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George w. bush. i don't know the degree to which you personally handled clearances because you worked on ethics. my question as a white house lawyer, if something liking this comes to you as a white house lawyer, the fbi says these women say this about him and here's the evidence and you're managing the process, is it a hard call, an easy call? what do you do? >> no, it's an easy call. you don't hire him. you don't bring him into the white house. you don't have to have proof that he actually beat his wives. it's incorrect, i disagree with congresswoman awards who says he's a proven wife beater...

Investigations nor to make final decisions. >> richard, you were in the white house counsel's office in george w. bush. i don't know the degree to which you personally handled clearances because you worked on ethics. my question as a white house lawyer, if something liking this comes to you as a white house lawyer, the fbi says these women say this about him and here's the evidence and you're managing the process, is it a hard call, an easy call? what do you do? >> no, it's an easy call. you don't hire him. you don't bring him into the white house. you don't have to have proof that he actually...

In las vegas, why not do that? the background check, this is a simple thing to do. it would not have prevented the young man who shot the felon at church from having a gun. that young man was interviewed evidently doesn't have a background problem. he got a gun. everyone has to go through a background check. this is not unreasonable. hopefully we find ourselves closer to a conversation on this than not. >> nine out of ten americans support enhanced background checks. >> it's too soon to talk about it. >> let's bring in our correspondent from sutherland springs, texas. >> reporter: good morning...