18-year-old walk in, a 20-year-old and buy an ar-15. that s why back in 1994 i took on the nra and passed the assault weapons ban. for ten years mass shootings were down. ten years in a row. i was going to say i passed that legislation in 1994 as a senator. but in 2004 republicans let that ban expire. what happened? mass shootings in america tripled. it s time to ban these. it s time to ban these weapons. we did it before. we can do it again. [ applause ] it s time to hold every elected official s feet to the fire and ask them are you for banning assault weapons, yes or no? ask them. if the answer is no, vote against them. [ applause ] look, i m prouder that after seven years we finally had a senate confirm director of alcohol, tobacco and firearms responsible for fighting gun crimes, for seven years the other team would not let us appoint anyone to that job. incredibly important job to help local law enforcement, federal law enforcement identify the ballistics. a whole range
republicans hope will win their party control of congress. we are going to hold the majority in the house because we have a plan to fix the problems are countries facing the other side has only a ploy to win back power from shelves and rip away our constitutional freedom, reproductive freedom, it has awakened millions of voters. if democrats want to make abortion the main issue when every poll we have seen says that the economy and the cost of living is the number one issue, good luck to them trying to defend their extreme position. i guess he hasn t seen all the polls. meanwhile we are still being the key decision that could be made any moment, as a judge determines whether to grant trump s request for a special master to review what it was seized from mar-a-lago. earlier today both sides the aisle gave way to trump s handling of the documents. the process for declassification. the president is in a very different position than most of us in the national security
political hurdles. exits about opportunity. it s about giving people a fair shot. the people who will benefit will love it for the question is is it fair to everyone else? cooksville as former white house senior advisor cedric richmond who now advises the dnc about this election your gamble. then, the u.s. announces the single largest share of weapons to be sent since the war in ukraine began too. this announcement as part of our efforts to ensure ukraine military can continue to defend its people. will discuss the u.s. response there six months after russia invaded. and the state of afghanistan one year since the last american forces left with retired general frank mckenzie who oversaw the controversy with draw. and a judge orders the release of a redacted version of the affidavit used to search for her president trump s mar-a-lago estate. we will ask our sunday panel whether there was ever any national security risk. then, researchers may be getting closer to a vaccin
the mid-term 71 days away. listen. it was mon mentally unfair. unfair to people who didn t go to college because they couldn t afford it. unfair to people who paid their loans back and unfair for people who got higher education in an area the government didn t make loans and just bad economics. it s clearly trying to buy votes. simply putting a future cost upon taxpayers so that joe biden can do something about his terrible mid-term elections. not all members of the president s party are on board or even on the same page. progressives are by and large praising the plan but moderate vulnerable democrats are not on board. listen. the answer is not to deny help to people who cannot deal with these horrendous student debts. the answer is not to do what republicans want to do, oh, it s unfair to this person because we re helping that person. i think a targeted approach right now sends the wrong message. a lot of people out there making $30,000 or 40,000 a year that didn
student loan could cost over ten years. the white house is struggling to answer who is exactly paying the tab for the millions of college students off the hook. john: you don t have todd s number on speed dial, john? i ll pass it off to you. sandra smith in new york. biden administration sticking to their line of defense that the plan is fully paid for, even comparing the handouts to covid loans, even though the pandemic assistance was intended to be foregiven. john: biden facing backlash with a growing number of democrats distancing themselves from the controversial hands outs. i think a targeted an i approach right now, people making 30, $40,000, didn t go to college, they need help as well. it does not help people who have already paid off their college debt. a band aid step, a point in time step. not yet contending with the root issue, which is the affordability crisis of higher education in our country. sandra: or bipartisan political panel is on set and read