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police calling law enforcements response to the rampage a, quote, abject failure. plus, the latest on the bipartisan effort to pass new gun legislation as the legislative text on a narrow set of provisions is released. there is hope. and were keeping an eye on the markets as stock futures plummeted overnight after yesterdays rally. this, as president biden prepares to call on congress to approve a three-month gas tax holiday. we have a lot to get to, mika. we talk about the bipar...

Or something. i dont go to the grocery store at all. i havent been anywhere at all. ive gained about 60 pounds. i just dont do nothing anymore. >> this is such a tragedy where you have donald trump lying about people who are private citizens, in this case two private citizens who only wanted to serve their country in a pandemic and help the democratic process work. i know when i was involved in politics, i had such great respect for democrats and republicans who would dedicate their time to goin...

Congress most recently about the loss by 12 votes to shut down these nsa programs, the fact that there will be three hearings on wednesday. theyre all responsible because of what ed snowden did. we had the director of national intelligence office say, their goal was do keep the program secret forever. they tried. the only reason this was broken in the public was because of ed snowdens courage. the members of congress that knew about this, were very cryptic in explaining what was going on, despit...

Who are going to push and push and push until at a minimum, we have a well informed public who, they have the facts and they can make their own determination. >> one of the major truths here, the conversation were having tonight, the very strong debates that have occurred in the congress most recently about the loss by 12 votes to shut down these nsa programs, the fact that there will be three hearings on wednesday. theyre all responsible because of what ed snowden did. we had the director of na...

Or do you think its appropriate? >> it troubles me. its one thing for a bill like wisconsin that was ran through without any public airing, and was tried to be steam rolled through to leave there with a radical change but i dont know the 11 bills but the one i heard him say, school vouchers, thats an issue, thats a legitimate issue. people voted on that issue. i know governor dan and i dont always agree with him. i think hes a fine man. i think those indiana democrats should take, to use his wor...

Its some chiefs of police bureaucrats that have their own agenda. when i talk about 40,000 people that we have contacted or taken care of, i think that crime has gone down because of that. 40,000. where are all of the problems? why is law enforcement some of them, the very minority of them, dont want to enforce the illegal immigration laws? theyve taken an oath of office to do that. maybe we should not enforce all of those other federal crimes, bank robberies and so on. >> congressman, look, you...