the nra has got to go!lling ourselves the march for our lives. welcome to the revolution. [cameron] with the goal of creating a nationwide protest to get meaningful gun reforms. what you are witnessing right now is a movement inspired by high schoolers. teenagers decided they wanted change, and they weren't going to leave it up to the adults anymore. i wanna bring in cameron kasky, he's a junior. [cameron] i was an organizer for the town hall. cnn reached out to me because they knew i was running march for our lives. they said, "please prepare a question for senator rubio." senator rubio, can you tell me right now that you will not accept a single donation from the nra? i think that my generation was taught to be polite, particularly women and girls. i'm not sure we've passed that on, and, and i think that's a good thing. do you believe it should be harder to obtain these semi-automatic weapons? [shannon] you should question authority figures. you should call them out when they're being dishonest. and so wh

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we've seen the nra membership drop to an all time low since 2012, in most recent years.ve seen a drop in nra pac donations by 45% between midterms in 2018 and 2022ment so we know when people of good conscience do the right thing, that it can make an impact where it matters most, and that's in the deep, deep financial kau coffers in places like the na, and prayerfully congress will pass the kind of laws we need in order to stay protected. >> a lot of the laws are on the state level, and stand your ground laws exist in at least ten states, florida, georgia, south carolina. what are the parameters generally of that, and do they apply in cases like convenience store owner, gas station owner who says, well, i felt i was under threat. >> unfortunately in many of the states that have those stand your ground laws, that provides a defense or at least some protection to people who use guns in situations like this. most states the law requires that if you're faced with deadly force and you have the option of escaping, remaining completely safe, that's what you have to do. stand you

30 years since joe biden beat the nra, right? it was senator joe biden and a handful of others who took on the nra and the gun lobby in the 1980's and 1990's and secure passage of those landmark pieces of legislation, the brady background checks bill in the -- and the assault weapons bill. joe biden was fighting and beating the gun lobby before anybody else was. [applause] he knows how to do it. and last summer, after uvalde, joe biden stepped up again. in the days after the shooting, we had begun early bipartisan meetings. but most of the pundits just wrote us off. right? they had seen it before. a mass shooting happens, followed by some chatter of action, and then nothing. republicans and democrats just retreating to their corners. the week after uvalde was a recess for congress. we were all going back to our states and districts. we were leaving town. even more reason to think that this momentum, whatever we had, was going to vanish. but then i got a call from the white house. they told me that the president was considering go

. >>> the nra called newsom's proposal a publicity stunt that once again shows his unhinged defense to the right to self-defense has no bounds. newsom fired back that you know you're doing something right when you get the nra all spun up. >>> other news now, six months ago a mysterious dust showed up blanketing much of the city of martinez. it showed up near the refinery. the martinez refining company released 24 tons of chemicals over the city and today we learned the results of toxicity tests from what was left behind. anne makovec has more on the results and why this is not over yet. anne. >> the good news is the chemical release is no longer a public health threat. the bad news is that it quite likely was when it initially happened. a dust came from the martinez refining company last thanksgiving. it was what's called spent catalyst, a mix of chemicals that's used to break down food oil into gasoline and it does contain heavy metals. it first showed up as a mysterious white dust on people's lawns and cars. the next day the martinez refining company posted a statement on facebook cl

the large-format pistol really took off in 2014 says one article and the nra's own magazine shooting illustrated which began as this rapper orthotic device that turned into something that looks very different. it looked exactly like a shoulder stock. manufacture started designing and marketing and stabilizing a design for disabled individuals that would enable firing from the shoulder firing short barreled rifles essentially from the shoulder and resources popped up all over the internet showing gun enthusiasts how to use these pistol braces designed for disabled shooters to turn their large-format pistol, not very useful into short barreled shoulder fired weapons. outer life said the air pistol of yesteryear is not the same platform. for one reason stabilizing brace. to be clear it's always been illegal for 100 years to modify a large-format pistol by adding a stock worth brace for the purpose of firing it from the shoulder without going through that texts and been going through the background check. whether knowingly or unknowingly gun owners who modify their guns were creating sho

most of us are card-carrying members of the nra.h me and 75 million americans just like me. and i'm going to tell you, yes, most of us are card-carrying members of the nra. >> reporter: law enforcement sources say they are monitoring plans for pro trump rallies including one that may be organized by the proud boys and violent online rhetoric has surged since the indictment. >> make no mistake about it, we are taking this event extremely serious. >> reporter: the former president has remained defiant since the 37 count indictment was handed up friday. >> as far as the joke of an indictment, it's a horrible thing. >> reporter: attacking the special counsel jack smith. >> jack smith, sounds so innocent, he is deranged. >> several of the rivals have issued grievances about the justice department, but nikki haley also questioned trump's conduct. >> it's reckless, it's frustrating, and it causes problems. and you know, we are looking now this is a second indictment. looking at possibly a third indictment coming in with georgia. >> reporte

amy: "card-carrying members of the nra." millions of them, she said. isn't a threat, a public service announcement." she was speaking in president georgia were president trump also spoke. your response, and the response of those who continue to support president trump, including his opponents now in the republican race who take full advantage of this. instead, backing off. elie: look, threats are all these weak, violent people have. threats are the last refuge of the bigoted white supremacists that have forged the vanguard of defending trump. my only response to that is that it is not 75 million americans. based on january 6, it is only a few thousand of you cowards that we have to deal with an aftersun of justice. jack smith and the fbi are prepared to do what is necessary to bring trump to trial. so i'm not worried about kari lake and her aggressive -- of donald trump's record. when i think is more problematic is the fact that the entire republican party continues to place itself in service of donald trump and in service of that white supremacists ba

the nra and the pockets of the people that we elect to send to congress to represent us is part of theproblem. and the gun industry cannot be held liable, as president biden said last week when he spoke to a gun safety conference. the gun industry is the only industry that is not liable for the havoc that they're reeking on our cities and on this country. we have to stand up at some point and say enough is enough. >> i understand you have a teenage son and i'm sure the first thing you do when you hear about a situation like this, a violent incident, is give him a hug. here we are on father's day and talking about mass shootings taking part across the country. how do you raise kids these days in a country overrun with guns like we have right now in the united states? >> it's shameful. that's exactly what i did this morning. i woke him up, actually, because teenagers prefer to sleep in but i woke him up and hugged him and said what do teenagers do -- what do you do for fun in st. louis? and, you know, to go straight to the source to get more ideas on how we can help our young people. he

but there their philosophy was actually in line with the nra at the time and the nra today. it was very, very threatening to see the black panthers with these guns, this visual representation of creating this mythic, heroic in the community who were avenging avenging police, overpolicing, who were avenging other forms of oppression. they recruit into the black panther party. it's important to think about what we call the lumpen right, the working class and poor, whereas the cil ghts movement was more of a mdle class, a class movement thinking about voting rhts. so this is the black panther party and emory douglas, who the graphic. and we're going to think about the blacher party through hisk was the minister of culture of the black panther party. ally, i think have this particular graphic my on the syllabus for this class so was he studied art at the city college of san he was a graphic designer pol cartoonist and h these who make these posters on the back page of the k pantheraper. and he was trying we're going to argue with these posters to create the same kind of mytholog

you protect them and strip away our healthcare and maybe they do something like standing up to the nra so, no, this isn't about looking out for family. it's not even about trying to grow families. i had to have a d&c after having a miscarriage because i was trying to grow my family. hi a miscarriage in the middle of ivf series and could not begin another ivf procedure without a d&c. this was after six weeks. thank goodness i'm from a choice state of illinois and able to access that d&c to immediately begin another ivf cycle that resulted in my baby girl miley, who is now 5 years old. i was okay and allowed to make those decisions. a lot of us are tired from the seemingly endless spike to protect the basic human rights but we can do more. we can pass bills like right to contraception act or the women's health protection act and these things allow women to seek the reproductive healthcare that they need. when i was deployed to iraq, there was no sanitary control. they put me on the birth control patch to skip my menstrual cycle two, three, four months in a row to continue to fly combat m

as usual with the nra, it is about making money off of other people's misery. >> it is indeed. to comment on what someone stated, there is a conflict of interest of mr. cline, who owns a gun store and sells these braces. >> and the regulation provides a way for people who sell these braces to do so legally if they register them appropriately, which is too much trouble and might get in the way of someone committing another mass murder. i yield back. >> the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. >> thank you. ranking member nadler, are you aware of the 2012 letter from the bureau of alcohol, firearms and explosives from the inventor of the stabilizing braces? >> i am not. >> he received correspondence from the atf telling him these were legal. i will read two sentences from this letter, which i will submit for the record. they tell him, you are asking if the addition of the brace would convert a firearm in a manner that would cause it to be classified as a rifle regulated by the national firearms act. based on our evaluation, we find the submitted form brace when attached to a fi

i amoing to ll you, our card-carrying members of the nra. amy: donald trump is preparing to surrender today in miami and become the first president ever arraigned on federal charges. as authorities beef up security, we will look at how trump and his supporters have responded to the charges with increasingly violent rhetoric about war and insurrection. then 60 years ago this week, president john f. kennedy made history by calling for a peace with the soviet union during the height of the cold war. pres. kennedy: nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring in adversary to a choice of either a humiliating retreat or a nuclear war. to adopt that kind of thought in the nuclear age would be evidence only of the bankruptcy of our policy or of a collective death wish for the world amy: and freedom of the press is under attack in guatemala ahead of this month's general election. >> i am the son of guatemalan journalist jose ruben zamora who has been facing political persecution simply for denouncing corruption and doing journalism. bec

most of us are card-carrying members of the nra. that's not a threat. a public service announcement. >> cnn's josh campbell joins me and you have been talking to the sources, and what are they telling you? >> well, they are scanning for threats across the country and the work is made much more difficult by republican leaders whipping people up with this caustic language, and you have heard from carey lake insinuating that people from the nra are ready to shoot senior justice department officials. this is another tweet that was put out that received widespread condemnation from congress andy biggs and he said that we have reached a war phase, eye for an eye. and now the office later said that he was not literally talking about war, but in the p post-january 6th environment, we know that words matter. and we know that rudy giuliani calling trial by combat and there was a mob shortly thereafter that. so we hear of the mobs going to florida, and no credible threats, but one thing, because the forums are closed off is focusing the greater energy on the infor

thought of in this way, you can say that the nra establishes the rule of law for the workplace. and so the question for this hearing is whether starbucks respected this workplace rule of law. or has undermined the ability of workers to be treated unfairly in their quest to decide for themselves whether they want to union representation. i'd like to make three main points in the remainder of my testimony. first, the scope of starbucks violations alleged and found so far is beyond the scope of the anti union campaigns that i have witnessed during my career at the labor lawyer. second, that these violations should not be understood as isolated acts but rather should be viewed as a coordinated campaign to stifle union activity across the company. finally, it is critical that this kind of egregious conduct is taken seriously. because otherwise, it will send a message to workers across the economy that their rights are as disposable as a paper starbucks cup. first, all address the scope of the violations. as you have heard already, starbucks is facing more than 500 allegations that it

so the car dealers lobby spent more on lobbying in this cycle than the nra did.ization. they have tons of money, tens of resources, incredibly organized. they go to conservative republicans in particular, in a major way. >> why? where was this born? >> it is interesting because the whole business is in a lot of ways predicated on regulatory capture. that car dealers is the consummate american man. it's someone who doesn't create the thing that he sells, but makes an incredible profit off of it. so for that business to continue, they needed exhaustive projections at the local, state, and federal level for the business to go on. so taking those winnings and the winnings are substantial. and they have plowed them into political campaigns, into lobbying, into influence and networks all over the country. and that has shored up those profits and made them basically one of the richest groups anywhere in america. >> isn't that amazing? and almost any interest rate, we have seen technology move forward and the middleman gets cut out. except this one. dependent on regulati

extremists on gun safety issues and instead made the decision that they were going to partner with the nra. the so-called moderate house republicans in new york at the very beginning ofve this congres voted to criminalize abortion care. the so-called moderate republicans in new york were individuals who voted to inflict draconian cuts on every day americans in some cases north of 20% cut medicaid, insurance and assistance to cut education and cut veterans benefits and cut a break if different programs designed to benefit the health safety and economicmi well-being of the american people and the so-called moderate republicans as soon as donald trump threatens to primary them after they supposedly took s a vote of principle in supporting the efforts to table the fraudulent sensor razzle -- resolution last week, risk scores had voted with the extreme other republicans on that sensor resolution yesterday. so there's going to be a lot of material that the voters in these districts are going to haveg to consider over the next 12 to 15 months as to whether these individuals in new york are actual

we saw in 2018 that over 40 nra-backed candidates for congress lost their elections.a president who ran on arguably the most progressive gun safety platform in a very long time and won his presidential election we've seen groups like moms demand action are now spending more on elections than the nra itself. that signals to me that we are in a moment of shift in this country where people are telling us that we deserve to send our kids to school and see them come home safety we deserve to be safe in our communities, and we are done with politicians who repeat the same old same old shovel thoughts and prayers when it is time, but don't do any substantive action on gun safety in this country. >> let's talk about, brandon the impacts of politics on gun violence, because sometimes it does have a substance of impact. last december, you called out governor ron desantis while testifying to the oversight committee. you said he is joined forces with right-wing extremists to poor gasoline on anti lgbtq hysteria and to terrorize the community. just how dangerous is it, brandon, th

i brought a plus rated members of the nra. senate president, majority leaders. the florida legislature. these folks who had not done anything on gun violence for decades in the florida house. this became the marjory stoneman douglas bull safety act which was the largest bill ever passed in the state of florida. we raise the age to 21 to buy any got in florida. we instituted a red flag law. three day waiting periods. a commission to investigate what happened. we are working on that. republicans passed that bill. not a single republican lost their reelection. the speaker of the house wound up in the desantis administration. five years later the bill is working. i take that as a lesson. if that can happen in a red state with full republican control we can bring that up. d.c. works differently. i did not think we will have a big bill. i filed a bill on ghost guns. the idea that you can have terrorist printing guns out of their home is something all americans can agree on. over 80% of americans support background checks. red flag laws. over 80% of americans support t

and i'm going to tell you, yep, most of us are card-carrying members of the nra. that's not a threat. that's a public service announcement. >> reporter: phil and erica, as you can imagine right now, the overall security posture is what you would expect it to be considering a number of federal buildings here in downtown miami, we're talking about the new federal courthouse behind me, the old one right across the street as well as the u.s. attorney's office. and you've got the federal detention center just next door. >> carlos suarez for us in miami. thanks so much. >>> there is a lot of discussion this morning about the federal judge assigned to oversee this case. it's a name that is familiar to donald trump. in fact, he appointed her to that role. and it's a name likely familiar to you as well. judge aileen cannon. she oversaw the legal fight following the search of mar-a-lago last summer. elie honig joins us now, also a former u.s. district attorney for the southern district of new york and a former federal and new jersey state prosecutor. so we've heard about th

and i'm going to tell you, yep, most of us are card carrying members of the nra. >> and so, jake, the department tells me they are in communications with the department of homeland security and they're keeping a close eye on two events that they have pretty much confirmed are taking place. one is happening right now outside of the trump doral property here where some supporters have gathered, holding up signs and waving the u.s. flag and posters supporting the former president and we're told they're keeping a close eye on some protests that will most likely take place tomorrow outside of the federal courthouse in downtown miami. >> all right. carlos suarez in doral florida, thank you so much. some of the trump allies, many of them are sticking by him, despite their many calls as you might remember for a certain democrat to be locked up for her alleged mishandling of sensitive government documents. that story is next. your shipping manager left to “find themself.” leaving you lost. you need to hire. i needndeed. indeedou do. indeed instant mat instantly delivers quality candidates matc

the nra oppose that bill. pay a political price, but also, they would get a political benefit. none of the republicans who voted for the bill lost the races, the rams who ran for election came back to congress, by in march. and, i think, this summit will shed light on the changes that we have made, that are saving lives, right now, all across the country. and, as you said, the work that is still to be done. this is probably the first time all anti gun violence groups have come together in one place in sandy hook, for a major event like this. i'm really glad the president biden will be here at cap off, it will be a great day. >> robert, your producer referred to it as the avengers of gun reform. and yet, we still have 294 gun massacres, just this year alone. the united states is, by far, the most dangerous country in the world to be in, in terms of getting shot. it's just here. we are the only place where it's terrifying to go to the mall, or a restaurant. what breaks the logjam to get us the rest of the way? t

statements 30 bowing down to the nra, bowing down to the tennessee -- association, in its cowardice.owardice and it's unacceptable because these children, these parents, these teachers saying we want to feel safe we don't want our schools turn into war zones. their only solution is to put more locks on school doors, to have more security, which is a band-aid on an issue that requires a deeper solution. the last thing i will add is that many of your viewers are watching about national policies, but the fight of the state level is the state houses are the front lines of democracy. the state houses on the frontlines of the extremist policies with the nra in the other extreme groups funneling money to stop democracy from happening. thank you for giving us a platform to talk about what's happening in the state. because i believe it can be a model for this for the. nation >> thank you for reminding us. the point is we'll talk about what goes on in congress, and i can identify all the weird members of congress who say words drove all the time, except you live in this world where extremism a

[applause] and i'm going to tell you, most of us are card-carrying members of the nra. [applause] [crowd chanting] that's not a threat, that's a public service announcement. [laughter] >> i thought i wasn't being shocked by kari lake, but that last sentence, most of us are card-carrying is at the nra? that's not a threat, that's a public service announcement? >> okay! this is a public service announcement because the main thing authoritarians have to do, and trump started using his rallies in 2015 to do this, is change the perception of violence in the public. so that what was once reprehensible, like shooting your neighbor, or watching them be carted off by the secret police, now becomes okay. and even assaulting the capitol becomes a patriotic act. and there's huge investment, resources, and propaganda. these thugs that have been in prison for january 6th are now political prisoners. but here we have kari lake, and quit higgins, they are trying to use the indictment to have, what i call, a second wave of the insurrection. and it's highly dangerous. that's why ken dila

i amoing to ll you, our card-carrying members of the nra.

safety organizations, victims of gun violence, as well as a lot of pushback from the gun lobby, the nra and gun owners and supporters. >> none of the laws that he has proposed have helped california at all. we still have our issues here and the gun laws haven't changed. >> some people will say that common sense gun reform doesn't work, but i think that the data clearly shows otherwise. we are one of the most populous states in the country. we have a more diverse population. we do have gun owners. i am a supporter of the second amendment. but at the same time we need safeguards and guardrails when we are talking about weapons that are designed specifically to kill people. >> to pass, at least 36 states would need to support the proposal. if it feels like you have seen a lot of him in the news, this is just the latest national political issue newson has gotten involved in directly, and despite that he still says he has no interest in a white house run and that he supports biden's re-election build. >>> the a's bid to build a new stadium on the las vegas strip has stalled. many nevada legi

and i'm going to tell you -- [ cheers and applause ] yep, most of us are card-carrying members of the nra sources say they're monitoring plans for pro-trump rallies, including one that may be organized by the proud boys, and violent online rhetoric has surged since the indictment. >> make no mistake about it. we're taking this event extremely serious. >> reporter: the former president has remained defiant since the 37-count indictment was handed up friday. >> as far as the joke of an indictment, it's a horrible thing. >> reporter: attacking the special counsel, jack smith. >> jack smith. sounds so innocent. he's deranged. >> reporter: several of trump's 2024 rivals have echoed his grievances about the justice department. but former south carolina governor nikki haley also questioned trump's conduct. >> it's reckless. it's frustrating. and it causes problems. and, you know, we're looking, now this is the second indictment. we're looking at possibly a third indictment coming in with georgia. >> reporter: cbs polling shows trump remains the front-runner for the nomination, and 76% of likely

how do you feel about some nra legal action against your state?ed of the gun lobby. >> there's a bit of a circus going on in the republican primary. nikki haley and tim scott have really been making this argument out there that america does not have issues with systemic racism will also bringing up their own individual experiences with racism. what does that tell you about how they're trying to appeal to republican voters? >> you can't have this both ways. you can try to sell me on your personal story of upliftment and the fact you overcame the odds and then say but there were no odds. you can't have it both ways. >> you are debunking your own story. >> before i let you go i want to ask you about book bans. a lot of the focuses have been on african american history and literature. what do you think this has become a passion project of some conservatives? >> a continued hearing people making the argument that we are doing it because we want to protect your students from having discomfort or jill. because we don't want our students to able to really

and i'm going to tell you, yep, most of us are card carrying members of the nra.hat's not a threat. that's a public service announcement. >> on the campaign trail saturday, former president trump tried to turn his personal woes into a campaign message. >> i put everything on the line. i will never yield. i will never be deterred. i will never stop fighting for you, never. >> there are a lot of questions we're going to try to answer today and we want to explore how these aren't just documents in a criminal proceeding, they're a window into the behavior of a candidate, a man who would like to be given responsibility with the most sensitive things a president handles again. we begin with our chief election campaign correspondent robert costa. bob, i've been reporting inside the trump team, the legal team, but also getting reaction on the former president's response to all of this. what are you hearing? >> john, good to be with you. last night as the former president was traveling around the country, his aides and allies say he was defiant privately, furious about the

the nra is already pushing back. they sent a statement saying, newsom's latest publicity stunt once again shows that his unhinged contempt for the right to self-defense has no bounds. california is a beacon for violence because of newsom's embrace of policies that champion the criminal and penalize the law-abiding. the idea of the challenges ahead, we should note, no u.s. constitutional amendment has ever passed. coming up at 6:00, you'll hear about the proposal and the plan to get it passed from the governor. >> surely a controversial topic, thank you for that, appreciate it. >>> a man accused of a deadly crime spree in the south bay is refusing to go to court. kevin parkourana is accused of several stabbings and hit-and-run attacks last thursday. three people died and seven others were hurt. parkourana had a probation hearing scheduled for this morning, an arraignment this afternoon, but he did miss both of them. legal analysts say it's not unheard of for inmates to refuse to leave their cell and come to court, and

if you want to get there, most of us are card-carrying members of the nra. when you listen to this, there is a threat of more political violence around the indictment. >> my guess is there will not be an event like that tomorrow because so many militia members have been arrested, they are afraid of infiltration and the fbi. the other risk is the way this language insights those who we think of as lone wolves, the mass shooters. >> tell me more. doesn't seem like it takes elaborate planning, as you mentioned it's often an individual with a set of grievances who is motivated by language like this. is that what we're seeing? >> when you look at the manifestoes, they oftentimes cut and paste and refer to the previous, they say it's part of a long struggle. they see themselves as soldiers in a war. you have people like mike flynn who in the mainstream world is considered ridiculous but hold status as a national security advisor calling for open war. >> what does it take to stamp out this rhetoric? if he were to come out and say there is no room for political viol

. >> give states ability to enact common sense gun safety laws and nra-owned politicians can never stripe minimum age to purchase a gun to 21, force universal background checks, and ban civilian purchase of assault weapons. >> carley: here is john lott jr. what do you think about all of this? >> kind of strange california given record on mass public shootings is somehow offering advice for the rest of the country. by most measure, california has strictest gun control laws in the country. if you compare california to other states or states like texas, for example, look at period from 2000 on or 2010 on or 2020 on, california has higher rate of mass public shootings than the rest of the country. >> griff: national rifle association says, gavin newsom's unhinged contempt has no browns, beacon for violence because of abrasive policies that champion the criminal and penalize the law abiding. majority of americans reject his california-style gun control. let's talk about the national impact. look, if people forgot how this works, you need two-thirds of all states to convene constitutional conv