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activity in the kherson region and they note russia is having manpower problems with its military. and we begin our coverage in kyiv with melissa bell. what are ukrainian officials saying about this counteroffensive in the south? >> reporter: what were hearing from regional officials is that day two of that counteroffensive is seeing more fighting in a number of towns along the front line. clearly this is a counteroffensive long anticipated and long prepared for. what were seeing for t...

From the president trump today? >> reporter: we can expect him to talk up the crime prevention plans. and this is in pennsylvania which is a battleground state and both parties are trying to gain ground. and so the white house says that biden will be playing up the contrasts between the two parties. we will hear him kind of go after republicans for their insistence to seeing that the assaults ban a supported. he wants to see is it back and weve heard him talk about it a lot after the really high...

They simply say the government cannot impose unreasonable restrictions. >> there are many gun owners, responsible gun owners, who favor measures that you would certainly support and that democrats support, things like background checks or, you know, limiting high capacity magazines. do you have any concerns that youre going to alienate them with a measure like this? >> no. look, weve been waiting for congress to enact many sensible reforms like, for example, reinstituting assaults weapons ban th...

Earlier we heard from the former assistant secretary. she called the ar a mass murder weapon. its the go-to firearm for mass shooters. do you think an assault-style weapons ban could help prevent these tragedies? >> i will tell you, i think that as many folks have said today, theres not really any one thing that we can do to ensure that these mass shootings wont happen again. there are many things we can do to try to reduce the odds or effectiveness of the shooter. an assaults weapons ban we can...

Exercise like bruce babbits that may have prevailed in a more sober era, but not in ours. he went back to his state, won re-election by 35%. in 2006, the year of the big democracy takeover in both houses of congress, democrats didnt even bother to field a candidate against dick luger, so he won re-election with really, 87% of the vote, 87%, with the other 13% going to libertarian, through all the time, he was a really reliable republican, not the most conservative guy in the world, he supports a...

May have prevailed in a more sober era, but not in ours. he went back to his state, won re-election by 35%. in 2006, the year of the big democracy takeover in both houses of congress, democrats didnt even bother to field a candidate against dick luger, so he won re-election with really, 87% of the vote, 87%, with the other 13% going to libertarian, through all the time, he was a really reliable republican, not the most conservative guy in the world, he supports assaults weapons ban, but he suppo...

The facts. they know there has never been any gun law that has reduced crime, that has prevented a mass shooting. his effort is to push congress from outside to to pass more gun laws as well as get the laws to the state ledge his late legislatures. this feels still to me pretty much like a campaign style event. >> it is very campaign-style. is he going to be traveling around the country pursuing this agenda. the problem is it is just not based on fact. its based on emotions. the presidents have ...

Progressives, common sense gun reform advocates that have deep pockets that are ready to say, listen, finally a channel for this. >> look, if you -- >> which is why they are going to have that intensity in the grassroots. >> there is a moment here, and that is exactly what the president is saying. if you look at the last -- lbj was passed in the wake of the assassinations we saw. theres a national moment happening here, we all know that. but the question will be, what can really happen? obviousl...