arrival. i sent one of our reporters down to the hill yesterday to dig into that a little more. the sense she s getting among democrats is the trade deal is one thing that could get thing. it s a great opportunity for pelosi to get to her more vulnerable mibs membevu vulnerable members to say we re not just focusing on impeachment. this is something that everybody wants. it s the one thing we think could somehow sneak through the gridlock over impeachment and get done by thanksgiving. i know they re looking at beto o rourke and his defiance when it comes to getting action on reforming gun laws. what s behind that? he s come out recently saying he wants mandatory buybacks to assault weapons. he said that at a gun safety forum yesterday he stuck to that position. none of the other democrats joined him. i think it s an interesting calculation on his part. he s struggled to break through in that top tier of candidates.
if it s connected, it s protected. call, click, or visit a store today. hello there. craig melvin in las vegas this morning where in roughly an hour i ll moderate the 2020 gun safety forum. we are here in las vegas the day after the second anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in this country s history at the harvest music festival. 58 people killed, hundreds wounded. we are expecting to hear from nine of the democratic presidential candidates to really dig into where they stand on gun violence and gun safety. there are nine candidates, not ten as originally planned, because as we ve been reporting here, senator bernie sanders has canceled all of his campaign events for now. senator sanders was experiencing
download the xfi app today. as impeachment gains steam in the house, conventional wisdom is that it will die in mitch mcconnell s senate. what are the chances that have changing, especially as things are changing and there s so much resistance from the white house and the state department? senator amy klobuchar is a democratic candidate for president in a race that could now be heavily influenced by what happens in that impeachment inquiry. of course you re a formerer prosecutor and member of the judiciary committee as well. senator, welcome, thank you so much for joining us from las vegas, at the gun safety forum. can i say first, my thoughts right now are with senator bernie sanders. we came into the senate together, served together in leadership. his fighting spirit i know will get him through this. from all reports he s doing well right now. it was a shock i think for
geoff bennett, busy day for all of you. and of course phil rucker. thanks to all of you on your beats. an update on the breaking news we mentioned at the top of the show, presidential candidate vermont senator bernie sanders is off the campaign trail after doctors found a blockage in an artery and inserted two stents yesterday. the 78-year-old sanders, he turned 78 on september 8th, his last appearance was on monday in durham, new hampshire. he was supposed to attend the gun safety forum today on msnbc, in las vegas later today. sanders senior adviser jeff weaver said in a statement, senator sanders is conversing and in good spirits. he will be resting up over the next few days. we are canceling his events and appearances until further notice and will continue to provide him appropriate updates. we of course wish him well in that recovery. joining me next, senator amy klobuchar standing by, presidential candidate, with her
trial if the house recommends impeached? he addressed this in the spring. he recently said he would have to take it up and implied that he didn t know how long it would take. it s important that we push for that trial. ives involved in the last impeachment trial that we had involving a federal judge down in louisiana where we had a group of us that heard the evidence for over a week. adam schiff presented the case and then we brought it to the full senate and they impeached. and so that s where we are right now. and i think it s really important that the senate hear this if in fact the house votes for articles of impeachment. remember, james madison said the reason they have those articles of impeachment is to stop a president from betraying the country to a foreign power. well-timed, well-said. senator amy klobuchar, thanks for taking time. i know you re busy at the gun safety forum. we re busy, we ll have our