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Ill from getting their hands on weapons. you dig a little bit deeper and what i found was it wasnt the nra, it wasnt even local nra organizations, i kept talking about three lobbyists in washington, d.c. they were doing the bidding of gun corporations. that were doing the bidding of peop peop peoples bottom line on wall street, hedge fund companies that had come in and bought these gun companies, so they werent working and fighting for nra members. they were actually working for corporate intere...

Now the trump campaign and the republican party are also suing the state. william la jeunesses life in los angeles with more. william? >> melissa, the presidents lawyer just released a statement. i will paraphrase here, seeing the effort will fail. "legal scholars from across the political spectrum have condemned this as flagrantly illegal." new york state tried but failed to get the presidents tax returns. now comes california, vowing to keep him off next years primary ballot if he fails to tur...

Litmus test for whether youre going to lose your nra card or not be a strong democrat. >> i want to echo what governor mcauliffe said. donald trump said he was going to stand up to the nra after the parkland shootings and the next day, because the nra gives a lot of money to republican party candidates, reversed himself. the nra is a corrupt organization. it is filled with people who are self dealing. it is people who are enriching themselves. they are not representing law-abiding gun owners. th...

He doesnt, it could cost him to lose millions of votes in 2020. >> mr. secretary, call the roll. >> reporter: gauntlet thrown in the latest battle for president trumps taxes. california governor gavin newsom signed a bill to require presidential and gubernatorial candidates to release their tax returns in order to qualify for the states 2020 primary ballot. >> you have a right as an american citizen to know what is going on. you have a right to know if someone is self dealing. >> reporter: the l...

Out of that. everybody would say in whispers. >> bill: california got a novel idea. >> yes, it is. >> bill: if you want to be on the primary ballot you have to show us five years of your tax returns. here is the governor on that. >> all were requiring is people that aspire to be presidents, not one person, they have to disclose their tax returns. just issues of self-dealing. conflicts of interest, requiring that regardless of political party. you choose to do the right thing you can choose not t...

Its no wonder everything seems a little better with the creamy taste of philly, made with fresh milk and real cream. laso you can enjoy it even ifst youre sensitive. se. with the creamy taste of philly, yet some say it isnt real milk. i guess those cows must actually be big dogs. sit! i said sit! lets talk about this controversial change for california and its 2020 primary. gavin newsom signed a law to require all candidates to release their tax returns if they want on the states ballot in mar...

>> hi, sandra, californias liberal democratic governor is known for criticizing president trump. now he is launching another political attack on trump by indicating that the president may be trying to hide damaging information by not releasing his tax returns. the law will require candidates to submit their tax returns to the california secretary of state at least 98 days before the primary which will be held on march 3 of next year. supporters of the measure say they have the right to know the ...

Be required to do the same. >> then why not wait until this controversys over? you could set this up for after 2020? i mean, it does appear to be in timing and in its inflection going after the thing he hasnt released. i take your point that as lawyers would say its facially neutral, its technically neutral, but i think a lot of people watching and some people might even cheer this depending on their politics, but people watching would say it does look like its going after trump. >> well, i just...

Well, i understand why the president wont deal with russian interference because its being used as a proxy for his il legitimacy. how do you get past that to deal with a clear and imminent threat? >> two of the main issues the framers of the constitution were worried about were self-dealing and foreign influence. this permeates the text of the constitution, the federalist papers. this is why theres a prohibition against bribery as an impeachable offense, the emoluments clause. we need to approac...

Got a great panel for you. its great to have asha, worked at the fbi, helped us so much. michael, and phil mudd, worked with the fbi and the cia. understands these things. lets deal with whats obvious. you see robert and preek? very bright guys coming from different places completely on the president. but they joined here until what? well, i understand why the president wont deal with russian interference because its being used as a proxy for his illegitimacy. how do you get past that to deal wi...