even senate republican mitch mcconnell supporting the negotiations, though not necessarily the final product. i think that there is a little breakthrough here. reporter: a breakthrough congress failed to reach after previous mass shootings. this time, lawmakers reaching for more modest steps, agreeing to help states carry out red flag laws which let courts take guns away from people deemed a risk to themselves or others, and closing a loophole that s allowed some domestic abusers to buy guns despite their violent pasts. there is also money for school security and mental health, key republican asks. the most recent push on gun violence following major mass shootings in buffalo and uvalde, texas. frankly, what made the difference this time was how horrified millions of americans have been. senator chris murphy joins us now. when i look at the legislation, i m reminded of quotes from the
those 20 million who watched, they ll retain what they saw. there is no way you cannot think and remember and visualize the first several minutes of that film clip where you had police officers and security guards, capitol police officers and washington, d.c. metro police officers, being attacked by the mob. horror movie. a mob described by a republican member of congress, more or less, as a group of torists. tourists. people retain the violence. it is a visual reminder of what the day was about, jonathan. the video was the centerpiece of the first hearing. a lot of the footage never before seen. beating up cops. police officers, lives in jeopardy. compounded with the testimony from that officer who, herself, suffered a traumatic brain injury. described in graphic detail tending to her wounded
that will be sent by this legislation. yes, it is incremental according to chris coons, but democrats and gun control advocates are hoping that even a modest step that enjoys republican support, perhaps north of that ten that signed on perhaps, they get closer to 70, as a lot of democrats would like to, they hope that creates a precedent. republicans see more political space for them in the future to endorse even more far-reaching gun restrictions without the fear of the kind of repercussion that just shooed a republican member out of congress. they hope it ll lay the groundwork for much more ambitious gun measures to reduce violence in the future. good explainer. josh lederman, thank you very much. jonathan lemire, what are you hearing at the white house? the president s statement is clear. this is not everything they wanted. they were hoping for a far more overreaching measure here on guns, that they were certainly hoping to raise the age on
the rest of the country. both chambers of congress as well as all these state legislatures. it s a short read, only three pages. it is written in simple language. it just lays out why pence didn t get on board with january 6th and takes you deep inside the thinking on his legal team. both of these memos give us a detailed, behind the scenes look of why pence did what he did. we believe they re historic documents. makes sense for people to read them as they re getting ready to watch the hearings this week. fascinating. jackie alemany, lay out the rest of the week for us, what the plans are, what the strategy is, and on parallel tracks, the feds are still making arrests. who is the audience they ll be appealing to? mika, on wednesday, we re going to hear from the committee yet again, and they re going to be making the presentation about how trump tried to use the department of justice in order to stay in power. we ll hear from trump s former acting attorney general, jeff rosen, steve
we had a member of congress vote for a ban of military style weapons. he easily got re-elected. the florida legislature, one of the most right-wing in america, passed gun safety laws. they weren t penalized. i mean, it s just it s garbage that is spewed out by the nra and by other gun groups, isn t it? well, listen, i use joe manchin as an example. in 2013, joe manchin represented one of the most republican states in the nation, west virginia. he led the compromise that would have, at the time, expanded background checks to all commercial sales. there were a whole bunch of democrats who represented much less republican states who voted against that compromise. they lost. joe manchin won in that state. pat toomey, who was part of that compromise, won in a, you know, pennsylvania, a state where democrats were doing very well during the time of his