in the white house. and the notion that he s good for israel, he s eroding support for israel. he s making it difficult for democratic jews to support israel because he s in a close relationship with the israel prime minister. so he s actually harmed israel in the long run. appreciate it. and the president denied he s in full retreat on the issue of guns after the shootings in texas and ohio seeming to suggest the real cause of the gun crisis lies at the american border. i have an appetite for background checks. we re working with democrats, we re working with republicans. we already have very strong background checks. but we re going to be filling in some of the loopholes, as we call them, at the border. he also denied news first reported by the atlantic that he ak wee esed after a phone call with the nra.