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What does it mean for the case . And has the president finally met his match in the porn star who refuses to back down . Ill bring in cnn political analyst kirstin power legal analyst lawyer and joe takapino. Lets start with you, joe. There is new evidence that another one of Donald Trumps attorneys besides his personal lawyer Michael Cohen is involved with the ongoing legal battle. This is Stormy Daniels attorney discussing the new email arbitration filed in california. Here it is. For months we have heard from mr. Cohen and from others associated with the Trump Organization that there was no linkage between e. C. , l. L. C. And the Trump Organization. Mr. Cohen maintained that he formed that llc on his own. If you look at the first document that you showed the viewers in the upper lefthand corner it designates miss martin as a representative a legal representative of e. C. Llc. Its right there in the upper lefthand corner. She is a fulltime employee of the Trump Organization. She is a fulltime employee as evidence by the state bar page, as evidence by the linked in page. She has no other job. She is Vice President and general counsel of the Trump Organization. The focus of this filing in february was to gag my client, put a muzzle on her and prevent her from speaking. So, joe, i want to check out the joe martins linked in page process she a Vice President and assistant general counsel for the Trump Organization and the california state bar page lists her address as Trump National golf course. Doesnt that undermine the central claim that this had nothing to do with the company. Its unbelievable, don. I mean, trumps lawyers multiple cohen cohen and now miss martin, the white house spokesperson they contradict each other constantly. Its they are opening up a box thats never getting closed. This should have been wrapped up a monthing a when he said, yeah i did, so what. This wasnt taking him down. If the stuff in the last year wasnt taking him down this wouldnt. But this could lead to things Like Campaign finance issues. Because dont forget, Michael Cohen said something which is incredible publicly which is, i fade for this with my own money. My client didnt know about it. And i made the agreement myself. Thats unethical. Youre not allowed to do that. You cant pay a client settlement with your own money. You cant make a settlement to bind the client without him knowing about it. So how could he say that . Now if thats true he has problems. And the agreement is a fraud and null and void. If its not true, then where did the money come from . Mr. Cohen was not being honest. Where did the money come from . If it leads back to the Trump Campaign funding thats a big problem. This is going to be opened. And its not going to have any good result for the president. Youre saying over the last what he owned over last year hasnt taken him down you mean donald trump. Im talking about firing jim comey and saying it was the clinton investigation. I just wanted to make sure you were talking about trump. Yes, i meant trump. And not Michael Cohen. Just want it clear. Laura, at this point can anybody realistically defy the legal effort to silence Stormy Daniels . That it doesnt trace back to the Trump Organization, i keep reading this stuff and saying, hello well of course is trace he is back to the Trump Organization at this point in time. You even had Michael Cohen talking about the money via email from the trump. Org account. He has been always a part of the Trump Organization. There is the casual connection. Keep two things straight here. There is whether or not Stormy Daniels can speak about the alleged affair. And then the separate issue is whether there is a Campaign Finance violation. That looks to be more and more because the connections were talking about, jill martin being the pro hoc vice. Meaning she was appearing for another attorney in california. It looks more and more like the Campaign Finance violation we thought it was. But what the attorney is trying to do is bridge a gap between the two schools of thought. Number one whether she can talk and number two, Campaign Finance. And the only way they avoid this contract being upheld through arbitration or a California Court is to say that its void. They first tried to say it wasnt signed and therefore that would be enough to void it. They then said Michael Cohen was the person to make it voidable because he himself was speaking about the nondisclosure agreement. The latest tactic seems to be that as a matter of Public Policy a courts not going to enforce a contract that is against the law, meaning against a violation where it tries to cover up a violation of Campaign Finance reform. So you have all the things working together as all of these kind of not to disparage the actual claims but a kitchen sink argument thats being made here. And one actually may be successful, that being the issue of Campaign Finance. Yes. And listen on the thing of whether the nda is valid, ive spoke ton a number of attorneys on this show and they said initially they didnt believe Stormy Daniels had a case until Michael Cohen came out and started speaking about it. Whether its valid or not, it is the coverup, right, and not necessarily the criminal or what took place that is really gotten this administration or i should say Michael Cohen on the president in trouble . Do you feel like youre being gas lighted here. I do. I feel like when you look at all this and saying im supposed to believe what were being told that there is nothing to see here, that you know, that were supposed to believe that one would take out a loan on their house to pay off somebody, you know, its just not making sense. And there is reporting Michael Cohen was complaining to friends, saying i didnt get paid back process. And i couldnt reach the president. And so its clear what was going on here. If they would have come out in the beginning and said it happened lets move on i think this would have gone away. This is what im saying. The whole the whole defense is that this is an iron clad nda she is talking and everyone saying nothing to see here move along. Why did it happen . What is the truth behind it go ahead, joe. Its a iron clad nda with who who is it with. Thats the argument im saying im playing devils advocate in their defense because theyre not here in their own defense and theyre not speaking in their defense here. I think. I want to argue for them i dont know how to defend them. If i tried to defend them i dont know what to do because huck a bee is saying one thing. Cohen saying something else. I mean, the president hasnt tweeted about this which is shocking. I wouldnt even know how to defend him at this point. I wouldnt that. That speaks more volume than anything. But go on. I can see a motivate for him not wanting to say it happen. What does he care . He bragged about his past exploits. But this happened if it happened while he was married to his current wife. So i think he does have a reason to lie about it. But this is getting out of control. Once there is evidence out there expecting us to believe this sort of tale they are telling is absurd. And there is a possible Campaign Finance violation. And there is also the i think we talked about it before what does it say about him being blackmailed by people if he is willing to have these deals with people. Yes. Remember, we have to say we know morality was not the main inincentive for people voting for donald trump. The main. A main or perhaps any of the reason. Tertiary. But you have to ask three questions here. And that is why now. Why did Stormy Daniels come forward now as opposed to a couple months ago or almost 18 months ago when she signed in nda. Why was she chosen to have the nda as opposed to to all the other women to amgd allegations again the president of the United States . And why him . Which did Michael Cohen finance there through a home equity line of credit . All of this combines to have muellers magnifying glass likely on them. And of course it raises the suspicion of the federal election commission. Assuming they prosecuted this violation they would be in the rights to do so. They may not do so. But it doesnt change the inquiry of why, why and why . Joe Stormy Daniels is now raising money for her lawsuit she raised this is since my question here. Its 90,000 im told since this morning with 29 days left to go. She is clearly not going away. She is clearly not going away particularly because the court just set a july court date for a hearing in this matter. We have at least until now through july to talk about this. Because there is going to be a hearing in july which is unbelievable how long this is going to take to resolve. And this thing will be pending quite frankly what that means is it Stormy Daniels really cant go out and talk about this until july at least because it was her lawyer who initiated this motion. I think if i were representing her i wouldnt have even bothered going through a court because its a fraudulent contract according to Michael Cohen. Its not enforceable ppt president cant be if what she says is truthful she has nothing to worry about. Because the contract wouldnt be enforceable based on the public statements. But she is raising money. I dont think the people donating to her legal fund are doing it because they have this soft spot in their hearts for porn stars who are wisconsinle relationships with married men. I dont think thats what thats about. I think its people who are perhaps hoping we have another president before the next three and a half or three years much more so than. Yeah, she cant go out and talk about it. But her attorney can. And her attorneys can. And the media can talk about it. And they will. And we will until there are some answers and some answers that make sense when it comes to this case. You know, the fact that the President Trump isnt weighing in on this as i said speaks volumes. He had no problem blasting other women in the past kirsten. Yeah, i think he he definitely wants this to go away. There is no question. And she must have some things to say that are even more damaging than just saying i had an affair with them or otherwise they wouldnt go to such lengths to hide this i think. Thank you all. I predict thats going to be the right answer by the way, more to come. Thank you all i appreciate it. When we come back, is a blue wave threatening to swamp the gop in the age of trump. Mike mckinnon and mike murphy two of the most experienced political hands in the big join me next. Conor lambs performance in the special election has republicans worried about a blue wave in the midterm. Is this a wakeup call for the gop here to discuss it Mike Mckinnon and executive producer of the show time the circus. Also veteran republican strategist mike murphy. Veteran. Good evening, gentleman. Jurassic. Never. Veterans means over the hill. Young at heart, legendary. Mark, last time you were on we talked about this. And you said all politics are now national and that old axiom has been turned on its head. I wondered if last night changed your mind. I thought that was a local race and he fit what the local folks wanted and thats why he won. No . I dont think so. You cant put lipstick on this pig. It needs plastic surgery. It was a republican seat. Every column in in race should have been is checked for republicans, 20 point advantage, trump won by 20 points. Long held republican seat. So dsh but all practical matters this should have been a republican win and it wasnt. What does that say . It means the republicans lost a seat they should have won. It wasnt a swing seat. Now all the wing seats look really like theyre in really big trouble. And i think the problem was it was nationalized because in candidate be, remember said he was trump before trump was trump. And my advice to republicans running out there is you have to show a show of measure of independence. Can you grow with trump on some things but you have to be independent and prove you are not completely. You dont want to hug him so you need a restraining order. And the second thing is trump embraced a really democratic idea which is tariffs. And if you are a democrat and you believe in tariffs which most democrats do, why not pick the dpkic choice instead of republican one. Listen, mike, you said republicans should have been able to i read this on air last night, elect a bag of hammers there. I want to ask you, lets talk about the spreads, okay. Because here is the spread. Pennsylvanias 18th district is listed r plus 11 according to the cook voter index. Meaning republicans had 11 point advantage over democrats. Devin nunes and cath were mcmorris listed as r plus eight. Paul ryan and lee zeldin are r plus fives. Are these guys safe . Well, no, like many republicans in swing seats, theyre in a real tough environment. I mean, lets look at this pennsylvania 19 thing and couldnt step back. 18th. We couldnt carry a district that romney won and trump won a week after we passed steel tariffs for pittsburgh. The spin going around d. C. Is we had a sad sack candidate. But that district is so good we ought to be alk to elect a box of hammers there. Im with mark. We have to be honest in the party whats going on. President trump who peaked in districts like a year and a half ago has been become an anchor on the party and guys like nunes, and others in 30, 40 districts are in real trouble. This has been coming. This isnt a freak thing like some specials out of no where, special pops. This was way deep in republican territory. After we had the trouble we had in the Virginia Governor race and after a lot of other special elections where we way underperformed. There is definitely a blue wave coming. We got to get ready for it and stop lying to ourselves about it was the candidates bumper sticker. Mike set me up for my next question about the blue wave coming. Because in front of the cameras you hear paul ryan saying dont read too much into it. He ran as a republican. You are plugged into a lot of republicans. What are they really saying behind the scenes . Theyre saying get off the beach. The wave is coming. Get out of here. No, i mean, actually that is happening. I mean, theyre getting out of the races altogether. 41 republicans have retired and resigned. And i think because of last night we will see more resignations. There is a lot of republicans that are on the you know on the bubble. And if youre on the bubble looking at last nights news, that was the canary in the coal mine hit by mustard gas and grenade and there is feathers everywhere. Whose fault is it . When we had folks on last night saying republicans need to wake up or this was a referendum on the trump presidency. Whose fault is it . Is it a combination . Im sorry, is that for me. Go ahead, mike, mike. Im a trained puppet. I didnt hear the mike part. Ill say it yes its trump. This is not rocket science. We had the most unpopular president in the history of polling in the first year of an administration. So, you know, two plus two is four. Massively unpopular president , constantly doing things to undermine the presidency and offend twothirds of the country. Breaking republican orthodoxy dumb policy by like steel tariffs and we got clobbered at the polls. The problem is fundamentally trump and the parties has become lemmings followed him and giving up on things like old jurassic republicans like me signed up for. A including respect for the office of the presidency. I blame trump. The other thing thats problematic about that, don, is that you know i think a lot of republicans held out hope because of the tax cuts and because of the very Strong Economy that that would help carry through some of the problems that weve been seeing out there. This suggests that thats not the life boat that everybody thought it was going to be. Lets lets and my open at 10 00 i said i talked about the chaos thats happening at the white house, so many different people leaving. We never know how many different stories that are important stories were going to get on any given day here. He wants to blame everyone else, even trying to take credit for conor lambs win last night or cnn hasnt called it yet. He declared himself the winner. He wants to take credit for that. But when it really comes down to it, he is the master of chaos. No one is more responsible for it than the man who is sitting in the white house, mark mckinnon. Thats right. And first of all he tried to hedge the bet before the race by saying there was a weak candidate in case he lost. Second of all, he tried to say that conor lamb ran sort of in his direction. Which just isnt true. You know, on issue after issue very strong union now obviously he is a conservative democrat. Thats something im familiar with having been one myself in texas many years. He represented the district well. Thats what i think a lot of exacts will get that play book and try and field the right kind of candidates in the right districts. And you know, he he certainly wasnt running to trump. But he was running as somebody representing a district in the middle of pennsylvania. Mike, i know that is true that he he sent the right cultural signals, lamb did. Half the time he campaigned by carrying a rifle and complaining about nancy pelosi. You know, that gave him a little traction there. What republicans should do is learn from that. We need to give the same kind of long leash to some of our candidates who want to walk away from the president a little bit and walk away from some of the litmus test primary issues like guns and the suburban districts where republicans support is collapsing. I would say my advice to the republicans would be copy that. Because we are heading forehead winds and its an effective tactic as we learned in one of our base districts. And a democratic strategist would say the same thing that you are saying, other democrats around the country should copy that as well and get rid of some of the litmus test candidates. I want to ask you about this michael ill start with you first. The possible youth wave in november. What impact do you think thats going to have on top of this . Look how organized the young people were today about the School Walkout and that core that doesnt favor President Trump according to the polls, trumps Approval Rating at 22 at 18 to 34yearolds according to the latest cnn polls what do you say to that. Im impressioned by all kinds of activism. And the kids have been particularly impressive. Makes me feel better about the democracy even if i dont agree with them on every issue. You hit a republican worry here. Because generally in the off year election where 85 to 90 million vote we do well because grumpy old white guys like me show up and vote and tend to be more republican. In the president ial year around 139, 140 Million People vote and a lot of young voters show up only in the president ial years. So if young voters who as you cited in the polling data dont like this president very much, decide this is a year to be active and to do what they normally do do which is show up and vote that becomes a big part of the blue wave that we can be looking at. Theresa may saw Something Like that in britain in the elections where the conservatives underperformed. We are seeing it in the special elections like virginia and other places. We dont have exit polls in pennsylvania. Ill bet you see it there particularly in allegheny county. Yes its the other part of the equation. Young president ial lean exact voters get energized to flood the lower turn out midterm elections thats good news for the ds. I want to get your take on this mark and i understand you had a chance to be with students during the walkout. I did. I went to Fairfield High School in boulder today where a walkout was organized. All 2,200 students walked out and were silent for 17 minutes which is hard to do for anybody of any age. But to see them all activated a. And three students from parkland who were there as well. But i was impressed not only by the energy and activism but really civil. You know, all sides of the debate were represented. It was it was the kind of debate i wish id see more among adults. And so but to mikes point, midterm elections are all about energy and who is energized. And its just the case that 18 to 34 dmos is a heavily democratic leading group. What i say saw in boulder is the kids are activated energy i see eyed and taking action and theyre showing up at the polls. Mark Mckinnon Mike murphy always a pleasure thank you. When we come back the man challenging paul ryan in November Iron stash. Im asking him how he plans to ride the blue wave in wisconsin. Internet providers promise Business Owners a lot. 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Especially donald Trump Campaigning there twice. And paul ryan was talking about him making it it took him to bring that the results a little bit closer. And its obvious whats going on in the country. How much do you think this is speaking of that its obvious whats going on in the country how much do you think is antitrump backlash. Well, i think its a combination of things that donald trump is doing, combined with people seeing that in these congressional special elections that members of congress, you know, led by paul ryan, theyre not doing anything to slow down what donald trump is trying to do. And and things that theyre hanging on him its not so much i mean donald trump has a lot to do with it. But these are specific policies like this tax scam that congress passed. And now looking at taking away Social Security medicare and medicaid, thats something that people want nothing to do with. We want more of medicaid not less. And that was part of conor lamb, the platform he ran. He wants to protect medicaid, Social Security, and medicare. So what from conor lambs play book do you want to take beyond that . Well, he ran a very pro union campaign, being a union member, thats something thats been very important for me. Standing up for working people. And our Campaign Staff was the first to unionize in the history of politics. Im very proud of that. And unions arent just fwor people paying union dues. Its about standing up for all working people. And in wisconsin we see that now with the policies that have rammed down by Governor Walker since he was elected. Now were looking at paul ryan taking it to a National Level and trying to enact them there. And its not something thats going to help us out at all. Here is how conor lambs winning played according to paul ryan. Watch this. I think the candidate thats going to win this race is the candidate that ran as a prolife prokwun, antinancy pelosi conservative. Thats the candidate thats going to win. But privately cnn ryan told fellow republicans that it was a wakeup call and bear down. He seems to say democrats put forward a candidate exact in name only and coopting a position helped hip win that race. Well its amazing how difference the actual results came out change paul ryans mine. Paul ryan sent a superpac into that district and spent all kinds of money trying to defeat lamb. He needs to take every penny he has bring it back to the first district. Because, what he is facing is an onslaught of enthusiasm like he has never seen in his entire career. Yes. So lamb was he was a typical not typically. He is personally prolife while politicly pro choice. He had a campaign ad with a ar15 to show he is pro gun. How much do you think the party versus the person matters in your election . Well, i think the person needs to have a feel for what his district needs. He needs to have his hand on the pulse of what things are important for his district. And, i mean, talking about myself, i know were talking about Social Security, health care, medicare, medicaid, things that are going to uplift working people. Because for the last 20 years weve seen all kind of good paying jobs leave and were working harder and harder and having less to show for it. Randy bryce, i appreciate your time. A privilege to talk to you. Have a great night. When we come back a new report out tonight. The president admitting he lied to the canadian be Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. Well tell you what he says he lied about. Successful people have one thing in common. They read more. How do they find the time . With audible. Audible has the Worlds Largest selection of audiobooks. Books like peak performance. And endurance. Books that energize and inspire for just 14. 95 a month. Less than youd pay for the hardcover. With audible, you get a creditamonth good for any audiobook. If you dont like it, exchange it any time. No questions asked. 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The Washington Post is reporting that at a fund raise they are evening President Trump bragged about a conversation he had with canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during which the president which was saying things about trade, deficits without knowing whether or not it was true. Are you surprised by this . Don, this is my not shocked face. I mean, this is a president who who has been known a time or two to exaggerate, gild the lilly, open a spigot of lies and things he makes up in his head. He has a creative mental landscape about a lot of things. And im totally unsurprised by this. So yeah, he says i didnt know. I had no idea. I just said youre wrong. You know why, because were so stupid and theyre so smart. It goes on and on. The fact is is that he admits it, scott. Shouldnt the president be better informed about whether there is a trade deficit without with our closest allies . Well, of course he should. And thats one issue. The other issue is of course the fallout from a report like this which is now our closest allies and other conversations we have with them, the leaders of the countries wont know whether the president is speaking from facts or just from you know posturing. Thats something that his state department, mike pompeo has to deal with that. I know the United States ambassador to canada, a kentuckian where i am ton. He shas to deal with that. I think about the relationships we have with allies like canada one of the closest economic and National Security ally pps and even though President Trump Justin Trudeau doesnt see eye to eye politically it would be better if we were dealing with honest conversation im surprised the president elect said this out loud. Because no matter what room you walk into fund raiser or not you have to assume somebody is recording it and it will come out. I assume assume angela youre not surprised that the president would Say Something thats not necessarily true. Can we move on to hud. Yes we can ill be surprised when he tells the truth. Cnn obtained the damns emails it shows ben carson and his wife did in fact select a 31,000 furniture set contradicting earlier claims in one email a career official writes i believe allisonen has prinouts off the furnish the second appear mrs. Carson picked out. I think this is a reasonable price and the funds are available. First, why would he rye about it . I think its embarrassing. Someone who is in his inner circle had to have told him the optics are terrible. Perhaps the carsons Family Household they can afford a 31,000 dining room set. But in a Federal Office Building where furniture yes its absolutely old. Whether youre on the hill or working in the executive branch, absolutely old, absolutely things fall apart. However, you should not spend 31,000 on any set. It just defies logic they would think its okay. I think the worst part is i dont know who the quote is from but someone in their space said 5,000 wasnt even a reasonable amount for a chair. So im just interested to know where they are shopping. Does it talk to you . Does it schedule for you . Does it what does it do . Buy anyones standards 31,000. Its astronomical appear and whats even worse is this is a cabinet known for trying to charter jets, trying to fly first class and do all things that most people who are paying for this cant afford to do. And the coverup, the lie about it. Yes, always. How is this acceptable, scott . Should carson step down . Well its not acceptable it reminds me what happened with the old hhs secretary tom price. He did step down from the cabinet. You know, the issue here that people have to learn is you cant lie. If you do something stupid, which this was clearly glaktically stupid. You can admit an error in judgment which this was. Thats a better path than lying. This president has a number of issues throughout the cabinet. It strikes me based on reporting he is looking at dealing with a number of issues. He cant have cabinet secretaries going out doing stupid things with taxpayer money and creating all the embarrassment for him. The white house needs to get on top of this. One more thing on this, this is all happening its coming out because of reporting. But the republicans in this cabinet and people in this administration need to understand if the democrats take control of one or both chambers in november, the scrutiny on things like this from the oversight committees will be crushing. So if you nirng its bad right now, wait until the democrats get the oversight gafls and its going to get 100 times worse they need to stop doing stupid things and lying about it. This is of his own making. He hand picked all the people. All then we have ryan you zing and other the same bus. Let me show you documents and let you respond to all of this. Two statements from the hud spokesman raff williams. When presented with options by professional staff mrs. Carson participated in the selection of specific styles but originally the statement on february 7th was mrs. Carson and the secretary had no awareness that the table was being purchased. So did the hud spokeman lie to cover up this too . Well, look, i know raffe. And i think that this situation shows a management diftd difficulty from the top first of all with the president didnt understand that ben carson has fabulous skills in neurosurgery and those dont necessarily translates into a managing a Large Department like this. And the judgment questions that have come to the surface are things that ben carson has to look at his staff and the way he manages the situation. And scott is exactly correct. The number one rule in Crisis Management is dont lie. It just compounds the problem and compounds the errors. People who have lied in this need to move on and take another look at whether government serious o service the right thing for them. And secretary carson needs to go out and have a reality check too when he sees something for 31,000 table set instead say run oh out to ikea instead. And get something the taxpayers are going to be the taxpayers can feel comfortable with us doing. I find the whole situation reflects i think correctly that that donald trump picked people he was comfortable with and their skill sets dont necessarily match up to running federal agencies and managing the sort of resources in a way the taxpayers expect them to manage them. You all both mentioned the challenges with lying and the problem is you cant to it. And i would say they are following their leader. He actually has been able to do it and done it quite successfully. There have been virtually no consequences for donald trump lying time and time again. They are just following the leader. 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Thousands of students across america walked out of class today for National Student walkout, calling for stricter gun laws. They left their classrooms for 17 minutes, one minute for each of the 17 People Killed at the high school in parkland, florida, one month ago today. Back with me, angela rye, Scott Jennings, and rick wilson. Incredibly powerful images, angela, of students walking out of school today, demanding change when it comes to gun laws. Do you think washingtons going to return with some action . You know, one of the most significant tweets i saw today is from brittany packnett, who is a good friend of mine. She says, how about we send the kids to congress and send congress back to school . Theyre demonstrating the type of courage we should be seeing from congressional leadership and from the white house frankly right now. We shouldnt be seeing someone step up and say, okay, were going to raise the age on when you can purchase weapons and then dialing back because theyre afraid of nra contributions or the lack thereof for 2020. I think we have seen very clearly that the nra has a stronghold on our elected leadership, and its time for them to be accountable to the students, to the worshippers who have been impacted by gun violence, to people who are just walking down the street. It is time. Watching these students across america today, uniting, most of them arent asking for bans on guns or to get rid of all guns. Most are asking for action on background checks, assault weapons, et cetera. But theyre up against the nra. Who has the real power here . Well, look i think its rick. Im sorry. A little crosstalk there. Look. They have a its a moving tribute to the passion theyre feeling about this issue, but there are passions on the Second Amendment side of this question that extend just the nras financial influence in elections. The membership of the nra and the folks that care passionately about the Second Amendment, that is a primary voting issue for them. They come out on that issue, and theyve proven it time and time again in this country. And so were going to see how the practical politics of this play out in the next few months. And if it ends up where the demand becomes ban on semiautomatic weapons, ban on socalled assault weapons, you know, its going to go nowhere. I think there is Common Ground to achieve things on improving the nic system, improving gun violence restraining orders, and i think theres a motivation to look at some of these things that can be helpful in identifying and keeping folks who are mentally ill out of the nic system and improving the background check system overall. But i do think youre going to see a very clear line. If it gets to the point where theyre talking about banning semiautomatic weapons, mag size restrictions, and a ban on ars, youre going to end up with a political fight thats going to motivate the Second Amendment folks very strongly. Theyre organized, theyre voting, and theyre of age to vote for the most part. So theres a sort of political calculus youll see play out beyond just the financial questions of the nra. Scott, we talked about republican problems in the suburbs. A lack of action on the part of republicans, do you think that could make things even worse . Well, i do think that republicans could do things that rick said to clean this issue up that would have no impact whatsoever on people that believe strongly in the Second Amendment. He listed some of the things that could be done from a policy nature. There are other issues that deal with human processes that have failed here that have caused some of these Mass Shootings to occur in schools and other places that could be dealt with as well. I was looking at some polling recently from quinnipiac, i think, and the least likely age cohort to want to ban guns or even ban high capacity magazines were actually 18 to 34yearolds. The most likely age cohort were 65 and up. So i think there is a belief out there that young people are rallying and doing things because they want bans and they want government to take away property. Thats not the case at all. I actually think they have the correct idea, which is lets fix the processes, and lets fix the human failures that have led to some of these shootings without having the government infringe upon a constitutional right. Thats the sweet spot of this debate. Angela real quickly because im up against the end of the show here. This rally in washington on the 24th, what do you think will be accomplished . What do you think students hope to accomplish . I know what they hope to accomplish, and that is for once, that the conversation stops shifting to people you know, the threat that the Second Amendment is somehow going to be violated. That is not what theyre talking about. Theyre just talking about protecting lives. What are all of the ways that we can ensure that people are able to thrive and live in this country and not go to school, not go to a concert, not walk down the street at the threat of being gunned down. I think we have to stop rick, you even mentioned it, that folks are concerned about their Second Amendment rights being taken away. The Second Amendment doesnt say what kind of arms you can bear. I think we have to be mindful of that too and be very careful with that rhetoric. Thats not what these actions were about. I think hes also talking about the political calculus that democrats and republicans will have to take as well. Sure. And i think democrats are going to have to wonder do they want to motivate the Second Amendment folks because then that may put them in jeopardy of actually getting some but i would like to see republicans and democrats and folks who are independent say, were not threatening the Second Amendment, yall. Were just talking about safety and reform. Thank you very much. I appreciate it everyone. Thats it for us tonight. Thanks for watching. Ill see you right back here tomorrow. Allows each of you to adjust to your ideal level of firmness, comfort and support. Your sleep number setting. For your best. Sleep. Ever. In the morning, youll discover the amazing effects the bed is having on your sleep quality. Your sleepiq score. And snoring . Does your bed do that . Only at a sleep number store where queen mattresses start at just 899. Last chance for clearance savings up to 600. 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