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American interests in the region. >> the secretary also noted that the president gave japanese prime minister shinzo abe a message for irans leaders when abe was in tehran last week. irans leaders rejected the message from the president. they said they dont want to negotiate with the united states where the president says that hes willing to wait whenever iran is ready. the administration is expanding its military presence again in the middle east and democrats call the presidents strategy errat...

Now have differing opinions with atf whether they will decide to overrule that 2010 decision. >> julie: okay. my concern is that regardless of what the president does, it does not seem to satisfy all of his opponents because here we have a democratic governor of washington state, governor insly, after hearing the president come forward, this is his reaction, lets play it. >> we listen to people about it. maybe they dont look so good a little later. i just suggest we need a little less tweeting a...

Have them at the table if they are willing. >> jon: the supreme court has taken the pressure off of them, has it not? >> thats a problem. while there are -- there might be congressional democrats who want to sit down, who want to in good faith engage in this conversation, im not seeing it from the leadership. im not seeing nancy pelosi rallying her troops or even privately showing interest to negotiate a compromise. what were all seeing is publicly because the leaders of each party, nancy pelosi...

The executive washington editor for the "wall street journal." i dont suppose you would want to be in the presidents position right now, yes? the opportunity is there, but it is going to take the wisdom of solomon to get these two sides to come together. >> well, i think there are limits. i think as i wrote a huge divide. i think it can be bridgeed somewhat. i think it is not reasonable to think that anybody could bridge it entirely. i think the president has pointed toward a few things in which...

He worked for the trump organization and got into politics and well liked at the white house. the president thinks he is brilliant. in addition to his 2020 duties he will be heavily involved in the 2018 mid-term campaign. so again get used to him. easy to pick out of a crowd. a big long beard, 68". he will be leading the 2020 trump campaign. the president meeting this hour with republican senators. the meeting about renewable fuel standards but no question gun safety will also come up. the presi...

We arent quite there yet. there will be more conversations between president trump and senators on this question. i think out of that there might emerge some actual hard legislation. >> jon: the notion of raising the age is interesting but you are telling a kid that he can sign up to join the army and go to afghanistan and die but he cant buy a rifle. >> right. in some states youre telling him you arent old enough to buy a beer but old enough to buy an ar-15. what does society what to do about t...

In north koreas court. now its a matter of playing ball with a rogue regime we cannot trust. major general, thank you very much for talking to us. >> thank you, my pleasure. >> jon: the president, the nations governors and lawmakers in congress trying to reach a deal on some kind of action on guns after the tragedy in florida. why that is way easier said than done. well talk to the washington editor of the "wall street journal" next. you might take something for your heart... or joints. but do y...

>> yes, we will. thanks so much. >> jon: the dow is rising again today after bouncing up and down this week. up right now almost 300 points. it is a reminder that nothing is set in stone. one of the headlines in the "wall street journal" reads cold numbers up and mid-term election assumptions. stock market turbulence is a reminder the landscape could shift dramatically before november. lets talk about what it means for congress and the mid-term elections. the author of that article joins me now,...

Unhappy, but the establishment is breathing a bit easier. jerry joins us now. hes the executive washington editor for the "wall street journal." there were so many concerns in the u.s. senate when rex tillerson was chosen to be his nominee of secretary of state. they said you won this award from vladimir putin, youre going to cozy up to him. now hes headed to russia and putin isnt even going to meet with him. is that an exhibit of what youre talking about? >> ironically, rex tillerson has been t...

Jenna: the u.s. government will hit the current debt ceiling a little less than two weeks from today, and thats when the government technically loses its ability to borrow. this has become a political time bomb, and in some cases some are trying to tie raising the debt ceiling to reducing the debt and deficit overall. our next guest calls the whole thing absurd. hes executive washington editor of the wall street "the wall street journal", and hes our guest now. so, jerry, the white house calling...