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At other types of gun reform, specifically background checks, 90% of americans battleground checks and yet we have seen no movement on capitol hill over the last decade and so the polls are not really indicative of, you know, any sort of type of activity that we're seeing in washington. i think we are probably going to see, if any movement happens at all, and a lot of people are skeptical, i think a lot of people are looking for something scaled down, perhaps background checks which president trump has talked a lot about and said he endorses, although he has said those things in the past, mayb...

As usual, mitch mcconnell wants an actual outcome, not political grandstanding. and to get an actual out come there needs to be bipartisan support in both chambers of congress. and that is what joe manchin and i are focused on, that is what i discussed with the president today and yesterday. and that's what i'm hoping we could get to. >> did the president say if your legislation passes the senate that he'll sign it? >> no. he didn't say that. and i didn't ask him that. i think he's still asking questions about the substance and how we get there. what other things might be included. for instanc...

Filibuster. so it will be easier to pass gun restrictions that would make it so only a simple majority of senators have to support a policy for it to pass as opposed to the threshold of 60 votes now. that theoretically would have allowed republicans to repeal the affordable care act back in 2017. are you sure this is the best way forward? >> look, if the filibuster -- if it weren't for the filibuster, we would have a lot of measures right now. you referenced sandy hook and a lot of us thought if children could be murdered at that level, in our country surely that is the last straw. and legisla...

Some of his rhetoric toward -- in part because of beto o'rourke, and the latino community there. so it is not only the president's rhetoric at large, it is how he's spoken about el paso that is problematic. >> what are you hoping for tomorrow? >> i'm hoping that the people of el paso and dayton have an opportunity to hear from the president, speak to the president. if they are frustrated with president trump, jake, they have the opportunity to say that. if there are protests, there are protests. i think right now, though, the official capacity of the president is much been shared by the mayor ...

Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to bring back lawmakers from the five-week summer recess for a vote on talled gun legislation. >> mitch mcconnell needs to get off his [ bleep ] and do something. >> reporter: that sentiment heard outside of mcconnell's kentucky home where protests gathered on monday night. despite the inaction, a source close to mcconnell said he's serious about considering gun legislation. now, jake, we're being told by sources right now that republican leadership is not considering ending the recess and coming back to capitol hill because mitch mcconnell still feels th...