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Been able to help. The proposal to raise to 21 is common sense. I dont think we should be backing away from this issue. Bump stocks, i dont care if congress does it or not. Im writing it out myself. In his case he deserves credit for this. I hope hell keep it up. The fisa application had an arsenal of evidence on carter page. Its just a continuation of the same game the dnc has been playing. We cant have our intelligence agencies target one Political Party against another. He can call it political dirt. That doesnt mean the dossier is true or not true. This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. Good morning. Welcome to your new day. Its tuesday, february 27th,al 00 in the east. President trump urging congress to change the gun laws. President trump appears to be backing away from the idea of raising the age limit to buy rifles to 21. The president also says, unlike the School Resource officer, he would have rushed into the school, even if he did not have a gun to stop the carnage. This morning President Trump is focused on something very different. The president breaking a twoday hiatus on twitter with several posts this morning about the russia investigation, once again calling it a witch hunt. Literally his tweet is just those two words. Tweets come as his Communications Director hope hicks will meet privately with the House Intel Committee. Will she invoke executive privilege . Can she . Lets begin with Cnns Abby Phillip at the white house. Reporter good morning, chris. President trump today has a meeting with a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers where hell have an opportunity to hear feedback about gun control measures being considered now. Despite the fact that he says hes willing to go up against the nra to push the gun laws, the question remains how far is he willing to go to Push Congress to act . Dont worry about the nra. Theyre on our side. Half of you are so afraid of the nrr. Theres nothing to be afraid of. Reporter President Trump wanting stricter background checks. If theyre not with you, we have to fight them every once in a while. Thats okay. Theyre doing what they think is right. Reporter it comes after his weekend meetings with the leaders of the nra despite his willingness to break with nra positions, sources tell cnn the president appears to be backing away from changing the legal age to purchase a rifle from 18 to 21 after publicly considering the idea. The white house says the president did not discuss the age limit issue with governors. When they dont bring it up, thats telling to him. We go to war at 18, you vote at 18. Its very inconsistent. Reporter as Congress Struggles to find common ground, the president signaling a willingness to take executive action against bump stocks. Bump stocks, im writing that out myself. I dont care if congress does it or not. Im writing it out myself. Reporter the president doubling down on his criticism of Broward County deputies who didnt rush into the school to save lives. The way they performed was frankly disgusting. Reporter mr. Trump even going so far as to suggest he would have acted even if he didnt have a gun. I really believe id run in even if i didnt have a weapon. I think most of the people in this room would have done that, too, because i know most of you. The way they performed was really a disgrace. Reporter the president making the argument again forearming teachers. They dont love the students, they dont know the students. The teachers love the students and want to protect those students. Reporter washington states democratic governor rejects that idea. Educators should educate and should not be foisted upon this responsibility of packing heat in first grade classes. I just suggest we need a little less tweeting, a little more listening. Reporter lawmakers floating a few proposals during congresss first day back in session, including the fix nix people, giving states and federal agencies ability to make more entries into the background check system, a draft proposal to race the purchase age for long guns and an assault weapons ban. Alisyn and chris, it appears were well in the middle of a major tweet storm by the president. He is ending about three days of silence on social media after tweeting on saturday night about russia, hes now back on Tuesday Morning tweeting about russia again. Theres no word yet from the president on his twitter feed about the gun issue. Hes simply tweeting about witch hunts, as you can see. Abby, thank you very much. Well get to that in a moment. We have cnn political director David Chalian and reporter and editor at large for cnn politics, chris cillizza. Well talk about the tweet storm. We have our umbrellas ready. Lets talk about whats happening on the hill and in the white house with attempts to fight gun violence. David, this is going to take leadership, obviously, from the president. Congress approaches this obviously from very different sides, so the president is going to have to lead on this if something is going to be done. What do you think is going to happen this week . Its not just any president , but because donald trump is a republican president who arrived in office with a ton of support from the nra, hes uniquely positioned to actually try to bring some change here if he wanted to. Thats a real sort of leadership opportunity for him. I sound like a broken record, but i dont see Much Movement on this on capitol hill. I think we sense that President Trump is stepping away from some of the things hes floated, not a rush for action. The age minimum sounds like he met with the nra this past weekend and has shifted his position in our brand new poll, alisyn, banning anyone under the age of 21 from getting firearms, that has majority support among republicans, democrats and independents across the board, more than 70 of americans support it and yet hes backing away from it. In the polls, in the polls it has majority support. In this moment of great excitement and enthusiasm about these survivors and how articulate they are and what they promise they are for our future. Chris, the reason one of the reasons youve got to love alisyn is the optimism. One of the many. The list is too damn long. Its only a threehour show. Whos got the time. Im working on a book. So far, five volumes. Chris cillizza, when it comes to the political realities of what will drive people to the polls, weve never seen people vote on it. Tell me im wrong. No, youre right. Thats always the issue, is that lawmakers, when they look at Something Like this and they think to themselves i know theres a political price to pay, whether thats the nra keeping money from me, whether its gun owners in my district walking away, i know theres a price to pay for going against broadly speaking gun rights. Im not sure theres a price to pay for going against, again, broadly speaking, more gun control. The reason for that is the gun control end of this debate has never been politically organized enough or well financed enough to make it politically painful for people who go against their agenda. David is exactly right in citing the polling. The polling, this is not new. Yes, it is stronger support for gun control than weve seen in the recent past. Lots of these proposals, including back to sandy hook had majority support even though congress voted it down. The reason is simple. Theres a disincentive to cross the nra and not that that disincentive is not believed to exist on the other side. Thats why you see this thing that seems to not make sense right there. People want stricter gun laws. They approve of it. Then why dont we have them . Because the people who voted this is the perception, the people who vote on this issue, they will vote against you if you vote against gun rights. They wont vote for you if you vote for gun control. At every point theres a tipping point. Im not willing to throw in the towel. Its two weeks later almost. Were still talking about it. Sometimes these whoable tragedies have evaporated sooner than that. We have guests, one coming up in a minute, congressman sis linney who has 120 cosponsors in the house for the holy grail for banning assault weapons. We talked to congress brian mast, a republican calling for banning assault weapons. We didnt hear that after las veg vegas. Now might be the moment. Alisyn, i agree with you that this moment of conversation and discussion is feels different, is different sthan weve seen in the immediate aftermath of other Mass Shootings like this. To chriss point, whether or not we see that at the ballot box remains to be seen. How about where is the president on this . He came out of the box strong. Weve seen that in the past where he has said, here is what we should do, but he hasnt acted on it. The nra with the governors, he sounded stroll, cillizza, he said you guys shouldnt be so afraid of the nra. It does make you suspicious of why he backed off the age thing. We know the nra doesnt like the age thing. Whats your read on that . I dont think he feels terribly strongly about it. I think he spent the last week listening to people. Usually, if this issue is like most other issues, the last person he talks to is kind of the thing he says. He does not have a lot of existing beliefs as it relates to guns. To the extent hes voiced any positions, its been much more in favor of gun control than gun rights. I think his main motive, what drives him is getting wins, getting points on the board, is signing things, turning that document around in the oval office and showing people, hey, look, i signed this. I think he wants to get something done, and i think hes more motivated to do that because he views it as a thing that barack obama couldnt do after sandy hook that donald trump could do. Hes not a big specifics guy on anything. And i think this is this included. Thats why its hard to pin him down because he, himself, doesnt know. Open your umbrellas, low pressure system incoming. Tweet storm. Are you going to read the latest . Sure. Straight or dramatic readings . Dramatic. Lets start with the most recent one. Witch hunt. This will not be one of the questions on the trivia game that has the world by storm every night. Hes talking about the clinton situation and hes spent about five tweets this morning apparently watching fox news, hearing them talk with different experts talking about collusion. Witch hunt. What else if he says witch hunt, he aint talking about salem, massachusetts. Hes talking about the russia investigation. Weve seen no evidence of collusion, caps. Ive seen nothing, the firing of james comey and all the aftermath that suggests the president obstructed justice because hes exercising his power as president. Thats from judge ken starr, hell be on tomorrow. This is where the president s head is right now. I love, first of all, how the president has time to live blog cable television. Its fantastic. It want to point out, in our brand new cnn poll conducted by ssrs out this morning, the president is in a different place than a majority of americans on this. 61 of americans in this poll say it is a legitimate investigation, a minority say that this is all about just strieg to get the president. Now, the story of this russia investigation in the polls all along, guys, where you sit politically is how you see this. There is a huge partisan divide here. Republicans see it as an illegitimate exercise, and democrats overwhelmingly see it as a valid investigation. Independents side with the democrats on this one which is what gets you to that 61 majority. But the president is well aware of these numbers. When he types witch hunt in all caps on his twitter machine, he does it to make sure he is stoking his supporters and stick with him throughout what he knows is going to be a long process ahead still. Remember one other quick thing, for all the talk about guns and all these other issues, follow his tweeter feed. Thats what hes focused on, what he cares about. Thats the closest we get to whats on his mind at any given moment. It is more often than not about russia. Chris cillizza, David Chalian, thank you very much. Democratic congressman introducing an assault weapons ban as alisyn was just saying. How far will it go . What will he get in terms of buyin from the republicans and democrats . We ask that lawmaker next. Dial your bingewatching up to eleven. Join the uncarrier right now, and get four unlimited lines for only thirtyfive bucks each. Woah. Plus, netflix for the whole family. On us. Prrrrrrr. So, they get their shows. Lets go, girl youre gonna love this bit and you get yours. Watch however you want. On your phone, tablet, or tv. For a limited time, get 4 lines for just thirtyfive bucks per line, with no extra charges. 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Were starting to hear a groundswell of lawmakers calling for a ban on assault weapons. Democrats in the house are proposing a new bill that would restore and build on the assault weapons ban that expired back in 2004. Joining us is one of the congressmen behind that bill, democrat david cicilline. Congressman, thank you for being here. As we understand it youre sponsoring this with congressman ted deutch. His district is parkland and he was down there as we were in the aftermath of the shooting. Look, the president doesnt support a ban on assault weapons. What are the chances of your bill. I introduced a bill with 164 original cosponsors which is a tremendously strong showing of support. Six of the ten deadliest Mass Shootings in recent history were committed by someone who bought an assault weapon and committed tremendous carnage. This is a real epidemic. We know the assault weapons ban worked because when the ban expired that was previously enacted, Mass Shootings increased by 133 in frequency. So this is something that is very specific. It can address the issue of Mass Shootings, eliminate putting more of these dangerous weapons into our communities, and im hoping this time will be different. When the first assault weapons ban was enacted it was after a number of Mass Shootings and there was momentum building. I think the young people of parkland will help my colleagues find strength to do the right thing. 164 cosponsors as you just reported to. How many republicans . Those are all democrats. I have been in conversations with a number of republicans. As you reported already, brian mast has expressed publicly i think thats really relevant. We just had him on and he shares your feelings. So can you do something in a bipartisan way with him . I hope so. Ive spoken to him, to a number of republican colleagues who are reviewing the bill. I hope they will join us in this effort. There are a number of good bills to help reduce gun violence in our country. I think the assault weapons ban is one of those. Obviously you need speaker paul ryans buyin to even bring this to a vote. So where is he on this . We havent heard from him . I think, again, this is like so often is the case. This is going to require the continued engagement of the American People demanding that congress do something to keep our communities safe and reduce the epidemic of gun violence in this country. Well continue to see activism around the country. Folks demanding their congress do something. Again, its going to be incumbent on the individuals who are here in congress to listen to their constituents, to be sure theyre doing something. Weve got to keep the pressure on. This wont be easy. All these gun bills are going to be tough to pass because of the power of the gun lobby in this town. But i think its time for people to stand up and do whats right for their constituents and do all we can to reduce gun violence. Theres no one answer to fix it all. We can take a number of steps to significantly reduce gun violence in this country. What does that mean for speak are paul ryan . Have you heard from him . I think the speaker will ultimately decide if a bill comes to the floor. I dont think the speaker has expressed support for this bill. Id encourage you to ask him. I think the support of the Republican Leadership will make a difference. Theres no secret, we have not had a lot of support from our republican colleagues on any of these measures. We have dozens of gun safety proposals pending, unable to get a single one brought to the floor for a vote. We have a long record of supporting common sense gun safety legislation and our republican colleagues have a history of rejecting those. I think the continued pressure from the public to demand action will help us in that effort. What about what the president said yesterday, dont be afraid of the nra, sometimes you may have to fight them. Theyre not as powerful as you may think. That was his message to governors. What did you think of that . I tell people all the time, this town is full of powerful lobbying and advocacy groups. The fact of the matter is, its up to the members of congress to sift through these advocacy groups and arguments and do whats right for the American People. While the gun lobby is very powerful, every member of congress has the power to overcome that with his or her vote. We ought to stand up and do whats right for our constituents and the American People. As you know, when Many Americans who are gun enthusiasts and support gun rights, when they hear about an assault weapons ban, they think you want to take their guns or at least they say that. I dont even really know if they think youre going to confiscate their guns or its a handy excuse, but they say they worry this is a slippery slope. Whats your response . I think it is a very convenient argument. That argument is made any time we propose common sense gun safety legislation. The assault weapons ban would prevent the introduction of new assault weapons into our communities, doesnt confiscate anyones guns. Theyve been very clever in that argument, basically reject any common sense gun safety proposal because, understand, this is the first step of taking away your gun. I think its been a very effective advocacy position and very effective in terms of their membership. The fact of the matter is, a majority of gun owners support an assault weapons ban. 67 of the American People support an assault weapons ban. These guns are designed to kill the greatest number of people over the shortest period of time. It would reduce the leathality and frequency of Mass Shootings. We have a responsibility to do something about it. The assault weapons ban that was previously enacted worked. We should do it again and listen to the voices of these eloquent young people who are telling the adults, you need to stop talking about this and get something done. Again, everyone gets to keep their gun. The ban would not apply to any existing guns that people own, just for new guns. Right. Which is exactly what the ban was when it was previously enacted by congress. The argument that someone is going to come take your gun, just not true. Lets reduce the number and eliminate new guns, these very dangerous weapons coming into our communities. This is one step. There are many other things we can do and should do to reduce gun violence in our country. Congressman cicilline, thank you very much for explaining your proposal to us. Thanks for having me. Back to some of the back and forth in the russia investigation. The democratic rebuttal to the republican memo arguing the Justice Department and the fbi began tracking the Trump Campaign aide carter page before the dossier was in their hands and that they did not overstep. What does carter page say about that . Guess who is here . Carter page, next. Join the uncarrier right now, and get four unlimited lines for only thirtyfive bucks each. Woah. Plus, netflix for the whole family. On us. Prrrrrrr. So, they get their shows. Lets go, girl youre gonna love this bit and you get yours. Watch however you want. On your phone, tablet, or tv. For a limited time, get 4 lines for just thirtyfive bucks per line, with no extra charges. Its showtime all on americas best unlimited network, tmobile. Was a success for lastchoicehotels. Comign badda book. Badda boom. This year, were taking it up a notch. 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You have had counsel at some point, right, when you were going to talk to the fbi . On the witch hunt side, yes. Does counsel ever say to you stop going on tv and talking about this situation, you are creating a record for investigators . Im not concerned about a record because the more the record comes out as weve seen in recent weeks and months, the better. Now that were starting to learn the truth, it couldnt get any better for me. Well get into that. Have you been contacted by the special counsel . I dont talk about that because theyve been very professional in terms of keeping confidentiality. All i will say, chris, is ive been interrogated over 30 hours in total by both the executive branch and legislative branch. Any by mueller . You dont have to tell me the substance. Y they have allowed people to say, yeah, i talked to him. But have you talked to them at all, will you answer that . All i can say is someone leaked that i talked for ten hours to the fbi last march. That was before mueller which is why im asking. If you have concerns theyre going to call you in, you said this, you said this, you said this, we checked it with this, this and this. I have no can concerns. Im trying to get out as much of the truth as i possibly can that i can remember. So many of these questions, particularly if youve been in over 30 hours of testimony, if somebody is nitpicking, theyll say, if theres a slight nuance between what you said at hour 12 and what you said at hour 27, im doing the best i can to the best of my recollection. Youll speak to anyone who wants to speak to you . I have been, thats true. Thats true. Here you are in the chair once again. You look at a lot of this stuff and say this is just not believable, so far fetched. But let me ask you something about this. Isnt its cally far fetched that if the fbi or whomever you want to put together as con spir sifts, were going to surveil this guy, carter page, in a circle by definition, were going to surveil him but do it through a fisa court. Were going to do it weeks before the election and extend it well past the end of the election and thats how we will hurt trump. Doesnt that sound equally far fetched as a caper . I think its a cleanup act a little bit. They went down this path thinking that mrs. Clinton was going to win. So now theyve got to find something. So the more but trump and his supporters say, they went after carter page as a way to hurt trump. Why you . Why would they do that . Now we know, theres so many other people they could have targeted with a lot more stuff to talk about thats close to the president than you. That doesnt make sense, does it . Because if they want to start this russia collusion theory, what better way of doing that than having a photo of someone actually in moscow in 2016 . Tons more with manafort and he was front and center in the campaign. Was he ever in russia in 2016 . I dont know. I dont think so. In terms of, if you wanted to plant seeds, youre just not the right target. Im not saying i have no opinion plus or minus on what they have on you. I dont know. What im saying is you would not be the first place to start. Would you acknowledge that . Im a private figure. I seem quite outspoken now. Im hoping to go into the woods some day after this is all said and done. Im just trying to get the truth out to make up for the terrible damage that was done for our democracy. In terms of damage for the democra democracy, you dont deny russians interfered in the election, do you . All the evidence ive seen so far, chris, indicates that there was much more interference by the u. S. Government compared to the russian government. Wait. You think that the United States government interfered in this last election more than the russians did . If you look at the january 6, 2017 dni report, there are two themes. Number one, hacking, number two, government propaganda, fake news. Troll farms and other types of social media seeding. Actually, no. That report talks about the two main statecontrolled assets, rt and sputnik. Im saying the understandings from the Intelligence Community and what has come out to us through all the different allegations is russia had a concerted effort to try to mess with peoples minds during this election and did it to some great effect. How it affected the election, we dont know. But it was certainly an ernest effort on their behalf. You say no . Again, looets look at evidee that we have. No one examined the dncs server. That was outsourced to some law firmhired consultant to look at it, instead of allowing the fbi to have a look. Now we understand why i think. Why . Why shine a light on the unknown for purposes of speculation and ignore what is known. They know that russian troll farms that were working with them were trying to disseminate negative information and seed different types of opposition here during the election. Thats the second theme. I was talking about the hacking. We know ive been hacked. Understood. But im saying why deny russia is trying to mess with our election . Why do that . Look, i have no evidence if you compare everything that was written and said by rt and sputnik and compare that to Radiofree Europe, 45 days before the election, give or take, and two days before the election, putting out this fake story, word were of the dossier well get to the dossier. All this stuff on social media that has been shown to be what we call now bots as part of our common vernacular, you know all that is there. You know the proof of it is fairly clear. Why ignore it in favor of another political theory . Because it makes you look like youre a little sympathetic to the cause. Im sympathetic to facts, chris. It was interesting the indictment a couple weeks ago, they were talking about a couple Million Dollars here, maybe a couple thousand dollars in some swing states. Compare that to Radiofree Europe sponsored by the federal agency broadcasting board of governors. They had a budget of over 100 million. This is a big operation based in washington. Its immaterial to what were talking about. Im not saying what you like and dont like. They indicted 13 different people. Could have done 55 or 60 based on what theyre looking at. Why ignore that . It puts you in a bad light . You cant find a republican who is involved with these investigations. Even nunes, i bet you, if you asked him specifically, do you think the russians interfered . Forget about the Trump Campaign, forget about collusion. They all say yes, the proof is there. Was trump or any of his people involved, then you start getting different opinions, but not on whether or not the russians interfered. Chairman nunes, youre absolutely right, we have totally different perspectives on things. Thats the beauty of democracy. No, no. The beauty of democracy is the free ideas not on facts. You can have your own opinion, not your own facts. The russians tried to interfere in the election. Thats a fact. To fight it raises suspiciouses of motivation. All i know is what i personally experienced. Thats not the basis for opinion. Youre too smart for that, carter. The idea of what i know personally, thats not how we look at this. Ill give you that on the memos and how they affect you and your situation potentially. The dossier what do you call it the dodgy dossier, they got it several weeks after they had already been looking into the situation. In the fisa application, youll say it was just a footnote. But it was disclosed to the court where it came from. The president got it wrong i think, where he said the fbi didnt diskwloes who the clients were. I think he was misreading recent information that Christopher Steele may not have been told who the clients were when he was doing his work for axios. Thats different. The president goss it wrong, not unusual. The court knew where it was coming from. It wasnt part of the only application, and four different judges approved or extended it. Whats wrong with that set of criteria in terms of surveilling somebody. What they found, what they didnt find . I dont know. Chris, District Court judges who sit on the fisa court, it hasnt been fully refield, their ideas as of yet. If you look at how business sir their schedules are, theyre just jammed with information. To have them be stuck with trying to figure out something thats hidden in a footnote which, oh, by the way, in the long couple of line paragraph, it took them five footnotes to actually define what theyre talking about. Its like reading hieroglyphics. That works against your own point. If you want to hide something, you dont put it in. If you are going to put it in, you put it in one footnote, not five. It was one sentence in the initial submission and then for the democrats to try to explain what the heck theyre talking about, it takes five little footnotes to explain what this all means. Give me a quick take on what you think the balance of information shows between the nunes memo and the schiff memo about your situation. The beauty of it is, chris, the more information comes out, the better. Its excellent the fact that theres a lot of pressure now to release the whole fiegs is a application and all four of them. Its so ridiculous. The more information we keep getting, the worse it seems. I think both of them support are very supportive in a lot of ways. Once again for the record, you never met with for purposes of collusion, tried to steer the Trump Campaign towards sympathetic efforts with the russian government or tried to negotiate on behalf of any russian agents anything to help russian politics, like with sanctions, with the Trump Administration . Not only is that true, chris. When i spent a couple days in moscow in july 2016, i was trying to do Everything Possible to stay as low profile and not start any waves so that theres no kind of questions or potential i knew it seemed like there might be some possibility that someone would try to pin something on me, right . Why did you go . It was ive spoken at universities in moscow going back 15plus years. But if you thought people were going to find it suspicious, if you thought the russians may try to work you, why put yourself in the situation . No one in russia has ever tried to work me. Government sources say in their investigating, the russians did see you as a target of opportunity. They say that, and i think they said a lot of things january 6, 2017, that they got wrong as well. Carter page, you are always welcome to come here and be tested and make your case to the American People. Thanks, chris. The students in parkland will go back to School Tomorrow at Stoneman Douglas high. How are they feeling as they prepare to go back to that scene . We have two survivors joining us ahead. With Public Services without starting from scratch. It brings your business up to speed, doing more with systems you have in place. It can bring all your apps to life and run them within your data center. It is. The new ibm cloud private. The cloud thats designed for your data. Ai ready. Secure to the core. The ibm cloud is the cloud for smarter business. Time now for the things to know for your new day. Sources tell cnn that President Trump appears to be backing away from his call last week to increase the age limit for assault weapon purchases to 21. Instead, hes telling the nations governors to challenge the nra to implement stricter background checks saying, quote, theyre on our side. Broward county sheriff scott israel claiming his deputies were called to the home of the florida killer 23 times. Records obtained by cnn show there were double that number of calls in the last decade. White house Communications Director hope hicks expected to meet privately with the house intelligence committee. Her scheduled appearance last month was posed posed over questions over the scope of her testimony. Federal reserve chief Jerome Powell is expected to say today that inflation and Interest Rates will continue to rise this year. Powell also set to down play concerns about recent market volatility. 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Its going to be part of the long process of healing from this tragedy. Dmitry, how are you feeling . Simpilarly to what lore zen sew said. Nervous and anxious, but kind of glad well all be stog. I think its important were together to start the reheheali process. Did you go back a few days ago for the orientation so you had to go back onto School Property . I did. I went back to for the orientation on sunday. What was that like for both of you . For me it was surreal. It really wasnt school. We were going to pick up our belongings, it wasnt the same atmosphere as being back at school. It was really good to see all our teachers and friends in one place. I guess you could say it reassured me to a certain extend that i was in a safe environment where everyone around me had been through the same experience that i had been through and we all kind of knew the pain and the grief we all were feeling collectively. For me it was quite surreal, also, because its like we or coming back to school, but were not going to school to go to classes or anything. Were going back just to pick up our stuff and it feels weird because, like, you never expect to do that ever. You ever had to leave your stuff at school and have so many people coming back for them and seeing everyone, all my teachers again was really touching. I was able to talk to most of my teachers, and seeing them again made me really glad. I was able to talk to my coach and knowing that theyre okay and that were going to get through this together was really up lifting. Lorenzo, is it true that while you were trying to escape and hide during this massacre when the gunman was there, that you were mistaken for the gunman more some time . Yeah. What happened was, before i knew that the shooting was occurring, i decided if it was real, i would hide in the booth area in the auditorium. But since i was pacing around and i looked very nervous or startling i guess, the people in the audience who were far away mistook me for the guy because i had the same clothing description as him, and they couldnt really see my face from afar. I was reported and the s. W. A. T. Came into the room i was in and took me down from the booth area because it was like in an elevated position. They brought me down and they put me on the floor. They patted me down, they searched me and they cuffed me and they put me in a corner because i was still like the suspect and the guy hasnt been caught yet. Oh, my gosh, lorenzo, thank goodness that the s. W. A. T. Team kept their cool heads, because obviously if they if you had done anything to make them nervous or threaten them, thank goodness this didnt go worse. Lorenzo and dimitri, ill see you tomorrow. Ill be coming down to talk to the kids as they head into the school. We want to make sure you guys are prepared and getting the counseling you need, and we know how difficult tomorrow is going to be for both of you. Take care of yourselves and i will see you guys tomorrow. Ill see all of you watching tomorrow as well when i report from parkland, florida. Cnn newsroom with john berman picks up after this very quick break. Whoooo. Going somewhere . Heres some advice. Tripadvisor now searches more. Than 200 booking sites to find the hotel you want and save you up to 30 . Trust this birds words. Tripadvisor. Hesumatra reserve told in the time it takes to brew your cup. Lets go to sumatra. Wheres sumatra . Good question. This is win. And thats wins goat, adi. The coffee here is amazing. Because the volcanic soil is amazing. Making the coffee erupt with flavor. So we give farmers like win more plants. To grow more delicious coffee. That erupts with even more flavor. Which helps provide for wins family. And adi the goats family too. 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