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We also will continue to work with congress to close the dangerous loop holes that the president has mentioned. >> mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. mike, how are folks reacting on capitol hill after he threatened to veto the bill earlier today and then he signed it? >> well, sandra, many folks on capitol hill were shocked that president trump told paul ryan and mitch mcconnell about 48 hours ago that he supported the $1.3 trillion spending package. 24 hours or so ago said the president would sign it. a key democrat said that nobody got everything they wanted. it's a part of bipartisan tal...

>> i'm repeating my call on congress to block funds for sanctuary cities and to close the deadly loop holes that allow criminals back into our country and into our country in the first place. >> neil: all right. there are cities in california that are pushing back. they're not going along with what seems to be a statewide push to protect illegals. what kind of response have you had to your proposal? >> thank you, neil. it's been overwhelmingly supportive of what we're trying to do there. i think you put it very aptally we're declaring sanctuary from the state of california, which is ironic. >>...

Strengthen background checks without closing the existing loop holes, calling for new measures to quote, unquote harden schools like training teachers to carry firearms. but raising the age for gun sales which the president had gone out of his way to endorse that is one of several items relegated for further study. yada, yada, yada. today the president claimed he and he alone was the only official who could possibly stand up to the nra left it up to his press secretary to explain why he caved. >> based on the plan last night, it seems like president trump was the one petrify to have had nra be...

Show. two-thirds of the gun show has federal license dealers that had to have background checks if you buy it from them. go to the next table there is not one. it's a loophole. intrastate to intrastate. if you're selling outside the state on the internet you need a background check. if you sell in state, one part of new york versus the other, doesn't have to. this closes all those loop holes. >> we have to do something about the mentally ill not being able to buy a gun. they have so many checks and balances that you could be mentally ill and it takes you six months before you -- prohibit it. w...

Points you brought up. look, you talk about mental health problems. that's at the core of some of these mass shootings. we came together in a bipartisan as the 21st century cures act and passed a major overall of our mental health system. didn't get much attention because it was very bipartisan. that bill -- you just appointed an assistant secretary of mental health created in that law. let's make sure that they have the tools they need. they're tasked with finding the loop holes. how are people slipping through the cracks. the thing that makes me the most angry, when you see so many governmen...