chain of command to respond to a situation like this. we owe it to the american people, to the congress, to the institutions of our government to find out exactly what happened, what failed and to recommend improvements in the situation. i m afraid that there is no legitimate reason in the public interest to oppose a congressionally-mandated panel of ten people, five republicans, five democrats with paid staff and subpoena power to look into this like a 9/11-style commission. i m afraid that the only conclusion one can draw is that there are many in congress who seem to feel that it s more important to support and defend their political interests than to support and defend the nation. the senate majority leader chuck schumer says getting the truth isn t a democratic or a republican obligation. he says it s an american
cory booker because he of the mayor of newark when i was working at the u.s. attorney s office there. we know how critical gun safety legislation is. why mitch mcconnell will not allow that legislation on the floor, why the senate won t stephanie, we can certainly work with them on gun safety legislation. this is critical. this isn t about politics. this isn t a democratic or republican issue. this is an issue of safety for the american people. this is an issue of safety for our children. i have four of them. believe me, i am in fear that they are going to come across some mass shooting, that they are going to be affected by that. it is critical to parents across the nation that we get this
what the average american s life is like? yeah. take a look at senators man shchin and sno senator pelosi on the entire trump mindset. anybody at the top of the food chain is totally tone deaf, if that s where they are. if they have been out of touch with reality that long. i have been all over west virginia. people are hurting. he doesn t understand why they have to do that. this is a let them eat cake kind of attitude or call four father for money. thousands of people are set to miss a second paycheck tomorrow. i think all of this pressure is part of why you see republicans support beginning to fracture. it s why you have such republican senators voting for this democratic proposal. it s also why you have moderate democrats calling on pelosi to come to the table to negotiate. i think if you are an optimistic person, you hope that that bipartisan group of senators right now is working on some type of plan to reopen the government for three weeks. briefly, if the senate just
that s stunning. jonathan, zer li na, thank you all. thank you for wearing the time. it s a great day. very well done. my grandmother will be very happy. she thinks everybody should be wearing a tie on tv. i will be back tomorrow with more tie tips. a quick plug, i am joining trevor noah on the daily show. you don t know, it could be tend of my career. the beat with is coming up. we have a report that bipartisan talks to try to reopen the government. you are looking at the split screen reality. a dramatic statement, more republicans crossing over one by one to vote for what is a democratic bill that would reopen the government. both the so-called trump bill and this democratic bill didn t get enough votes to move forward. you can see, they do have something close to over 50 votes. trump says, he would entertain
now a bipartisan bill with some down payment on the wall. democrats say that s not going to happen. then this is why we re not seeing a cave what some are calling a semi cave. trump now leaving the door opened anew to supporting something is that he call that s reasonable agreement. reasonable agreement . i wouldn t be happy with it. if they come to a reasonable agreement, i would support it. i have other alternatives, if i have to. let s get right to it. you jumped into early up on the show as we say because of the developing news, because of the not only the votes, but the president saying there, well, maybe something reasonable if both side agree with that wall funding. you know this much better than i do, senator. if i remember correctly, that is what you all achieved on a bipartisan basis and he said no last time and shut the government down. do you view this president tonight as tip toeing back towards the opening deal you all