we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. chris is in new york this morning. i am in parkland, florida for an amazing conversation. last night was extraordinary. the world watched this remarkable townhall on cnn about guns sand school safety one wee after the massacre that killed 17 at the school you see behind me. they came to confront their lawmakers and national rifle association. senator marco rubio showed up and faced his critics who are demanding action. senator rubio said he was breaking with the nra on some of their policies. he says he supports raising the age to buy rifles and will consider a ban on high-capacity magazines. he went even further. he did not say he would no
i m proutd of myself because i got my message to my teacher s family. and i m proud that i got to meet them and i m proud that i have done this. if i wouldn t have done this, i probably would still be a wreck right now. thank you for being with us. we will check back now through tuesday and beyond. take care of yourself. okay, chris. all right. alisyn, so, look, this emotion is so emotional. the eloquence is so unusual. what will it make lawmakers do? this was a big part of the story last night. let s talk about what we saw in terms of potential for change in the townhall, what happened with the president, and all of the surrounding momentum. all right. so last night senator marco rubio s break with the nra on guns was a big deal. let s bring in john avlon and cnn political analyst ron brownstein. the first thing we have to say
ban. we re going to have a debate on a comprehensive bill. as it moves through the process, any member can make any amendment they want to that bill that is germane and it will be discussed and voted on by the membership. so let s talk about it. let s dive in. i know you say you will have a comprehensive plan. we heard the details last night on the cnn townhall. senator marco rubio of your state seemed to suggest is, in fact, i think he overtly suggested he would be be willing to ban high-capacity magazines. how do you feel about that? i m not a big fan of taking away folks s second amendment rights. i think we need to look at the issues and see where we can play around the edges. but people have the right to keep and bear arms. there are tens of millions of gun owners who are responsible
end their life after the case. but absolutely not. you don t have to die by suicide to be suicidal. so it is cssrs.columbia dot edu. you will learn about the protocol, where it is and where it still needs to be and where it is not. we will follow up with law makers and ask is why they are not doing it. doctor, congratulations, the highest civilian honor from the department of defense because of the effectiveness of asking these questions and the change they make. thank you very much. thank you, chris. be well. all right. students, parents, teachers, confronting members of congress and the nra at this powerful cnn townhall with just a very simple question. do something. republican senator marco rubio brave to show up there and did change some position approximately what? what difference it will make? next. it s time for the ultimate sleep number event
luke we have seen with the health care, obamacare. there is an argument to making the small baby steps and letting that be the progress. hoarse what marco rubio tweeted out right after the townhall. he said banning all semiautomatic weapons may have been popular with the audience at cnn townhall but sit a position well outside the mainstream. he was not going to go that far. yesterday a majority, 51% supported an assault weapon ban. the quinnipiac it was up to 67%. it passed in the house in the 90s. the striking point in the way the gun debate has evolved since is the 90s, people focus on the loss biff democrats of all of these rural and small town seats and replacement with republicans are kind of strongly opposed to gun control. most of those democrats voted against the brady bill. 77 democrats voted against the assault weapon ban in 1994.