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Is progress, is progress. go back and forth and over this break, the stature of the between the two -- the trade rep and our negotiators are seeking clarification and where there is room for cooperation, where we may have more challenges. but it's going in a forward direction so we're very pleased with that, because, again, we're trying to find common ground with the president. he always wanted this. we do too. and let's just find our common ground in that regard. >> another question -- >> personal policy before we bet to the other fuse of the day which is impeachment. what about gun legislati...

Gun package, gun legislation package from this white house. that is what president trump promised both democratic and republican senators. that legislation, that package never materialized. so i asked the house speaker since we hadn't heard anything in the press, had she heard anything and her answer was no. >> mieke, can you bring us behind the scenes a bit in the intel committee. i'm curious, do they feel like they have lightning in a bottle right now and that they have to move quickly on this? >> i think that they feel an urgency on the issue. right? this is a very different kind of allegat...

Relationship -- believe me, the quiet you hear is progress. we go back and forth and over this break. the stats between the trade rep and our negotiators are seeking clarification, and where there's room for cooperation, where we may have more challenges. but it's going in a forward direction. so we're very pleased with that. again, we're trying to find common ground with the president. he always wanted this. we do, too. let's just find our common ground in that regard. >> another question on policy before we get to the other news of the day. what about the quiet we hear on gun legislation. tw...

You have this presence there to advocate for safety, and then a gun-related thing like this would happen. what's going through your mind? >> my first thought, of course, was for the volunteers that were there. i'm grateful they weren't hurt, but they're traumatized and will never be the same. we said every day that new jersey has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, but there is only so much that we can do as a state when federally there aren't more laws that will keep us safe. so trenton is an area that is very hard hit by gun violence. even though we just signed this gun package of ...

Am i missing something? >> well, i think you make a good point. i'm not sure he's not moved. i think he very well may be moved. but the truth is -- >> he doesn't do anything. >> in washington, you know the simplest way to kill something is to play for time, right? if you are against something changing you play for time. emotions wear down. energy wears down. momentum wears down. this happened with president obama. i remember after the newtown shooting we asked at the white house, why don't you go ahead and move forward with this gun package you say you're going to put forward now rather than w...