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signaling it could be strong enough to overcome any threat of a filibuster. the new legislation comes in the wake of several mass shootings across the country including an attack on a texas elementary school that claimed the lives of 19 little children and two teachers. for the latest lets bring in daniella diaz on capitol hill. this is significant. what do we know about what is in this potential new bill? >> amara, i want to emphasize the point you made. this is just a framework. no l...

migrants crossing the border. and why some are calling it the abbott plan. im hallie jackson in washington along with our team, ali vitali is on capitol hill, well get to what i think you can only call the gut punch of a hearing that happened this morning on the house side. right now you have this debate on changing gun laws. it seems likely these bills will pass the house. then it seems likely these bills will hit a brick wall in the senate. thats why the focus is on the private negot...

Schools have done drills like this since 2015 and 2016. 95 . A lot of discussion about whats that doing for Mental Health. After all, schools, despite whats happening, schools are still one of the safer places out there for children. Still this is awful, and it sound like the kids knew what to do once this started. Ali and stephanie, thank you so much. Were going to continue on with this. Its 2 00 p. M. In the east, 11 00 a. M. In california. One student is dead and multiple others are injured a...

Gun proposal and promising to sign it if it makes it to his desk. for more, lets bring in joe johns who was traveling with the president. joe, what is the president saying about this potential deal? >> reporter: right. the take away from the statement that the white house released almost immediately is praise, encouragement, and perhaps some urgency in there as well. encouragement and praise for the bipartisan group of senators who worked on this agreement, and also praise for the fact that ther...

Attention, of a policy response, this is a moral failure. this carnage, the lives weve been robbed of, elders, babies, educators. this is a moral failing. it is a policy failing, we can do something about it and we must. >> you talk about the need for action. your colleagues in the house are debating, i think, as we speak on the floor right now this package of what would be new gun laws, this new gun proposal. the senate is working on a more modest set of rules and it is something that most pers...

Ease with which people can get their hands on these weapons of destruction. and we have to not just simply have thoughts and prayers at this moment. we have to have a deeper commitment to preventing the ease with which these weapons can be achieved and do the things that we know. evidence shows the steps we can take to drive down the numbers of these incidents in a dramatic fashion. >> what is your gun policy -- your gun proposal for your 2020 campaign? >> well, you know, we have what has been c...

To roll out its plan to reduce gun violence next week. according to officials. one gun proposal being considered, according to a senate source, is a phone app for background check. the proposed app would be connected to the national background check system and it would be used during private sales, not for purchasing guns from commercial dealers. joining me now to discuss is cnn political commentator and political for spectrum news, errol louis. does this meet the energy and enthusiasm from peop...

Issues to bring up a modest gun proposal or gun safety proposal that polls show that majority of the voters would support, that would put democrats in a difficult position. >> yep. >> it could potentially be a hard vote for their more moderate democrats who dont want to go as far as the presidential candidates or as far as the leaders do in imposing gun safety measures. theyve taken votes on things they do agree on on the democratic side but the president could make it harder for them politicall...

We got the parkland kids out, "the washington post" has a headline, the new plan. parkland students unveil huge gun proposal in hopes it will begin in 2020. you were on the air with this show the monday after el paso and dayton saying it was a collarian call. saying the only way there would be gun decline in america is get rid of all of the republicans. i dont want to just repeat that but you see in the context what the republicans are calling for, theyre essentially singing your song saying we ...

The wind. >> reporter: ali, i think that very last bit of what orourke said there, he was talking about the gun proposal specifically. but i think it speaks pretty broadly to where this campaign is right now. time to speak clearly, throw caution to the wind. hes competing from essentially the back of the top tier, hanging onto the bottom of a debate qualification. the time is now to try something bold if youre beto orourke and thats what i think were going to see. >> garrett, thank you. coming...