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Conference yesterday calling on senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to take up house passed legislation on background checks. two people familiar with democrats plans tell "the washington post" the house judiciary committee will consider proposals to restrict high capacity magazines, institute red flag laws and potentially legislation on hate crimes. joining us now here in new york, a member of the house homeland security and veterans affairs committee, democratic congressman max rose of new york. he's a veteran of the war in afghanistan and the recipient of both the bronze star and the pur...

Look at mooass shootings. this administration has not paid nearly enough focus to the issue of domestic terrorism. dhs has disbanded its internal office designed to address this issue. the state department hasn't labeled these organizations terrorist organizations which would provide us with the empowerment to truly address those who are aligned these organizations before they commit a crime, which is absolutely critical. we have a road map for what we have done throughout the 21st century in regards to global terrorism. we have to readjust it towards the way in which the threat has changed. t...

Thing. he said we'll see what happens. i hope it works out for everybody, talking about hong kong and china. what his hesitance, what is his reticence, is it just about getting a trade deal with china. >> sounds as though the president is telling us exactly what he means, which is that he is hesitant to really delve into this. he just postponed imposing new tariffs on china. the idea is that want to stock up on the holidays. there are farmers all over the country sounding the alarms and saying look, this trade war is costing us money. that is the base of the republican party and a lot of these...

Readily available in america. >> you needed weeks of training. >> and beyond the training, let's think about what an assault weapon is designed to do, an ar 15 is designed to do, quickly shoot rounds and enter the body, do not leave it. designed to reck sh-- ricochet around the body and we have the problem of extended magazines, these should not be sold in the united states of america, this is quite simple and statistically proven to have a result. >> max, look into the cameras and tell hunters who want to buy an ar 15 to go hunting deer or if pheasant in the fall, the difference between hunti...

Assault weapons. until we get to assault weapons, legislation even on background checks isn't going to stop the kinds of attacks we have been having recently. is that ever going to happen or is that conversation just dead in america. >> amidst all of these shootings, we cannot lose sight of the fact that we have thousands of people dying in inner city america, often from handguns. much of that will be solved by the issue of the universal background checks, because these weapons, we see people dying in brooklyn, flowing from down south up the iron pipeline. the issue of mass shootings will not ...