the calendar is always is chock-full. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel fills us in. president trump says he wants action on gun control. the president is planning a meeting for wednesday with bipartisan members of congress. shifting to a measure by john cornyn and chris murphy to tighten up the criminal background check system. it would keep those with serious records from buying firearms. they want to see what the senate is capable of passing but predicted that congress will act. we took action last year but i think you re going to any more legislation. the measure was attached to a concealed carry provision for new jersey republican commerce men lance has written paul ryan asking to bring up the background check aspect. house majority whip, a victim of gun violence, focused on
i mean, and just you know, a half a block away, they re throwing up these new condominiums. this mixed-use facility that they re going to have, this is very much part of the redevelopment effort here for washington, d.c. and there s a lot of foot traffic. this is this is a part of the city where there are a lot of people walking about. there s a baseball game that s going to be happening this afternoon at 1:00, not too far from here. but it s yeah, yeah. this is very much a part of washington, d.c., not just some sort of military installation on the outskirts of town that s the case in a lot of other cities. i think that s been the part that i hope we ve tried to let viewers know that this is in the city. this is not this is not some cordoned off base. roger, i want to bring you in here because it goes to the background check aspect to this. he s a civilian contractor. you ve worked both as a contractor and in government so you know. these civilian contractors, a subcontract,