make. last night we kicked off our town hall series in terms of th election season and the all-important caucus state of iowa, we did it with former president donald j trump, now the president state after the show for a considerable period of time and took a lot of questions from townhome process depends. take a look. and want to talk about issue first because those of the issues that impact people s lives. i want to start with what matters. peace and prosperity in the future of elections in my opinion. we have a border that is out of control, why would they open up the border? do you think this is by design? by the end of this year, joe biden by estimates will of allowed him seven and a half illegal immigrants into this country with no background chec at all. i think there will be 15 million people and these are people coming from prisons, mental institutions, insane asylums, don t use that term place, but there from insane asylums freight i read somethin about three wee
make. last night we kicked off our town hall series in terms of th election season and the all-important caucus state of iowa, we did it with former president donald j trump, now the president state after the show for a considerable period of time and took a lot of questions from townhome process depends. take a look. and want to talk about issue first because those of the issues that impact people s lives. i want to start with what matters. peace and prosperity in the future of elections in my opinion. we have a border that is out of control, why would they open up the border? do you think this is by design? by the end of this year, joe biden by estimates will of allowed him seven and a half illegal immigrants into this country with no background chec at all.
gabby giffords and who was shot in the tucson massacre praised senator john mccain for his yes yovote on background chec. i would like to thank you so much for the vote on the manchin/toomey background checks. that s where americans stand now on guns. that s why the far right is far from over, far from over is this fight gns the far right on this issue and that s why president obama is vowing to push the background checks. joining me now, melissa harris-perry. thank you for being here. thank you for having me. melissa, aren t we seeing the disconnect between the nra and the allies in congress with the american people? yeah, it s kind of stunning. certainly at this point it s
turn this into a voting issue on the pro-gun control side a voting issue in november. i get that in we had mark pryor, we re not going it to let somebody from new york city tell me mary landrieu, heidi heitkamp, democrats who don t seem to like the role. i think he s a good foil for them to certify their authenticity. their independence. independents. in states like new jersey, pennsylvania, california, new york, there are members for whom i think this could be an issue especially if bloomberg turns up the heat in the upcoming campaign. you used to do his suburban district. you that s the one you represented. there is a different type of voter there than in the majority. the problem is, there aren t that many districts like that that are still republican. there are some. they ll have a vulnerability and these republicans that are most likely to cross on background chec checks, and i think the mayor and others add pressure on these