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Background check system, change the legal age from 18 to 21, restricting the size of gun magazines or all-out ban on the purchase of ar-15 style weapons. ivanka trump weighing in on her fathers proposal to arm teachers. >> i think having a teacher who is arm, who cares deeply about her students or his students and who is capable and qualified to bear arms is not a bad idea. but it is an idea that needs to be discussed. >> reporter: amid all the political fallout, a somber first day back on campu...

>> goodness. why arent you surprised? >> well, i mean, everyone in our school, including parents and teachers and faculty and students, everyone, has reported this kid. and we thought that we did everything in our power to get him off of school grounds, get him away from us, because he was a violent and malicious person. and that was obvious. and kids would even joke about how he was going to be the next school shooter. and as students we can only do so much. we thought that if we put it into th...

Agencies. we have agreements with them to staff our schools with individuals who are trained, who are capable. i mean, our schools are some of our must volumenerable sites in our communities. we want to make sure they are safe and secure for every student, every adult thats there. and we need the best law enforcement individuals at those schools. we need to start looking at the quality of the folks being put and placed and assigned to school grounds. i think there also has to be some type of rot...

An unidentified women said nikolas cruz was going to, quote, explode. a great deal of anger and frustration over the mixed signs and failures to act. one of those frustrated is samantha, a senior at the school. she was shot in both legs and hospitalized. she spoke earlier to my colleague, erin burnett on "outfront." listen. >> everyone reported this kid. we thought we did everything to get him off school grounds, away from us because he was violent and malicious. kids joked about how he was goin...

Appropriately, rather than operating in silos which occurs far too often. >> yeah. you heard the president again today defending his proposal of arming teachers or arming at least soma depth teachers as he described them. as a superintendent of schools, do you think that would make your schools in your district safer to have armed teachers? >> absolutely not. thats not a solution to this problem. if we really want to enhance security presence on school grounds, then let us in vest insecurity pre...

Teachers and arming school staff. >> this would be obviously for people that are very adept at handling a gun and it would be concealed carry. a teacher would have a concealed gun on them. they go for special training. they would be there and you would no longer have a gun-free zone. >> the idea met with support from many in attendance there. not broward county sheriff scott israel. >> i dont believe teachers should be armed. i believe teachers should teach. >> teachers should teach. on wednesda...

Arming 700,000 teachers? >> the president talked about taking individuals, personnel within school. some could be teachers and other individuals who have training already on how to use firearms or could gain training and making sure that they have action toes concealed weapons that they could have on school grounds. in those instances, the presence of individuals would deter potential attackers. >> his numbers, were talking 700,000 teachers or other school personnel, maybe even more, armed in sc...

Young people, rather than arguing the point they are raising, we are seeing an effort to invalidate them by saying they are front from someone else. its a suggestion of one, fractures in our society, and, two, john, fractures that russian effort is trying to exploit. >> general, sobering warning. thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> outfront next, what will president trump do now that hes heard employepleas like this? >> i didnt think it would happen to me. if i knew that i would be at the...

It as quickly as possible as you understand. >> wait until you see what governor scott is about to release. >> president trump: governor scott is a great example. there will be coordination with the federal government but the states can do a lot of this work on their own. paula? >> i am a mental health professional, although i now work at the department of human services. i think what you said about warning signs is very important to note and access to appropriate services. training educators, e...

He is considering raising that age to 21. that is something that may put him right up against the nra, the nra is already out with a statement opposing that. but as the president said, on that question of pressure, david, the world is watching. >> jon karl leading us off from the white house. jon, thank you. also late today, the sheriff from broward county, home of that high school in parkland, florida, of course, revealing that all deputies in schools will now carry rifles on school grounds. ...