To firearms, and if they do, those firearms can be taken through rapid due process. Im also directing the department of justice to propose legislation ensuring that those who commit hate crimes and mass murderers face the death penalt penalty. Melissa chief White House Correspondent john roberts has more from the north lawn. Melissa, good afternoon to you. The president , he has previously proposed the adoption of a new red flag law that would allow authorities to identify people who might be prone to violence. Senator Lindsey Graham and senator Richard Blumenthal today have said that they have come up with an agreement to provide federal grants to states so that they can adopt these socalled red flag protection orders. We will where that goes in congress. Democrats are leaning more toward the idea of the adoption of new background check laws that have been calling on the president to call back the senate and have them pass bills that are already through the house that tighten and expa
it hosted senior representative from allied and partner nations in bahrain today to discuss the international maritime security initiative. u.s. navy is not saying exactly who attended the meeting. neither is the british royal navy. fox news is told the united kingdom have representatives there. there are reports france data as well. in the midst of what seems to be never ending tensions with iran, secretary pompeo says he offered to travel to tehran to speak directly to the iranian people. iran s foreign minister called the offer a hypocritical gestur gesture. many iranian news organizations have requested interviews with american officials. they have rejected those interviews. president trump s pick to be the navy s top officer told lawmakers the u.s. will not have ships in large numbers in the strait of hormuz. he says they will have resources to escort u.s. flagships, but will primarily provide intelligence support for the rest of the coalition. bret. bret: ellison barber in