Florida town have taken the moral reins, giving a yourselfful, insistent voice to the countrys anger and frustration. And nen there is russia. On friday, special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 russians on charges they interfered in our countrys election. President trump responded by declaring himself vindicated . Down in maralago this weekend on reports the New York Times his mood began to darken as it became clear to him that some Television Commentators were portraying the indictment as nothing for him to celebrate. And then a wild twitter tirade by trump himself. 14 tweets about russia over 48 hours. He attacked liddle adam schiff. He blamed barack obama, including one this afternoon. Quote, obama was president up to and beyond the 2016 elections. So why didnt he do something about russian meddling . And he said the only collusion was between russia and crooked hillary, as he put it, something for which the evidence by the way is zero, nada. He also said what is historically not true. Quote, i never said russia did not meddle in the election. Whoa. Well, the fact is he told Time Magazine i dont believe they interfered. That became a laughingstock, a laughing point, not a talking point. A laughing point. On multiple occasions, trump threw mud at the conclusion of the Intelligence Community that russia meddled in the election. Lets watch him at it. I think it was russia, but i think it was probably other people and or countries. And i see nothing wrong with that statement. Nobody really nose. You ever notice anything that goes wrong, they blame russia. Russia did it. They have no idea. Were being hacked because we are people that dont know what theyre doing. What i said there is i believe he believes that. And thats very important for somebody to believe. I believe that he feels that he and russia did not meddle in the election. No, russia did not help me. Okay . Russia. I call it the russian hoax. One of the great hoaxes. Actually, thats the thing i was thinking about. Thats the thing that the democrats did best. Well, trump also tweeted this weekend, if it was the goal of russia to create discord, disruption and chaos within the u. S. , then with all the committee hearings, investigations and party hatred, they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. Theyre laughing their asses off in moscow. Those are his words. The president of the United States words. Then there was the predictable attack on the fbi, suggesting they failed to act on the Florida School shooting because they were distracted by the russia investigation. Trump, quote, wrote very sad that the fbi missed all the many signals sent out by the Florida School shooter. This is not acceptable. They are spending too much time trying to prove russian collusion with the Trump Campaign there is no collusion. Get back to the basics and make us all proud. By the way, one of the basics i would think is national defense. For all his tweeting this weekend, the one person trump never attacked, as you might predict, is vladimir putin. For more im joined by axios reporter jonathan swan, Jennifer Rubin and Mother Jones Washington Bureau chief david corn. So why the tirade . Why did he go wacko over the weekend with these tweets . Somebody said its because he couldnt play golf because the school horror. That would look bad, until today. So he was forced to go inside and watch television. Excuse me, is this how the presidency works these days . Well, im going to shock you to say that yes, the president does watch quite a bit of television. And yes, he gets even on sunny days in florida . Even on sunny days in florida. And he gets deeply, deeply irritated when people state the facts about this russia investigation which is that there was a concerted effort led by the kremlin. People like to say he only watches fox, but he actually toggles a lot. I wouldnt even be surprised if he is watching you, chris. No, i think he probably just smiles watching some of the networks. Go ahead, jennifer. But it is weird. A president of the United States who has all the tools of communication resorts to tweeting in this sort of i dont know how to describe it. Its the way he does it. This is because its about him. He looks upon this, he is watching tv because theyre talking about him. He wants to know whats in it for him, as you point out. He doesnt make a statement that this is horrific, look, these 13 people are running around the United States impersonating americans, look what a horror this is. And a good job of it too. Exactly. His reaction is no collusion. But listen, for the first time black and white, you had the special prosecutor say the russians weighed in to help trump and to disparage hillary clinton. Its there in black. Certainly starting in summer 2016 they did. Thats exactly right. Let me go to david on this tough one. Tom freed in his column is coming out tomorrow in the times suggesting either trump is paranoid. He is jumping around going crazy this weekend and is innocent or is guilty as hell. He may have money laundered and therefore he has right to try to dump on every moment he can, every way he can on mueller because muler is coming at him with the truth. Or he is a little bit crazy. Which is it, is he guilty or crazy . I dont see them being mutually exclusive. Plain. Shirks an erratic, unstable, delusional narcissistic person, period, regardless of any action he took in regard to the russian meddling. In regards to the russian meddling, the baseline we already know and have known for over a year and a half now is he continually through the Campaign Said it wasnt happening. What did that do . That was giving cover to putin. He made it easier for putin to attack the United States. Because he made it a political issue. He aided and abetted. Made what an issue . Im sorry. He made whether or not the u. S. Was being attacked. Yeah. When people were out there saying when even the u. S. Government said it in early october during the campaign, they put out a statement from the Intelligence Committee. He kept saying. No this is a hoax. He kept getting his people to say this isnt real. This is all politics. That made it easier for putin to get away wit. He aided and abetted. Whats going on . I know they dont have a free press like we do and you cant be critical over there of the leadership like we are and enjoy doing it sometimes. How do the russian citizens who do know whats going on who read the papers, how do they understand that the american president is out there day after day, minute by minute, tweeting that they did not get involved in screwing around with our elections when we all know they did . What do they think of us . I wouldnt pretend to speak for the russian citizenry. But you can interpret them. I do think its telling that the russian propaganda russia today is taking quotes by a whose spokesman and tweeting it, which gidley, the white house spokesman saying russia has done far less to damage and create chaos in the u. S. Than the democrats in the media. And russia today used that as part of their propaganda. Russia today being their propaganda organization. Right. I wont speak for them either, but the rest of the world certainly speaks. Think this guy is a joke. They say dont Pay Attention to his tweets. Mcmaster says incontrovertible. And trump goes nut others that one. Thats another tweet because he didnt say and trump was exonerated and there is no collusion. So the rest of the world looks upon us with horror at this point. And listen, they do depend on the United States. They give us a lot of grief. But ultimately theyre looking for the only superpower to give them stability, to give them protection against enemies, and were not doing that. Lets hear what he said about mcmaster. Mcmaster was in munich for the International Security conference. He is an active duty military officer. And this is what he said about the meddling. This is what mcmaster said. Were becoming more and more adept at tracing the origins of this espionage and subversion. And as you can see with the fbi indictment, the evidence is now really incontrovertible and available in the public domain. And this is the president s henry kissinger, his top person. Anyway, President Trump apparently didnt appreciate his National Security advisers comment theres which didnt defend him strongly enough. Trump tweeted general mcmaster forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the russians. He forgot to say that in reality, neither muellers investigators nor the Intelligence Committee has concluded the results of the election were not influenced by russian interference. Thats what theyre investigating. Its impossible to say one way or the other. And thats what must be driving him insane. Because you cannot prove that people didnt see something or certainly people werent discouraged from going to the polls for hillary clinton. Still, some of these guys are still working for trump, these senators and congress people. Its embarrassing. We know from the time were in civics class in grade school there is a separation of powers there is supposed to be a reaction. That congress is supposed to challenge the president. This guy is from oklahoma on sunday saying that this guy by mueller is going to be over in days. Why would he Say Something which will be disproven in days . Why are they so embarrassingly toadyish to talk like this guy from oklahoma . It is puzzling because we have seen the trumps lawyers give us deadline after deadline. Yeah. The guy with the handlebar mustache, ty cobb keeps saying its over tomorrow. He is like baghdad bob. Were winning the war. It was over by thanksgiving and then christmas. Youre talking about a political calculation that republicans have made to stand by him no matter what. But there is something more basic than that. They all swear an oath to defend the constitution as the president does. And here we have even mcmaster admits it. But its been known for a long time, an attack on american democracy. What is the republican response . Almost nothing. And of course nothing from donald trump. So we can talk about how he sees and how he feels about it. Your point is so good that is exactly what trump doesnt get is civic responsibility. He doesnt understand that a judge has got to be a judge and a fair judge. He doesnt work for somebody, the Mexican Government or anybody else he claims to work for. Mcmaster, his National Security adviser is in fact an officer in the United States army. And he has to say the truth. And trump doesnt understand it. He doesnt understand when people have to do their jobs. Its worse than not actively doing their job. Theyre helping the russians. When nunes runs around defaming the fbi and coming up with his half cocked conspiracy theories. A number of trump incendiary comments over this weekend when he suggested they missed the signals about the Florida School shooter because they were spending too much time wondering about the russian investigation. Here is Governor John Kasich of ohio and senator tim scott of South Carolina speaking truth to power. Lets watch. I think its an absurd statement, okay, absurd. The fact of the matter is the fbi apparently made a terrible mistake, and people should be held accountable. But we need leadership out of the executive. This is a great opportunity for common sense steps that can be taken. I will tell you that from my perspective, that so many folks in the fbi are doing all that they can to keep us safe. The reality is that they are two separate issues. You can see there. Are people that just see the truth and come out and says it. Its what we how we got rid of nixon, you know . Sam urban these people did their jobs eventually. The much bigger point here is that trump has turned Republican Voters against the fbi quite profoundly in the same way he has turned them against the nfl. He has an uncanny ability to shift Public Opinion among that group of voters. And weve seen it in the polling. And we grew up believing certainly the Republican Party believed and that hoover was almost god. Its true. The party of loren. But its all about how things affect him you. Talk institutions dont matter. Norms dont matter. Rules, laws dont matter. Its all about how it affects him. Last nighttime watching home front homeland. Homeland. All these people were booing the fbi. He said thats what happened to this country, booing the fbi on the street corner, right . Youre going to keep correcting me . Homeland, homeland. Thats all. I never liked that word, homeland. It sounds the too much like fatherland or motherland, a little too totalitarian. Thank you, Jennifer Rubin and david corn. Well be right back with the russia investigation in a moment. But coming up, trump is not just awol on russia. He has been charged for total inaction on guns. Have you notice head wont say it . And leading the charge, god help him, students from Marjory Stoneman douglass high school. Well talk to one of the students and talk to talk show host Montel Williams, a gunowner himself who says we need new gun safety laws. Plus, whats next for the russia investigation . Trump claims he is off the hook. Fat chance. Thats not what the indictment says. Were going to find wrought the probe may be going next as mueller may be on the verge of flipping another witness and back to trumps twitter outburst with the round table. The Mueller Investigation is really getting under his skin, dont you think . 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As President Trump spent his weekend venting his russiarelated frustrations on twitter, the friends and families of those 17 victims of last weeks shooting, School Shooting began the heartwrenching task of laying their loved ones to rest. Throughout this period of pain and anguish, its the young survivors who have been the most vocal advocates for change. Lets watch and listen to some of them. How many more students are going to have to die and have their blood spilled in american classrooms just because politicians refuse to take action . This is our fight now, because you messed it up so badly that you left it to the kids. And now its our job. And you cant try to take that back from us. Were not going let the 17 bullets we just took take us down. If anything, were going to keep rung and were going to lead the rest of the nation behind us. Well, the call to action has galvanized young people as you heard there across the country. Here in washington, d. C. , local students stage adlaiin protest against violence against the white house. There they are on the sidewalks at 1600 pennsylvania. Its not clear if republicans in congress are truly willing to listen, however. The problem is not owning an ar15, its the person that owns it. Not going back to the how of what particular weapon is chosen, its the what. Im not going to vote to ban an ar15. Any of the laws they want passed would not have presented this attack. That doesnt mean we shouldnt pass any laws. They support my agenda. I dont support theirs. The stones from Stoneman Douglas high school are not taking no for an answer. Theyre bringing their message to washington on march 24th for a rally against school and gun violence. Smaller rallies are planned also throughout our country. While the white house announced it is open to strengthening background checks, its unclear how much further hell go. During the 2016 donald trump was the nras chone candidate. The nra spent roughly 30 million to support trump and defeat hillary clinton. Lets watch. You came through for me, and i am going to come through for you. You have a true friend and champion in the white house. No longer will federal agencies be coming after lawabiding gun owners. We are going to protect our Second Amendment. Were going to protect our Second Amendment. Oh, were going to keep our guns. Dont worry about it. Weve got save our Second Amendment. Because they are doing numbers in the Second Amendment that are not good and are very unfair. For more im joined by chris grady. He is a senior at Marjory Douglas stoneman and he joins us from parkland, florida. Chris thank you, for joining us tonight. What do you think when you get every morning now since wednesday, whats the first thought and feeling that comes to you about realizing this new world you live in . You know, each morning were all very motivated. Each day has been incredibly busy, but we know were making a lot of progress. So. Do you do you think that you know what youre up against. Can you repeat, that please . Do you know what youre up against . The power of the gun lobby, the nra. They want guns basically available to anyone open carry in florida, 18yearold, you can buy an ar15 and assault rifle. They basically want as free availability as guns as possible in this universe. More free than anywhere in the world. They want to make it toes get a gun and carry a gun and openly display it. They are all the way with this thing. Youre up against that. Yeah. You know, its absolutely disgusting how easy it is to access, you know, these assault weapons. No other country in the world its not easy like it is in america. And of course america has constant mass shootings. It seems to be like a daily thing now. But, you know, we know what were up against. The nra has consolidated a lot of power. They have a lot of politicians in their back pocket. But as long as politicians continue to get money from the nra, were going to vote them out. So theyre going to get whats coming to them. Do you think politicians should have, like, when youre on a bowling team, you the name of your sponsor on the back of your shirt so you know who paid for your team shirts and your bowling balls. Do you think politicians, im serious here, do you think they ought to wear something on their back that says paid for by the nra . Just a thought. Yeah, no, they should. People should know what theyre supporting and are where theyre getting their money from. A lot of american citizens might not know just how much money politicians like marco rubio are getting from the nra. And its absolutely disgusting. When you go back to school next week, and i wish you the best of luck, and god speed to all you guys, you kids everywhere in the country, are you going to be thinking about the strange noise you hear in the hallway or the strange knock at the door . How are you going to be anticipating the new world you live in where this is possible . Now you know its possible, this kind of horror at your school . Well, you know, its never going to be the same, unfortunately. But, you know, im part of me is a looking forward to going back because i know i have to be there for my friends who are going to have serious anxiety about going back. I just got to be there for them. I heard you want to go into the military. Which service are you looking at . Army. I enlisted in the army a few months back. So youre in . Yes, sir. What kind of work are they going to put you . Are you going into infantry . No. Im going to be a 25 bravo with airborne which is information technology. Good for you. You know what youre doing, young man. Thank you. Good luck with everything. Thank you for your service to come. Chris grady, thank you for coming on hardball. In a new opinion piece posted on nbc think, former talk show host and u. S. Navy veteran Montel Williams writes many of us would have done just about anything to take on a piece of that pain for these kids. Continuing to do nothing to help the next group of kids who will suffer in an inevitable future shooting is an inexcusable moral failure. Joined by Montel Williams, who served for 22 years in the marine corps and the navy. Montel, you are so right to talk about the next, the fire next time as James Baldwin called it. Its coming. Isnt it so predictable that somebody is going to get an ar15 and do the same thing in a matter of months . Its absolutely ridiculous. And chris there for a second, chris, one of the things that his generations is going to do is with a lot of these congressmen and senators today dont recognize, 19 years ago, 3. 9 Million People were born in the United States. That means that chris has 3. 9 million voters in two years. 3. 9 million voters make a difference in any election. So get this straight. If we dont want to listen to these children tonight, you will be listening to them directly in two years when they vote. And that young man chris, i cant applaud him, look, i was the president of my class, chris, when i was in high school. Junior, senior year i was a student elected to the board of education. I was trying my best to do as much as i could then. Look at the leader i became. Take a look at the leader chris is going to become. Especially you add some military to that. I have a brother like this, the Second Amendment people. Thats what they think about. Im not saying youre crazy. Thats what they think about. Other people think about health care, education, foreign policy, infrastructure, tax policy. They have a variety of interests. And theyll move on. Next week well be talking about immigration again and if there is going to be a bill for the dreamers. We have a variety of interests. The gunowner has won. And thats been their strength. Last week two weeks ago, 78 of gun owners stated unequivocally they wanted to have extensive background checks. Over 52 of them stated that they would agree with a list to show all sales of weapons. And 48 of them said that they would agree to make sure that people who were ban order on a list didnt have an opportunity to have a weapon. Were not listening to gun owners. Why didnt they send that in with their dues . Because here is the problem, chris. You know very well, there are a lot of people out here who are hiding behind the fact they dont want to be looked at as a person who speaks out. Im im a gunowner. I was involved in a high School Shooting working with the kids after a shooting took place. Two years later i was at a Football Game when the chardon kids when a shooting took place in washington state. Those kids called those kids there. This is ridiculous that now eight years later were doing it again. Its going to happen again unless we take action. And im so proud of the fact that these kids are stepping up. I wish more and more adults would applaud knees children because at least at least they have the intestinal fort tutsi that a lot of their parents dont have in speaking out. The students who survived the shooting down there in florida were angered by the president s li tweet linking the fbis failure to stop the shooter to the washington probe. Quote, was it a distraction or a reprieve . A lot of people here felt like it was a reprieve from seven or eight days of just getting pummelled. Isnt it weird how the white house is using this as cover for their other problems and misbehaviors . The white house is hoping that in 2020 that the same results happen again. This group will be three million strong and they realize that these people are laughing at them. They are ridiculing, making fun. Theyre using them as a stepping stone for something politically. These three million kids are going to speak out. Im going to be out there trying to push them to speak out and hope they speak out. 3. 9 million of them, chris. Thats not something that a russian meddling can overcome. Because i think even if it affected 100,000 votes, 3. 9 million you will not stop. I hope everybody watching goes to our website and looks up Montel Williams called the think piece as part of our think program on our website. Up next, the l. A. Times reports that another former trump aide is ready to flip, become a cooperating witness in the mueller probe. 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As one former federal prosecutor told reuters, if i was an american and i did cooperate with russians, i would be extremely frightened. Furthermore, the indictment itself says those who were charged, quote, conspired with each other and persons known and unknown to the grand jury. In other words, the president and his campaign are not as trump has been saying off the hook when it comes to potential collusion charges. This comes after cnn reported last week that former trump adviser rick gates is in the process of finalizing a plea deal with special Counsel Robert Mueller. Gates was indicted last october along with his longtime Business Partner paul manafort, and like manafort, gates was charged with conspiracy to launder money and making false statements in connection with his business dealings in ukraine. Now people familiar with the case tell the Los Angeles Times that gates is said to have told prosecutors that he would be willing to testify against manafort under that potential plea deal. Im joined right now by joyce vance, former u. S. Attorney. Joyce, i am fascinated by the way in which it looks like Robert Mueller is proceeding. Lets start with the fact he brings out the russia indictments on friday all by themselves. Somebody said that is to establish the underlying crime, and then from there he will go, if he has it, to make a case against the americans for colluding with this underlying crime, and perhaps going on to the obstruction charge, that there was obstruction in prosecuting these charges. How does this fit into a potential larger web of indictment, as you see it, joyce . There is a lot of speculation about what muellers strategy was with dropping this indictment on a friday. I think its safe to say that mueller indicted these 13 individuals and three companies because he had evidence and facts that indicated that they had violated federal law that they had engaged in a conspiracy to defraud the United States. And so he indicted them. You cant draw conclusions from an indictment. It doesnt necessarily mean mueller is done. But for someone to think that there is nothing else coming is a little bit like calling a ball game after the first inning. There is nothing in this indictment that precludes further charges or different charges by mueller down the road. Lets talk about rick gates. And the degree im not usually on the side of trump, but i just wonder about overaggressiveness here. Could mueller be up to basically using rick gates to pressure manafort with a long prison sentence on something that has nothing to do with this past election in 2016, but just something they can squeeze him with, and then theyll get manafort and squeeze him to get to trump. Is that overaggressive prosecution to do this kind of domino effect . Even if thats the case, it doesnt seem unusually aggressive to me. This president is plagued by the fact that he seems to have surrounded himself with a number of people who have committed serious federal crimes. And that makes them vulnerable to prosecution in their own right. But it really looks like well see this all come together as the case progresses. Manafort and gates are charged primarily with moneylaundering funds that they received while they were pursuing work in eastern europe, primarily involving ukraine and russia. And interestingly enough, manafort was on board at the campaign when there was that quick change to the republican the plank of the republican platform. Yes. That discussed, you know, the approach for it looked like a quid pro quo. It really did smell. Exactly. Let me ask you the latest. Politico is report today that President Donald Trump supporters are issuing increasingly bold calls for president ial pardons to limit the investigations impact. However, trumps lawyers and aides insist its premature to discuss. You get into this stuff with the National Enquirer stuff in new york and how people are paid to basically not publish stories that are trouble for trump. Is there state law involved there . In other words, could he pardon all these case, including himself and still face state prosecution because of this kind of stuff that is being picked up now . You know, even if this wasnt a politically dangerous strategy, something that clearly crosses everybodys red line, it just as a practical matter wont work because these people could be recharged in the state system. The pardon wouldnt apply. The president cant pardon people for crimes that they commit that are state crimes. And at the end of the day, these folks still have exposure. Okay, thank you. Its great having your expertise. Joyce vance for joining us tonight. Up next, the hardball round table tackles trumps twitter this weekend. He spent the past few days fuming about russia going after everyone from his own National Security adviser to oprah. The one person he didnt attack, you bet it, vladimir putin. Vlad the impaler. He wont touch that guy. Youre watching hardball. Than our name suggests. Were an organic tea company. A premium juice company. A Coconut Water company. Weve got drinks for long days. For birthdays. For turning over new leaves. And we make them for every moment in every corner of the country. We are the cocacola company, and were proud to offer so much more. Today, the new new york is ready for takeoff. Were invested in creating the worlds first stateoftheart drone testing facility in Central New York and the mohawk valley, which marks the start of our nations first 50mile unmanned flight corridor. And allows us to attract the worlds top drone talent. All across new york state, were building the new new york. To grow your business with us in new york state, visit esd. Ny. Gov. Welcome back to hardball. In his prolific twitter tirade this weekend, President Trump railed against the russia investigation, casting blame on the fbi, president obama too, even members of his own Administration Like his National Security adviser. The only exceptions, russia and russia president vladimir putin. The Washington Post reports that tweets came at a precarious time for the president who is grappling with a number of scandals both professional and personal. Report is trump did not leave maralago until sunday evening, skipping his usual rounds of golf at his nearby course in what aides described as a decision to show respect for the 17 People Killed in the school massacre. Instead, trump spent his time watching television. And all that tv watching led trump to take yet another perceived adversary on Oprah Winfrey. Trump wrote just watched the very insecure Oprah Winfrey one thing she is not insecure who at one point i knew very well. The questions were biased and slanted, the fax incorrect. Hope oprah runs so she can be exposed and defeated just like all the others. Lets bring in the hardball roundtable. Careen john pierre. And john, you first. Thank you. Okay. Question, is trump paranoid or guilty . Because if he is guilty, he is not paranoid. If he is paranoid, maybe he is not guilty. I do understand his frustration. It did come out there where there was an indictment on the russians, and they said we have not found any collusion with these guys at this point. And so that should be breaking news that should be a big story. It really wasnt. And so i do think that rightfully the president was frustrated. The problem is when you hit a single, they dont announce you make it the second. More than a single. I think people have to understand. The president has built a tv station under the twitter umbrella. Sure. Incredible amounts of viewers. The problem is most tv stations, they have editors and producers to make sure the right content goes at the right time and said the right way. The president doesnt have any of, that and i think it hurts him. Yes. Jeanpierre . I think at the end of the day, the president is very thinskinned. Is he guilty or crazy . Shrink thinskinned. Youre not answering my question. Thoroughly inappropriately worried . I am concerned that he is in the oval office for sure. No no. I want an answer. Do you think he is guilty . I think he is crazy. Do you think he is guilty . Yes. What is he guilty of . I think he is guilty. Of what did he do . Well, he is the one who can answer that. You said he is guilty. What is he guilty of . I think he feels that there is something that is going to come out about russia. Remember, there is money laundering. I think youre right than. Go ahead. I dont know whether he is crazy or guilty. I think as you were saying, i think that part of it is he cannot stand anyone saying that he wasnt the greatest candidate ever. And the idea that russians somehow pushed him over the edge is something that he just cannot take. He wants everyone to think he is greatest. Somebody said over the weekend, i like the metaphor. I dont agree with the politics. If you ever hit a dog with a rolled up newspaper, all you have to do is reach for the newspaper and the dog runs. He is that bat crazy about any mention of the word russia because he thinks somehow its going to say the russians stole it for him. Thats the thing. He does not want anyone else to take credit for what he feels is his great victory there may be other things going on. The Mueller Investigation is still going on. I think that the white house did try to oversell ate little bit by saying this proves no collusion. This is just one part of the investigation, and its still ongoing. So what are we going to do about guns . Im waiting for the democrats to stick their heads up and actually say anything. Anybody going to do anything . They should do something. A number for the assault weapons ban. Im very impressed. They tend fob from the east coast, the west coast, florida sorry, not florida some from florida. And hawaii. Hawaii is good on gun control you. Get to the middle of the country, the only states that support gun control are minnesota and illinois. The rest of the whole heartland is against that guy lankford, did you watch that guy on meet the press yesterday . Some of my friends in my neighborhood have ar15s. Well, i dont know why they all have ar15s. This is what i say about guns. Is something going to happen this year . Its an election year. I dont know i would bet on that. Not even a background check . Possibly. I think something cumulatively has happened. You look at newtown and say Nothing Happened after that. All these other shootings, Nothing Happened. But i think it builds on each other. I think when you look at the history. Last word. What youre seeing from these young people, these High School Students in florida is amazing. They dont vote in the senate. Yeah, but these are the people who are going to be voting. I hope, i hope. Remember, theyre the largest. Theyre becoming the larging voting bloc. Not a single republican for gun control that i could find in the United States senate right now. Not one. Yes, on Mental Illness, theyre certainly talking about it. And second of all, they keep coming back to the table and saying when are we going to do something about the violence that all these kids see in every movie and every game that they see . Within two weeks i predict that trump and company will be calling for the Death Penalty for this kid. And they wont be talking Mental Illness anymore. Thats just a dodge this week. This is a shell game. When it comes to guilt, theyre going to say he is guilty and he ought to be fried. You know they will. Your crowd will be saying execute the guy. They wont be saying Mental Illness anymore. What would you like to have done with him . I think he should be zpmed if he is mentally ill, you dont execute him. If he is mentally ill you dont execute him. Im just making the point that all this talk i understand these crocodile tooels tears about Mental Illness. To parents and others that if he is not mentally insane and he thought this out and he killed their children. I know the difference. Then there should be execution. Mentally, you know it was wrong to shoot these people. Thats not a high bar. If he reaches that bar, he ought to be executed. Thats the law in florida. It was very carefully planned. Im not sure about Capital Punishment myself. I change on it a lot. You guys are all sticking with us, and youre watching hardball, arent we . Yeah. Thats why theres otezla. 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I would read her books when i was younger. They transported me to another world but felt so familiar because our characters are African Americans. And you could see yourself, your family members, your community in her stories. Thats great. What did you think of her observation about bill clinton . Well, i dont know. He was the first black president. What did you make of that . Well, i think that you can look at that politically in many ways he was embraced by the black community. And he did have he did use some of that was that a hyperbole . Well, to a certain extent. But i think she is just an amazing writer. Well, thank you for doing that. Jeanpierre . I agree. She was a great writer. Mine is barbara jordan. I knew her im old. Thats right. I think she was a trail blazer, a political figure ahead of her time. She was political genius. And the Washington Post once referred to her as the first black woman everything. And there is so much truth to that. Because she was the first black woman that was elected to congress from the south. She was considered for vp, Vice President candidate in 1976, of all times in the time of racism and sexism. Jimmy carters campaign actually considered her, which was the same year that she gave this amazing keynote speech. Its chilling. At the convention. Chilling. Which is still known to be one of the top ten speeches of all time. It was just phenomenal. Link it and everything. And then bill clinton considered her for a Supreme Court justice. There is so many kind of firsts for her when i remember reading about her when i was a kid, i remember thinking who is this powerhouse, this voice, this orator. And so i really truly kind of fell in love with her story. Sheila jackson lee today. Thats exactly right. And i think in the time that were looking at with russia and trump, remember, she rose to come nens during the Richard Nixon hearings for watergate. I can hear her voice. Such a strong voice. John brabender . A little over a year ago you did a nice story here on people in american figures, the women centered on that, African American that were hired. Hidden figures. Hidden figures at nassau. And the lead was Katherine Johnson who graduated from college at 18, was a mathematical genius, and was put in a job to actually check the ibm computers accuracy to send john glenn up and make sure he got back alive. She ran into every barrier that African Americans and run into in the workplace, some even today. Greatly underpaid. But she ended up getting through the system, surviving, and showing what she was really about. I just thought it was an incredibly inspiring story. I think you agree with president obama. He gave her the award too. I think, ayears rasco. When we return, let me finish with an commendation im going toe offer. Youre watching hardball. I no wondering, what if . Uncertainties of hep c. I let go of all those feelings. Because i am cured with harvoni. 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For it seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of vietnam is to end in a stalemate. It is increasingly clear to this report theyre the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy and did the best they could. Coming from cronkite, the words came as a shocker. Here was the most trusted man in america delivering a verdict on a conflict the United States government was saying was winnable. President Lyndon Johnson knew its power. If ive lost cronkite, he said, clicking off the tv, ive lost middle america. I was wondering this weekend if people in the media would or could issue such a verdict on the killing fields that are now our schools. I say that because the media, especially reporters for the local tv stations are the people who cover such horrors up close and personal, just as cronkite earned his credibilities on wire Service Report in world war ii, its the local News Reporter who goes door to door, interviewing the schoolmates and parents of those killed by todays home front gun fire. I know that News Reporters are not supposed to take sides politically. But truly, is there another side to the argument of whether an 18yearold in any emotional state should have access to an ar15, a weapon perfect for spraying human lives away in school corridors. It is the ar15 that is the weapon of choice of the school shooters, time and time again. Between now and next time, the next one of these young killers will be shopping for his ar15. The only question is whether we will stop him or not. The media can either play its part or not. To paraphrase Walter Cronkite, thats just the way it is. And thats hardball for now. Thanks for being with us. All in with chris hayes starts right now. Tonight on all in doesnt this indictment disprove what mr. Trump has been saying all along . President trump lashes out. I would be very careful if i were President Trump here. Tonight in the wake of indictments, why the president is attacking everyone but the russians. Plus, inside russias troll farm with the reporter who saw this coming three years ago. Maybe its some kind of really opaque strategy of like, electing donald trump to undermine the u. S. Or something. Then, as the white house calls the florida m