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And after parkland, i know that you were praying as were so many people that congress would take some action. and after parkland, president trump vowed to fix this. that he would try to help fix this. so what has happened to -- what is the trump administration done to try to solve the school shooting? >> alisyn, thanks. it's good to be with you. i'm sorry to have to be back to talk about anothered shooting like this. the administration hasn't done anything. the question is how have things changed since park land. well, there is a rising up of students all around the country and their family wh...

The pain of sandy hook as this school shooting was playing out on the news. it's a reminder that the trauma in places like parkland and newtown and aurora, they repeat on days like this when the news are filled with scenes as we're watching out of california. but it's also a reminder that we just can't sit by and do nothing as the slaughter continues. republicans had an opportunity today as news was breaking of the shooting to bring up a background checks bill that has 90% support in this country and once again they refused. >> why not? >> i mean, their excuse today was they didn't have the op...

That's why president trump entertained the notion for the first time this summer of signing on to a background checks bill. he's got enough of a political incentive to know that in the face of this continued mass slaughter, his party is going to be irrelevant pretty soon if they don't make some kind of break with the gun lobby. >> not to be too cynical here, but in talking about money and talking about the nra rating, school safety is now a $2.7 billion industry. that's technology at the front of schools for sorting through people who are going inside, it's technologies to prevent or do lockdo...

Adviser for the gun reform add cassie group giffords. also a former atf agent as well. the president, as you know, has not introduced his proposals for gun law reform even though he said he was going to. the senate has yet to act on the house-passed background checks bill. it would seem as if the issue of gun violence has slipped off washington's calendar. how does your group make sure it doesn't take another mass shooting to get us talking again about reforming gun laws? >> that's interesting. a month ago in las vegas giffords with march for our lives, we participated in a conversation with a...

This story is important. this week president trump is expected to make a decision on gun control. he told the american people he would. in private meetings and phone calls, lawmakers are courting the president. speaker nancy pelosi and chuck schumer to join the president for a rose garden ceremony if he passes a more expansive bill. democratic senator joe manchin is offering to name a background checks bill, one he's been working on for six years if the president supports it. he knows president trump likes things with his name on it. ryan costello and steve israel are joining me. ryan, if you ...