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We dont know behind the scenes of that. clearly rex tillerson and his state department is less powerful than weve seen in state departments of past and they are cutting back. and it is not a great scenario when the bureaucracy sees cuts and efforts to make it smaller. but that is part of his job. i dont know if it means that he is leaving any time soon. >> sandra: rich lowry, a national review editor had this to say about it in politico yesterday. he said the former exxonmobile chief might see h...

>> bill: these stories just go on and on and on. give the people there our best, senator. thank you for coming on today. dean heller, senator from nevada, with us live from the strip. good luck. thanks. >> sandra: thank you. the issue of gun control dominating washington as republicans try to take on a jam-packed agenda. tax reform, obamacare repeal two of the biggest issues they promised americans they would take on. can the gop get this done? well ask congresswoman kathy mcmorris rodgers, firs...

Those folks who are victim in the timing sense, i think youll see the timing on this administratively and congressionally be something unusual based on that. >> bill: if this came to a vote on this accessory would you vote to ban it or not? >> well, its like everything else, bill. show me the bill and ill tell you. ive looked at davids bill that is great in terms of saying we think this ought to be illegal and that ought to be illegal. then there are five lines right after this in the bill that ...

Qatar, north korea and that is not a bad thing to have debate about different policy issues. >> sandra: the president took to twitter on multiple occasions and using it as an opportunity to hit the media. he tweeted this, rex tillerson never threatened to resign. fake news put out by @ nbc news. low news and reporting standards. no verification if me. however, critics have responded and said there is mixed messages coming out of this white house when it comes to the state department and presiden...

Better understanding it but they want to get to yes. so were moving forward with the committee, will we pass a budget? we will pass the budget today and moving forward with ways and means committee taking the action in committee. our goal is to get it to the house floor within weeks so it can get over to the senate and on to the presidents desk by the end of the year. >> sandra: the daca deadline. thousands of dreamers could lose their protection. where do things stand? >> the president has give...

Atf is insured that im allowed to have that fully automatic weapon because i have purchased that trigger group. what this allows you to do is get a very similar, if not exact same type of action out of that weapon, but not have to go through the federal background check. so really what its doing is its still allowing you to make it into a machine gun. it is a loophole device. >> sandra: it sound like a complicated issue to many of us. is this something the average civilian who wants to make this...

Sandra and the inside the beltway chatter has got the presidents attention this morning, back to you. >> sandra: meanwhile what a beautiful sight before the sun has even come up in las vegas. the sign behind you, vegas strong. >> you know, so many people again have been coming by this morning to either take a photo or pay their respects in some way. this is one las vegas strong sign that weve seen. another big billboard right across the street. las vegas boulevard from the mandalay bay that says...

And what the law is related to that device. we are asking those questions now. >> sandra: while all this is going on, congresswoman, you look at the agenda whether its tax reform, obamacare repeal. there is so much left to do by the end of the year. so many aggressive deadlines. here is paul ryan earlier in the week talking about tax reform and getting it done. listen. >> we get tax reform done, that gets us faster economic growth. we know we get tax reform done, thats bigger paychecks. we know ...

And i think he had a plan to hurt a lot of people and it was unfortunately a good plan. >> an ironic twist weve learned the insurance company to go after winston to pay for the blood that was in the truck for the one he stole. >> sandra: were hearing a lot about these bump stocks, the device used by the las vegas shooter to make his guns fire bullets faster. john sheahan was a former police sergeant on the swat team. we want to take this opportunity because the bump stocks are at the center of a...

>> sandra: as lawmakers face an increasingly crowded agenda on capitol hill can republicans get tax reform across the finish line? well ask congresswoman kathy mcmorris rogers. >> bill: secretary of state rex tillerson calling out the media and d.c. swamp over the report about infighting with the commander-in-chief. bret baier takes that on next live. >> the secretary does not use that type of language. the secretary did not use that type of language to speak about the president of the united st...