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We aren't quite there yet. there will be more conversations between president trump and senators on this question. i think out of that there might emerge some actual hard legislation. >> jon: the notion of raising the age is interesting but you are telling a kid that he can sign up to join the army and go to afghanistan and die but he can't buy a rifle. >> right. in some states you're telling him you aren't old enough to buy a beer but old enough to buy an ar-15. what does society what to do about those kinds of things? that's a tough questions. of all the issues the president raised that migh...

In north korea's court. now it's a matter of playing ball with a rogue regime we cannot trust. major general, thank you very much for talking to us. >> thank you, my pleasure. >> jon: the president, the nation's governors and lawmakers in congress trying to reach a deal on some kind of action on guns after the tragedy in florida. why that is way easier said than done. we'll talk to the washington editor of the "wall street journal" next. you might take something for your heart... or joints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is ...

>> yes, we will. thanks so much. >> jon: the dow is rising again today after bouncing up and down this week. up right now almost 300 points. it is a reminder that nothing is set in stone. one of the headlines in the "wall street journal" reads cold numbers up and mid-term election assumptions. stock market turbulence is a reminder the landscape could shift dramatically before november. let's talk about what it means for congress and the mid-term elections. the author of that article joins me now, executive washington editor for the "wall street journal." much has been made of the slide in the ...

Unhappy, but the establishment is breathing a bit easier. jerry joins us now. he's the executive washington editor for the "wall street journal." there were so many concerns in the u.s. senate when rex tillerson was chosen to be his nominee of secretary of state. they said you won this award from vladimir putin, you're going to cozy up to him. now he's headed to russia and putin isn't even going to meet with him. is that an exhibit of what you're talking about? >> ironically, rex tillerson has been tougher on russia than anybody else in the last few days. it's one of the ways in which the gove...

Jenna: the u.s. government will hit the current debt ceiling a little less than two weeks from today, and that's when the government technically loses its ability to borrow. this has become a political time bomb, and in some cases some are trying to tie raising the debt ceiling to reducing the debt and deficit overall. our next guest calls the whole thing absurd. he's executive washington editor of the wall street "the wall street journal", and he's our guest now. so, jerry, the white house calling it potentially economic armageddon. >> what's ridiculous is using the vehicle to try to have a v...