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Fox News alert out of Washington new fallout a day after some tough -- from the president on gun control.
And his threat to make executive actions whether congress like -- changes or not.
Brand -- hour starts now of America's Newsroom I'm Martha mechanical.
And I'm Bill Hemmer good morning we are just now getting word from the White House that the vice president has brief the president will hear about the other recommendations as early as.
Tomorrow the two are supposed to have lunch also today but big outrage today.
Is over the president reportedly planning nineteen executive orders to get around congress and to listen.
I'm confident that there are some steps that we can take.
That don't require legislation.
And that there -- we've been my authority as president and where you get a step that.
Has the opportunity to reduce the the possibility gun violence.
That I want -- Gordon take it.
And that's the big question session at the end so with neither side backing down on this.
What do we think will happen as a result of these nineteen executive orders but they're joins me now anchor a special report good morning Matt good to see in -- Martha.
So what does this mean nineteen executive orders.
Well I think.
We'll find out when the president comes out of these recommendations.
As bill said that the meeting happened yesterday between the vice president the president we could hear soon -- tomorrow but.
What would the signal on the tone in the tenor of those remarks yesterday from the present at that news conference.
Tell us and the fact that the vice president met with house Democrats alone at the White House.
Yesterday signaled to us that the White House acknowledges that big.
Gun control legislation getting through congress is going to be a difficult task.
And while the president could continue -- did yesterday to push for an assault weapons ban.
And perhaps a -- of high capacity.
Ammunition -- magazines.
That is going to be a tough hurdle perhaps legislatively.
What they are saying is that executive actions and there are nineteen of them was supposedly.
Could move forward now what would these do perhaps around the edges the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could be asked to do a new study on.
Nash shootings you could -- existing laws on the books as far as background checks and federally making sure that.
Mental health patients are -- did.
As far as how that factors into the background checks existing laws making sure that they are.
Basically in forced.
And I think that that is the the scope of at least what we're hearing so far.
These executive actions it's interesting that you heard from some of those house Democrats and some interviews.
That have been printed this morning.
That the vice president was also telling those Democrats that the campaign infrastructure from the Obama campaign.
Is still intact and they should think of tapping into that to use it to pass legislation on gun control.
Up and come.
-- -- doesn't feel brat like the campaign is still going -- -- I mean they were when you look at the press conference yesterday.
And the president's big -- on gun control and on the debt ceiling to sort of handled things unilaterally.
And to do than do executive order you would think that it in a second term there might come some sort of and -- of wind to accomplish things says that the tenor that we're seeing at all.
Now -- you're exactly right in fact -- Brit Hume was was on special report last night that's -- sad is that if you just came into that news conference yesterday.
You would think that this was a news conference leading up to the election.
I'm not one that was after the election that the end of the first term heading into inauguration.
This is girding for a battle.
Not ready for.
A smooth negotiation heading into the debt ceiling so.
I think your -- you have a president who is ready to fights.
Ideologically on many fronts.
Four where where he stands and this is not a president that's ready to to give at least not yet on a number of different issues.
And I void left to talk about that will look for a special report tonight thanks -- -- -- happen by we'll see you later -- Martha.
