it is about dealing with a white supremacist issue that we have. and the domestic terrorism that is resulting from it. and also cnn today christian gillibrand will prosecute gun owners who refuse to participaty buyback program for assault weapons. this and after elizabeth warren in new hampshire with a pledge to end a filibuster so republicans cannot block anti-gun legislation. we cannot let the filibuster block us from doing people. 90% of americans support background checks. according to a new fox poll s news, 81% in favor of taking guns from at risk people and 67% say they support a ban on assault weapons. but what exactly is an assault weapon? fox poll said it was a assault rifle and semiautomatic rifle but so far no consensus among the 2020 contenders. one more bit of breaking 2020
against that kind of behavior. they want to let people know, if you have that kind of past, you shouldn t bother. if the construct was before he became an elected official? i don t think you should be in the womb thinking you re going to be a u.s. senator, but maybe. you know, starting with the photograph, going back. in that photograph, has worked for a radio station. how does it change how society sees al franken? i think we have to keep in mind there were eight allegations here. that s the one that christian gillibrand says over and over again. it s in the mayer piece. it s one the particularly headline-grabbing allegation, which makes perfect sense. that s the one that kicked this whole thing off. there s a pattern of women
a year after al franken resigned, jane mayer is taking a look at the circumstances that got him to leave. he stepped down with no ethics investigation. now, he regrets that decision. here s a part of the piece. when i asked him if he truly regretted his decision to resign, he said, oh, yeah. absolutely. and former colleagues also have regrets. one person that does not regret their role, is christian gillibrand. i would tell you now and told you that there s no prize for anyone who tries to hold accountable, a powerful man. you have to have the courage to do it anyway. i was unwilling to continue to carry his water. he had every right to wait for the next election. those are good decisions.
feeling uncomfortable around al franken. they have to take that seriously. what the story does do is add a lot of nuance and questions around the initial thing. the point, you hear the senators say, when they express regrets, it s not that they are regretting al franken left the senate in the first place. they didn t push for more of an investigation. we did in the senate. when you listen to senator gillibrand, i regret that he left the senate. i called for his resignation. i don t have the power to do that. he chose to leave. there s so much cloak and dagger in this piece. that s something that al franken is bitter kristirsten gillibrand didn t t to him about it. i want to go to you here, scott bolden. you know due process. you use it in the courtroom. there wasn t a lot of due process here. yes, the decision was al
you re so backward looking that those judges are not the type of people we should be appointing. too backward looking. tucker: too backward for christian gillibrand. lisa booth joins us to discuss this and other stories from the democratic race which she has been following. jaww a gape for months. thanks, tucker. it s because i m forward-looking. this interview she did with new hampshire public radio she basically likened pro-life beliefs to racism. that is how far she has come. that is how far she has come but what we see, this is just pandering. this is desperation from a candidate who has struggled to gain traction with such a