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Just endorsed for senate. He is terrific on television youve seen. And what were learning from leaked details of the Jeffrey Epstein autopsy. All in starts now. Good evening from new york. Im ali velshi in for chris hayes. It was another extraordinary day in the era of donald trump. The president , wielding his power to push israel to deny entrance to two american citizens, two elected u. S. Officials for that matter because those american citizens, those two women are his political adversaries. Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and ilhan omar had planned to visit jerusalem and the west bank this weekend. The two lawmakers are vocal critics of the Israeli Government and its treatment of the Palestinian People. But as of just last month, the visit appeared to be on track. The israeli ambassador to the United States, ron durber said the two members of congress would be allowed to visit, quote, out of respect for the u. S. Congress and the Great Alliance between israel and america. This past weekend, the Top Republican in the house, congressman Kevin Mccarthy appeared in jerusalem alongside his democratic counterpart, House Majority leader steny hoyer and said the two women shouldnt be allowed to visit israel. This is how the israeli newspaper covered the comments. Quote, u. S. House leaders back netanyahus decision to let tlaib and omar enter israel. So it certainly seemed like a done deal as of this weekend. But this morning the president tweeted, quote, it would show great weakness if israel allowed omar and congresswoman tlaib to visit claiming they hate israel and all jewish people. Donald trump insisted at least some of the white supremacist and neonazis who marched in charlottesville, virginia, a group who walked the streets and chanting the jews will not replace us were, quote, very fine female. Quote, the only kind of people i want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. Shortly after the president s tweet, netanyahu reversed course and did trumps bidding, officially barring congresswoman tlaib and omar from israel. The move garnered strong criticism from republican and democratic lawmakers, and even the powerful pro liberal group aipac disagreed. Aipac added, quote, we believe every member of congress should be able to visit and experience our democratic ally israel first time. Perhaps not surprising that trump is wielding this power this way to retaliate against the first two muslim women ever elected to congress. And dont forget, one of the centerpieces of his president ial campaign was a proposed ban on all muslims entering the United States until we can, quote, figure out what the hell is going on. Trump has repeatedly targeted tlaib and omar specifically, along with two other congresswomen of color, alexandria ocasiocortez and ayanna pressley, even telling them to, quote, good back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. All four women are american citizens. Three of them were born in the United States. The one who was not, ilhan omar, i should note, has been a u. S. Citizen longer than the president s wife melania. Last month after trump attacked congresswoman omar at a rally, his supporters chanted send her back and trump did nothing to stop those chants. In a statement today, omar described the decision to ban her from israel as an insult to democratic values. Quote, trumps muslim ban is what israel is implementing. This time against two duly elected members of congress. I want to get some reaction now from democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders, independent senator from vermont. Senator, good to see you. Whats your reaction to President Trump asking the president of israel Benjamin Netanyahu to do this, and netanyahu obliging . Well, i wish i could tell you, ali, that i am shocked. I am not. We have a president who tragically is a racist, is a xenophobe, and who is a religious bigot. But the idea that a member of the United States congress cannot visit a nation which by the way we support to the tune of billions and billions of dollars is clearly an outrage. And if israel doesnt want members of the United States congress to visit their country to get a firsthand look at whats going on . And ive been there many, many times. But if he doesnt want members to visit, maybe he can respectfully decline the billions of dollars that we gift to israel. Over time, in excess of 140 billion last year alone. 3 billion and various types of aid. You have actually suggested that might be used to leverage some of israels behavior that representatives omar and tlaib are critical of, as you have been critical of. Well, all that i am saying is we need a middle east policy which is even handed, which protects the independence and the safety of israel, but also shows respect to the Palestinian People, many of whom in gaza and elsewhere are suffering incredibly. Unemployment rate off the charts. People cannot leave their community. And i think what the United States should be doing, especially with the enormous amount of money were spending there is to demand that israel and the palestinian leadership sit down and start working out their differences and create peace in that troubled region. Senator, you know im never going to pass an opportunity when youre on with me to talk about the economy. I want to talk about whats going on this week. Donald trumps trade war, the effect that it is having. He has been roundly criticized for the way hes handled this. He and some of his supporters believe that china need to be dealt with differently. You have and many of your supporters have had views that we lose out to manufacturing that comes from low wage countries like china. Watching what youre watching now, how would a president Bernie Sanders deal with trade issues differently . Because you were against the tpp. You have come out against a lot of these trade agreements. Absolutely. How would you handle matters differently so we dont get ourselves into the pickle were in right now . First of all, you dont do trade policy by tweet. You dont have a belligerent policy towards our allies all over the world. What you do is sit down with the stakeholders, which is labor, which are farmers, and you work out a trade policy which works for ordinary americans and not just large corporations, which is historically been what our trade policy is about. Look, the truth is if you looked at nafta and pntr with china, that has cost us some 4 million jobs. So i happen to believe in trade, im a strong believer in trade. But kit not be unfettered free trade which it really is not. There is nothing free about it. But it has to be fair trade, which protects American Workers and farmers. Senator, when you got into government, trade im making this up, but it was somewhere around 20 of global gdp. Its now somewhere in excess of 60 gdp. The world got richer for it. The gdp is higher. Corporate profitability is higher. The fact is there is more money because of trade. We havent used that money to train people, to retrain people, to equip people for the future. Is trade really the enemy . Or is how we deal with the profits from trade the problem . Well, ali, i think trade is one of the problems. Automation and Artificial Intelligence which are going to cost us many, many jobs are another part of the problem. But to answer your question, when we talk about the overall economy, its more than trade. You have to look at a situation where today you have three people owning more wealth than the bottom half of americans in society. Thats not just trade. There is a lot of factors there. You have major corporations not paying a nick until federal income taxes. You have half of the American People working paycheck to paycheck. 87 million americans are either uninsured or underinsured. And tonight some 500,000 americans are going to be sleeping out on the street when 49 of all new england 1 . The bottom line there is trade is one of the issues, not the only one. We need an economy and a government that works for everybody, not just the 1 which is currently the case. What does it look like to work for everybody . And i know well get to medicare for all in a second, because thats one of the things you say will work for everybody. Good. What does it mean for the rest of people who are not employed . Its not a huge percentage of our population. Its a very low percentage, but its stubborn. There are a number of people in this country, somewhere around 10 Million People who are not participating in this economy. But ali, its not just the unemployed. And youre right, there are more than we think and theyre hurting. It is in fact 10s of millions of people who are trying to get by today on 10, 11, 12 bucks an hour. You cant do it. It is people in vermont and in california working two or three jobs in order to put the pay the bills that their families are needing. It is elderly people who are trying to get by 12,000, 13,000 social security. It is one out of five people cannot afford the medicine that their doctors prescribe. So the truth is you got an economy thats doing really, really well for the people on top, but a lot of people are hurting in the bottom 50 . And that is an issue weve got to talk about. All right. Lets talk about medicare for all. You know i like talking about this with you, coming from canada. I understand what everybody having health care looks like. However, one of the things you and i have talked about is there will be structural change with your plan. There will be people put out of their jobs, and there will be a transition. And you talked about it taking at least four years to get done, if not longer. Now we have a different problem on our hands. We have a president. Were ten years and two months into expansion. Its a very long one. At some point there is going to be recession. Some people say this president might march us head long into one. What happens if the president wins the election . President Bernie Sanders, are you going to implicate medicare for all right off the bat . Absolutely. Absolutely. This will improve the economy. When youve got 87 Million People who cant afford to go to the doctor, you have 30,000 people who are going to die this year because they dont get to a doctor when they should. When you have 500,000 people, unbelievable, half a Million People go bankrupt because they cannot afford the outrageous medical bills they get. The only developed continue in the world where that happens. Thats right. Youre asking overall will it improve the economy to have medicare for all over a fouryear transition, the answer is absolutely yes. I tell you one of the things we dont talk enough about, it will help Home Health Care for the elderly. You dont have to go into a nursing home because my legislation covers Home Health Care. The other thing it does, which is pretty amazing, is that are in a job right now and millions of people who are at a job that they really dont like, but theyre there because they get Decent Health care, when you have medicare for all, suddenly youre going see a whole lot of people starting small businesses, going out and doing all kinds of incredible things because they are not now chained down at a job which they have only because they have Decent Health care. Senator, good to talk to you. Thank you for joining us tonight. Thank you. Senator Bernie Sanders of vermont, president ial candidate. Ahead, more on the president s continued attacks on the first two muslim women ever intellected to congress. The divider in chief as campaign strategy, ahead. One consistent theme in Donald Trumps political career has been his systematic attacks on muslims. It started in 2015 when he proposed banning all muslims from entering the United States. Okay, so remember this. So listen. Donald j. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the United States until our countrys representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. That continued through 2016 when he attacked the muslim mother of a fallen u. S. Soldier, a gold star mother who took the stage at the Democratic National convention. He suggested that she didnt speak alongside her husband because, quote, maybe she wasnt allowed to have anything to say. The mother later clarified she didnt speak up because there was a giant picture of her dead son projected on the screen behind her, and it made her too emotional. Once donald trump became president , one of his first acts was to try to make good on his muslim ban. Donald trumps systematic attack on muslims has been a recurring theme in his campaign and his presidency. Just last month he tweeted, quote, why dont they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from where they came . That was directed at four congresswomen, two of whom are muslim. Two days after that tweet we saw him bask in the send her back chants that were directed at those women at his rally. Send her back send her back send her back send her back send her back send her back now its important to remember that this hateful rhetoric is literally a campaign ploy. It began on a Campaign Stop in 2015. Its continued through his presidency, and he is using it again as he seeks reelection. Antimuslim rhetoric is a key part of Donald Trumps strategy to win in 2020. Joining me now are two people with significant experience covering israel and the rest of the middle east. A journalist and Foreign Policy analyst who grew up in east jerusalem. Ayman mohyeldin, who has reported on the middle east extensively before becoming the cohost of morning joe right here on msnbc every morning. Thank you both for being here. Rula, you had a few hours to digest this. What stands out to you the boast egregious part of what happened today. I remind people it was donald trump tweeting about how israel should block these two women and then the Prime Minister of israel acquiescing. We are both ethnically palestinian, and im speaking obviously today as a journalist, as analyst. However, Palestinian People if youre an arab or palestinian, youve been banned many times from entering israel, and even prevented from crossing from one area to another. So we are familiar with this. What is new is israels escalation on its war on every critic around the world. And that is backed by the president of the United States. I dont know if there is a precedent, any other leader in america thats ever lobbied to ban congress. I cant think of one. I dont remember anyone. However, again, its Israeli Government and trump very united in defining their country, their relative countries along racial religious line. And now they are taking to it the next level in the case of israel and in the case of trump where they say if you criticize us, you will be banned. These two women have a role as representative of u. S. Congress that has been by the way the biggest ally of israel ever. Not even the white house or any president. It has been congress. They have been giving them aid for years and theyve been very generous with them. Israel is saying if you want to visit israel or the territories that we control, which is occupied territories you, have to go through aipac and approve of what were doing. If not, we dont want you there. So theyre throwing democrats under the bus and theyre aligning themselves totally with donald trump and his vision of ethnoreligious project of exclusion and purity. Thats what happening today. An interesting point, though, that in doing this, in blocking these two women, these two members of congress, whether theyre members of congress or not, israel is sort of underscoring the point, the critics of israel have that you cant get to the best bank. You cant get to the occupied territories, you cant get to gaza but with the permission of the Israeli Government which they denied because these two women are critics. There is three components to. This and that is certainly one of them. I think one is this underscores the reality of what occupation is. Its that israel controls the lives of these millions of palestinians that live there. Anyone that wants to access them to see for themselves what that reality is on the ground, whether it be human rights activist, whether it be a sitting member of congress, whether it be a politician or even anentertainer, they would be limited because israel controls who goes in and out of the territories. Two, it marks a slight and dangerous potential shift for what israel has done and that is its exporting its policy of silencing those who want to support bds beyond its borders, this time to an american congresswoman. We have seen them try to do that internally within israel. There have been israeli activists and palestinian activists who have been banned from traveling out of israel. But now to see them denying this, it takes it to an International Level that we have not yet seen before. And finally, it undermines the socalled special relationship between israel and the United States. You had a lot of members of the Democratic Party just last week or in the week before standing in israel saying the israeli Prime Minister is not a racist, vouching for israel being an open and secular and Free Democratic society and saying all the things that were hearing are bad. They have egg on their face today. They vouched for the Israeli Government, and today that Israeli Government has essentially not only disrespected the institution of congress, but has also disrespected members of the Democratic Party. It is now incumbent on the democratic leadership to correct that and stand up for that. You talk about bds, the boycott divestment and sanctions. Rula, the ambassador to israel this today. The boycott to investment and sanction, bds movement against israel is not free speech. Rather, it is no less than Economic Warfare designed to delegitimize and ultimately destroy the jewish state. I think South Africans would disagree. I think what really brought down apartheid south africa was only economic sanction and a pressure from the international community. Its a nonviolent. So what path does friedman give to the palestinian . And its good to mention that ambassador freedman has been financing the settlement that has been stealing peoples lands. And that is not the first time by the way they block a u. S. Official. They blocked jimmy carter. President carter was supposed to go a couple of years ago from jordan to visit the territory, occupied territory, and the israeli impeachmented him from going. And they prevented other people. But what this administration is doing is basically saying to the world the america we want is basically an america for white people, for people who are evangelical and christian and white people. Israel has been doing that for a while. They even enshrine in laws discriminatory laws the nation state law, what does it say, that people like you, ali, like me, like ayman who are american first and foremost and then we can be muslim, sikh, whatever, they will define us always and see us through the prism of one thing. So we have they, which is our ethnicity, our religion, which is really a betrayal of the declaration of independence of israel. It talked about equal rights. When Bibi Netanyahu stand there saying arabs are arriving in droves and the Congress Give them basically a pass on bds and tell them no, no, no, we will condemn bds on your behalf, youre basically licensing him and giving him a pass to do what he did today. The way to fight this is to stand up to israel for what they are doing, not what they are saying. What they did today is a clear declaration of war on congress itself, especially democrats. Rula, ayman, thank you for joining us tonight. Thank you for having us. Rula jebreal and ayman mohyeldin. Donald trumps dwifs campaigning and new york andrew cuomo on his states new initiative to combat domestic terror. Its time for the biggest sale of the year on the sleep number 360 smart bed. Can it help keep us asleep . Yes, it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. Save 50 on the sleep number 360 limited Edition Smart bed. Plus 0 interest for 24 months on all beds. Only for a limited time. 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Seven of those cases involve antitrump acts, but that still leaves 29 cases where according to Court Documents or statements there was a link to the president. Abc news reporting that in quote, nine cases perpetrators held trump in the midst or aftermath the midst of attacking victims. In another ten cases perpetrators cheered or defended trump while taunting or threatening others. In another ten cases trump and his rhetoric were cited in court to explain a defendants violent or threatening behavior. The latest happened in el paso where a gunman murdered 22 people after parroting the president s antiimmigrant rhetoric. Other incidents happened across the country from florida to michigan to california to utah. There are even several cases right here in new york, including one in which the fbi arrested a 55yearold man for threatening to kill democratic member of Congress Ilhan omar. The very next day, after that arrest, donald trump was back attacking congresswoman omar. And a special thanks to representative omar of minnesota. Oh. Oh. Oh, i forgot. She doesnt like israel. I forgot. Im so sorry. I want to bring in someone who Just Launched a brandnew effort to fight domestic terrorism here in new york and whos pushing congress to follow suit, democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo of new york state joins me now. Governor, good to see you. You and i spoke in the immediate aftermath of the shootings in el paso and dayton about things that were happening in new york, because weve got a brandnew law in new york dealing with gun violence. But you have introduced something specifically dealing with domestic terror. How do you think this helps . Well, first i think ali we have to acknowledge whats happened in this country today. We talk about terrorism. Were talking about terrorism normally from a foreign entity, right . New yorks antiterrorism law was written after 9 11. There is a new type of terrorism. It is domestic terrorism, but domestic terrorism meaning homegrown terrorism. Terrorism by americans, against americans, motivated by hate. And im proposing a statute that defines domestic terrorism as mass murder plus a hate crime. Hate crime means the motivation was against the persons race, color, creed, sexual orientation, et cetera. That is terrorism. If you kill what happened in el paso, if you kill latinos because they are latinos, that is a hate crime. And i believe thats terrorism. Thats a mass murder hate crime. If you walk into a synagogue to kill jewish people, that is terrorism. Lets acknowledge it for what it is, and lets punish it for what it is. What is the statute that you propose . What does it change . It establishes a new law, a new crime defining domestic terrorism has having nothing to do with a foreign entity, just a hatebased crime by an american against other americans based on race, color, creed, sexual orientation, et cetera. So you can have a radicalized american, not radicalized by a foreign ideology, but radicalized by hate who sets out to kill a certain religion, sexual orientation, et cetera, and is successful in killing people that is terrorism. El paso was terrorism. Tree of life synagogue was terrorism. And lets call it what it is, and lets treat it that way. And the penalty would be the same as a foreign actor in terrorism. You know, when you combine the idea of domestic terrorism, particularly that thats fed by White Nationalism with the availability of guns and the ammunition that can go with the high capacity magazines, those two things are what has proved to be lethal. Domestic terrorism throughout the world is an issue. But availability of weaponry in the United States tends to make it that much more lethal. Youve already got a new book, a new law on the books. Does that work with this . Or will that work with this in terms of dealing with the guns and the terrorism . Yes, exactly. Youre exactly right. Its not just hate. Weve always had hate, lets be honest, right . In the american dna is diversity and diversity can create fear and anxiety and hate. Its hate plus guns that create the problem. That is the toxic cocktail. Hate alone picks up rock, picks up club. Hate plus an assault weapon, 22 dead in three minutes. Thats the combination. So we have the antiterrorism law and the new terrorism law, and new york has the best gun control law in the United States of america, passed six years ago. We still need the nation to pass it. Ban assault weapons, ban high capacity magazines, Mental Health background check, universal background checks, and a red flag law. That is that combination, real smart common sense gun laws which by the way, ali, weve had for six years, and all the nra arguments, none of them came to fruition. The slippery slope, government will take your gun, none of that happened. Six years, nobody walked up to me and said, you know, governor, im supposed to have a gun legally, and i cant get it. But people are safer. So you can have common sense gun laws, a real new look at terrorism based on hate, and you need to address both of those issues. Thats el paso. Thats the synagogue shootings. Thats the orlando nightclub shooting. Thats the common denominator. Hate plus guns in the wrong hands or extraordinarily dangerous guns. Governor, ive got a minute left. Weve got two president ial candidates in this show. Youve got a view on how democrats can deal with these particular issues on a National Level in the president ial race. Yes. Look, people say well, it may be after el paso there is a Tipping Point and change will happen. Ali, there is no magic moment. There is no spontaneous combustion. Change doesnt just happen. Leadership causes change. And what im saying to the democrats is they should form a clear juxtaposition with this president. Hes not going to do anything on guns and neither will the republicans in the senate. The democrats should have one clear position where they can stand together, put their own personal politics aside and say every democratic president ial candidate, the house, the senate, heres the democratic position. A real comprehensive no baby steps gun control law, hold that up for the American Public and say heres the clear choice. The republicans will do nothing. We will do this. Were all unified, and give the American People the choice. I believe they will choose common sense gun reform, because they are ahead of the politicians. But the Democratic Party has to lead and put your internal politics aside and stop jockeying against the other candidate. Come up with a uniform position. Ive told them dont come and campaign in this state unless you have a comprehensive gun control proposal, because youre not going to sell in new york if you dont have a real thorough comprehensive gun law. Governor andrew cuomo, thanks for your time tonight. Good to talk to you. Thanks. Good to talk to you. The governor of new york. Ahead, updates in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, including revelations about his autopsy. That report next. The autopsy of Jeffrey Epsteins body was completed last weekend on sunday, just one day after he was found hanging in his cell at the metropolitan Corrections Center in manhattan. But the results of the autopsy were inconclusive, and the medical examiner listed the cause of death as pending. So thats all the information we had for nearly a week following epsteins death until the Washington Post published a new revelation about the autopsy this morning, now confirmed by nbc news that, quote, among the broken bones in epsteins neck was the hyoid bone. The post explains such breaks can occur in those who hang themselves especially if theyre older, but theyre more common in victims of homicide by strangulation. The medical examiner respond by saying, quote, in all forensic investigations, all information must be cinc sized to determine the manner of time and death. No single finding can be determined in a vacuum. Joining me one the reporters who broke the story, carol leonnig. I know nothing about medicine or biology or all this stuff, but the hyoib is around the adams apple. Its a very small bone. Tell me what this finding means. In some percentage of cases when its broken, it will happen because of a suicide and some cases because of a strangulation. Tell me a little about this. So i wasnt an expert in this either. Im the beneficiary of a bunch of Forensic Pathologists who lent their time to school us at the post about what this means. Most studies find that its unusual, atypical for the hyoid bone in men, right above the adams apple to break during a suicide by hanging. Its usually associated with homicidal strangulation. Huh. And some of those medical examiners who have been consulting with us about this have warned me that the new york chief medical examiner in this case likely ruled that this death of epstein was pending for cause of death was pending because that bone sticks out as a sort of sore thumb in your facts in your case. And she wants to possibly rule out any other possibility of homicide. For example, there are other indicia that would recommend that this is suicide, such as if he committed suicide, there would be no scratches at the neck, no skin of his own in his fingernails. There would be no defensive wounds that he insecured himself there would be a kind of furrowing around his neck from the strangulation. There are other indicia that would say he committed suicide. Its not impossible that he broke this bone while trying to commit suicide, its just not typical. And thats why it stands out. There was one examiner who called me today and said i just think this is really rare. I dont see a hyoid bone breaking in a suicide by hanging almost ever. So it didnt mean that we know for sure how he died. It just means it raises more worrisome questions about the cause. Right. Those questions wouldnt be there if he was checked on as much as he might have been, or weve got video. The medical examiner has work to do as a medical examiner in a morgue. How does that fit in with the fact there are others who have to interview guards, and they have to check video and they have to see whats going on. I imagine in this particular incident those things need to come together to make a determination of what happened on saturday. Absolutely. And im so glad you raised that because there are many facts still outstanding, right . Tape, videotape of the jail. We now know that no tapes were pointed directly into Jeff Epsteins cell. We know some tapes existed because the department of justice and the bureau of prisons were able to determine that the staff who were on duty were asleep and didnt check on him for more than three hours during the middle of the night before he died. The very crucial hours before he died. So there is some video thats worth looking at. The Death Investigation will absolutely look at that. The pathologist is going to look for toxicology results. Was there anything in his system to suggest that he was actually killed by someone injecting him with someone. I know that sounds nutty, but youve got to rule that out. The Death Investigation will also interview guards and inmates. Some of the guards are going to want lawyers and not answer questions, because it goes to the heart of, you know, are you going to be able to keep your job after you explain what happened. There are a lot of unanswered questions. But the body itself gives a lot of clues. We only know at the Washington Post about this one that doesnt answer the question, but raises more. This entire story since the miami herald initially did that story last fall has had more questions associated with it than answers from the beginning to the end. Carol, thank you for your great reporting on this. Carol leonnig of the Washington Post. Thank you. Still ahead, a second 2020 democrat drops out of the race. A former Trump Campaign manager flirts with a senate bid, plus my interview with president ial candidate jay inslee, all in 2020. Its time for the biggest sale of the year on the sleep number 360 smart bed. You can adjust your comfort on both sides your sleep number setting. Can it help us fall asleep faster . Yes, by gently warming your feet. But can it help keep us asleep . Absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. So you can really promise better sleep. Not promise. Prove. And now, all beds are on sale save 50 on the 360 sleep number limited Edition Smart bed. Plus 0 interest for 24 months on all beds. Only for a limited time. Today President Trump all but endorsed his former Campaign Manager Cory Lewandowski for a possible senate run in new hampshire, then just hours later the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed lewandowski. The committee wants to compel lewandowski to testify publicly on september 17th about his role in trumps attempt to limit muellers investigation, a possible obstruction of justice. The summons came just after the president himself sang lewandowskis praises, saying that the lewandowski did run for senate against democratic incumbent in new hampshire, hed be a great candidate because hes so good on tv. Well, first of all, have i the tell you that i think he would be fantastic. Hes got great energy. Hes got hes terrific on television, youve seen. I dont think hes made that decision yet. Trump praised lewandowski again just moments ago at a rally in manchester, new hampshire, urging him to make a decision soon. Now, on the other side, democrats are eager to field candidates who can boost their chance at taking back the senate. Theyve got their eyesight on former Governor John Hickenlooper of colorado, who today ended his president ial run and said he is considering a run against incumbent republican senator cory gardner. Ive heard from so many coloradans who want me to run for the United States senate, they remind me how much is at stake for our country and our state. I intend to give that some serious thought. There is also a push for president ial candidate beto orourke to run for senate in texas instead as the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board advocated last week, but orourke is reportedly restarting his president ial campaign in the wake of the Mass Shootings in el paso with a focus on gun violence. Democrats have also pleaded with montana governor and president ial candidate Steve Bullock to run for the senate there, but he told me definitively yesterday that hes not going to run for the senate. There are high stakes for all the remaining democratic president ial candidates who have less remaining democratic president ial candidates who have less than two weeks to qualify for the third president ial debate. Jay inslee joins me straight ahead. Its aggravating, its saddening and something we need to do something about. If the state and federal government dont want to stand up to the nra and some other folks, then let us police ourself. But they preempt us on all kinds of gun control legislation. Our officer dont deserve to be shot at by a guy with an unlimited supply of weapons an unlimited supply of bullets. Philadelphia mayor jim kenney after six officers were shot last night. Jay inslee, governor of washington, has unveiled a plan to address gun violence. Governor, thank you for being with us. We often talk about climate, a centerpiece of your campaign, but this is a very serious part of your campaign. Talk to me about your plan. Well, we have a very comprehensive plan. I think we were one of the first candidates to roll out an attack on White Nationalism and on gun violence. We know they are related. We have heard too much White Nationalism out of the white house. We know that the president has actually shredded our ability to attack this domestic terrorism. We need to reinstate a very comprehensive assault by the federal government on that domestic threat that the fbi has said is one of the most serious threats in the country. We know we also have to do what the mayor said, which is to bring common sense gun safety legislation to the fore. We have the nra on the run in washington state. Now we need to get them on the run in the nation. We need a president to do that. How do you separate the nra, which has really set itself up to be the organization that is supposedly speaks on behalf of gun owners, from gun owners who dont want to go down this road that the nra is going down, this dark road in which any common sense Gun Legislation is an attack on your Second Amendment rights. Thats not what a lot of these commonsense regulations are meant to be. What were finding over the last 20 years is a very rapid shift, including among gun owners. Commonsense legislation makes sense. Theyre still going to keep their hunting shotguns. That is changing dramatically. In 1994 when i was a freshman congressman, i voted to ban assault weapons knowing id lose my seat and i lost my seat in congress but i never regretted that vote for a nanosecond. It was the right vote then and its the right vote now. Now so many thousands of gun owners believe as i do we need commonsense measures. The American People have had a bellyful of this violence. Theyre tired of worrying about gun shootings as opposed to math tests. I talked to a guy at the iowa state fair and he said i thought about gun violence at the state fair. So this country is ready for action but we need a president who will stand up to the nra. I cant wait to do that. Governor cuomo was on with me a little earlier and he made an interesting point. I think his suggestion was theres not a lot of space between Democratic Candidates on this. For most americans they would say republicans arent really doing much about this. Democrats want to do similar things. His take, lets listen to it together. This is what he said the democratic president ial candidate should do. The democrat should have one clear position where they can stand together, put their own personal politics aside and say every democratic president ial candidate, the house, the senate, heres the democratic position. A real comprehensive, no baby steps gun control law. Hold that up for the American Public and say heres the clear choice. Interesting point. Its kind of the view youve taken with climate, right, that lets just all be on exactly the same side. Lets use the highest bar and lets all jump it. What about doing that with guns . Well, we have the highest bar, its my plan. Its the highest bar on White Nationalism and on gun safety because the Actual Experience of doing it is one of the things ive done as governor and weve accomplished this goal and more. Weve got some of the strongest laws because i was able to pass them, some of which on a bipartisan basis so we need that kind of leadership. So im glad Governor Cuomo has endorsed my position. Hows that. Fair enough. I want to talk to you about a ninth Circuit Court ruling upholding the ruling that children held at the border must have adequate food, begged and sanitation. The Trump Administration argued that it is not obligatory for them to provide soap and toothbrushes and things like that. Its weird that we need a court ruling to tell them that, but this is kind of remarkable. Listen, we know this happens all the time with the administration. Our state has now sued donald trump and won 21 times in a row. We won on the muslim ban. I was the first governor to stand against the muslim ban. Were going to win some environmental measures and already have. Today he tried to shred our air pollution laws and clean air laws. This is ridiculous for him and its a window into the vacuum of his soul that he is willing to expose children to these inhumane conditions. Weve got a good a. G. Bob ferguson, but the other thing is we still have a democracy thats worth fighting for and that includes in the judicial system. Listen, this reminded me of i was just talking to someone before i came here, what ben franklin said when they signed the constitution. He walked out of the hall and somebody asked him, what is it, a monarchy or a republic . He said its a republic if you can keep it. Now, weve got to fight to keep that and that means going to court and beating this guy. I never understood what he meant by that until you live in these times and you actually have to fight for it. Now you see it. If you become president you might be there in the midst of buying greenland. We prefer that he not continue down this path of unchecked Climate Change to melt greenland so he can make his new golf course. We would prefer to keep the ice cap. I think this should be the first job of the next president. If anybody agrees they can send a buck to make sure im on the debate stage. We need to keep the ice in greenland rather than the next maralago. Good to see you in person. Well see you september 19th and 20th at the climate foirm. That is all in this evening. Ing. Tonight in new hampshire, trump goes after his enemies. He claims the democrats are the party of socialism and executing babies. He says if he hadnt been elected the markets would have crashed. Earlier today he said two member of congress shouldnt be allowed to visit israel. The shocking part is when the israeli Prime Minister gave in and stopped the two americans, quickly taking its place near the top of the list of things weve never seen or imagined before. Meanwhile, about 8 miles from this studs yo citizens are faced to wait in long lines in the hot sun for bottled water to replace the poison thats in their water pipes after their government ignored them for years