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Shooting at a school or act of -- >> hes a little boy. >> hes a 15 -- >> he didnt do anything wrong. yes, hes 15. hes still a little boy. hes not one of the crazy people out there doing stuff. >> well, he did what he did. >> yeah, but he shouldnt be treated as though he is a terrorist or something because he made a silly statement on a stupid video game. >> a world where kids are going to school, learning, getting shot and killed -- >> i understand that. at the same token, you have to look at th...

Base at tuly, can give us more ports and so forth. we might have to pay something for it. we could help denmark out in that respect. but thats professional diplomats talk, just like in korea, we could have had the professional diplomats work out what it means to be -- to show a progress toward nuclear disarmament on the peninsula. but when you elevate everything to heads of state level, it may be good politics for the president of the united states, but its not good diplomacy. its not likely to ...

Stranger because we were the strangers. people were born if slavery. we know when people like donald trump come along and demonize the weak and immigrants and people -- we know that that always comes back to us so most american jews even if they disagree with rashida tlaib and ilhan omar on certain things, at the end of the day well put our trust and safety with them, people who believe in human rights and equality. people who knows what its like it be persecuted. >> my gosh, accusing jewish-ame...

We might have to pay something for it. we could help denmark out in that respect. but thats professional diplomats talk, just like in korea, we could have had the professional diplomats work out what it means to be -- to show a progress toward nuclear disarmament on the peninsula. but when you elevate everything to heads of state level, it may be good politics for the president of the united states, but its not good diplomacy. its not likely to get the kind of results that the american people wo...

With vehemently on a lot of things but have a right to say what they say and believe what they believe. theyre duly elected. he shows more contempt for people of color than he does for these white supremacists. you dont ever see him go after white supremacists, white nationalists, the way that he does when he goes after minority women, the way he goes after latinos, the way he goes after anybody -- all the others, but i just think that theres something wrong with that. like, people do not -- do ...

Message that president trump wants to send. and its not a good message for nato. were in a sort of tiff with germany on possible tariffs, on the fact that germany doesnt want to cooperate with, perhaps in the persian gulf on securing the oil tankers. the american ambassador in germany made a flip comment that if germany didnt want to help, maybe wed move the troops to poland and now you come up with an insult to denmark. its like -- its like going around the ring and finding something to aggrava...

Standpoint, doesnt it make it look like the president says something rational and then wayne lapierre comes in and tightens the leash? >> the president may think he was moving too far in the initial comments, and its getting him back in line to that place they wanted to see him initially. >> the president is getting a whole lot of backlash after he attacked jewish americans who vote democratic, both for what he said and how he said it. >> where is the democratic party gone? where have they gone ...

Why is that? >> well, thats a good question, and i think its worth adding to that as well that polls show a majority of americans do support some kind of universal background check, having some sort of stricter laws on gun control. but the president is also right to say that a lot of people who support the second amendment were his backers in 2016. so to answer your question, what has changed? i think the political calculus has changed. its interesting to watch the presidents initial reaction to...

>> bob, i want to play what the president said last year about the influence the nra has. >> the reason i had lunch with the nra on sunday, i called them, i said, you got to come over. i said, fellows, we have to do something. they do have great power. they have great power over you people. they have less power over me. what do i need? some of you are petrified of the nra. you cant be petrified. they want to do whats right and theyre going to do whats right. >> the last i checked, the nra has ov...

The nra over personnel and his personal spending having these long phone calls with president trump, underscoring that his political base in the eyes of the nra is the nra, and he better stick with them. >> all right, jeff, lets get a reality check from you. the white house is still saying meaningful background checks are on the table. is that real, or are they just trying to save face here? >> well, i mean, they are saying that, youre absolutely right, steph, and i think it depends on what the ...