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Attorney general jeff sessions is taking the first step today to ensure those with violent criminal records no longer fall through the cracks when it comes to buying a gun. sessions specifically directs the head of the fbi and the atf to work with the defense department to make sure all convictions are now properly entered into whats called the national instant criminal background system. now as you mentioned, the timing here is no coincidence as that mass shooting of church goers in texas earli...

>> lets get more on this with democratic congressman from the armed services committee. its good to have you on, congressmen. >> its good to be with you, jim. what a week its been. >> no question. you heard the reporting there, decision by attorney general sessions, not a new law really reviewing an existing data base that should have worked in advance of the shooting here. do you see this as a review that could save lives? >> the review is very, very necessary. although im not sure i trust sess...

Reported that to the federal data base, and they didnt do that. and thats why, during the background check, he didnt come up. >> it was that one thing that failed to work, and the whole thing just collapses? >> right. but john lets call a spade a spade. kelley is no choir boy. lets talk about that for a second. he pointed a gun at his wife twice. he fractured a skull of a step son -- >> a little boy, yeah. >> of his little boy. he almost killed an animal. this guy had a propensity and a pattern ...

Killed. >> retired air force chief prosecutor telling cnn kelley fractured his step sons skull in an incident that led his-to-his bad conduct discharge. and now they admit they failed to relay the conviction to the federal data base. >> good morning. we are learning a lot more from the authorities about the attack. we are learning more about his dark and angry past. specifically a chapter that might explain how he was able to get the arsenal to cary out the attack. it happened in 2012 when he wa...

Sure one of those laws is actually working properly? tougher background checks is supported by 90% of the u.s. population. >> i think the failure came the air force didnt report the information to the right place. and so, that information wasnt in the data base. but it does go back to my point, which is even with the provision in place, i dont think it would have affected whether this guy from coming in, he could have gotten his weapons in other places. theres always the black market. i dont thi...

11 in the safe use of firearms. do you want me in the room next to you? >> for sure. but, sean, heres the deal. we have seen countless deaths from guns over the last few months and years. we have to have a response to what we do about these situation. we have a man who may have been mentally disturbed. >> sean: i think it was an oversight. the military forgot to put his name in the data base. >> when those mistakes happen, people have to answer. hopefully the department of defense has to answer....

You guys are going to have folks talking about this today, is the vetting system did identify this individual but the system failed us. and so the idea that a reporter would talk about i understand the question about do you think the system broke down along the way, which i think we are finding out more and more it did, but the relates the vetting system did work. this individual was identified because of their record and because of the actions that they had taken that should have stopped them f...

Out to what extent are they in compliance with this federal requirement. let me break that down in two different parts. the first part is the idea that any general court-martial should be considered a felony and therefore be recorded. not a lot of clarity at least this morning from the pentagon on whether or not that is automatically done by all three, four services. the navy takes care of the marines. the separate issue is the lautenberg amendment. when there is a crime under civilian codes as ...

Represented a life. i was scared to death. >> if he didnt have a gun instead of having 26 dead, we would have had hundreds more dead. >> all right. thats where we begin this morning with new questions surrounding the deadly church shooting in sutherland springs, texas. >> that story is devastating. right now the air force is investigating a filing error that allowed the suspected gunman to buy his firearms. devin kelleys arsenal had two military style rifles and handguns. >> he never should have...

Allegedly knew about. >> those are the hard pieces. because they show the russians working directly to supply information to the trump campaign that will be helpful. >> i was hiding under the benches and i could see him, his feet walking back and forth and through the aisles. >> tell you that the scene in there is horrific. not even a word to describe it. >> one family coping with unimaginable loss. three generations gunned down here at the church where they worshipped. >> just the worst feeling...