we now turn to the number-two republican in the house, steve scalise. he joins thus morning from new orleans. good morning, congressman. >> good morning, margaret. good to be with you. >> brennan: president trump says he wants meaningful background checks. why aren't you supporting him on that? >> first of all, i have supported him on that. in fact, we got a bill to president trump's desk last year which truly does go after some of the real problems we saw where people were falling through the cracks and not getting into the background system, like so many shootings, like charleston and others. the president said he wants the make sure that people with mental illnesses don't get guns. in fact, there were a lot of people we were finding that weren't getting put into the system. we need to keep working on that and make the background check system work better. we passed a very bipartisan bill to do just that and donald trump signed it into law last year. let's focus on making that work better so a lot of these people that slip through the cracks don't slip

next, republican congressman steve scalise of louisiana. he describes being wounded in the 2017 shooting at a practice for the annual congressional baseball game in virginia. >> steve scalise, what do you remember? >> i remember waking up excited about going to practice the day before the baseball game, just a great tradition and i was just announced to be the second base starter so i was excited about that. get out there early in the morning, work out with your colleagues in its lighthearted because the practice is already done, you just go through the motions of getting ready for the big game. all of a sudden, a shot goes out. you don't think it's a gunshot because why would somebody shoot a gun on the baseball field? by the time we figured out what was going on, i got hit. i went down. >> did you know you had gotten it? >> i knew my legs gave out. i wasn't sure, i didn't necessarily instantly feel it, i feel like something hit me but i wasn't thinking a bullet. i was down, in the gravel, in the infield and i just started crawling away. i

bill, steve scalise, congressman steve scalise, he has a lot of credibility on the issue of gun violenceer having been the victim of a horrible shooting himself. he spoke on the issues of exactly e what kim was talking about. let me just play that sound bite, get your reaction. >> in the end, all you end up doing is seeing more and more attempts to take away rights from law-abiding citizens. and keep in mind when nancy pelosi drew up the bill that she keeps talking about, that bill doesn't address any of these shootings. they want to take away people's guns. david: so when steve scalise, the victim of gun violence himself, talks about his fear of the government taking away guns, that has a lot of credibility. >> yeah. i think kim's right, and i think steve scalise is right. look, there's a lot of people who just don't trust the american people. what we increasingly see -- david: don't trust american politicians. >> well, no, they don't trust the american people, and one of the things they don't trust them with is guns. we behave as though the gun-owning part of the population is this tin

i don't blame bernie sanders for what happened to steve scalise.ve scalise does not blame bernie sanders. i don't blame elizabeth warren for dayton. i don't blame president trump for el paso. if we use this logic of the left, every single illegal immigrant that kills an american, everyone that dies from drugs that cross the border, every single sexual assault, violent assault by an illegal immigrant against america based on their logic, we should blame them. i don't blame them. i can understand there might be some honest political differences or politicizing building the wall but, this is what is predictable. the media, the democrats will use any and every opportunity to bludgeon president trump. if he cured cancer, they would find a way to spin it into him being a horrible person. >> and blaming trump in this situation as you mentioned, i blaming the president, it's very predictable and i think the american people are onto it. however, morning counsel poll found that 64% of the voters polled say the media has done more to divide the country. 17%,

congressman scalise tweeted a statement saying this. there is a sickness in our nation.nity institutions, the glue that bonds us are declining as a central force in society while the politicization of every aspect of life rises. these shooters turn to hatred and violence. as a result, dozens are dead. these events should be classified as domestic terrorism, and i'm glad in the case of el paso, the fbi is treating it as such. we must better equip our law enforcement agencies to prevent these massacres before they happen. there is clearly a culture of death in america today. violence is glorified and normalized on our screens every day. instead of seeking professional help for mental health problems, men are being radicalized in online forums. this must stop. in a media culture that encourages viewing people solely through hyperpartisan lenses and not as neighbors and fellow citizens, dangerous division and hatred of those you disagree with is the outcome. this can often lead to violent consequences as i've personally experienced. these events are tragedies. reducing them

. >> 2018 baseball game and a ground ball to second scalise throws it in out of first. the entire infield in the entire field goes over to congratulate him and give him a big hug, for the very first pitch he gets a ground ball and throws out a first phase. >> what happened? >> look at the emotions of everybody. they brought me out to play second base, there's a democrat from california who hit the ball initially hospital all of this is. he hits the very first pitch and playing second base i cannot hardly move but they put me out there as a nice gesture, let's have him out there to start the game and then when the real game starts will take them out. and then he hits opposite field industry to me and i cannot move more than a foot either way so somehow i'm able to back in the ball and brings me down and i see him running so i had to make this play so somehow i was able to get the ball to first base and make the through and i saw everybody come towards me. again if you don't believe in god, how does moment like that happen. but i see everybody coming and we all started te

next, the republican congressman steve scalise of louisiana describes being wounded in the 2017 shooting at a practice for the annual congress of all baseball game in virginia. >> what do you remember about june 14, 2017? >> i remember waking up excited about going to practice. as the day before the congressional annual baseball game and a great tradition. i was just announced to be the second base starter so i was excited about that you get out there early in the morning working with your colleagues and it's kind of lighthearted because most of the real practice has already been done and you're just kind of going through the motions of getting ready for the game, and all of a sudden a shot goes out. you're not thinking it's a gunshot because why would somebody be shooting a gun on a baseball field. by the time we figured out what was going on, i got his and went down. >> did you know you had gotten his? >> i knew that my legs gave out. i didn't necessarily instantly feel i was hit by just felt like something hits me that i wasn't thinking a bullet. when my legs went out and i was down i

is scalise right, that there should be condemnation or something from democratic leadership?ould be. condemnation is bipartisan in this instance. i would point out that the governor of the state in which this happened, governor pritzker, did condemn the simulation of the assassination of a president. he did say it was dangerous and outrageous and unacceptable. i think in this polarized time, harris, we've got to be very careful. both sides, about language. whether or not you are conservative or a liberal. words have power. >> harris: this was more than words, though. >> either way, not times, we have to be sensitive to the impact this might have on someone mentally unstable or who could go out and do damage with one of the millions of weapons in this country. >> harris: james? >> it seems to have been some kind of sick attempt at a joke. the lawmaker has apologized. a bipartisan condemnation seems welcome. i think it would be nice if politicians would also condemn the actual violence you've seen from antifa. a number of disturbing incident incidents. you look at situation in

never blame barack obama for the police shootings in dallas, bernie sanders for the shooting of steve scalise. and quite frankly, it is ridiculous to try to make those connect in some way. you have to blame the people who pulled the trigger, those are the ones who are evil, those are the ones who are sick and mentally ill, and those are the ones that have to be dealt with. >> what about -- [speaking over each other] reporter: how is he spending his day-to-day? mr. gidley: he is meeting with staff on a wide range of policies, having conversations and prepping for his trip to these communities. this is a very, very serious moment in our country's history. this president recognizes the gravity of this moment. you saw that manifest in his speech in the diplomat room. and what he wanted to convey to the american people was the fact that he shares in their sadness, but also their anger. and he also offered solutions and made the point we can come out of this stronger together and unified, if we come together and we put forth solutions that actually make a difference and a change. this is not about

what about red flag laws, would the guy who shot steve scalise, would he have been picked up?d to say, john. i mean, it's impossible for me to say. what i think the inquiry should be is would these laws catch other potential shooters, and are they reasonable restrictions. to my mind, they don't have any kind of intrusion at all on reasonable law-abiding gun owners. i don't think it's a proper objection that the law or the regulations could be abused, or the courts could make bad decisions. if that was the reason not to take action then we would never take action. it would be nice to get rid of all of the politics, and i do agree with congressman scalise, the issue is what works. we ought to try to get past these hysteria and get down to the business of empirically what would help us reduce the shootings. >> very good advice from andy mccarthy, thank you. >> thank you, john, have a great weekend. >> you, too. up next nbc universal pulls the plug on marketing a controversial movie about hunting deployables for sport. is it too little too late? >> every year a bunch of elites kid

so we're 0 for 2 on steve scalise. let's figure it out and get it fixed.minority leader. here is mitch mcconnell talking about gun control. >> we want to see if we can achieve something on a bipartisan basis. i don't want to just engage in finger pointing or making a point. what's happened after every one of these shootings there has been a temptation to just engage in political discourse rather than actually passing something. you make a law right now, you have to pass the house, has to get 60 votes in the senate. and has to be signed by president trump. so that means these discussions need to occur. >> bill: they will occur come september. julie talked with kayleigh mcenany on this, too. >> the president stands by the second amendment. no greater proponent of the second amendment. we have to look at the mental health aspect of this and what these red playing laws do. they differ from state to state. >> bill: is it red flags? what is it, sir? >> you've got a number of things being looked at but the first thing you have to keep in mind when speaker pelosi

. >> reporter: louisiana congressman, steve scalise, who survived an attack. >> we need to make sure that the fbi and the department of homeland security go and route out if it's white supremacists or radicals from thecommitting . >> reporter: here in iowa, voters agree that gun laws need changes. but they want to hear about other topics. >> the small amount of legislation that the democrats are asking for is not much. >> you can talk about red flags and background checks. the bottom line is that we have weapons of war in people's hands that don't need them. >> i don't like the mud slinging. here, i think we have iowa nice. >> voters get a more detailed look at what the presidential campaigns. what are they saying they're interested in or concerned about? >> well, for one thing, they're overwhe overwhelmed. two dozen candidates in the race. you ask them to mention a candidate or two, they mention that joe rodeo... and let me tell you something, i wouldn't be here if i thought reverse mortgages took advantage of any american senior, or worse, that it was some way to take your home. it

here to explain why it's no laughing matter, congressman steve scalise. you nearly lost her life to a would-be assassin. so what your response here, did the state senator acquitted himself well in his apologetic comment? >> it's good to be back with you. i'm glad the senator at least owned up and took ownership and said it was wrong. what disappoints me is you don't see any kind of outrage from the left. you don't see any kin presidentl candidates from the left. or socialists who are fighting to see who's going up against donald trump. you don't see any of them denouncing it and that's really why where it should start. the leadership at the top of the democratic party has been noticeably silent, and the big take away from this is, they are encouraging it and they are okay with it and it's dangerous. they need to stop and, we surely disagreed with a lot of his policies. we respected the office and stood up against anyone is that anything derogatory or negative. and those were many cases where we were very vocal against that kind of language but we were res

next, republican congressman steve scalise of louisiana. he describes being wounded in the 2017 shooting at a practice for the annual congressional baseball game in virginia. >> steve scalise, what do you

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steve scalise is a perfect example. these are human beings have lives.the political sign, donors, also osprey one of our fundamental rights in america is the right of the secret ballot. before that, people's jobs and safety were threatened because of who they voted for. this modern day doxxing is nothing more than that. it puts people's personal safety and it puts in some places their career and livelihood in jeopardy. for member of congress to do this as if it some sort of noble act, "let me expose these people," it's fundamentally despicable. i will go farther. there's an annual rite of waiting for them to declare for a governor or senate. they don't fight, they backed out of every major fight that comes up in the state of texas. they are nowhere to be found unless there is an opportunity to go out and embarrass their constituents. and they act like they're doing something noble here, it's absolutely awful. >> melissa: have we heard from castro that he's going to give back the monies that donor who came forward and said, "wait a second, i also donated

and as we mentioned in the introduction, liz cheney, steve scalise and others.take for king to resign? >> probably none of that. he's withstood the pressure from his colleagues before, they've stripped him of his committees. he doesn't really care about that. i think what he will care about and what should be concerning to him is what we just saw, iowans who have expressed their lack of interest in reelecting him. iowans who feel he no longer represents just the district but the state. i think from that standpoint it matters more what they think than what any other member of congress thinks. because at the end of the day, they're the citizens who sent him to washington and they're the citizens who will keep him from coming back. so all the protestations by his colleagues, that's good sound bite material for television and newspapers, but what really matters is what the people in this district think, and right now he's under water with them. >> to that point, donna, i want to actually read you this statement that was put out by one of his competitors. this is dem

just like we would blame bernie sanders because one of his supporters shot steve scalise and others atblame elizabeth warren for what happened in dayton with the shooter there. just like we would also blame democrats for the 59 shootings that the media doesn't care about that happened this weekend in chicago. 59 people shot. one weekend. not a peep out of them. why? because they can't bludgeon and blame donald trump, and if you can't blame trump, why bother talking about it? anyway, joining us now, geraldo rivera, fox news correspondent at large, and als also, former secret service agent, dan bongino. you know what, it's the truth. if you can't bludgeon trump, you don't care about russia, you don't care about obstruction, you don't care about blaming people and politicizing tragedies. only if you can use the incident to bludgeon, politically, donald trump, and exploit tragedy for political gain. >> i absolutely agree with you. just as i agree with you about chris cuomo, but that's another story. y i don't blame rhetoric for any of these crimes. i don't blame president obama for the mas

of inciting the guy who tried to kill republican house members -- >> shannon: almost killed steve scalise. >> almost killed steve scalise, shot a capital police officer, shot two other individuals at a baseball practice and he turned out to be an ardent bernie sanders supporter and raged on the internet and social media against donald trump's policies. should we blame bernie sanders? nobody in their right mind would suggest so. how about elizabeth warren? turns out the guy in ohio apparently was a fan of hers. self-proclaimed leftist, a fan of bernie sanders. praised nt five. again, attacked president trump and his policies. should we blame them simply because he was a supporter of theirs and a fan of theirs? know, i've been out. but that's where we come in our society and our politics has broken enough. this is not something that we should find acceptable for political candidates, particularly ones were struggling down there and trying to get attention to point the finger and say the president of the united states is directly responsible for somebody who has committed a heinous act in el

congressman steve scalise tweeting, "people should not be to personally targeted for their political views, period. this isn't a game, it's dangerous, and lives are at stake. i know this firsthand." but congressman castro not backing down, saying this information is already public and these donors are fund-raising a dangerous campaign. >> that graphic lifts people's names. many of them are business owners, so that on those companies. these are prominent donors. many of them are public figures. their money is being taken and used and used to fuel these hateful ads. it has put millions of people in this country in fear. there are people right now who are living in fear, and i don't think the president understands that. i don't think those donors understand it. but they need to understand what their money is going to. >> melissa: white house counsel to the president, kellyanne conway, responded to that here. >> it doesn't matter that is public record. it matters that he put together some kind of target list, and he is trying to make life miserable or worse for law-abiding citizens who a

>>highlighting the political divide in congress after the announcement minority whip steve scalise tweeted planned parenthood is clearly revealing itself to be in the business of abortion, not health care. one democrat dianne feinstein responded the administration's rollback of title 10 is denying low income women and families access to care in washington, i'm just eaten or. >>still to come tonight a warning in the south bay, a family of mountain lions is roaming around the hiking. trails that are now closed. >>officials in the east bay cracking now on side shows the tools they're using the catch. the crooks said a breastfeeding mom is being held in ice facility. hasn't seen her baby in more than 2 >>welcome back our top story tonight at 5.30 and undocumented mother is separated from her 4 month-old daughter. the mom had been breastfeeding she's being detained by ice after getting arrested in the agency's largest raid ever 2 weeks ago. >>dianne gallagher reports. >>father tried quite rise of his 4 month-old daughter with the bottle. she's not used to it mother isn't there to breastfeed mar

this is steve scalise after he was wounded in 2017. this is a shot we found of the congressional baseball practice in virginia. this was 2017 in june. he returned to the house floor after being seriously wounded. he returned in september and made a speech. here is a portion of that speech. [video clip] >> we come here and fight for the things we believe in. i have passed and beliefs. for some reason, some of you do not agree with all of those. [laughter] >> but it is so important we come here. this is the people's house. this is where the issues are to be debated. we fight through the issues. ultimately, we come together. if you can put the majority together, that is what rules the day. it is so important as we are having those political battles we do not make them personal. this is the thing that kept coming back to me as i tried to make sense of all of this and comprehending the outpouring of love that i saw. i kept coming back to those world leaders. why would leaders from around the world that i have never met before reach out and

republican representative steve scalise describes being wounded the 2017 shooting. >> eric and dylan were the two killers in the "columbine". eric was a psychopath and dylan was not. i spent ten years on this book. why did they do it? was the most common question. there's eric, why he did it and then there's dylan, they are completely different people. >> eric was a psychopath. he was the mastermind. he spent a couple of years trying to figure out how he could destroy the entire world. wipe out humanity, psychopaths dwell on life as well as death. a god can deflect and take it away. they are as important as god. in keeping with a psychopath, no compassion, no empathy, no regard for the welfare of others. it's just about meeting their own needs. conmen, crooked politicians, you might think of a few recent ones that come to mind. someone who would destroy other peoples lives or a straight or a country. typically non- violent. but when they have a sadistic streak, too, then you get ted bundy, jeffrey dahmer or eric. then dylan, dylan is completely different. polar opposite. dylan went a

meaningful changes to the gun background check system, but louisiana republican congressman steve steve scalisewho survived an assassination attempt, doubts it would help. >> the shooters el paso and dayton passed background checks. we need the make sure f.b.i. and the department of homeland security have the tools they need to root out, whether it's white supremacists, whether it's radicals from the left that are committing some of these crimes. >> reporter: here in the first- in-the-nation caucus state of iowa, voters agree the nation's gun laws need changing, but they want to hear other topics. >> the small legislation the democrats are asking for is not much. just background checks. >> you can talk about red flags and background checks. the bottom line is we have weapons of war in people's hands who don't need them. >> i don't like the mudslinging. that can turn me off. here we have iowa nice. >> quijano: so, ed, voters in iowa get far more detailed look at these presidential candidates. what else are they telling you they're interested in or concerned about? >> for one thing, elaine, they

steve scalise says i've been the target of such attacks and what he's done is called doxing.nformation is publicly available but you have to do digging and have to dig in the county and who supported who. it's not easy to get. >> bill: it's not obvious, right? >> no, he took the information which requires a lot of research and put a list together and put a bow on it on the internet for anybody to use and let's hope somebody like the guy from el paso doesn't use it and the people are fueling hate against immigrant. it's irresponsible for a public servant. >> bill: steve scalise said people should not be personally targeted for person views it's not a game. it's dangerous. that's your quote and lives are at stake. i know his first-hand, end of tweet. he knows better than anyone. >> he was on another network and talked about how a bernie sanders supporter targeted him and he doesn't blame bern e-sanders but it's the same week the brother of a member of congress put out a target list, a target list of people who support the president said they're feeling hate. we have to stop thi

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are you going to blame the democrats for the shooter that shot scalise? then stop this. until you show me a nexus. >> the distinction that was a fan of elizabeth warren didn't cite her word and rhetoric for the shooting. judge jeanine: he was a fan of her philosophy. >> there is no connection between the el paso short southern president trump. it's disgraceful that's the road the democrats want to go down. if you want to go down that road. why don't you go after maxine waters for her rhetoric about getting in people's faces. also on the federal background check. there is no evidence that it made any sort of material impact on shooting deaths or shootings. so democrats keep wanting to go down these roads and there is no evidence to prevent these future mass shootings. >> the assault weapons ban lowered the incidents of these shootings by 50%. there is one shooter that -- >> there is no evidence of that. >> yes, there is factual evidence of that. judge jeanine: jonathon, i was a d.a. assault weapons ban had virtually no impact. >> there was an increase by 47% after the ban

steve scalise said he tried to draw a direct line between trump supporters and the massacre.t's insane eye hyper partisanship, it's a 60sness. the man who shot me on the baseball field was a volunteer for senator bernie sanders. i don't blame mr. sanders for that. we lost kimberly strassel. if we get kimberly back, we'll have her back on the show. stocks in rally mode. >> it was a good day for the markets. the dow closing up 371 points. this is after a very volatile week so far. the 10-year yield stabilizing. no headlines out of china to shake things up. and earnings were pretty strong. all eyes were on uber after the bell today. earnings were spare, a loss of $4.72. both of those metrics were under those estimates. news corp reporting finally today e of 7 cents higher than expectations. the top line revenue number slightly off. "wall street journal" subscriber $2.6 million. that was a record for news corp. liz: we have kimberly trasle back on the line. >> this isn't a lament. this is putting a target on people's backs. we have seen it as a strategy that has sadly been adopte

today representative steve scalise from louisiana defended the president against the democratic attackpresident was very clear just the other day that there's no place for this he spoke out against racism i spoke out against these kind of attacks in so to a try to assign blame. you know go look at some of these presidential candidates who made some of the most a ridiculous statements, i mean joe biden just said that he was vice president when the parkland kids came and met with him he wasn't vice president. you know some of these things that are being said are are beyond ridiculous. i know they're running for president they might not like donald trump's views but a stop this this ridiculous truck assessment of blame to somebody other than the person who is responsible. president trump also spoke out this week urging lawmakers to give them a bill. >>calling for background checks on firearm. closer to home investigators have determined the grass fire in lake county started from a pdiscarded cigarette, the eagl fire burned 20 acres and is now 95% contained started thursday long so to bay

liz: steve scalise says this is dangerous. lives are at stake. a gunman opened fire at a republican practice. here is the fallout that no one is covering. having covered the irs and political audits of enemies of presidents. when obama, when the obama campaign did the same thing to mitt romney, 8 donors to mitt romney, one of those donors, 8 of those donors the obama campaign exposed them for donating to mitt romney. one of them got audited by the irs and the labor department went after another. >> it's completely unfair. i am glad to see some people in the media calling him out. but i have to think if this were the opposite and a republican had done this. the fallout would be much more severe and this story tbhobt news for a lot longer than it will be. but kudos to those journalists who are being honest and calling them out. this is a dangerous path to go down. targeting every day americans for supporting a certain candidate and shaping them. it puts lives at risk and it's scary. liz: we'll have more on this tomorrow. kimberly strassel will join

the move sparking backlash from gop members like steve scalise who tweeted people should not be personallyted for their political views, period. the president's campaign comedic asian director accusing castro of inviting harassment of private citizens and encouraging violence. castro defend his actions saying the president campaign has, quote, stoked fear of brown skinned immigrants. castro points out he did not reveal any private or personal information. much on that today. former congressman trey gowdy is calling out peter stzrok pursuing the fbi and doj about his firing over anti-trump text messages. >> peter stzrok need blame no one but himself for writing what he wrote. he was unfit to investigate either of the presidential candidates. i don't know anyone republican or democrat who thinks that is a law enforcement officer that should be handling a school crossing much less counterintelligence investigation. >> he claims the bureau cave to, quote, unrelenting pressure from donald trump when firing him. heather nauert he led the investigation into hillary clinton's use of a private emai

ask steve scalise in congress pointed out that this divisive rhetoric and hatred caused him to be shotnd almost lose his life. he is still disabled from that. it is really troubling, he needs to look inside and take a timeout from twitter. jillian: let's talk about this for a second before we let you go. we heard a lot the last few years about the president's tax returns. a group of bipartisan voters are suing california over its new law keeping donald trump off of the state ballot unless he releases those tax returns. is this constitutional? >> i am the lawyer for the republican voters who said yesterday in addition to the national committee in california state party. the president filed a lawsuit in sacramento. it is totally unconstitutional, let me count the ways. the qualifications clause of the constitution sets the exclusive qualifications to run for president and only that you have to be 35, a natural born citizen and have lived in the united states for 14 years. this law also burdens the first amendment rights to associate with republicans in the republican party and vote for t

including their addresses as well and as we know that has proven dangerous on many counts, steve scalise was targeted at baseball practice and baseball games, he said i know this is dangerous. democrats continue to slam donald trump for his visit to dayton and el paso. you said they need to stop this. what will happen if they don't? how will americans respond when it comes to the election? >> when it comes to the election we know one thing to be true. wholeheartedly. donald trump is going to win a second term. unfortunately for democrats in their never-ending trump derangement syndrome they have yet to accept the results of the 2016 election. you see across the board with democrat socialist party at this point, you see them continuing investigations on the president's election, you see them calling him a possibly russian spy for years and this is a president who has nothing more than try to stand as commander-in-chief is the chief executive of this country to stand and bring us together. beto said i'm not thinking politics and in the same breath calls the president a white supremacist. t

city simply for wearing a maga hat remember the shot up synagogue in pittsburgh, congressman steve scalise was shot by a bernie bro and i.c.e. facility was fire bombed now did you hear media blaming maxine waters omar, bernie, or aoc for these crimeses? or their cruise violent rhetoric? >> we were in high school i would take him behind gym and beat the hell out of him. , of course, i want to punch him in the face. yeah. >> i have thought an awful lot about blowing up the white house. smg when was last time an actor assassinated a president? >> i will go out and take trump out tonight. [applause] we remember the cav thy griffin thing. none of that puts a target on anyone's back? so everything now that left accuses trump of doing they're doing themselves. congressman joaquin castro tweeted out list of trump donors in san antonio texas and their businesses. accusing them of fueling a hate campaign. so let me get this straight. trump counter punches political opponents in the arena of ideas, and media say he's putting them in danger? but castro literally puts a target on civic minded civilians

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. >> donald trump is no more responsible than this kind of shooting than bernie sanders was for scalise shooting, it's not enough for the president to put -- we have a big problem in this country, we should have a national commission, a bipartisan commission of leaders who know a lot about how to reduce violence in this country and dealing with issues like mental health, you know, reasonable gun restrictions and weapon restrictions, issues of security, how do we keep people safe at malls, at schools, you know, supporting events and these kinds of things, i'm sure experts can come together and find reasonable solutions to keep america safe. heather: by the way, the last major gun legislation to pass congress was the so-called assault weapon's ban that went bo effect from 1994 until 2000. police say a man was, quote, intrigued by this weekend's mass shootings and he threatened to, quote, shoot up the store just south of tampa, the man's mother works at the wal-mart, police say the threat was not credible the man is facing a felony charge. and the manhunt intensifies for teenagers, teen fu

much of the coverage of that was proven incorrect, you go to gabi shooting, steve scalise, blame is placed mistakenly and you have to reserve judgment and talk about real policy issues. >> wait for the facts. now in the days leading up to these two mass shootings and in texas and ohio the news was dominated on the trump's attacks on city of baltimore. >> embracing telling us he plans to run a racist reelection campaign. >> for someone like me proud baltimorean, born in baltimore, still call that area home. >> once again the media call president trump racist this time for exposing the obvious that baltimore's democratic machine has failed their city. my friends it's not trump who has given up on urban america, calling him a racist have. >> seems to be a turning point that we didn't see after charlottesville. he sends racist tweets rather than, you know, use language like -- the media seems to be taking a stand on president trump on this volatile issue. >> okay n a single week you had the cincinnati rally, right, he did not necessarily call out the squad of the four women of color who were s

congressman steve scalise speaks out tonight. welcome to fox news at night. we begin in el paso. the city prepares. >> reporter: city leaders say they would like to prepare for 22 funerals after saturday's mass shooting but instead they are bracing for a visit for the president. a visit many local elected officials say shouldn't be happening. >> this community is full of hope and resilience in beauty but the other thing i heard totally unsolicited from victims still in the hospital, they grabbed my arm and tell me tell him not to come here. >> it would be insulting everyone. i don't think we need somebody who has those feelings toward hispanics coming over here and distracting from what we need to be doing which is grieving. >> reporter: beto o'rourke has been outspoken about the presidential visit tweeting this president who helped create the hatred that made saturday's tragedy possible should not come to el paso. we do not need division, we need to heal, he has no place here. more than 17,000 people have signed a letter asking donald trump not to visit until he apologizes for h

we were worried about steve scalise's life being saved.opinion. the president and the first lady, the vice president, second lady and others went to visit mr. scalise in the hospital. we didn't run around saying that for months on end. when more recently, when some evil, twist you had depraved lunatic was trying to shoot up an ice detention center in washington state quoting the exact language that ocasio-cortez had just used we didn't blame her. so this has to stop. let's stop pretending. brian: were you surprised president obama weighed in. >> no i wasn't surprised at all. again, dimension in his presidency there were about 24 mass shootings three times the number or much higher than the number of the three administrations previous to him combined? again, nobody blames him for new town, connecticut. and he had his opportunity to go and try to heal the nation. steve: right. and they should not. >> and nobody should. steve: no. of course. because it is so political and washington really at the other end of pennsylvania avenue not much gets

we wouldn't blame bernie sanders for the shooting of steve scalise or other republicans. >> today nbc news reported that several federal agencies charged with fighting domestic terrorism are struggling to do that mostly because of cuts in funding and personnel. tonight a spokesperson tells nbc news the committee members are mulling over an early return from their six week summer recess to address gun violence. given all that, here for our leadoff discussion on a tuesday night, jonathan la mere, white house reporter for the associated press. kimberly atkins, and katie benner, justice department reporter for the new york times. jonathan, i'd like to begin with you because of some one of your colleagues has posted tonight. a preekt frequent guest of ours. it has to do with the overall empathy deficit going into tomorrow about the president. she says the words he offers for a divided america will be complicated by his own incendiary anti-immigrant rhetoric that mirrors language linked to one of the shooters. it is a highly unusual predicament for an american president to at once try to co