black republican in the u.s. house of representatives, will hurd announced he is retiring. that leaves senator tim scott in the republican party. they also have 13 women, i believe at least one of whom is retiring from the house of representatives. are we at the point in our political system where one party on represents people of color and the other party doesn t? and is that a dangerous situation for us? look, these how republicans have enabled donald trump. he lhas day after day made racit remarks, remarks against women, fought against immigrants, fought against people who worship differently. the republican leadership in washington, republican leadership around this country has largely been silent. they have enabled him to continue in that direction.
that s different from the track record we have seen? well, part of it i m willing to attack the corruption head-on, including the corruption of the gun manufacturers that hire all the lobbyists that call the shots in washington. but the second part is six years ago the senate passed by a vote of 54-46 background checking. i say they passed. that was the majority, but not with a filibuster in place. it wasn t good nufds to get the job done. on the first day i m president, the republicans want to try to block things, we get rid of the filibuster and go with the majority vote. we just can t have a world where the wealthy and the well connected, the guys who hire the lobbyists keep calling the shots. we know the sensible things we need to do. i take your point, but a president can t end a filibuster
actually operates in his situations. what would you expect that statement to mean, work in good faith. it means once again the nra will be on the front lines making sure that nothing happens. they re going to do the dirty work of the gun manufacturers that fund them. they re going to make sure that nothing really happens. mitch mcconnell should call us back into session tomorrow morning. we should vote within 48 hours on the two background check bills that have already passed the house. let s vote on them. let s have a real response. it s not everything we need to do on gun safety, but we could take important tips and demonstrate to the american people that the giver manufacturers are not the ones calls the shots in washington. senator harris has outlined a plan that would use executive orders to try to make some changes to our system of regulating guns. you mentioned previously you
what s your answer to that question? let s talk about what can be done really immediately. we are watching a radicalization process take place of young people toward violence. they need to hear from the person they think is giving them the license and freedom to act violently. that s the president. we need to hear from that person strongly condemning and rebuking this ideology. that will put an obstacle on this path to violence. all right frank, nate, thank you both very much for joining us us on this difficult evening. whether we return i m joined by congresswoman karen bass, and former congressman tom coleman about what has been done, what can be done and what if anything will be done in washington? dong will be done in washington [ dogs barking ]
headlines, but they are happening. we really have to ask our esselves the fundamental question, why is it we can t do something about it. the majority of americans want to see us put sensible gun legislation in place, to get the guns out of the hands of people who pose threats like this, and yet it doesn t happen. the reason for that? because the gun manufacturers own washington. this they are the ones who call the shots in congress. that is corruption, pure and simple, and one of the reasons eye run foss president of the united states is to fight back against that corruption, and to fight for sensible gun safety legislation to protect all of our families. why should americans, i believe, if you become president, something will be different after new town when obama was president, nothing changed. weaver seen this escalation, horrible shooting after horrible shooting. what would you do as president