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And they took him in because he just lost his mother. but they also felt he was improving. they did know he had guns and they required they be locked in a gun safe, and that these adults be allowed to have the key. it turns out now that apparently there was more than one key. martin savidge, cnn, parkland, florida. one prominent political grown-up is trying to push republican politicians to take action on guns, and he is putting his money where his mouth. republican real estate developer al ho...

Trump will hold a listening session on wednesday with high school teachers and students. >> it is not known if he will meet with parkland students. some say they have no interest in meeting him and focusing their anger at the president and congress. >> we have seen a government shutdown. we have seen tax reform. nothing to save childrens lives. are you kidding me? you think we should focus on the past and not future to prevent the deaths of thousands of children? you sicken me. >> politicians si...

Dozen republican leaders including florida governor rick scott about this. he joins us now, mr. hoffman, thank you for being here. >> youre very welcome. >> so what -- what was the tipping point for you? was it this parkland school shooting? was that what made you decide to close your wallet? >> i was actually watching tv when the shooting was developing and the more i heard about it, my heart just dropped into my stomach and i was terrified. for years i was the leading developer of parkland com...

Wishes he would have turned back the block and said he is heart sick for the family members of all the victims. gary tuchman, cnn, parkland, florida. >> incredible interview from gary. >> it is. well, one prominent political doaner is trying to push republican politicians to take action on guns. and he is putting his money where his mouth is. >> republican real estate developer al hoffman says he wont cut any more checks for candidates or political groups who do not support a ban on assault we...

The reality is, teenagers go through about 1600 homicides a year, of which less than 20 happen on school grounds. >> dana: look, i do think lot of people make decisions based on emotion. im not saying thats the best way to do it. if you have a fact pattern that matches the emotions that you could get a public policy, it might work. marie, politically i think the republicans are looking possibly at something from a gop donor, al hoffman, someone who i remember way back when. he said he will not w...

Served as former rnc finance chair supporting the election and re-election of george w. bush. also served as the u.s. ambassador to portugal from 2005 to 2007 and now said he will not write a check to people who do not support sensible gun legislation, and when that comes from al hoffman, thats a big deal. ambassador, thanks for joining us. >> youre very welcome. >> talk to me about your thinking behind this. first of all, you are connected to parkland, florida? >> well, i am. for years i was th...

Protection action also known as the brady bill for president reagans press secretary badly injured in the assassination attempt on president reagan laid the foundation for today the nics system. the national background check system. do an instant check and flag them to major issues. 1994, violent crime control banned semiautomatic assault style weapons for 15 years but allowed to expire in 2004. six of the ten deadliest mass shootings occurred in the last five and a half years. we have yet to se...

Speaking out as well. a man by the name of al hoffman jr. issued republicans. he said, if he go from orlando to las vegas and now parkland, you just have to know there are others around the country just dreaming about staging another mass murderer. i will not write another check unless they all support a ban on assault weapons. enough is enough. >> yeah. that could be persuasive, but i think that people who want to impact republican members have to be specific about the things they are asking fo...

Could make a difference that some republican donors are speaking out as well. a man by the name of al hoffman jr. said if we go from oregon to las vegas and now parkland you have to know there are others that are dreaming about staging another mass murder. i will not write another check unless they all support a ban. enough the enough. >> i think they need to be specific about the things they are asking for. a ban is very difficult to do when you ycan have that make at more dangerous item. this ...

Law passed. the second effort would be to establish organizations which are take incare of ting care of school, know how to love and train them, get off the violence thats on the rappers, the violence and the foul language. ive seen language that we hear over the videos all the time. train up the kids and hope that they can live and become good citizens. thats my main concern. >> al hoffman, thank you for doing your part to try to make a difference. we really appreciate you sharing your thoughts...