election to influence the outcome, because if you do, that is stealing an election. tucker: amazing. so, i want to ask you about the question of nationalism. s the president described himself as a nationalist, recently, talk by the leader of france for doing that, he recently published a wall street journal op-ed defending the idea of a nationalism. why is nationalism a necessary concept in modern america? american nationalism. what is our identity?od if not a common race, ethnicity, america is a de facto rejection of that. it is fundamental he promised on this notion, we are all children of god, we are all born all created equal by our creator,is and given equal rights, life, liberty, and pursuing happiness. it is deeply rooted in morals and values. in fact, and explain everything this nation has done, internationally and domestically. we should be proud of that identity. we should defend that. number two, i think most of the viewers watching this program would be shocked to t
advertise history. parents and students are lobbying lawmakers for gun control and bills up in the house and senate. the democratic version calls for an assault rifle ban like the ar-15 used in the school shooting. the republican version does not include such a ban. also one of the last things over the weekend stoneman douglas student was laid to rest, the 17th and final funeral. sandra: thank you. bill: let s dig into all this right now. byron york political correspondent and fox news contributor. lawmakers come back. president talking about this today with the governors. what is expected to move? i would look for congress, if they do anything remember, after the sandy hook shooting they did not do anything. if they do something i would look for them to do the easy stuff. i would look for them to do something on making background
check section at all. they proposed slashing millions of dollars from the budget from the background check system. those are their actions, which is i have important to know, when you see that same president saying what he really wants to do is strengthen the background check system. those actions by him and that narrative tell one story, the story of what he s doing while he wants to convince you otherwise. now the president also made headlines last night when he said he would ask the justice department to consider regulations regarding bump stocks, one of these after-market modifications you can strap onto your semi-automatic rifle to make it fire like a machine gun. you should know that in terms of what he actually asked to happen, he requested the justice department to come up with regulations around these, the justice department has already considered regulating those kinds of devices. dianne feinstein, the author of the clinton-era assault rifle
of dollars from the budget from the background check system. so that s what they are doing. those are their actions, which is important to know, when you see that same president saying what he really wants to do is strengthen the background check system. those actions by him and that narrative tell one story, the story of what he s doing while he wants to convince you otherwise. now, the president also made headlines last night when he said he would ask the justice department to consider regulations regarding bump stocks, one of these aftermarket modifications you can strap onto your semi-automatic rifle to make it fire like a machine gun. the president s remarks on that subject made headlines. you should know that in terms of what he actually asked to happen, he requested the justice department to come up with regulations around these, the justice department has already considered regulating those kinds of devices. dianne feinstein, the author of the clinton-era assault rifle
the protest hasn t officially started yet. it is supposed to start within the next half hour or 45 minutes and more students coming. in the building behind here this is where the florida legislature meets and where many of the stoneman douglas high school students are lobbying lawmakers right now. they arrived three bus loads of them last evening here to tallahassee. and met with a number of local students and parents and teachers, discussed their legislative strategy. spoke to a few of them earlier today and they say they ll get results. we know change is nt going to happen today but show them what it was like to be trapped in a school not knowing if we were going to walk out. there are a number of different legislative initiatives ongoing. they voted down a measure that would have brought up a debate about an assault rifle ban. that was defeated. the president s office here says they re working on a