proposal which was announced just a few minutes ago. press release was sent out by senator chris murphy s office. he is the senator that has been leading this effort for almost ten years now since the sandy hook shooting. he says a group, a bipartisan group, ten republican and ten democratic senators have come to a resolution, an agreement in principle on this proposal. i will read a couple of the details that are included in this proposal to you now. one thing is incentives for states to implement those red flag laws that would allow weapons to be taken away from people deemed to be a danger to themselves or others. enhanced background checks for people between ages of 18 and 21. one source tells our team that a new system will be set up for this age group that does not exist for any other age group in the u.s.. it would require gun sellers to check with local law enforcement before being allowed to sell a firearm to that age group. as well as more funding for school securit
and so much more in the xfinity app! and don t miss jurassic world:dominion in theaters june 10th. let s go to you first here. get the reaction from the president, to this major development. and also continue with your reporting which has been really excellent and very comprehensive and all of this. these non proposals here. so have at it. well, alex with, we have the sunday morning is a big development out of the senate group. senators saying that there is not going to be in agreement on a framework with democrats and republicans, the way to move forward on this legislation. of course we don t have an actual text of this legislation, but in his back on trucks breaking 21 year old, protections for dealing with domestic violence. and also for trafficking of. guns i also want to read you a statement from the white house. the president himself has now said that he is endorsing. this i want to read it to. you he says, quote, i want to thank senator murphy and the members
and also continue with your reporting which has been really excellent and very comprehensive and all of this. these non proposals here. so have at it. well, alex with, we have the sunday morning is a big development out of the senate group. senators saying that there is not going to be in agreement on a framework with democrats and republicans, the way to move forward on this legislation. of course we don t have an actual text of this legislation, but in his back on trucks breaking 21 year old, protections for dealing with domestic violence. and also for trafficking of. guns i also want to read you a statement from the white house. the president himself has now said that he is endorsing. this i want to read it to. you he says, quote, i want to thank senator murphy and the members of his bipartisan group, especially, sanders cornyn, sinema and tillis. for the tireless work to
liking what they are seeing. i will read part of it now. from president biden. quote, i want to thank senator chris murphy and members of his bipartisan group especially sanders cornyn, sinema, until it s, for their tireless work to produce this proposal. obviously did not do everything i think that is needed but it does step in the right direction. it will be the most significant gun safety legislation to pass congress in decades. with bipartisan support, there are no excuses for delay and no reasons why it should not quickly move through the senate and the house. each day that passes more children are killed in this country. the sooner comes to my desk the sooner i can sign a, and the sooner we can use these measures to save lives. there you have the president saying, act quickly! this is a framework that absolutely can become law if it gets to the presidents desk. i should tell you, of course, while this president does do a lot of things the democrats and republicans have been talki