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Discussion were having why we continue -- we advocate for the simple things without any response from my colleague. the speaker will not bring up a single bill for debate. we have to focus on the big things, like making sure that guns that are made to kill the maximum amount of people cannot be used that way. >> the speaker today really honed in on mental illness, which is absolutely germane to the conversation. im not dismissing that. but, you know, just in reading everything that i have from r...

President wants to have when they become consoler in chief at a time like this and there are all kinds of screams and criticisms from around the country at what happened yesterday in parkland. give us your sense of how president trump handled this one today. >> i thought his remarks were the right remarks and this is the time that presidents have to look into their hearts and say how can i help? what words can i use to sooth those who suffer? i think the president found the right words. these ar...

There are big things, big stories happening here, immigration, the vote affecting a lot of people. but this and youre right, the tone of the president as a real consoler in chief really. weve seen this role many times before. president obama played it many times. but now this president is going to be in that role in a devastating situation in south florida. >> sandra: you know, bret, sandra smith. as we do await the update here from broward county and as we await the president coming up at the t...

Of statement. >> especially because you have a president that people think wasnt really at least traditionally ready for the job in the way that his predecessors had been. so hes really learning on the job. and the people around him, including his voters, have really given him the space to grow into the job of the presidency. but what we have right now is someone that, as of right now, has not wanted to be the consoler in chief. hes wanted to talk about the people that he wants to pick fights wi...

Speak out, that itself is a kind of statement. >> especially because you have a president that people think wasnt really at least traditionally ready for the job in the way that his predecessors had been. so hes really learning on the job. and the people around him, including his voters, have really given him the space to grow into the job of the presidency. but what we have right now is someone that, as of right now, has not wanted to be the consoler in chief. hes wanted to talk about the peopl...

Abroad, rather than at home, acting as the consoler in chief, another power of the presidency. its not normal for the president to put those aside. so the last time we talked, the president had, the little clip you showed, the president attacking london. after the bike path in new york, you have the president attacking the leader of the democrat of the chuck schumer allowing him to be the country. thats normalal. >> thank you for preserving your role of what normal is should be. the coproducer o...

Bubble. no. this is america. and like youve always been so in touch with america, red states, blue states. and even in states where the president won and the nbc wall street journal poll this week showed that erosion out in even the trump counties in the trump states. so there you have it down to the county level. then, brian, at the very most macro level the corps of the economist this week, they have the balanced eagle with donald trump like hair and its saying in danger. americas stand in the...

Kevin, we were listening to chris jansing as she was telling us how the president has reacted and responded to this catastrophe in texas where 26 lives have been lost, not including the killer himself. when the president reacted, when he called for flags at half-staff and issued that statement as chris was saying in front of those business leaders, this is an important time for the president to be the consoler in chief and thats in a place where his schedule is so tight there in asia. what do yo...

There speaking about the economy and also about the trade deals he hopes to improve on with the five asian leaders he is meeting with during this trip over the last ten days. perhaps the longest of his presidency so far. north korea is big on the agenda and you heard his remarks earlier about the horrific shooting in texas. he called it an act of evil and he also said in dark times americans do what we do best, we join together, we lock arms and through the tears of sadness, we stand strong. joi...

Manhattan, killing eight people and injuring more than half a dozen. after that he said it was time for more extreme vetting and wanted to get rid of the visa program that allowed him to come into the country. contrast that with las vegas, that horrific shooting where so many people were killed and the president said its with a very sick and deranged person but well be talking about gun laws as time goes on. and so the question is why in one case was there a statement of policy and then in the o...