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Those people. >> reporter: translation, seems like fix nics is the farther congress will go and still not clear theres a route for that to pass. >> thank you for that. one of president trumps closest aides is on the hill right now to face questions. >> why testimony is so critical to this case. well be right back. thou hast the patchy beard of a pre-pubescent squire! thy armor was forged by a feeble-fingered peasant woman... your mom! as long as hecklers love to heckle, you can count on geico ...

Answers. >> we begin today in washington, where there has been little sign, are you hearing me, little sign that lawmakers are willing to break the decades long pattern of doing nothing when it comes to gun control. even the least controversial ideas might not be able to get through congress including at least one that has the support of the public, the president and the nra. if that were true, well, then, you would think it would get through, which makes me think its not. i have a great team. s...

President seems to be willing to do something on background checks. fix nics is a good bill. if republicans are intending only to debate that bill, thats not something i can support. >> the presidents made it clear hes going to act on bump stocks and we should do that too. either/or both those things are appropriate. i certainly think the background check issue is something we can work on as well. >> so kelsey lets break a little bit of that down. first, based on my report, it seems like the pie...

Sort of like swiss cheese. >> theres a lot being done on the hill or talked about. kasie hunt is there live. theres a lot of proposals before congress. are you hearing majority of support for any of them or that paul ryan will bring any of this to the floor? >> reporter: i think your characterization of talking about than to say things are being done. gun politics are basically the same even in the wake of this terrible shooting in parkland. the one thing that may be a bit different is this ques...

About measures that truly respond to the epidemic of gun violence. if they are only going to debate that bill, thats not something that i can support. lets see where the debate ends up. i dont presuppose there is the vote for other measures, but lets see if we can get votes for broader background checks and protective orders. >> so they said they may be able to work out a deal with where both sides can offer amendments to see if they can get 60 votes to pass additional legislation. right now, th...

Obstacles. in the house, republican leaders have attached it to a controversial concealed carry reciprocity bill that has no chance of getting 60 votes senate. those are the sorts of games that are being played. when that happens, its hard to see -- it is not difficult to see why even very popular issues, very popular causes fail to pass. as i mentioned, the mentality that today you do fix nics or background checks. ban bump stocks. then tomorrow a slippery slope to repealing the second amendmen...

Problem. i feel that. i feel that. but im certainly open to suggestions. so john, why dont you start. youve put in your fix nics and lets see how it is. and go ahead. >> well thank you, mr. president for getting us together and for expressing your sincere concern about this and trying to get us to a solution. i agree with you that leaving this town and going home empty handed is not acceptable. the public demands that we act. we know how hard it is to get people together on a bipartisan basis. b...

We will get more into this bill now on the cornyn/murphy bill as the white house talks about supporting this legislation to strengthen background checks. lets take a look at what exactly this legislation is. the bipartisan bill is called fix nics, the bill was introduced late last year after the mass shootings in las vegas and sutherland springs, texas. in total, 84 people were killed in those two shootings. now, the bill is designed to improve the national instant criminal background check syst...

Whether the presidents public humiliation of his attorney general might have been part of a pattern to obstruct justice. well have that "washington post" report. and nuclear saber rattling from vladimir putin. putin saying listen to us now as he threatens the u.s. with a new line of nuclear weapons that he says the u.s. could not defend. you know its a busy morning when russias claim of an invincible nuclear threat is the third thing we mentioned. but lets start with the gun debate. my colleague...

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