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New restrictions on the bump fire stocks, the devices used by the vegas shooter. nbc news white house correspondent hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: after decades of republican resistance on gun control, a new narrow opening on bump stocks, which let semiautomatic guns fire faster. >> apparently this allows you to take a semiautomatic turn it into fully automatic so clearly that's something we need to look into. >> reporter: it's not just house speaker paul ryan but one of the highest ranking gop senators,on cornyn. >> i think it's worth our serious consideration. >> reporter: and the pre...

Get the funds that they need. that has raised concerns for many, like texas congressman who says the people devastated by this flood cannot be used as political pawns in this debt limit. texas needs money now and that debt conversation can be a separate one. we expect to learn more with the battle ahead in congress over these federal dollars today as senator jon cornyn, kevin mccart hy will be in beaumont today. this water crisis continues. those officials will be here at this water distribution point to help a line of cars that started lining up about hour and a half ago. get clean water to d...

Peace in the world when we are not at peace with each other. >> how dishonest people are. >> time to heal the wounds that divide us. >> believe me, we have plenty of anarchists. >> when one part of america hurts, we all hurt. >> these are sick people. >> we have no division too deep for us to heal. >> and i really think they don't like our country. i really believe that. >> how is that playing in texas? >> not very well. you know, tuesday morning, i talked to jon cornyn, the majority whip, and asked him about the monday speech when trump seemed to make progress in dealing with charlottesville ...

Insurances to sell those kinds of plans. bifurcated markets, sicker people buying full health insurance and healthy people buying these plans. leadership really putting the pressure on right now. essentially arguing that you are voting in favor of obamacare. take a look at what senator jon cornyn, number two leader in the senate, had to say about this this morning. >> the practicality is that we have to pass a bill. if you vote no on this bill it's essentially a vote for obamacare. that's what we're going to be left with. >> you're going to hear that from mitch mcconnell later on the floor.

Repeal impact their premiums and how many people could lose coverage as a result? critical numbers could come out any moment. let's go straight to capitol hill. >> a lot of people watching for that number to come as early as today. we saw preemptive moves from the president. president trump reaching out to the republican leadership. also saw senator jon cornyn, majority whip, number two republican, trying to get a temperature check from senators, especially how the cbo score could impact what they end up voting for. one of the things they'll be looking at is how it compares to the house cbo sc...