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Whatever your view of president trump he has put the issue of gun control at the top of the white house agenda. he did it with parents and teachers at the white house. >> i lost a best friend. practically a brother. and i'm here to use my voice because i know he can't. and i know he's with me cheering me on. be strong. but it's hard. howie: at that meeting and a listening session next day made it clear he's considering some gun control measures. president trump: it's called concealed carry where a teacher would have a concealed gun on them. they would go for special training and they would be ...

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It's about school safety. howie: it seems the alternative would be to censor them or repress their views and i don't see how a responsible news organization could do that. we are talking about banning bump stocks, tightening background checks. but the commentators seem to be focusing heavily to arm trained teachers and others in schools. emily: the gun issue is a great issue into media bias. this is coming from commentators largely located in new york where the gun culture is very different than it is in the rest of the country. i think in other parts of the country it resonates differently. t...

Change public opinion within that bloc of republican voters who follow him. howie: is he intentionally driving the coverage? he knows how to get the stories he wants at the top of every newscast. jonathan: of course. we often say he's the producer, writer and show runner of his own reality tv show at the white house every day. howie: he was strongly supported by the nra. why with a few exceptions are so few in the media giving him credit for that. >> i think it was chris stirewalt in the clip you just played. this was a risk, the forum in the white house was a risk. but we saw him being restra...

Board. >> when you hear the president of the united states say give everybody teacher a gun is insane. >> the president doesn't know what he's talking about. he didn't meet with parents and survivors of victims of school shootings, he went into the white house with simplistic talking pints written by him by white house staff. >> he gets cheered when talking about gun control laws in this country. howie: is the press too wedded to sweeping gun control to welcome the president's moves? what about the nra accusing the media of encouraging mass violence. the pundits insist' trump has