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Colleague said to me his leadership said nobody work with jolly, were spending $2 million to beat him in november. were not going to let him lead on this compromise bill. in that case there was a compromise there. susan collins had one as well. it got killed in the senate. >> party over people. thats bs, jolly. if thats true, ill check it just to make sure. y appreciate you being on, dave jolly, thank you for your perspective, especially as a republican and one who loves their party. >> thank yo...

>> the nra is a beltway organization that controls the money, but they mobilize voters back home. as a result of gerrymandering you have the super red and super blue districts. there is a constituency that holds tightly to their firearms that have explained to me, republicans i know and i trust and i love, have said, the reason the second amendment is there so we can keep firearms in case the government comes against us. so those are the constituencies that youre wrestling with. i dont think pre...

The victims and the florida governor announcing he is asking for flags to be flown at half-staff. alisyn, again, the latest news were getting into the cnn "newsroom", the suspect is expected to be charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. alisyn? >> okay, rosa, thank you very much. lets talk more about how investigators are trying to piece together clues. theyre combing through social media accounts. we know the suspect was expelled fromy stoneman douglas high school. jessica schneider has ...

Joining us now to talk about all of this is democratic congressman ted deutch. he represents this district where this happened. congressman, thank you for being here. im so sorry for your people. >> thanks, alisyn. >> i dont know how to ask the question differently, i dont know how many times we have to ask the question as to why we cant stop this. do you have any wisdom? >> its not wisdom that we need. its action. i appreciate the interview you just did with the two students. as they were leavi...

You and alisyn for the work youre doing on the ground in florida because it is part of the answer that we educate america and make america aware of the awful toll of these mass atrocities. not just in schools, although there have been 400 people injured in 200 schools since sandy hook, many of them killed. but also day to day on our streets. 90 every day on average. it can happen everywhere, and it is happening everywhere. what can we do? connecticut provides part of the answer. we passed common...

Is written here on this piece of paper. >> abby phillip, thank you very much. alisyn, lets get back to you in florida. >> joining us is democratic senator from florida bill nelson. senator, were very sorry for whats happening in your state this morning. >> thank you, alisyn. >> senator, what can you tell the american public and our viewers right now about how were going to stop this? >> well, these are all our children. you can imagine if you were the parent of one of those children and youre lo...

Ago. so now the adopted family talking to investigators. we know that the gunman has as well talked to investigators ever since he was taken into custody outside the school. but, alisyn, this investigation still continues going on. and we are pouring through the social media accounts as well. alisyn. >> okay, jessica, thank you very much. obviously we are getting information in here every minute. we just have an update to share with you now. we have our first confirmed identity of one of the vic...

Parkland, florida, where everybodys head and heart should be this morning. >> chris, thank you. i look at the school buses over my right shoulder. i cant imagine kids boarding those again and feeling safe. we have breaking news in parkland, florida. as you know, 17 people killed in the high school behind me in this shooting massacre. the 19-year-old suspect is expected to make his first court appearance today. we have cnns dave briggs live at the courthouse, outside the broward county courthouse...

Warning about cruz saying he would be a professional school shooter. the fbi requested an in-person interview. cnn has reached out to the fbi for comment. what we know now is hell appear in court, not this morning, but likely in the afternoon session, again, facing 17 counts of premeditated murder. alisyn? >> ill take it, dave. thank you very much. we do have breaking news from the white house. president trump issuing a proclamation, while we wait to see if he will actually address the nation. t...

Job in the obama white house. you are the perfect person to talk to. would there ever have been a scenario where you would be the person crafting the statement about the person who -- on whom the scandal revolves around if you were having a romantic relationship with that person? why was hope hicks the person crafting the statement about rob porter? >> so there are so many questions to unpack right now there, alisyn. lets be clear, the white house communications director doesnt get brought into ...