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President tonight? what calls to action will he have for the country or congress? >> the president understands the country is very concerned about this issue and i think what you'll hear from him is a discussion about what government is doing to ensure our highest priority, the protection of the american people. i think he'll talk about the actions we've taken not just since 9/11 but since paris to help keep the american people and american interests safe. you may hear him call on congress to review measures and take action as well. but i think what you'll hear on the president say is to call ...

Control conversation? >> well, i think we're in the middle of that conversation. we always are. when we have the incidents that we have seen, we're talking about this terrible san bernardino shooting now. a week ago we were talking about planned parenthood in colorado, and there are dozens and dozens -- >> is this a gun problem or a violence problem in the country? >> i think we have a number of issues here. i think that dealing with guns is one way to handle the violent crime issues that we have in this country. >> all right. loretta lynch, the attorney general. you have to leave it there. i ...

Our community is resilient. we'll recover from this. it's been an impact and huge out pouring of sympathy and concern for the families and victims. the stage we set up to receive all those families was a great deal of effort put into making sure that it went as smoothly as possible. >> that was the mayor of san bernardino that spoke with us earlier this morning. let's bring in republican congressman matt thornbury of texas. thank you for being on the show this morning. we're at the 355th mass shooting this year. there are 365 days in a year. what are your thoughts on cushing this violence? >> ...

Mayors are not supporting law enforcement. so if i want to get at the violence problem in this country let's support law enforcement to do their job because 1993, 2,200 murders in new york. regionally, mike bloomberg comes in, tougher policing standards. by the time mike bloomberg leaves 20 years, 220 or so murders in the year he leaves. now murder up 11% under mayor de blasio. so let's focus on the real issue which is violent crime on our streets by criminals who don't that have legal right to have a gun. they are felons. >> given joe's reaction the republican party stance on this, would you ...

Terrorist watch list ought to have these second amendment right to go out and buy guns and shoot americans. >> listen, in new jersey we've decided that that's not the way to go. fact is that my experience as a prosecutor tells me that the folks that we need to be concerned about are the criminals. if you're on a terrorist watch list we need to be concerned but in lots of respects. but the real violence problem in this country, mike, is happening every day on the streets. let's see where it is happening. new york has some of the strictest gun laws in america. yet now the murder rate is up 11% i...