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Justice question has not been addressed in any of this yet at all. >> and this takes it to a different level. i would think it makes it much harder to get rid of rod rosenstein. listen, jeff, youre in mar-a-lago. in palm beach. the president is down there for a golf weekend. he met with victims of a florida school shooting earlier. what do you know about his visit? >> yes, he did. the president and the first lady went immediately to broward county to the area around parkland, florida. they went ...

To darbys point, you talk about these things and you hold your kids hand a little more tightly than you would normally, even if its teenage sons, they back away. all right. we have a lot more coming up. the president in a role that presidents have had t play a little too often, that of consoler in chief. hows he doing, after this. ast , but tonight i bounce back. ♪ whats an l? the rap singer took a loss and now hes ok again. right. yeah you can get a mortgage that avoids pmi, but theres no way...

Understands how to do that properly. it is something that americans have come to expect from the president. >> there are moments that i think of that stick out for me with president trump, i think of him being in puerto rico after the storm and throwing paper towels to people like they were footballs. or after hurricane harvey where hes talking about the people who showed up to see him, when thats not really what is on the mind of a lot of people who are either there or sympathizing. this is jus...

The president would be stopping here at broward health north as parth part of his weekend trip to palm beach. then hell head to the broward county sheriffs department. weve learned that hes going to be meeting with at least one of the victims of the shooting, the child of a broward county sheriffs deputy. then hes going to be meeting with some medical personnel that helped to attend to the victims of the shooting this week. he and the first lady will be paying their respects. donald trump steppi...

Lot of people talk about it in politics. this is not -- its not anybodys natural habitat to have to talk about tragedies this way, but weve seen some presidents have a bit more ease with it than we see donald trump. >> the shift is the american sentiment between the need to have a consoler in chief when weve been able to name, each of us, all the mass casualties and shootings weve had over time. i think what theyre looking for is somebody whos going to be a governor in chief, somebody whos going...

Governors and attorneys general later this month to discuss making schools safer. i want to bring in political commentator errol louis. >> good morning. >> the first question is consoler in chief. the role. he spoke out yesterday. speaking to the nation on this issue. how is he doing in the role of consoler in chief? >> it is difficult to sort of be the consoler in chief if you will not tie action to it. it was difficult for president obama. he was trying to push for legislation. it is harder to...

Thank you. something that stuck out to me, trump is there to be a consoler in chief but its not a role thats a forte for him. i was at virginia tech when george w. bush spoke there and just the comfort that he gave people. we think of president obama being in tucson after the gaby gifford shooting and what was such an important speech that he gave. this is something that he needs to work on or maybe doesnt come naturally. >> not that its an easy role. >> so hard. >> but lets be honest about who ...

Hear. he got a lot of trash saying hell never be the consoler of chief, it was a terrific statement. aside from the mystery of evil that none of us can fully comprehend, this tragedy reminds us that human connectivity the president was talking about, real relationships -- not talking about social media, this is the sinew that hold us altogether. think about the media, tv, film, video games, billboards, music lyrics. im not saying that because that but it does tend to desensitize all of us. espec...

He got a lot of trash saying hell never be the consoler of chief, it was a terrific statement. aside from the mystery of evil that none of us can fully comprehend, this tragedy reminds us that human connectivity the president was talking about, real relationships -- not talking about social media, this is the sinew that hold us altogether. think about the media, tv, film, video games, billboards, music lyrics. im not saying that because that but it does tend to desensitize all of us. especially ...

Issue of mental health. >> which was echoing exactly what we heard from the governor of florida rick scott where republicans will start rallying around here. it was clear that his remarks were much more focused on the consoler in chief role than the action role. that was a choice. he had to make in this leadership moment of which way to go. it didnt seem he wanted to do too much of both. he really wanted to focus on just expressing his condolences. that doesnt sound to me that thats a sort of re...