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Ideas of bravery, theyre trying to help uplift this community which is really feeling a tremendous amount of pain and sorrow with what happened here. so the president added to that during his time here. and youre right, this gun issue is going to come up. people are still concerned about trying to find some lucence to all of this. there was a group of activists here the other day who were here along with the presidents visit trying to focus on that issue, because it is a big concern here. the pr...

Into a machine gun? why not have the president take a turn here and win over all of those people in the middle desperate for some change? >> well, to elises point, its clear that the president is waiting to see what his supporters are going to say about this issue, whether or not the nra gets behind it. right now the president is saying, were not talking about gun control or any gun laws at this time. hes waiting not only to see what happens in congress, but also to see if the nra is on board wi...

5 million cast in michigan. while you wi while wisconsin won by 22,700 votes. we expect to hear more about the facebook ads and the extent of this effort when senate intelligence leaders hold a press conference about their own sweeping probe and what they learned about russian meddling and any collusion that may have occurred from trump associates. >> we have richard blumenthal on our program. we will ask about your new reporting. thank you for sharing that exclusive with us. president trump l...

President trump is playing the role every other president is trying to do for the victims of disasters. how do you think he handle his visit to las vegas today? >> the bar was so low following the visit to puerto rico yesterday, one could say it was a success, he visited with victims in hospitals as well. the question is, in these types of situations, the president is looked upon as the consoler in chief. this is an issue we as a nation have known way too often any time there is a mass shooting ...

Unfortunately presidents make these kind of appearances before in other situations, in other shootings. its one of the jobs of the president. toward the end there he was also asked about a report that rex tillerson, the secretary of state, at one point had i believe it was over the summer, had called him a moron. the president says that its -- it was not true, that its a phony report. >> reporter: thats right, anderson. the president and the first lady doing what is expected of a president and f...

Around this horrific scene, finding comfort and help anyway that we can. just grateful for all of these leaders in our community, our state. >> harris: we understand that sometimes you are called upon as leaders to wear different hats and the head of consoler and leader. this is your community and in your heart of hearts i can only imagine what everybody is going through and you were part of that. i just want you to speak on how this maybe has changed the town and what you look -- >> my youngest...

Everybody they would be killed and turned out that would be true. theres a lot of information that needs to be sifted through and measured with respect to voracity before we can take anything and draw conclusions from it. >> shepard: david katz, thanks for your expertise. >> neil: president trump as consoler in chief, hes played it well but he has to keep playing it again and again. a president with his share of tragedies. how is he handling that aspect of his job, which these days seems to be t...

For. that was a very presidential moment. in the same way after the attack on sunday night were exactly what you want a president to hear. this president for the second time in two days, and really the fourth time in a number of weeks, has had to act as the consoler in chief in the wake of hurricanes harvey, irma, maria, and then the biggest massacre in american history. now, he has also touched on the investigation itself. he asked the sheriff if there was any up date on the motive, that is a b...

>> people were looking for cover, any cover they could find amid what certainly feels like in the moment a barrage of endless bullets. were also getting a look at paddocks hotel room including an image that appears to show paddocks legs with several guns around him, other guns were on tripods, set up across from the suite and out windows. the shooters motive at the moment at least is still unclear. investigators hope his girlfriend who is now back in the u.s. may be able to help give them answer...

Joining us now is nbcs blake mccoy. blake, obviously questions from the presidents trip to puerto rico yesterday. what can we expect from the president there today? >> reporter: ayman, good morning. the presidents big job today as it was yesterday in puerto rico is consoler in chief. the president will land here in las vegas at 9:30 local time, 12:30 eastern. hell be make two stops. the first is to a hospital where hell be meeting with victims and some medical professionals. the second stop will...