might be i. let s make one thing clear. it is difficult to git it through republican washington. not democratic washington, because the majority of democrats don t say that, maria, near unanimous support. it isn t near unanimous. the majority. but there are still some democrats who don t get on board with this. agreed, and that s a problem. the voice of these kids is what is going to propel things forward. i agree with scott, there is overwhelming support from the american people for background checks. there is near unanimous support among the american people for that and also for making sure that people who should not have guns don t get guns. the problem is, brianna, republicans do control washington. they control what gets to the floors, what gets discussed and what doesn t.
orders many conservatives are talking about, including marco rubio. i think where this debate grinds to a halt is on banning weapons and taking things away from people. i think that s where there s less coalescing solutions. you think something can be done on background checks? it just seems there isn t the political appetite in washington to do it. i absolutely think something can and should be on background checks, because what is the common theme on shootings? the guy in florida, the background check system failed down there, the background check system failed in texas, the church shooting over there. that guy should have been on the no buy list. absolutely something should happen on background checks and i believe there is political support on that, but this debate is going to break down if we get away from those popular issues. is that something, maria, that democrats i feel it
you ll get the same answer along bipartisan lines. we do have to find a way forward. but simply stating we need to get rid of other people s rights is not the right way forward. joining me now is cnn political commentator and democratic strategist maria c cardona and former assistant to george w. bush scott jennings with us as well. scott, it was suggested yesterday on fox news that the nra had gotten to the president. listen in. okay, so basically what they said was he met with the nra, he prior to that had said that he would take a position, certain gun positions, and then he meets with the nra and he starts to backpedal from that. we do know that that happened. we do know his desire to do
if democrats had that control, i would assure you there would be, maybe tomorrow or next week, a discussion on banning assault weapons. schumer has talked about this. to scott s point, you know, he talks a good game and i hope that what he s saying is true, but he s got to look to his own leaders who are the ones blocking any kind of discussion of this on the floor. brianna, if i may respond to that, i think maria has an interesting point about who controls washington and what would get discussed. in the first. this is an issue that s recall. right now i personally believe
great place. cutting a deal with mueller, mr. president? thank you very much, everybody. that usually means exit. okay, so this silence, paris, how long can the president maintain this silence? because we know often he s very knee jerk. we do know his attorneys are saying don t say too much. but sometimes the silence is deffdef deff deff deffening deafening silence. he should have ignored the question, because it has nothing to do with him. rick gates has nothing to do with him. the indictments that have come down to the people who have pled the plea agreements with mueller and the investigation have nothing to do with the campaign. does the trump white house feel that confident, that there isn t something that s getting close? i think you listen to what the president has said. you listen to the statements that have come out from the president s counsel. what we have seen i know a lot of people, maria and others, are just waiting with bated breath for something to happen