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On other policy, there are new questions about the president s commitment to gun control after a meeting at the white house last night with a top nra executive. And the president seemed to shift after that. Theres growing chaos inside the west wing. Cnn learning that National Security adviser h. R. Mcmaster could be leaving the white house by the end of the month. We have heard this before. The president said its not true. He said mcmaster is doing a great job. This news follows hope hicks, one of the president s closest advisers. Now were learning that ivanka trump is under fbi skraoult any for one of her International Business deals. Thats begin our coverage with abby phillip live at the white house. Busy day for you, my friend. Reporter thats right, chris. The president is doubling down on his announcement of tariffs despite the spooking of white house yesterday. He tweeted this morning, when a country usa is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good and easy to win. Example, when we are down 100 billion with a certain country and they get cute, dont trade anymore. We win big. Its easy. So wall streets fears of a trade war seem to be very real. And the president is so to speak stoking them this morning. It will be 25 for steel, 10 for aluminum. It will be for a long period of time. Sending shock waves through washington and around the world, announcing his administration will impose punishing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports despite strong objections from advisers of his own party. Whats been allowed to go on for decades is disgraceful. Its disgraceful. Reporter fears of a trade war ending with the stock market plummeting and uniting lawmakers in opposition. We have tried it a whole bunch of times the last two centuries. And every time American Families have suffered. Its bad policy. Reporter a spokesman for House Speaker paul ryan urging the president to consider the unintended consequences of this idea and look at other approaches. Senate finance chair orrin hatch warning the tariffs are a tax hike the American People dont need and cant afford. And this wall street journal editorial calls the move the biggest policy blunder of trumps presidency, adding he is take a machete to americas trade credibility. President trumps chief economic adviser gary kohn cone lobbied against the move. Adviser gary cohn is threaten to go resign if tariffs are imposed. Another bizarre policy twist, the nras to be lobbyist, chris cox, signals that may be backing down from his surprising support for gun control one day after saying this. Some of you people are petrified of the nra. You cant be petrified. It doesnt make sense i have to wait until im 21 to get a handgun but i can get this weapon at 18. I dont know. Take the guns first. Go through due process second. Reporter after meeting with the president , cox tweeted he supports strong due process and does not want gun control. The president believes in the Second Amendment which asked about the shift. President trump tweeting that the nra meeting was great. I think he is just entertaining both sides. I think he is listening to hear what both sides have to say. Reporter the disarray in trumps policy fueling questions about the president s ability to govern given the chaos inside the west wing. After months of tension with President Trump, an Administration Official tells cnn that National Security adviser h. R. Mcmaster could be out by the end of this month, joining a growing list of staffers that left the administration. The white house denies his departure is imminent. But there are a number of names being floated as replacements. This as sources tell cnn that the fbi is scrutinizing negotiations and financing surrounding the Trump International hotel and tower in vancouver. The president s daughter ivanka played a key role in getting the deal off the ground. The federal probe could prevent ivanka from obtaining a full security clearance, something her lawyer refutes. While the concerns seem to be mounting for ivanka trump and Jared Kushner, just this week his security clearance was downgraded. Now there are ethical questions being raised, about 500 million in loans that were made by companies that he met with at the white house. Meanwhile, President Trump is expected to leave this morning for Billy Grahams funeral. Alisyn and chris. Abby, thank you very much. Lets bring in cnn political analyst and White House Correspondent for the new york times, maggie haberman. Maggie, you have an article out this morning about all the chaos in the west wing and how it is affecting personnel and policy. So lets just talk about the overarching issue which is he likes this. President trump has always been known for keeping people guessing, shooting from the hip. So why now does it appear to be blowing up in the west wing . A couple things are happening simultaneously. You have the chaos that he creates or the chaos he cant control, which is the investigations into actions by his campaign, top staff members. All of these things are happening at the same time. To the policy piece, you have a president , who for all of his inconsistencies on policy and we have gone over them repeatedly the past year, trade has been one area where his rhetoric has been consistent over three to four decades. He always talked about other countries ripping us off. He indicated for a while this is what he wanted to do. His aides have staved this off. Imposing the tariffs. Imposing the tariffs. This was an internal battle that really exemplified his management style where one side is completely kept in the dark of staffers. Others are trying to influence his voice. They showed up not even knowing what would happen the next day. This is not what we are used to seeing in a white house. Gary cohn is not in favor of what the president said about tariffs. He had told john kelly, chief of staff, i may have to resign if the president goes ahead with this. It appears it wasnt going to happen. Then all of a sudden the president had his comment. We will see what happens when the president announced this if it actually happens. You have people using the only lever they have, threatening their departure. As a consistency barometer, the president has put an uneven weight on wall street and the returns to validate his policies. Thats right. Before he was president he used to mock people who looked at wall street as the reflection in america. Now just the word of this, it hasnt even happened yet, futures all over the globe, red arrows. Bad. So thats the response to that policy. But there is Something Else you raised in the reporting. The idea that the president might be using the chief of staff john kelly to push out his own daughter and soninlaw, most of what is inside my suit cannot believe that would ever be be true, that a father would do that to his own daughter. Dont go too far down that road. The idea on of this, help us understand this. Because its crazy as an idea. I know. Its one of these things for those of us who have been swimming in this for a long time it doesnt seem strange anymore. Thats what people talk about when they say a sort of numbing effect. He has been all over the place in terms on of president , what he says about his daughter and soninlaws presence in the white house. So take the two aside for one second. Meaning working for him . Being his adviser. Working for him. And he is ambivalent about whether he likes it or not . About whether or not it is a good thing or bad thing. Wow. He had been looking at having them leave, particularly Jared Kushner. This is less about ivanka and primarily about jared. But he said repeat lid to aides, ivanka trump gets terrible press about me. This is terrible. However, Jared Kushner is someone with whom he is now frustrated. He goes back and forth between feeling bad about what happened and irritated that Jared Kushner has become a liability in his own right. He is getting a ton of negative headlines on his own. It is all about the meetings he has taken. A lot of focus on investigations. He will talk about how jared is getting killed, jared is getting killed. He is not saying it with a sense of self reflection or this is an extension of how they are looking at me. Trump does not like people who attract negative headlines that could be a problem for him. Now he has a member of his extended family getting that in droves. You just put a fine on it. I will just read the key paragraph because it is so striking. It is better than my spewing. Privately some aides have expressed frustration that mr. Kushner and his wife, the president s daughter ivanka trump, have he mained in the white house despite at times saying they never should have come to the white house and should leave. He privately asked mr. Kelly for his help in moving them out. And it changes on the day. Sit not a consistent through line. Not like there is a secret covert action to move him out on. But he was fine with it when what john kelly was trying to curtail their power. John kelly, despite telling me on the record, it was wrong, it wasnt wrong, he talked to a lot of people about restricting what they were doing in hopes they would leave. And the president has encouraged that at times. It makes sense. When you were first reporting about kelly pulling the clearance from kushner, the common sense notion is, well, thats it for kelly. It was bad on trumps family. But this informs why kelly is still there. Obviously if the president is okay with it, the whole calculation changes. I think the president is not sure what he cant see right now. You are dealing with a lot of issues he is unfamiliar with. The situation with john kelly was quite bad several weeks ago. It has stabilized right now. I dont know that it will stabilize forever. Yes, the president was not going after john kelly over this clearance issue to the contrary, he was punting to john kelly and essentially saying is you deal with this problem with my children. I dont want to. On to gun policy. Obviously the country has been watching with rant attention about where the president will land on this. Hes been in lots of different places and positions this week. That open door meeting where cameras were watching him test all the lawmakers and make him say it was fascinating to watch to say did you put in the age minimum . Lets raise that. Now last night he met with the nra. We all know whoever has his ear last is often where things get set. Do you have any idea what they will put out in terms of their gun policy position . I think the nra was very nervous about what the president was going to say. And they were nervous in suburban districts about what he said and what that means. Im not sure what this ultimately defines the policy is. It is true whoever is with him last tends to have the most impact. In that 34g meeting the other day, he tweeted repeatedly what a great person wayne la pierre of the nra is. But we need background checks. I think he will continue to say both things. It is interesting because if the president does go ahead with some real push through for change, the movement in republicans are in favor of additional gun measures is because the president has been moving. Its from republicans. The president moving in that direction. He has a huge ability to influence his party. If he gets something accomplished on guns it will benefit him personally i think quite a bit. It would be a huge deal. It will show working across party lines, that he is not captive of his base. Thats right. But it is shaking up just like the daca meeting and what happened after. And it wont help his party, which is a lot of why seeing the pushback as you are. This is very similar to when you had that dinner, nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. They said there is a deal. There clearly was not a deal. That was a mistake. Yes. And chris cox of the nra did something similar. Which is essentially the president is on our side. He tweeted about the dinner. He didnt go about it. He said it was awe great meeting. The president says Different Things that people can read as supportive of what theyre saying. He certainly gave cover that he didnt give to pelosi and schumer. This morning his basically first tweet of the day was about alec baldwin. Alex. And he was exercise said enough that he forget how to spell the word dying. And hes talking about his impersonation of him. Darrell hammond is better. Are you going to disagree with that . I dont feel i have enough of a finetune bit of reporting on that. It shows where his head is. It is always what matters to him. Who knows why he is doing this . Did he just see an alec baldwin interview . I dont know. He tosses out these things. To your point, this is why as difficult as his twitter feed is for his advisers and as problematic it has been in terms of policy and comfortable people around the world, it is a rare xray vision into a president s brain. He did delete that and resubmitted with spelling corrections. Maggie, thank you. Thank you for sharing the reporting with us. The president s move to impose tariffs on aluminum and steel is sparking worries of a trade war. A congresswoman from michigan next. Ain Coffee Roasters sumatra reserve. Lets go to sumatra. The coffee here is amazing. Because the volcanic soil is amazing. So we give farmers like win more plants. To grow more delicious coffee. Which helps provide for wins family. 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Get internet on our gigspeed network and add voice and tv for 34. 90 more per month. Call 18005016000. President trump defending his decision to impose a 25 tariff on steel imports and 10 on aluminum. Lets discuss this with Debbie Dingell of michigan. We will get into gun policy with her as well. Good morning, congresswoman. Good morning, alisyn. How are you . Im well. You are in the epicenter of Auto Industry history there in michigan. What was your response to the president s surprise announcement on tariffs, on steel and aluminum . I have to say that ive said from the very beginning one of the reasons that President Trump won is because he understood what trade was doing in this country and i worked with him on leveling the Playing Field in this country. I have not seen the actual wording is or whats going to happen next week or the details, and thats very important to me. I have shut erred steel plants. Ive got a lot of those workers who have now no jobs. Their pensions have been threatened. Im waiting to see the section 232 and what it is doing to National Security. My domestic auto manufacturers are worried about unintended consequences. I need to see it. I need to understand it. I dont want unintended consequences either. I understand it will take more analysis and study. Explain how could this announcement help the unemployed Steel Workers of the shut erred plants that you talk about . This would churn them back up . No. Those jobs arent going to come back. But i want to protect the industry thats here and make sure were not continue to go lose more jobs. The other thing people havent talked about it. You see it sometimes. Some of the steel thats being brought in from other countries doesnt meet the same quality standards that we have in this country. So were using steel in pipelines, automobiles and bridges. I will introduce a bill that will call for random inspections of steel and probably other metals as they come into this country so we are examining anden suring they have to meet the same standards as we do in this country. This morning, with the president s surprise announcement yesterday, is it fair to say you dont know whether you support it i dont. I have to see it. Devil is in the details. Ive said i would work with him on nafta too. Nafta continues to be a very serious issue. And i talked to everybody back here. Im here in michigan when i say that. A lot of complicated you know, none of these issues are easy. And policymakers have to listen to everybody and try to navigate so you fix problems but dont have unintended consequences. You are the cochair of the Bipartisan Working Group to respond to the parkland shooting. So everybody wants to do something in the face of this massacre. What do you now believe that you have two weeks to dive in and look at this . What is the answer today . What do you want to see happen first . So we are working the bipartisan problem solve issers caucus is an equal number of republicans and democrats. If we get 75 agreement on whatever we are now talking to everybody, then we as a group vote and support it. So is that becomes a very big block. I think were not quite sure where the president is. We need to remember we have a walkout march 14th of the kids in solidarity with those in florida. There are marches in washington and around the country on march 24th. So the work were trying to do is in time for these events. Whats important this time is we not go to our corners, have the same discussion and nothing happens. That just cant happen anymore. I come from a very different perspective. As someone thats actually had to hide in that closet. So i dont want to have the same discussions. I want to keep someone from not having to do what i had to do or those kids have to do. Tightening loopholes. But making sure the states are putting the data into the database that needs to be there. Were working on red flag legislation at a national level. Five or six states have it now. One of the things ive always said, my father shouldnt have had access to a gun. Thats what happened. How do you keep and fred upton and i have met with everybody. I want to ask you about this, congresswoman just because you brought it up. If you could just, pound on that, you felt you were a victim of gun violence is . Well, i think ive talked you know, its hard for me still to talk about it. But i more than once had to hide in the closet with my siblings when my father was out of control and had a gun. One night i literally kept him from killing my mother. He had an opioid drug problem, preparation drug problem, before anybody knew what it was. He shouldnt have had a gun. In those days we didnt know what Domestic Violence was. When you called police they didnt come because of who my father was. We now recognize more things than they did when i was a child. I frequently said, how do we keep the guns out of the hands of those who shouldnt have had them . My father shouldnt have had them. I talked to Mental Health experts, judges, prosecutors, skids, parents, students, educators, aclu these last couple weeks. The judges, the prosecutors, we need the tools so if we recognize somebody is a threat to themselves or somebody else, we can take the gun away from them. So i think we are beginning to is see general consensus about that as well. The Mental Health community is very worried about not being tainted or painted with a paint brush. So, you know, i was happy to hear President Trump talk about how we need to make sure we dont have guns. We need to be very careful in how we talk about all of this and recognize there are people with Mental Health issues. We need to take the stigma off it too and talk about it very carefully. As you talked about, my Domestic Abuse bill which amy klobuchar, and the cosponsor in the house, would allow people that have been convicted of stalking and Domestic Abuse who may not be married but they are domestic partners, would not allow them to have a gun. It would take the gun away. There are real problems still in this country. And gun deaths are still one of the highest incidence of death for women in this country. It is so valuable to have your personal perspective on this policy. It gives everybody wonderful conte context. We appreciate you tilling your story. Thank you so much for being on on with us. Thank you, alisyn. A panel of gun owners talking about how they were impacted by the Florida School massacre can. One of them posted this video facebook where he destroyed his weapon. He cut it in half. I loved that weapon. I took it out to the yard. I said to my wife, i cant believe im going outside to do this. We will see how he is feeling today, along with other gun owners. And Vladimir Putin touting a new invincible Nuclear Powered missile. We know what hes doing. Hes trying to pump the president of the United States. What will happen next . Run your business at cloud speed. And do more with systems you have in place. The ibm cloud. The cloud for smarter business. Russian president putin said he isnt trying to ignite a new war. Putin is touting the new invincible Nuclear Powered missile capable of hitting anywhere in the world, according to him. Putin showed a video as proof simulating russian missiles apparently raining down on florida near the president s maralago estate. Our next guest is skeptical of putins claim about his capability but has real feelings about his intentions. Joining us now is general michael hayden, former director of the cia and nsa under george w. Bush. Sir, always a pleasure. Nothing subtle about that, general. Missiles, accurate or inaccurate, about the capabilities. Right down on florida. Is that actually, thats one of the stunning aspects of the demonstration yesterday. It would actually use a recognizable part of the United States to show where the targeting was. We will explain our new capacities but they are usually generic. You dont want to be seen doing that. Clearly he wanted us to see that. Ordinarily someone like you says in the face of this kind of provocation, let me handle it. The president should ignore this. However, can you think of any other actor that would do Something Like this and not get an Immediate Response from President Trump . Can you imagine if north korea did this or china or anybody that he has gone after in the past except russia . So the norm is were saying we have this one, big guy. Keep your power driver. Well bring you on when we need you. You dont have the president mixing it up with every offense, real or imagined that take place. The president blows through that kind of advice. And this really feels like kim jongun rhetoric and stage craft here. Thats the best example. That would be the best rationale. If, well, if i do it now, i will give into my critics so i wont. That is the best possible area. All the other ones are much more troubling. Ill give you a modestly darker one, all right. He actually admires the way putin does business. In his heart of hearts, he may look at what happened yesterday in the Russian Federation and have a certain sense, why cant i give speeches like that . Why cant i do those kinds of things. I think there is a bit of au autocrat envy in terms of the president s views of the Russian Federation and putin. The way he is able to govern, the way putin is able to say without government pushing back on him, yeah, i think he would like that. And, look, to your point about the stipulation between how he is talking about this, the preemptive military action on north korea by the United States, do you think that is likely and would you believe that that could be successful in any circumstance . I dont think its likely. And i have less confidence that it would be successful. I think the language that generated this most recent threat is if they showed the capability of the missile and the weapon, the capability of, you know, you and i have been talking about this now over a year and trying to parse out the language. Mattis has been very careful. Mattis has talked tough but about the threat. If they threaten america. If they threaten americas friends. It puts our response in a fairly narrow, easy to define lane. Occasionally the president talked about not about the threat but the existence of the capacity to, and in this most recent statement is over here. And that really to me is unsettling on a whole lot of levels. That goes to the finesse of message, the methodology and the ski questionsing that are involved. Those are terms you put into my head in terms of this type of planning and strategy. That takes us to h. R. Mcmaster. We have heard many times, as have you, he is on his way out. Trump doesnt listen to him. Trump goes against his advice. The president said yesterday thats not true. Hes doing a great job. How important is mcmaster to National Security . Well, the position is traditionally very important to National Security. Unless you hire skill cost, what you normally get in the job is someone who controls the process of issues and information reaching the president. So if there is a methodology, that there is a sequence, that there is an order. All right. So thats h. R. s task. Can you imagine that . No. Discipline, order, sequence for this president. So my picture, chris, is we will have side ways periodic friction because of the nature of the job and the nature of the president. And even if you pulled h. R. Out and put someone else in, if hes going to do the job, youre still going to have these side ways of friction because theyre imposing things on the president who frankly wants to act spontaneously and immediately. Putin pretends to drop missiles silence. E it would be crazy. For us its just friday. General, thank you very much. Appreciate the perspective. Alisyn . Okay, chris, we are following breaks news right now. An armed attack the is under y way. A live report under way next. When this bell rings. It starts a chain reaction. Thats heard throughout the connected business world. At t Network Security helps protect business, from the largest Financial Markets to the smallest transactions, by sensing cyberattacks in near real time and automatically deploying countermeasures. Keeping the world of business connected and protected. Thats the power of and. Why is dark magic so spellbindingly good . 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Reporter well, good morning, alisyn. It is an unfolding situation in burkina faso. Witnesses say there is ongoing gunfire in the capital. The French Embassy saying there was an attack near the French Embassy. It appears also multiple locations targeted, alisyn. The u. S. Embassy saying americans should shelter in place, no movement in the capital, and theres a real sense that there could be more to the story as it unfolds. To give context here, it is too early to speculate necessarily. But al qaeda and affiliated groups are active in burkina faso. Emmanu emmanu Emmanuel Macron was there for a controversial visit. But at this hour, an attack still ongoing in burkina faso. Chris, back to you. Thank you very much. Appreciate you monitoring the situation. Let us know if there is information we need to get out for the rest of the show. Appreciate it, my friend. Republican lawmakers following through on their threat to punish Delta Air Lines for cutting ties with the nra. Exemptions on jet fuel worth 38 million to delta were stripped from the states new tax plan. The Lieutenant Governor casey cagle is the one who first motivated and he is defending the move, insisting corporations cant attack conservatives without expecting them to fight back. A Massachusetts Police officer using his passion for boxing to help atrisk youth. Cnns brynn shows us how he is changing lives by going beyond the call of duty. My name is d. J. Jones. Im not in uniform here. Its a police program. Im a Police Officer. In here i just want to be j. J. By yourself to the bell. Just work on your form. At the cambridge, massachusetts ymca, a boxing ring that stands for more than just a sport. For alfonso hidalgo, the ring was an escape. I was going through a lot of difficult times before i came here. When we came in here, it was obvious he needed somebody. The relationship took several rounds. Ill never forget. I dont know why. It was just that time. I just opened up to him. 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Exactly right. You default to the idea this is angry young men who a describe to this. I love fighting. I love everything about it. Yes. And the training especially. Because it is all about getting things out. It is all about being raw and real. And that will give these kids who are dealing with such horrible things, a chance to just open up, get it out, fight back, take control of themselves. And this Police Officer is showing us why we love these men and women so much. I love these students to the call of duty. Great stuff. Back to the news of the day. The president , is he flipflopping on gun reform after that big show at the white house meeting . Then he met with the nra and a different message came out. A republican lawmaker who wants a assault weapons ban joins us next. Last years ad campaign was a success for choicehotels. Com badda book. Badda boom. This year, were taking it up a notch. 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I think its very difficult to try to walk that back whatsoever. You cant do that. You cant walk back saying, hey, bump stocks are as good as gone. You cant walk back saying, hey, if you get me a bill that addresses buying age for anybody purchasing a firearm and hell sign it into law, i dont think you can walk that back. It seems like thats whats going on, though. How do you negotiate this . What do you think your best chance is to move forward and get something done, or do you think the nra is going to get what it wants . I dont think the nra is going to get what they want in this case. The president has been very firm to this point, largely saying were not going to be frightened of the nra in this respect. Were going to go out there and do what we think is right based upon saving lives as it relates to the fbi, as it relates to every state agency, as it relates to firearms, Mental Illness and Everything Else surrounding this issue. I knew it was going to be a huge debate. Thats why i was calling right up front to say, President Trump, lets apply the travel ban you did, a temporary hold to whats going on with the sale of ar15s. Lets put a pause on this while were discussing all these things. Id like to see that. I dont think you can walk this back. A little moratorium. You getting any love on that suggestion . Not a great deal of love on that. I think ive probably lost some friends on that. I did speak to the Vice President about that after a meeting with the president and spoke with other folks about it. The president has given very clear marching orders. He gave them in that meeting, gave it to senators, to members of the house of representatives, merge these bills as it relates to background checks and the buying age of firearms, ill take care of the bump stocks and well get it signed into law. He said he would sign it into law. More importantly than that, hes having the conversation of saying right now theres a line in the sand, what is not going to be allowed. Hes saying, im willing to move that line in the sand based upon a number of things, thats important conversation, him saying hes willing to move it, i think thats probably the most significant part of this conversation. Look, were all saying that things feel different this way, such a motivated group of survivors that play to our sense of vulnerability to our children. The only real action is when he struck that aca provision that would have restricted access for certain people receiving Mental Health care. The president got rid of that and theory of getting rid of it was on one level too much regulation. On another level was, we dont want to restrict access to weapons. Look, we need to look at who has firearms. That is very, very clear. This incident in parkland is the perfect example to say to bring people together and say nobody has confidence in the system that were weeding out the next nikolas cruz or omar mateen or stephen paddock. Nobody, republican, democratic, independent, thats whats so concerni concerning. Weve seen these failures time and time again of the system to weed out those that are the wrong people, those that are not responsible law abiding, gun owning citizens. The nra is the head, right . But theres a lot of people who incorporate the body who say legally obtained weapons are almost never responsible for gun crime. Theyre a very small percentage. If you start banning weapons, youre going to ban all weapons. If people want to get a weapon, theyll be able to get one, you can kill with lots of different types of weapons. The mentally ill, theyll have a constituency that comes forward that says you cant treat them differently. How do you combat all that resistance . This is basically what i said to the president very briefly in that meeting at the white house, he has an ability to speak on this issue with an authority that no other republican can. People want to believe, republicans want to believe that the president doesnt want to go into anybodys home and take their firearms. He doesnt want to endeavor down a slippery slope. Thats why he has to lead on this issue. Hes the only one that can lead republicans down a road for responsible gun ownership as it relates to eliminating incidents like parkland, like las vegas, like orlando. He has to be the leader on this. Should he not be meeting with the nra as you guys are figuring out how to do this . The president should be meeting with the nra. The nra represents millions of law b al biding citizens, collectors, sports men, people that care about the god given right to defend themselves. Thats important. Its their kids that are inside of the schools as well, their families that are out at parks and concerts. They deserve to have a very loud voice in this conversation, especially because it affects them. Thats not going to stop us from butting heads in this. Thats going to be part of this debate. I think the founders would be sickened if we didnt have this debate fervently. Theyre saying harden up the schools, get armed guards in there, the teachers that want to be trained, let them have it. That takes care of your school problem. Its something that has to be done. I think all of our schools should be just as safe as the way we feel as members of congress when were walking through the capitol building, or as safe as the president feels when hes walking through the white house. Thats the level of safety that our children should feel inside of every school. Thats the truth of it. But the reality is this conversation goes well beyond just what happens inside of a school because we saw one of those incidents happen in a nightclub in orlando. We saw it happen at a concert in las vegas. We know it can happen out at a park somewhere. It can happen in a movie theater. It can happen anywhere. This conversation is going to end up being defined in other places as we move forward. Schools get a lot of our attention and rightly so. But they are not the main part of the mass shooting problem in terms of venues where they happen. Congressman, youre fighting a fight that is unpopular with a group of people who voted for you. So that takes a lot of bravery in politics in this day and ij. Well see where the fight goes from here. Thank you for coming on to mayor your case to the American People. Absolutely, take care. Were following a lot of news. What do you say . Lets get after it. This trade policy will be disastrous. Its been allowed to go on for decades, its days grateful. One thing we learned from this administration, if you hold your breath, they may change their mind on a policy issue. This hits the whole world. General mcmaster could leave his position in the whousz as soon as the end of this month. If youre running people in and out like an nba basketball game, its not going to work. Does mr. President want to get rid of his attorney general . Not that i know of. In terms of the