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Reading these statements expressing condolence or condemning white nationalism and then hell go back to the same racist tweets and taunts at his rallies. for my colleagues to expect anything different at this point is preposterous. they need to show some leadership. theres a perfectly good universal background bill that has passed the house that is simply waiting to be taken up in the senate. it would do a lot of good. bans on high-capacity ammunition clips, a ban on assault weapons. its not goi...

Focus is establishing this new federal commission on school safety, david, to be chaired, as i said, by the education secretary, betsy devos. the -- it seems, though, that this is going to go on for months and months and months and the president had made very strong statements over the past few weeks, but now with -- i assume in the face of a lot of criticism from the national rifle association on raising the age limit, for example, on universal background checks, hes backing away. >> yeah. it s...

Want to see the details, but for example, on universal background checks, you would not rule out supporting a measure? >> i would not rule out anywhere common sense gun reform legislation, without having a chance to review it. i would have to review it and make a recommendation based on the circumstances. >> between 1977 and 2015, theres been hundreds of violence against abortion providers, reproduction health care, senators, including 11 murders, 77 attempted murders. 184 bombings, arsons and s...

I was going up and down from one senate building to another, meeting with all of your colleagues. so im really not up to speed on it, so i cant responsibly answer that question. >> let me switch to a different topic. youve mentioned the scourge of gun violence in this country. would you support common sense measures to stop gun violence? as you know, i have championed a number of them, along with others on this committee, and in the senate. including universal background checks. would you suppor...

Debated on both sides, that the nra did not shut down at the start. >> well, we had a debate and we had a vote, indeed, although it never reached the house, on universal background checks. the reality here is that this is a very complex issue. im not one of those people who thinks if you flood the zone with firearms, everything will work out, but if you look at the state, for example, like vermont, where there are no gun laws at all, you also see pretty much no crime, pretty much no gun death. t...

Peace of mind when they drop their child off for first grade. >> joining me is former rnc chair and msnbc contributor michael steele and democratic strategist bob shrum. shrummy, i have to start with you. it sounds like you got into the presidents ear. i know you havent, that i know of, but hes starting to charge this campaign for the second term the way i think you like to run campaigns. go to the essential issues, fight them, get tough against your opponents. >> i think thats true. he had some...

The debt ceiling and the full faith and credit of the u.s., overwhelmingly agree with him on issues like taxes. 90% agree with him, for example, on universal background checks on the purchase of a weapon. its very different from what happened with george bush when he won a very narrow victory in 2004 and then said he had a mandate and decided he had a mandate to privatize social security, which was deeply unpopular. the great strength of the president here is he knows what he wants to do, hes ve...

Campaigns or giving parents some peace of mind when they drop their child off for first grade. >> joining me is former rnc chair and machines contributor michael steele and democratic strategist bob shrum. shrummy, i have to start with you. it sounds like you got into the presidents ear. i know you havent that i know of, but hes starting to charge this campaign for the second term the way i think you like to run campaigns. go to the essential issues, fight them, get tough against your opponents....