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It could be a sign of more ambitious gun-control efforts to come. let's discuss this with former house oversight committee chairman jason chaffetz and antoine. jason, you are in congress for a long time. not too long, but long enough. what can you do, if anything, to make sure this doesn't happen again? >> i wish there was one thing we could do to make sure it never, ever happens again, but i do like this idea about fixing the national background system. if you go to the website you will see that the student sports foundation and other support this. i supported it in congress. it's passed out ...

The president has expressed his support to look at the federal background system and we will look at ways to secure our schools. as you're aware of later today, right now, in the east room the president will award the medical of valor to 12 public safety officers. they include officers, emergency medical personnel and firefighters and the president looks forward to recognizing them for risking their lives to protect american citizens and communities. the honorees are individuals that have exhibited exceptional courage regardless of personal safety to save or protect human life. with that, i wi...

Months and they will focus on realistic and implementable solutions. >> molly: finding common ground that can be so difficult. democrats said they would like to see things go farther than just revamping the federal background system or a fix as you might say. meanwhile some of these students have come forward in recent days. students lying in front of the white house calling for presidential action. i guess the big question is where is the common ground? not only fighting it in congress but something the president is willing to sign onto? >> the president i think will be hearing those calls ve...

Discussions are ongoing and revisions are being considered the president is supportive of efforts to improve the federal background check system. an important step? >> very important. listen, anything that moves the needle to ensure that this type of tragedy doesn't happen again, i will accept. it's not enough. i want more. i want, you know -- i want a full dissection of what happened with the background checks, with everything, but, you know, listen, people are going to say it's not enough. it's a step. it's a step forward. let's take it. >> it's something. this happens to be something that i...

Checks. >> the background system is broken and so when that background check was run it didn't say he had been expelled from school, it didn't say there had been 30 police calls, it didn't say that he had these social media posts, none of that. >> rachel, is that where -- if congress is to do something is that where maybe the most logical place is for the background check. >> that would with make a lot of sense. there are some republicans willing to look at background checks. i don't think that that is predominantly the republican party. we're seeing the hill focus right now on the fbi and wha...