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Sort of like swiss cheese. >> theres a lot being done on the hill or talked about. kasie hunt is there live. theres a lot of proposals before congress. are you hearing majority of support for any of them or that paul ryan will bring any of this to the floor? >> reporter: i think your characterization of talking about than to say things are being done. gun politics are basically the same even in the wake of this terrible shooting in parkland. the one thing that may be a bit different is this ques...

Theres four simple questions weve got to answer. the first is whats the problem. who gets shot, where, when, how, under what circumstances? what kind of weapons, whats the relationship between the shooter a and the victim? are these increasing or decreasing but whats the problem? the second question is what are the causes. whats the role of drugs. whats the role of gangs? whats the role of easy access to weapons? whats the role of crime? what are the causes. whats the role of mental illness. the...

Have been talking about, which is hope hicks over on capitol hill. theres a number of topics that are going to come up most likely at the white house briefing, including that really interesting testimony today that had democrats furious, from national security adviser, mike rogers. excuse me for looking over my shoulder, because we do expect sarah sanders to come out at any moment. you also have questions now about -- continued questions over security clearance in the white house, the house over...

Of this idea of raising the age for lock guns. the president said yesterday, if theyre not always with you, sometimes youve got to fight them. is he willing to take on the nra on this idea of raising the minimum wage for buying a long gun? >> the president still supports raising the age limit to 21 for the purchase of certain firearms. were meeting with bipartisan members of congress tomorrow. we expect that to be a topic of discussion. he knows that everybody doesnt necessarily agree. were not ...

They had a really successful microtargeting area. we also know the russians were engaged. theres been persistent questions about overlap. >> on a separate, related question, the nsa director is testifying at a senate cyber committee hearing. this morning he was asked about whether hes got authority to strike russian cyber operations against us where they originate. lets listen to what he said. >> have you been directed to do so given the strategic threat that faces the united states and the sign...

Mike, to you first. youve got the news. so far, hope is answering some of the questions, not all. what will she answer and what wont she? >> well, katy, were now four hours since hope hicks arrived here at the capital for her interview with the house intelligence committee. a little break in the action just a few feet away. the members of the house are currently voting. so hope hicks has a little bit of a breather here. i just spoke a few seconds ago with congressman tom rooney, one of the repub...

Answer questions that were posed to her relating to the transition period. is the president aware? is the white house aware that no federal court at any level has ever granted that privilege pertaining to the transition period? >> just because we asked the question in different ways, im still not going to comment on any individuals interactions with the committee. im also not going to comment on leaks from what is supposed to be a confidential setting. there continues to be zero evidence of coll...

Junior said, then there was a conversation, according to the press, among corallo and the president and hope hicks. so, obviously, she would have information about that. the second piece is obviously, we know from the mike flynn guilty plea that he had contacts with the russian ambassador, particularly during the late fall of 2016, during the transition. hope hicks, by all accounts, including the conversation you just had with miami memoli and phil rucker, that she was around for virtually every...

Into what we feel to be some wrongdoing. i think thats the role of the department of justice and were glad that theyre fulfilling that job. margaret? >> sarah, i have one question, but one housekeeping item before that. you talked about nominations and how slow congress is to move. im wondering, do you have a timeline on when the white house will name a nominee to be ambassador to south korea? >> i dont have a timeline. and i dont have any personnel announcements on that position specifically. >...

Tension about when the president can authorize cyber operations. it was true under the obama administration as well. this is rather interesting because we know the u.s. government is concluded that russia attacked our election and theres been reporting that president obama, before he left office, approved in operation to implant cyber malware on russian networks. now rogers said we were not given the go ahead to use any of that stuff. there may be some very good reasons for that. this is not sim...