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multiple crimes, neither dropped by the republican party. have the gop no shame? plus, the texas father who lost a son in the uvalde massacre kicked out of the state capital this week for demanding some action on gun reform. he will join me to share his story and his message. and elon musk, lisa styled free speech absolutist caves to an authoritarian government demand that he censor his tweets. actions speak louder than words, elon. good evening. i'm mehdi hasan. on wednesday, the house was debating an unemployment benefit fraud bill, legislation to help incentivize states to recover...

Immunity for gun manufacturers, bring back background checks of all gun sales. is that what you want to see happen, ideally? is that enough for you? >> yeah, i would love to see that. in texas, we have to fight for what we think is even remotely possible to achieve. i think a federal ban would -- we would be able to do that. these people have to come together and see that these are children being slaughtered. they need to put aside, this isn't a left issue, this isn't a right issue, this is children dying. that's what the senators and house reps need to realize. >> yes. i've got to ask, the go...

What is reasonable? you've been working on this issue for three years or more? what's reasonable to get done. joe,i would be interested on your take after fred. >> executive action by president biden alone won't solve this. but we need to get day into the atf. we've been rudderless now in atf for too many years with gun violence spiking. number two, this senate needs to do the bare minimum. this year is running out and it has to be this year. i don't want to wait until another election year to be quite honest. pass battleground checks. do it. get it done. no more excuses, no more bs, back back...

Appetite for background checks and we can bring back background checks like we never had before. >> reporter: bringing up background checks would require mitch mcconnell's support and so far he has resisted pressure to bring back senators back early from recess. >> we will talk to the attorney general about executive action, what the president can do and how gun rights supporters feel about that. let's go live to el paso. garrett tenney has been peeking to members of the community updating the president's visit. >> reporter: today was a tale of 2 presidents. for some this was a visit from the ...

And the mayor of boston. that is part of obama strategy also with immigration of bringing pressure from the outside. they are advertising in districts of vulnerable senators, senators that they think can be swayed and this is a way to keep up about public opinion pressure which eventually washington does respond to no matter how slow it is. >> mayor bloomberg saying he is not giving up despite what is happening in washington. democratsccusing ted cruz on back background checks. here is part of the interview. >> one of the things we could do is improve the quality of the federal database. right...