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Constituents who want things like universal backgroundchucks. there does seem to be interesting momentum around this idea of extending backgrounds checks to make sure it covers all gun sales. discussions in the senate. if clutding the white house. discussions that continue this week. its still allrists on the decision of one senator as to whether he wants to bring compromisedolog slagz before the senate. he may be unlikely to want to divide his caucus right down the middle and put a very controv...

The white house which clean up the briefing room for special cases, such as when stephen miller took the podium. today they announced a new policy that could make it harder for legal immigrants to obtained permanent legal status. the new rule is set to take effect in two months. today reports pushed back on the policy, pointing to this countrys long history of welcomic people of all backgrounds. >> is that sent meant still operative in the united states? or should those words come down? >> well,...

Welcomed to galveston, texas, the jewish community and private donors helped my parents get on their feet and land jobs. but for others they rely on government subsidies. for the president and the government and the administration to be making this new -- first of all, moving the goal post, talking about those here undocumented now were talking about those here legally, it sends this message youre not welcome to this country and thats always whats differentiated us from the rest of the world, is...

Its not just that hes a bad guy and putting forth white nationalist policies but the violent organizations that had these beliefs see him as their lead per thats a very important message not just for the soul of this country women is important but to make people recognize, white america, this is dangerous for everybody. a president who enkerns this behavior leads to higher levels of terror. >> ive got one more thing. its serious. i got one more thing before we go. we talk sometimes but you didnt...

What i can do within my executive authority to try to move toward the goals that ive espoused. >> and they are counting on his supporters being able to read between the lines. its not terribly difficult to do, right, when you prioritize more -- essentially impose a wealth test and prioritize wealthier and better educated immigrants over those who are thought, you end up prioritizing those either from european backgrounds, asian backgrounds, other backgrounds other than -- >> wealthier nations. >...

This isnt about the law. if it was about the law and if it was about taxpayers and things like that, wed actually see that the corporations involved in bringing people over or who break these rules and profit from these rules that the government would be paying attention to them. theyre not. we see that all the time. instead, what we see is that this is about donald trumps you know quest to make america look a very particular way. he was very honest about that in that statement he just gave to t...

Some democrats worried that their front runner keeps stumbling. joe biden making too many mistakes on the trail they say and they are worried that there will only accelerate in the general election campaign. susan from the "washington examiner" joins us. christie, are you concerned? >> im not concerned. i believe there has been some unfair scrutiny on joe bidens words. i also think hes probably going to continue to mangle some of his words. i think anyone of us, whether we are in our 70s or not,...

Repeating the rhetoric that its not just guns that kill people. or mental health issues are the problem. and they dont seem to want to accept that as many studies have shown. its that the kroous has so many guns and not thatmany regulations. thats why weve soon a huge surge in mass shootings from the 19 nientsd and every 47 people more people die mp >> as you point out morthan foint% want to sigh some backgrounds. the frausably ban on assault rifle. o sowell. so well push pall tigszs to make cha...

Around the president say, this is who he is, and i have no psychological explanation to offer. >> i think people at those rallies find those things to be appealing. i personally dont but i think they do. >> theyre chuckling and until the moods of those crowds change, i think hes going to keep doing those things. >> this is an important conversation. thank you from the different point of view from her. anyway, cryou come from differe political parties and backgrounds. a man says republicans shoul...

Skepticism given his history on this very topic. how likely is it that mr. trump will do something meaningful about gun violence this country such as background checks? >> yeah, been there done that, rosemary. you might remember after the shootings in parkland, florida, at the high school in march o2018 which led for mass rallies calling for something to be done, trump said including on tv oh, i might do this, i might do that backgrounds checks raising the gun ownership of dangerous weapons. but...