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Americans think tighter gun control laws and background checks will prevent more massive shootings. why the disconnect? >> first of all, i think they want to be able to have the discussion without the pressure of saying theyre going to have the discussion. if that you pit it on the calendar and dont get anything done, its gung to be a problem. the one interesting fact here, the sheriff issue -- >> his claim to amazing leadership. >> that has i think changed the debate. what it has allowed for po...

Victims who are the victims of this senseless killing and all those who doesnt want to become the victim of senseless killings out there. everyone must step forward and say its not right for will to be saully harassed. all of us have to step ford, the most important things to not just say were going to do something, its to do something. >> when you look at what the president is doing today, hes talking with governors. one of the the things thats most certainly to come up he has to arm teachers. ...

Have to change. if you dont feel compelled to do something when you see someone like matty get out there and talk about this, when you hear these students who watched some of those best friends die, im not sure what drives you to take action and make a difference. if you dont, then i hope all these kids and families take action and get rid of those who dont want to do the right things. its not that difficult. california has done some of these thing. its no reason congress cant join the rest of u...

Some properly armed teachers as president trump suggested? >> i think its a crazy idea and someone whose owned by the nra would propose something like that. halle, in america over 15,000 people were shot and killed by guns. 99.7% of them were not in school. this is not a school problem, this is a society problem. this is a happens in america problems. it happens in malls, movie theaters and churches. so we either take this on as a country and decide we value our kids lives or continue to have he...

>> yeah, any time you have an emotional moment like this, and we had one at the white house the other day wen these families are with the president. >> and families of other victims school shootings. >> exactly. the one thing i kept hearing over and over again is do something, make a change, we want to see something happen. theres this desire out there to see something change, to see lawmakers go something, to see the president do something. >> if that something, jeff end up being for example, t...

If some way. >> its big in part because of student survivors like a young woman you are about to hear from in a couple of minutes. that high school junior parkland who has given her first conference since being released. with your awaiting for matty wilford to come out and hear what she has to say. well talk more about this with california governor. talking not about just the issue of guns and why these attorney general here in washington today. breaking news, the supreme court declining to he...

>> we all have a role to play, but whats the common denominator here? whether its in schools, shopping malls, movie theaters, baseballweapons. assault weapons. these young people in florida will help lead the country where we need to go. we need a ban on assault weapons. we need to make our country safer not just our schools but our nation. >> you called for a ban on assault weapons. thats something echoed by your fellow democrats. a republican has recently come out on this. when you look at the...

A savings for everyone in your stateroom when you book now, during the celebrity cruises sail beyond event. students at stoneman douglas high school took a leading role in whats become a national conversation about gun violence. lots to talk about this youth movement, can students really get something done? six teenagers in kansas think they can, hoping to change politics in a different way. its because they are running for governor. state lawmakers passed a bill to stop teens from running but...

And facts bear it out. >> do you believe we just listened to maddy a survivor of the parkland school shooting, the love and support shes received. do you believe that will be a game changer. do you think political momentum has changed enough that congress might do something? >> its absolutely changed philanthropy gun massacre happened -- that was 12 days ago. it hasnt even been two weeks and the whole world is changing very, very quickly because these young people said they had enough. they had ...

Of school massacres. now, of course as you point out he has some supporter. the nra supports that idea. but the detractors include governor rick scott from florida. he want to see other options cannot necessarily arming teachers. when it comes to the presidents proposals thats not something hes putting on the table, he also want to increase age limits to buy assault rifles. that is something the nra disagrees with, halle. >> kristen weller thank you for that. i want to bring in arnie duncan. alo...