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Relief but you wanted some cuts with it. why should hurricane relief for harvey, irma, maria, now nate be handled the same way? >> were not there yet. keep in mind there are a couple different ways we address disaster relief funding in this country, and right now were sort of in the emergency, making sure people have drinking water and electricity -- >> thats another thing thats changed for you since being a congressman? >> no, because the fight we had in congress, i think it was in 2012, i lose...

Seen businesses, youve seen movie theaters, youve seen high schools, youve seen colleges, youve seen a primary school with first graders in it, 20 of them killed, and now you see a great american classic, which is country music, people by the thousands out in a safe place with a big hotel in the background, and somebody comes along. he has been legal, hes gotten his weapons legally, he has 40 weapons, he has 12 of these bump stocks. they are on the weapons. and he begins to fire a weapon that fi...

Mentioned this on the "today" show, the secretary must represent the president abroad. you think hes a moron and not only that, a bleeping moron, it doesnt work. pompeo and cotton both have access to data to say there is no "there" there in the russia story. >> it just seems like an untenable situation. the comments we just heard from the president undercut the secretary of state, and it is the latest example of that. hes done it on a whole range of issues. >> i want to move to the harvey weinst...

Opposed by a very powerful organization that then goes out to get any congressman or senator that votes to the contrary. thats a fact of life. >> are you okay if this ends up being a regulatory change by atf, or does this have to be codified by congress in your view? >> in my view, it has to be codified by congress. it can be changed, if its a regulatory change it can be changed any time. look, how many events do we want to have happen with these devices now before we do something about it? >> t...

American households have a weapon. it does not account for people who stockpile. i would suggest the one place where you might have a consensus is like with controlled narcotics. if people buy a lot of them in a short period of time, it triggers a red flag. >> but i just -- and you heard congressman scalises response on that, because we know the nra fears the registration, okay? >> i didnt -- >> how do you do both? >> you have to have great security in the age of equifax where people can break i...

Was it bad info? >> it wasnt bad information, it just wasnt ready for the president. >> contradictory? >> not contradictory, folks would come in, there was an open door policy, and they could wander in and talk to the president about anything. thats probably not the most effective way to get information about very, very complex issues in front of the president of the united states. what john has done has really refined that flow of information so that we know before the president sees it. its ri...

About a week ago, most of them, including myself, didnt even know what a bump stock is. there are people who want to rush to judgment, theyve got a bill written already. minority leader nancy pelosi already said she wants it to be a slippery slope. she doesnt want to stop at bump stocks, they want to limit the rights of gun owners. its a little bit early for people to say they know what to do to fix this problem. i know theyre going back and reviewing the problem to authorize it. >> but youre no...

>> fair enough. >> let me ask you about policy. the president had a surprising tweet for us, as he does sometimes, he said, quote, i called chuck schumer yesterday to see if the dems want to do a great health care bill. is the president open by calling chuck schumer, the democratic leader in the senate, is he open to some kind of compromise that fixes obamacare, that leaves it in place? >> fixing it. thats an interesting word. >> depending on your definition of it? >> thats exactly right. if the...

Of it? >> thats exactly right. is the president open to repeal and replace? yes. but the president wants to get something done. he sees and understands what obamacare is doing to folks back home, and he really doesnt like it very much. so hes looking for folks who will work with him to help change that. we had hoped it would be the republicans and the senate. they failed twice to do that. can you blame the president to sort of stand back and say, okay, if my own party cant deliver what i need, c...

Massive amounts of money paid. only one thing will work. do you have any clarity on what that one thing -- >> its the first time ive heard that specific tweet, but every sentence about that is true. what the president is clearly telegraphing is that military options are on the table with north korea. they absolutely are. >> mick mulvaney, budget director, utility issue infielder today as well. thanks for coming on and sharing your views. >> you bet. coming up, why the nra keeps winning the deb...