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Meantime this latest mass shooting which comes just weeks after the tragedies in el paso and dayton sparking renewed urgency to take the gun debate which is expected to be at the top. agenda when lawmakers head back to capitol hill next week. for more, let's bring in michael stee steele, felipe reinus, and amy stoddard. as to feliif so felipe, this is a key now the democrats in this 2020 race. and let's listen to what some of the top contenders had to say after saturday's shooting. >> split up after hijacking two separate vehicles -- >> so that wasn't quite the sound that we were looking for. ...

People dying and politically what it would mean when looking at those poll numbers. 93% of the public supporting universe are al baal background strong opposition to assault style weapons. and even voluntary buy backs coming in at like 73%, astounding growth in those polls. so i think michael is right, it would really have to come from him to change the minds of senate republicans and break the impasse, but he seems to have backed off and that means that they will stay in their positions. we know that the white house is going to come up with a package that is going to expedite capital punishme...

Have made a difference, they still would have gotten a gun. it is not being in the solutions business, it is being in the shrugging business. >> michael steele, national polls show a solid majority say they are in favor of stricter gun laws, universal background check, red flag laws, gun licensing for bans on high capacity magazines. what do you think it would take for mitch mcconnell and senate republicans to act? because it appears the reflect shon point has not been mass shootings. we hear the same talking points. >> and the ultimate answer is two word, president trump. if president trump t...

The united states senate or the republican members of the house of representatives, where are their voices in terms of speaking out for their independence against this onslaught of ridiculous assertions by the president that the united states army can shoot civilians at the border, that the ninth circuit and michael -- michael is exactly right, he doesn't know the difference between the ninth circuit and a circuit breaker. where are these voices of the republicans? >> i think you're going to start to see. i don't know if you guys feel a shift, particularly since the election. when he used to g...

Politically as well as in terms of its foreign policy and its relationship to these foreign leaders, what are our european allies thinking right now in terms of stepping into this gap that's been created by this administration despite the efforts of mattis and others, the president is the final arbiter and he doesn't want to play nice, he doesn't want to play with anybody except putin primarily. are allies looking at this and saying, maybe we will emerge and redirect this relationship, this global relationship as opposed to relying on the united states? >> so, michael, what we heard about a mo...