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[ applause ] love for el paso and odessa. >> how special is that, the permian high school band from odessa spelling the word love during thursday night's halftime show against franklin high school from el paso. in less than a month, both communities were shaken by mass shootings, 22 people were shot and killed at an el paso walmart on august 3rd, and then just this past weekend seven people were killed in a shooting spree in west texas where odessa is located. both high schools also exchanged special banners ahead of kickoff. each signed for the other team with a special message of strength. s...

For semi-assault weapons. take a listen. >> we talk about mandatory buy backs of ak-47s, too often used against us. 22 people killed by an ak-47. a racist white supremacist terrorist in el paso on august 3rd. the only way to make a dent in violence and fear is to buy them back. >> congress can't even pass universal background checks. that's a story i've literally been covering for 20 years, the idea of closing the so-called gun show loophole. i remember talking to john mccain in 1999. can a gun buyback program be discussed? >> this is a noticeable and significant evolution for o'rourke and his...

Brexit era. and also it has to be said, i think the united states has offered tremendous support and backing for brexit. president trump has offered tremendous support, that is the right approach for america to take. laura: all right, nile, always great to have you perspective. >> my pleasure. laura: thank you so much. >> thank you very much. laura: all right. mike? mike: laura, texas reeling again after the state's second mass shooting in less than a month. 22 killed in el paso august 3rd, 8 people including the suspect in the midland/odessa rampage. police trying to figure out what prompted ...

Let him carry? a lot of this stuff sounds like to be honest and blunt, it makes it easier for mass shooters. >> absolutely. and these are instruments of terror. 22 people killed with the variant of an ak-47. in el paso on august 3rd and the killer's mom when the ak-46 came in called police in texas and says what does my son need with this, and the police said sorry, miami, perfectly legal for thim to do this. and now we've made it permissible to carry a firearm like that into a church or school that has suffered four mass shootings in less than two years. this is absolutely crazy, but the opti...

Interest. i live in new york but my tax rate is like 40 cents of every dollar is going to taxes. lot and lots of taxes and i'm choosing to live in a high tax state. we don't vote our economic interest so i don't know why we presume people on the other side of the aisle will. >> i want to point out a recent survey of 1,150 farmers that was done from july 21st to august 3rd by farm futures and it found that support for trump has actually gone up 67% of farmers as of now, as of that survey say they will back donald trump for re-election. >> this is after the tariffs, avenue the bankruptcies. >> t...