background checks right now. we have missing areas and areas that don t complete the whole circle. we are looking at different things. here is the president less than two weeks ago a few days after the mass shooting in el paso and dayton. i think we can do meaningful, very meaningful background checks. i want to see it happen. i have a lot of support and they also have the support of other people from the other side. i think the democrats and republicans have a chance to come together. a spokesperson for joe manchin, the tom said theyt been told to stand down, but it would not be surprising if the president told him that because he has in it before. after a shooting in parkland,
you would get every view that you wanted to see. as long as you come with an open mind, open eyes and open ears, i think you have a responsibility to come here to have an understanding. bret: s talk about the other issues of the day that are pressing. the house speaker calling for action on gun control legislation. take a listen. we must pass gun prevention legislation. every day we lose lives. and now public sentiment must weigh in to save lives, to pass our bill to look at high-capacity magazines that could be eliminated as well. bret: that bill did pass the house, eight republicans voted for it. you voted no on this background check bill that included other things. it s now sitting in the senate. what do you think the senate should do? i think the senate should actually passable it actually works. you got to understand what has this last congress done? when we saw a shooting like in parkland where that
going to push you get one shot that it may be the only thing you get passed. what is that first issue for your presidency. eric swalwell? for parkland and for orlando and every community affected, ending gun violence. [ applause ] senator bennet. climate change and the lack of economic mobility bernie talks about. passing a family bill of rights that includes a national paid leave plan and pre-k and affordable daycare and making sure women and families can thrive no matter who they are. so passing a middle class and working families tax cut, daca, guns and i giver you credit for the first thing. tax cuts. the premises that there is only one or two issues out there. there is enormous crisis. political revolution and people have to stand up and take on the special interest. we can transform this country.
how do you envision that in states? keep your pistols and rifles and shotguns, but we can take the most dangerous weapons from the most dangerous people. we have the nra on the ropes because of moms and march for our lives and brady group. i m the only candidate calling for a ban and buy back of every assault weapon in america. i have seen the plans of the other candidates. they would leave 15 million assault weapons in the communities and wouldn t do a thing to save a single in parkland. i will approach it as a prosecutor and the only person who voted and passed background checks, but also as a parent. of a generation who sends our children to school where we look at what they are wearing in case we have to identify them later. a generation who has seen thousands of black children killed on the streets and the
unique position. you are proposing that the government should buy back every assault weapon in america and it should be mandatory. how do you envision that in states? keep your pistols and rifles and shotguns, but we can take the most dangerous weapons from the most dangerous people. we have the nra on the ropes because of moms and march for our lives and brady group. i m the only candidate calling for a ban and buy back of every assault weapon in america. i have seen the plans of the other candidates. they would leave 15 million assault weapons in the communities and wouldn t do a thing to save a single in parkland. i will approach it as a prosecutor and the only person who voted and passed background checks, but also as a parent. of a generation who sends our children to school where we look at what they are wearing in case