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Me shows a misunderstanding of the kind of society we have to have where everyones respected. and working people who make the society come together, who make it all function, deserve our respect. and this is a problem in the democratic party too, to the previous conversation you guys had earlier, i think democratic partys got to refocus on working people of all backgrounds and what transcends the question of identity politics is economics. people of all backgrounds who need a better economic rea...

This is a great win for our country. and to anyone whoever had a doubt that, you know, people of diverse backgrounds, whether its like me as a reporter -- you know, keep in mind, my main qualification for office was that i was the lead reporter. administration that we see in washington right now has absolutely just -- i mean the president of the united states literally declared reporters to be enemies of the state. our local reporters are the people who keep our governments accountab accountable...

Dont want a governor who acts like that and governors like he did. >> steve, you and i have had similar backgrounds. a certain philly guy likes that. it shows he had some attitude. and if somebody was pushed him into a corner about where his kids went to school, he had a right to defend himself. but then he went on a tear. >> its like he jumped the shark. a certain amount of attitude and authenticity is a good thing in a politician. tip oneill had it. ted kennedy had it. >> frank sinatra had it....

We help out the people who need it the most, and that we set the example for the rest of the country to follow. when we focus on traffic, jobs, schools, health care, the quality of life issues that matter so much in every locality, let alone here instead of stigmatizing the servants who were elected to serve, then we can accomplish great things together. this is a great one for virginia. this is a great one for our country. and to anyone whoever had a doubt that, you know, people of diverse back...

This election was clearly about rejecting -- people dont want a governor who acts like that and governs how he did. >> steve, you and i have similar backgrounds. certain kind of philly guy likes that and south jersey, showed lip and attitude and if someone pushed him into corner where his kids went to school, had right to defend himself but went on taer. >> its like i jumped the shark. some authenticity is good, tip oneil, ted kennedy. >> frank inougsynough sinatra h >> its fine line. >> your th...

Can you imagine in charleston that not being more inflammatory? those people of all color and backgrounds came together because they had been working on i for years. >> look, we see this. we see humanity after the fact. it would be nice to see this before the fact. one last thing, bump stocks, all the outcry about bump stocks. whats congress doing about that? >> senator feinsteins had a bill. its going through the process in judiciary, as i understand it. well see how that goes. frankly, i didnt...

When he took his own life. there is any way we can prevent people like this from slipping under the radar when he had a bad conduct discharge from the united states air force? >> there are half a billion firearms out there. if i want to sell firearms to somebody, there is no prohibition in my state to doing that. i dont have that responsibility. that only applies when somebody walks into a federally licensed dealer. there is a lot of firearms commerce that takes place that never touches a licens...

Maybe its a better infrastructure, it infringes on our freedoms and the openness of our society. but theres a gap thats making us vulnerable. >> this individual was a member of the air force, he was dishonorably discharged according to some reports, may have been court-martialed. that happens to many members over time, that alone is not significant in terms of what this individual did, but im wondering what you see from his profile that may have been clu clues. >> we look at these mass casualty ...

That probably saved some lives yesterday was a resident from there that we saw that, you know, he use add weapon to scare him off. and it was okay for this suspect to use a gun at a church, but the moment somebody confronted him with a gun, he ran away like a coward. got in his vehicle and took off. so i will be looking at the facts. >> and a coward for shooting those people, not running away, but both, i guess. >> both. >> heres the thing about cars and airplanes. theyre not designed to kill. c...

Discharge from the military, the united states state air force. why would he be allowed to have access to any kinds of weaponry. >> we are involved in a conundrum, how does that happen? if in fact an individual received a dishonorable discharge, for what reason was the dishonorable discharge given? should the person be allowed to purchase a firearm? my guess in everybodys minds, absolutely not. and somehow somewhere along the line we have to in the future somehow connect the ability to buy a fir...