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What they did should be a problem for them. They should be being investigated. And nearly a hundred people, still, missing in florida after the collapse of a 12story Condo Building. The latest on the desperate searchandrescue effort when all in starts right now. Good evening, from new york. Im chris hayes. You know, its the kind of thing we really do not see happen often, anymore. This afternoon, the president of the United States, President Joe Biden, walked out to the white house driveway. Sur...

What they did should be a problem for them. They should be being investigated. And nearly a hundred people, still, missing in florida after the collapse of a 12story Condo Building. The latest on the desperate searchandrescue effort when all in starts right now. Good evening, from new york. Im chris hayes. You know, its the kind of thing we really do not see happen often, anymore. This afternoon, the president of the United States, President Joe Biden, walked out to the white house driveway. Sur...

Incredibly important. people are demanding we do more to combat violence all across this country. >> congressman upton, you mentioned the bipartisan background checks bill. that got through the house, stopped in the senate, as often happens. theres a tighter divide there, but you say this one will get through both chambers. >> this is going to go. this is going to go. were on a track to get it up during police week in may. were going to be, david introduces it today, well have bipartisan support...

Years of trump, there are a bunch of republicans who are actually interested in legislating. and that mcconnell is no longer able to persuade all of his caucus to sit on the sidelines. and you are, frankly, seeing that all over the place, chris. >> its weird, i know. >> you are seeing announcement today on police -- police-reform legislation. i am still at the table on a background-checks bill. you know, theres more sort of conversation at the grassroots happening between the two parties than iv...

Take a moment to realize is there is gun violence that happens every day, every weekend in our country. i was with some folks from milwaukee a couple weeks ago who told me about the little baby who was shot on her grandfathers lap in just a random act of gun violence. it disproposh gnrs gnatly impac communities of color. theres no way this should be acceptable. >> theres also an opioid epidemic in our country as well. and nobody says, oh, well. i guess theres nothing we can do about that. i mean...

And after parkland, i know that you were praying as were so many people that congress would take some action. and after parkland, president trump vowed to fix this. that he would try to help fix this. so what has happened to -- what is the trump administration done to try to solve the school shooting? >> alisyn, thanks. its good to be with you. im sorry to have to be back to talk about anothered shooting like this. the administration hasnt done anything. the question is how have things changed s...

The pain of sandy hook as this school shooting was playing out on the news. its a reminder that the trauma in places like parkland and newtown and aurora, they repeat on days like this when the news are filled with scenes as were watching out of california. but its also a reminder that we just cant sit by and do nothing as the slaughter continues. republicans had an opportunity today as news was breaking of the shooting to bring up a background checks bill that has 90% support in this country an...

Thats why president trump entertained the notion for the first time this summer of signing on to a background checks bill. hes got enough of a political incentive to know that in the face of this continued mass slaughter, his party is going to be irrelevant pretty soon if they dont make some kind of break with the gun lobby. >> not to be too cynical here, but in talking about money and talking about the nra rating, school safety is now a $2.7 billion industry. thats technology at the front of sc...

Adviser for the gun reform add cassie group giffords. also a former atf agent as well. the president, as you know, has not introduced his proposals for gun law reform even though he said he was going to. the senate has yet to act on the house-passed background checks bill. it would seem as if the issue of gun violence has slipped off washingtons calendar. how does your group make sure it doesnt take another mass shooting to get us talking again about reforming gun laws? >> thats interesting. a m...

This story is important. this week president trump is expected to make a decision on gun control. he told the american people he would. in private meetings and phone calls, lawmakers are courting the president. speaker nancy pelosi and chuck schumer to join the president for a rose garden ceremony if he passes a more expansive bill. democratic senator joe manchin is offering to name a background checks bill, one hes been working on for six years if the president supports it. he knows president t...