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Tweeting on background checks last night, "whether we are republican or democrat, we must now focus on strengthening background checks." he also had this today. >> one possible solution, which may not be very popular, would be to have people in the school, teachers, administrators who have volunteered to have a firearm safely locked in the classroom who are given training throughout the year, to have them raise them their hands and volunteer for the training. when something like this starts, the...

Gina, yesterday. and their comments were -- tony is an airline pilot. he said he supports the second amendment but he does not believe theres a need for assault rifles. he said that the fbi, there were signs missed and reminded him of 9-11. so we have to work on making sure that our protocols are in place so that people dont slip through the cracks literally in this case. we talked about the red flag laws. theres a little progress being made in florida now on the red flag laws, which is when som...

Appreciate that were coming here to look at all different perspectives because we need to be action and solution oriented. >> thank you. >> neil: youve been watching a riveting exchange here between parents, administrators, students themselves who were at marjory stoneman douglas high school. the most moving moment a father of a 15-year-old that is lucky to have his son with him. maybe this is a matter of the gun laws themselves and who gets access to guns and when and what kind of background ch...

Obtained by abc affiliate wplg. it shows cruz was attending a school for emotionally and behaviorally disabled students in 2015. administrators noting, while he was making progress at the alternative school, he was reported to be "distracted by inappropriate conversations of his peers if the topic is about guns, people being killed or the armed forces." dottie provenzano is a former special education specialist in broward county, with more than 40 years of experience. >> im not the expert on mas...

Could buy an ar-15 for instance and more armed folks in schools. where are you on this? >> well as i answer that question, i want to share with you where im standing right now is where hundreds and hundreds of the parkland students and their families were here today, emotionally expressing themselves to us and to the world. we couldnt be more proud of their efforts and it has been a very heavy day. and couldnt be more proud as a floridian for these kids. now to your question, well see what kind ...

Yes. >> i dont know if im going to say something you havent already heard. i could tell you that in addition to all of the sorrow that were feeling in our community right now, there is also a lot of anger. anger that the police can visit a person dozens of times and not take action, anger that the fbi could get at least two credible tips and not take action. and one possible solution, which we discussed with secretary devos over lunch was if a tragedy strikes, can we wait for the first responder...

As you know all too well, there have been attempts at change in the past most notably after sandy hook. do you think this time is different? >> honestly, i dont know. i just hope that as we go forward that everyone would listen to the voices of the people who are closest to this issue. and not just the voices of politicians on either side of the aisle. i think more work needs to be done with speaking with teachers, administrators, school resource officers, students, and the people who are actual...

Take a listen. >> never let anybody tell you that you and your voice doesnt matter and that you cant make a difference because youre making a difference right now. >> we are the generation of the future. we are going to use it next november. >> 17 of my classmates, friends and teachers died. no longer can i walk the halls i walked millions of times before without fear and sadness. >> to me, to let these victims lives be. taken without any change in return is an act of treason to our great countr...

Of another human being. what promise the you to write that and whats your message? >> what promised me to write that was it was just my own personal feelings. im not expressing the feelings of my school. im not expressing the feelings of my teachers, just myself. all teachers need to have their voices heard on the issue. my personal feelings are i work with troubled kids every day. and i do not want the responsibility of having to decide whether or not to take the life of someone. i dont feel im...

And the president is trying to do everything that he can under his capacity to address these concerns and certainly when it comes to mental illness. jowly? >> would the president consider granting mr. kushner a full security clearance even if the red flags in his background checks? >> i dont know of any red flags, and thats irresponsible to suggest that without seeing anyones file. i havent spoken to the plez about whether that would be necessary but mr. kushners work he has done will not be imp...