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Outspoken about it not in favor of it. a lot of mixed reaction to that idea. >> in student just said it was a terrible idea. marco rubio by the way, saying he was against that idea as well. pamela, thank you so much. i want to bring in darryl scott. his daughter was killed. and he spoke to the president at the listening session. thank you for joining us. i know it's been a long day for you. >> thank you. >> it was so emotional today. i mean for a lot of it for the listening session, for the townhall, you started this very painful journey back in 1999 when your daughter was killed at columbine....

Which is just what i expected. >> i want to ask you so i talked about the listening session. since you didn't -- you weren't able to listen to it because you were busy there -- and i understand -- let me just tell you something that the president said. he talked about the possibility of arming some teachers. i'm sure you heard about that at the townhall. would that make you feel safer? >> that's a terrible idea. i don't know if donald trump has ever been to a public high school. but as far as i'm aware, teachers are meant to be educators. they are meant to teach young minds how to work in the ...

And, mr. president, we're going to fix it. all this school shootings. it doesn't make sense. fix it. it should have been one school shooting and we should have fixed it. and i'm pissed, because my daughter i'm not going to see again. she is not here. she is not here. >> so as you can see understandably that father -- he was trying to speak directly to the president calling for action. the president seemed open to the ideas in that room as he was there with the education secretary, as well as the vice president i should say. but one idea he seemed particularly open to was arming teachers and ot...

Of shootings from sandy hook to clum bin to stoneman douglas. pamela, good evening to you. that townhall was so powerful tonight. >> um-hum. >> and i hope so many people got a chance to watch this and witness those students. it was great to see them speaking, you know, with their lawmakers and holding a conversation, holding feet to the fire. but i want to talk to me about the emotional and honest listening session held at the white house earlier today. the president was face-to-face with the survivors and the families from stoneman douglas and other mass shootings. >> that's right, don. a lot...

Running down the hallway at marj marjorie stoneman douglas was shot in the back. >> yes, sir. >> with an assault weapon, the weapon of choice. >> yes, sir. >> it is too easy to get. it's a weapon of war. the fact that you can't stand with everybody in this building and say that, i'm sorry. >> after that exchange, fred gutten about berg walked down the aisle. he received hugs and hand shakes from anyone who could get near, don. i should also mention in the exchange marco rubio said he would support the banff sale of rifles to 18-year-olds. there was applause for rubio when he said this can't en...