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There's a lot of bipartisan support across the whole country, super majorities agree that we need to have better background checks and we need to have age limits on the purchase of certain types of guns. we need to get rid of bump stocks. there's broad support for this. hopefully this will shine a spotlight on it and get the republicans to back away from the nra and stand up to the american people and for the kids in our schools. >> sandra: the omnibus bill, alexandra, includes the instant criminal background check system that uses incentives and punishments for purchasing guns. do you think e...

Is enough, we're at the capitol and we want gun reform. we want to fix the background system. why has it been so lax for so long. this is all so important to us and it's something that could have prevented what happened at our school. >> how do you feel when you see so many of your fellow students leading adults, as many people have noted? >> i'm proud of them. if it weren't for them we wouldn't be being hear because hopefully their voices end up being something substantial enough that lawmakers decide to do something finally. >> vic, you have a following, people listen to you, they listen to ...

Criticism they are way behind the ball on this and they saw themselves as a platform. facebook faces tough questions from the regulators in u.s. and europe. it is hurting the stock price. losing $50 billion in two days before rebounding yesterday. $50 billion. a huge chunk gone. the house poised to vote today on a bipartisan $1.3 trillion spending bill to keep the government funded through september. the measure has president trump's support, but it is not clear if it will pass in time to prevent a government shutdown midnight friday. >> the bill includes $1.6 billion for border security. in...

Age. >> the white house plan does not expand background checks or does not raise the minimum age of purchase. it calls for a commission the day after the president said all commissions do is talk. for more, let's turn to boris sanchez at the white house. >> reporter: dave and christine, a multi-prong effort the white house is including to stop school shootings in light of the shooting of marjory stoneman douglas high school last month. the white house is first pushing for a task force headed by betsy devos. that would examine the problem of school violence and recommend possible policy solutio...

A significant chance congress won't be able to do anything. i would say is not a debate between guns were no guns. it's a debate about what level of protection, give kids in school. how can we take guns away from mentally unstable people, especially assault weapons. i was in congress in 1994. diane feinstein had a bill to take away assault weapons which past. 10 years later it expired. i do think something like that, more focused on mental health. >>chris: so why do you think nothing will happen? >> because there is no fundamental agreement about what should happen. even this tiny bill about r...