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Pleading for the nation, for congress to do more on gun control. today, president biden is coming here to tout what has been done in the bipartisan safety bill that was signed into law nearly one year ago today. in fact, that is what the summit today is all about. what this law was able to achieve, a first in a generation bill that increased funding, not only for schools and for mental health, but also enabled states to contribute more to the next background check database, to have more resource...

Said earlier today. >> after saying that the issue of gun safety would be front and center when congress returns, leader mcconnell has given no indication when the senate might have a debate. instead, he has suggested its up to inconsistent white house to determine what if any legislation reaches the floor. >> we are not likely to hear anything from the president on this today. its possible will hear something tomorrow. will he will likely embraces a range of measures. something on closing some ...

Know. a colleague of his saw him brushing his teeth in the bathroom at work earlier that morning. they exchanged small talk and pleasantries. there were no signs of trouble. as for how you prevent the next one the presidents acting chief of staff mick mulvaney was asked and he touted the trump administrations record saying they have beefed up the background check database and banned bump stocks. he made clear that the government cannot solve this problem entirely. listen. >> there are things the...

Plan. therefore, i intend to propose changes to the federal youth promise program. so that a school district plan under this program does not delay and does not discourage law enforcement from being alerted to dangerous and violent or hazardous behavior. fourth, we need to strengthen background checks. and thats why i have joined with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle pushing for the immediate passage of fix nics. something that will require all federal agencies and incentivize every step...

Able to connect them. >> john: mollie, one of the big questions is where does president trump come down all this and where is the appropriate role? lets hear what john kasich said. >> we need leadership out of the executive. this is a great opportunity for common sense steps that can be taken. in the area of background checks. of course the president can lead on this and should lead on this. >> john: the president supports enhanced background checks but really what he is supporting is to enforce...

It directed the attorney general and the department of justice to assess every federal agency that has criminal convictions and make sure theyre reporting those convictions to the national background check database because a great many agencies and for that matter a great many states have been failing to report convictions to the database. the reason that matters is the database, background checks dont work in the convictions arent reported. we saw this in my home state where in souther land spr...

Buy guns. they were going to take people who were on disability and could not take care of their own finances and deemed the mentally ill and put them into the national background check database. dont tell me that lacking financial document equals violent mental illness. all the republicans moved to repeal it. the nra wanted it repealed. but so did the american association of people with disabilities and the aclu, myriad groups who represent disabled america wanted that repealed because there wa...

Concentrate on that." thats what he said. to be perfectly and specifically clear here, senator chuck grassley was the lead sponsor in the u.s. senate of the bill that passed one year ago today that had one specific purpose, which was to keep people who had adjudicated as seriously mentally ill from having their names added to the fbi database that hes talking about right there. we havent done a very good job making sure people who have mental reasons to not be getting a gun of getting their name...

Social security checks for mental illnesses and people deemed unfit to handle their own financial affairs to the national background check database had the rule fully taken effect, the obama administration predicted it would have added 75,000 names to that database. well never know if those 75 ,000 people would have carried out a shooting. >> what did we see from speaker ryan? did we see cowardice? more than likely. self interest? probably. so part of what we begin to interrogate whats driving t...