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Priority for the white house and the president. christine and dave. >> jeff zeleny. thank you. americans say they want tougher gun control measures in the wake of the parkland high school shooting. there's not much movement on capitol hill. senator john kennedy of louisiana says we need quote idiot control more than gun control. >> and proposals ran into roadblocks on monday. including the tightening the checks to the background system. senators and representatives will hold closed-door meetings today. enforcing background checks not enough for chuck schumer. the sheriff deputy who stayed ...

Battles, the yienypd only hit 1 of their shots and they're highly trained. so expecting an average person to get into a gun battle i just don't think is -- we shouldn't put them in that position. do we want to win gun battles or do we want to prevent gun battles from happening, which is why i think the republicans ought to get around some things here that wouldn't erode the second amendment but would help move this debate along. bump stocks are a no-brainer. john cornyn's strengthening of the background system, no-brainer. apparently the shooter in florida had mental health issues but he didn'...

Assault weapons like ar-15 style rifles, isn't that part of the problem, the easy availability of getting these killing devices? >> that's where making sure we have a background check system that's working, making sure people that are exhibiting these mental diseases, these violent propensities, are in a situation where they are restricted from accessing those weapons to commit these heinous acts. >> congressman reed, before i let you go, are you in favor of ending, closing up the loopholes if you buy these kinds of weapons at a gun show or on the internet? >> i'm open to making sure the syste...

One year in close range gun battles, the nypd only hit 17% of their shots and they're highly trained. so expecting an average person to get into a gun battle i just don't think is -- we shouldn't put them in that position. do we want to win gun battles or do we want to prevent gun battles from happening, which is why i think the republicans ought to get around some things here that wouldn't erode the second amendment but would help move this debate along. bump stocks are a no-brainer. john cornyn's strengthening of the background system, no-brainer. apparently the shooter in florida had mental...

Appetite among lawmakers and little enthusiasm to do so. we're also going to see a senate gop folks after their policy luncheon what they come up with, whether or not there's going to be a big push. here are some of the proposals already on the table. the bump stock issue. that is something that came up after the las vegas massacre. folks that would actually go through, something would be done to ban, if you will, that little device that turns a semi-automatic into an automatic weapon. the president indicates he'll take some executive action or order on that. improving federal background syste...