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Play that much of a role but there are the ultra-orthodox parties which are the kind of traditional supporters of a right wing coalition his right wing coalition have already pledged their support for such a bill and just recently also another right wing party a national religious party called headed by some famous politicians in israel also pledged their support for this bill i mean 1st he has to become prime minister and put together a coalition and then before you even does that some hearings...

Case they called james brennan, a vice president at the federal savings bank, to testify. he told the court as part of an immunity bill there were red flags with the loans manafort had been seeking from the bank. that includes inconsistencies on the applications about manaforts income, assets as well as his liabilities. brennan said while the president of the bank initially denied the application because of those issues, the bank ceo overruled the decision. manaforts attorneys filed a motion to ...

The endorsement of the brady campaign here this event in ames and why gun control? clinton campaign believes that thats weak spot for sanders and for her main democratic primary challenger with momentum and gaining in the polls. she highlighted the dry brady bill that sanders voted no against than that and the gun manufacturers immunity bill and did biggest weapon yielded fellow senator leahy saying the excuse hes from vermont is no longer viable. now, the question is, bernie sanders is still st...

Of people, people think federal law barred suing gun shops and manufacturers. describe what the federal law restricted and why it didnt apply to this case. >> 2005, congress passed and president bush signed the protection of lawful commerce in arms act, that granted immunity to gun sellers, both manufacturers and gun stores, for any liability that arises out of a shooting committed by a person who was a criminal who misuses the gun. there are a number of exceptions to that immunity. two of the e...

Thats also something that the jury seemed to find in this case. those are two exceptions that were invoked by the plaintiffs. they seem to be accepted by the jury. for that reason, the immunity bill does not shield a gun store from liability in this case. >> this was a big issue in the presidential debate tonight. bernie sanders voted to provide that immunity when he was in the senate. hillary clinton voted against gun shops, manufacturers, having that immunity. what are the prospects for this c...

Manufacturers from liability. hillary clinton voted against it. what do you make of this? i dont think thats an accident they singled out and discovered through work a bill where she was pro gun control and he wasnt. >> i dont know about that. its such an obvious contrast. i wrote about this for the nation today and had folks say shes come up with this issue to hit bernie. >> whats wrong with that? >> nothing wrong with that. that is politics. i would add this is not something that some research...

And its getting worse. jon: where does your lawsuit stand right now? >> well, as a result of congress passing an em moonty bill -- immunity bill for the phone companies because they knew they had committed crimes, they gave immunity to the phone companies. so the lawsuit against at&t was dismissed in 2009. however, theres still alive another lawsuit directly against the nsa. jon: there are those who argue that the nsa isnt collecting social security numbers and telephone numbers and addresses an...

Retroactively. atlanta got the state of georgia to give the industry immunity as well. in 2005, they got the big kahuna. the gun industry had its fake populist front group, the nra lobby hard in congress for a federal grant of immunity from lawsuits. wayne lapierre, the chief executive of the nra said about the immunity bill, its an historic piece of legislation. and hes right. no other industry has blanket immunity from lawsuits. but the gun industry does when it passed, "the new york times" no...

Supply criminals profit from those sales and then they come up with defenses such as, i put a gun on the counter. i turned my back. what do you know, the criminal took the gun, left money on the counter for me and i didnt know that he was going to do that. that, as implausible as it sounds, is a compelling defense under this federal law that can get them off the hook. >> what sort of lobbying effort did the gun manufacturers and the nra put into passing this tailor-made immunity bill for their o...