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Mueller. On top of all of this, Corporate America doing what congress wont. At least not yet. As students in parkland, florida, return to school for the First Time Since a shooting massacre, a major retailer, dicks Sporting Goods, making big changes involving the weapons it else is. All that coming up. But first, the truly explosive revelations rocking the white house right now, raising new questions about the russia probe and a key trump advisers role in the west wing. Heres a look at some of the extraordinary developments over the past 24 hours. Sources tell cnn special Counsel Robert Mueller is looking into President Trumps business dealings in russia prior to the 2016 president ial campaign. Also, the Washington Post reports that Jared Kushner was targeted by other nations for manipulation. Kushner has been stripped of his topsecret security clearance. White House Communications director hope hicks at the same time admitting that she tells white lies, her words, for the president. Former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort pleading not guilty to new charges against him today. Lets begin with the breaking news and the tensions between Jared Kushner and the white house chief of staff john kelly. First, listen to what President Trump said just days ago about general kelly and Jared Kushners security clearance. General kelly respects jared a lot, and general kelly will make that call. I wont make that call. Ill let the general, whos right here, make that call. But jareds doing some very important things for our country. I will let general kelly make that decision, and hes going to do whats right for the country, and i have no doubt hell make the right decision. Lets bring in our senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny. Hes joining us with breaking developments. What have you learned . We did know the existing battle lines that have long existed in the west wing very entrenched by this decision from the chief of staff to essentially strip the senior adviser, Jared Kushner, of his security clearance. Im told the reality is more complicated there. Were doing new reporting, and we have a new story on cnn. Com that is saying that Jared Kushner, of course, first and foremost, he remains the president s soninlaw. We were told again and again thats something to keep in mind. The president believes hes doing a good job. The question is, can he do his job in the same way. The answer probably is no. But the reality is, the middle east Peace Process is not on the verge of happening, so theres nothing necessarily thats going to stop anything urgently. Jared kushner has known about this since friday. Not everyone in the white house knew about this. Of course, it seemed like a bombshell yesterday afternoon. But hes gotten used to this idea. One of the reasons im told he was up on capitol hill working on his domestic agenda. He doesnt want to seem like hes being shoved aside. Someone whos a friend and supporter of him this morning told me that he doesnt want to prove right by his critics by leaving. A bigger question is how does this relationship develop between the chief of staph aff jared kusher . Were told the president does not like the view of all this on television, that it looks like his soninlaw is hanging out there. Jared kushner feels like hes being picked on in some respects. This is going to be one more chapter in this ongoing story about the white house chief of staff. Right now it looks like he is secure, but of course these are sometimes minutebyminute, daybyday situations. For now at least, Jared Kushner did not ask for special permission to have the president review this. Again, keep in mind, yes, hes the senior adviser, but hes the soninlaw. Hes at dinner tables, lunch tables. He stands above almost anyone else in the west wing except ivanka trump, perhaps, who also is stripped of her interim clearance. So this is a developing story to say the least. The tension between general kelly, the white house chief of staff, and Jared Kushner, weve seen a lot of reports that the tension is very, very significant. The president thinks all these reports about Jared Kushner have been totally unfair. Right. I mean, the president believes Jared Kushner is doing a good job. We saw him say that at that press conference on friday. Hes also delegating his chief of staff to do this. At some point, will the president have to make a choice between his chief of staff and his soninlaw . If so, i think the bloodlines will be much stronger, the family lines there. As of now, the president has not indicated he wants to make that choice. But watch for that relationship to develop. A lot of people, you know, have thought that john kelly was out a number of times. He still remains and has the president s support. Weve seen this president as someone who can, you know, be just fine with feuding and fighting. Look what hes doing to his attorney general here. This is something that again well see how it shakes out. Jared kushner, he wants to get back to work. He is working. The question is will he be able to be in the situation room, other things, for those private meetings. Probably not. A lot more on the president and the humiliation of his attorney general coming up. Extraordinary whats going on there. Jeff zeleny, stand by. To get a better understanding as to what this downgraded security clearance means for Jared Kushner and his work in the white house, i want to bring in our military and diplomatic analyst, retired rear admiral john kirby. Youve had a topsecret security clearance at the state department, at the pentagon. Walk us through the difference between what kushner had, an interim topsecret, sci security kpleerns, clearance, as opposed to what he has now. Sure thing, wolf. Its important to remember there are three levels of security clearance. Confidential, secret, and topsecret. Were going to break down the differences between topsecret and secret. Its also important to also remember that its not just your clearance that matters, whether you get access to information and material. Its whether theres a need to know, whether you actually have to have it to do your job. So with that, lets take a look. Top secret is the highest level of clearance, most sensitive information. If its disclosed, it could cause exceptionally grave damage to National Security. Thats the two big elements right there. Next, its the most rigid storage and handling and access protocols. If youre going to have access to top secret, that kind of material is really going to be carefully safeguarded from the time its created to the time its destroyed. The clearance must be reinvestigated every single five years. Again, owing to the highest sensitivity of that information. On the secret side, this is information that if its disclosed could cause serious damage to National Security as opposed to top secret, which does exceptionally grave damage to National Security. Theres going to be less detailed information with respect to secret material. Its not going to go into the sources and methods. Its not going to lay out where all this information comes from and the context behind it. Youre not going to have access to the president s full Daily Briefing. I use the word full deliberately, wolf, because theres going to be articles and material in the president ial Daily Briefing that will be at the secret level that mr. Kushner would be able to see, but hes not going to be able to see all of it. That clearance is going to be reinvestigated now every ten years. Again, because the material under the security clearance isnt quite as sensitive as it is under the top secret. All right. Good explanation, john kirby. Thanks very much for that. Lets get more analysis on all of these extraordinary developments. Joining us now, cnn legal analyst, former federal prosecutor, Michael Zeldin, and cnn political analyst gloria borger. You look at all the tumult going on, is it worth it . What does he bring to the table that would allow him in the face of this assault to continue . Well, i think thats up to the president , honestly. Its a decision the president has to make. I think its very clear that jared and jared and ivanka would not want to leave town right now because it would look like they were under assault and were leaving under assault. You negotiation he know, he is criminal justice reform. He could continue to do that. I spoke with someone at the white house last night who pushed back on me very hard and said, you know, he can continue doing exactly the job that he was doing, but this white house adviser seems to be the only one who was saying that, to be honest. If hes going to be very involved in mideast peace, he has to be allowed to see classified information that talks about sources and methods, perhaps satellite photographs, et cetera. He has to be in the sit room at moments. I think its really trying to do your job with a blindfold on. Heres the problem though. Lets say hes involved in sensitive Diplomatic Missions for the president. Whether the israelipalestinian Peace Process, which doesnt seem to be moving very fast, at least not now, but lets say he has to go to saudi arabia or the United Arab Emirates or lets say he goes to china or mexico. Hes going to have deputies who are there who have topsecret sci security clearances. He only has secret security clearances. What if they Say Something that is top secret in his presence that potentially could be awkward . To say the least, it could be awkward. Its really untenable. I think personally that the president is going to do a waiver. I dont think its acceptable to the president to have his chief, you know, sort of guy, kushner, so handcuffed as you and gloria have properly described it. He has that authority on an issue by issue, event by event, person by person basis to waive. So i think to take your hypothetical, he goes to saudi arabia, president says in saudi arabia, hes got top secret. But it doesnt really help the briefing process. You really need to be briefed before you go into these meetings, and that briefing wants you to be as informed as your counterparty is going to be. So i dont see how it works unless theres a waiver of some sort. Gloria, the Washington Post had a major story saying that at least, at least four countries, they named china, israel, mexico, and the United Arab Emirates, have privately discussed ways to manipulate Jared Kushner because of leverage they may have to their advantage over him. This is an extremely serious potential matter. Well, it is a serious matter. And you know, these stories, weve done them, the post has done them, about questions about jareds conversations potentially mixing his business with his work during the transition are probably a large part of the reason that hes not been able to secure the security clearance that he wants. I mean, we dont know whether this information came from intercepts of these conversations. We also know that diplomats tend to brag to each other about how much influence they have over highranking people in the United States government. And we know that that occurred with michael flynn, for example, where russians were bragging about their relationship with flynn. But again, you have to put one and one together and come up with two here. You have to say, look, heres this person who has never been in government before, who considered himself the person to be the back channel during the transition to russia and other countries, and suddenly now he is unable to get his security clearance or not suddenly, its taken a year hes not able to get his security clearance, why is that. And the post story is a very good example of it. Last week cnn exclusively reported that the special Counsel Robert Muellers interest in kushner had expanded to include what are described as nonrussian foreign investors, for example china. You think those attempts to seek leverage over him, these reported attempts, played a role in the decision not to grant him topsecret security clearances . It sure would seem so because one of the issues in issuing a topsecret clearance is are you vulnerable, can you be leveraged, can you be blackmailed, can you be financially compromised. All of the reporting that gloria has been doing on the Chinese Insurance Company and veb bank, the russian bank, all of these meetings occurring while we know, at least its been reported, that one of his, kushners, marquee properties, 666 5th avenue, is a billion something in debt and its coming due quickly and if they dont get that money from a foreign investor, something terrible could happen to that building. So you have this confluence of public role and private interests. That, i think, is going to hold up anything that relates to top secret because hes too vulnerable. Its a major problem for the white house right now. Guys, stand by. There are other governmedevelop unfolding. Is Robert Mueller crossing the president s socalled red line . New cnn reporting the special counsel is looking into President Trumps business dealings long before his president ial campaign. So what does this tell us about the scope of the russia investigation . Also, once again, the president publicly, yes publicly, insults his own attorney general, Jeff Sessions. What tis the president s end gae here . Is he trying to get sessions to resign . And dicks Sporting Goods, a major retailer, making a huge announcement about the guns they sell as parkland students return to school for the First Time Since the massacre. Well go there live. Oh, thats lovely. So graceful. The corkscrew spin, flawless. His signature move, the flying dutchman. Poetry in motion. And there it is, the baby bird. Breathtaking. A sumo wrestler figure skating . Surprising. Whats not surprising . How much money heather saved by switching to geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Its abor it isnt. Ence in 30,000 precision parts. 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Sources tell cnn investigators for the special counsel have been asking a lot of questions about those earlier business dealings. Questions include the timing of trumps decision to run for president and any possibly compromising information russia may have had about him. Walk us through the timeline of events that muellers team is looking into right now. Thats right, wolf. Sources were talking to tell us there are several areas of interest to the special counsel when it comes to trumps business dealings in russia before he launched his president ial bid. Theres some key dates that are important to mueller. First, november 9th, 2013. Thats when trump hosted the Miss Universe pageant in moscow. He made significant money from the event and met with russian oligarchs. Its also when he began discussing plans to brand trump tower moscow. Two days late e trump announces its a done deal. He tweets trump tower moscow is next. The deal fell apart relatively quickly, and the tower was never built. Sources have been asking witnesses about his meetings with people during that trip and asking if its possible russians have compromising information on trump. One source said investigators appeared interested around the timing of when trump decided to run and how that coincided with his talks. In 2014, thats the year one source told mueller trump got, quoted, serious about running for president. Fast forward to 2015. Trump makes a second run at trying to brand a trump tower moscow. Trump had his Attorney Michael Cohen begin negotiations with some different russian backers. Trump even signed a nonbinding letter of intent in october of that year. This is after he launched his campaign. He was running for president while he was trying to push this deal through. Then three months later, just before the iowa caucuses, the negotiations for trump tower moscow fell apart, and the project never got off the ground. Now, at no point during his campaign did trump ever reveal he was negotiating with russians to expand his business there. All of these points along this timeline are great interest to mueller according to our sources, as hes been asking different witnesses specific questions about all of this. Wolf . Very intriguing indeed. Thank you very much. As the russia probe takes direct aim at the president s inner circle, a Pivotal Moment could be at hand. Listen to what the president said just a few months ago in this exchange with two New York Times reporters. Mueller was looking at your fans, your familys finances unremittu unrelated to russia. Is that a red line . Would that be a breach of what his actual i would say yes. The president said it would be a breach of that socalled red line. Lets discuss this and more. Once again, Michael Zeldin is with us, Robert Muellers former assistant, and gloria borger. Has this red line been crossed now that mueller and his investigators are asking various witnesses about Donald Trumps business dealings with russia long before the campaign . No, i dont think so. I think the question was unrelated to russia. This is related very much to russia. And i think in asking these questions, you know, our sources say, look, we dont know why mueller is asking these questions. Was he just trying to check a box and go through a timeline regarding donald trump and his businesses . Or is he looking for ways that the russians had potential leverage over donald trump and his Business Associates and his business over the past years . So i would say that this is a completely legitimate area of inquiry. I know that kenneth starr, former special counsel for bill clinton, says that it is not. But i believe that we have seen from bob mueller the 13 dooir indictments against the russians that he is pursuing all things russia, and this is a part of it. Listen to what ken starr said on cnns new day earlier this morning. Listen to this. I think its beyond his mandate. The mandate is what happened during the 2016 election in terms of collusion. Thats the key idea. Thats not accurate, is it . No. Theres a multipart mandate. Point one of it is to continue the counterintelligence investigation that comey testified was under way in march. So front and center in muellers investigation is the counterintelligence aspect of it. I think this gloria, you were just speaking about it relates exactly to that. Was there an effort by the russians to compromise trump and similarly kushner or anybody else, flynn, cohen, all those people, in an effort to have leverage on them should the president should trump become president of the United States. This is exactly in his mandate, which is exactly about counterintelligence. Now to ken starrs point, there is a secondary part, which is was there a collusive relationship . Were the russians trying to do something counterintelligencewise, and were any americans trying to cooperate with them . So thats the second part. But first and foremost is the counterintelligence. I was surprised to hear ken starrs answer that the mandate is what happened during the 2016 elections in terms of collusion. He clearly didnt read the mandate that Robert Mueller got when he was named by rod rosenstein, the acting attorney general. The first part was any lengths and or coordination between the russian government and individuals associated with the campaign and president donald trump. Thats correct. Part two, quote, any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation. Part three, any other matters within the scope of then he goes through at matter. The same reason why mueller is going after Paul Manafort, for example, on things that he allegedly did long before the campaign, opens up the president to the same kind of inquiry. Exactly right. Gloria is dead on when she says these inquiries that relate to whether the president could be compromised fits squarely within the mandate. As to the manafort indictment, its not as closely tethered, but if it creates an understanding of what the russians were doing and if it creates an understanding if there was a collusive relationship it falls within the mandate. We know from rosensteins testimony that he and mueller talk. Mueller brings things to him and says, what do you want me to do about this. Rosenstein gives an answer. For example, the Eastern District of virginia cases, which are tax cases against manafort, mueller had to have gone to rosenstein and said, what do you want me to do . He said take it. Theres other news breaking right now. Just in, the attorney general of the United States, Jeff Sessions, has now responded to this latest insult by the president of the United States in a pretty frank pushback to the president. Well have that and a lot more right after this. 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The attorney general is now breaking his silence and firing back against the president. I want to read you the statement that we just received from him in full. He says, we have initiated the appropriate process that will ensure complaints against this department will be fully and fairly acted upon if necessary. What he means there, of course, is the referral to the Inspector Generals office here at the Justice Department on the socalled fisa abuse situation from the nunes memo. Then he goes on, wolf, and this is really important. He says, as long as i am the attorney general, i will continue to discharge my duties with integrity and honor, and this department will continue to do its work in a fair and impartial manner according to the law and constitution. So wolf, i cant convey enough to you how rare this is. After months you remember the tweet storm back in july when the president was going off every minute on the attorney general. He never said a word. And today is the first time he has broken his silence, wolf. And when asked i talked to a close source to the attorney general about what was the difference today, why today would he break his silence. I was told it was because the president went after doj attorneys. And for him, that was something of a red line. He felt like the president was just too in the weeds, weighing in on how doj attorneys, according to the president , should be prosecuted for fisa abuses and for the attorney general enough was enough, wolf. He went after the Inspector General at the department of justice, who was named attorney general by president obama, but earlier to other senior positions was named to those positions by president bush. Hes a career specialist in this area. Laura, thanks very much. Theres a lot of anger at the department of justice. This public humiliation by the president of the attorney general of the United States, not the first time, but by name. Then ending that tweet in all caps, disgraceful. Its extraordinary. Well, its not only against the attorney general. Its against the department of justice. You know, i can only imagine what lauras saying is something that made sessions finally decide that he had to respond. And by the way, the Inspector General who was approved unanimously by the United States senate, who worked for both republicans and democrats, is also someone who routinely makes criminal referrals. So if he finds criminal misconduct, wrongdoing, then he can refer it. So, you know, let him do his work. Thats exactly what his job is, gloria. The Inspector General. Yeah. He receives these sort of complaints. He undertakes an exhaustive examination and makes a finding. As gloria says, if it requires criminal involvement, its referred to the Criminal Division for prosecution. If it involves ethical, it goes to the office of professional responsibility, and they take care of it. Thats what hes there for. I think this is what put sessions over the edge. The Tipping Point was to attack a career prosecutor whos doing his job earnestly. To say it was a disgrace that this is the way it was being handled was just too much for Jeff Sessions. And good for him for protecting the people of the Justice Department. I think hes got to get a lot of hand clapping in the Justice Department from people at their desk. A lot of folks, gloria, as you know, they think the president would like sessions to resign. Yeah, he would. To quit so he could bring in someone else who would be more acceptable. He hated the fact that sessions recused himself from the russia probe and as a result was unable to protect the president. Right. Look, you know, weve been talking about this since the summer. When will sessions leave . The president doesnt like him. His anger is still there about sessions recusing himself and not telling him in advance that he intended to recuse himself from the russia investigation. I think there are a lot of people internally who are advising the president that he shouldnt fire anybody right now, that right now is an important point in the Mueller Investigation and the president should not be doing anything with his attorney general. But well have to see where this plays out because the attorney general is responding to the president saying, no, you dont, no, you dont, im sorry, you dont get to do this to my Justice Department. And well have to see what happens next. I think the ball is in the president s court right now. It is a pretty serious humiliation by the president of the attorney general of the United States and others at the department of justice. The president s making these statements, and these tweets, these are official president ial statements, calling all of this disgraceful. We saw him do the same thing with mccabe, sort of creating hostile Work Environment so that mccabe retires early. Maybe thats what hes hoping for. Former fbi director. Deputy fbi director. Yes, exactly. And maybe this is what hes trying to do. If he cant fire him, maybe he can humiliate him out of his job. Jeff sessions has cesaid today, work for the department of justice, i have to protect the integrity of the department of justice. There are clear rules about communications between the white house and the Justice Department. Youve overstepped that boundary again. Thanks, guys, very much. Coming up, the survivors of the parkland, florida, shooting make an emotional return to school today. Ill talk to one of the students about his first day back and how hes keeping the memories of his classmates so close. Plus, taking a stand. The nations Largest Sporting goods retailer announcing it will stop selling assaultstyle rifles. With the travelocity Customer First guarantee. Your only worry. Will be how to drink this monstrosity. Get help with hotels, free twentyfourhour flight changes, and our price match guarantee. 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When i spoke to you last week, you said it was going to be really physically, emotionally difficult to return to school, but you thought you would. I assumed you were in school today. How did it go . I just want to start with its difficult. A lot of people sometimes take for granted how hard it is to go back to a place that remind you of something so tragic. At the same time, it was actually very uplifting because it was amazing to see how the community and all the students and the school got together. There were so many hugs and so much time just bonding with people and teachers and, you know, rebuilding those bridges that were once burnt. It was amazing. But at times very emotional for me. Did most of the students go back today . Some decided apparently not to, right . Absolutely. I would say most of the student body was there. As i said before, it was just an amazing spectacle to see because i saw teachers and students who used to get into arguments on a daily basis hug and cry in each others arms. I saw people who wouldnt dare speak to each other just open up. Its really heartwarming. And now its going to be regular days as of tomorrow, all of next week. Everybodys going to be going back to school. What was it like going in . There was a lot of armed presence there, a lot of police, right . Yeah, i think some students might find it comforting, but personally i felt like i was choking, like if i was having an asthma attack. It was very difficult to grapple with everything, you know, especially with the freshmen building, which is where the tragedy happened. Theres a fence built around it. Theres armed officers at all times, including through the night now. Walking through there to get to some of my classes, it was tough. Is that going to stay like that as far as you know . Are you going to have to endure that kind of Police Presence for the rest of the semester . Absolutely. Im sure that most of the Police Officers that were here today will be gone by next week, and the ones in school as well, but the ones around the building where it happened, those arent going anywhere. Thats still an active crime scene until the case has been settled. I think itll forever be locked down. Yeah, its an awful situation all around. I know its painful and difficult for you and all of your friends at school. Let me get your reaction to whats happened with dicks Sporting Goods, a major retailer business that actually sold the Florida Shooter a shotgun last year at the age of only 18. They say they will stop selling ar15 style rifles. The ceo of the store, of the company, also says a decision was made for the kids of Stoneman Douglas. Youre going to have to be 21 from now on to purchase any kind of weapon there. Whats your reaction . I know i just talked about some very depressing issues, but i want to say that is the most uplifting news i have heard in a while. Its been very tough going to my State Capitol in tallahassee and being told that i wont be able to do anything or the hill in washington, d. C. , and facing some trouble. But im glad to see that companies are finally hearing not only the childrens outcry but everybody in this country who is sick and tired of the dysfunctional laws and system we have set in place. Im glad that dicks Sporting Goods supports common sense gun laws, such an as 18yearold should not be able to buy a shotgun or ar15. Thats just not sensible. And im glad that companies, which are what will stop the nra from doing what theyre doing, basically killing kids, the companies are going to be the ones that are going to stop this. And im calling out every Single Company right now who is not in favor of cutting their ties with the nra. The nra has shown themselves to be toxic, vile, and to not support the right to live, which is in the preamble of the constitution. I want them to remember they always talk about the Second Amendment, but that preamble is before it. Because of its importance and its necessity for america to be the way it is. Alfonso calderon is a junior at Stoneman Douglas high school. Today was the first day back at school. Well continue these conversations down the road. Good luck to you. Good luck to all your friends at school, your families. Thank you very much for joining us. Thank you very much. Coming up, as the Parkland Community continues to mourn, a republican florida lawmaker reacts to those calls for stricter gun restrictions and whether he thinks there is any real change on the horizon. That interview coming up. vo make her day with just one touch. With fancy feast creamy delights, she can have just the right touch of real milk. 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A republican member of the Florida State house representative, thanks so much for joining us. Thank you for having me. Very angry at the state congress, and at the National Rifle association, students say, theyre not doing anything s substantive. Whats your reaction . I dont think thats true. Were seriously considering new measures for school safety, programs that will involve the sheriff and local communities being directly involved in protecting these schools. We shouldnt have had to wait this long on Mental Health issues. Ive supported things back in my district but this is an appropriate response in that regard. In terms of the other proposals they violate the Second Amendment. At the end of the day you wont have legislators, at least legislators like myself, im no more going to violate the Second Amendment than i am going to violate someones First Amendment rights. Theyre the bedrock of our country. There are restrictions, there are problems that you cant cry, you know go into a crowded theater and you cant scream out fire. That would be a violation of the First Amendment because it endangers people. So, there are restraints and even the Supreme Court have said there are restraints on the Second Amendment which gives the right to bear arms in the United States. Are you willing to accept any restraints . Listen, absolutely, wolf. Children dont have the same access to civil rights as adults do. Thats why child pornography is illegal but adults have that right. 18, 19, 20yearolds ought to be able to purchase a firearm. Thats something im certainly pondechlt ring on to try to decide if thats really appropriate. You have 20 million floridians f we raise the age to buy a firearm, a hunting shotgun or rifle, youre talking about 600,000 floridians who will have fewer civil rights the next day and that really gives me pause and im struggling with it in terms of how we move forward on those proposals. Your republican governor of florida, rick scott, says one common sense change be is, in fact, to raise the age to 21 to purchase any firearm. Are you with the governor on that . Again, thats really going to be difficult for me to get there. I need to see how thats going to make a difference. When you look at the different types of School Shootings we have across this nation and each one of them is a tragedy, it really was spectacular to have the students come up here and visit and share their personal experiences, one on one with me last week. And i do appreciate that. Some of the ideas they brought us are things youll see us move forward on. On this one, again, what is it really going to change . How will that affect the outcome . You look at the tragedy that happened in sandy hook, it didnt matter what the age restriction would have been in that instance. That maniac killed his mother and stole all her weapons. We need to focus on Mental Health. We to focus on making the schools more secure and treat these individuals like they are. Theyre lone wolf terrorists. Theyre people that sit and plot and plan. They take six months, a year, to lay out a strategy, to look at the building, evaluate how theyre going to attack their peers and people they know. Their inspiration may not be religious but its definitely terrorism in terms of how they go out and conduct these activities. And thats where i think our focus has to be. There are a lot of steps under consideration, including raising the age limit. Very quickly, dicks Sporting Goods, major retailer, now announcing theyre going to ban the sale of all firearms to anyone under the age of 21. They also will no longer sell these assaultstyle weapons like ar15 style weapon. Here is what the companys ceo told chris cuomo on new day earlier on cnn. When you look at those kids and their parents and the grief that everyone is going through. We dont want to be part of this story any longer. We actually sold the shooter a shotgun in november of last year. We looked at that, found out that we did this, we had a pit in our stomach and said we need to we dont want to be part of this story. We need a responsibility to these kids. Do you support the freedom that this chain, this dicks Sporting Goods store has to make a decision like that . Yeah. Look, wolf, i totally agree with the Supreme Courts decision in the Citizens United case. Corporations have the opportunity for free speech f they dont want to sell a gun if, they want to take a position in the public space that is a strongly held belief of theirs, they have every right to do that. 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