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Mitch mcconnell is facing heavy pressure for ground checks. pressure now including from the president. >> frankly, we need intelligent background checks, okay? this isnt a question of nra republican or democrat. i will tell you i spoke to mitch mcconnell yesterday. hes totally on board. war of words. the biden and trump campaigns go after each other after race relations. joe biden pushes back when confronted by the conservative outlet breitbart in iowa. claiming biden misquoted trump after cha...

>> we certainly have to strengthen background checks. everybody agree with his that. >> i think well have the support of the nra having to do with impact ground checks. >> reporter: new reporting might explain why. >> theres no bigger fan of the second amendment than me and no bigger fan of the nra. >> reporter: cnn has learned that the president has spoken with the nra chief several times in recent days. la pierre warned trump that his supporters dont want expanded background checks. the nra sp...

Public support for house measure on universal background checks. which again has already passed. why isnt that enough pressure for republicans and the president to move on this issue? >> it hasnt been enough until to point because the nra captured these guys and mcconnell is not interested in doing anything except put judges on the court. what we need to do is use this as an opportunity between now and november to push the bill that the house already passed. and nand that he pass it. i dont thin...

We need to fix the mental illness program. >> yes have to do it. >> the data tells us the one thing that is different about the united states is our unbelievably loose gun laws. i hope we follow it. >> become ground checks -- >> thats right. >> they work together. i like it together better. but joe, you have to fix mental illness. if somebody is mentally ill right now, they can go out and buy. you cant take it away. its ridiculous. you have to fix it. im sure youre going to fix it. i think the m...

Its becoming almost a monthly ritual, heidi, the president lets cameras in, has this little theater, the show, and lawmakers leave all happy. >> occasionally we get a little taste of the president trump that a lot of us thought may very well come into office, he bucks convention, he bucks his party, he tells it like it is. theres a lot of this stuff going on. the background check, i dont know if he was aware or he was just disregarding the serious tension in this room of manchin-toomey, i want s...

Door of. >> the president directed the justice department to take action over the bump stocks in a can be attached to legal semi automatic weapons. and kristen welker has all the details. >> keep our students -- >> reporter: president trump vowing to take action after the florida school massacre which white house sources say impacted him personally. >> we must do more to protect our children. we have to do more to protect our children. >> reporter: the president asking for regulations banning bu...

Support. in the house when they tried to pass it they attached a concealed bill which will reduce gun laws across the state. there are games being played on this. one different thing about this shooting is that children are speaking out and that may put a different kind of pressure on congress to act but i remain skeptical. the politics of this are such that the intensity is far greater and has been for many years on the progun side than the anti-gun side. >> for now. i want to play what senator...

That this draft wording includes penalizing those that commit honor violence and percent cushion of minorities. a lot of muslims are subject of that. there is a positive feeling. brian: in syria we see the shots of babies being washed up on shores after lacing together rafts. we get that donald trump saying i have a big heart. thats why i want to build safe zones in syria rather than bring them here because we just dont feel we can tackle the screening because there is no government capable of d...

Theres a lot you can do with executive order but i have to say im not exactly sure how you get become ground checks within the power of the executive. i think congress could do it. states could do it. im at a loss to understand why law-abidi law-abiding, gun owners dont want to make sure theres background checks. >> i got do wrap it there guys. thank you. hillary clinton sends her gop rival a copy of her book as a reminder of her accomplishm t accomplishmen accomplishments. senator rand paul i...

Know how people like aaron alexis who was arrested on gun charges in 2004 and 2010 and for disorderly conduct in 2009 are able to get and keep security clearances. she wants answers from the office of personal management, also known as opm, which oversees federal background checks. mccaskill asked for records backing up the navy shooters approval and renewals specifically whether his arrests showed up. we do know that u.s. investigation services or usis, a private company based in virginia, whic...