President Trump has signaled that he may be open to improvements to the federal background check system following the Stoneman Douglas shooting. This is a reversal of his earlier comments about focusing on mental health rather than guns.
Emma Vigeland, Politics Producer at The Young Turks, and Nick Givas, Media Reporter at The Daily Caller, discuss the likelihood that things change this time around.
They also take a look at President Trump's weekend Twitter storm. Was it all just a way to debase the FBI? Vigeland and Givas take on the debate.
With a government shutdown five days away, Congress is moving into crisis mode as Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces an insurgency from hard-right Republicans eager to slash spending even if it means curtailing federal services for millions of Americans.
Rep. Andy Kim of New Jersey announced on Saturday that he will run against Sen. Robert Menendez in the state’s Democratic primary for Senate next year, saying he feels compelled to run against the three-term senator after he and his wife were indicted on sweeping corruption charges.
