ALL IN THE SECOND I
WOULD SAY THAT WE CAN THE
SECOND AMENDMENT AND WE HAVE TO
BE CAREFUL OF THAT THE
DEMOCRATS WOULD I BELIEVE I
THINK THEY GIVE UP THE SECOND
AMENDMENT.
>>JOINING US NOW LIVE IS OREGON
SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY AND A
GREAT
TO HAVE YOU ALL WANTED TO BE
WITH WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION
SAYING
REPUBLICANS ARE UNIFIED
DEMOCRATS ARE WEAK.
>>OH ABSOLUTELY WELL THAT THE
IMMEDIATELY AFTER A
CATASTROPHE. HAD STRONG SUPPORT
FOR A BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM
BECAUSE 90% OF AMERICANS
SUPPORT STRONG
BACKGROUND CHECKS. AND IN FACT
RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE IS A
SYSTEM FULL OF LOOPHOLES LAST
YEAR OVER A MILLION GUNS WERE
OFFERED FOR SALE WITHOUT A
BACKGROUND CHECK, EITHER
THROUGH GUN SHOWS OR THROUGH
ONLINE SALES. PERSON TO PERSON
SALES. AND WE HAVE ABOUT ONE
OUT OF EVERY
5 GUN SOLD OR SOLD WITHOUT A
BACKGROUND CHECK. SO IF THE
ISSUE IF THE PRESIDENT SAYS IS
HIS MENTAL HEALTH. DO YOU WANT
DISTURBED INDIVIDUALS, GETTING
THE GUN WITHOUT A BACKGROUND
CHECK. BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S
THE ISSUE AND IT IT IS IN IN
OREGON WE HAVE A STRONG
BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM.
BOTH ALL GUN SHOWS AND ONLINE
SALES BECAUSE PEOPLE
AND WE ARE VERY STRONG SECOND
AMENDMENT STAYED ON MY DAD.
PEOPLE DO NOT WANT GUNS IN THE
HANDS OF DISTURBED
INDIVIDUALS OR THOSE WITH A
CRIMINAL PAST.
>>AND SO PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
PROPPING ON THE ISSUE CLEARLY
HERE IS THERE ROOM FOR
BIPARTISANSHIP WELL ABSOLUTELY
ROOM
FOR BIPARTISANSHIP IN FACT WE
HAD MORE THAN A
MAJORITY SUPPORT A GUN BILL A
FEW YEARS AGO IN THE SENATE I
WAS CALL LED BY REPUBLICAN
SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA PAT
TOOMEY AND JOE MANCHIN FROM
WEST VIRGINIA BOTH VERY STRONG
GUN ADVOCATES AND THEY
CAME TOGETHER AND SAID THIS IS.
IT IS MEANINGLESS TO HAVE A
BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM WHERE
ANYONE WHO WANTS CAN EASILY
BYPASS IT
AND SO LET'S MAKE IT ACTUALLY
WORK.
>>AND 2 WEEKS AGO, YOUR
COLLEAGUES SENATORS TO ME AND
MANSIONS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
SHOWED A WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT
UNIVERSAL
BACKGROUND CHECKS. WHAT DO YOU
THINK IT'S SHIFTED.
>>WHAT HAS SHIFTED IS THE NRA
HAS GOTTEN IN THE PRESIDENT'S
EAR IS WORRIED ABOUT IS HIS
BASE.
HE UNDERSTANDS THAT HIS VISION
OF THE WORLD IS TO GO BACK TO
THAT BASE TIME AND TIME AGAIN
HE DOESN'T WANT TO SOLVE
PROBLEMS HE DOESN'T WANT TO
SOLVE GUN VIOLENCE. HE DOESN'T
WANT TO SOLVE IMMIGRATION.
HE WANTS TO BASICALLY PLAY
POLITICS WITH THESE ISSUES
AND THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING.
>>I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW
BOOK AS WELL HERE IN JUST A
MOMENT, BUT WHILE WE'RE ON THIS
ISSUE IT SEEMS THAT THERE'S SO
MUCH FOCUS AROUND HOW FROM THE
STATE LEVEL WE SENATORS LIKE
YOURSELVES ARE GOING TO VOICE
THEIR OPINIONS ON THIS MATTER.
WHAT HAVE YOU
TOLD TO THE ADMINISTRATION,
HOWEVER YOU WORKED ACROSS PARTY
LINES EVEN TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU'RE ADVANCING MORE OF THESE
CHECKS AND WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD
FROM SOME OF YOUR COLLEAGUES IN
THE CONTEXT OF THE ISSUE OF
BACKGROUND CHECKS ABSOLUTE
WELL, IT HAS BEEN.
>>VERY MUCH A BIPARTISAN
CONVERSATION AS AS YOU NOTED
ONCE AGAIN MANCHIN AND TOOMEY
GETTING INVOLVED CHRIS MURPHY,
A VERY VERY INVOLVED THESE
CONVERSATIONS. THERE IS A LOT
OF BIPARTISAN SUPPORT HERE WHAT
THE REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE
AND THE THE SENATE IS STILL RUN
BY MITCH MCCONNELL, WE ARE NOT
GOING TO MOVE UNLESS THEY HAVE
A DEAL WITH THE PRESIDENT'S
GOING TO SIGN AND SO THEY'RE
HOVERING, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO ENGAGE THEY WANT TO KEEP
THIS OFF THE FLOOR, UNLESS THEY
HAVE THE POLITICAL PROTECTION
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE PRESIDENT
AND THE PRESIDENT CLEARLY
SIGNALING
THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THERE.
>>IF THE PRESIDENT RIGHT SAYING
THAT REPUBLICANS ARE UNIFIED
DEMOCRATS ARE WEAK RIGHT NOW, I
MEAN IS THERE A WAY TO SHOW
FORCE.
>>THE PRESIDENT LIKES TO INSULT
AROUND ALL THE TIME. JUST IT
WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOME
ACTUAL LEADERSHIP TO SOLVE
PROBLEMS AND I THINK THERE IS A
VERY INTENSE SPIRIT AMONG
DEMOCRATS THAT OUR NATION IS
OFF TRACK WE ARE UNIFIED IN
SAYING WE SHOULD ADDRESS THE
FUNDAMENTALS FOR FAMILIES
THAT'S HEALTH CARE HOUSING
EDUCATION, LIVING WAGE JOBS.
WE SHOULD TO ADDRESS THE
CORRUPTION OF OUR OF OUR
CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM THE
CORRUPTION THROUGH
GERRYMANDERING VOTER
SUPPRESSION AND DARK MONEY AND
WE SHOULD TAKE ON CARBON
POLLUTION BECAUSE IT'S
SOMETHING THAT IS DOING DEEP
DAMAGE NOW AND MUCH WORSE
DAMAGE TO CALL. SO YOU HAVE A
VERY STRONG VISION BEING PUT
FORWARD
BY PROUD TO CAMPAIGN ON IT.
>>ALL RIGHT, YOU'VE GOT THE
BOOK HERE ON SET AMERICA THAT
BETTER THAN THIS LOUIS AND WE
HAVE A COPY OF IT HERE AS WELL
ON SCREEN. TRUMP'S WAR AGAINST
MIGRANT FAMILIES. SIMON IS THIS
JUST A LITTLE BIT KIND OF
SHINES AN UNEASY LIGHT AND THE
IMMIGRATION
CRISIS IN AMERICA AND WE
LEARNED TODAY THAT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING TO
ADD 3 NEW FACILITY CENTRAL
FLORIDA, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND TO HOLD
1400 UNACCOMPANIED MINORS IS
THIS A SURPRISE TO IT WELL WE
ALREADY HAVE ABOUT 11,000
CHILDREN.
MOST OF THEM ARE UNACCOMPANIED.
>>BEING HELD IN THE UNIT WHO
LACK ACROSS AMERICA RIGHT NOW
AND THAT'S A BLESSING SUMMER
WAS AT 15. 1000.
IT IS A MASSIVE SYSTEM THAT
AMERICANS ARE OUR SHOCKED
TO FIND OUT ABOUT I WANT TO PUT
ALL THE INFORMATION IN ONE
PLACE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE
BLOCKADE OF THE BORDER. THE
RETURN TO MEXICO POLICY.
THE INTERNMENT CAMP STRATEGY OF
THE ADMINISTRATION. THE FOR
PROFIT CHILD PRISONERS THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN
PROMOTING AND THE FAILURE TO
MOVE CHILDREN INTO SPONSORED
HOMES WHERE THEY ARE IN SCHOOLS
AND PLAYGROUNDS AND AND HOMES,
A RATHER THAN LOCKED UP AND
THAT'S WHAT I'VE TRIED TO DO
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED
AMERICANS WHO ARE DISTRACTED BY
TRUMP'S DAILY TWEETS TO FOCUS
ON THE FACT THAT RIGHT
NOW IS HAVING AMERICA WITH OUR
MONEY WITH OUR GOVERNMENT ON
OUR LAND IS AN ABOMINATION
AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS. THERE WAS
ANY OTHER COUNTRY WOULD BE
PASSING SANCTIONS WOULD BE
TAKING IT TO THE UN HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION SAYING WHAT
HAPPENED. THAT CHILDREN ARE
BEING TREATED IN THIS FASHION
BY SOME OF THE COUNTRY BUT IT'S
HAPPENING.
>>HERE AND YOU VISITED AS THESE
FACILITIES AND YOU'VE SEEN
IT FIRSTHAND AND WE KNOW THAT
IN THAT HISTORY OF THE US THAT
WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE YOU KNOW
TO THE JAPANESE AS WELL,
WHY DOES THIS SEEM TO KEEP
HAPPENING HERE IN THE U S.
>>WELL I TELL YOU I THOUGHT
WE'D NEVER SEE INTERNMENT CAMPS
PROMOTED AGAIN BEFORE THE BREAK
UH BACK LAST SESSION WE
HAD A BILL BY SENATOR TILLIS
HAD 40 REPUBLICAN SPONSORS THAT
WOULD ALLOW THE INDEFINITE
DETENTION
OF MIGRANT FAMILIES AND WE KNOW
FROM ALL THE CHILD HEALTH
EXPERTS CHILDREN ARE DAMAGED BY
CHILD SEPARATION BY BEEN
RIPPED OUT OF THEIR PARENTS
ARMS THAT THE ONLY SECURITY
THEY HAVE THEY'RE ALSO DEEPLY
DAMAGED BY BEING PUT
INTO PRISON FACILITIES. SO THIS
THIS CALL WE ARE NEVER
GOING TO LET THAT ONCE A WEEK
AND DEMOCRATS WILL NEVER ALLOW
THESE INTERNMENT
CAMP VISION OF THE
ADMINISTRATION. I WE
SUCCESSFULLY FOUGHT THE BILLS
AHEAD ON THE FLOOR IN THE IN
THE SENATE. THE HOUSE WILL
CERTAINLY NOT DO IT, AH BUT
HERE'S THE THING PEOPLE SAY
WELL WHAT CAN WE DO THEN.
AND HERE'S THE ANSWER.
IT'S CALLED THE FAMILY CASE
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. IT'S HAD TO
INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT BY
THIS ADMINISTRATION. WE FOUND
THAT 99 PLUS PERCENT A FAMILY
SHOWED UP FOR THEIR THEIR CHECK
INS SHOWED UP FOR THEIR
HEARINGS WHEN THEY HAD A CASE
MANAGER. THIS ADMINISTRATION
SHOT IT DOWN. THEY ARE CAUSING
FAMILIES THROUGH LACK OF
COMMUNICATION TO FAIL TO SHOW
UP AND THEY'RE COMPLAINING
ABOUT IT IS THERE A CANDIDATE
ENTIRE TIME ELECTION THERE AT
LEAST
FROM THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE OF THE
FIELD.
>>THAT YOU THINK HAS A
IMMIGRATION POLICY RIGHT NOW
THEY CAN KIND OF END THIS
CRISIS, I'LL TELL YOU THE I
HAVE 40 SENATORS ON MY STOP
CRUEL TREATMENT
OF A MIGRANT CHILDREN ACT IT IS
IT I THINK ALL THE CANDIDATES
UP THERE ARE FIRMLY SAME THAT
WE CANNOT COUNTENANCE THAT'S
DART EVIL FORCE OF MISTREATING
CHILDREN AS A POLITICAL
STRATEGY. I THINK THEY'RE
UNITED. WE WOULD PASS US AND
INITIALLY WE WERE IN