Or woman in this county who can keep Broward County safer than i can. The debate over guns intensifies as the first daughter weighs in on her dads proposals. I think that having a teacher who is armed, its an idea that needs to be discussed. And dueling memos. The democratic rebuttal to the nunes memo finally released. And no surprise, republicans, they disagree. The fbi acted appropriately at seeking a warrant in carter page. It should scare people you have a Political Party in this country actually saying dont worry, america. You know i love money, power, politics. Focus on this, footing the bill. New reports, the rnc has been quietly paying the Trump Campaigns rent at trump tower. To the tune of 37,000 bucks ace month. All right. Were going to begin this morning with more evidence that we may be reaching a Tipping Point in the debate over guns. Govern govern governors, corporations and schools now adding their voices and doing it loudly to call for change. I have a Wonderful Team to break all of it down. Beginning with nbcs Tammy Leitner in parkland. You have been there for the last two weeks. Lets start with the latest investigation and whats happening specifically at the school. Todays the First Official day back. What can you tell us . Good morning, stephanie. Its been a long couple of days for these students and their parents returning to this school for the first time. And keep in mind, this school has essentially been frozen in time since valentines day when the shooting happened almost two weeks ago. The kids have been coming back to the school really reliving the shooting for the first time. All of this going on as the Broward CountySheriffs Department is coming under fire. An internal investigation going on. While as many as three Sheriff Deputies are being looked at for possibly staying outside the school while the shooter was inside the school shooting. Our own Kerry Sanders sat down with the sheriff, sheriff scott israel, and asked him about this investigation. Lets go ahead and listen to what he had to say. Right now, im not going to tell you that other broward sheriffs deputies didnt go in when they should have, but im not going to say the opposite either. We are going to investigate. Were going to do it more thoro. At a time where i see, if i see, anybody, a deputy, a sergeant, a lieutenant, did anything else wrong, i will bring that out and have a press conference on that. Thats what leaders do. Leaders hold their people accountable. Governor rick scott has asked the state to conduct a second investigation which is being done. Also at the same time, 74 members of the Florida House of representatives have written a letter to the governor asking him to suspend sheriff israel for incompetence and neglect of duty. The sheriff has said he is not going to resign and he welcomes any kind of separate investigation. Now to the white house where guns will be one of the main topics. Nbcs Kristen Welker joins me now. We know this white house loves their listening tours. President trump listened. He heard the students and families from parkland a week ago and then not 24 hours later, hes at cpac and basically reciting talking points from the nra, so what do we expect today . Its a great point, and i think you can expect some discord here. One of the proposals that President Trump has put forward is highly controversial, arming some students he says those who have been trained firearms im sorry, teachers, yes, an important correction, some highly trained teachers to carry conceal weapons. Thats an opinion some of the governors disagree with. Including floridas governor rick scott who has been very clear, he wants to see other changes, but not that one. He doesnt think thats the way to solve this crisis. Another notable divide, stef, is between the president and the nra. Thats on the issue of how old someone should be to buy a weapon like an ar15. President trump has been advocating to increase the age from 15 to 21. The nra says they dont back that type of proposal. Take a listen to what President Trump had to say over the weekend. Doesnt seem to make sense you have to wait until youre 21 years old to get a pistol but to get a gun like this maniac used in the school, you get that at 18, i mean that doesnt make sense. Frankly, i explain that to the nra to great people. What we learned is a number of companies, major corporations, including delta and united, are essentially splitting with the nar. Pulling out all of their advertisements or support. The nra saying the loss of a discount will neither scare nor distract one single nra member from our mission. Some 5 Million People who are a part of the nra say they support the groups defense of the second amendment. President trump is pushing for some type of a vote on guns, gun control. This week, he wants to see expanded back ground checks, in addition, stef, to everything weve been talking about. It is highly unlikely well see a vote this week. The house is back but really only a day or so. If the president decides to make a move here, he has a moment an extraordinary moment, to do something on gun control. And win support from people he never thought he could. I want to bring my panel in. Phil rutger is White House Bureau chief for the washington post. Ron insana is a cnbc contributor. And the reverend, who hosts a program at sirius xm progressive talk radio. He must have had roller skates on to get here this quickly so i thank you for that. Phil, i want to talk about the president s meeting today with the governors. Walk us through the politics. Are they as decided down party lines as we see members of congress are . We know a lot of members of congress spent a lot of time in washington so they dont have to face the music back at home. The governors are in a different situation. Back at home, students, teachers, corporations, parents, theyre pushing here and its not politics, its safety. Yes, thats exactly right, stef. The gun issue is not a cleancut partisan issue in the states. There have actually been a number of states that have been far ahead of washington on enacting tougher background checks and other restrictions. So i think the president s going to hear an earful from these governors about whats working in their states. And just look at governor scott. Hes taking a pretty interesting approach on guns just in the last week or so in reaction to the last parkland shooting. But hes not alone. A lot of state executives are trying to create some reforms. Remember, its only a few states. All people need to do is walk across state lines and get those guns. Thats right. 155 heads of schools penned an open letter. It was printed in the New York Times. To the president and lawmakers. Urging them to do something to help keep school safe. The letter was printed yesterday, as i said, 155 heads of school. Already, its up to 235 school heads. They were originally from the new york area. Now its pushed to new jersey, florida. I want to show a quote from it. Where they write, we implore you, mr. President , and our National Legislative leaders to do everything necessary to stem this tide of senseless gun violence. We stand ready to help in this effort and encourage our colleagues leading schools across the country to join us. Above all, we demand that reason and compassion prevailed. This, as i said, was in yesterdays New York Times. The man who penned it, dr. David ohalarian. But theres nothing political. They are saying were educators, we want to educate students. A true spike since even we saw even after sandy hook. Is there change here . I believe so. What were seeing in the reaction to parkland is the reaction i think a lot of us felt we should have seen after sandy hook. Unfortunately, it didnt happen. But this momentum led by these Young Students in florida has been tremendous and overwhelming. If someone whos been involved in the black lives matter movement, have been very critical of police, but let me say this, i have empathy for those Police Officers in Broward County. We need to hear their side of the story. Because im not certain that they knew how to handle that situation. Do you run into a burning building in that way . Its interesting, normally the nra and i are on the opposite sides. They would defend police in all matters. But in this situation, theyre attacking police, because it hurts their argument of teachers having guns, which, by the way, is absurd. This is not something im not certain this is something you can absolutely train for. More guns increases gun violence. So more guns, teachers having guns, not the solution at all. I think we need to look at this. I think people are finally saying we need some sensible solutions and the solution is not bringing more guns into the equation. Ron what do you make of corporations cutting ties . The nra saying no big deal. The nra might have a point. Because nra has single issue voters behind them that all show up to vote. We can applaud them, First National bank, metlife, stepping back and saying we will no longer be tied to the nra. Will that impact any votes . Because thats what actually matters here. Not to dismiss the importance and the beauty of this movement. If the movement ends up simply being talk, then well, of course. I think its an important symbolic first step insofar as these companies do not want to lose a generation of customers who are becoming increasingly vocal and who will vote. But its not enough. From the corporate perspective, there needs to be more social responsibility in this regard. We never banned cigarettes, but you can ban assault weapons. You can ban semiautomatic weapons. They had the law on their side we kind of know that with guns. States attorney generals led the charge against the Tobacco Industry if youll recall. They could launch suits against these companies to make them liable for the deaths of those who are fallen because of gun violence and you can also see class action civil suits by individuals. I think that would really change the tide. I think that conversation needs to be had. Thats interesting. Phil rutger, the nra has now come out against age limits for gun purchases. The president has said he supports it. How much of this argument do you buy here . Is the president going to defy the nra . Are they going to have a side winkwink, nodnod deal here . What do we know . We hear rhetoric and the president wants to raise the age limit. White house Officials Say hes willing to ruffle some feathers with the nra on this point. But i also know this is a really important point for the nra and particular for the leaders of the nra, chris cox and wayne la pierre and others who are speaking personally with the oth president about it. They want that age to stay at 18. It matters to them. Theyre going to put the full muscle of the nra behind it. If hes willing to defy the nra or just willing to say a few things publicly but behind the scenes cut a deal with the nra and keep that age at 18. So well have to see. Well, youve got to wonder what motivates President Trump. And while all of this is going on, youve got the muller investigation going on. If there is one group that will not believe Robert Muellers findings, if they come out and hurt the president , it is that far right nra trump supporting group. And President Trump cares a lot about that support. Because while he may bring some people over from the left, if he takes action on gun control that same group of people, theres a good chance theyre going to believe what Robert Mueller has to say if he does have negative findings. I want to share what the president s daughter and Senior Adviser to the white house ivanka trump has to say in a sitdown exclusive interview with our colleague Peter Alexander at the olympics. I think that having a teacher who is armed, who cares deeply about students, and who is capable and qualified to bear arms, is not a bad idea. But its an idea that needs to be discussed. Its an idea that needs to be discussed. So i want to make it clear. My team and i have reached out exhaustively to find teachers, school heads, who support this idea of teachers carrying guns in school. I cant find any. No. What is your thought on this . I mean, to ivanka trump, this list of 155 school heads are new York City School heads. Im pretty sure wherever your children do or will plan to go back to school in new york dont support this. So where is this coming from . Stephanie, my mom was a teacher for 25 years. My mother was hell with a wooden spoon. But there is no way on gods green earth she could have operated a firearm in a classroom where she had 35 students. If somebody walked in with an assault weapon and she had to unlock a pistol, in addition to the panic attack that would have ensued, there would have been no way. At any age that these teachers should be responsible for holding firearms. One of the ladies who was shot and killed was hit nine times as this gunman went on his shooting spree. Also mass shooters, theyre wearing helmets and kevlar vests. If School Budgets dont include an aide in class, you have teachers who cant handle that amount of students, from a risk perspective, how do you look at this . I was a teacher. I come from three or four generations of teachers in my family. Its absurd. And, you know, some teachers dont have resources in the classroom that they need. They have to come out of pocket to even have some of those resources. Nobodys focused on having a gun. And i would imagine that many teachers are interested in teaching. And not learning how to use a weapon and being trained to use a weapon. Not to mention, this is the same argument that is used in the aurora theater shooting. Thats why we need to talk to those cops in broward. If you show up and everybodys got a gun and you dont know who has a gun, how do you know who the assailant is and who the good guys are . How are you able to discern that in a split second . All right, gentlemen, thank you so much. Phil, i love that piece this weekend about pinnieto and President Trump. Mexico called and got testy. No longer coming to visit washington. All right, thank you. Coming up, democrats on the House Intel Committee release their tenpage rebuttal to the nunes memo. 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Im still going for my best. And for eliquis. Ask your doctor about eliquis. Democrats on the House Intel Committee have released their tenpage rebuttal to their republican memo. The democrats rebuke said the Justice Department did disclose that it is funded by political researchers. And only a small part of the Justice Departments surveillance application. The gops memo alleged that surveillance of page, a former adviser, was politically motivated. My panel, ned price, a former special assistant to president obama and former spokesman for the National Security council under obama. Ron insana, Mark Thompson back with me. Congressman schiff, you know who he is, spoke about the importance of their memo. Whats important for the public to see, the facts, that the fbi acted appropriately next seeing a warrant on karcarter p. Do you think the memo clears the fbi of wrongdoing or does this memo speak into an echo chamber of already existing believers . The same thing that the nunes memo did . Well, stephanie, what i think the release of the schiff memo does is put to rest the idea that this was a case of he said she sa