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And armed to protect those kids. >> dealing with the parkland students you have a daughter who is that age. can you look at them and say that you are doing enough? >> first of all there was a colossal breakdown in the system locally. so there was a colossal breakdown and we need to get to the bottom of how the breakdowns occurred. what steve mentioned to the armed officer who was in the school at that time, to the f.b.i. who failed to follow up on a glaring tip that this young man wanted to shoo...

Our background check system. we clearly believe there is a gap in our background check system that needs to be filled. we also put in place sweeping mental health reform. those reforms still have a ways to go to be implemented. these are the kinds of things well be discussing with our members, with the senate and president. i had the good fortune of meeting with people in broward county, first responders and elected leaders to hear first-hand about what had happened in this chaos and the breakdo...

Shouldnt be banning guns for law abiding citizens but making sure people who shouldnt have guns cant get guns. in this particular case there were a lot of breakdowns from local law enforcement to the f.b.i. getting tips that they didnt follow up on to school resource officers who are trained to protect kids in these schools and who didnt do that. that to me is the most stunning one of all. there is a lot we have to look at. we want to protect peoples rights while making sure that people who shou...

Mistakes made leading up to the parkland attack. >> why did the breakdowns occur? lets focus on addressing the problems and mental health we have started to deal with in congress. lets close loopholes. lets figure out what went wrong with government before people start to talk about taking away the right to law-abiding citizens. >> theres a deadline affecting the so-called dreamers. >> continuing court protection, 1,000 young people will be subject to deportation. they include 900 who have volun...

These shootings have just become all too common. on this show later, well hear from some of the survivors of the october 2017th ma mass shoo in las vegas. we have van in the van, we have two mothers who lived through that massacre. the owner of the gun store who sold the weapons to the sniper who killed. we need hope and inspiration. tonight well get a voice of hope. a guy i call a super dad, super human being, nba super star steph curry. well hear from steph curry tonight. we need to hear from ...

17 minutes after the hour. we are learning more about the missed opportunities and breakdowns in the response to the shooting in parkland, florida. a woman called the fbi last month to warn them about the shooter, but the case was closed within an hour with no followthrough. then on the day of the shooting, four armed sheriffs deputies stayed outside the school instead of moving in. this wednesday students are scheduled to return to marjory stoneman douglas high school, but some say they will no...

Armed police officer, for all practical purposes, was standing outside during the killing and never bothered to go inside the building. there are no words, he said, these families lost their children, we lost coaches, ive been to the funerals, ive been to the homes where theyre sitting shivering, ive been to the vigils. its just -- there are no words. and there really are no words. there are no words. and i think we are hearing so many red flags were missed by the department of justice. were hea...

Gun control law. the systemic breakdowns here are the ones that were looking to address. >> so with that in mind, what would your law accomplish? how would you make schools safe? >> theres a meriad of ways to do that. the first thing were looking to address is why did all of the systems that were in place fail? why did the school itself and the knowledge that they have, why was that not communicated to the department of children and families here in florida? why did the sheriffs office on multip...

This administration. >> thats right. i spent much of the week talking to people who are familiar with the clearance process and as its worked under previous presidents. everybody that i talked to expressed amazement that such things as the rob porter case could slip through because there have been processes set up very detailed processes for that kind of information getting from the fbi to the security office at the white house and on to the more senior aides and the counsels office and senior s...

Civil hearing and civil evaluation. so, you know, i have to say again, the details will come out, but we really have to find out in a microscopic way where the breakdowns were. right now we have more of a global picture. paul: okay, so the president has said he will convene a task force conference of law enforcement, state politicians, medical specialists, if you were invite today that conference, what would you tell him? >> i think id tell him not to cut some of the programs that it looks like ...