Page 10 - State Measures News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

>> and lonnie, we keep saying this is an off year election. sort of sleepy elections. there's only state measures on the ballot. if that's part of the story for 2020, is it the level of enthusiasm among democrats that seems unprecedented especially if you look at virginia? >> yeah, i think vurj virj is a challenging state for republicans that's been trending away. donald trump lost the state by five points back in 2016. so, there are a lot of reasons why i think republicans will try to look at virginia and maybe discount it a little bit. the challenge here again though is where republicans are...

The idea that we would be so passive in the state department and the u.s. cyber command and its white house, i find it just inexplicable. i want to ask you about the gun legislation. >> this has been three weeks. lawmakers falling on the same side every time we have one of these mass shootings. >> i think they are. there will be a little bit of movement at the state level and oregon just passed some state measures. there maybe measures at the state level in florida. we are missing such an opportunity here and you see 96% and everyone a gun owning household in america favoring universal backgro...

These mass shootings. >> i think they are. there will be a little bit of movement at the state level and oregon just passed some state measures. we are missing such an opportunity here and you see 96% and everyone a gun owning household in america favoring universal background checks. this is something that's not everyone on the radar for congress. maybe the federal government will move on bump stocks or do this next system and improving the database. these are tiny baby steps in which during your show more americans will die from gun violence than die all year in japan from guns. >> this bump...

To break through in places like congress, like in florida, like in other states when this is now -- it seems like becoming so much about politics in terms of what the future is of the sheriff, so we're going to see something interesting today in terms of focus and tone from president trump in terms of whether he talks about state solutions and state measures or whether he really puts any kind of pressure on congress on paul ryan, on mitch mcconnell for some kind of solution. >> he just hasn't offered clarity yet. he has said some things but hasn't offered specifics that we will be watching tha...

Actually happen? >> the key is it's more likely than other state measures because he would actually be able to challenge those constitutionally in court and it also moves it down the line to the election in 2020. this law in new york, it's much more immediate. in 30 days people could see president trump's tax returns. >> thank you very much, dan lieberman, for joining us. president trump is usually willing to speak his mind, but could that backfire on his first trip overseas in three places where saying the wrong thing could cause an international diplomatic incident? that's next. you're liv...