mcconnell continues to ignore calls to end the senate s five-week long august renecessary order to hold a vote on a bill passed by the house that would expand background checks. despite this weekend s tragic mass shootings in el paso and dayton, it is unlikely he will bring back lawmakers. republicans on capitol hill have no reason to believe that mcconnell who is home resting from a fall would call the senate back into session. he has opposed legislation in the aftermath of every previous mass shooting. joining me now, hans nichols who is in louisville, kentucky, for us, mitch mcconnell s home state and platco seni politico seniod msnbc analyst. hans, do mcconnell s constituents want stronger gun measures? reporter: well, it s hard to say, right? it seems like attitudes are shifting ever so slightly, but there isn t a fundamental change in thinking here. we re here, as you mentioned,
he also tried to broker the deal to build a sky scraper at trump tower in downtown moscow, the deal ultimately founded. but a deal that was going on all the way up until right before the campaign really kicked off. up until the iowa caucuses. he was playing that role between the trump organization and russian all in regard to the russian businesses. he has a lot to tell the committee about those long-standing financial ties. you also add, lawrence, if you ll recall on february 19, they reported he was playing a back channel role, back channel role between putin back lawmakers and michael therein. ron, i want to go to james comey s possible testimony because we know now that there s a rhythm going on here where we ll have giant blockbuster news days, several days a week, if not every day of the week as in some weeks. but we don t know what they re going to be. the one thing that we know is coming is james comey s testimony and we know what that s going to do to the news that day.
tower in downtown moscow, the deal ultimately founded. but a deal that was going on all the way up until right before the campaign really kicked off. up until the iowa caucuses. he was playing that role between the trump organization and russian all in regard to the russian businesses. he has a lot to tell the committee about those long-standing financial ties. you also add, lawrence, if you ll recall on february 19, they reported he was playing a back channel role, back channel role between putin back lawmakers and michael therein. ron, i want to go to james comey s possible testimony because we know now that there s a rhythm going on here where we ll have giant blockbuster news days, several ds a week, if not every day of the week as in some weeks. but we don t know what they re going to be. the one thing that we know is