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Could be taken. for congress and every republican lawmaker in this country. well, maybe with the exception of susan collins. by and large, theyre not going to do anything. barbara and i were testifying on an extreme risk protection bill that would have allowed law enforcement to recognize a dangerous individual and remove guns temporarily until somebody sorted it out, the judge adjudicated a person and said, okay, this person is fit to carry a gun or not. and perhaps had that law been in place, ...

Rhetoric and so forth. then you saw him very publicly entertain the idea of being secretary of state. he dined with the president. there was that incredibly uncomfortable looking picture of them at one of trumps restaurants. ultimately trump didnt choose him which a lot of romney supporters felt it was a needless human illation that romney put himself through. there will be voters in utah supportive of some of the presidents policies. i think hes watching a smart line in disavowing the behavior....

That i was asked about basically the availability of consult weapons to the sutherland springs, texas, shooter. that terrible incident had happened just a day and a half or so before my hearing. i was, frankly, very surprised at the extreme reaction by senator mccain and apparently the other republican senators that were very offended by my remarks. if you talk to people around the world, what i said about the availability of assault weapons being insane, i think 99% of people would agree with, ...

It is just heartbreaking watching parents talk about their dead children and challenging us in congress to take action. we have filed bills, we have held hearings. yet the republican majority refuses to move forward in any meaningful way on background checks. there are a few republicans willing to take action on background checks and bump stocks. the majority leader has not brought them to the floor. we have not been able to get a vote. >> senator, one of the most maddening things about hearing ...

>> andy parker, thank you for your tragic expertise in this subject and sharing it with us. >> alisyn, in closing, we have to mobilize people and do what we did in virginia and turn these people out across the country. we need to kick these nra, kick them to the curb. >> andy, thank you. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> okay. up next for everyone, john and i know you have a cnn exclusive we will show people. >> a top trump campaign adviser could be pleading guilty in robert muellers probe. ...

Check system. now, there is an issue of gun violence in schools and the issue of mental health, it will be awe testament whether he is willing to do more, go further and revisit some of the decisions that were controversial at the time. so far there has been no talk of anything concrete coming out of this white house. on the other hand, the president is headed to florida today where he will go to mar-a-lago to husband florida resort. he plans to stop by the scene at parkland at some point. he ca...

Here. joining us now, democratic senator chris coons of delaware. we want to put the question to him about what congress can do. senator, thank you so much for being here. people are fed up, people are fed up, the idea that parents have to endure school shooting after school shooting, not knowing if their kids will be safe when they send them off to school. what can congress do? >> alisyn, thank you for your coverage, its been riveting and heartbreaking. im grateful for the young people who have...

Helping hands at her church. she liked to give back to others. nicholas dworet was a star swimmer at this high school. he was a 17-year-old. and he was planning to attend the university of indianapolis in the fall. the football coach that weve heard so much about, aaron feis, hes remembered as a hero. he was killed while shielding his students from the hail of bullets. throughout the morning we will share their stories. we will tell you about others. we will pay tribute to all of these victims, ...

Trying to convince them to consider any sensible gun legislation is like talking to a wall. we have to get them out of there and replace them with people who will consider incremental easy stuff that can be done. >> so thats your suggestion. for people who are listening who feel so helpless and hopeless, your suggestion is at the next election vote people who havent acted out. are there any other steps taken since alisons death or since you have been getting involved in politics that can be done...

On october 1st, i thought we would promptly move to ban bump stocks. thats what made it possible for the shooter in vegas to massacre more than 50 people in a few minutes with this illegal appendage that takes a semi-automatic and makes it fully automatic. i was hopeful wed take action against that. i co-sponsored legislation. it was never brought up for a vo vote. >> how is that possible, senator? im sorry to stop you. just because we remember the bump stock, everybody after that incident said ...