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Policy front we will hear him call, once again, for an assault weapons ban and also tout this bipartisan gun safety bill that he signed into law earlier this year. now, yes, this is going to be a public safety speech, but john, we have every reason to believe that it is going to sound very much like a political speech as well. >> live for us at the white house. thank you so much. >> with me in studio to share their reporting and insights, jeff zeleny. to the raw politics in a minute, but first what the president is going to talk about today and as he begins to travel more in the coming days. h...

The senate finally passing that bill to improve the health care of veterans who are exposed to toxic burn pits. this after republicans had blocked the bill just days prior. what changed with the bill? it got overwhelming support this time. >> reporter: yeah, and it didn't actually change at all on the policy front. in fact, 25 republicans flipped their votes and blocked it from getting a final vote last week over procedural concerns. they contended that they wanted to have pat toomey, a republican of pennsylvania, have a chance to offer an amendment to change the proposal. now that amendment d...

Them, and i'm not saying it would be easy here. but it is this sort of legacy of watergate, the pardon of rich or nixon. the only way that you can turn the page is to not hold the person in charge accountable. i think it is a really kind of strange american exceptionalism. >> well, speaking of turning the page, vice president mike pence was speaking today and he want to sort of turn the page. he had an interesting statement about how he and trump are not so different on the policy front, just on the focus. i'm curious. >> i don't know that the president and i differ on issues but we may differ...

Vice president mike pence was speaking today and wanted to turn the page. he had an interesting statement on how he and trump are not so different on the policy front, just on the focus. >> i don't know that the president and i differ on issues. but we may differ on focus. i truly do believe that elections are about the future and it is absolutely essential a the a time when so many americans are hurting, so many families are struggling that we don't give way to the temptation to look back. >> what a very nice way of saying please stop talking about what happened in the past. that's what he's ...

Reliably organized, and i think that it is going to take a significant effort on the part of those groups, and the president, and the democrats to try to translate that anger, that frustration, into mobilization. i think, at this point, it is still up to the air as to how big of a factor it will be. it will be a factor, but how big is the question wait >> how big, the president will face pressure there politically and on the policy front. next, more on the global shock of the brazen political assassination of former japanese tri-minister, shinzo abe, gunned down in the streets at a p political...