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he's also reliant on the national rifle association, just like all republicans are.say something like, i'm open to a change on guns, at the same time, that's coupled with a comment about how he's still supportive of the national rifle association and how he's been a huge advocate, particularly with the judge appointments on that issue. it's a tough notion to balance there. >> when he refers to the nra, he refers to it as wayne, the first name of the head of the nra. we appreciate your insights. thomas, thank you. >> thank you. >>> coming up here, russian protesters are answering a government crackdown with more demonstrations. why are they in the streets? we'll have a live report from moscow coming up here. y! good job, brain! say hello to neuriva, a new brain supplement with clinically proven ingredients that fuel five indicators of brain performance. neuriva. >>> tens of thousands of people took to the streets of moscow saturday, to demand free and fair local elections. you can see the treatment of people that took to the streets. a monitoring group said hundreds w

discussing background checks at all is a significant shift he was heavily backed by the national rifle association in the last election the national rifle association is against any new gun control measures and says that these checks would not have stopped the paso shooting from taking place and even though the majority of american voters republican and democrat have expressed support for more background checks republicans have been unwilling to go there in the past earlier this year democrats in the house of representatives which is controlled by the democratic party actually passed a universal background check bill but it went nowhere the senate refused to take it up now today we have mitch mcconnell the republican head of the senate the senate majority leader saying that he will put this issue front and center when congress comes back in the fall so that is definitely a shift for the republicans not soon enough for democrats who are calling for a quick return from summer recess to take up the issue right away some of them want to see an assault weapons ban introduced as well whether or not the

views should be respected and represented in the discussion, that gives you an idea that national rifle associationsomething that president trump wa nts to is something that president trump wants to pay attention to, particularly with an election coming up particularly with an election coming up next year, that they are very powerful gun lobby, and powerful

it would come to nothing, it would be a republican president taking on the might of the national rifle associationmost powerful lobbying organisation in the united states and what makes it even more surprising is that donald trump sought to get the support of the national rifle association very early on. they'd backed him and donald trump has held them tight but he now believes it's time to move on this issue and he said, "i think that in the end the mri ——na —— nra will either be there for a bit more neutral. close quote not in their public utterances because they said they will oppose any legislation that infringes on the rights of us citizens and their policy in particular is policy by soundbite donald trump seems determined to press on and says he has the support of democrats and republicans and i think the fact that the president is backing this will encourage some republicans to kind of gird their loins and maybe vote against the nra but it's not going to change the number of guns in circulation. this is just about checking the backgrounds of those who want to buy guns and checking they don'

the national rifle association and the internal. spending and discrepancies and how various funding was used in personnel policies unfortunately this is news that we were all looking at several months ago and has largely disappeared now that doesn't mean that the n.r.a. hasn't been crippled a little bit but it still remains there as an enormously rich and enormously powerful lobby one of the most powerful lobbies in washington you have a situation where 90 percent of americans today through polling clearly want background checks they say this is a bipartisan everybody wants an issue the n.r.a. does not and so it is a classic example where legislators are not responding to their constituents they are responding to their fear of the n.r.a. mr clemens we thank you as always for your time and expertise that steve clemons live in san francisco thank you thank you. now puerto rico's new governor has been sworn in the 3rd person to hold the office in less than a week the appointment of the justice secretary as follows weeks of political tu

the national rifle association fight very ha rd to national rifle association fight very hard to stopr come out and say anything about the shootings themselves? have they on this occasion as an organisation?” haven't heard anything in detail about this particular shooting but yes, they do talk about shootings in the past. broadly speaking, the angle generally is, sometimes it is more guns and more people are armed, whether it be in schools or other public buildings, could actually prevent instances like this happening. a certain quarter of the us has support for that. we have heard a lot of talk about teachers, teachers are reluctant to go down this road but the national rifle association and other suggesting that more people armed and trained to use guns could actually prevent insta nces to use guns could actually prevent instances like we had seen over the last day. peter, thank you for that inside and do keep it updated if you hear anything faster peter bos in los angeles, keeping you updated on the bbc website as well. let's bring you the bbc website as well. let's bring you some

shootings in ohio and texas killed at least 31 people he's also assured the influential national rifle association that its views would be respected. frankly we need. intelligent background ok the disintegration or better are a republican or democrat i will tell you both new mitch mcconnell yesterday these are totally on board that i've been waiting for your ball is totally on board but 2 senators that it may be by friends of mine but pretty hard line senators we don't want. guns in the hands of the wrong people i think that the republicans are going to be graded leading along with the democrat in the white house has been hosting technology company executives to discuss the rise of online extremism the meeting was called in response to last weekend's shootings in el paso that killed 22 people the government announced his attack on an anonymous message board by condemning what he called the hispanic invasion of texas in march this year 51 worshipers were killed in attacks on 2 mosques in new zealand those shootings were streamed live on facebook before the signal was eventually cost to being critic

you have the courts on your side now because the national rifle association has succeeded in turningecond amendment into something it was never in american history until 2008, an individual right. and now you have clarence thomas and brett kavanaugh and neil gorsuch and samuel alito on the supreme court who all want to make all of these laws unconstitutional. so, i mean, this is the problem -- this is one of the many problems that gun control supporters have now, that it's not just the national rifle association's political power, it's their judicial power as well. >> as you well know, jeffrey, there are plenty of laws about guns that bar certain guns from being in the hands of americans. you can't have automatic weapons without -- you can get some an antiques and special permits. you know, even a suppress, you know, a -- >> silencer. >> silencer, they have to be federal -- there are all sorts of laws that keep firearms out of the hands of americans. but what we do have is an individual right for obviously sporting purposes, but also for the important right of self-defense and that's

even considering gun control legislation is a shift for him and the republican party the national rifle association heavily supported the president in the last election and the n.r.a. has come out against these background checks they say they wouldn't have helped in the el paso shooting situation they would have prevented that from happening and while the majority of americans say that they would support universal background checks republicans and democrats according to polls republicans just haven't been willing to go there in the past in fact earlier this year the democratic controlled house of representatives passed a bill that called for universal background checks but it went nowhere in the senate the republican leadership didn't advance it now however the republican leadership in the senate mitch mcconnell is saying that this issue will be front and center when congress comes back from its summer recess that's not fast enough for democrats who wanted to take this up right away and call a special special session some of them also want assault weapons bans and are skeptical that republicans are

here are couple of points, we have passed some of the most progressive gun laws and the national rifle associationed, large capacity magazines were illegal to possess in the state the national rifle association sued and that is currently pending in the courts. background checks on ammunition , first in the country to do that, last month over 100 people were rejected from getting ammunition because of those background checks, now the nra is suing. it is one thing to pass a law and it is another to implement it because of the argument from the other side. >> reporter: one of the big debates right now is to go forward on what is called red flag warnings. california has some of this allowing somebody who fears somebody else to be a danger to themselves or to society to petition the court to get the gun removed. they are talking about expanding that to allow teachers, staff and other people do have a role in that. the governor told us that he does support the concept of expanding that. he says california is the leader of the country and will lead on this issue as well. it is important to be able to --

. >>> president trump gets a warning from the national rifle association right after he calls for background checks for gun buyers. >>> you have one job. you literally have one job and you didn't protect us. >> gold medalist simone bile not holing back about the sexual abuse scandal that rocked u.s.a. gymnastics. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm will ripley in for dave briggs. >>> a first cln r cnn exclusive. texas police may have missed a crucial opportunity in the weeks before the shooting. the mother called police in alan, texas, last month. she was concerned about her son owning an ak-style wep pop. the mother was transferred to a public safety officer and that officer told her her son was legally allowed to purchase the weapon. the mother did not provide her son's name and the officer did not ask for any other information. now we don't know if the weapon the mother called about is the one used in the attack. >> cnn has also learned exclusively the white house has been rejecting efforts by the department of homeland security to fight domestic terrorism for more than

about some form of gun control is a major shift for him he was heavily supported by the national rifle association in his election to the presidency he took a lot of money from them as have many republicans in the congress and the n.r.a. has said that they don't want any new forms of gun control and they think that these background checks wouldn't have stopped these shootings from happening and while the majority of americans have said consistently in polls that they do support stricter background checks that's republicans and democrats republicans haven't been willing to go there so far in congress in fact earlier this year democrats passed a universal background check bill for gun sales and it went nowhere the senate which is led by republicans refused to take it up but now we're hearing the republican majority leader mitch mcconnell say that this issue will be front and center when congress returns from its summer recess not soon enough for democrats who want to come back early and start work right away they also want to assault weapons ban how far the republicans are willing to go. whether the

when wayne lapierre of the national rifle association wants to talk to the president, all he has to dopick up the phone. hd cbs news has learned he's done that a number of times in the past two days to warn the president against calling for enhanced background checks for gun purchases. nancy cordes now with the president and the n.r.a. >> i'm looking to do background checks. >> reporter: as soon as the president said that the national rifle association began to push back tweeting today that, "none of the current background check proposals would have prevented tis weekend's tragedies." cbs news confirmed that longtime n.r.a. leader wayne lapierre called and spoke to the president several times on tuesday and wednesday. in a statement, lapierre claims such laws "would make millions of law-abiding americans less safe and less able to defend themselves." but the white house insists the president's interest in a new law is real. over the past several days, he's repeatedly called democrat joe manchin and republican pat toomey. their background check bill narrowly failed in 2013. >> the presi

senators whose instincts would not be to do anything that would incur the wrath of the national rifle association. i think what donald trump said today gave them license to backh e proposals. w and i think ld chime with public opinion. g d the nra might for the first time in a very lme find itself on the losing side of a battle with capitol hill, and if legislation does become law, that would be the first time in a quarter century that any gun-control measure has passed.a always great to get your take. another issue being raised in o the wathe recent mass shootings is the need to address extremism online. today the white house held a conference on that topic, and to i was joined earlier by the director at the marshall fund. at the heart of this is an issue of freedom of speech vsus combating extremism. is there any way to do both effectively? >> yes, well, as you know, in the u.s. we don't have laws against hate speech e of the first amendment, but the internet platforms are free to moderate. they are not the government. they are expected to take downnt t that incites violence or even that is hat

shootings in ohio and texas killed at least 31 people has also assured the influential national rifle association that its views would be respected frankly. intelligence background ok this isn't a white. republican or democrat i will tell you i hope you get mcconnell yesterday he's totally on board he said i've been waiting for your call is totally on board about 2 senators that are. friends of mine but pretty hard line senators who don't want. guns in the hands of the wrong people i think. the republicans are going to be. along with the democrat krysten salumi has more. president trump has yet to specify what he means by quote intelligent background checks but the fact that he is even considering gun control legislation is a shift for him and the republican party the national rifle association heavily supported the president in the last election and the n.r.a. has come out against these background checks they say they wouldn't have helped in the el paso shooting situation they would have prevented that from happening and while the majority of americans say that they would support universal backg

. >> reporter: the president also speaking with the national rifle association's wayne lapierre. tweeting that fir views can be fully understood and respected. >> i have a great relationship with the nra. they're really good people. they're great patriots. they love our country. they love our country so much. and frankly, i think they're going to get their law. >> reporter: in a statement, the nra opposes any legislation that unfairly infringes points the rights of law-abiding citizens. while some analysts believe a bruising battle within the nra weakened its influence in washington, trump says he'll take their calls and wants their support in 2020. >> i think in the end, waiyne ad the nra will either be there or maybe be a little bit more neutral and that would be a big thing. >> reporter: after lapierre warned trump this week his base wouldn't like background checks the president said this about his supporters. >> i think my base relies very much on common sense and they rely on me in terms of telling them what's happening. >> reporter: the president was asked how his pledges t

may still come to nothing, it would be a republican president taking on the might of the national rifle associationkes it even more surprising is that donald sought to get the support of the national rifle association very early on. they backed him, and donald trump has held them tight. but he now believes that it is time to move on this issue, and he said, i think, believes that it is time to move on this issue, and he said, ithink, in the end, the nra will either be there may be little bit more neutral. not by their public utterances, because they have said they are going to oppose any legislation that infringes on the lawful rights of us citizens, and they say that the policy in particular is policy by sound bite. but donald trump seems determined to press on. he says he's got the support of democrats and republicans, and i think the fact that the president is backing this will encourage some republicans to gird their loins will encourage some republicans to gird theirloins and will encourage some republicans to gird their loins and may be vote against the nra. but it is not going to change the

president trump has had multiple phone calls with the head of the national rifle association.>> we will see where the nra will be. we have to have meaningful background checks. >> reporter: he said the nra opposes any legislation that rarely infringes on the rights of law-abiding citizens the proposals are soundbite solutions. >> i think they will be there or be more neutral. that would be okay. okay senior ministration officials as the president realizes he needs to back some form of gun control unit even if the nra doesn't get on board. the presidents influence is key. there is a strong sense it becomes forward and supports a specific plan republican senators will possibly make it on their position and follow suit. >>> we are getting new details on the man that sparked panic at a missouri walmart. police say he walked into the store in springfield yesterday and made a terrorist threat. he recorded himself walking through the store while carrying a rifle and 100 rounds of ammunition. an off-duty firefighter detained him until police arrived. >>> in the wake of the shooting in el paso w

schumer, as well as the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, and he's also talked to the national rifle association. the president also tweeting this morning about the national rifle association, essentially saying there is really no one who is a bigger supporter of the second amendment as far as gun rights go than he, the president of the united states, and saying that everybody has to come together for the good of the country, essentially to do something. so those are the parameters. we await hearing what the president says on video in that conversation ongoing with reporters on the south lawn to find out how far he will go on this issue of background checks. meanwhile, jim, as you mentioned, that other issue of the video from the president's visits when he went out to console the victims and the communities over those mass shootings in dayton and el paso, you know, many administrations have tried very hard to control the tone of the president's visit and in this case a message may have gotten out there that they didn't really want to send. just take a look at some of this. >> that was some crowd

has called for commonsense solutions to address gun violence but donald trump assured the national rifle association that its views would be respected his comments come almost a week after 2 back shootings in ohio and texas killed at least 31 people and fighting in yemen southern port city of 18 has continued for a 3rd consecutive day with reports of at least 20 people killed government forces backed by the saudi led coalition a battling a separatist faction supported by the united arab emirates. north korea has fired 2 unidentified projectiles the south korean military says the devices were fired into the sea off the eastern coast last week north korean leader kim jong il. and inspected several missile test launches he says the tests were a warning to the united states and south korea over their joint military drills there's been further unrest in hong kong with a standoff between security forces and protesters on a police compound. this time hundreds of demonstrators used religious symbols to voice their anger at the government protesters threw burning religious papers into the compound and shown

didn't trump was heavily backed by the national rifle association in the last election the n.r.a. is on the record against any form of gun control really but in specifically against these background checks they say they would have made a difference in the past so shooting for example and while the majority of american voters republicans and democrats alike have expressed support for universal background checks in many past polls the republican party really has not been willing to take it up as an issue in fact earlier this year the democratic controlled house of representatives passed legislation requiring universal background checks but the senate refused to take it up it went nowhere now we have the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell saying that this will be a front and center issue when congress returns from its summer recess so that's a huge change now for democrats it's not soon enough they were calling on congress to come back into session to get on this right away some of them want assault weapons bans as well so there's some skepticism about how serious and how subst

on the other side, there is strong opposition from the national rifle association. president trump at the moment seems inclined to act. >> there's a great appetite, and i mean a very strong appetite, for background checks, and i think we can bring up background checks like we've never had before. >> but a source tells cnn nra association president wayne lapierre has spoken to the president over the last few days. he says he thinks trump's red state supporters will disapprove. >> meantime, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says gun violence legislation will be, quote, front and center when the senate returns from summer recess but he told a kentucky radio station he will not call senators back to deal with gun safety as democrats are demanding. >> if we did that, we'd just have people scoring points and nothing would happen. there has to be a bipartisan discussion here of what we can agree on if we do it prematurely, it will just be another frustrating experience for all of us and for the public. >> the top democrat in congress, house speaker nancy pelosi and ch

the national rifle association and they are pretty much controlling many of the conservative politicians and what i mean by that is that there are a major contributor to some of the politicians in office in the senate who would actually have to pass on the laws the fact that they passed laws in the house does nothing because they have to pass in the senate and the mitch mcconnell and that they sickly has you know virtually almost nil of a chance happening so unfortunately this is just going to be a nother one of those instances where we talk and we say all our prayers and our condolences which the president has already said we're going to fly the flags at half mast but we're not really going to do anything what i think it would take for us to do something is the american people who do want commonsense gun gun legislation who do want to sign me this gun violence in our country it would take an uprising on the part of the american people we are not at a point where we can rely particularly on the conservatives that are running this government on that point when you say that there are thing

mass shootings in ohio and texas killed at least 31 people and also assured influential national rifle association that its views will be respected. frankly. intelligent background in a. republican or democrat i will tell you both. yesterday he's totally on board he said i've been waiting is totally on board to. me by friends of mine but pretty hard line senators we don't want. to. i think. the republicans are going to be. along with the democrat kristen something he has more. president has yet to specify what he means by quote intelligent background checks but the fact that he is even considering gun control legislation is a shift for him and the republican party the national rifle association heavily supported the president in the last election and the n.r.a. has come out against these background checks they say they wouldn't have helped in the el paso shooting situation they would have prevented that from happening and while the majority of americans say that they would support universal background checks republicans and democrats according to polls republicans just haven't been willing to go t

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to school for commonsense solutions to address gun violence but donald trump assured the national rifle association its views would be respected his comments of come almost a week after at least 31 people were killed in 2 mass shootings in ohio and texas. frankly we need. intelligent background ok this is a great event are a republican or democrat i will tell you both to mitch mcconnell yesterday he's totally on board he said i've been waiting for your ball is totally on board but 2 senators that it may be by friends of mine but pretty hard line senators we don't want. guns in the hands of the wrong people i think that the republicans are going to be graded leading along with the democrats fighting in yemen and southern port city of aden that's continued for a 3rd consecutive day with reports of at least 20 people being killed government forces but by the saudi led coalition a battling a separatist functions supported by the united arab emirates the violence has exposed a rift in the saudi led alliance which has been fighting heavy rebels since 2015 south korea's military says the north has fired w

in 2019, a deadly year, that there will actually ever be any change in the us, given the national rifle associationitics? that's what makes it such a tragedy and so sad. i don't think i see any signs of this getting any better. it's horrific. we have to have a change in the mindset, a change in the lobby, a change in the influence. the nra donated $30 million alone, just to donald trump's campaign. you see the evidence that these lobbies have, influence that they have, and the second point in the constitution is about having the right to bear arms, with this literal aspect of being able to have access to semiautomatic weapons, and it is to completely different things. we don't have politicians in the us who are bold enough to say that we have to stop this killing. i'm sorry to say we have to move on, i'm sure we will talk about this again. let's move on to le figaro, and hong kong, and talks about the grip of china, really, and the authorities in china, on what is happening. it is a vibrant citystate, hong kong, a financial hub, and a place where yea rs financial hub, and a place where years ago it

times he would like to see better background checks than the very next day he met with the national rifle association and suddenly that idea went away so people will be interested when the president speaks to the nation around 10 o'clock on monday if he's going to do something concrete and if his words will be followed with actions. thank you very much. well reynolds had joins us now from el paso and rob just in the last few minutes there's been quite a strong reaction as night from that makes the case for mr twist to what he's been saying. yes that's right foreign minister marcella. in a statement said that the shooting in the united states which involved several mexican citizens was a barbarous act he demanded that the united states do more to protect mexican citizens on its store so oil vowed to take legal action under international law against the united states and the foreign minister also demanded the u.s. strengthen its gun laws and he said that if necessary mexico would request the extradition of the suspect in the el paso shooting to stand trial in mexico this as federal authorities here in

. >> in 2016 the national rifle association spent more than $30 million supporting the trump campaign. now it appears that the nra and president trump don't see eye to eye on gun restriction, but today the president expressed confidence that the gun lobby group will come around. >> i think we can do very meaningful background checks. i want to see it happen. >> president trim calling for stricter background checks on gun purchases, despite opposition from the national rifle association. the president of the nra wrote "the proposals being discussed by many would not have prevented the rich horrific tragedies in el paso and dayton, were said they will make billions of law abiding americans less safe and less able to defend themselves and their loved ones. still, president trump appearing optimistic that the nra will eventually get on board.>> we see where the nra will be, but we have to have meaningful background checks per >> senate minority leader chuck schumer is urging the president to act now, tweeting if president trump needs the nra sign-up, it would be nearly impossible to accom

some refer to it as a public health emergency but scientific research is scarce, and the national rifle associationmedical professionals to, quote, stay in your lane. here's dr. jon lapook. >> reporter: it happened again. >> i heard -- and then it went doo, doo, doo. >> twice in less than 24 hours. >> people started bolting straight into the store in order to get to cover. >> reporter: are any of us surprised? can anybody help? within the last week, who here has seen a gunshot victim? >> i think people think that if their loved one gets to the hospital that there's magic there. but sometimes it's just too much for us. >> reporter: if there was ever a time for preventive medicine, it's now says this group of doctors. >> a grandfather was shot yesterday. a son was shot yesterday. yesterday a mother was shot yesterday. and then the day before that, there were five other people that were shot that were connected to americans in this country. >> reporter: they've had enough and seen enough. >> the only thing worse than a death is a death that could be prevented. and to go and talk to a mom of a child wh

are some interesting things happening we know there has been a lot of upheaval within the national rifle association over the last several months and there has been at least you know stories and so forth new stories that suggest that that that organization which has been seen as the as the foundation if you will of opposition to gun control laws has been showing some cracks and so there's a little hope there i just i think that there has to be a top down approach from from legislators who was say enough is enough we have to take measures particularly against these these on the semiautomatic weapons that you know times in the past have been controlled by federal law but we have seen those we saw those controls loosen during the george w. bush administration but it makes no sense for gun owners to you know to own weapons which can fire you know dozens of rounds a 2nd and 2 that have static capability to take life i mean as i say if these events happened in the past if somebody attacking you with a pistol or a knife you would have casualties but you don't have the mass casualties that we have seen with

. >> the head of the national rifle association. >> we'll see where the nra will be. but we have to have meaningful background checks. >> in a statement thursdayla pierre says imposed on the rights of law-abiding citizens and the gun proposals sound bite solutions. >> i think in the end wayne and the nra will either be there or maybe we'll be a little bit more neutral. and that will be okay too. >> a senior administration official says the president realized he needs to back some form of gun control even if getb cb news the white house. >>> president trump talked about new background check laws following the parkland shooting as well following push back from the nra. >>> happening today tighter security at several area events. the gilroy rodeo. and of course outside lands. music festival in san francisco are all going on as planned. 210,000 people are expected this weekend in golden gate park for outside lands. sfpd will be deploying more officers inside and outside this year. there's also an evacuation plan. even extra layers of fencing and barricades. if you have an

. >>> new this morning, the national rifle association is warning president trump. cnn learned nra chief wayne lapierre spoke to the president on tuesday. the washington post reports lapierre told trump his support for background checks on gun purchases would not be popular among his supporters. here's what the president said about background checks on wednesday. >> i'm looking to do background checks. i think background checks are important. i don't want to put guns into the hands of mentally unstable people. i'm all in favor of it. >> the president has gone back and forth. the white house says he is torn between wanting to do more and the fact that doing more will cause a revolt in his base. >>> the president spent wednesday visiting the scenes. by all accounts he was well received by the people he met but that did not stop the president from lashing out as he was on the plane flying from dayton to el paso. he complained that his visit was falsely portrayed by democrats and the media. he tweeted it was a warm and wonderful visit. he says sherod brown and nan whale

but as soon as folks touched the national rifle association he backed away.last week he said okay background checks but let's link it it to immigration reform, in other words the anti-immigrant agenda and then background checks. but as soon as it's a question of implementing then trump and his folks walk away. let's see if congress, both republicans and democrats, put pressure on the president because that's the one thing that could change the calculus. >> most of the 2020 democratic hopefuls spent the weekend in iowa calling for gun controls in the wake of those mass shootings in this country. given more than 90% of americans want to see background checks and a ban on assault weapons put in place, could this become a bigger political issue than it has been in the past? and clearly they have the american public on their side with this issue. >> at the risk of any bias, rosemary, i so hope so because this is not just an issue of democratic candidates who are in primaries. this is an issue for all of us. we saw an opening in 2018 with those mass marches. we saw

he can unit republicans behind stronger background checks while easing concerns from the national rifle association, democratic presidential congressman tim ryan suggests that the gun lobby he thinks will not budge. >> nra, their suggestion is we do nothing, we do nothing, we know that mass shootings happen primarily in the united states. at least at this level, there's mental illness in other countries, there's video games in other countries, how do we take some modest steps to start getting these guns out of the hands of people, it's not just the mass shootings, it's the day-to-day killings. >> mark meredith, can we expect legislative action, hey, mark. >> many democratic lawmakers have vowing to make gun control priority, former texas congressman beto o'rourke said after two mass shootings the country needs to overhaul the way americans can buy guns, while he no longer in congress, o'rourke supports proposal backed by new jersey senator cory booker to establish a national system for firearm licenses. >> we should have a national licensing program in this country, i also said at the time it's som

of members of congress, the nra often say and it really is true that the members of the national rifle association from 2.5 to 5 million people, really hold the power and really still hold that power, no matter who's in charge. and i think that's something that's important to remember as we follow these debates over guns and what happens after some of these mass shootings. >> michael warren, thank you so much. >>> informational but not substantive, that is how congressional democratic senator chris murphy seemed to echo that sentiment in a tweet, saying although the white house hasn't fully walked away from background checks. he's skeptical they'll be able to reach a consensus. joining me now is cnn host s.e. cupp. if something gets done, it seems unlikely that it's going to come from the white house, right? >> well, there just doesn't seem to be any clarity, it's been three weeks since those double mass shootings and in those three weeks, trump has kind of changed his position as many times. whether he's unaware of just how cemented the opposition within the nra is to expanding background checks

the president says that national rifle association one of his earliest and biggest supporters will notet in the way too much. the president made the comments during a wide-ranging impromptu news conference this morning before leaving washington for a pair of fundraisers in new york. correspondent rich edson starts it off in berkeley heights, new jersey where the president is arriving. good evening, rich. >> good evening, john. and president trump and congress have departed washington though the president and congress are working remotely this august. president says he is confident that these vacation consultations wril produce results. >> president trump: i don't want crazy people having guns. >> he said this time is different. he can secure the support of skeptics in congress for meaningful background checks. >> president trump: i spoke to mitch mcconnell yesterday, he's totally onboard. >> and the national rifle association. >> president trump: the nra will be there or maybe a little more neutral, that's okay, too. >> the nrac ceo says he opposes any proposal. mitch mcconnell is enco

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. >> rick is talking about the agenda of the national rifle association, which owns the republican party in total. so all that non-sense about violent video games is a way of not talking about the fact that the guy in dayton had a gun that had 100 bullets in it at once. and that's legal because the national rifle association wants it to be legal and that's who is in charge of gun policy in the united states. >> tar rartara, you can make th argument there is plenty of depression in japan and people that play violent video games in japan and mentally unstable people around the world and yet, there are not mass killings you see in the united states. >> yeah, you can make the correlation that it's because guns are so readily available here. i don't think that completely dismissing th the desensation o video games isn't a factor. i don't think that should be used to deflect away from other things and if the president was serious about actually pushing through bipartisan legislation, he would have. he made promises to democrats after las vegas, after parkland nothing happened. >> he was going

the national rifle association, the gun lobby gives millions of dollars to republican candidates andmillions and millions against democrats like me that get an f from the nra, that have stood up to the nra. we can't get anything done in the senate because mitch mcconnell and the president of the united states are in bed with the gun lobby. >> seth: that's true, but the only quibble i have is with the metaphor i don't think trump ever goes to bed. i think he spends all night wandering around the white house lawn looking for reporters to yell at. "where are you, jake tapper? come out!" [ light laughter ] but it's true, of course, trump takes his marching orders on gun policy from the nra. in fact, yesterday during a q&a with reporters on the white house lawn, amid a national crisis over gun violence and white supremacy, trump said that there was no political will for a ban on assault weapons and offered some vague, half-hearted comments about background checks where even he seemed unclear on what exactly he was proposing. >> i have had plenty of talks over the last two days, and i thin

republicans and the national rifle association.e last hour is another cory booker about that in south carolina. >> this president seems to want to demean and degrade certain parts of our society in order for the open you too nistic idea that's going to help him get re-elect. that's not what america needs right now. i hear this from republicans and democrats who disagree with what he tweets, the tox sis pity he puts in our culture. it must end. >> i'm joined by beth and matt bennett, director of americans for gun safety, also former white house deputy assistant in the clinton administration. matt, i'll start with you here. what do you make of what we just heard there from senator booker? >> i think it's exactly right. it's what you're hearing from all of the democratic 2020 hopefuls. and, look, they're ton to something. people are apoplectic this week. this is much different than what we've seen in response to trump's kind of normal kind of run of the mill ridiculous behavior. this is something fundamentally different where we have

the president also saying the views of the national rifle association will be fully respected, and nowt powerful republican in washington, mitch mcconnell, adds his voice, saying a ban on assault weapons will be one of the issues front and center when congress returns after labor day. the radical dems efforts to overthrow the president go on

gun control advocates near washington protested outside of the headquarters of the national rifle association demanding new gun laws. it's likely to fall short of the strict gun control laws that many of those protesters would like to see. doug luzader, fox news. >>> governor newsom met with members of law enforcement and community organizations to discuss the state's efforts to address gun violence and white supremacy and says one of the first things the country needs to explore is why the shooters are overwhelmingly male. think that goes deep to the issue of how we raise our boys to be. deeply to values, that we hold dear, power, dominance, aggression. >> east bay congressman took on gun control at a town hall in richmond. that meeting had been scheduled to focus on immigration but pivoted to include gun violence in the wake of the mass shootings. he said the senate should go back in to session to vote on pending gun bills. he told the crowd that 8 in 10 americans support background checks already passed by the house and wants mitch mc connell to bring to it a vote in the senate. >> moscow

. >> i want to ask you, because as you've been speaking the national rifle association has issued a statement and i want to read it to you. it says the national rifle association welcomes the president's call to address the root causes of the horrific acts of violence that have occurred in our country. it has been the nra's longstanding position that those who have. -- what is your response to this. >> i need to read it, but it's good. they're acknowledging that people that have been found to be a danger to themselves and others should not be able to own or possess or buy a gun. so then they should be the ones saying, hey, let's pass the bill that the house passed days ago, get it over to the senate. hey, mitch mcconnell, put it on the floor for a vote. bring everyone back and let's pass this thing. let's do this. let's do the right thing. >> do you think there's any likelihood that's going to happen? >> you can hear the frustration in my voice, because here's the thing. i'm sick of all the grand gestures. all kinds of grand gestures. all kinds of proclamations about b.s. sorry to say that on