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To your point, that was planned for speed because of all of the requirements, because what americans should also be assured of is that there are -- there's no one coming in through any of these programs that is not gone through a background check process and been vetted. that is our responsibility to the american people and one that we will abide by. hence we're grateful to these third countries that are providing a place for a number of many tens of thousands of people for this period of time. we have put a wide range of staff, personnel and others on the vetting process from a range of agenc...

Everything you've been connected to the last few years, you worked closely with the people running the background checks. and gun violence is absolutely in your portfolio. so when you see something like what happened in california, what's interesting here is this was a handgun. not an assault weapon. no one's going to ban handguns. those aren't under any discussions there. when you talk about what the laws could do to prevent something like this, what's the answer? >> it's hard to overstate the enormity of the burden the fbi carries in essentially conducting the background check process. the b...

Affairs, with the republican senators this week, among other ideas. according to a copy of talking points, obtained by nbc news, the proposal would apply to quote all commercial sales, including sales at gun shows. and create a system for sellers who are not licensed dealers to complete the background check process. the proposal is similar to the failed bipartisan manchin toomey bill. >> news of the leaked bill has drawn opposition from those who believe it is a nonstarter. president trump has distanced himself from the proposal claiming it is not a white house document. the "washington post" ...

Should do to stop this? >> well, brooke, there are probably many things that we need to do as a society to address this. unremitting tragedy we seem to be experiencing on such a regular basis. one of the things that we could do is to strengthen the background check process. as you indicated at the front end of your report, a majority of americans support what they describe as universal background checks, and that is a great idea. what we have right now is far from universal. the fbi spends an enormous amount of time and resources and effort to conduct the background checks that they do. but ri...

Either in the mass, something going on. because that doesn't make sense. if it was that clear cut, they would do it for nothing else but to keep their job. speak of the reason is, when you get into the details of how background checks work in our country, they are very strong. we have a lot of information about taking place. kamala harris, cory booker. elizabeth warren has made misstatements about our background check process. many talk about loopholes, what you are really talking about is whether or not a private individual can give a gun to, let's say, a family member. if a dad wants to give...