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Job. he will have to do the arm twisting that hes not always proven that adept at legislation and well see where that goes. >> and support for background checks more theoretical -- >> not support for background checks. support for doing something. its a theoretical discussion. theyre discussing should we do red flag laws, other background checks. these are the discussions. >> cory lewandowski, the president on twitter this morning has been putting out polls to suggest cory lewandowski would be a...

This race. jill, another issue front and center is guns, and i want to read you nbcs reporting and p some color from the "new york times" on this front. trump has been that n. talks -- this is nbc news. "trump has been in talks with key members of the senate on potential gun control legislation. the president, his daughter ivanka trump, and senior white house officials began conversations last week with key senators about what legislative action could be taken on gun control. heres the "times." ...

Jill, another issue front and center is guns, and i want to read you nbcs reporting and p some color from the "new york times" on this front. trump has been that n. talks -- this is nbc news. "trump has been in talks with key members of the senate on potential gun control legislation. the president, his daughter ivanka trump, and senior white house officials began conversations last week with key senators about what legislative action could be taken on gun control. heres the "times." "what the p...

Will there still be an appetite in a few weeks? well see. >> you could make the argument that mitch mcconnell is just trying to slow walk this. >> mitch mcconnell and the president spoke several times this week im told by a couple of people and they talked on this topic. basically mcconnells viewpoint was hes going to do what his caucus wants but the president is going to have to be the one who gets the votes. i understand hes had conversations with folks like lindsey graham and pat toomey but s...

Wild, absolutely. >> mike: how unusual the speaker of the house getting in trouble language of the house floor and is this weaponized buyer republicans come again democrats who backed the speaker? >> it is pretty rare. you have to go back to 1984 when tip oneill was punished. the speaker is supposed to be above the fray. i brought with me the hills rulebook here. house rule 17 clause 1b you cannot question the character of the president on the house floor. now the house voted that palouse he was...

Cyberattacks, cyberoffense. we have been on the defensive, suffering attack after attack without doing anything in response. encouraging the russians and chinese to attack and stealing secrets. the united states has to go on the offensive when offense is cheap and defense is expensive and not foolproof. shannon: president xi jinping has been meeting with vladimir putin, reports in st. petersburg say, cynically directed at the us, states that previously promoted free-trade with honest and open co...

Cyberattacks, cyber offense. i think what weve done for a long time is been on the defensive and suffering attack after attack without doing anything in response and encouraging the chinese and russians to continue to attack and steal secrets. i think the united states has to go on the offensive especially when offense is cheap as it is in the cyber world and defense is expensive and not foolproof. >> shannon: president xi had a state visit with president putin. putin making the comments saying ...

And, and michael zeldin. good to see you all. this is not over because the president vetoed it. the house will vote to override the veto march 26th, right around the corner. how might that play out? >> i think youve seen the republicans do not really like the idea of trying to cross the president and large enough numbers that you could sustain the veto with the numbers of republicans youve seen, sustain the veto override with the number of republicans youve seen come out so far. if that means th...

With him. you know, anderson, despite the fact you mentioned this a few moments ago that they dont have the number of votes needed to override his veto, which is expected to come as soon as tomorrow. they were doing a lot of arm twisting here at the white house, trying to rein in these wayward republicans, and they were able to get thom tillis, the senator from north carolina to do a major backflip on all of this. but anderson, what i thought was striking, and you touched on this, was despite th...

Follow the bouncing wall for president trump. he did put out another tweet later on in the evening, anderson, saying that he values the strong republicans who stood with him. you know, anderson, despite the fact you mentioned this a few moments ago that they dont have the number of votes needed to override his veto, which is expected to come as soon as tomorrow. they were doing a lot of arm twisting here at the white house, trying to rein in these wayward republicans, and they were able to get t...