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
friend of the author salman rushdie. that does it for me, thanks for watching the cross connection. s fo watching the cross connection. erekat morning, everyone welcome to the cross connection, i m tiffany cross. 45 minutes 99 problems and the truth is definitely. one mussolini claims he had a quote standing order to declassify documents that were removed from the oval office addicted to the residence. 18 former top japanese including two former chief of staff tells cnn that that is complete fiction. quote ridiculous and plain quotes bs. that is not great news for the velveeta voldemort to s former lawyer rudy giuliani claimed he took the sensitive documents, some of them top secret to keep in mind. taking them safe, in mar-a-lago s basement. that lacks a proper lock. personally, i think the national archives makes more sense but, that is just me and millions of other rational americans. there is a very real possibility that a former president of the united states could
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