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Going to cut off spigot of campaign contributions. >> they did say that. >> here's example. had you exchange on twitter. slightly technical but worth talking about. exchange on twitter how a single mother making certain amount of money would fare under the bill. you tweeted one thing and john cornen, high up in leadership tweeted response. zero income tax, doubling of standard deduction and 2,000 child tax credit. my understanding, that's factually untrue. they're either lying or don't understand the bill. >> it's a combination of both. lot of lies thrown about and lot of them don't understand...

This foreign policy team at a time when there was -- it seems -- some people on that team were communicating with russians or seeking the help of russians. yes, for sessions because, you know, it could be said that he was in charge of this team, he was a senior person on this team. that, perhaps, is where the issue is. you know, maybe it is, you know, that he just doesn't recall it. recall having these conversations. that seems to be the issue right now. whether or not he actually had conversations with people, we really don't know. people are saying they spoke to him about this, but sessions ...

John cornen, of texas says he owns a lot of guns and finds is quote odd that bump stocks can be used illegally. >> a lot of gun shop owners told me also. >> calling for hearings. he is not alone. several others are also. most admitting they had no idea bump stocks were legal to begin with. >> we fanwant to bring in a for executive of the atf. he joins us now on skype. thanks for joining us this morning. i guess the first yes people are wondering if automatic rifles are legal why are bump stocks not? >> that's a good question. unfortunately it's one of those loopholes just like beused to regard...

Ted cruz. he had a mini-press conference. he is touring the facility. he says there are hundreds of shelters across the state of texas. he said he has been overwell d manied by the outpouring of money, donations, with anything that they have, including boats to rescue people. as you know, senator ted cruz voted against the sandy relief bill for hurricane sandy and so did texas senator john cornen. he mentioned they are working on a bill to support harvey victims. here is why he said he didn't vote for the sandy bill. take a listen. >> that bill included money for fisheries in alaska. the last ...

Victory right now, couldn't he? >> interesting there. i got john cornen, the man in charge of trying to count those votes in the senate. on "meet the press" on sunday. can they even get the bill on the floor? the real game here is whether they even get to start debating this new bill. it looks like momentum is against that. >> chuck todd, thank you so much. good to see you we'll be watching at 5:00 and again on sunday. coming up, the russia connection, more on that. key figure, an exsoviet counterintelligence officer according to nbc news. we know he attended that key meeting with donald tru...