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And why -- why democrats aren't focussing on that, why candidates who are not doing well running for president and nonsensical? >> it is nonsensical. aren't going to be able to win number two, the numbers speak for themselves. as president aren't being i know the president doesn't like to confuse himself with the facts of the case. but in new mexico, the pressured and pushed and aren't considering runs for the united president's lies have caught up with him. states senate where democrats he's been guilty of one cover-up can win in red states, it is after another. the president promised middle ...

Didn't prosecute them. there are laws on the books that aren't being enforced now. so maybe adding more laws isn't the answer. >> absolutely. i think senator paul makes a good point. but there are other people who believe there are loopholes that need to be closed even among the laws that are in place. >> the president met with democratic senator overmanchin and pat toomey. was the focus there on background checks? is that what they were going over strategizing how to best make it work? >> yes. but two of the main loopholes democrats want closed are the gun show loophole and gun show and onlin...

>> so why does he say don't believe what they are reporting, you know the reality? that didn't sound like he is supportive of the free press. >> well, as you pointed out, he walked that comment back. i think what he is saying is something broader. it is a fill solve cap critique of democracy. he is saying that the serious issues of medicare for all, $15 minimum wage, climate change, aren't being covered enough, that so much of the coverage is based on the horse race. and that there needs to be more forums for substantive dialogue on the issues. but i know senator sanders, i know that he has tr...

And so i do think that perhaps, you know, more people are reconsidering this issue than even before, and, you know, just for instance a quinnipiac poll i just saw showed that 97% of gun owners now want universal background checks. so you have to ask why, you know, universal background checks aren't being passed and people ask that question and it appears to be that, you know, gun companies want to sell more guns, and that's the reason, and they're representative of the nra is pushing opposition to this bill. >> democrats control the house, republicans, the senate, presidential election is heat...

>> i agree. >> some crimes are committed with these guns. >> what it said was we can't -- after what they said was the final report on it is we cannot, there is a drop in crime but we can't link that to this ban because it's not really a ban because there are so many assault weapons out there and people who couldn't get assault weapons went and got other weapons with high capacity magazines. that's what the final report said. it said had the ban lasted longer, maybe we could study long-term as these guns age and new guns aren't being brought in but essentially said they couldn't come to a dete...