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For firearm purchases. he didnt say specifically what, leaving that to congress to work out. i asked him whether he would call congress back from the recess this month to deal with the issue. heres his response. >> were dealing with leadership right now. you know, you have two sides that are very different on this issue. lets say all good people, two sides that are very different. if we get close, ill bring them back. but it has to -- we have to see where we are with leadership. >> now sharrod b...

Owns what faction of it. whats your take? >> well, he did denounce white supremacy in his strongest terms yet of his presidency. as you pointed out, it wasnt pointed out what specifically he would like to see congress do in response. he didnt say congress should come back to town immediately and pass some legislation. also missing was that call for stricter background legislation. ive asked the white house what he meant by that and it could be thats what he was referring to when he talked about ...

Is enough, stop blocking safety reforms, over 90% support, gavel this in an emergency session to take immediate bipartisan universal background legislation, senator brown saying it can be done very quickly. >> we could do it that fast and we the president of the united states perhaps feel compelled to sign the bill. >> no indication, though, whether mitch mcconnell will move to return centers -- senators to washington. jillian: thanks, griff. >> hours of mass shootings, lawmakers renew calls for...

It also includes federal firearms charges which does include the death penalty. the state saying they plan to only pay for what you need. mitch mcconnell should take up pursue this as well as a hate ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ the background legislation that the house of representatives crime, and they plan to pursue passed. if he wants to work for the nra the death penalty in that yeah, i think we can take five. its not far from washington. aspect. he can go to their headquarter...

In our states and territories. the fact of the matter is you have the nra inciting violence against women, against the speaker of the house, a former congresswoman who herself was nearly assassinated, one of her constituents died at that event. instead of doing that, they should join with survivors of gun violence like lucy mcbath, whose son jordan davis was murdered seven days ago, and pass this background legislation to make us all safer. >> while we know thats not likely to happen, short of t...

We look forward to working with the president on that. to pass hr 1, to restore integrity to government so people with have confidence that government that works for the people not the special interests. hr 1. [ applause ] this house will take over due legislation that has bipartisan support. bipartisan support in the congress and across the country. we will make our community safer and keep our sacred promise to the victims and survivors and families of gun violence by passing common sense bipa...

Senate. i was saying they spoke on friday about the bipartisan bill. they said, to improve compliance of background legislation, the president is supportive of efforts to improve the federal bank account. but this really wouldnt be the first time. you might recall back in 2000 in a book. that changed. we can also tell you he met with at least half of the weekend meeting with paul ryan. gun legislation came up as a

Such a reaction, weve seen so many missteps by intelligence agencies and people who were in a position to prevent this from happening. so i think thats an area na people are going to be looking at and theres a lot of room for bipartisan compromise. maybe theres room for bipartisan compromise looking at background legislation, something that both sides can come together on and agree on. there are ways to do those things. so theres definitely room here. >> all right, emily, thank you, very, very m...

Debate over gun laws the political climate is even tougher now since 2012. congress has added more pro gun lawmakers to its ranks. alex? >> okay, kristen welker. be nice to see the manchin toomey bill return to the hill. lets bring in the president, as i welcome you, bob, he talked about the inaction on the gun inaction. can you see any way that congress can be moved on this issue? >> i dont, alex, especially as we head into the 2016 election. you have a republican senate and house that is loo...

One thing not to expect from the 114th congress gun control. its been two years since the sandy hook shooting which killed 26 people, 20 of them children. and 21 months since background legislation proposed by manchin and toomey failed. a new pbs "frontline" document called "gun down: the power of the nra" traces its rise and revolution. >> the nra was a safety organization. they helped people teach their children and their friends and family how to use and store and keep firearms safely. >> the...