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Federal government is that they rarely own up to anything unless they have been caught. >> they certainly did in this case. danny, just so people know the clerical error here was that the person, the fbi sort of runs the background check program and the person who was doing the background check on dylann roof in that three-day waiting period did not find that he had been convicted of a drug offense in the county which hes within. mistakes do happen but what can spur change? >> people are always ...

Senate floor to reduce gun violence, and it will include background checks, also school safety and gun trafficking provisions. senator reid says hell aallow votes on amendments including the ban and limits on high-capacity magazines, but he says any big his brings to the floor must include those background checks. now to the battle to 2016 already under way. on the republican side being fought between two relative newcomers. florida as marco rubio and kentuckys rand paul. "new york times" repo...

Tonight for gun control advocates if this reporting is true that they will have background checks in the base bill. >> im still making the push, because they have to vote for the bill even if its in the bill. let me ask you about the reporting here. does this mean that the senate majority leader harry reid from nevada does believe he can get 60 votes for a bill which includes tougher, broader background check program? >> reporter: thats exactly what it means, the whole idea was to put some base ...

>> you know the left, the progressive community hasnt made that much of a stink about the assault weapons ban. that might be because they recognize the political difficulties, but my sense is they recognize the assault weapon is using a very small actual number of violent crimes, violent gun crimes. they think theres studies that suggest its down to about 2%. they recognize the bill would have a much bigger impact on reducing gun violence. so when i talk to progressives, they dont get caught up ...

He can put the pressure on the house. >> thats true. >> thats certainly to me a pretty tough position to be in. if youre boehner, this has passed the upper house, i dont think the members should get a vote on it. cynthia, if sams reporting is right, and he is a first-rate reporter, and we have a bill that includes background checks, does 2 including the ban? does it include the magazine or whatever, does it have something worth while in it? >> chris, i would like to know more about the details o...

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