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europe to be a partner. plus, want a hot latte to go with that majestic view? is starbucks about to sponsor this old faithful? fernando: he. i m fernando espuelas. welcome to matter of fact. donald trump s connection to russian president vladimir putin has played in the headlines for weeks now, intriguing the nation and raising importt the u.s. and russia have always had a complicated relationship, made even more complex by donald trump s apparent encouragement of russian spies to hack hillary clinton. i spoke with stephen flanagan, senior political scientist at rand, about the delicate dance of u.s. russia relations. welcome to the program. mr. flanagan: thank you, great to be here. so we are almost at the end of obama s second term. he s focused on his legacy and what do you think is his legacy relative to nato and european security? mr. flanagan: well, the president came in determined to strengthen the alliance relationships in europe and east asia, which has bee ....
and so, in the wake of oregon, the president said to his team, look, we re losing 30,000 people a year. so it isn t just the mass murders that we see but each day on the streets of towns and cities, large and small, people are dying. fernando: now, there s a lot of polling out there that shows that there s, in some cases, a super-majority of americans supporting these kinds of measures, specifically expanded background checks. why the controversy then? valerie: well, there shouldn t be one. there really shouldn t be one. but what we have recognized in washington, all too often, is that special interests have a stranglehold on certain members of congress, and in this case it s the nra. and they spend a great deal of time, money and energy trying to ensure that we don t take reasonable steps that, quite frankly, they supported several years ago. when you ask your average law-abiding citizen who has a gun, who went through a background check, well, won t you want to make s ....
fernando: i m fernando espuelas. welcome to matter of fact. in a gut-wrenching moment, and perhaps one of the most important speeches of his presidency, barack obama spoke from the east room of the white house on tuesday and reignited the debate over guns with much emotion. but will his passion be enough to sway a skeptical congress? i asked the president s senior advisor, valerie jarrett. valerie: we think they will be effective tools. of course, the best solution would be for congress to act. and, as you know, three years ago, in the wake of newtown, there was a very ambitious effort to try to get congress to act. 90% of the american people supported the sensible steps that were embedded in that legislation, but unfortunately they didn t. and so, in the wake of oregon, the president said to his team, look, we re losing 30,000 people a year. so it isn t just the mass murders that we see but each day on the streets of towns and are dying. fernando: now, there s ....
fernando: i m fernando espuelas. welcome to matter of fact. in a gut-wrenching moment, and perhaps one of the most important speeches of his presidency, barack obama spoke from the east room of the white house on tuesday and reignited the debate over guns with much emotion. but will his passion be enough to sway a skeptical congress? i asked the president s senior advisor, valerie jarrett. valerie: we think they will be effective tools. of course, the best solution would be for congress to act. and, as you know, three years ago, in the wake of newtown, there was a very ambitious effort to try to get congress to act. 90% of the american people supported the sensible steps that were embedded in that legislation, but unfortunately they didn t. and so, in the wake of oregon, the president said to his team, look, we re losing 30,000 people a year. so it isn t just the mass murders that we see but each day on the streets of towns and cities, large and small, people s a ....
important speeches of his presidency, barack obama spoke from the east room of the white house on tuesday and reignited the debate over guns with much emotion. but will his passion be enough to sway a skeptical congress? i asked the president s senior advisor, valerie jarrett. valerie: we think they will be effective tools. of course, the best solution would be for congress to act. and, as you know, three years ago, in the wake of newtown, there was a very ambitious effort to try to get congress to act. 90% of the american people supported the sensible steps that were embedded in that legislation, but unfortunately they didn t. and so, in the wake of oregon, the president said to his team, look, we re losing 30,000 people a year. so it isn t just the mass murders that we see but each day on the streets of towns and cities, large and small, people are dying. fernando: now, there s a lot of polling out there that shows that there s, in some cases, a super-majority o ....