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Okeechobee county says their first priority is protecting students. >> you can't have a hash tag of putting student it is first and not want to use every opportunity to keep them safe. >> reporter: he says they already have several volunteers. one teacher, who wished to remain anonymous due to safety concerns, says they are ready for their responsibility. >> in my years as a teacher, you know your kids. you wouldn't want to see anything bad happen to any of them. you have to be willing to do what needs to be done. >> reporter: but gun control groups argue teachers simply can't fill the role of...

And then he tends to back off, usually after a contact with his friends in the nra, who say, wait a second, don't go down that road, that's a slippery slope. so, the president's got a bill he's thinking about putting forward, they said they're going to try to expand an expedite, you know, the death penalty in these kinds of circumstances, but it will not be the kind of thing that satisfies the gun control group s. >> and to that point, a.b., when peter talks about the inside game, he's talking about president trump, he's talking about the nra, mitch mcconnell has legislation that was passed by...

>> there's a number of laws that exist out there that are not followed. we see people that should not have weapons gaining access to weapons. we need to make sure the laws are being followed. >> you see the red flag being held up there. interesting to see the public pressure that gun control groups are trying to put on republicans. the president's language was interesting this past week. he got out there and said let's do background checks. he appears to be in retreat. am i reading that wrong? >> the president has to be full heartedly endorsing these gun restrictions for republicans to support...

Groups are spending $55,000 on digital ads to target senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and other gop lawmakers. the president of every town for gun safety releasing a statement, we're unleashing a full power of the grass roots movement and leading most aggressive august spending effort ever to insure that the senate gets the message. the gun control groups are reportedly spending another 385,000 on tv ads, national cable ads, targeting gop lawmakers, mitch mcconnell, florida senator marco rubio and ohio senator rob portman. eric? eric: christina, thank you very much. arthel: gun control i...

Islamist groups present in afghanistan as replacement for u.s. counterterrorism force would be a bigger mistake than obama's iran nuclear deal. military brass who support withdrawing from afghanistan make the case that u.s. troops on the ground have been reduced to serving as a glorified police force. they say after 18 years of war, it is time for the u.s. to pull the plug. arthel. arthel: gillian turner, thank you very much. eric: gun control groups across the country staging rallies across the nation. aimed at pressuring congress to pass new gun control legislation. after the recent strings ...