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joining us to discuss is alice stewart and paul begala. great to see you both on this sunday.ad two dozen republicans reversing the support of this legislation to support veterans exposed to toxic burn pits because of a budget dispute. take a listen to this danielle whose husband died from lung cancer she attributed the death to exposure. >> we know a veteran who took his life because of the delay. he was denied from the va and lost the private health insurance. we would qualify under this bill. he actually did take his own life because he wanted to spare his family of losing their home. >> veterans and the families clearly this is emotional for them. fired up. how does the republican reversal square with the supposed republican values, alice? >> be clear. every republican on the hill supports the veterans and the women like her and that you spoke with earlier on the program. we praise the heroes in the military and honor them when they go and when they come back. they deserve the health care. the republicans supported the act and health care measures to protect the soldiers w

now i want to bring in a pair of cnn political commentators, anna navarro, paul begala, they're going to tell us everything that's happening because they know all the things. don't let me down on this one, guys. paul, i want to go to you first. the chatter continues to be that trump is going to make an early campaign announcement to run in 2024. either to change the subject or to shield him maybe from possible culpability. from what you've seen, have these hearings been enough inside the republican party to derail trump's chances of capturing the gop nomination? >> no, phil, not at all. i think he's -- he is in still a very strong position to steam roll ron desantis or glenn youngkin. i still think he has an iron grip, and i think that not only because i talk to folks and follow polls, but look at how republican members of congress have reacted to cassidy hutchinson's testimony, the rest of the testimony on january 6th, which is shocking and damning. ms. hutchinson testified under oath she heard the president say he want the magnetometers so people could bring guns and weapons from th

i want to bring in cnn political commentators paul begala and alice stewart. d these conversations in the past as well, and we continue to have them about these ideas of how we live under this constant sword of damocles. and, paul, i mean, listen to this. look at this picture of a lake county police officer. he's in highland park. he's holding his head in utter shock and despair. i mean there have been 319 mass shootings just this year and 17 in the first four days of july. i mean you're talking about parade, bars, a hospital, a grocery store. i mean the violence, as i've talked about, it's like it's fundamentally altering how we live our lives. so i wonder from your perspective, paul, what needs to happen for that to no longer be the case? >> well, it was a hopeful first step, a small step, but the first time in almost 30 years that congress passed any kind of gun safety law. and enough republicans, god bless them, came along with it. john cornyn from texas, my home state. that's a hopeful sign. it was necessary but not sufficient. boy, was it not sufficient.