Launch and despite kim jonguns presence, it does not have anyone laughing. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with breaking news and high drama on capitol hill. Democratic lawmakers are staging a sitin on the floor of the u. S. House of representatives. They are led by congressman john lewis and protesting the unwillingness of republicans who control the house to even allow a vote on gun control legislation ten days after the deadliest mass shooting in modern u. S. History. If youre wondering why were using photographers and periscope to show you this instead of using cameras inside the house chamber, the ones you pay for, thats because shortly after democrats began this show of defiance, republicans gavelled into recess and as is protocol, the cameras were shut off. Lets go to manu raju on capitol hill. Reporter frustration has been building upon democrats. Democratic senator chris murphy demanded action and today it was the House Democrats turn. Furious democrats take to t
Listen to what he had to say on fox about what he thought would be the response. I guess i was a little bit surprised because all of the democrats i mean they hated jim comey. They didnt like him. They wanted him fired or whatever, and then all of a sudden they come out with these long reports. Look, i thought that this would be a very popular thing that i did when i terminated comey because all of the democrats couldnt stand him. But because i terminated him, they said, ah, we get some political points, well go against trump. Reporter and so it is interesting to hear the president talk about how surprised he was. He thought this move would be celebrated because of the past criticism from democrats of director comey. But democrats had come to see comey as a straight shooter, someone that they wanted to see continue to head up this russia investigation. So a lot of folks would say, why is the president surprised that democrats are responding that way . Some of our reporting points to th
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