i have talked about the shooter in sutherland springs who was convicted of a felony after choking and kicking his wife and .racking his stepsons skull he was discharged from the military other than honorably. he was detained at a mental health facility because he was mentally ill. he was able to lie his way into possession of these inearms, changing the world -- of families in sutherland springs, texas. he should have been prevented from purchasing that firearm. were it not for the breakdown and our background check system he would not have a tainted. he would have been caught lying and trying -- possibly prosecuted and 26 people would be living their lives. people who were worshiping that sunday morning at the first baptist church would still be doing so in the same location to it has been turned into a memorial to those who lost their lives that day. this is presentable loss of life. that's more than enough reason to pass this will. -- this bill. if it saves lives it does plenty. if our system had worked properly and ensuring it does in pomeroy 14 and will year old daughter of the p

ago when someone murdered 26 people worshiping in a small church just outside san antonio in sutherland springs. yet purchased these firearms having lied on the background check when the asked him whether he was a convicted felon, whether he was honorably discharged from the military, whether he ever committed, convicted of domestic violence. he lied. if the told the truth he would have been prohibited from buying those firearms and perhaps maybe, perhaps, he would have been dissuaded, slow down or perhaps not at all what data committed that terrible atrocity that day where 26 people lost their lives and 20 more were killed, or were injured. come to find out that the air force, which had convicted him of those two offenses, domestic violence and the felony, they failed to upload information that was required in the national criminal background check system because they had then he would not have gotten away with lying because the fbi background check system would reveal the truth. i can tell you that have the utmost confidence that if the fix nics law were in effect at the time he was attemptin

we know the problem at sutherland springs was the federal government hadn't uploaded the information into the background check system, which would have prevented the purchase of this firearm. but we know in the states, the problem is present as well. in ohio we've learned there have been failures to upload conviction records from at least 90 municipal courts, one that would have allowed those barred from owning weapons to purchase them in violation of the law. may have allowed them to buy them in violation of the law. and since the shooting in texas, the department of defense has retro actively uploaded 4,000 additional records into the background check system of those dishonorably discharged from the military. people already prohibited under current law from purchasing firearms but, of course, if the military didn't upload them, no one would ever know and they would be able to lie and purchase firearms. one news account stated that since 2015, the number of people barred from owning firearms because they were dishonorably disarnled had hovered -- discharged had hovered around 11,000

kelly, the shooter at sutherland springs, could not legally purchase a firearm. i'm grateful to my colleagues who have sponsored that bill. it includes the majority leader and the minority leader, senator schumer, as well as senator murphy and senator blumenthal from connecticut, and in all we're close to 60 bipartisan cosponsors. they believe what the bill tries to do, which is to fix our broken background check system, is important and will save lives and will keep guns out of the hands of convicted felons. recently, we saw that the bill could make a real difference in places like ohio. there it was reported that dozens of courts are failing to upload conviction records into the f.b.i. national instant criminal background check system. this failure could prevent convicted felons from purchasing guns. this would help alleviate that problem. a similar glitch is what allowed the gunman in sutherland springs, of course, to purchase the firearm he used when the air force failed to upload his conviction records into the national instant criminal background check syst

now the hero of sutherland springs is talking some common sense about common ground in my gun control the hero who helped avert an even greater tragedy in sutherland springs last november are sounding off on gun control. stephen miller welliver chase down a gunman who killed 26 people going to church and a small texas town. tonight he says all the laws of the world won't stop a bad guy from getting a gun. he's got a message for young americans who want stricter gun control. he says they don't understand history. the government compensates guns, tear and he will become a real threat. he says he loves his town. the areas earlier today. speak of this community is a slice of what america should be and a slice of what america used to be. and there is no better place to live then right here in sutherland springs. >> shannon: he says he does think there is some common ground. he wants folks to talk about common sense measures to to prevent more events like that. a blessed passover and good friday to all who are serving tonight. have a good weekend. most-watched, most trays trusted, most grat

we found in sutherland springs that the knicks system is not operating as congress intended. and the military is not uploading certain records. but they are not alone. recent studies in places like ohio have shown that it is often the same at the state level as well. the shooter near washington dc was adjudicated mentally above the state of virginia but the state never uploaded that information on the background check system to purchase a firearm. this bill will save lives. democraticriend, the leader, has said it is not enough. but if it saves lives isn't it a good start? i'm grateful to him for cosponsoring the legislation. could not tell he was a cosponsor of the legislation by his comments acting like this is not an important step but it is. it will save lives. this bill has the backing of the president. and the minority and majority members of the senate, supported the government. and yes, the national rifle association but also every town which is the end of the ideological spectrum when it comes to the second amendment. it is also the national coalition against the mys

ago when someone murdered 26 people worshiping in a small church outside of san antonio in sutherland springs. he had lied on the background check when asked if he was a convicted c felon, honorably dischargedas or committed violet crimes, he lied. then perhaps maybe he would have been dissuaded, slowed down and perhaps not at all or have committed the terrible atrocity but there were more that were killed and injured. come to find out that the air force, which had convicted him of those offenses, domestic violence and the felony they failed to upload the information required of the background check system. if the they had, then he wouldnt have gotten away with lying because the background check system would have revealed the truth. i can tell you i have the utmost calm them that if it were in effect at the time that he was attempting to purchase those firearms he would have been prohibited from purchasing those guns and i would conclude from that of lives would have been saved and those that were changed forever because of the terribleat injuries that the others received their lives wouldn't

now the hero of sutherland springs is talking some common sense about common ground in my gun control next. definitely doesn't have that... you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™ liberty mutual insurance. ♪ directv now gives you more for your thing. your letting go thing. your sorry not sorry thing. your out with the old in with the new, onto bigger and better thing. get the live tv you love. no bulky hardware. no satellite. no annual contract. try directv now for $10/mo for 3 months. more for your thing. that's our thing. visit directvnow dot com >> shannon: the hero who helped avert an even greater tragedy in sutherland springs last november are sounding off on gun control. stephen miller welliver chase down a gunman who killed 26 people going to church and a small texas town. tonight he says all the laws of the world won't stop a bad guy from getting a gun. he's got a message for young americans who want stricter gun control. he says they don't understand history. the government compensates guns, tear and he will become a real threat. he says he loves his town. th

we learned from sutherland springs that the nics system is not operating as congress intend and the military was not uploading certain records, but they are not alone. recent news reports out of places like ohio have shown it is often the case at state level as well, and we know a few years back the sheeter at virginia tech had been ajudd indicated as mentally ill but virginia never uploaded that on theback system -- the background check system and he was able to purchase a firearm. this bill will save lives. i know the minority leader has said it is not enough, but if it saves lives, isn't it a good start in i'm grateful to him for cosponsoring the legislation. you couldn't tell he cosponsor the legislation by his comments, acting like this is somehow not a very important step, but it is it because it will save lives. this bill has the backing of the president as well, who i have spoken to personally, and the minority and majority leaders in the senate and supported by gun groups across the spectrum from, yes, the national rifle association, but also every town for gun safety which are at o

that was a loophole that allowed the sutherland springs guy to purchase his firearm. host: why attach it to the omnibus? does it not have enough support to stand on its own? guest 1: it's always tough to get these kind of bills passed. the bill itself is modest. it just requires federal agencies and states to be sure they are complying with existing background checks -- the existing background check system. it's not the expanded background check. it's a very modest bill and it passed the house, but it did have this extra provision which is an expansion of gun rights. it allows folks to have -- who have concealed carry permits -- states would have to honor those across state lines. right now, that isn't the case. to bring that bill over to the senate in that way, the senate is trying to separate it and pass just the background check provision. even if the senate was able to get that through, which is possible, it seems like there would be a lot of support. i think there is something like 65 senators in support of that right now. how do they bridge the difference with t

sandy hook, aurora, charleston, san bernardino orlando, las vegas, sutherland springs in most recently parkland florida. mr. president, we can help stop this. we have the power to help stop this and the question is whether congress has a political will to do that. whether this institution will finally put families first, our children first and stand up to the gun manufacturers and the nra. i urge every member of congress to reflect on why they first iran for office. weer are here as public servants to serve the people to send us here, not to serve the industries process and not to serve the organizations and companies and lobbyists that demand political retribution when we do the morally right thing. does congress have the will to act and does congress have the basic courage this country nee needs? i am sorry to say that i don't know. we can't it to the test. there has been a lot of talk, more than normal, even about our need to act in this chamber. i will say this to my colleagues let's make this time different. let's listen to the children from stoneman douglas high school and let's

check system that if it was working the way it was designed it would've caught the shooter at sutherland springs perhaps saving the lives of 26 people who lost their lives in the baptist church outside of san antonio and 20 more who were shot but the news brought us the fact that apparently there is a recommendation from the shooting from parkland florida that mental health professionals but that never materialized it was a recommendation but never happened if it had his name under the current law would have i been included in the florida background check information preventing him from legally buying a firearm so we can begin to see the different data points meet a picture here to save lives. we know the president has said the bump stock must be banned of course that is the instrument to kill dozens of people in las vegas to injure 851 more. so by addressing the background check system eliminating the bump stock makes it operate like the automatic to provide assistance to schools you can begin to see the picture of what we ought to be doing to prevent future mass shootings like we saw most rece

sutherland springs, this mass murderer was able to go and mow down a church because why? the air force did not report his conviction, the fact that he was mentally unstable. the organization that i've represent, 5 million plus members average everyday dads, theymoms and do the school run, they go to the grocery store, they are students, their hunters, they are people like me who simply don't want to be assaulted in the parking lot if i go to the grocery store and get a gallon of milk at night. they are people like us and we will not be guest lighted into thinking that we are responsible for tragedy that we had nothing to do with, it is not our job to follow up on red flags. it is not our job to make sure that they are reporting to the background check system. it is not our job. [applause] a failure of law enforcement is not a value of the law. it is a failure of enforcement. if all those in the legacy media are arguing for the nra to give us the authority and the resources to go and follow up on these red flag events, i will volunteer right here and now to do it. availabl

that's because under current law, convicted felons, like the gunman at sutherland springs, are prohibited from legally purchasing firearms. the problem was that his convictions were not uploaded in the national instant criminal background check system, what is commonly referred to as the nics system operated by the f.b.i. i've introduced a bill that already passed the house that would address this problem and i believe would save lives in the future. it's a bipartisan piece of legislation cosponsored by the junior senator from connecticut. he, along with his colleague senator blumenthal, come from a state that saw the horrific shootings at sandy hook. we added ten new cosponsors this week, bringing the number to 50 cosponsors for this legislation. it is rare in my experience, mr. president, to see a piece of legislation enjoy such broad bipartisan support -- 50 cosponsors. i've been saying all week that we need to pass this bill now. we should not wait. we should not go home empty handed. and we should not have to face the grieving families who lost a child or a loved one as a result of a

in sutherland springs, how the records get in the system, that individual would never have been able to purchase that firearm. real-world examples matter. to passtrying legislation in rhode island and it said we will do a study, we will not pass the bill. then a tragedy occurred. from aased the gun licensed retailer after a background check in virginia. we learned he met in rhode island on a short -- on a work assignment shortly before and was acting erratically, he was paranoid schizophrenic. they took him to a hospital. he was not committed, perhaps he should have been. but even had he been involved, he would have been able to get out and buy a shotgun because rhode island did not represent the system. asked about what we had learned, they passed until in 24 hours so we have been advocating for the fixnics bill for a long time. night, thisst morning, about 1:00. we applaud the 78 bipartisan supporters to the legislation. and senator murphy from strong -- wea very applaud him for showing leadership and all the bipartisan senators who support the legislation. some groups on the secon

check that's used when somebody purchases a firearm, but in the case of my constituents in sutherland springs, because of the failures of the federal government, notably in this case the u.s. air force, to upload felony convictions and convictions for domestic violence into the background check system, no derogatory information was reported, and ultimately the individual there in the -- the gunman in sutherland springs took the life of 26 innocent people and shot 20 more. the reason i keep talking about this legislation is it's just too important to let up on. we cannot and we never should just move on after another tragedy like that that occurred in parkland, florida, and sutherland springs, or what happens in las vegas where 58 people were killed and 851 others injured by the use -- by a gunman using a bump stock which essentially turned a semiautomatic weapon into an automatic weapon. we can't just move on when lives hang in the balance. we have to do our duty and do our part to save lives. we have to fix our criminal background check system so that dangerous felons do not lie their way in

that's legislation that was passed after the shooting in sutherland springs. a lot of people on the right, particularly one of the republican authors of the bilker say they believe that's a good first step to deal with some of the issues that came to light after the shooting in parkland, florida. >> connell: last night the president was in full campaign mode. he hosted a rally in pennsylvania for the republican congressional candidate, rick ciccone. ciccone's in a close race and the president is hoping to push him over the finish line in the special election on tuesday, saying he needs him in congress to help further his agenda. >> i really feel strongly about rick ciccone. and i know him. he's a very fine human being. he's a good person. he's really a good person. >> connell: let's go to garrett kenny who has more on all this from washington. >> reporter: pennsylvania is trump country. his visit could hold a lot of sway with voters. at stake is a readies reddistrie democrats are hoping to flip. there is a neck in neck race right now. the white house knows how

history there has been sutherland springs, las vegas, and now parkland. we need a public health crisis addressed that kills americans every year. the students were gunned down at marjory stoneman douglas high school and it is important to discuss the impact of gun violence in america and all you have to do is look at the numbers to see how little congress is doing. the republicans in congress take campaign contributions and tell the line and these are the same republicans tell you there is nothing we can do to curb gun violence. thousands of people pay a price for the inaction. 77,000 have been killed since gun violence -- from gun violence. year, the number increases by 1000 and you look at these numbers and it is more heartbreaking. on average, 93 americans are killed by gun violence. the nra thinks that we designedons that are to kill as many as possible in the shortest amount of time. in the gun homicide rate is 25 times higher than other countries. is this how you make america great? uninformedneed less tweets and more fact-based legislation. despite

then a few weeks later, a church in texas in sutherland springs where people were massacred at churchink those two events having happened so close in time to parkland are part of why we are seeing a different reaction now both in florida and in other states and at the federal level. the american people were fed up after vegas, they were fed up after sutherland springs and now they're really fed up. >> there is a three-day waiting period for gun purchases in this, minimum age raised to 21 to buy a firearm. bans bump stock sales. funds school police officers and allows sheriffs to arm some school personnel. the last one was controversial. some groups opposing it some whipping against it. rick scott saying he might veto that. how controversial is that provision? >> it's huge. the bill needed democrats votes both in the senate where it passed only by one vote, and in the house. we spent hours and hours listening to debate and discussion over the one provision, the quote, arming teachers provision. had it not been in the bill it's safe to assume it would have gotten more democratic support

i want to go to sutherland springs. through in the air force did not upload the information they were supposed to? >> i don't know the answer. sen. kennedy: do any of you know? >> what i do know -- >> just a second. do you know the answer? dir. brandon: no sir. sen. kennedy: it has been four and a half months. do any of you know what happens to that person who did not do his or her job? >> no sir. sen. kennedy: i don't mean to denigrate anybody. has anybody in your research staff reached out to find out who it was and what happened to them? dir. bowditch: no, senator. we have received extraordinary cooperation from the air force. sen. kennedy: what do we know who did it? and if there were consequences? or were they put on probation? dir. bowditch: that's not really something i would have concerned. as more of a internal agency matter. -- and that is more of an internal agency matter. >> i have a letter from the american federation of teachers, the national education association. senator durbin. >> thank you, mr. chairma

i want to go to sutherland springs. who in the air force didn't upload the information that they were supposed to? >> i don't know the answer, senator. >> do any of you know the answer? >> what i do know, senator, is -- >> just a second. doctor do you know the answer. >> no, i don't. >> host: do you know the answer in. >> no, sir. >> it's been four and a half months. do any of you know what happened to that person who didn't do his or her job? >> no, sir. >> i don't mean to denigrate anybody. has anybody your agency or in your research staff reached out to find out who it was and what happened to them? >> no senator. what would tell you is we have received extraordinary cooperation from the air force -- >> that's great. do we know who did it and whether they -- there were consequences or just put on double secret probation. >> that's not really something that i would have concerned -- that's right more of an internal agency matter. >> okay. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> i have a letter and requested to introduce into t

including sutherland springs, las vegas, and now parkland. this carnage has to stop. we need a comprehensive approach to address this public health crisis. that kills thousands of americans each year. we gather here one month after the 17 students and teachers of marjory stoneman douglas -- douglas high school were gunned down, we -- it is important to discuss the issue of gun violence. all you have to do is look at the numbers to be astounded by how little congress is doing in comparison. republicans and congress continue to take campaign contributions and align themselves with the nra while telling their line. these are the same republicans that tell you there is nothing we can do to curb the toll of gun violence. thousands of people, that is the price you pay for an action. people012, over 77,000 were killed because of gun violence. number of gune related fatalities increases by at least 1000. you look at these numbers on a micro scale and it is even more heartbreaking. on average, 93 americans a day are killed by gun violence. the nra thinks americans need militar

including sutherland springs, las vegas and now parkland. this carnage has to stop. we need a comprehensive approach to address this public health crisis that kills thousands of americans each year. as we gather here as students and teachers at marjory stoneman douglas high school it's important to discuss the impact of gun violence in america. all you have to do is look at the numbers to know how well congress is doing comparison. if can congress continues to take campaign contributions by the nra -- these are the same republicans that tell you there's nothing we can do to curb this gun violence. thousands of people pay for inaction. since 2012 over 70 for 7000 people were killed because of gun violence. every year the number of gun related fatalities increases by 1000. on average 93 americans if they are killed by gun violence. however the nra thinks americans need military-grade assault weapons and large capacity magazines, weapons exclusively designed to kill as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time. america's gun homicide rate is 25 times more,

federal assault weapons ban of 1994 which banned the kind of rifles used in aurora, las vegas, sutherland springs, and parkland, florida. critics of the ban correctly point out it didn't do much to reduce overall gun violence. but here is what the ban did do. gun massacres, defined as gun violence that kills six or more people, fell during the decade the ban was in place. according to the university of massachusetts, not only did the total number of these shootings fall, the number of deaths fell too. once the ban expired in 2004, both the number of incidents and deaths shot up threefold in the decade after compared to the decade when the ban was in place. the assault rifle ban also imposed restrictions on high capacity magazines, yet another thing the nra says doesn't work. yet studies show high capacity magazines increase the casualty count of mass shootings, in one study by as much as 151%. certainly some gun laws do limit mass death. but what do they do for gun violence in general? again, it's not rocket science. states that regulate access to guns with licenses, background checks, and other

a series ofn shootings, it's not just parkland, tulsa las vegas, sutherland springs, texas. a texas senator, john cornyn is the one taking the x bill ande fix ni background checks and he does not see anything in it for bump stocks which can turn semi-automatic rifle so they can shoot as fast as a machine gun. these are smallbore issues. in potentially in some of these cases, they could result in fewer people getting shot. that does seem to be some real man -- real momentum for smaller issues. it wasn't just 1993, after the virginia tech shooting, a conservative democrat worked with the nra and they did tweaks to the background check system for mental health. now people are saying they did not go far enough. some of then do smallbore things that don't take anyone's guns away but make it harder to get them in the first place if you had a mental health issue or if you been convicted of a crime. host: franklin, pennsylvania, james, democrat, good morning. caller: i think our government sets a bad example flooding the world with weapons. we have a thousand military bases all over

both at parkland and at sutherland springs four months ago. both of those murders were preventable and should have been prevented. in my judgment, we have seen a catastrophic and systemic failure of law-enforcement. at every devil. -- level. mr. bowditch, with regards to parking, do you agree that the fbi committed serious grave errors? >> yes, sir, i do. >> we know now that on september 24, 2017, a man tipped off the fbi that this shooter had posted on youtube a message saying, quote, i'm going to be a professional school shooter? and yet the fbi was not able to track down and identify that person. we know that subsequently on january 5, 2018, another caller described this shooter as someone who wants to kill people. and yet, in that instance, the fbi did not even open an investigation. why not? >> senator, i share your frustration. i share your anger. can i share your concern. but this -- that the -- this doesn't happen again. why not is what we are getting to buy our inspection team. we have one team from the counterterrorism division that

of course we saw this problem come up in the sutherland springs texas shooting in which my colleague from texas pointed out, but this is an instance where the shooters military convictions for assaulting his wife didn't make it into the system because the military had no separate chargeable crime of domestic violence and i have introduced a bill called the military domestic violence reporting enhancement act which would fix that problem and i would like your support for this bill. could you take a look at the bill and give me your thoughts for the record? >> i realize you need to look at the bill. i hope that we can have your support because it's not creating a new crime, it's grading a requirement that this conviction be reported. if it had been reported, quite possibly that mass shooting may not have happened. thank you very much. >> the order now, unless republicans come would be booker, white house. [inaudible] thank you very much for being here today. have a concern about a population of women that does not get the focus they showed or the care or the concern and that is incarce

orlando, south carolina, las vegas, newtown, sutherland springs parkland, city streetses homes acrossn there's been too much violence and too much heartbreak. the american people overwhelmingly support common sense action to prevent the tragedy of gun violence. 97% of americans support strengthening background checks, including -- >> you're listening now to the democratic leader in the house nancy pelosi who joined students protesting there on capitol hill as you have the house and senate dealing with school safety, looking at the parkland shooting. we're going to continue to monitor this but you can see a sea of democratic lawmakers who joined the students behind the house minority leader there. now to the drama that is unfolding in southwestern pennsylvania, a deep red district where a gop candidate is in deep blue trouble. the special house election pitting trump approved republican against a democrat. conor lamb, too close to call. lamb has a razor thin lead and he's also pro claiming victory and this comes in a district that president trump won by nearly 20 points. but in 2018 th

don't need to tell you that america has endured hundreds of mass shootings since, and including sutherland spring, las vegas, and now parkland. this carnage has to stop. a comprehensive approach to not forget what happened at marjory stoneman douglas schools. are republicans in congress continue to take campaign contribu contributions in congress to toe the line. and to these republicans, they believe there is nothing we can do to curb gun violence. and every year, the truth is that there is at least 1,000 people, and more heartbreaking, on average more deaths are lost the gun violence. however, the military assault weapons and large capacity magazines designed to kill as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time. america's homicide rate is 25 times more than the average of any other developed country. and we need more inform edinford we need more informed leaders like betty si devos. and today, we applaud these leaders for standing up games hate and taking a action. it is because of the action of walking out today that anything is even happening. the entire country is listening. don

of course we saw this problem come up in the sutherland springs texas shooting with my colleague from texas pointed out. but this is in a sense with the military convictions did not make it into the system because the military had no separate chargeable crime of domestic violence. i introduced a bill called the military domestic violence reporting enhancement act which would fix the problem. i would like to support but as bill. can you take a look at this bill and give me your thoughts for the record? i realize you need to look at the bill so you know, i hope that we can have your support because it is not creating a new crime is creating a requirement that these convictions be reported. and if it had been reported quite possibly, a mass shooting would not have happened. thank you very much. >> the order now, unless republicans come, would be booker, white house and coones. >> thank you. i have a concern about a group of women that do not get the focus they could for the care or concern. it is incarcerated women. there is a dramatic link between survivors of sexual trauma, sexual viol

with thee problem sutherland springs shooting were the shooter had a charge against him and a conviction that should have been put into the background check system by the air force, just was not put in. amy: he attacked his wife and baby or partner and baby. >> that's right. you then dishonorably discharged from the military. his record should have been put in by the air force within 24 hours. they admitted that. never problem. many state and federal agencies are not appropriately in putting the names into the system. that needs to change. trump appears to be embracing is an expansive reform of the background check system. there are bills pending in congress to cover all of these things that will save lives. we want that comprehensive package presented to him for signature. amy: one president trump spoke to senator corner -- senator what hisan you explain bill is, what you feel it does that go far enough? although, by the end of the meeting, trump was in, trump was income you're going to add all of this other stuff, right? >> yes, he was. s first step. it would fix the last issue i just

names, las the vegas, sutherland springs, orlando, san bernard t, sandy hook, which is in my hometown of newtown, connecticut. that is aside from the daily occurrences in far too many of our cities that go unnoticed, unreported, and the dairy 20,000 suicides i guns in the country -- by guns in the country. we have had this conversation at reuters a few times. ther orlando week brought governor from orlando, a few victims come and we had this conversation. sadly, we are still having a conversation. i'm excited about the panel because we can focus on the solutions and we can focus from the legislative actions that can be taken, and we can go beyond that look at other things, attitudinal, cultural change, which is important to the conversation. we had a robust conversation internally at reuters because we're trying to be objective, and we thought, how do we make sure we have bouts? -- balance? there are not sides. children are coming out and want the right to be in their schools without the threat of murder. i think we can all agree that that is wrong, so i do not think is notfalse equiv

they didn't with sutherland springs andan garland, texas and san bernardino and they didn't in parklandin charleston. i could go on and on. there were balls dropped in every single one. the political class has been largely silent. they haven't been moved to make sure the background check system works, like wayne lapierre has called for. this is where the focus, that's where the focus should be. to the point of people trying to say somehow fact-checking media is violent, the progressive left has been violent for a long tim time. h i can't take seriously the criticisms of people c who ignoe the fires in ferguson and ignored antifa violence in so many other things and they want to act like it's threatening to fact-check media. >> tucker: i am laughing because if you are asking sincere questions about the people in charge, you are obviously working for vladimir putin. good luck with your russian masters. >> i had russian salad dressing this week. >> tucker: thank you for joining us. i appreciate it. facebook isfa moving forward wih the messaging app designed to get your children hooked on s

that should have prevented devin kelly, the gun man who killed 26 church goers in sutherland springs, texas last year from buying a gun. he had been convicted of domestic violence while serving in the air force and was kicked out of the military with a bad conduct discharge but his history was never entered into the ncic data base. dylann roof, the charleston church shooter, should have been rejected from his attempt to buy a gun because of his criminal history but his background check toox longer than three days and if it takes longer than three days, you get the gun anyway. another current issue is the gun show loophole. the nics process only applies to federally licensed gun dealers, not private dealers who you often find at gun shows. trick is, you could go to a gun show, one stall could be a federally licensed dealer who has to follow the rules. the next stall over may not be. >> joining us, democratic congressman ted deutch of florida, whose district includes marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland. let's start with senator marco rubio. he just talked about his gun plan

and sutherland springs accelerated it and parkland put a dot on it, and it goes back to so many of the parents here from connecticut today, and they were very touching. a lot of people, parents, grandparents, all want their kids to go to school safely. and that requires common sense measures that will not offend the second amendment. i've been teaching common law for 22 years. lots of things that can be done and it's a purple issue, not a red or bluish u. >> can i say one thing? i have to respectfully disagree. it is a red/blue issue. we can't get a single vote in the house of representatives from the republican house leadership on a single gun bill. so it's not just true. in fact, there's one party fighting for common sense proposals. we have introduced dozens of bills to do it. we cannot get the republican house leadership to bring a single bill to the floor for a vote. so i do think it's a red/blue issue. sadly. >> atima, is it? >> it's been unfortunately more so than it should be, i think. i think that he was right. there are some congressmen who are definitely interested in having

let's think about the sutherland springs shooter. >> our own reporting here has dug in, digging in and letting us know that thousands have been added in the wake of texas because of that from the military. but just yes or no on that, are you saying we need to stop at fix nics and that's good enough? >> no, i think that's the first step. let's get that fixed and if we have to have the conversation about going further, let's have that conversation. i feel like people want to go from point a to point z and say -- let's do a, b, c first and if that doesn't work, let's have the conversation about other things in the future. >> the president is at point a and point z. this is about presidential leadership. there has been a big shift in this country, it is clear, the ground is shifting beneath everybody's feet on this issue, the republicans in the house and the senate know that. and the president is the one person in his party and in the country right now who could lead -- nixon goes to china kind of thing, he can lead the rank and file in this party and his base to common sense gun laws that