why do i boldly support the nra? now i probably don't look like a traditional nra member.edia would have us believe that the nra is only made up of old white guys, and all you old white guys can be proud and raise your hands. but there's a lot of other people, a lot of diversity within the nra. well let me tell you something. i may be a mom and a grandma but i am the nra. our daughters and our granddaughters every american is the nra. i did know i could even be a a hunter and till i saw my grandma was a hunter, and she was a pretty famous duck hunter. she was good. the post in that article went on to say the heston rose to power in the nra because of the need to soften the organizations public image. calling the school shootings a child issue, not again issue, heston reasserted the nra's long-standing position that violence grows from unraveling family values and week prosecutors and judges. he also added a new twist. he called on the white house to acknowledge many gun violations go on prosecuted for lack of resources. he called on the justice department to start prosecut

we should instead try to be a counterweight to the nra. whatever the nra's doing we want to do the opposite of that. so they they begin sort asking for more moderate when it comes to handguns thinking about you know the kind of moderate forms reforms we talk about today background checks and so forth. that's what they turn to and they kind of shuffle laura fermin off to the side even to this day she's not kind of acknowledged the founder of the organization which is really it's really unfortunate you know jonathan you're as you mentioned before that you know, your book provides, i think, really. pictures of the victims, the 28 waffle house, 2018 waffle house shooting and. there is a way in which you highlight the nuclear, i would say, impact of their deaths. you know, how their families figure out how to survive following their departures. you also talk about travis ranking how he initially deemed incompetent to to stand trial and i found it interesting. you know, you spend a lot of time, of course, on tracing the murder weapon, but also d

why do i boldly support the nra? now i probably don't look like a traditional nra member.a would have us believe that the nra is only made up of old white guys, and all you old white guys can be proud and raise your hands. but there's a lot of other people, a lot of diversity within the nra. well let me tell you something. i may be a mom and a grandma but i am the nra. our daughters and our granddaughters every american is the nra. i did know i could even be a a hunter and till i saw my grandma was a hunter, and she was a pretty famous duck hunter. she was good. the post in that article went on to say the heston rose to power in the nra because of the need to soften the organizations public image. calling the school shootings a child issue, not again issue, heston reasserted the nra's long-standing position that violence grows from unraveling family values and week prosecutors and judges. he also added a new twist. he called on the white house to acknowledge many gun violations go on prosecuted for lack of resources. he called on the justice department to start prosecuting

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>> we would have to go to the nra website and see what the nra says about ghost guns, because if the has a problem with us doing something about ghost guns, and that means that with the republican presidency and a republican senate and a republican house, that means nothing is going to get done on ghost guns. and so do i think that most americans would like us to not let someone that is clearly as crazy and demented as this guy that killed the unitedhealthcar e ceo never be able to make a ghost gun again. absolutely. i think most americans don't want anyone like that to ever be able to make a ghost gun again. but do i think that this body that's led by republicans are going to do anything? i think that they would do something if the nra told them that it was okay. >> would you be willing to support or vote for measures that would add security to schools, whether that was resources in the form of armed officers, or simply funding for schools to hire people like that? >> yeah, absolutely. i would definitely be for schools being able to add more security, but we're not going to be able

is it too easy to say that this is the nra? what is blocking the will of the american people?rity in congress. >> first of all, this is uniquely american problem. a united states problem. no other nation has the mass shootings we have. and until we accept that it is an academic, accepting that covid was an epidemic and dealt with it as such, we will continue to face this. we have to accept that it is good to be number one in the world except for in an area like this. and we have to accept that. secondly, the gun lobby in washington and the gun manufacturers that make up the nra, nobody is trying to take away the hunting rifle of anyone that has a family tradition of going out hunting this time of the year especially. we know that the nra is funded by the gun manufacturers and all they care about are gun sales. we know there are more guns in this country than people. we have to address this at a much higher level. there are commonsense measures. and state legislatures and congress that have 85% public support. it is the gun lobby, the gun manufacturers, the washington lobby, th

of course, have gone nowhere, thanks largely to the influence of the very powerful lobby group, the nrale association. so among the many unanswered questions tonight, what prompted a 15—year—old girl to open fire on her classmates? and how was somebody who was not legally old enough to own a weapon, able to get access to a gun and bring it to the classroom? retailers say shoplifting has got so out of control that they re having to tackle thieves themselves. with shoplifting at a record high in england, according to the home office, one shopkeeper says he's had to carry out more than 50 citizens arrests over the last two years, as charlotte cox reports. she's looking at some tarot cards there. shopkeeper martin gaunt has invested thousands on security cameras to help tackle shoplifting. but he also relies on other methods. oh, don't hit him. no, don't! get that on. this is martin after carrying out a citizen's arrest. and it gets heated. we know that using citizen's arrests works because we have seen a drop in the number of repeat offenders that we see. they will prefer to go somewhere e

previous such calls have gone nowhere thanks largely to the influence of the very powerful lobby group the nrale association, so among the many unanswered questions tonight, what prompted a 15—year—old girl to open fire on her classmates and how was somebody not legally old enough to own a weapon able to get access to a gun and bring it to the classroom? more breaking news now. a strong 7.3—magnitude earthquake has struck the pacific island nation of vanuatu with early reports of damage to several buildings in the capital, port vila. among them were a structure housing the american and french embassies. there've also been reports of landslides. the us only opened its embassy in port vila injuly as it tussles for influence in the pacific with china. we are keeping a close eye on that situation, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake striking yannawah to. we will keep a close eye on what happens and develops a hammock. —— there. donald trump has held a meeting with the chief executive of tiktok just over a month before the social media platform is due to be banned in the us if its chinese owners fail to sel

of course, have gone nowhere, thanks largely to the influence of the very powerful lobby group, the nra many unanswered questions tonight, what prompted a 15—year—old girl to open fire on her classmates? and how was somebody who was not legally old enough to own a weapon, able to get access to a gun and bring it to the classroom? a strong 7.3 magnitude earthquake has struck the pacific island nation of vanuatu, triggering landslides, crushing cars and flattening buildings. power and mobile networks across the country have been cut, and the full extent of the damage remains unclear. several buildings were damaged in the capital, port vila. among them, one housing the american, uk, french and new zealand embassies. this drone footage filmed by a localjournalist in vanuatu shows the aftermath of a landslide on the edge of the island's international shipping terminal. that footage was filmed by the journalist dan mcgarry, who i have been speaking to. it was a violent earthquake, the worst i have ever seen in 21 years living here in vanuatu. we get earthquakes regularly, frequently higher th

stood up to nra. i'll never forget declaring the nra domestic terrorist organization so thank you all for going along with that journey. i hope you aret nomembers of the nra now, because i is a lifetime membership thanks to some. whatever. but we passed california first comp hence rehensive gust ban. created a restraining order program and insure the tax dollars are not spent on fire arms and ammunition to pad the pockets of those who disregard state and federal gun laws. thank you for your final vote on that today colleagues. we champion affordable housing creating more affordable homes in d2 then before including 125 homes for low income seniors. which we just did today. the last vote on that. thank you again for your support. we opened a new park, francisco park i worked on since i was a aid that amazing to do that. we upheld fiscal responsibility rejected wasteful spending and demanded accountability every level from department heads to non profit. with the creation of admin code 21g and non profi

he sounded like he was more pro- gun legislation than he was pro- nra. and then i guess after that the nra talk to him because he was listening to the course of america and seeing kids get shot and then he wasn't to the nra and changed his tune. he listens to media. he could be watching right now, chris, on msnbc. the court of public opinion is very important to him as a man who reveres his brand. remember that. his brand is everything. if people are disinterested in what he does, if it is a large number of people, he might change his opinion. >> that brings me to joe biden, if i can, congressman. he has kept a low profile. he has not been out there. he has not been doing like a big final press conference. april and i remember when barack obama did that one and touched on everything. he had those high profile pardons, which leads me to this question. do you think in his final days, final couple of weeks here, do you think joe biden continues as he has been, or do you think he has something else up his sleeve? >> it is a perfect contrast between donald tr

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we took on the nra and won by passing the first gun safety law in 30 years. we passed the greatest expansion of veterans care in a generation to ensure that no veteran is denied treatment related to toxic exposure and burn pits. this and on almost every one of these issues, it was the senate that led the way. bipartisan, senators got together with one another and passed legislation that then the house followed and the president signed. but make no mistake about it, we were -- we were the caldron, the place where it all got put together and melded together. and i'm proud of the job, frankly, that i did as majority leader but i'm so proud of our senators on both sides of the aisle who got so much done. and there were other things we did as well. we stood with our friends in ukraine as they defend their country against the brutality of vladimir putin. we took a stand to protect marriage equality through the inflation reduction act we made insulin $35 a month for millions of seniors. we empowered medicare to negotiate with drug companies for the first time. the i

let's go right now to alli rafa in west palm beach, nra. >> how big a role did donald trump play in the final negotiations? >> reporter: yeah, al, it's a great question because we know the president-elect did have a heavy influence on the evolution of this funding bill and how long it took to get across the finish line. but a final version of this that's now been signed by president biden is missing a key ingredient president-elect trump demand be included, and that was an extension of the debt ceiling through his term, through 2029, or the complete elimination of it from this altogether. and the last minute changes and influence from the president-elect as well as elon musk were really key in the -- in how long it took to get this bill across the finish line but also what this bill ended up looking like at the end with hundreds of pages stripped from it and critical legislation stripped from it as well including health care reforms, a crack down on junk fees as well as legislation to give lawmakers a pay raise. i want to give a listen to what house speaker johnson had to say about the

and if we got that, then we had like the unions do, like nra does, chamber, if they had our list, here are our priorities, investment, regulatory change, statute, it would get done. it would get done because if you want those votes in the next election, this is what you need to do. and so that's -- and so i did this thing called the alignment for progress because if you don't have the plan a, which is, you know, you judge life man, the criminal justice budget. the biggest mental health institutions in this country are jails. then you have to get education because our kids are not going to learn if they are anxious and traumatized and don't know what their prefrontal cortex, amygdala, coping mechanism. then employers don't know what to do because the workers may not have the productivity level because they don't know how to manage stress. then you have got people in the streets. you could go on and on. this is like such an existential issue for the whole country. our military can't recruit enough people because they can't pass drug tests. this thing is like -- and every one of our chron

i mean, everyone look, congress is going to once again bow to the gun manufacturers who make up the nra. it's not individual gun owners. no one's trying to take away someone's hunting rifle. but this is a uniquely united states problem that's funded by the gun manufacturers. and we have so many guns and it's become so accepted and so commonplace that congress won't act. and we need to be more upset about this, this many shootings in the united states. it's uniquely we're number one, and it's not something you want to be number one in. it's so bad, jim, that, you know, we even had some media today that we originally were going to do and canceled. and they said, oh, it got downgraded to only two deaths. if that is the societal response, we are screwed. we have to do more as a society. we have to be more outraged that you drop your kid off to a school and you're not sure they're going to be safe. that's completely unacceptable. and we all need to speak out much louder and, congressman, i mean, i'm sure you agree with this assessment that the madison police chief has done a remarkable job o

and to those politicians supported by the nra that allow the continued slaughter of our children and future, i say get your resumes ready. >> and david, since that day. another 418 school shootings have happened. 418 since you made that speech. >> it's i would say it's unbelievable, but it's not because unfortunately, this has been going on for so long, since before i was born. >> i was born a year after columbine. >> but i think the thing that disturbs me the most is how our politicians have continued to fail us. our parties have continued to fail us as well. certainly, the democratic party has gotten better in recent years on this issue, but part of the reason why i'm running to be vice chair is because i want a party that acts with courage to address the issue of gun violence, not in a in a you know, not in a small symbolic way, not in just, oh, let's pass this tiny law way, but a way that actually makes sure that there isn't, you know, half the number of school shootings, but that there are no school shootings anymore. >> and i can tell you right now for for a fact, if democrats

and they talk about how frustrating it is that oftentimes they're used as a talking point by the nra to say, well, x country doesn't have school shootings, but they do have firearms. when they say, well, the reason why we don't have those school shootings is because we have a strong system of laws in place to protect people. and what we need to realize is we need to stop treating this as an either or problem. we need to stop saying that, oh, we just need to focus on how does somebody get the gun. obviously we need to focus on that, but we also need to simultaneously focus on why does somebody want to kill somebody else in the first place. that means addressing joblessness. that means addressing homelessness. homelessness and hopelessness that many people have that cause them to pick up a gun. even if it's here in d.c. and it doesn't make it on the news because it's a shooting that happens all, you know, there are shootings that happen all the time in this city, unfortunately. or if it's in the instance of a school shooter like the one in parkland, florida, who obviously had a mental

and they talk about how frustrating it is that oftentimes they're used as a talking point by the nrao say, well, x country doesn't have school shootings, but they do have firearms. when they say, well, the reason why we don't have those school shootings is because we have a strong system of laws in place to protect people. and what we need to realize is we need to stop treating this as an either or problem. we need to stop saying that, oh, we just need to focus on how does somebody get the gun. obviously we need to focus on that, but we also need to simultaneously focus on why does somebody want to kill somebody else in the first place. that means addressing joblessness. that means addressing homelessness. homelessness and hopelessness that many people have that caused them to pick up a gun. even if it's here in dc and it doesn't make it on the news because it's a shooting that happens all, you know, there are shootings that happen all the time in this city, unfortunately. or if it's in the instance of a school shooter like the one in parkland, florida, who obviously had a mental ill

bush, the nra would work at the west wing.nce survivors, two gun policy experts, leading the first ever white house gun prevention. >> what a testament to your leadership. it's a novel office. just a year into the office. and i know you put out a progress report. i wonder if you could tell me briefly, what one key accomplishment you've gotten in the last year? that you've outlined in that report, greg? >> well, look. ting the big thing is, we ushered in the first-ever public health approach. i know when i arrived, i was met with investigators in law enforcement, before i was met with doctors and surgeons. and in america, that's how we look the at this issue, is a crime to solve. and not a public health crisis to present. but we start to shift that. and whether it was the first advisory from u.s. surgeon general, naming this a public health crisis, whether it's president biden, the first president in history to name this as a public health crisis, on december 12, 2020. and more importantly, the interagency approach that we were

i believe they are tied into the nra. then we got bannon that trump pardon, raising money for the border wall. he is putting money in his pocket and trump pardons him for scheming people out of money. what have you got to say about that? tell us what you think. >> i don't know everything. i know steve bannon is a patriot and trying to weaponize the law enforcement apparatus to be able to go after him that's an example of what unfortunately we are seeing him in a well-known instance but we're seeing it across the country with the people who don'tee have famous names were pro life activist who people go to the microphone about critical race theory. who are signing up to man election as poll watchers. we are seeing the arms and the agencies of the federal government began to be oriented toward -- and weaponize against them. i think that's what's very scary at this moment. one of the areas we do not know enough is the extent to which it's a prevalent and it is cultural. one of the reasons we are calling for a church style com

them back into mexico and selling them 3-4 times they are worth and i believe they are tied into the nra. we have steve bannon that trump parted and raised money for the border wall. you put money in his pocket and trump parted him --pardoned him. do you know everything? tell us what you think. guest: steve bannon is a patriot and to the extent that the left is trying to weaponize the apparatus to go after him, it is an example -- we are seeing him in a well-known instance but we are seeing across the country with people who don't have as famous names who are pro-life activists and people who are concerned about critical race theory. people who sign up as poll watchers. agencies of the federal government are weaponized against them. that is what is very scary at this moment and one of the areas we don't know enough as the extent to which this is prevalent and is cultural and one of the reasons we are calling for a church style committee is to get to the bottom of this. we know something is off and the fbi has been politicized. when there is two tracks for government, one for those who ha

looked seriously like president trump might want to do something on gun violence protection and then the nraition. >> good context. >> with the democrats. >> what's so fascinating, jonathan, i know you covered him and you and jeff agree on this, he talks about compromise and pulls back. for somebody who controls his base as much as he does, he's awfully fearful of it. he will not talk about operation warp speed, again we talked about around this table perhaps one of the great achievements scientifically over the past 50 years. won't talk about that because he did one time with bill o'reilly and he got booed. so, i'm wondering, is there any reason to believe that he's going to move -- that he's not going to be as constrained by his base this time? or is it going to be more of the same? >> more of the same. you're right about operation warp speed. i was talking to someone else about this a few days ago, that should be his first room in his presidential library, that accomplishment. they did it in ten months and distributed during a global pandemic. but this is someone who when given the choice

bush, the nra would work at the west wing.st ever white house gun prevention. >> what a testament to your leadership. it's a novel office. just a year into the office. and i know you put out a progress report. i wonder if you could tell me briefly, what one key accomplishment you've gotten in the last year? that you've outlined in that report, greg? >> well, look. ting the big thing is, we ushered in the first-ever public health approach. i know when i arrived, i was met with investigators in law enforcement, before i was met with doctors and surgeons. and in america, that's how we look the at this issue, is a crime to solve. and not a public health crisis to present. but we start to shift that. and whether it was the first advisory from u.s. surgeon general, naming this a public health crisis, whether it's president biden, the first president in history to name this as a public health crisis, on december 12, 2020. and more importantly, the interagency approach that we were able to build. we had 12 agencies that played a role