weapon recoils, the inertia of that recoil allows it to come back and cycle quicker where you leave your trigger finger in place at one time at one position. and it allows that weapon to cycle at a fast rate. it is just another way of taking a semi automatic rifle and turning it into a fully automatic machine gun. sandra: it doesn t actually do so, right? it doesn t become classified as a fully automatic weapon with this conversion kit. but it fires as one, right? is that the distinction to be made? that s a loophole. actually what it is, it s just a different device that allows a semi automatic assault rifle to turn into a fully automatic machine gun. in other words, i could buy a different type of device, the trigger group, and have to get a federal tax stamp, go through months and months of a background check but i m paying and the federal government, the
the drone base to niger and gather intelligence on the group. in april the state department updated its travel warning for niger saying there is a high threat of kidnapping by terrorist groups including aqim which has kidnapped and threatened u.s. citizens in niger. there are 800 u.s. army soldiers currently serving there. sandra: lucas tomlinson live at the pentagon for us. bill: we need to find out what happened there. meantime back at home a place where republicans and democrats see eye-to-eye. the debate over a deadly device used by the vegas shooter. if you ban that, would that be enough? we ll debate that fair and balanced in a moment. sandra: steve scalise for the first time since that awful day back in june together with the men who helped save his life. their thoughts on where the second amendment stands in the wake of the las vegas massacre. what do you say to those people who claim that
rallying people to help and the priorities to raise money. a cool moment and a cool scene like the bipartisanship, i like all of that. sandra: it is nice to see that and truly an american moment and i enjoyed them at the president s cup the other day, clinton, bush, obama. it was a fun moment. bill: the selfie with phil mickelson a little off center. cool moments. sandra: three u.s. army special ops commandos killed overa es after an ambush in niger in the southwest area of the country. the two wounded green berets are both expected to pull through. lucas, how did this happen? officials are describing this as a routine patrol turned very deadly. moments ago we learned those two wounded green berets have been transported to a hospital in germany. the names of the american special forces wounded names are being withheld until notification of kin. local forces, they were
nevada lawmakers traveling with the president yesterday. their thoughts on how that cit y is doing and the president s trip there, plus this. it s certainly something that should be looked at as to whether it should be banned. right now my first instinct would be to say yes. that from peter king a republican. democrats calling for a debate on gun control. some republicans say there are measures they could support as they zero in on the equipment that made the massacre more deadly. president trump: i m honored by his comments. it was fake news, a totally phony story. total confidence in rex. i have total confidence. sandra: president trump standing by his secretary of state after wrecks tillerson shot down records he considered resigning over the summer. does it put this issue to rest? the former deputy campaign manager for president trump will weigh in. i serve at the appointment of the president and i m here as long as the president feels
in this country, people who feel like they are working hard, playing by the rules, doing all the right things but falling behind because the cost of living continues to increase and so for the republicans who have the majority in the house and the senate and the presidency, it is a time for action. our economy has been stagnant. wages have been stagnant. this is our time to really get people back to work, create jobs and create opportunities for everyone in this country. sandra: there is a chance, congresswoman, it doesn t get done by end of year and gets pushed into next year, how much leverage do republicans lose? my goal is to get it done this year. the house is moving as quickly as we can. last week i hosted the tax camp for the house republicans when we rolled out the framework and we had the vice president come and visit us there. there is a lot of momentum coming out of that session. members are asking questions,