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He has received from the nra. the nra is a treacherous point for those of us who believe in protecting lives above guns. revenue is what governs the nra and they are quite literally in the pockets of members of congress. until members of congress decide that our lives trump no, pun intended at all, well be in a really tough position. so it is hard to believe what he says. >> lets talk about that. the nra spent $3.2 million to support rubio in the last elections. tonight we saw him change his pos...

These guys bend for the nra and other interest groups because they are spending millions of dollars on their campaigns. >> especially he was in a tough position, as we put up, the flar spent $3.28 million to support rubio in the last three years. . douglas brinkley i want to bring you in. because senator rubio said he will change raising the age at which can you buy a rifle. he is open to banning bump stocks and changed his position on a couple of -- it appears, a couple of gun issues. it wasnt ...

If im wayne la pierre and i say we support you, lets up the age limit, the president would get huge support for that. why wouldnt wayne lee pierre wouldnt give the president that? >> its a head scratcher to me. earlier today i asked people who called in who are opposed to this. they say, i want to buy a gun and learn how to shoot. it doesnt prevent a family from lending its weapons an end teaching children how to learn. another person said i can join the military at 18. yes, then you get trained...

But to the nra. >> bring them back. >> no, no, but to the nra, they take somebody with me who is seen as a ne ander that will among liberals on gun issues, they are sending the message and im not making this about me. im making this about anybody that wants to have a real debate. theyre saying that i want to quote, destroy them. that i am a clear and present danger. theyre saying other people like these children who were saying common sense gun laws and talking about background checks and talkin...

Losing seats that might be on the edge. immigration issues, womens issues, now gun issues. theyre stacking up. youre seeing that reflected in the social media world. >> you know, shep, as a former head prosecutor, its not just legal analysis that used to drive us crazy. political correctness. whether its left or right. we would say we need to do our job. please stop politicizing laws. give us something that we can prosecute, not regulations and rules that are enable to prosecute in a courtroom. ...

Russian probe intensified dramatically when robert mueller indicted 13 russians on charges of trying to defy the united states. then the president goes on a twitter rant over the weekend, hitting on everything with the fbi and the probe. chris lizza is joining us right now. sarnl lot has happened since that last white house briefing. youve got five questions you would like to see answered. >> there is more than five but lets go through the top five. number one, and i think this will be number on...

During the clinton administration and were way to the right on gun issues. but now as governor is much more -- sounds like hes much more open, much more moderate on the issue, willing to listen and willing to push things, including, it sounds like, some version of the assault weapons ban which was in effect nationally for a number of years but expired during the obama era. look, kasich does sort of represent a part of the republican party that is its own -- you know, its own silo right now. ther...

Idea. and the third is the most important. which youre seeing the students in florida doing. which this fear of can lead to action. get your kids to write their congressmen or woman. and senator or intern. gun issues and antigun issues. get them engaged. this is a way to turn this inexplicable. into action. >> its really interesting. we have been seeing that a lot here on the ground. certainly from all the situations like this. i have been at i have never seen so many kids who at this stage are ...

Resilient kids come from resilient parents. you want to show sort of moving forward that youre prepared for whats happening. you have grip over the situation. yelling at the tv is not a good idea. the third is the most important which i think youre seeing the students in florida doing is this fear can lead to action. get your kids to write their congressmen or congresswoman or senator or intern if they are galvanized by gun issues, get them engaged. for kids of a certain age, this is a way to tu...

And protect the infrastructure of the schools. they ignore the gun issues. and what im seeing with these students. theyre not going to let them get away with this. >> thank you for coming up. coming up an update on how much the swamp drainage program has progressed. the better, i go with anoro. coming up an update on how much the swamp drainage program has progressed. n. coming up an update on how much the swamp drainage program has progressed. . coming up an update on how much the swamp...