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>> to that end he is weighing other options including raising the minimum age for buying a firearm. current law federal law people can't buy a handgun from a licensed dealer until age 25 but they can buy a rifle or shotgun including an assault-style weapon at the age of 18. if you buy from an unlicensed individual there is no minimum age for purchasing a rifle. a study cited by the law center found one quarter of violent gun oh fepders would have been prohibited from acquiring a weapon if the national standard were 21 years of age. the president also throwing his support behind a measure that ...

First, you mentioned background checks and conceal carry reprosty. >> i haven't spoken with him about that. i know he spoke with senator cornyn friday. he's generally supportive of that. we're going to continue those conversations. >> last week there was news by private travel with different senators and using federal resources. do both of them have the confidence of the president? >> i have no reason to believe otherwise. if somebody no longer has the confidence of the president, you will know. >> finally, the chief of staff on friday issued the memo on security clearances. those with interru...

Donald trump says he thought that hillary clinton was going to win and department want to rock the boat. president trump also insisting today that he's much tougher on russia than president obama is, even though, shep, as you pointed out he did not put into effect the sanctions that congress had passed. president trump referring to have a constructive relationship with russia. shep? >> shepard: what's the latest on an improving background check as mentioned by sarah sanders? >> the one thing that the president can get behind is the bill put forth by senators cornyn and murphy. it requires stat...

Isn't stepping up, doing the right thing. the fact that he's not part of the conversation to help move the ball forward and is instead attacking individual numbers of the president's staff shows the lengths they are going to blame people for their own failures. sick of the white house defended a tough new immigration add put out by the trump campaign. charges democrats who don't support border security measures will be complicit in crimes, and by illegal aliens. >> democrats who stand in our way we complicit in every murder committed by illegal immigrants. >> press secretary saying that the pr...

Respond to the magnitude of this tragedy. san antonio area hospitals and trauma centers have coordinated with regard to patient movement and patient care. the red cross has set up family assistance center to help all families affected by this. one thing that is very important for everybody affected by this, whether you're a family member or nonfamily member is that you avail yourself of counseling resources that will be made readily available in abundance. now, we have so many people who have helped respond and coordinate already. i want to express my gratitude for the president who called fro...