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Need for more gun control, background checks, universal background checks. and he was convinced otherwise by the nra. the data point i am focused on is the fact that he, the president is telling aides the nra isnt so strong anymore. its weak because of very real internal fighting at the top. and if the president perceives this critical gun lobby as not strong enough for him to have to listen to and on the other side of the sort of political ledger hes obviously hearing a lot of people saying you...

The shooting, expressed concern about her son owning an ak type firearm, concern really because of his age, maturity level and lack of experience dealing with that kind of a weapon but apparently, according to these lawyers, she did not express concern that he posed a threat to anyone and the lawyers are telling our investigative team that this was not a volatile or explosive or erratic behaving kid and there were no alarm bells raised. okay, then, why are you calling police to express concern? ...

Acknowledgement from the very top that we need to heal. >> there is so much in there to unpack. we do know that hate crimes have gone up over the last three years since this president has been in office. actually before then during his campaign. that is a data point we have. we know its a real problem. the other part with respect to him going to el paso and dayton, less of an issue in dayton. they seem to be more open in having him go there. el paso they feel differently. the reality is the pres...

What happens? do you have any idea what happens when somebody alerts the fbi to this sort of thing? they cant really say ill deal with it on monday. >> this just goes to the huge challenge that law enforcement faces. this is not actionable intelligence. this was a data point in relatively real-time. if petes reporting is as he reported. i dont know what you could have expected law enforcement to have done. you cant put out a blast warning everywhere saying, watch out for far right wing extremist...

Judiciary committee hearing. he said he admonished mueller for making the statement he exonerates donald trump. he said thats not a prosecutors special prosecutors job description to determine innocence. you cant charge of crime. just a relevant data point, he had radcliff in his short list for replacing jeff sessions as attorney general. it was really down to william barr, radcliff and maybe one other person. hes been on the presidents radar for quite some time. no doubt the hearing helped him.

That. so being able to use robert muellers talking points to come out behind impeachment was something maybe you could get swing house democrats to hinge on. >> well, brittney, what do you think about the number 100, that the folks who are coming out in favor? is that significant? does that number even matter here? >> i think that number matters to house democrats, something thats popular. youre going to hear from nancy pelosi and voters that voters dont care about impeachment. but if house memb...

To solidify his base, increase turnout. a major component of that is to portray his opponents not merely as disliking him and his policies but as disliking america itself. they mention and harken back to nixon, 1972. a lot of the nixon supporters have the slogan "america, love it or leave it." the question becomes to what extent is that a wise, you know, fruitful strategy, or is it too early to know? >> well, i think we have a few reference points. one of them is the 2016 election. clearly the p...

Employers adding 224,000 jobs last month. that was much higher than anticipated. the unemployment rate ticked up to -- from its 50 year low at 3.7%. get this, thats because the strong economy lured more people 335,000 to be exact. after this, the dow, s&p 500 still closing at record highs on july 3rd. meantime the federal reserve are prepared to make a key decision on interest rates later this month. fed chair powell is due also to testify on capitol hill later this week. joining me now is forme...

This actually gives him something to point to as a data point on that. i think while hell be frustrated hell point to activists. >> hes had many court defeats. so now congress is stymieing him, he would say. these judges are stymieing him, and i think it is an open question as to at what point or if ever his supporters start to think doesnt play well with others, maybe not the best negotiator. >> i think for people who were sort of marginal trump voters last time which were people didnt want to ...

A rifle for traditional currencies mark zuckerberg is promising money for the modern world i believe that it should be as easy to send money to someone as it is to send a photo. so were already testing this in india with about a 1000000 people its been used a lot in the feedback so far is great and were already working on rolling this out in a number of other countries later this year but the feedback from key financial figures in europe hasnt been so great french finance minister bruno lemaire ...