SUCCESS TO DO SO. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU.
>>> SENATOR CORY BOOKER IS IN
SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY TALKING
ABOUT EXTREMEIST RHETORIC AND GU
CONTROL.
CONTROL. HE SPOKE AT THE CHARLESTON
CHURCH WHERE NINE PEOPLE WERE
KILLED IN 2019.
>> BECAUSE OF THE ANSWER TO THE
QUESTION, DO RACISM AND WHITE
SUPREMACY EXIST IS YES.
THENT REAL
THENT REAL THEN THE REAL QUESTION WHO IS
AND ISN’T A RACIST, BUT WHO IS
AND ISN’T DOING SOMETHING ABOUT
IT.
IT. >> JACK BREWSTER JOINS US NOW
FROM CHARLESTON.
FROM CHARLESTON. REALLY POWERFUL COMMENTS FROM
SENATOR BOOKER TODAY, COULD YOU
HAVE SHARE MORE FROM HIS
ADDRESS?
ADDRESS? >> Reporter: RIGHT.
HE TOOK A VERY MORE SOMBER TONE
THAN WHAT WE’VE BEEN HEARING
FROM SENATOR BOOKER ESPECIALLY
WHEN YOU COMPARE TO WHAT WE
HEARD THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY BOOKER WAS
SAYING THE PRESIDENT WAS
COMPLICIT IN THE ATTACK WE SAW
IN EL PASO.
SAYING HE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE ATTACK, BECAUSE OF THE
RHETORIC WE HEAR FROM PRESIDENT
TRUMP IN HIS SPEECHES, BUT ALSO
ON HIS TWITTERFEED.
TODAY, SENATOR BOOKER TOOK A
STEP BACK AND DIDN’T MENTION
PRESIDENT TRUMP BY NAME.
HE, OF COURSE, WAS IN A MORE
SOLEMN PLACE.
SOLEMN PLACE. HE WAS AT MOTHER EMMANUEL A.M.E.
CHURCH, OBVIOUSLY THE LOCATION
WHERE A WHITE SUPREMACIST CAME
IN AND KILLED NINE PEOPLE TRYING
TO INCITE A RACE WAR.
THE COUNTRY IS DEALING WITH THE
SAME CONVERSATIONS AND SAME
TYPES OF SHOOTING AND HATRED AS
WE WERE EXPERIENCING TODAY.
SO BOOKER WAS REALLY TRYING TO
PAINT THE PICTURE THAT GUN
VIOLENCE THAT WE’RE SEEING IS
DIRECTLY TIED TO THE RISE IN
WHITE SUPREMACY.
WHITE SUPREMACY. HE SAYS THOSE TWO ARE ALIGNED.
HE WANTS TO TAKE BOTH OF THEM
EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY.
EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. HE SAID THIS IS A TIME WHEN YOU
HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE.
YOU HEARD THAT IN HIS SOUND
THERE.
THERE. IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO SAY YOU’RE
NOT A RACIST, YOU HAVE TO BE
ANTI-RACIST.
ANTI-RACIST. YOU HAVE TO BE AN AGENT OF
CHANGE.
CHANGE. IF YOU’RE NOT BEING AN AGENT OF
CHANGE THEN YOU’RE PART OF THE
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. THIS IS SOMETHING HE TALKS A LOT
ABOUT OUTSIDE, EVEN BEFORE THE
SHOOTINGS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRIAL.
TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TOGETHER,
TRYING TO HAVE A UNIFYING
MESSAGE AND USING THIS CHURCH AS
A WAY TO DO THAT TODAY.
>> OBVIOUSLY GUN CONTROL HAS
BECOME A HOT TOPIC OF
CONVERSATION THIS WEEK.
IT ALWAYS IS.
ESPECIALLY IN THE WAKE OF THE
SHOOTINGS.
SHOOTINGS. DID CORY BOOKER ADDRESS ANY
SPECIFIC GUN CONTROL POLICIES?
DID HE GET INTO ANY OTHER
SPECIFIC ISSUES TODAY?
>> Reporter: DEFINITELY.
I’LL START WITH THE FACT THAT
GUN CONTROL FOR SENATOR BOOKER
HAS BEEN ONE OF HIS KEY TENANTS
OF THE CAMPAIGN.
IT’S SOMETHING HE TALKS ABOUT IN
NEARLY CAMPAIGN STOP, EVEN
BEFORE THE SHOOTINGS.
I WAS WITH HIM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
BACK IN MAY WHEN HE UNVEILED
THIS 14 POINT GUN VIOLENCE
PREVENTION PLAN.
PREVENTION PLAN. HE LAID SOME OF THAT OUT TODAY
AND EXPLAINED SOME OF THAT.
HIS PLAN GOES BEYOND WHAT YOU
HEAR FROM OTHER DEMOCRATS.
HIS CAMPAIGN MANAGER SAID HE HAS
THE TOUGHEST GUN VIOLENCE
PREVENTION PLAN.
PREVENTION PLAN. YES, HE AGREES THAT THERE SHOULD
BE A FEDERAL ASSAULT WEAPONS
BAN.
BAN. THOSE MILITARY STYLE WEAPONS
SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE STREETS.
HE AGREES THERE SHOULDN’T BE
HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES THAT
ALLOW PEOPLE TO FIRE MANY TIMES
WITHOUT RELOADING.
WITHOUT RELOADING. BUT HE GOES BEYOND THAT AND SAYS
THERE SHOULD BE A FEDERAL GUN
LICENSING PROGRAM.
LICENSING PROGRAM. HAVING A LICENSE TO CARRY A GUN
SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD --
NEED TO DRIVE A CAR.
HE GOES BEYOND THAT AND SAYS HE
SUPPORTS RED FLAG LAWS.
THAT’S SOMETHING WE HEAR FROM
REPUBLICANS AND EVEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP RECENTLY.
TRUMP RECENTLY. BUT HE ALSO HAS LIMITS ON THE
AMOUNT OF GUNS A PERSON CAN BUY,
AN INDIVIDUAL CAN BUY.
HE SAYS WE SHOULD ONLY BE ABLE
TO BUY ONE GUN PER PERSON PER
MONTH.
MONTH. THAT WAY IT COMBATS GUN
TRAFFICKING.
TRAFFICKING. HE LAID OUT PART OF THOSE PLANS
AND PART OF THAT PROPOSAL.
HE WAS SAYING THE CORRECT WAY TO
RESPOND TO THE TRAGEDY LIKE THIS
IS DOING MORE THAN HAVING NICE
WORDS AND NICE COMMENTS THAT
LEADERS MAKE.
LEADERS MAKE. HE WANTS ACTION.
HE WANTS TO SEE LEGISLATION COME
FROM THIS.