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His goal celebration on sunday to make a plea for action on gun violence. take a look. >> shot off the post and in. and union take the early lead. >> hey, congres, do something now. end gun violence. lets go. >> in a twitter post, he acknowledged hes not a policy maker, but suggests stricter background checks and taxing ammunition as a possible way to curb gun violence. well, in other global news, it is the fifth straight day of protests in hong kong. what demonstrators are hoping to gain by h...

All he wanted to do was terrorize the country and thats what he did. if youre a policy maker, the first question you always ask yourself, what is your measure of success? when you look at the raids, you look at this, does it make the country safer? it does not. does it deter more migrants from coming to this country? it does not. does this fix the problem at the border? it does not. what douz it do? it creates terror, it creates chaos, thats what it does. >> paula, how do you look at this, given...

>> and joining us now is lucy mcbath. congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> it is so great to have you back on this program. what was that like, to be standing in the well of the house of representatives and standing up to introduce your first bill and speaking for your son jordan at the same time? >> it was very surreal. ive been, you know, there in the gallery before watching other legislators put forth legislation and amendments and continuing resolutions. but actually to be there myself ...

From a foreign government right or wrong? >> chris, you know you asked me not to call any of your questions today ridiculous. you came really close right there. president trump -- president trump has been very clear. he clarified his remarks later. he made it very clear. even in his first comments. he said id do both. he said he would call the fbi -- >> he said maybe id do both. >> president trump has been very clear he will always make sure that he gets it right for the american people and im c...

To war and when we dont, i think that speaks to his formidable news as a policy maker and not just a young guy getting people interested in the fact he can speak norwegian. >> blake, i have a follow-up for you. i think its challenging to get too far to trumps left on national security. donald trump is this pizza ar, autocratic loving peace monger ally hating freak of nature in terms of a foreign policy view. he totally confound foreign policy establishment, his recklessness on twitter and affect...

That we maybe arent so used to, which is hes sticking to that, and he believes that because of his faith, for a lot of other reasons, hes sticking to this. it is not beneficial for him in the short-term politically. in the long-term if he does get the nomination, its great for him as he tries to pull conservative democrat, even republicans who are disillusioned with trump. >> sabrina? ? i think this brings before them an interesting debate before the democratic party, which is is there still roo...

Whether they were ever part or tied to the regime. and i think there was a bit of a blind spot to start out with in the cia. but as time went on, before the invasion, the collection was very clear that there was no connection. so that was all communicated then to the white house. >> so the book is called "the targeter," and you ended up being the chief, basically, zarqawi hunter. whats the job description for that? what are you doing every day when thats your job? >> so when i transitioned from ...

Regular republicans that have the problem. its the republican policy maker who is work for trump. say you are ted cruz and you restrict freedoms and spew nonsense and at the end of the day you get hungry and you transform into a regular guy and that creates a problem for you. while you think you pulled off a super man clark kent switcheroo, the people you speak out against recognize you and they have opinions about your opinion and you and your friends hide behind arguments about civility. >> we...

A cameraman at the white house. i fell in his arms and i said i shouldnt have to ask this of the u.s. president. if i hadnt asked, no one else would. that was a hard day for me. >> why you have become so important for black folks is because -- >> and the white and the asian folks. >> right now, we are talking about the black folks. >> all right, my brother. >> because many of us feel like we have somebody in there who understands and recognizes the concerns and speaks to the concerns. >> okay, s...

D.c. with that hat on, specifically with that hat on? >> they say how could you and you are a sell out. >> we all know they are black republicans. >> we are not all in a closet. >> thats true. thats a complicated layer. everyone is in the closet as a republican. >> even white people? >> oh, yeah. they are afraid of being attacked. you go to a restaurant, i wouldnt wear this in a restaura restaurant because im afraid they are going spit in my water and food. >> you bring your own water with you. ...