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Reading these statements expressing condolence or condemning white nationalism and then he'll go back to the same racist tweets and taunts at his rallies. for my colleagues to expect anything different at this point is preposterous. they need to show some leadership. there's a perfectly good universal background bill that has passed the house that is simply waiting to be taken up in the senate. it would do a lot of good. bans on high-capacity ammunition clips, a ban on assault weapons. it's not going to stop all these shootings but it's going to make them far less lethal and it's going to save...

Years and years of young, angry men going out with assault weapons, with high-capacity ammunition clips and killing people in short order. and even when police respond, it's still not enough when you're using that kind of a weapon. and we're not powerless to do something about this. we can do something about it. indeed, the house of representatives sent a universal background bill to the senate and it has languished there. mitch mcconnell proud of his status of grim reaper of legislation like that. they ought to go back immediately and pass that legislation. and i'll tell you one thing that do...

Do we know where this rifle was purchased? >> not at this time. recess. >> i'm calling on the president and the congress to come back in i'm sure we will find that out later with the help of our federal authorities but right the session, mitch mcconnell, now those are particulars about chuck schumer, let's get back to the investigation that i think work in washington, do the that we need to maintain within background bill that we passed out of the house, ban assault our purview. weapons. >> we will be looking to see if [inaudible] the president responds to some of the 2020 democratic candidate...

What do you think the chances are of penetrating the gun lobby, getting anything passed and signed into law? >> well, that was a particularly low moment of grand disrespect. it was, again, maybe inexplicable to me. what i hope is that we will pass hr-8, which is the universal background bill. and i have confidence we will. you saw the courage and important role that this committee, this chairman of our committee chose gun violence as one of our initial hearings. we will pass that bill and we will save lives, because alex, you know the scope of this problem. in 2017, 40,000 people died in this ...

That anything is going to come out of this. even that smaller background bill, andersen. >> thanks very much. the question of regulating firearms, arming teachers and what if anything can pass the congress. which seems to be the one question that comes up after every such tragedy. joining us now is florida republican congressman. congressman, thanks for being with us. what do you make of this news that the president appears to be backing away from raising the age limit to buy any gun to 21? >> i don't think he should be backing away from this issue. he needs to be leading on the issue. he need...