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And not upset his face. >> i said to mr. president, there are certain very strong groups that oppose and it didnt hurt you at all. if anything, that will increase his base. its a presidential moment and im hoping he takes advantage of it. >> its a presidential moment and he hopes he will take advantage of it. the president will likely embrace a multipronged approach. they talked a lot since the shootings in el paso and dayton and destin, texas, about the need to make sure that people with mental...

With presidential support. now one of the few republicans to come out since the shootings in el paso and dayton to call for universal back ground checks. the real check on that is in the senate, mitch mcconnell, but also him and other senate leaders looking for leadership from the president. do you believe mitch mcconnell will allow a floor vote on this and would you call on him to do so? >> yes, and yes. depends on what it looks like. ive seen some universal background check bills that are bad....

State of georgia or any state and you put a background check, you wait three days. if the atf or background system hasnt responded to you, that gun store owner can release that weapon to you. even though we have a background system in place -- >> martha: tighten that up. >> my point is its a false equivalency to say, you dont support the assault weapons ban, tell me what you will do. what i can tell you is banning assault weapons wouldnt work. >> martha: i still havent heard what you would do. i...

And he is not bright enough to cover up the corruption. >> i know he is waffling. >> he took $30 million from the nra. he is corrupt. that is why he did it. >> he said he wants meaningful background checks. we are talking with congress. you are doing a disservice to everyone in the country by not focusing on the real problem, mental illness, red flag laws. we could have kept the gun out of the hand of the parkland shooter if we seized a gun from a mentally ill individual. >> he said he would do ...

Criminal history that would pop up in the background system. given that, and the laws that are on the books, this is entirely vexing. >> i would say the good news is while there is often not a criminal background there often is a history of psychological illness or red flags suggesting that, that could have been seen earlier. i think thats where there is the possibility for common ground here. the president talked about this in his remarks at the white house. he was immediately attacked by peopl...

>> reporter: the president as well as white house officials over here and on the ground with the president and texas lashed out at ohio. senator sherrod brown and the mayor of dayton accusing the two elected leaders of, quote, disgusting behavior for not acknowledging the reception mr. trump received at a hospital in ohio. senator brown told reporters, the president was, quote, received well and did the right thing at the hospital in comforting the survivors there. as for whether the president w...

We begin 2019, were taking a look back at the top ten story that is defined this year. heres nbcs chief white house correspondent hallie jackson. >> reporter: one of the ten biggest stories of 2018 happened just six six weeks into it. >> students could be seen filing out of building. >> reporter: the parkland shooting sparked a student movement. >> they say a good guy with a gun stops a bad guy with a gun, we call bs. >> reporter: after that a ban on bump stops and a bill closing loopholes in th...

Fixing, president trump said it himself, making sure we commit to fixing the background system. >> dana: in this case in particular. >> it wouldnt have solved it and i think the other thing that makes this even more sobering for me is that this weekend for these young people is graduation weekend. and so some -- and a we are going to hear more stories as we go into this weekend about some of these young people and im pretty sure some of them should have been wearing a cap and gown this weekend a...

Continue to report, the background system -- the background check system that uber set up is private. it doesnt go through a government entity. it doesnt allow for fingerprinting. and there are a lot of these drivers who slip through the cracks. now, background checks dont solve everything, but they are a part of what makes it safe to drive in a strangers car, which is effectively what youre doing. uber, according to many state regulators, not doing enough, well stay on it. >> drew, thank you fo...

Control issues in it. we talked about the one that basically streamlines and improves the background system, but thats really as far as this congress goes. its really whether the gun control of activists can mobilize in these districts and make it anie l electoral issue, they span out saying this is going to be a voting issue. >> weve seen this in the past decade where every time there is an effort or the sense there might be an effort in washington to restrict gun rights and the ability to get ...