system by adding additional disqualifying items. if we re serious about finding common ground and building consensus, those sorts of things will stand no chance of passing the senate. a lot there of what they won t do. that is john cornyn of course chief negotiator for the republicans in these bipartisan talks on a gun safety deal. a limited deal to be clear, but one that is now building momentum in the wake of the uvalde school massacre. so what is off the table? raising the minimum age to buy a semi automatic weapon like an ar-15. but republicans say that they looking at changing criminal background checks to include essentially scouring the juvenile records which would create an enhanced waiting period. so what is on the table? creating incentives for states to pass red flag laws, those are the laws that when actually used properly can keep guns out of the hands of people deemed a danger to themselves or others about also at issue, improving the background check system t
good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, june 7th. we have important new reporting this morning on the status of the gun safety talks in washington. negotiators met late into the night, and it seems there are areas of possible agreement. narrow agreement, but agreement. word of a measure that might change how people younger than 21 buy semiautomatic weapons. both the killers in buffalo and uvalde were 18, they used semiautomatic ar-15-style weapons. this would not be a ban on sales to those under 21, which the president and others have called for, but something of an adjustment and we will have details on that in just a moment. since friday, gun violence has killed more than a dozen people and injured dozens more in 13 mass shootings in the united states. awful scenes at graduation pop particulars, night club, tainment district and strip mall. let s go to lauren fox on capitol hill to get the latest on what is being disc
i haven t seen it yet. but i ll let you know when we do. thanks for joining us. i m ris tchristine romans. new day starts right now. and i m john berman. two leading republican senators say that raising the age to buy semi automatic weapons is likely off the table, but it is interesting what they are looking do instead. five members of the proud boys including the group s top leader now charged with seditious conspiracy in the kop attack. what the evidence shows. and in a blow to the biden administration, mexico s president says that he will skip the summit of the americas because of who the u.s. decided to exclude. plus gas prices keep hitting record highs. we will break down the numbers and why we might not see prices come down anytime soon .