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I think that if the senators vote their quicks, we will have no difficulty in passing comprehensive background checks. we are concerned that mitch mcconnell will bring it up in a way that may not lead to that type of a result. let the senate do its will. >> you are the co-sponsor of a bill with senators feinstein, murphy, and blumenthal about assault weapons, that the president made a comment a couple days ago that said there isn't widespread support for that. tell me about this. we had an assault weapons ban from the mid-90s to 2004. >> when we had the ban it worked. there was a significant r...

Completely appropriate to conduct propositions and allow witnesses to review their prior testimony before the committee interviews them. such sessions are a routine part of every serious investigation around the country including congressional investigations. in a separate development four senate democrats are calling a nation's intelligence chief and intelligence community and spent a general to investigate the white house security clearance process. senators feinstein, warner, menendez and reed questioning whether the trump administration is complying with policies after reports the presiden...

>> julie: president trump nominating three new judges to the ninth circuit court of appeals which he blasted in the past for having too many liberal leaning judges. senators feinstein and harris are sounding off against the president's move. jonathan hunt is live in los angeles to explain. >> good morning, julie. president trump's move was prompted in part by a brewing conservative rebellion over a compromise deal he had been considering with democrats for judges on the san francisco based ninth circuit. a frequent target of conservative anger because of a perceived liberal bias. the white hou...

Justice gorsuch's confirmation, i put a process in place that will allow my colleagues to obtain the public release of confidential documentles for use during the hearing. all i ask is my colleagues identify the documents they intended to use and i would work to get the department of justice and former president bush to agree waive restrictions on the documents. senator feinstein secured the release of 19 documents last year under this process. senator klobuchar secured the release of four do you means this year. if my colleagues truly believe other confidential documents should have been made...

>> there was a lot of us. >> yes. >> i sent a letter to you along with senators feinstein and durbin august 16th of this year asking to make documents related to this issue public. without them being public, it's not fair to me, it's not fair to judge kavanaugh, that i can't have the actual documents, which i think would refresh his memory. and i would ask again, you might look at that before my next term, can we make those public? >> you tell us what documents you want and i'll make them available to you, but i can't say that they can be made public. just as i said last year during