha

we will take you to mount kenya to find out about giffords to protect the antelopes leaving. them to look in a fossil where women run a project through papa's plastic waste they kill from the streets. on a week and come in with a famous american company is helping to replant the forest. but forced to kenya to meet one of the rarest species of until of africa the mountain bungle they are critically endangered with less than $100.00 still living outside conserving says they are of the most of porches predictors disease and hard bitten close the government is the land and has implemented a plan to save the species and also boast its numbers at the fault of mount kenya it will africa visit some commute of course a vision it's working hard to make but the reality. of the. animal keep us women more ruthie has come to check on his charges he looks up to mountain bongos of the mount kenya wildlife conservancy he feeds them twice a day and makes sure the head of their antelopes is intact i like it i love the job and i'm proud you know having that. that was no more there but now it's h

. >> reporter: they spoke highly of former sswomaellen tauscher and gabby giffords. >> the amount of determination it takes for her to get up, get dressed, go out and speak which is very hard for her is immensely inspiring. >> reporter: one congresswoman hillary clinton did not talk about, democratic presidential candidate tulsi gabbard of hawaii who in a podcast clinton suggested russia is grooming gabbard as a third-party candidate for president. gabbard fired back on twitter sunday calling clinton part of the corrupt elite. >> i'm not quite sure i understand the motivation behind it. >> reporter: this trump supporter visiting the bay area from scottsdale, arizona, held a sign outside the event calling hillary clinton a liar. >> i like tulsi gabbard. i think she's a veteran and informed. i don't agree with every policy of hers, but i think what hillary clinton said about her being a russian agent is terrible. >> this is a free country. she's not running. she can say whatever she pleases. >> reporter: nise ariza defended hillary clinton wearing a hillary for president 2020 shirt. >>

gifford springs whistling pines anderson springs adams springs. just the warning that people might need to evacuate. the latest numbers right now. the fire has burned 24,000 acres. it is still just 5% contained. 600 structures are threatened. 49 have been destroyed. was in 1300 firefighters are on the front lines. live team coverage on the fire. what could be the biggest pg in the lack out yet. with the latest from the fire lines in geyserville.>> reporter: so little of the kincaid fire contained. bipartisan thankful for one thing. take a look at the grapevines behind me. there is very little wind tonight. >>> it was just after 5 pm when came screaming up pine flat road. cal fire confirms there was an incident is the kincaid fire was blaring near hillsboro. cynic up a column of smoke. sonoma county sits under the smoky shroud of another devastating wildfire. those most affected are on the ground helping. like bernadette who lost her home she is delivering meals to santa rosa restaurant. >>> she wants to feed the firemen. i want to help. i love to

this man come who uses the pseudonym macer gifford, was one of the other britons involved in the fightes. i think aidan was caught up in something much bigger than himself, really. he was motivated by compassion, he wanted to go out and put himself between the islamic state that was butchering the yazidi people and the rest of syria. last time aidanjames stood trial, the jury could not reach a verdict. in the first trial, the judge, mrjustice edis, instructed thejury to clear aidanjames of the main terrorism charge he was facing. and before the trial, thejudge questioned why he was being prosecuted when there had not been prosecutions in other similar cases. today, aidanjames wept as the jury convicted him of one charge. in a note, they said they were sympathetic towards his motives. he will be sentenced next month. june kelly, bbc news, at the old bailey. the headlines on bbc news... boris johnson issues an ultimatum to parliament, saying it can have more time to debate brexit, if it agrees to a general election on december the 12th. police say they believe the 39 people found dead in

also been issued for cobb mountain and surrounding areas in lake county including the communities of gifford springs, cobb, whispering springs, anderson springs, adam springs, and hobert. >> it's just hard for the area. we're still trying to recoup from a couple years ago. >> in sonoma county residents in litton have been stopping along the roads to watch as the hills are lit up. incident commanders are hoping to get more of a handle on this fire now before this weekend's winds. >> we are throwing as many resources as we can at it. but we also have to plan for the worst and we also have to think about this large wind event that is coming. >> reporter: the kincade fire is only at 5% containment. it's ballooned to more than 23,000 acres. it has destroyed 49 buildings including many homes. because of the wind pg&e will be cutting park to communities in the fire zone and in thevent a new issue residents need to be ready for. >> when we lose power, we lstre. street lighting. your overhead street lighting. your stoplights are out. so that adds to confusion. >> reporter: now, when that power cut --

this man, who uses the pseudonym mesa gifford, was one of the other britons involved in the fight againstt up in something much bigger than himself, really. he was motivated by compassion, he wanted to put himself between the islamic state that was butchering the yazidi people and the rest of syria. last time aidanjames stood trial, the jury couldn't reach a verdict. in the first trial, the judge instructed the jury to clear aidanjames of the main terrorism charge he was facing. and before the trial, thejudge questioned why he was being prosecuted when there hadn't been prosecutions in other similar cases. today, aidanjames wept as the jury convicted him of one charge. in a note, they said they were sympathetic to his motives. he will be sentenced next month. june kelley, bbc news, at the old bailey. a life—extending drug for cystic fibrosis will now be available on the nhs in england after a deal was reached with the pharmaceutical company that makes it. the drug improves lung function, reduces breathing difficulties and can be given to children as young as two. it should be available wi

violence that we see or whose son was murdered and now is in congress and our dear friend gabby giffords who survived an assassination attempt and kept going. anna green was murdered at sandy hook. when i think about the people that face those kind of unspeakable, unimaginable tragedies it gets me going. you might want to talk about some of the young women that's with me. you can get he give her a roundf applause. [applause] we write about the these incredible young women who are standing against the nra and awareness of death by suicide with a gun frequently and so just to echo my mom, how can we not do everything we could do a. oif the congresswoman can get up every day and work to ensure that no parent has to endure what she does, how can we not honor the, or sabrina fulton whose running them if you want to contribute this will be the only superpower typical thing i say, may be. [laughter] please consider contributing to the campaign of sabrina fulton running as the miami-dade commissioner. [applause] what right do we have to pity or feel like we are not doing everything we possibly a

evacuation orders have been issued in lake county people in gifford springs, whispering pines anderson springs springs ho bergs and calm are being told to prepare to leave at a moment's notice. at the moment is just an evacuation warning, but it could change to a mandatory evacuation at any given moment. we're all so far following the power shut off sir planned for today because of the dangerously strong winds that were expecting tonight we will have extensions extensive coverage on all of this. all morning long here on kron 4. good morning, everyone, i'm marty gonzales dave spahr is here with the all important weekend weather forecast and we're looking those at those winds. you know you don't actually today's going to be a pretty pleasant day on balance with everything going on in not to threatening with both the winds and the humidity levels but tomorrow more the bottom drops out everything. >>and you'll see a really big difference while these forecasts that we're going to show you and we're also going to talk about some of these advisories and warnings that we have running right now

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other evacuation warnings have been issuing for gifford springs, whispering pines, anderson springs, holeburg, and cobb mountain as well yochl ku see right here. people have been told to leave other parts in surrounding areas of sonoma county as well. >> this goes as far as mt. st. helena, as far south here and close to the coastline as well. >> it's incredible to look at. once again they're mandatory evacuations. they spread across the line with napa county to the east all the way to the ocean in the west. >> if you really want a good idea of how fast this fire has consumed, we're going to check in with bob redell right now. he's at the soda rock winery in healdsburg right now. this is a historic site built in 1869, and it's now destroyed. >> sadly yes. i was pointing to a house that caught fire. here we are 30 minutes later. all that remains is the stone, fireplace, foundation, and whatever remaining wood is burning in there. i point this out to give you a sense how easily this fire the jumping. over there, that big barrel used to say soda rock on that. we were standing by there ea

harris: kristin gifford in the office. her husband killed himself in may of 2013.if, she is with us tonight, can you say maybe a quick word? >> yeah. my husband, steven clifford was a police officer with nypd, then nassau county police department. he died by suicide in 2017. we had no idea he was struggling. he was happy guy. he was joking. he loved his job but he had something deep inside of him he was dealing with. he was afraid to come forward. he wouldn't talk to anybody because of the stigma. i was, i was afraid to, even after it happened, to talk about it. there is still that stigma attached to it and, again we can tell everybody to come forward but until we change the culture and change the policies and make it a more normal thing, they're going to continue to struggle. we need to make it easier for them to talk about it and to say it is okay. harris: i'm so sorry for your loss. i know we are watching police officers deal with mounting homelessness, support in fighting terror and domestic violence situations. those calls can be so unpredictable, as you say d

cobb are now being told to prepare to leave at a moment's notice that includes these communities gifford springs, whispering pines anderson springs adams springs. goldberg's cobb this area has been hit by wildfire before and there are a lot of houses spread out in this region again this is an evacuation warning. but that can change to a mandatory evacuation at any time because this fire continues to grow we will have. >>more on the kim k fire in just a moment, but first we want to get to the latest on the pga any outages. our grant lodes is here with what people here need to know grant can almost feels like a blizzard is looming people are. >>getting ready stocking up hitting safely. the official decision from p g is set to come at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning but given the recent history with the shut off so this month and the ferocious winds forecasted tomorrow night into sunday. it really would be shocking if this power shut off did not happen as advertised and when the power gets cut. do not expected back until monday night at the earliest. >>we are asking our customers to prepare for

and our dear friend gabby gifford survived an assassination attempt and kept going.someone like nella martin is green whose little girl and the grace was murdered at sandy hook. when i think about people who face those times of unspeakable unimaginable tragedies, it gets me going again. it gets me up and chelsea might want to talk about the young woman because one of them is here with us. >> she just celebrated her 18th birthday. >> you can give julia a round of applause. >> we read about julia and ms. ari and gonzales and chavez Ãb these incredible young women who are standing up against the nra but also standing for more research and sensible gun violence prevention legislation. awareness about the crisis, tragically including in young people 's death by suicide. so just to echo one of my mom i think how could we not do everything that we could do? if congresswoman lucy macbeth can get up every day and work to ensure that no parent confronts what she did with her son jordan was murdered, how can we not that everyday? or sabrina fulton now running. if you want to co

residents of copper mountain are told to prepare to leave at a moment's notice and that includes gifford springs, whispering pines anderson springs adam springs, ho bergs and the town of cobb again this is an evacuation warning, but that can change to a mandatory evacuation. at any moment because this fire continues to grow by this time tomorrow tonight, the winds could be historic. >>certainly ferocious. kron four's gayle ong joins us now. geyser ville gayle you saw more damage from the fire today i saw the video you are tweeting out and there was another flare up late this afternoon. >>yeah that's right grant and vicki and when that. died down for most of the day but. creating lines getting ready for that big wind event this weekend. the scene in geyser veil has been an all-day affair of cleanup and evaluation. >>firefighters from multiple agencies are in sonoma county fighting the can kade fired. the fire scorching more than 23,000 acres in rural community of homes and wineries. >>every kind of cash or grassland we have and they say why did all out robert young shows us the damage on

. >> reporter: they spoke highly of former congresswoman ellen tauscher and gabby giffords. >> the amount of determination it takes for her to get up, get dressed, go out and speak, which is very hard for her, is immensely inspiring. >> reporter: one congresswoman hillary clinton did not talk about, democratic presidential candidate tulsi gabbard of hawaii who in a podcast clinton suggested russia is grooming gabbard as a third-party candidate for president. gabbard fired back on twitter sunday calling clinton part of the corrupt elite. >> i'm not quite sure i understand the motivation behind it. >> reporter: this trump supporter visiting the bay area from scottsdale, arizona, held a sign outside the event calling hillary clinton a liar. >> i like tulsi gabbard. i think she's a veteran. i think she's informed. i don't agree with every policy of hers, but i think what hillary clinton said about her being a russian agent is terrible. >> this is a free country. she's not running. she can say whatever she pleases. >> reporter: denise ariza defended hillary clinton wearing a hillary for presid

was the last of the majorcandidates to lease his gun violence plan and he chose this forum gabby giffords group and the group formed after e parkland high school shooting and this shooting one day after the second anniversary of the harvest music festival shooting here in las vegas that claimed 58 lives. fitting his role as the modera candidate, joe biden's plan had some moderate points in it. there are three main points. he wants to expand background checks, but, importantly, he wants texclude sales between close family membersat's an exclusion, very important to a lot of gun owners. he also wants to tore the manufacturing new assaultan on weapons, and for existing assault weapons, he mihas a ddle ground, not a mandatory buybacku a ary buyback. owners of assault weapons would have to choose, under his plan,s whether toell their weapon back to the government or undergo background checroand register in order to keep theirp assault . so a middle ground on that sue. >> so, hn, a lot of those things we heard mayor buttigieg list at the top, when we okoa y at a lot of the candidates' plans as

wa the last of the major candidates to release his gun violence plan and he chose this forum gaby giffords group and the group formed afteanthe parhigh school shooting and this shooting one day after the second anniversary of the harvest musict fesotival sg here in las vegas that claimed 58 lives. fitting his role as the modera candidate, joe biden's plan had some moderatthpoints in it. e are three main points. he wants to expand background checks, but,nt impor, he wants to exclude sales between closmfamily mebers, that's an exclusion, very important to a lot of gun ownns. he also wants to restore the baassault weapon ban, thon manufacturing new assault weapons, and fisting assault weapons, he has a middle ground, not a mandatory buyback a voluntary buyback. owners of assault weapons would have to choose, under his plan, whether sell their weapon back to the government or undergo a background check d register in order to keep their t weapon. a middle ground on that issue. >> so, john, a lot of those things we heard mayor buttigieg list at the top, when we look broadly at a lot of the candi

that we see that or someone whose son was murdered but now in congress and our dear friend gabby gifford who is survive the assassination attempt and kept going. and like melba marquez green who was murdered at sandy hook. when i think about people who face those unspeakable and unimaginable tragedies keeps me going again and chelsea may want to talk about the young women. they are here. [applause] she just celebrated her 80th birthday or julia with these incredible young women who are standing up against the nra with more research and violence prevention legislation and awareness about the crisis tragically including with death by suicide and just to echo and the congresswoman can get up every day to be ensure that no parent is confronted when her son is murdered how do we not do that every day? or sabrina who is now running, running, this will be the only super political comment of the day, maybe. [laughter] if you want to contribute today please consider contributing to the campaign of sabrina she is running for miami-dade commissioner. [cheers and applause] >> what right do we have t

evening as he moderates that 2020 gun safety forum in las vegas, presented by march for our lives and giffordsoverage to invite gun violence, streaming live on nbc news now and msnbc throughout date. >>> joining me now again, nbc's kristen welker at the white house. kristen, the president has been talking and again calling the conversation with the ukrainian leader perfect. >> that's right, more defiance from president trump speaking in the oval office, andrea. now, i want to underscore these are notes that are taken by our pooler. this is not exact verbiage. we'll of course be playing out the president's remarks. but the headline among them, that the president said the whistle-blower should be protected if the whistle-blower is legitimate. as you know, president trump has been trying to argue that the whistle-blower has gotten information second and third hand, something that his own acting dni has said is not the case, that some of the information is actually firsthand. the president also taking new aim at adam schiff, calling him "shifty schiff," saying it was a perfect conversation, u.s. s

one of the more moving moments this morning has been gabby giffords, the former congresswoman. she got up to help kick things off skps off, and she made some comments. she's also going to be asking a question of one of the candidates this afternoon. we still have yet to hear from vice president joe biden who's actually going to be taking the stage at the top of the hour, senator kamala harris will also be here, beto o'rourke will be here, and then we'll finish thing up with andrew yang this afternoon. as you guys have noted, senator bernie sanders was set to participate, not participating because of that medical condition that was revealed just a few hours ago. so it has been, a ri, it has been fascinating to hear not just the problems because the problems as you know have been well-documented, but hearing some of the ideas with regards to solutions, some ways to try and dramatically reduce the amount of gun violence that we have in this country. >> so let me ask you this, craig, is there a lot of space as you can tell between the candidates? they all believe that whatever syst

this man, who uses the pseudonym macer gifford, was one of the other britons involved in the fight againstdan was caught up in something much bigger than himself, really. he was motivated by compassion. he wanted to go out and put himself between the islamic state, that was butchering the yaz ed people, and the rest of syria. last time he stood trial, the jury could not reach a verdict. in the first trial, thejudge, mrjustice edith, instructed thejury first trial, thejudge, mrjustice edith, instructed the jury to clear aidan james of the edith, instructed the jury to clear aidanjames of the main terrorism charge he was facing. and before the trial, thejudge questioned charge he was facing. and before the trial, the judge questioned why he was being prosecuted when there hadn't been prosecutions and other similar cases. today, aidan james wept similar cases. today, aidanjames wept as the jury convicted him of one charge. in a note, they said they were sympathetic towards his motives. he will be sentenced next month. we just want to bring you some news on our top story. of course, this is th

the forum presented by march for our lives and giffords and moderated by our own craig melvin. watch it streaming on nbc news now and msnbc.com. >>> see you back here at 3:00 p.m. thanks for watching "velshi & ruhle." >> i'll see you at 9:00 a.m. eastern. right now katy tur picks up coverage. >>> good evening i'm katy tur 11:00 a.m. out west and 2 nm p washington where the president is telling americans that your lives, livelihoods and very freedom are at risk if he is impeached. in the past days the president's approval has plummeted and support for impeachment, even among republicans, has increase md ch the president has gotten even angrier on twitter and on camera. what will he say today in a moment when he appears alongside the president of finland? they're about to hold a news conference. will he repeat what he's been saying on twitter, quote, the do nothing democrats should be focussed on building up our country, not wasting everyone's time and energy on b.s. will he repeat what he's been saying in the oval office? >> they're the do nothing democrats. they don't do any wo

macer gifford left hisjob in the city of london in 2015 and headed to northern syria to fight againste following three years. macer is here with me now. what an extraordinary experience you must‘ve had. first of all, why did you go? i think everyone can remember where they were when isis rose. just the images ofjournalists on their knees in the deserts. the image of the mountain, 20,000 men, women and children been trapped by islamic state. i was moved by it, moved but also angered by the fact that britain and america and others would not go out and commit to helping them. so going out myself was just helping them. so going out myself wasjust an helping them. so going out myself was just an act of helping them. so going out myself wasjust an act of international solidarity. and you did not have any military background or links to syria? no, i went military background or links to syria? no, iwent as military background or links to syria? no, i went as an international volunteer. i wanted... up international volunteer. i wanted... up until that point including the only... by going out m

our different gabby gifford who survived an assassination attempt, and kept going. and someone like mr. green his little girl anna grace was murdered at sandy hook. when i thank about people who face those kinds of just unspeakable and unimaginable tragedies, he gets me going again. it gets me up. and jesse might want to talk about the young women is one of them is here with us. julius was here and she just celebrated her 18th birthday. you can give her a round of applause. [applause] >> we write about julia and a lot of these incredible young women who are standing up against things but also standing for some research insensible gun violence legislation. awareness about the crisis. tragically including in young people, of death by suicide. with a gun frequently. so just to echo my mom, i thank how could we not do everything that we could do. if congresswoman lucy bass, and get up every day and work to ensure that no parent confronts what she did. when her son jordan was murdered. how could you not honor that everyday. sabrina fulton who is now running [applause] yo

macer gifford, thank you for talking to us. and we will also be speaking to us.h—west, currently they are bringing rain across the hours of chilly and also jersey, but they are edging towards guernsey and cornwall and devon. when we lose the fog, some of it is quite dense, we will see a lot of dry weather and a lot of crisp, autumnal sunshine. so is currently in north—west scotland, they were going to northern scotland and then eventually north—east scotland, aberdeenshire and the borders later on as the wind veers to a north—easterly. as we head onto the evening and overnight, a lot of clear skies. still those i was coming in and snow at 700 metres. we still do have all of this cloud and rain coming in across the south—west. it‘s not heavy rain, particularly, and it will maintain the original level. under the clear skies these are the kind of temperatures you can expect in towns and cities. in rural areas you would be lower than this. so some frost to start the day tomorrow, but also some patchy mist and fog. that will all lift, leaving most of the uk with a dry

will be tree of life synagogue if it's not there will be a safeway store were our colleague gabby giffordswas shot. it's not at a grocery store it will be on a baseball field where colleague steve scalise was shot. we have to protect our most vulnerable which is our children. we have to do a better job as americans of leading loving and showing the leadership to prevent it. i think you all did your part today by being here and i think congress needs to do our part by an act in those reasonable measures that can stop these things before they start. thank you for being here. elected and gentlemen it's unfortunate that this year one of the highest selling products in new jersey for going back to school were bulletproof >> bookbags. i now recognize the gentle lady from new york, ms. clark. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. i think our panelists were really lending your expertise and your common sense concerns to today's discussion. columbine, virginia tech, sandy hook, bparkland, each time our nation experiences another school shooting we send out our thoughts and prayers. thoughts and pray

if not there, as a safeway store where our colleague, gabby giffords was shot.at a score, on a baseball field where our colleague steve s was shot. we have to do a better job as americans of lead, loving and showing the leadership to preve prevent this, so i think you all did your part today by being here and i think congress needs to do our part by enacting those reasonable measures that can stop these things before they start. so thank you for being here. >> this year when the highest selling products in new jersey for going back to school were bulletproof book bags. i now recognize the gentle lady from new york, miss clark. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. >> i think our panelists were really lending their expertise and their common sense concerns to today's discussion. kocolumbine, virginia tech, san hook, community college, parkland. each time our nation experiences another school shooting, we send out our thoughts and prayers. but thoughts and prayers don't stop bullets. 20 years have passed since columbine, but school shootings have become only more

i will give you three names, james davis, gabrielle gifford, stephen kurtz police -- stephen police -- mine,are colleagues of one of them is past tense and that is stephen -- james e davis . there is a lot of walking wounded and there are many levels to this. it is proximity that happens, relation to the individuals, community and we have not wrapped our arms around the extent to which americans are ofng subjected to the pain violence in our communities and our nation overall because for many, it may not even be someone who is immediately and their families. it may be a colleague. i have had to colleagues now in congress gunned down. they were able to survive, but we still have not acted. one republican, one democrat. around,s, walking knowing our colleagues were gunned down before us. how does gun access and availability to trafficking created dynamic? what is the socioeconomic indicators that we need to look at in terms of education and the opportunity gaps that help to fortify us against future action? i think we are only scratching the surface. think -- i'm also on the board, so i

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know that we are on the same wave length, i'm going to get me three names, james davis, gabrielle giffords, stephen school east. each of these are colleagues of mine, one is in the past ted, his name is james davis, he was a colleague that was gunned down before me in the new york city council, i work with that trauma every day, every single day, as you spoke of your experience, my experience is sitting here bubbling up, there is a lot of walking wounded, there is levels to, this proximity to this, relationships to the individuals, community, we have not really wrapped our arms around the extent to which americans are being subjected to the pain of violence in our communities, in our nation overall, because for many it may not even be someone who is immediate in their families, it may be a colleague, i have had to colleagues now and congress got down, thinking they're able to survive, but on, we still haven't acted, one room when, one democrat, all of us walking around, knowing that our colleagues who are gunned down before us. so my question is, i'm going to open this up to the panel, and

tied to the second anniversary of the country music festival mass murder that will be hosted by giffordsn reform and swing to the west coast for events tomorrow in ontario, california area. and so this is all very last minute and coming in. again, it is the second time this cycle that senator sanders, who maintains as much energy as anybody, but also did just celebrate his 78th birthday has had to deal with some medical issues on the trail. >> sandra: our best to him, peter doocy, thank you. >> bill: it could be significant news. we'll get fallout as it continues to roll in through here. in the meantime a note from kevin mccarthy a moment ago regarding adam schiff. minority leader in the house of representatives. here is what he says on twitter. chairman schiff has been lying to the american people for years. now he is so desperate to damage the president he literally made up a false version of a phone call. enough is enough. i have signed a resolution to censorship in the house of representatives. we'll see where it goes if anywhere. when you are in the minority you have a lot less auth

he is married to former congresswoman gabby giffords.aised her for the third quarter in rope chain raised over $5 million -- in a row. raised over $5 million. senator mcsally has always been known as a strong fundraiser. she is reading a good amount herself, but she keeps getting out raised by mark kelly jane -- mark kelly. arizona is one place where democrats see the changing demographics as moving in their favor. it is a diversifying state. they see trump's popularity may be dwindling a bit. host: what about senator mcconnell? guest: kentucky is a tough state for any democrat. he is running against amy mcgrath, who ran unsuccessfully for the house and 2018. you may remember her from the viral video where she talked about being a pilot not hearing back from senator mcconnell. she raised over $10 million in the last quarter. she raised more than senator mcconnell. that was pretty remarkable, a big number for a senate candidate. also remember that senator mcconnell also energizes democrats. it may be would not be as difficult to raise a l

also darren giffords leads strategy consulting practices.lcome to both of you michael, maybe you can tell us what you've seen happen and what this means at your plant >> well, obviously the doors are closed we have lots of people at my company that are out of work along with several other suppliers in the area along with the gm workers. >> the gm workers get benefits from the uaw are you part of that, too? >> no, we are not. >> how do you feel about that? >> well, i mean, it's the way the industry is. we're supplier to gm we're not covered under their contract so, it's nothing that i've ever expected working outside of the gm contract. it is difficult under these conditions when there is a strike because we don't have the aid that they may have >> how do you feel watching this play out because it's taken a lot longer than people had anticipated? who do you think is at fault >> well, i'm not going to point a finger at anybody. what's difficult is people -- you know, a lot of people being out of work. the difficult thing is the media is coveri