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For background checks, and i think we can bring up background checks like weve never had before. >> but bringing up background checks would require mitch mcconnells support and so far he has resisted pressure to bring back senators back early from recess, shannon. >> shannon: we are going to talk with former acting attorney general about this, but executive action of congress, what can the president do and how gun rights supporters feel about that. thank you very much. lets go live now to el pas...

Defle deflected. right back to the same message were going to continue to hear from him. thats what hes running on. its very clear, and i think theres just the refusal on the part of the white house to even ago ngo acknowledge the role his rhetoric may play. i think thats why youre seeing the rejection of his visit. >> should we be surprised anymore or shocked any more? >> with donald trump, what you see is what you get. theres no empathy. theres no sympathy in times of crisis like this, in time...

Him. hes not the consoler in chief, hes the victim in chief. everything about him is about victimizing poor me. i mean for goodness sakes, pull up your big boy pants and act like the president of the united states and rise to the occasion for once. come on, you cant sit here and tell me rick santorum that you looked at the way the president behaved today and you were proud of that. is that what you want? at the president of the united states? thats an embarrassment. he acted like a 5-year-old be...

Stricken communities of el paso indeed, democrats demand congress head back to the hill to address gun-control. jillian: griff jenkins has details on the trip and why some want him to stay away. >> reporter: white house aides are defending the trip to texas and ohio. he will bark around 9 am in his role as consoler in chief the critics -- the mayor worries his past comments are divisive. >> i can only hope as president of the united states that he is coming here because he wants to add value to ...

arrived in el paso, texas to try to comfort another city traumatize bid a mass shooting. earlier he spent time in dayton, ohio, where he was pressed by lawmakers to do something about gun violence. >> we cant get anything done in the senate. mitch mcconnell and the president of the united states are in bed the gun lobby. >> reporter: the president was live tweeting a speech from joe biden as he ripped into mr. trump. >> how far from trump saying this is an invasion to the shooter in el paso s...

To understand and better have a finger on the pulse of what what the people who watch it are consuming let me ask you before we run out of time you know the president has opposed to travel to el paso texas to morrow some people have said that hes not welcome there others want him to try to be the consoler in chief should the president travel to opan so to more in your opinion. well as a mom one of the things that i have learned is to ask my children what they need for me do you need me just to l...

Went to the hospital. i was not able to go to the 911 center where he was speaking, so i cant speak for any of the victims and how they felt with his visit and im sure that folks within law enforcement here thinking folks in law enforcement and first responders that were on the scene, im sure they were thankful for that. you know -- >> do you think its a good thing he tried to take on the roll of consoler and chief or n no? >> its hard to tell. i havent seen pictures or heard from folks in the h...

Entities that focus on this type of preventative work have been stymied. so the fbi will continue what theyre doing, but, frankly, by the time they hear those -- and see those kinds of signals, its too late to ask. >> nate, juliette, thank you so much, appreciate it. the president and mrs. trump appearing to meet with grieving family members tomorrow as they visit dayton in the morning, el paso in the afternoon. its a role that has traditionally been viewed as the president serving as consoler...

Dayton and here in el paso are questioning his ability to rise to the role of consoler and chief, especially, i might say, here in el paso where the racist anti-immigrant rant of the shooter, the killer in hthis walmart behind me echoed language used by the current president. before he left washington president trump rejected the idea that his words are harmful to the nation that he was elected to lead. >> reporter: what do you say to your critics that believe its your rhetoric that is emboldeni...

U.s. president plans to visit both cities tomorrow where a gunman unleashed a violent killing spree last weekend while the motive in the ohio shooting is unclear the passo gunman wanted to kill latinos and prevent what trump has warned of many times an invasion of the us tonight some say trump is not welcome in el paso others say give him a chance to be the consoler in chief tonight ill ask a former white supremacist what she thinks what if anything should the people expect from this president i...