senate but in the house deals with gun show loopholes. just now, 2019, as well as closing the loophole on online gun purchases. but it is more than that. it is more than just having someone who is crazy or who is not well mentally, it is also about issues of assault weapons. you don t need an assault rifle to kill bambi and game hunting and to kill bambi. that is plain and simple. any time the nra feels there is restrictions, they ll dig in and they re digging in. but there is another obstacle, brianna, the fact this is election time for people like mitch mcconnell. so they re not going to vote for anything to restrict guns at this moment. april, thank you so much. chris, jeffrey, sabrina, thank you. and coming up, elizabeth warren confronts native american leaders and apologizes for her controversial claims in the past about her heritage. it was like that feeling when you pull your green sock out of the dryer and then the very next sock is the other green one.
american ancestry have swirled for years. going back to her first senate campaign against republican scott brown. professor warren claimed that she was a native american, a person of color and as you could see she s not. reporter: the oklahoma native described herself as native american in numerous personnel documents early in her teaching career, a revelation that sparked furious backlash. last fall she responded to t the the op going criticism which showed distant native ancestry. the facts suggest that you have a native american ancestor in your pedigree. reporter: that was pans as insensitive and offensive by tribal groups and the senator ultimately apologized. i m sorry for not being more mindful of this decades ago. tribes and only tribes determine tribal citizenship. reporter: as warren climbs in the polls, president trump is taking notice and still
serious of an effort this is and of course what dems will do if anything at all. well we know you will keep your eye on that. sunlen surf atty. in the 2020 race, elizabeth warren made a high profile to a native american forum using the appearance for an apology and to answer questions about how her policies would affect native people s and tribal lands. m.j. lee reports. like anyone who is being honest with themselves, i know that i have made mistakes. reporter: tonight elizabeth warren offering a public apology and a attempting to turn the page on the controversy over her family ancestry while speaking at a major gathering of tribal leaders and activists in iowa. i am sorry for harm i have caused. i have listened and i have learned a lot. and i am grateful for the many conversations that we ve had together. reporter: questions over warren s past claims to native