With a foreign adversary to undermine your election. As mueller said, it points to obstruction of justice. The president of the United States is not above the law. Hes not a dictator in chief. This constitution was designed with checks and balances and hes refusing to let them happen because hes refusing to comply with legitimate inquiry. Thats why i call for us to begin impeachment proceedings so we have more leverage to expose the truth. Mueller did what he has to do. Its time for congress to do what we have to do. For this president not to comply with congress, that alone in the nixon era was one of the articles of impeachment. And so its time for us to start impeachment proceedings because this president is not above the law. We have a constitution to protect. History is going to look back on this moment and say what did we do when a president was full counting the will of congress, acting more like an authoritarian dictator than someone subject to the laws of this nation. We should begin impeachment proceedings so we can get to the truth and expose what really happened when this president was campaigning and what he did when he was under investigation. Joining us to talk about his call for new gun policy changes and fielding other questions as well, the junior senator from new jersey, cory booker u democratic candidate for president. Thank you very much for the time. Thank you, and all the best to you. An update on the mass shooting in Virginia Beach in just a moment. But we want to stay in california here where the majority of democratic president ial candidates are gathered for the state Democratic Partys convention. That event attracted the largest gathering of contenders, but theres a glaring absence, former Vice President joe biden didnt make the pilgrimage to San Francisco. We have Shaq Brewster with us. What have the candidates been talking about and what are the policies theyve been talking about to prospective voters in california today . Hi, david. Yes, senator Amy Klobuchar in s on stage right now. Shes delivered her big idea as all the candidates have been doing so. Theres been 80s president ial candidates that have come and spoken to this group at the move on president ial forum. There was an intense moment as senator Kamala Harris was on stage. She was about to take a question. Listen to this moment now. Hey, hey, hey. Hi, hi, hi. Just a minute, sir. Im asking for your attention. Thank you so much, sir, for your big idea. But we want to make sure that we are able to get through this. Okay, its okay, folks. Its okay. And you see how that moment struck some fear in audience members here. But the candidates have been talking about their big ideas. Weve been hearing things like senator sanders saying he wants to end endless wars. You heard other candidates like Kirsten Gillibrand talk about her paid family leave plan. Each candidate has been giving their big idea they want to help change the country with. And then shifting focus and talking about all these progressive issues like climate change, education, health care, activists have been telling me they not only are focused on big ideas and the poillicies, but theyre listening to the followthrough, how are they going to get these things done. Thats something theyre listening for. Yes, they want to defeat donald trump come november, come this next election, but they want to be able to make sure these ideas that are getting people excited, theyll actually get done once the presumed democratic candidate gets into the white house. Shaq, stay with us. At that point in time turn on ali vitaly now. Ali, i dont know if you caught my conversation with senator cory booker, but i gather his call for gun policy reforms is one that resonated in San Francisco for the democratic convention. Yeah, absolutely, david. He was one of a few candidates that got a really big reaction for talking about policy here on stage. Cory booker laying out his big push or gun control which is something he reiterated here. He talks about regularly on the campaign trail about it. Other candidates, though, who got big receptions included Elizabeth Warren and mayor Pete Buttigieg who were talking in different ways about their argument for how they are electable in this crowded field to a group of people whose top concern is beating donald trump. They are willing, in my conversations, so almost sacrifice on policy if it means getting someone whos electable. In the case of Elizabeth Warren, she made the case being known for having a plan while saying she has a plan for what a Warren Democratic Party would look like and lead the Democratic Party into 2020. And then there was another candidate who was here, John Hickenlooper who got a different reaction when he talked about warning of socialism in the democratic field. He brought it here and was booed for that. Before he talked on stage, i caught up with him and asked him if he would be open to changing the doj guidance about indicting a sitting president. He was open but not enthusiastic about the idea. Some of his competitors like Elizabeth Warren are. Ali vitaly and Shaquille Brewster joining us in San Francisco for the state democratic convention. Thank you both very much for the time on this saturday. Im going to turn to senator Richard Blumenthal of connecticut, member of the Senate Judiciary committee and he joins us now. If we could, senator, i would like to start with gun violence. I dont know if you heard from your colleague, cory booker, calling for major action on gun policy in this country, what happened here behind me in Virginia Beach, just another example of the need to do this. I want to get your reaction to the killing that happened here yesterday and how that advances the conversation about changes to gun policy in the u. S. Like everyone else, my hearts and thoughts go out to the people of this wonderful community, the loved ones particularly who have lost friends and relatives. But thoughts and prayers are no longer enough. We know that there are actions we can take, common sense actions that connecticut has done, and theyve worked because theyve reduced gun violence and the shootings and the deaths. We know only too well from our experience at sandy hook and newton where theres going to be a rally tomorrow, that we can make progress by universal background checks, a ban on assault weapons, sales of highcapacity magazines, an emergency risk the direction order statute that takes guns away from people who may be indicating theyre going to take lives as possibly this shooter did because he was a fired employee, and other measures like a safe storage law, ethans law, named after a young man, ethan song, who was accidentally killed at a friends home when they were playing with guns. Theres no single solution and no single state can do it because guns cross state lines. And thats why a National Federal approach is necessary. But congress has been complicit by its inaction, and we know also there will be the opportunity. The house of representatives have passed a universal background check law that the senate has not taken up. It must. I appreciate what youre saying about the state level versus the federal level. What do you say to the constituent who looks at connecticut or maryland or new york and has given up hope for the federal government to do anything . Great question, and its the question of the moment. Theres a really powerful answer to it. In the 2018 election, gun violence prevention was on the ballot last time, and it won. Gun violence prevention won in the kinds of new representatives, members of agrees that came to washington, d. C. They campaigned on this issue. They made it part of their platform. For perhaps the first time on such a large scale. So we know that this movement is working. Weve created a movement. Groups like every town for gun safety, moms demand action, sandy hook. We are winning, breaking the vicelike dprip of the nra and the gun lobby. Senator, last question on an unrelated note about impeachment. No doubt youve seen the comments the attorney general gave to cbs news and you heard of what happened with the Michael Flynn transcript. There is this growing conversation about impeachment. Senators calling for it, now more than 50 members of the house calling for it as well. Help us continued conversation broadly within the Democratic Party about this. We tend to focus on whats happening in the house discretely from the senate. My perspective is that we have a common goal. Whatever our minor differences, our common goal is holding the president accountable. It may be through the courts, and theres still a possibility of criminal prosecution after he leaves. Maybe through the congress in impeachment. May be through the court of public opinion, the ballot box. But our common goal is accountability and we should begin hearings right away. Call them whatever you would like, an impeachment inquiry, an oversight inquiry, but Robert Mueller should be called and excell compelled if necessary to testify because hes going to be the face and voice. What william barr said about this report contradictory, deceptive, disgraceful, should be given by Robert Mueller himself because most americans will never read that 450page report. Theyre not going to read the book. They need to see the movie. Robert mueller is the movie and it will advance public opinion. It will create a movement for replacing this president in some way through the very dramatic testimony and attest to the power of television. Just think thousand needles move as a result of his nine minutes on tv. Those nine minutes changed more minds than nine months of commentary from politicians or others, and it will have the same kind of very powerful milestone effect. Senator from connecticut that movie will get a screening on capitol hill soon, Richard Blumenthal joining us. Insertion thank you for the time. Appreciate it. Thank you. Still to come, President Trumps reaction to the Virginia Beach shooting and what he said to local politicians. Ill be joined by the vice mayor of this who took a call from the president. And the president abroad, how he makes waves before he lands in the United Kingdom for a state visit. Liberty mutual customizes your Car Insurance, so you only pay for what you need. Nice but uh, whats up with your partner . Oh we just spend all day telling everyone how we customize Car Insurance because no two people are alike, so. Limu gets a little confused when he sees another bird that looks exactly like him. Ya. Hell figure it out. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. 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When i see us as a nation see another mass shooting like we saw in Virginia Beach and seemingly lacking the kind of courageous empathy and outrage actually channel it into changing laws we all know would make us safer, its unacceptable to me. But thoughts and prayers, i was taught that faith without works is dead. Thoughts and prayers for me are just not enough. We need laws, policies, changes made. Senator cory booker. Joining me is rick tyler, a republican strategist and msnbc political analyst. Also felipe ryanness and cohost of the podcast unredacted. Felipe, let me start with you and get your reaction to what you saw from senator cory booker. How much faith hes placing in this issue. He said this isnt about politics but its certainly a political plank that will be central to his campaign, it seems. You know, watching senator booker and senator blumenthal before him and seeing the backdrop of the California DemocraticConvention Just reinforces how the democrats running for president would be better on this typical than any republican, particularly this republican. This isnt directed at either of the senators or Vice President biden, but we always say how the time of talking about thoughts and prayers arent enough. Its no longer enough to talk about how thoughts and prayers arent enough. I think what would be interesting to hear from the candidates would be what theyre prepared to do to force gun legislation. For instance, i am sure by this time tuesday there will be a number of piece of legislation the house puts forward on smart, common sense gun control that other countries have used, like states like connecticut have used that have helped. I guarantee you that Mitch Mcconnell would not have given them any kind of air time. What do we do not . We have five senators in the race and 49 in the senate. They should stop every single nominee. They should stop everything they can and attach everything they can to every piece of legislation. You know what . This is a good thing too. Make them deal with this or make them go on the record and say no, because what are we going to debate now, how suppressers are okay. This is what were dealing with. Like tylers, let me have you react to the point, that you have legislation in the house that could be debated in the senate and its not happening. Its something we heard from senator booker as well, his frustration with the fact that there has been legislation related to gun policy that has passed that is dead on arrival when it comes to the senate. Look, i have a very different point of view about this. Im for universal background checks, but im not sure this would have changed anything in this situation. I think the story is going to get uglier before it gets better. Its a horrible thing. I am a gun owner and every time one of these things happens, it is just its horrible because all the gun owners i know, ask most gun owners, 99 of them are very good people. It always gets back to being redirected to guns are bad, therefore, the people who own guns are bad. Senator blumenthal actually said that this person, this employee was fired. David, do you know if he was fired . I have conflicting reports. We do not know the motive for the shooting. Thats been speculated upon. Thats something we havent heard from investigators. I hear about common sense gun regulation, i hear about it being tied up in the congress. I can see there are things we can do, but by and large in a free society, people have guns. There are millions of them out there. People will get ahold of guns, and you have a situation now where i believe this was a City Government building. And this employee had access to that building. If he was fired and had access to that building, the city is culpable for that. Even if he wasnt fired and had access to that building, im going to guess that were going to find out something that the city is going to be culpable of that. Not only did the city not defend their employees, the city wouldnt allow their employees to defend themselves. And that is people who choose to use the Second Amendment like myself to protect themselves were not allowed to do that. Rick, you dont want to get distracted by this incident in particular. Its a spring board but im talking about a catalyst for a broader conversation about gun policy. Let me broaden it out then. Something like this can distract us from having a conversation where there might be Common Ground . There are millions of gun owners like me. They may or may not be members of the nra. I have been, but im not. They vote on this issue and they dont see themselves as when these tragic things happen that this horrible, despicable human being did this to other people, that all the politicians point toward gun owners like me and say youre the problem. Felipe its the total opposite. No one is pointing at you. If you have a gun, i think thats great. The problem is it becomes a false conversation about the minute we want someone to not have a magazine