Nationalist rally in charlottesville, virginia, turned deadly, the president said this you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. Reporter today, mr. Trump pledged more federal resources to combat domestic terrorism. He also recommended curbing the glorification of violence found in video games and restricting access to firearms for the mentally ill who pose a threat. Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun. Reporter but mr. Trump did not talk about the need to mandate strong background checks on gun buyers which he tweeted this morning and initially supported after the 2018 shooting at a florida high school. And im pissed because my daughter im not going to see again reporter just days after meeting with victims and family members, the president had what he called a great meeting with the nra and backed off his background check pledge. Today, former president barack obama issued a lengthy statement calling for tougher gun laws and in a rare rebuke
About violence and the police. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city i am Randall Pinkston. Saudi Arabias King Salman is at the white house right now. He and president obama are discussing the fight against isil and defense spending. But at the top of their agenda is the iran nuclear deal. This week president obama shored up enough congressional support to insure the agreement stays intact. Now he needs to address how the deal with iran may affect the u. S. Saudi alliance, Mike Viqueira is in washington live. We know saudi arabia wasnt happy about the deal with iran. So how have see seen this deal already impact u. S. Saudi relationship . Reporter there is no question there is sensitives, anxiety on part of the saudi arabians. No question about it. President obama last year making a special trip to saudi arabia after visiting europe to sit with king salmans predecessor and talk things out. A lot of con stern nation on the part of the saudis not only with regards to the ong
Mother jones my colleague and the author of a brand new book trigger points inside the mission to stop Mass Shootings in america. Will tell you all about the book in a minute, but i would like to remind our audience that you can be part of this conversation as well if youre watching us on youtube, please share any questions that you would like us to address in the text chat. This is one of the few times when an internet Comment Section is a good thing. And well make sure to get to some of your questions as we go through the program. Mark its so lovely to see you last. I think ive seen you in person three times in the last two years and two have been within the past week. Yeah, so this is a good sign for sure and im so excited about this book. Not only because its a reporting tour de forests that has taken a lot of your time in the last 10 years. But also because it brings hope and perspective to something. Thats a really grim subject. And we have a lot of grim topics out there right no
Remind our audience that you can be part of this conversation as well if youre watching us on youtube, please share any questions that you would like us to address in the text chat. This is one of the few times when an internet Comment Section is a good thing. And well make sure to get to some of your questions as we go through the program. Mark its so lovely to see you last. I think ive seen you in person three times in the last two years and two have been within the past week. Yeah, so this is a good sign for sure and im so excited about this book. Not only because its a reporting tour de forests that has taken a lot of your time in the last 10 years. But also because it brings hope and perspective to something. Thats a really grim subject. And we have a lot of grim topics out there right now, but not as much hope and perspective. So im really excited about. Taking our audience on the journey of discovery that youve undertaken here. And maybe to start the journey because it really is
Remind our audience that you can be part of this conversation as well if youre watching us on youtube, please share any questions that you would like us to address in the text chat. This is one of the few times when an internet Comment Section is a good thing. And well make sure to get to some of your questions as we go through the program. Mark its so lovely to see you last. I think ive seen you in person three times in the last two years and two have been within the past week. Yeah, so this is a good sign for sure and im so excited about this book. Not only because its a reporting tour de forests that has taken a lot of your time in the last 10 years. But also because it brings hope and perspective to something. Thats a really grim subject. And we have a lot of grim topics out there right now, but not as much hope and perspective. So im really excited about. Taking our audience on the journey of discovery that youve undertaken here. And maybe to start the journey because it really is