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Bipartisan cooperation. >> sandra: you're hearing from some of the most unlikely of republicans on this. i want to bring in john cornyn of texas. i own a lot of guns and as a hunter and sportsman i think that's our right as americans. but i don't understand the use of this bump stock. it seems like it's an obvious area we ought to explore and see if it's something congress needs to act on. kellyanne conway was asked about it this morning from the white house. she said we're open to a discussion and open to smart discussions. now is not the time. just a few days after this attack. >> sandra: --...

This idea when you talk firearms and an act of 1934 and you look at a bump stock, it came into place with an atf under president obama. that's when democrats controlled both sides. let's look at the whole investigation. let's not put politics into this. people lost their lives. i think the way president trump handled it is the correct way and really the presidential way. >> dana: do you think congress could move pretty quickly if there is agreement on banning a bump stock? could you see that passing fairly soon? >> this is definitely an area we should look at. when you look at the 1934 act, th...

And only when we know that, we can start turning the page. only when we have full transparency on all these issues we, as a nation, me as individual, can find peace with what happened. but, unfortunately, the lack of answers, the lack of answers in this, is going to just fuel conspiracy theories. some of it is decisive, some is insulting and some is crazy. >> and some of it is nonsense. you've written a book about this called "the black banners." it's a comprehensive history of the background to the terrorists who led to these attacks. in it, you come to a conclusion that others have come to, ...

Obamacare came through congress and still it's under attack. also immigration is one of the things that congress has been least likely to act on. they've been the most difficult to make any substantive change over. under every presidential administration. to think that an issue that is not agreed upon and doesn't draw neatly upon party lines is somehow going to be resolved in six months is hopeful at best and maybe even somewhat nigh aefb to believe that. this is something that donald trump is setting up to the extreme part of his fwas and fulfill a nasty campaign promise to put the pressure o...

Living up to the stature of the office he holds. david, thank you. i want to now bring in jack murphy. thanks so much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> i wonder what you are looking to hear tonight. >> well, i think unfortunately my expectations are he's going to announce yet another troop surge. this has been tried again and again and again, but we learned well over a decade ago surging more troops in doesn't mean there will be more targets, doesn't mean more actionable intelligence to act on. what another troop surge will accomplish in afc i don't really know. i don't think re...