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I'm a prime example. i teach at st. johns. schools are gun free zones. you have law enforcement officers retired that have concealed carry permit but restricted from carrying on campus. if i had been there, i would have been unarmed as well. these are all things we need to think about. none of these things can be solved with one specific thing. we have to look at this whole thing together and come to some sensible solutions. you receive firearm training. how do you see this? >> i think that james and josh made some great points. the training is key. we went through four months of daily, thousa...

Thing i think is a fools errand. there are sensible solutions. however having said that, there are a number of retired law enforcement officers that do work in schools and are teachers. i'm a prime example. schools are gun free zones. when you have law enforcement officers that are retired that have concealed carry permits but are restricted from carrying a weapon. if i would have been there at this high school i would have been unarmed as well. these are things we need to think about. none of the things can be solved with one specific thing. we have to look at this together and try to come to...

Quoting him as calling for. he's not saying put guns in the hands of every teacher about those who would be open to training and a little bonus their way, too. >> trish: i feel for teachers right now, i think schools are obviously a scary place to be. if you are someone that is trained in firearms, really trained, you should be able to protect yourself and the kids. that said, my concern in all of this is that -- as there is now going to become a job requirement for a teacher? is the school board or the principal saying oh, by the way, you know how to shoot a shotgun, you had firearm training,...

That indicates he's done, that there's clearly a lot more going on, and we probably only now a tiny bit. stand by. more on this breaking news coming up, but i quickly want to get to the white house right now in another major story that's breaking right now. president trump moved by the latest mass shooting vowing to do something about gun violence here in the united states. let's go live to the senior white house correspondent, pamela brown. pamela, what's the latest? >> reporter: wolf, the president delivered tough talk on school shootings there in the listening session, reiterating putting g...

Let me bring in senior correspondent who is on the ground of the turkey-syria border. what more do we know? we saw this gunman in the picture. do we know anything else? >> reporter: well, brooke, it's a good question. we know he was 22 years old. he was from turkey's coastal regions. not only was he a police officer, but he was also assigned to the riot squad. we know he was an active duty police officer. it's unclear if he had any sort of official role in tonight's event. when you look at that chilling video, you can see clearly he knew how to use a firearm. that first shot he fired was a dir...