negotiations with iran and the taliban. with bolton out, does it mean we re closer now to those things happening? well, absolutely. and you know, stephanie, there s, you know, the u.n. meetings later this month in new york city. and the trump administration seems to be almost chasing a meeting with the iranians. you know, the iranians have not indicated that they want to sit down bilaterally with president trump, but he keeps making the point that he would like to sit down with the iranians. and part of what we re seeing here is he s entering into an election year, stephanie. he s gotten a lot of balls in the air, a lot of planes that need to land here. we ve got iran resuming its nuclear program, we ve got north korea still building new nuclear weapons, the war in afghanistan is still ongoing, even though president trump promised to bring it to an end, the china trade war is escalating. he wants to get some agreements somewhere to show that he s landing some of these planes. and bol
are sending mixed messages within their own party. some saying impeaching the president is part of their job. while speaker nancy pelosi is still treading lightly. tomorrow, the house judiciary is set to vote on the ground rules for a potential impeachment inquiry. so, what does all this mean? joining me to discuss, shawn patrick maloney and chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official, also host of the podcast oath, which just released its second season. i highly recommend it. congressman, let s start with you on the gun debate. it really seems like each side is going right back in their corners it proceeding without paying attention to what the other one is doing. does it make sense for democrats in the house to keep passing legislation that they know doesn t have a chance in the senate? yes, it s important that we stand up for what s right and that we act, that we not just talk about it, but we act. you know, we re here on the anniversary of 9/11. those of us fr