let's watch. >> mitch mcconnell just like moscow mitch won't do anything in protecting us from foreign enemies, he has been the one person that has killed every one of these bills to protect us from our domestic enemies that are gunning down our children every day. what's his end game? what's his legacy? where does it end? >> where does it end? >> well, i think there's a piece of scarborough sound this morning that i also -- companion piece to that which i thought was very interesting because it got right at the heart of something important, he made a point about the nra attacking walmart and that the people who wrote that press release in the pack of nra were not representing the nra or gun members but people who had investments in weapons

and this is very typical of mitch mcconnell. because there are bills he should bring to the floor but he wasn'ter wroent waiting for the president to tell him what to do. this happened on the daca and the shutdown. and now we are 90% of the american people support background checks he does it on gun safety. so we are standing here saying so mitch mcconnell, asking him, telling him, do your job. let's pass the hr 8 process. we should not be seeing 100 more people die in our country every single day. and as the refrain goes, do something. >> good. >> i would say there is one word that scribe describes mitch manuel mcconnell's attitude on this vital issue. and that is duck. duck because he is saying let the president decide. then he was asked do you support the universal background checks for commercial sales and he ducked again? he is afraid of this issue. but that's not what a leader should be doing. >> would democrat support a red flag law absent hr 1234r508 our goal is to get a vote on hr 8. senator blum that you will is workin

this is very typical of mitch mcconnell. there were bills they should be bringing to the floor but when it won't because he's waiting brown for the president to see what when it will tell him what to do. this happened we put the shut down and now we were 90 percent of the american people support akron checks, when it is doing it on gun safety. we were standing here asking mitch mcconnell, telling him do your job. let's pass hr eight. we should not be seeing 100 more people die in our country everything obey. do something. >> i was safe there is one word that describes mitch mcconnell his attitude on this vital issue and life-and-death. in that is duck. doctor because when it is staying let the president decide. when it was asking you do you support it for commercial sales and when it ducked again. when it is afraid of this issue. that's not what a leader should be doing. [inaudible conversation] our goal is to get a goal on hr eight law. we don't want to call it a red flag over the words we were using. er extreme risk protec

let's watch. >> mitch mcconnell just like moscow mitch won't do anything in protecting us from foreignmies, he has been the one person that has killed every one of these bills to protect us from our domestic enemies that are gunning down our children every day. what's his end game? what's his legacy? where does it end? >> where does it end? >> well, i think there's a piece of scarborough sound this morning that i also -- companion piece to that which i thought was very interesting because it got right at the heart of something important, he made a point about the nra attacking walmart and that the people who wrote that press release in the pack of nra were not representing the nra or gun members but people who had investments in weapons manufacturer and ammunition manufacturers. that's what the nra now is. it's not a pressure group that represents even a broken minority. in the nra there's overwhelming support for background checks. it's about money, that drives a small sliver of industry. which is why the walmart thing is important. i'm with karine, mitch mcconnell, in the current wor

mitch mcconnell, do your job. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you for your leadership on this issue, congressman. we are going to take a few questions on this subject only. >> thank you so much, the speaker made this too hot to handle is what you said about the -- it has been more than a month, and why in that period of time has it not been enough, and everybody is just getting back into town today, but why is that period not enough to make that too much? >> it is growing and growing and more gun violence and look at the number of incidents that occurred while we were away. it is going to be, and it is getting hotter and hotter and hotter. yes? >> are you prepared to hold up spending bills -- >> look, our first job is to get leader mcconnell to put it on the floor. that is where the focus is right now. and that is what we are going to do. we are going to keep pushing him to get this on the floor. yes? >> sir, as you well know, some legislation has languished for over two decades and why is that making you hope?

senate becausehe mitch mcconnell is the grim reaper. on that y thrives image, but i don't think that's oing to stand in good staid in the long -- stead in the long one because the american people that matter to them. we are going to move forward. leadership has been very clear, need to do both, investigate but legislate. reporter: does congressman to address that? i thought you did. sorry. general point with respect to message? reporter: yeah. n whether there is a single message on impeachment and how uch sort of guidance in this very chaotic week lawmakers have been able to get from their leadership? mr. neguse: i think congressman sarbanes articulated the message quite well. said, the speaker and, of course, our caucus chairman and examplehave set a great in terms of the way in which hey've characterized the path forward. it's a solemn moment for our country. t's a solemn moment for our republic, and it's a solemn moment for the house. we have a job to do and so we're proceed as the speaker has outlined. i do think her comments earlie

mitch mcconnell. the senate majority leader has foiled most efforts by democrats to pass common sense legislation. the phrase, massacre mitch, is even trending on twitter. so what can democrats do to enact tighter gun laws while only controlling one chamber of congress? well, joining me to answer that question, new york congressman and chair of the democratic caucus, hakeem jeffries. mr. chairman, what can the democrats do? >> well, we have to continue to keep the pressure on mitch mcconnell and senate republicans. as you indicated, rev, the house back in february passed hr-8. universal criminal background check legislation. supported by the overwhelming majority of the american people. democrats, republicans, independents, and gun owners support making sure that if someone's going to get access to some weapon that can do great harm to the american people, we need to make sure, as comprehensively as possible, that they have no criminality in their background. and so that's the first step, and we can't

so, we are standing here saying to mitch mcconnell, asking him, telling him do your job. we shouldn't be seeing 104 people die in the country every single day. do something. >> i would say there's one word that describes mitch mcconnell on this vital issue of life and death and that is dark because he's saying what the president decide but then he was asked here do you support universal background checks. he is afraid of this issue but that isn't what the leader should be doing. >> our goal is to get a vote and senator blumenthal is working on a red flag law. we don't want to call it a red flag. >> [inaudible] >> extreme protection we want to call that. the house has a very strong bill. we don't know where these negotiations between senator blumenthal and senator graham will come but we are insisting on a vote on background checks because if you have an extreme protection law and someone has an order against them and there is no background check, john jones can go to a gun show or online and buy it anyway so you need background checks to make an extreme protection law to

mitch mcconnell still will not bring it to the floor of the united states senate. this bill was crafted in response to what we were hearing from the american public and the freshmen members of congress standing behind me who you'll hear from in a moment carried that message loud and clear to this chamber. our speaker heard that message and she leaned in on day one. we introduced this as soon as we put our hands down from taking the oath of office, hr-1 the for the people act was taken with the leadership of speaker pelosi, but with the championing that came from the freshman class and the message that was heard from the american public that we took to heart and that we put into the soul of hr-1 was number one, they were saying to us, you shouldn't have to run an obstacle course to get to the ballot box in america, so we need the strength and voting and registration and pushback on voter suppression across the country. the second thing that they sent to us, the message that was coming that we heard loud and clear was, when you go to washington, you should behave you

right now it seems like that she is the likely candidate it take on mitch mcconnell and there's a lot of enthusiasm for her. she's been raising strong money for it. she's going to be a handful. host: are there lessons from 5 1/2 years ago and the campaign against senator mcconnell? guest: i think amy mcgrath will demonstrate discipline as a candidate and i expect but this is a race very much about mitch mcconnell in a state that donald trump won by 30.5. senator mcconnell is very unpopular and uniquely unpopular with his job unless in the low 20's and teens. this is not something we have seen for some time. he's uniquely formidable and it shapes up to be an interesting race. host: what is his biggest weakness? guest: it will be hard for him to make a claim that kentuckians believe that he's still rooted in his own state and his own state is his main focus. it won't surprise me if the campaign shifts to one where he makes his focus about delivering for donald trump hoping that trump is more popular than he is. but his hard argument is whether he has gone to washington beyond the point

and i don't think that mitch muc kaunl mitch mcconnell is going to do anything better than that.re going to have a democratic president, a democratic house and a democratic senate. and if i have to choose between sticking to a 60-vote filibuster rule that's nowhere in the constitution and that mitch mcconnell is very willing to violate now or getting common sense gun safety legislation done with at a minimum 50 votes plus the vice president, i would choose common sense gun safety legislation and make our families safer in this country. >> what you're saying is you believe if democrats win back the senate they should end the filibuster for legislation so that gun reform safety which is incredibly popular can pass? >> absolutely, yes i do. polls show that 89%, 90% of americans, that's people of all stripes believe in common sense gun safety legislation, specifically universal background checks. i believe we need to do that and a number of other things that you mentioned. >> julian castro, presidential candidate and texan, thank you very much for being here. more "am joy" after the

mitch mcconnell, do your job. thank you. senator schumer: thank you and thank you for your leadership on this. we will take a few questions on this subject only. [indiscernible question] >> why in that period of time has not that been enough? why is that interim period not enough? human shume it keeps growing and growing. look at the number of incidents that occurred while we were away. it's going -- it's getting otter and hotter and hotter. [snerble question] senator schumer: our first job is to get leader mcconnell on the floor. that's where our focus is now. we will keep pushing him to get this on the floor. >> what makes you confident or hopeful now -- senator schumer: never had we 93% of the american people for background checks or 80% of gun owners for background checks and so many people in the n.r.a. >> when was the last time you spoke to the president and do you have a clear idea from the white house? senator schumer: i have spoken to him and he is all over the lot. he tells people right after an incident and i'm go

mitch mcconnell, do your job. sen. schumer: thank you for your leadership on this issue, congressman. we are going to take just a few questions on this subject only. reporter: [indiscernible] reporter: it has been more than once this has happened. why has that not been enough? i know everybody is just getting back into town today. ?hy has that not been enough sen. schumer: it keeps growing because there is more gun violence. look at the incidents that occurred while we were away. it is getting hotter and hotter and hotter. to hold uppreparing spending bills? sen. schumer: our first job is to get leader mcconnell to put this on the floor. that is where our focus is right now. we will keep pushing him to get this on the floor. yes. reporter: gun legislation has languished for two decades on capitol hill. what makes you confident and hopeful now? sen. schumer: it is a different era. never have we had 93% of american people for background checks, 80% of gun owners for background checks, so many people in the n.r.a. for bac

mitch mcconnell doesn't like moscow mitch but he has one name he likes that has an important piece of the gun control story. all of that. we'll be back right now in just 30 seconds. ght now in just 30 seconds every curve, every innovation, every feeling. a product of mastery. lease the 2019 es 350 for $379 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. it's an honor to tell you that [ applause ] thank you. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. i love you! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >>> they say if you're explaining, you're losing. so if you're re-explaining are you losing again. mike pence is revising his story a third time ongoing 180 miles out of his way all to get government money, your tax dollars into donald trump's company in ireland. this is now one day after pence's team said that trump suggested he stay there so we know about that. you have another response from pence saying wait a minute. quote, at no time did trump direct him to stay at his ireland resort. what is this all ab

and mitch mcconnell is a very powerful metaphor for a broken washington. and he's carrying that now more than whatever. and certainly, even among republicans, a certain borderline anger at their own party that they just keep saying more of the same. they're not completely shielding it from whatever donald trump takes. i think mcconnell is a face of a lot of the chaos and disarray. but more to the point, the broken washington people are tired of. steve: senator mcconnell said he would not hesitate to fill a vacancy on the supreme court if there is a vacancy. how big of an issue is that for voters? j.b.: even if you're a republican or a conservative, you're certainly aware of the hypocrisy, and that brings it right back to the business as usual mentality of washington. i think you're going to be surprised at the number of candidates that are going to find themselves trying to distance themselves from mitch mcconnell. >> will your group that involved in democratic primaries? also the republican primaries. in alabama, one is still hanging out. if you help out?

is it mitch mcconnell leading the president or the president leading mitch mcconnell?>> may be an example of a diversionary tactic where one side tries to put the blame on the other because neither of them have the courage to act. that's shameful. >> you're talking about the gun lobby and defeating those who are backed by the gun lobby. is that what's at issue here, the nra pouring money into politics or is it those single issue voters who will vote on gun control as their only priority, not gun control, vote against gun control as their only priority? >> well, reasonable gun safety measures is something that the american people we believe widely support. and this is not a democratic issue or a republican issue. this is not a partisan issue. it's an issue that relates to the well being of the american people. innocent folks are being massacred, not in afghanistan, not in baghdad, but on american streets. >> what's stopping this from happening then? >> senate inaction. >> why is the senate not acting? >> i think -- >> the voters want it and their constituents, why do yo

that means donald trump probably hasn't noticed how unhelpful mitch mcconnell mitch mcconnell has beenr. mitch mcconnell hasn't defended donald trump's phone call to the president of ukraine. mitch mcconnell was willing to make history by not even allowing a confirmation hearing for president obama's last nominee to the united states supreme court is not willing to make history by announcing that he will not allow an impeachment trial of donald trump in the united states senate. and so everything is now at risk for donald trump. as more reports come out of more betrayals of his oath of office at the end of day three of the official impeachment investigation of donald trump, it is no longer an absolute certainty that the united states senate will not convict and remove donald trump from office. it remains unlikely, but it is not certain. after this break, we will discuss the rapidly changing political and evidentiary dynamics of the impeachment investigation and what that means for republicans in the house and senate and what it could mean at the end of this road for the fourth presiden

among other things he complains a lot about being called moscow mitch. after a commercial break? >> okay. >> we'll be right back with senator klobuchar. our 18-year-old was in an accident. when i called usaa, it was that voice asking me, "is your daughter ok?" that's where i felt relief. we're the rivera family and we plan to be with usaa for life. see how much you can save with usaa insurance. see how much you can save welcome to fowler, indiana. one of the windiest places in america. and home to three bp wind farms. in the off-chance the wind ever stops blowing here... the lights can keep on shining. thanks to our natural gas. a smart partner to renewable energy. it's always ready when needed. or... not. at bp, we see possibilities everywhere. to help the world keep advancing. if you have moderate to thsevere rheumatoid arthritis, month after month, the clock is ticking on irreversible joint damage. ongoing pain and stiffness are signs of joint erosion. humira can help stop the clock. prescribed for 15 years, humira targets and blocks a source of infla

moscow mitch killed that bill too. moscow mitch has killed every single bill that the intel community has said will protect america, so that's his legacy, not protecting us from enemies foreign. and what about his legacy protecting us from domestic enemies, people that would shoot children, first graders, the friday before they go home for christmas holiday with ar 15s or people that would shoot wildly from their car in odessa, texas, and shoot 17-month-old babies in the backseat of their cars or would shoot up people going to worship jesus in texas churches that do nothing about it, or shoot up people going to walmart for back-to-school shopping. but mitch mcconnell just like moscow mitch won't do anything in protecting us from foreign enemies, he has been the one person that has killed every one of these bills to protect us from our domestic enemies, that are gunning down our children every day. what's his end game? what's his legacy? where does it end? who supports moscow mitch doing vladimir putin's bidding and kil

care about neutrality, call mitch mcconnell. action, violence against women, call mitch mcconnell. the list goes on and on. he's holding up so much legislation. with priorities which had bipartisan support in the public and went looking for a fight, but for a results and we sent over many other pieces of legislation that pertained to lowering the cost of healthcare in our country, call mitch mcconnell. the list goes on and on. this is not even obstruction, but it's just abandonment of the responsibility as a leader in the senate of the united states. one more. on hr 8, the attorney general floated a proposal in senate yesterday that did not include hr eight but included the mentioned to me bill, and it would not cover private sales. i'm wondering if that is the way the president and the senate go it would be amenable to you in the house. >> we are for hr eight is very carefully constructed legislation that will save lives. one of the recent mass murders was by someone ready purchase and that means i can't pass a test and you can

and did the moscow mitch talks spark the senate majority leader to change his mind and give states more money for election security? after an attack on saudi infrastructure, president trump moves military reinforce mments into the region, but should american troops put their lives on the line for saudi arabia. >>> plus an historic island that doesn't allow cars. >>> and the under water marriage proposal that went tragically wrong. we start with president trump in new york at the united nations general assembly, still dogged by questions about a ukranian phone call with the president and the whistleblower saying something that the president is not sharing with congress. he and the administration say there's nothing wrong with that. kaitlan collins is in new york following the president there at the u.n. general assembly. what are you hearing, kaitlan? >> reporter: clearly this has followed the president here to new york. it's kind of overshadowing a lot of meetings. right off the bat as the president arrived here at the united nations head kwauquarteq that was something he was asked abou

i would like to believe that's what motivated mitch mcconnell. but i think ultimately it is because at least the members of the senate intelligence committee thus far have conducted themselves in a way that recognizes we need to get to the bottom of something like this. this is literally a matter of national security. >> now, if the inspector general's report is referred, delivered directly to your committee, both of the intelligence committees, does that mean that those committees must hold that report and it cannot be made public because it's in the custody of the intelligence committees? >> well, if it contains classified information, then that is correct. but i'll know better when we have the hearing on thursday, but if there is information that is in that report that is not classified and has been deemed to not be classified, then absolutely, it should be shared with the american public. >> a lot of letters flying around washington today from the whistleblower's lawyer, the d nirksdni's counsel, and now sen burr of your committee and senator

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mitch, pass the bill.we passed legislation to put america on the path of a clean energy future that we need to create jobs and to save our planet, but that bill still sits on mitch mcconnell's desk. what do we say? mitch, pass the bill. pastemocratic house even universal background checks -- passed universal background checks to protect our communities from gun violence, a measure supported by more than 90% of all americans, but even that bill still sits on mitch mcconnell's desk. what do we say? mitch, pass the bill. and when robert mueller confirmed russia interfered with the 2016 election, the house passed legislation to safeguard future elections from foreign interference. seems pretty straightforward, right? someone still hasn't gotten the message, so help me sound it loud and clear. mitch, pass the bill. tohas become clear that achieve progress that we need and the change america so desperately needs and that you voted for, we need to retire mitch mcconnell and the senate republican majority. [cheeri

[applause] be yourn: and i want to nominee, going to states around this country, and making sure mitchcconnell is no longer in the united states senate, that lindsey graham is no longer in senate, andtates and i sycophants --rump [cheers and applause] rep. ryan: we need policies in that are notates left or right. democratslicies as .hat are about new and better the old culture wars going on since vietnam have got to be put in the past. i want us to adopt an industrial policy in the united states where we start building things again in this country, we start making things again in this country. one of my first acts will be to appoint a chief manufacturing officer. --, weant to address need to dominate the industries of the future, and my chief manufacturing officer will make sure we are out building the chinese when it comes to electric vehicles, that the american workers are building the batteries and charging stations and solar panels in the wind turbines that will make up the new economy. [applause] and i want to lead a stand att is proud to podiums like this all across the united st

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and mitch mcconnell tries to not have a trial. will that hurt the president even more or will this move on and people say he's just impeached and it didn't lead to a conviction? >> i think mitch mcconnell has no good choices here. i think handful, at least of his senators, are in real jeopardy of losing their re-election because if they alienate the swing voters by going in all in for trump, that's bad. if they distance themselves from trump and start to lose trump's base that's also bad. mcconnell is in the worst position of anybody here. >> all right. thank you very much. >>> coming up, will impeachment proceedings define the 2020 election and who will it help more? republicans or democrats. we'll ask presidential candidate and intel committee member senator michael bennett, next. >>> first, my colleague with other stories we're watching this hour. >> a new york city police officer has been shot and killed in the bronx. he was shot widuring a struggle with a 27-year-old after midnight. he died a the scene. a man accused of drivi

is it going to be mitch mcconnell or chuck schumer and the democrats?hink joe biden is coming from the standpoint of, you know, i'm not willing to compromise on background checks. i'm not to compromise on an assault weapons ban. we have to get this done. you have to keep in mind that he was here for the 1994 crime ban which included a ten-year ban on assault weapons and he was vice president during sandy hook, when he tried so hard, the obama administration tried so hard to work with senate republicans on a compromise to getting anything through and nothing happened. joe biden is coming that the from the standpoint i've tried to work with republicans time and time again. it's been very difficult to get anything through. i think elizabeth warren is coming from the standpoint of, look, if mitch mcconnell happens to be in the senate in 2020, we do have to figure out something and hopefully we will get something passed before then. i think the two of these candidates have the same goal. think the point that joe biden was makingsy refuse to compromise on the

mitch mcconnell says it's the white house. white house on the other hand saying they want to find out what mitch mcconnell can actually get passed, and yet somewhere in all of this we're waiting to see what actually gets written into law. >> yeah, i think republicans are very much still in the hands of the gun control lobby -- or the gun lobbies such as the national rifle association, and mitch mcconnell probably isn't sure which direction to go in at this point because he knows that he's almost at the whim of president trump in all of this, so he's kind of waiting for him to take the lead on all of this. we know that gun control groups such as every town for gun safety, moms demand action are very much taking aim or you know, looking at senators up for re-election that work under mitch mcconnell such as cory gardner in colorado, susan collins in maine, thom tillis in north carolina. they are going to make their re-election bids much harder with a number of ad campaigns or very much organizing in that state. so i think mitch m

how do you get mitch mcconnell to take action? mr. biden: i worked with mitch mcconnell where we can agree. on this one, he will not agree because he is where the president is. we have to beat them. has never beena more stark. i saw a poll, i don't know which one is accurate or not, on the national news saying it was close to 90% of the american people thought something has to happen with regards to weapons, guns. i'm. . going to say it again this is not -- i'm going to say it again. this is not in violation of the second amendment. the second amendment does not say you can have whatever weapons you want. if you are able to do that, why can't you go up by out an f-15, a bazooka? you can't. it is irrational. having assault weapons on the street and magazines carrying multiple bullets is irrational. and yourno need for it second amendments are in no way violated. reporter: is there any compromise to be made? mr. biden: none. i think there is no compromise. this is one we have to push and push and push and push. the fact of the matter is

might there be some wiggle room in what mitch mcconnell had to say? -- there was no real deliverable from that, no real decision made. members who tried to negotiate this, chris murphy has been saying there is hope for a deal with republicans. they could be something on the smaller scale. perhaps there is an ability to --ow states more access from from background checks. the states that run the own checks are not getting that from the in syria system. they will be in -- an attempt to address that. -- you tweeted this that house democrats were told on a call that the usmca talks are still going. no time for a vote. is that a top priority for leadership, republicans and democrats in the house and senate? >> that trump administration wanted it voted in done in the summer. that did not happen. were exchanging some kind of negotiations. it did not go quite as expected, it was much slower than it had been hoped. there are four main issues, labor, environment, enforcement divisions and drug patent protection. those are outstanding and richard neal told house

. >> mitch mcconnell wants to know what the presidentad will suppot has he made a decision on that?> the president has been actively engaged on the second amendment issue the entire time and particularly after the mass shootings in el paso and dayton and then the death after that. and he has talked just this week and he talked to republican and democratic united states senators who are actively engaged and we want this to be bipartisan but we are not going to allow bad actors who should not have firearms in the first place who then murder innocent americans to beus the excuse tht a bunch of liberals and socialists have to confiscate firearms from law-abiding citizens to have legally perky of them.ow and i'm not going to allow people who are constantly driving our law enforcement to be in charge of public safety and public policy. when leader mcconnell says he wants to put on the senate for something that the president will support, why are the democrats talking about thing -- >> i don't hear support for specific piece of legislation, does that mean the decision has not yet been made

that's not like loving on mitch mcconnell. that's pure admiration -- even if schumer is not an political operator, he doesn't have the votes. >> and the political landscape isn't advantageous for shume tore go out and say, i'm going to hold all of you republicans that are up this time at risk. it's just not going to be there. >> matthew thinks they should go forward with this regardless o what the political continues consequences are. there is a concern out there not only brad parscale, the head of the trump campaign saying this going to benefit us splitly -- political. at a time where they're trying to beat corey gardener and susan collins. >> the democrats should pay brad's salary to keep him in play. >> here's the thing where the democrats -- there is an advantage that trump is going to have. i'm going to be completely blunt about it. he's going raise $450 million. they're going to milk every granny social security check. oh, my god, unless you give give me $5, nancy pelosi will peachment and raise george soros. incumbent t

that is what earned him the nickname of moscow make -- moscow mitch. he would not allow us to protect our elections the next time around. we need teams of lawyers to try and defend ourselves against another mangled election like we saw in 2016. i am with you. we have to be aggressive in conducting oversight against this most lawless and reckless president. there are impeachment investigations underway in congress, in the house judiciary committee. short of impeachment there are a lot of things to do. i will be introducing a resolution within a week or two with 150 cosponsors to disapprove every foreign government payment that president trump has talkative -- pocketed. he has never come to ask for consent and he must do so. his not having done so means that we have to reach out to tell him that he cannot keep that money, he has to turn it over with interest to the u.s. treasury. every other president has come to congress with a request to keep emoluments and this is the only president who thinks he can stick it in his pocket. host: what do you think wou

we know what the democrats are up against in terms of mitch mcconnell and president trump.t here? this sort of division about whether or not between now and election day something could actually be worked out, joel, between the democrats and the republicans. or is that possible or is joe biden right? no, it's not happening. let's not pretend it's happening. >> i tend to be a little more bullish on this in reading the tea leaves here. the president did something after parkland. he did something on bump stocks. it wasn't the entire moon shot, but it was something. this has become a losing issue for republicans. i've been saying this a lot. democrats and progressives have won the culture war on guns. i think what that means is you're going to start to see republicans on the defense about it. you've already seen 15 house republicans retire or resign, you know, in the last few weeks and months. you've seen a lot of republicans have more moderate positions on gun control, you know, recently. so i think we're entering a different phase here. i think the pivot point for me was park

they urged senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to bring up a house-past background check bill. this briefing is just over half an [indiscernible conversation] hour. >> here we go. senator schumer: welcome. hi. great. ok, let's get started. i'm very proud to be joined by, of course, my friend and colleague, speaker pelosi, mayor nan whaley from dayton. good to have you here. and i want to thank my colleagues senators brown and stabenow and representative escobar from el paso, texas and representative thompson. too many americans are losing their lives to gun violence. too many families are just weeping because they have lost loved ones. i was at the airport today. a gentleman came over to me and said thank you for what you're doing, i lost my nephew to gun violence last year. americans are suffering from the abundance of gun violence in america. last month, mass shootings claimed 51 lives in el paso, dayton and odesza, to say --hing about the daily lives hundreds of lives lost my daily gun violence throughout america had enough is enough. congress is returning to session . our f

that's not like loving on mitch mcconnell. that's just pure -- >> even if schumer is not an agile operator politically, he doesn't have the votes. >> he doesn't have the votes. >> it's a math problem. >> and the political landscape of the 2020 senate races isn't advantageous enough for schumer to go out and say, i'm going to hold all of you republicans that are up this time at risk. it's just not going to be there. >> matthew said he thinks they should go forward with this regardless of what the political consequences are. there is legitimately a concern out there, not only the head of the trump-pence campaign saying this is going to benefit us politically, but there are democrats who say this is going to hurt us politically, at a time when we're trying to retain control of our house or gain majority. where we are trying to beat cory gardner, susan collins -- >> the democrats should pay brad's salary. to keep him in place. [laughter] >> here's the thing i think where the democrats -- there is an advantage that trump is going t

and there's absolutely no excuse for senator mitch mcconnell not to bring this up.ction is complicity in the bloodshed. he keeps pointing to donald trump and saying he's not going to allow the senate to vote unless donald trump comes on board. well, donald trump should come on board. he said he would and then he gets a call from the nra and backs off. that's still no excuse for mitch mcconnell not to do his job and allow a vote in the united states senate. >> do you think leader mcconnell will be bringing up gun legislation at this point if there's enough pressure from the democrats? >> there's got to be pressure not just from democrats in congress, but he has to be hearing from people throughout the country. we know from a poll that just came out, the abc "washington post" poll, that 89% of the american people, republicans, democrats, independents, support the universal criminal background check legislation, the legislation that the house passed that is sitting in the senate. so this is the moment for people to be calling their senators and mitch mcconnell and dema

tom urging my colleagues keep up the pressure on mitch mcconnell to address the gun violence epidemic and many other issues. the democratic senator had met with president trump. reporting from that meeting with trump was that there was nothing really deliverable with that. has been saying, making positive signs. there could be something on the smaller scale. chris coons has said they need to allow state to get more information. there is going to be an attempt. >> let me ask you about the trade agreement between u.s. and mexico. that democrats were told the talks are ongoing. no timeline. is that still a top priority for bipartisan leadership? over august, they were exchanging negotiations. it did not quite as expected. drug patent protection. those are outstanding. telling house democrats that he is waiting to see a comeback with a full written counterproposal. that may be delivered in the coming days. a member of that house told reporters in connecticut that it could be until next year. >> the city will resume deliberation on nomination. we expect the house to be working on bills ban