were republicans in some cases actually trying to play ball a little bit and maybe if we see the writing on the wall, this will pass because we don t have a majority and will try to get things in that are of note to us. the one thing that came up in these two particular laws and the background check laws, some of the republicans in the state house actually were able to get a provision that said, okay, we may be more inclined to sign on to this, before asked to be in there is if you are an undocumented person trying to purchase a gun, the gun dealer has to report you to ice. now, some at the democrats bristle at the it little bit, but other advocates were saying, listen, it s already illegal for an undocumented person to purchase a gun, so, okay, it has to be the extra claws to get this across the finish line, that s okay in our books. i think there may be some more wiggle room than perhaps otherwise, we might have thought. i should say, the pennsylvania
health from both sides. but from the right, they know instead of changing gun laws or reforming gun laws, let s treat mental health. you heard yaz min say what s going on in tennessee. had a picture of his family, assault style rifles, the christmas card. i would also like from you, ryan, whether does anybody in congress having a gut check today. about whether what they re doing is enough? well the short answer to that question is no. you might be able to find one or two republicans who on the margins will talk about strengthening some of the background check laws, but in totality, there s not nearly enough inertia to go beyond that legislation you talked about passed in the last congress. republicans just do not believe
shortly after i win the presidency, i will have the disastrous war between russia and ukraine settled. it will take 24 hours. reporter: former president donald trump has not provided any further details on how he would negotiate a deal to end the war in ukraine, or specifically what parts of ukraine he would allow russia to take over. david? rachel scott tonight. rachel, thank you. tonight, president biden signing a new executive order on guns in america, taking steps to boost background checks by improoving the enforcement of existing laws. the president directing the attorney general now to make sure gun dealers comply with background check laws. he is also promoting the use of red flag laws to keep guns out of the hands of people considered dangerous. president biden says these steps bring the u.s. as close to universal background checks as possible without additional legislation. when we come back here tonight, getting so-called forever chemicals out of your drinking wate
so, i ve got a really compelling briefing from the department of justice about two weeks ago on the implementation of the bipartisan safer communities act. no, it doesn t do everything we want. it s not universal background checks, it s not a ban on assault weapons. but the department of justice staffers who came in, and these weren t presidential appointees, these are folks who implement the background check laws, they were really excited to tell me about this bill because they had evidence that it had saved lives. they had stopped people from buying weapons that clearly were dangerous that were threatening harm against themselves or others, because of this law. we now have a much more substantial background checks for younger purchasers of firearms. we don t sell guns to any domestic abusers any longer. we re helping states implement red flag laws, this allows states to take guns away, temporarily, for people who have actually made threats against a school or against themselves. an