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gallon nationally. what an lists are saying about where those prices are headed ass we move into the summer travel season. are headsed as we move into the summer travel season. good morning, welcome to this monday morning on monday, january 13th, i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. following the massive spate of shootings across the united states, a bipartisan group of senators says it has reached a deal for the framework on a new set of gun violence prevention laws. after weeks of negotiation, the ten democrats and ten republicans announced a break through yesterday writin...

Better than everybody. this is -- it's not as black and white as i think people who advocated for the overturning of roe thought it would be. the medication that the doctors use to administer -- to get an abortion is the same medication that is used to treat an ectopic pregnancy. it's the same medication that's used to treat a miscarriage. this is really a slippery slope. >> and i want to get to the health impacts that we are seeing in a moment, but just sticking with the politics here, susan, we know senate democrats are trying to bring the heat on this issue marking this one year since the o...

Passing something like an assault weapon ban that in a manner that's filibuster proof has to get to over 60 votes or more. we can't imagine a senate right now, and it's current composition, passing universal background checks, and what's striking here is that this is not something that can be solved with local policy. the vast majority. take new york city, for instance, the vast majority of gun instances in new york city involved weapons that originated from out of state. it's called the iron pipeline flows from states with extraordinarily lax gun laws. there's even this little tiny bill calle...

Filibuster proof manner. that is how they got the infrastructure bill done. that's how they got the chips bill done. that is how anything will be done in 2023. lastly, the democratic caucus needs to be allies of those 18 or so republicans who are in biden districts that come november 2024, they don't want to be, or october, they don't want to be campaigning saying they didn't get anything done, and getting something done is defined by the president of the united states signing a bill into law. >> which is interesting, joe. there are a lot of republicans, both in the house and senate, who didn'...

Representatives past the respect for marriage act which would guarantee federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. 250 to 169. and now heads to president biden's desk for signature. the legislation was spearheaded in the senate by henry baldwin, the most openly gay person elected to the senate, excuse me. it's no doubt a win for lgbtq rights. but the bill does have its limitations, notably, and allows religious organizations to deny services to lgbtq couples, according to their personal beliefs. joining me now to discuss, this and much more, is dak democratic congressman monda...