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We'll bring you any new developments as we get them. >> president biden: this is not your father's republican party. it is a maga party. >> can't you issue an executive order? trump passed those out like halloween candy. >> president biden: i don't want to emulate trump's abuse of the constitution and the constitutional authority. republicans don't play it square, why do you? guess what? if they do the same thing they do our democracy would be in jeopardy. we have the fastest growing economy in the world, the world. we've reduced the deficit last year by $320 billion. inflation is the bain of ...

>> glenn, allie, yamiche, thank you for being with us this morning. turning to the gun violence we have in our country. right now in uvalde, the district superintendent is holding a press conference. texas house of representatives committee holds a hearing with law enforcement officials about the robb elementary school massacre. and on capitol hill, the push to take action on gun violence is intensifying. this morning two democrats published an op-ed about personal experiences with gun violence. as the house prepares to vote on their red flag measure this hour. yesterday the house passed new...

Los angeles for the summit of the americas, to talk about economic recovery and growth. protesters gathered outside the l.a. convention center. one woman who says she was protesting women's rights, was seen being tackled as a motorcade approach. not invited because they are led by dictators, the mexican president said because of those exclusions, he will not be attending. shannon, back to you. >> shannon: okay, ashley strohmier, thank you very much. a pretty important week for the president between his first major network interview in months and meeting with international leaders at the summit...

President biden making the rounds on late night tv, might be a comedy show but he's being asked serious questions. we'll play it for you, next. president joe biden stopping ° by "jimmy kimmel live" during his trip to l.a. the late night host asking biden about taking executive action on gun violence. >> can't you issue an executive order, trump passed those out like halloween candy. >> well, i did. >> isn't that something that could happen? >> well, i have issued executive orders within the power of the presidency, to be able to deal with these, everything having to do with guns, gun owners...

Appearance on "jimmy kimmel live" and when asked why not just solve this with executive orders, here's biden's response. >> well, what i don't want to do and i'm not being facetious, i don't want to emulate trump's abuse of the constitution. and the constitutional authority. and so -- and i mean that sincerely. i get asked, the republicans don't play it square, why do you play it square? if we do the same thing they do, our democracy would literally be in jeopardy. not a joke. >> cnn's melanie zanona is on capitol hill. melanie, a reality check here. we heard a lot of proposals and we know fro...