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Car service uber and just how safe it is. prosecutors in los angeles and san francisco are suing the company, claiming among other things, it lied do and md led customers about the quality of its background checks to drivers and put people who use uber at risk. >> it has claimed that it uses an industry-leading background check process. however, werelies on information submitted over the internet on its drivers instead of ensuring who they are. >> in the death of a 6-year-old in san francisco, h...

Im just another guy who sits there day-to-day in the office, watches whats happening, and goes this is something thats not our place to decide. the public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are right or wrong, and im willing to go on the record to defend the authenticity of them and say i didnt change these, i didnt modify the story. this is the truth, this is whats happening. you should decide whether we need to be doing this. >> that was the nsa leaker edward snowden revealing...

Mayor bloomberg is doing through his gun control group is he is targeting democrats who voted against background checks in ads, online and on television. do you think that sort of thing is effective? >> well, i do, but its not limited to democrats. i think there are -- theres a core group of rational balanced republicans as well as democrats who understand that there is a common ground and, frankly, back to this 10,000-pound elephant, ive always believed that you eat an elephant a bite at a time...

Background checks and not assault weapons and not clips. of the last mass murders in this country, 39 would not have been prevented with background checks. n newtown, aurora wouldnt have been prevented with background checks. arizona wouldnt have been prevented with background checks. many of the mass murders we hear about occur not just with assault weapons but occur from gunmen who would have escaped the background check process. the strategy here is to isolate this conversation, narrow it dow...

Happened and no evidence it will happen, but the trouble is that 40% of the guns traded in the country dont go through the background check process, and that is just ridiculous, so i think that the background checks make sense. i am hoping that we will be able to do it. ironically ten years ago the nra supported universal background checks, and they have had a change of heart since then, and this is unfortunate, because it is a chance for them to step up to do something for the country, and not ...

>> okay. so the response i guess is to do nothing. here is a very important factoid, since the criminal background check process has been in place, 1.7 million people is the number thats out there, right, that have been stopped getting weapons either because they have criminal background or some other kind of issue, so the argument by wayne la pierre is dont do anything. now, put aside the fact that hes completely contradicting the early position. >> and given no explanation for the contradictio...

Its encased in three numbers, and the numbers are 20, 6 and 1. 20 of the victims were children who were 6 years of age, who were in the first grade. that resonates -- that ripple effect through this country is going to be there. its there today. its going to be there for many, many months, and theres no reason not to stand up and go after the nra on this. >> go ahead, mehdi. >> i think theres also an interesting data point. looking within the nra, i think its something like 74% of nra members al...

Allegations against him when they made those claims to the fbi that john kelly did not know that? how is that possible the chief of staff did not know that? >> again, this is part of an ongoing investigation. we trust the background check process, and the chief of staff does not get detailed updates about what may or may not have been alleged. this is a process, it involved thorough investigation, and as i went through the process, it involves looking at not just accusations but denials. >> okay...

Fbi director. he has not been questioned very much in public the last few weeks have been filled with fbi-related headline which is he has not discussed in great lengths in public including the devin nunes memo, the background check process in the white house which mark warner alluded to saying the security clearance in this country is broken. so a little bit of something for everybody, but certainly a focus on russia, not just looking backwards but also starting to look ahead now to 2018 and wh...

Not idea that rob porters two ex-wives had domestic violence allegations against him when they made those claims to the fbi, that john kelly did not know that? how is that possible the chief of staff did not know that? >> well, again, this is part of an ongoing investigation. we trust the background check process and the chief of staff does not get detailed updates about what may or may not have been alleged. this is a process. it involves a thorough investigation. as i went through the process,...