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Another pleati meeting with parents and students and law enforcement and talking about schools and with survivors and sandy hook and columbine and in a bipartisan meeting 24 hours ago between lawmakers and the president we saw a range of proposals. one point of tension between the lawmakers as it always is the second amendment. after parkland and after las vegas, after each mass shooting we see an outcry to repeal the second amendment of the constitution. now for the nra and gun rights advocates, that is a nightmare. for most people it is a nonstarter. in their view it takes away a constitutional right. that is a big deal. joining me is someone who i can have this conversation with, jeff rosen, the president and ceo of the national constitution center and a professor at george washington university. let s have a frank conversation. is there any likelihood for those people that think the second amendment may be relevant in its day is less relevant now and speaks to an issue that does ....
You have a way with words. puppies and rainbows in the white house. hallie jackson at the white house. amid the chaos, gun violence in schools is another issue the president has been focused on. earlier the president held a private meeting with students and parents and law enforcement experiencing the worst mass shootings, including the most recent at majory stoneman douglas high school. one of the parents was mark barten who was also at a similar listening session the president held last week with survivors. mark lost his youngest son daniel who was 7 years old when he was killed in the sandy hook massacre back in 2012. mark is the founding and managing director of sandy hook promise. he joins me now. good to see you. thank you for joining us. thank you for having me. on one level, you ve been frustrated for many, many years. since 2012 going out and having conversations and finding that every time something like this happens, nothing happens. on other level, are you gratified t ....
Going on in the white house to the extent that it is the place of work. it must not be the nation s preoccupation. absolutely true. and when you have a white house this dysfunctional, it s dangerous. i mean, quite frankly. you know, kelly has shown n my opinion, that he s failed on almost every level and he s failed especially, in my opinion, to tell donald trump hard truths. , and you know, again, i think that what we face a lot of crises, and this white house has been broken from day one. this is a white house that hasn t been able to pass legislation, it s a white house that couldn t issue executive orders that were enforceable. it can t get anybody in the same page. it can t prioritize the president s agenda. that continues to be true and a lot of that is on john kelly. we have a piece of drama that hasn t made it into the news as clearly because nobody is d departing and no one was seen getting loans thereafter. but where the president has ....
To keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. other disagree and say it is an individual right of self-defense. but regardless of what where you come down and folks who want gun control should do what the inspiring kids are doing, which is to march and to lobby their legislators and to go to congress and it is really and whatever side of the issue, they are impressive in doing that. i wonder if we can t discuss this as a town hall at the constitution center. what a great topic that would be. to discuss with the smartest constitutional minds and americans at the constitution center what that clause means to us. it is a deal. would love to do that and we would have an incredible experience. it is a pleasure to have you here and i ll put in a plug because the national constitution center is one of the great places to be, in philadelphia on the mall. make it a point to take your kids go there and learn stuff. ....
Distraction given the controversy in the recent days. jared is a valued member of the administration and will continue to focus on the work he s been doing and we ll continue pushing forward on that front as well. the new york times reports the family business of jared kushner secured more than $500 million in loans last year. now it doesn t seem like an issue. both of the large loans came after meetings at the white house with kushner. when he went to work at the white house as a senior adviser, he stepped down as ceo of kushner companies. but he still is part owner. now back in november, apollo, a private equity firm lent $184 million to kushner companies to refinance a mortgage on a chicago skyscraper. while last spring citigroup lent the firm $325 million to finance office buildings in brooklyn. citigroup said kushner companies is a clients before the election and the relationship has no connection to his white house job. while apollo said they went through their firm standar ....