There is strong opposition from the National Rifle association. President trump at the moment seems inclined towards action. Theres a great appetite and i mean a very strong appetite for background checks and i think we can bring up background checks like weve never had before. But a source tells cnn nra president Wayne Lapierre has spoken with the president multiple times over the last two days. The source said he believes trumps red state supporters oppose background checks. In the past trump has backed down under pressure. Meantime, Mitch Mcconnell said gun violence will be, quote, front and center when they return from recess. He said he will not call senators back early to deal with gun safety as democrats are demanding. If we did that, we would have people scoring points and nothing would happen. There has to be a bipartisan discussion here of what we can agree on. If we do it prematurely, it will just be another frustrating experience for all of us and for the public. The Top De
For christine romans. Im dave briggs. 10 p. M. In maui where im just returning from. Welcome back from vacation. Thank you. Republicans in washington searching for a path forward to address gun violence. On one side they face pressure to take action. On the other side, there is strong opposition from the National Rifle association. President trump at the moment seems inclined to act. Theres a great appetite, and i mean a very strong appetite, for background checks, and i think we can bring up background checks like weve never had before. But a source tells cnn nra Association President Wayne Lapierre has spoken to the president over the last few days. He says he thinks trumps red state supporters will disapprove. Meantime, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says gun violence legislation will be, quote, front and center when the Senate Returns from summer recess but he told a kentucky Radio Station he will not call senators back to deal with gun safety as democrats are demanding. If
Socialists to equate what goes on in venezuela with what i believe is extremely unfair. There is so much we have done. I will do what the rest of them do twice over. Okay . President trump can you go back to watching fox news. [cheers] steve live from new york city its fox news as the democrats take the debate stage down in the great city of houston. Welcome, its the post game show here at fox friends. Ainsley, welcome back. Ainsley thank you so much. I went to South Carolina for a brief little trip. Brian you arrived back safe and we were able to watch on the plane. Any of the debate . Ainsley i was back earlier than the debate. We were able to all watch it last night. Top democratic contenders taking the stage down in houston. Steve they were united against the president. Medicare for all quickly divided the stage. Brian we had a lot of reporters to choose from to cover the post game show and together we unanimously chose Griff Jenkins. Griff, you have been named the reporter to reca
Conduct Foreign Policy your time is up. Its very plausible youd be elected president with a republican senate. Do you have a plan to deal with Mitch Mcconnell . I do. And spin doctors. Some of the candidates rate their own performances as they try to break out from the oversized field. Are you an imitation of Bernie Sanders . Is there room for both of you . This work is the work ive been doing pretty much all my life. Im glad that several of the people on that debate stage tonight agree with me that if we want to end family separation, then we need to go back to the way things were before and make Border Crossing a civil violation. We are not even having a serious conversation about how and why we go to war. I wanted tod make it personal. Coming up, bill de blasio joins us fresh off the debate stage. Citizenship fight. A big defeat for the Trump Administration as chief Justice John Roberts joins the liberal ring. This is a big victory for those states, primarily democratic states led b
Ships. Fleet week kicks off. Todd piro is on one of those ships today. Ainsley memorial day weekend. Steve yesterday we introduced you to the guy out at the rally in pennsylvania dressed like a wall. Is he going to be with us in 15 minutes to explain why he did it, why he was like second or third in line in the middle of the night to be there. Ainsley a lookout of people did it after that because it sold out throughout the morning. Steve thank you for joining us on this very busy wednesday. Brian big story in drudge today we have only built a mile and a half of wall but, yet, we have been allocated to build at least 100 miles of wall. For some reason they just cant seem to get it done. Unbelievable. Ainsley a lot of conservatives say it needs to be done. If you look at what has happened they had to stop taking in migrants and prosaying them in the Rio Grande Valley mcallen texas, all the illnesses. Especially the flu. Steve on monday a 16yearold unaccompanied migrant who had crossed in