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day. also cops describing black citizens as monkeys, animals, boy. officials calling out police in a overnight u.s. city for racist abuses and practices. tesla under fire. questions about the self-driving feature about another crash. and an investigation into tesla steering wheels on one model, steering wheels that can potentially fall off. welcome to "the lead," im jake tapper. we start with new heart breaking details about the kidnapping of four americans in mexico. were learning...

The grand jury was recalled and then let go, do you have any view of what this might mean? big picture for the case. >> big picture is this. a grand jury is 23 people. you need 12 votes to return a true bill, the charging document. what this means is one of two things. one, they couldnt get 12 votes to return an indictment. if thats the case, and that could be very rare, then they have a duty to inform mccabe that hes not going to be charged. if they are still gathering evidence, which is a poss...

Which is owners of ar-15s have a responsibility, too. orourke saying that actually some of them are getting in on this and saying weve got to make changes. there was, of course, a viral video that went around of a man destroying his own ar-15. this was after the parkland shooting. >> its a gun like this one that takes away the lives. so ive decided today im going to make sure this weapon will never be able to take a life. people have always said theres so many of them out there. well, now theres...

Bill. we vitally need to take these guns off the streets. but heres the political problem. the problem is how you frame the argument, and its a nuanced argume argument. 90% of the american people support universe background checks, 90% of people say if you cant get on an airplane because the federal government says youre too dangerous, you shouldnt be able to get a gun. but when you talk about confiscating weapons, when you talk about people manndatorily give up those weapons, the support drops....

Background checks, even though the majority of america wants up to take a vote on these bills. >> he also wrote a satirical bill called "big guns: engaging the topic." thanks for joining me. >> thank you. i had fewer gray hairs back in 2016. >> it wasnt that long ago. >> no, it wasnt. >> ill start with that comparison. on the one hand, weve seen the rising tide on the issue. on the other, the joe biden sound from 07 is pretty striking because you had a debate where you got submitted questions fr...