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Were going to tear it up and give you something new, he would have said no way, jose. >> dont forget, as part o union members gave up salary for their issue. so i think thats an excellent point that victoria brought up. >> lets talk guns for a moment. joe biden is out with a new ad today taking direct aim at the president backing off on gun safety. lets take a look. >> we have to keep the guns out of the hands of those that pose the threat. and this really includes background checks. >> so after...

It appears the president may be more worried about the economy than hes letting on, and the mixed messages the administration is sending could actually make things worse. yesterday in the same breath that he told reporters in the oval office that the united states is far from a recession, he also said he is considering a payroll tax cut. >> payroll tax is something we think about and a lot of people would like to see that. that very much affects the workers of our country. >> but earlier in the ...

>> but why would they get money from his estate if they were of age and receiving money from him or gifts from him? how do they claim they should get something. i get why the state is mad. >> really great question. there are times, and this goes to the sex trafficking component of the case. there were times when you could say, look, i was coerced, forced. even though they received money for the alleged acts that occurred here, even though they were had he of age, you can still be forced into it....

Came crashing down. >> i called her brother. i called her sisters. i called her mom. i said do you know whats going on? do you know whats happening? >> he talked to her sister, ramona. >> i remember feeling really annoyed. why are you calling me to try to sway me to your side? by the time the phone call ended i remember thinking, yeah, what is steph doing? >> he begged stephanies friend, jennifer, do something. >> you have to talk to some sense in to her. youve got to make her see that she needs...

And for on-the-go, try listerine® ready! tabs™ >> do something, do something, do something! >> it has been 11 days since protesters first called on ohio governor mike dewine to take action in response to the mass shootings. all of this while two bulletproof backpack companies jumped 200% ahead of the new school year. and reports that president trump is serious about taking action as well. nbc confirmed that president trump has spoken with several senators involved with pursuing bipartisan gun...

When you talk to survivors about that money, what they say is thats the way they feel they can make their abusers and their -- the institutions who employed them, hurt. and thats the pain they want to inflict. but most of all, what survivors are looking for is for the court to say you were right, they were wrong. and you have been telling the truth for all of these years. >> theres a lot of psychological ramifications. and i will talk about this with one of the attorneys coming up, representing ...

Shawna, take it away. >> yesterday i talked to jim kesler. he was then representative chuck schumeraire legislative director when chuck schumer helped get the assault weapons ban passed in congress. hes proud of the assault weapons ban even though its hard to quantify how much it worked or help in the country. but he says the thing that people should be focused non congress is universal background checks. hes like there is momentum for it, thats something that republicans may be able to support ...

Something on these gun safety bills. now, there are of course other forces on the president. hes also speaking with the nra, with wayne la pierre. they are obviously coming in a different place. as we know, this president is is incredibly volatile and unpredictable. he wants to make a deal one day and then hell yank it out from underneath everybody the next. capitol hill has gotten worried about that, people in both parties. i think we have a long way to go, but its interesting to me that this p...

Will really resonate in the campaign if trump doesnt do something. >> boy, its interesting you say that. it does feel almost as if he wants to bait the chinese to overstep. all right, david ignatius, you laid this out as well as anybody has laid this out, so get over to "the washington post" and go check it out. jason, betsy, and michael, you guys are sticking around. up ahead, the democrats have been blasting the presidents first hong kong, but how are they speaking up? and is there a foreign...

Is something that needs to be addressed and something they will continue to push through. but, again, from what we understand, the riot police still in the area. but the protesters have been pushed back. >> ten weeks into these on and off protests and now saying far from over. thank you so much. all right. coming up, new reporting from our team here at nbc about movement on capitol hill. congress weighing gun control measures in the wake of several recent mass shootings. what we know about the...