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If youre willing to lose your job, you just might find your voice and the american people are going to support you for doing so. >> i have 30 seconds. are you comfortable with this generation of students, if what im reading today on social media and elsewhere, is any guide, they have plainly had it. the generation that gave birth to you and me, and the generation before us, they cannot understand why things are this way. >> brian, this one feels different. the leadership were seeing come out of ...

If youre willing to lose your job you might find your voice and the american people are going to support you for doing so. >> i have 30 seconds. are you comfortable with this generation of students, if what im reading on social media and elsewhere, is any guide, they have had it, the generation that gave birth to you and me and the generation before us, they cannot understand why things are this way? >> brian, this one feels different. the leadership were seeing come out of parkland is remarkabl...

Actually change. so we have in the wake of this florida shooting republican chuck grassley saying he wants to discuss gun laws so they can actually reach some sort of agreement on legislation. im asking this question without a very optimistic outlook, but do you think there could be some bipartisan action taken on gun issues in congress? >> reporter: well, if the bipartisan action is that a bill is introduced, perhaps, but that a bill actually makes it to the presidents desk to sign, it seems un...

Conversation. that a 19-year-old can have access to an ar-15 but he cant have a handgun or a beer. >> unless hes in the military. >> i really want to go back to this. im hearing a lot of see something/say something. i want to talk to somebody that are sick with guilt because they didnt say something, this is not your fault. this is on the arms of your shoulder. i know that statement will drive a lot of people to feel guilty and terrible, that they saw these things and they knew what he was sayin...

Congressman david jolly of florida. the key word, my brother, is former, because it gives you a freedom to discuss what is true. still, you care about your party, and saying flip the house is not something to be flip about. why are you calling for that? >> ive been in republican politics for over 20 years and had an opportunity to work in a congress as staff, serve as a member of congress. the reality after each shooting, if we are brutally honest, is republicans are not going to do a single thi...

Bloomenthal have been trying to work these back door issues for a long time. the ally from texas came on board with this. even orren hatch from the finance committee said he would be a part of this bill. it urges states to improve their own backgrounds, but so little has moved in this or any recent congress on gun issues. there was some optimism, particularly on the democratic side, that, however done through the congress. >> garrett haake, we know where

Now we have a stratsagy. fight hard at primary and then bury the hatchet and start winning elections. >> theres an interesting issue, the other issue in addition to health care that was big of with northam voters was guns. which is fascinating because virginia is a tricky place on gun issues for democrats typically. and in addition to that the new member of the house of delegates, chris hurst who won in virginia, we won kind of a gun rights candidate against someone with a an "a" rating from the...

Anti-terrorism funding, immediate immediately. instead of dividing, instead of politicizing, do something real, mr. president. store these funds, now. >> instead of dividing, instead of politicizing, do something real, the minority leader said. joining me now to discuss this, cnn senior political analyst, ron brownstein and cnn political commentator, matt lewis. ron, first to you, this was less than 24 hours. its just a statement of fact that the president did go right to politics here this morn...

Experience two nights ago. we are working very hard as a city and a state to the worst te could imagine. i dont think talking about gun issues right now is the right time. we are working on a challenging and unprecedented issue for our city and our state. working alongside law enforcement and the fbi over the last 24 hours, its amazing the work thats going on to try to process this scene and make sense of it. the bottom line is, there is evil in the world and this man, 64-year-old man, 60 minute...

Toward a real bipartisan effort here. have a frank conversation. a family conversation. >> it seems to have lost the framing. youre being accused of saying you only want this now. it is not as if republicans arent moving forward on gun issues. there is this whole silencer issues. the presidents own son donnell jr. in a promotional video. take a look at this. >> it is awesome. it is about safety. it is about hearing protection. it is a health issue for me. getting little kids into the game. it gr...