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Coming together. i have spoken to many senators and congressmen today, yesterday, the day before, and i think well have a great bill put forward very soon strong do with background checks, having to do with getting rid of certain things and keeping other things, and perhaps well do something on age because it doesnt seem to make sense that you have to wait until you are 21 years old to get a pistol, but to get a gun like this maniac used in the school, you get that at 18. that doesnt make sense....

After the break, how daca came to be the central fight in this government shutdown given that last week the president said he would sign any bipartisan bill put in front of him. he didnt. thats next. machine plap.

Importance of equality for any level, whether its communities of color or women or anybody who feels underrepresented, including rule america by the way, thats how were going to bring about real change. when we see those people running for office, getting elected to office. >> congresswoman, thank you for being with us and good luck in resolving the issues you have to work out at congress. congresswoman bustos. after the break, how daca came to be the central fight in this government shutdown,...

And when he was thought of as the maverick and had a fair amount of support for the democrats and interesting candidate for president, and now, with the state of the world that we are in as donald trump as president, it has caused many democrats and including many obama team members to look back and say, wow, john mccain was not that bad and neither is mitt romney and we would take either of those guys over the current president. >> and ryan lizza, some people were surprised that john mccain wou...

Guys over the current president. >> i think some people were surprised that john mccain would vote against or announce that he was going to vote against a bill put out by his best friend in washington, maybe one of his best friends in the world right now, senator lindsey graham from south carolina. were you surprised? i mean, john mccain made pretty clear how he felt about this. i guess if i was surprised, i was only surprisesed that lindsey graham didnt take this spew account over the last few ...

Replace package towing, one bill, one concept, go for it altogether at the same time. >> so im with you that i appreciate people at capitol hill coming up with inventive ideas, but given the remarkable difficulty in getting this senate bill passed as is, not only is mitch mcconnell short of voerkts hes short of some votes who think its too conservative, some think its too moderate. this thinking to repeal and then under some kind of artificial deadline get the replaced bill done doesnt seem poli...

Theres no repeal. theres no replace. are you afraid that could undermine the republican majority in the house of representatives in the 2018 election as some of your republican colleagues are now fearful of including senator tom cotton of arkansas? >> i saw what senator cotton said. he knows more about this than i do. hes been in a long time. i think we need to concentrate on getting the best possible bill put forward now to solve the problem to bring competition and lower prices. i dont want se...

Simpsons out there. are you aware of other elton simpsons? >> we are aware that the fbi is also monitoring other individuals with a similar profile, this is one of the important functions, that the federal bureau of investigation and other intelligence agencies take. and with the assistance of the patriot act, a lot of these attacks have been deterred. now as you know the patriot act comes up for reauthorization and there will be an issue before the house, it will expire on june 1st. in terms of...

Has bowed out. >> the white house is looking for the right person to put in that position. toby cosgrove would be the right choice. but the cleveland clinic, obviously, is taking up a lot of his team. there are a lot of candidates that im sure the white house is going the vetting process. >> should that person come from the v.a. or from outside? >> i honestly think it needs to come from outside the v.a. sloan gibson doing a great job as the interim. hes only been in the position for about a week...

Is not enough. >> do you really think the narrative is out there that its democrats killing this. you have "the wall street journal" excoriating house republicans. >> we have -- >> let me finish. you have a bill put together by john mccain and lindsey graham and the u.s. chamber of commerce and youre going to blame democrats? >> yeah. if chuck schumer does not accept the solution from the house, if he says that 80% is not good enough for him because he wants 100%, then it is his fault. i mean, t...