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Determine whether somebody can safely possess a gun? >> all it does, it flips the premise. the premise is you can buy a gun unless the background check says you cant. this says you cant buy a gun until the background check approves you up do 30 days. but these laws are new laws, ali, that we just passed. the threshold law was six years ago called the safe act which said no assault weapons, no magazines over ten bullets, universal background check. thats what really would make the difference. the...

Before so what will be the solution? you think any will actually come out of this? >> yes. we have elections and elections are about choices and theyre about policy choices. and we can do something about it. we had the sandy hook shooting in connecticut. new york state responded immediately with the strongest gun control laws in the united states of america. we did that six years ago. called the safe act. >> he came over from nevada with weapons that were illegal in california and then shot up t...

Just the other day in the senate, there were a number of bills, one of ours, the safe act that would save our federal elections act, that the republicans objected to bringing to the floor. this is about patriotism for our country. our electoral system is the heart of the matter of our democracy. yet the republicans still continue to say no, need to protect that. >> its really hard to understand why the president is not leading the way on this. weve been reporting for a couple days now he seems t...

Weve identified them. we have recommendations for it but were not actually following through on it. i think the three acts or the three pieces of legislation that are out there that seemed logical, the honest ads act, and senator warners addition which if youre contacted by a foreign power you should notify the fbi. all are likely supported by i would say 90% of legislators. yet we cant move this through because it sounds like senator mcconnell doesnt want to move it through. its perplexing why ...

Of obstruction, which i wanted to just talk about for a moment. obstructive act, nexus between an act and official proceeding and intent was associated with the actions of this president. the american people have never heard that. and i will close by simply saying on this question you asked, for those of us who have seen director mueller before this committee and a number years as fbi director, he has always been stoic and a former marine. just right to the point. certainly has enormous talent o...

Of america. lower health care costs, bigger paychecks, cleaner government, clean up corruption and reduce the role of big dark money in washington. we passed hr-1 for the people. we will be passing the voting rights act and that is part of that, as well as we did pass the safe act. and we really do call upon the senate to pass a version of the safe act to protect our elections. we go out now for our district work period. democrats intend in august to make so many of the bills we passed too hot t...

Strong on this that our state legislature passed a bill this year that makes it illegal to have a sanctuary city in tennessee. people want our country to be protected, our border to be protected, and for people to abide by the rule of law. and that is where the american people are on this. >> bill: just a yes or no answer, are you going to get this done next week, or is it too high of a hill to climb? >> oh, bill, i dont know if its going to get done next week. i know there is work being done to...

With reporters there, covering the gamut, including immigration policy, controversial separating children from their parents at the border. he talked about at law, house leadership getting ready to roll out a new bipartisan bill perhaps next week. marsha blackburn, a republican candidate from tennessee running for the senate. thank you for your time this morning. i want to know if this bill can pass and if it can pass, what would it do? >> we are waiting to see what is going to happen with that....

>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. breaking news this hour, the state of new york just passed a new law requiring convicted domestic abusers to surrender all firearms. in announced the laws passage, governor andrew cuomo said, quote, the recent waves of mass shootings is horrifying. the federal governments failure to act on any form of meaningful gun safety laws is you be conshunable. joining us on the phone, new york governor andrew cuomo. governor, thanks for joining us. previously dom...

>> he says one thing in a televised extravaganza. then he meets with the nra, he pulls back on something else. >> its the battle of ideas. >> what about stuff he believes? gun issues are not new. doesnt he have his own idea? something deeply seeded in him? >> true. i remember when we were trying to recruit for governor of new york state, one of the issues was the s.a.f.e. act. the president would sit down and listen. that big square table at trump tower. and he would listen to one side and then ...