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And not upset his face. >> i said to mr. president, there are certain very strong groups that oppose and it didn't hurt you at all. if anything, that will increase his base. it's a presidential moment and i'm hoping he takes advantage of it. >> it's a presidential moment and he hopes he will take advantage of it. the president will likely embrace a multipronged approach. they talked a lot since the shootings in el paso and dayton and destin, texas, about the need to make sure that people with mental illness get treatment. the president also make sure that getting relevant data is included in t...

With presidential support. now one of the few republicans to come out since the shootings in el paso and dayton to call for universal back ground checks. the real check on that is in the senate, mitch mcconnell, but also him and other senate leaders looking for leadership from the president. do you believe mitch mcconnell will allow a floor vote on this and would you call on him to do so? >> yes, and yes. depends on what it looks like. i've seen some universal background check bills that are bad. i think we can make some good ones which doesn't overburden the american people, especially in pri...

State of georgia or any state and you put a background check, you wait three days. if the atf or background system hasn't responded to you, that gun store owner can release that weapon to you. even though we have a background system in place -- >> martha: tighten that up. >> my point is it's a false equivalency to say, you don't support the assault weapons ban, tell me what you will do. what i can tell you is banning assault weapons wouldn't work. >> martha: i still haven't heard what you would do. i'm not in favor or not in favor of the assault weapons ban, i'm having a discussion what's goin...

And he is not bright enough to cover up the corruption. >> i know he is waffling. >> he took $30 million from the nra. he is corrupt. that is why he did it. >> he said he wants meaningful background checks. we are talking with congress. you are doing a disservice to everyone in the country by not focusing on the real problem, mental illness, red flag laws. we could have kept the gun out of the hand of the parkland shooter if we seized a gun from a mentally ill individual. >> he said he would do federal background checks. >> meaningful background checks. we already by the way have a criminal ba...

Criminal history that would pop up in the background system. given that, and the laws that are on the books, this is entirely vexing. >> i would say the good news is while there is often not a criminal background there often is a history of psychological illness or red flags suggesting that, that could have been seen earlier. i think that's where there is the possibility for common ground here. the president talked about this in his remarks at the white house. he was immediately attacked by people on left for not embracing their gun control solutions. that effort to investigate how do you iden...