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Expect us to account for who they are and thats the reason why you set up some form that has the vetting which the president has called extreme vetting. whats wrong with that when you consider the nature of the government in these countries in the first place? >> well, we put in place in our administration and the last administration is very extreme vetting. we -- these refugees go two to three years of buy -- biometrics of background checking and vetting you could want. we believe the systems i...

Who said, if you like your doctor, you can keep them. if you like your insurance company, you can keep them. now this like saying if you like your gun, you can keep it. i dont know if i completely trust that. this is something that needs to be worked out with congress, with the people who represent all of us. this is not something that needs to be done by executive order. >> someone who was a surgeon at john hopkins in baltimore certainly doesnt need me to talk about what gun violence can do and...

Steps underway to combat terror. listen to the improved coordination domestically and internationally with our partners in france, and germany and the uk. and the need to undermine the evolving tactics in the way they collect funds and also screening. background checking is huge if you are going to protect the homeland and that is an area where some on capitol hill are saying they are missing the mark. >> the immigration screening process is a critical element in protecting the american people. ...

Complicity with another individual the facts dont support that. we are looking to him and trying to peel back of layers of the onion to the extent that the end -- >> i appreciate you doing that. and we bring into focus what is going on. we appreciate it, pat brown isnt formerly with the nypd and as you do more background checking into the suspect we will bring it to our viewers. sandra is making me aware there is a news conference planned, coming up shortly, looks like it will be 2:00 p.m. easte...

Whether or not he had a criminal record? >> it is a difficult process, jake. from everything that weve been able to find out. weve talked to two attorneys who help people get these security clearances. the initial step is for a private contractor to do some background checking on behalf of the office of personnel management, that massive government agency that deals with all the government employees. >> thats part of the white house executive branch. >> exactly. they hire out a private contracto...

They really now recognize how lethal and how dangerous -- >> why only 57%? if you get -- >> theres a lot of people in texas, i guess. >> the trouble is of that 41% on the minority side there, is a lot of intent gun owners who will think about nothing else for the rest of their lives. >> right. yep. >> except keeping their guns. >> youre right. >> illegal gun sales. that seems to be doing better. 82%. of course, background checks always does well with 91%. this is, to me, probably the cutting edg...

Texas, i guess. >> the trouble is of that 41% on the minority side there, is a lot of intent gun owners who will think about nothing else for the rest of their lives. >> right. yep. >> except keeping their guns. >> youre right. >> illegal gun sales. that seems to be doing better. 82%. of course, background checks always does well with 91%. this is, to me, probably the cutting edge. if we cant get any more background check coverage, more effective background checking of people, then i think we wi...

Lot of intent gun owners who will think about nothing else for the rest of their lives. >> right. yep. >> except keeping their guns. >> youre right. >> illegal gun sales. that seems to be doing better. 82%. of course, background checks always does well with 91%. this is, to me, probably the cutting edge. if we cant get any more background check coverage, more effective background checking of people, then i think we will have lost a chance here even in the tragedy, the horror of what happened in ...

Category. >> gail, we have to go, your womans organization, which has no members, by the way, just a thousand person mailing list. your organization could not find one woman in america who defended herself with these massacre weapons that you want to continue to make available to the mass murderers of this country. and that is what your efforts are doing. >> youre advocating, putting undue burdens on a womans right to defense. >> you just got the last word, i wish we had more time for this. than...

65% in favor of banning high-capacity ammunition magazines which is something i think is really important. and as you go through it they actually in that poll looked at households with a gun. and in households with a gun, it is 55% support banning the high-capacity clips. and 86% of households with a gun support background checks. 76% of them background checks on ammunition purchases. >> for starters, a couple of things here, you know there are not that many democrats to get you that far above 5...