that s the end of that because right after the slaughter of the children in parkland, florida, the president said the same thing. whether we are republican or democrat, he wrote, we must focus on strengthening background checks. then he talked to the nra and that was the end of that. the nra gave the president some $30 million for his election b bid. rich edson reporting from the white house. chapter, congressional democrats are pushing and pointing out with the president set on this. the president is saying that he wants an expansion of background checks and he says he thinks congress can actually pass something at this time. president trump: there is a great appetite, and i mean a very strong appetite for background checks and i think we can bring up background checks like we ve never had before. i think both republican and democrats are getting close to a bill on doing something with background checks. of the mayors of el paso,
unlawful and threatening to take legal action. rich edson reporting live from the state department. administration officials argue that many migrants are refusing the asylum system generally designed to help those facing persecution because of their race, religion, or political beliefs not economic conditions. announcing this change, the department of justice and homeland security right, a large number of meritless claims places a strain on the immigration system undermines many of the humanitarian purposes of the asylum and has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis. conversely it impacts the united states united states ongoing diplomatic associations with foreign countries. other officials say this policy change will deter migration from the beginning. this is going to send a clear message to people considering coming up illegally to this country to overwhelm our borders with the hope that they will get
great honor and called it a legendary day. rich edson reporting live from the white house. rich? trace, administration officials say the position from this administration is still to get north korea to dismantle its weapons program. so there s that report in the new york times saying the administration officials are formulating the foundation of a position whereby they would accept a freeze. no full elimination of the weapons program in north korea. so the national security adviser john bolton saw that report and said i read this new york times story with curiosity. neither the nsc staff or i have discussed or heard any desire to settle for a nuclear freeze by north korea. this is an attempt for someone to box in the president. there should be con sequences. north korea has pushed the administration to change their position to agree to give up on sanctions. the u.s. has refused and say the
saw as described in the audio recording. the crown prince denies any involvement in khaishoggi s death. while the u.s. have not blamed the death on him, it s hard to believe that a saudi team could have carried all of this out without somebody at the top signing off on all of it. our state department correspondent rich edson reporting. the saudis say there s nothing to this. yeah, they call this baseless. they say the only people that will prosecute is their own judiciary. they say we strongly attempt to divert the case or influence it in any way. the united nations mentioned the crown prince dozens of people in the result. that an operation could be implemented without the crown prince being a wear and some
president trump says there s a food chance of reaching a deal to avoid tariffs on everything we import from mexico. he also says if there is no deal, the new taxes kick in on monday. we re keeping an eye on the state department where mexico s top diplomat has been meeting with u.s. officials. the president threatening tariffs at 5% unless mexico does more to stop immigrants heading to the united states. that is triggering a threat of a revolt from his own party. a tariff is a tax. economists confirm you will pay the price. a big part of the talks in d.c., the issue of asylum and migrants trying to escape poverty and violence in central america. the u.s. calling for mexico to accept almost all asylum seekers in an effort to stop them from crossing into the united states. rich edson reporting live from the white house. rich? shep, three straight days of negotiations between american