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good day. this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington. the senate has taken the first step toward the most significant federal gun safety legislation in nearly three decades. voting last night to move ahead with a compromise bill by 64-34. notably with 14 republicans, including mitch mcconnell, voting to proceed. in a few minutes, i will be joined by senator and lead negotiator chris murphy to break down what's in the bill and what's not. in uvalde, texas, a shocking time line from the state's top public official that local police did make it into the robb elementary school wit...

To maybe taking staff advice or learning what is okay to say, what is not okay to say? >> joe biden is going to be the person he's always been. and it's ultimately an asset, the fact that he speaks from the heart and off the cuff. sometimes he says things that political strategists or a communications director would say don't say it that way, say it this way. here's the choreographed talking points. that's not who he is. i do think people like him for that. there will be other occasions as there has been in the past where he says things that people say he shouldn't say that because it's outrag...

About? these people now have access to our nation's highest secrets. the president did override the staff advice. they have the secrets. they were deemed not trustworthy with dethem. what are we being exposed to? what are the risks for our country, for the american people? >> here's what we do know. jared kushner's family was on the brink withne 666, that empi, that $2 billion building was taking the family down. oh, wait a second. mbs, saudi arabia, just badly out the company that owns the power plants that are being put -- the nuclear plants they're putting into saudi arabia, justpu bailed h...

Organizational chart. someone who essentially has a desk at the white house. >> let's talk about that. he was a reporter. he was friendly with him before. but he was not like in the white house constantly talking to him. in fact, he wound up being in exile for a while. it's a very different situation. >> so the president and sean hannity have multiple phone conversations. sean hannity gives the president policy advice, staff advice. and the president gives show advice, acting as ep as for the show. it is us unprecedented. >> i guess this is going to be the new normal. trump publicly promotes i...

Trump was with his mar-a-lago cabinet for the holiday weekend, and it included news anchors janine piero, shawn hannity, don king and his immigration hard liner steven miller. not in attendance we're told chief of staff john kelly. are we seeing the repercussions of that? >> sure. and i think it's what frank said he was not acting under staff advice. what we're seeing over the last 48 hours is really the full display of the trump administration. we are led tonight by a president making policy pronouncements he doesn't quite fully understand. he still doesn't quite fully understand. he's attack...