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Elimination of the insurance premiums, yes or no? >> costs will go up for billionaires and go up for corporations, for middle class families, total costs will go down. >> i listened to the american families who said four years is just not enough to transition into this new plan, so i devised a plan where it will be ten years of transition. >> the senator had several plans so far. any time someone tells you youre going to get something good in ten years, you should wonder why it takes ten year. >...

Chapters that have to get done before get to that point. >> is there something michael steele that could cost mcconnells senate pass nancy pelosis house? >> yes. the democrats have to make a decision whether -- every play cant be a touchdown pass. they have to decide five yards in the cloud of dust, move the chains, make some progress. what we learned from mitch mcconnell will not be the be all and end all for what house democrats want for safety but it moves them in the right direction. >> how ...

Flags would probably lead the discussion, but a lot of other things will come up as well. what we cant do is fail to pass something, you know, by just locking up and failing to pass, thats unacceptable. >> of course, quote, locking up and failing to pass, independent quote, is exactly what has happened in the wake of countless mass shootings in america. but in some ways the climate really is different this time around. the nra finds itself in the state of turmoil. the organization is dealing wit...

Forward as he said as a lament to say, wow, just look. in the city that is only 63% hispanic, a lot of these big business owners were on this list who have basically made their fortune off the hispanic community are putting money into the pocket of a campaign of a president that is turning around and using that money to fund something like 2,000 ads that say that theres hispanic invasion in the united states. i find that very disappointing, very ironic and i believe my brother had every right to...

Can pass mcua, its not like the white house is saying now and it will go through. >> its also not clear trump thought through this as a policy matter at all. the idea you can add an assault weapon ban to something, hes not paying attention to history or the med dolg, 1994, big assault weapons pass but that was the lesson that built the mythology. >> lets look at other point of view, what is the danger of inaction? what is it like if the president is campaigning september, october of 2020 against...

Were significant. weve been waiting for them to come out and this had to do with a lot of the civil cases, information concerning other allegations concerning jeffrey epstein and interaction, other allegations from vings who have come forward and as you said, it implicated some pretty significant people. and so we dont know if thats -- if jeffrey epstein, could this have ignited something in him that would cause him to do this. thats very unclear. but certainly jeffrey epstein was aware of these...

Solution. gun safety legislation is part of our solution to deal with this public health problem of guns. we have to do something. we cant continue to do nothing. >> how confident are you that something will be done this time? >> im skeptical. i hope im wrong. i hope mitch mcconnell will allow us to vote on these bills. i believe the support is there to pay a sensible gun safety legislation. weve seen this before. he always finds a way not to bring it up or couple it with something else. i hope ...

A little under 300 people get killed every year, but thats a very small number compared to any place else. where you live should impact your interest in jumping or getting out of the way. if you live in some of these cities with a high crime rate and you hear a gunshot, it probably is, if you live in a city with a low crime rate, its probably not. >> i dont want to downplay the fear, but if it could happen at a walmart, a concert, a bar, a school, all of these places where weve seen mass shootin...

Of congress, also demanding answers. senator amy klobuchar saying the judiciary committee of the senate should call a hearing. do you think thats necessary? >> i think its -- i think attorney general barr is correct to do an investigation. something -- something, you know -- in the administration of having him incarcerated, something went wrong with as far as housing him. but to have a congressional hearing and -- to me, thats a side show. the real issue here is for the u.s. attorney in new york...

Its unclear exactly what the protocols were in terms of watching his behavior. i know as we mentioned youve worked with many of those representing victims for a long time. how do you think theyre feeling today? does this provide any sort of closure or do they feel like theyve been denied justice? >> the victims feel that theyre denied again. the justice system failed them ten years ago. finally we have a prosecutor and a team of investigators in new york that had the guts to come forward and ind...