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
, at the department of justice s national security division, he oversaw the investigation of hillary clinton s emails. david, i start with you. this is the part of the justice department thrust, i m sure, unwillingly into the news. what is going on really here with the dueling briefs over the special master request when all the seized material has already been reviewed. what s this about? well, look, i mean, there s always been an erratic nature to the president s litigious ness, he s not always been represented by the most shrewd, strategic thinking attorneys. this is a spaghetti thrown against the wall attempt really to throw a monkey wrench in the government s ongoing criminal investigation and possibly into the u.s. intelligence community s review of the classified documents that were seized in mar-a-lago. there s a bizarre disconnect i m sure neal will attest to between what the president predominantly