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Minn. legislators reach truce on COVID business relief, but deal could sour over unemployment snafu After weeks of negotiations, the split Legislature says they agree on a $216 million bill for struggling businesses. But Democrats and Republicans cant agree on an extension of unemployment insurance benefits, which could sink the deal. Written By: Sarah Mearhoff | × The Minnesota Senate convenes at the state Capitol in St. Paul. (Forum News Service file photo) ST. PA...

24:35 - Business assistance program (Mahoney) (language will be posted when available). 55:28 - MN COVID Fund extension (Carlson, L) (HRD # 7SS CS002). 58:19 - Food relief program (Noor) (HRD # 7SS-DP004-1). 1:02:01 - Supplemental MFIP payment (Noor) (HRD # 7SS-DP001-1, replaces previously posted HRD # 7SS-DP001). 1:08:06 - LCCMR appropriation date correction (Hansen) (Revisor # 20-9385). 1:09:32 - MLEA salary adjustment and technical correction (Hansen) (HRD # 7SS-MJ014, replaces previously po...

State lawmakers say they have a partial agreement on COVID-19 relief for businesses but remain far apart on other proposals, including an extension of unemployment benefits.

This push for tighter gun control reform, will this push finally be different? and how will this play with the presidents base heading into 2020. raymond? >> kristin, thanks for the report. here to respond is eric pratt, senior vice president of gun owners for americans and mark glaze. eric, im interesting in how gun rights organizations see this. do you and your members believe the president is caving or is supporting background checks a sensible way to respond to these massacres while protecti...

Background checks because thats the way you stop the mass shootings. you need people that to shootot back. the fbi has documented many many cases where thats how mass shootings have been stopped. >> let me stop a second. eric, i hear in your voice, do you believe the president will pay a political cost for backing even this limited background check, national or universal background check? >> im not god or predict the future. those that dont study history are doomed to repeat it. president clinto...

Control reform, will this push finally be different? and how will this play with the presidents base heading into 2020. raymond? >> kristin, thanks for thes report. here to respond is eric pratt, senior vice president of gun owners for americans and mark glaze. eric, im interesting in how gun rights organizations see this. do you and your members believe the president is caving or is supporting background checks a sensible way to respond to these massacres while protecting gun rights? eric. >> r...

Were voting in favor of gun safety. and they really totally changed the equation. so its no longer the third rail where every politician wont go near it and feels like its a death nell. thats over because this election showed it somewhat in the reverse. >> i found it interesting that very quietly, just last week, the trump administration banned bump stocks. and the nra publicly very supportive of bump stocks and you look at now the pro-gun group, gun owners of america, they are suing the trump a...

Signed a memorandum directing the attorney general to propose regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns. >> laura: s bomb stocks semiautomatic rifles to fire rapidly. close to an automatic rifle. joining us now to discuss implications of the presidents move our executive director of the gun owners of america, eric pratt and philippe, senior advisor to the former secretary of state hillary clinton. great to have you both on. we will start with you. good move on the ...

Properties. but now theres a new threat, which we saw from stephen paddock, which is knocking out the windows and firing down from the 32nd floor. one of the things well talk to steve wynn about, how do you handle and prevent that well be talking to eric pratt, the executive director of gun owners of america. interestingly enough while the nra is saying maybe we should regulate and restrict the bump stocks, eric pratt says no. well talk to him. >> shepard: well watch this sunday, chris, on "fox ...

Background, you should own guns? >> do you hear what youre saying? all these people that committed mass shootings passed background checks. hope is not a strategy. >> all right. have i to leave it there. eric pratt, thanks for joining me this morning. in case you missed cnns town hall with president obama, you can catch it tonight when it reairs at 9:00 p.m. eastern. shes right back where she started. the mother of affluenza teenager, ethan couch, back in a courtroom in texas. shes charged w...