he said as much on departure for puerto rico yesterday here at the white house. the president ran as a strong supporter of gun rights. and cnn has been told he s being advised by top administration officials to steer clear of the issue, harkening back to what we heard on capitol hill many times after these mass casualty shooting events that now is not the time and all the facts need to be entered before entering into a discussion on second amendment rights. thank you, joe, for all of that reporting. now to the russia investigation. cnn has exclusive new details about those russian-linked facebook ads during the 2016 presidential campaign. some targeted swing states key to president trump defeating hillary clinton. cnn s manu raju has all the details for us. what did you learn?
in about an hour, the president will leave the white house to travel once again. this time to las vegas. moral agency is such a big part of the job of being president, the comfort, what you problem in terms of priorities. so what will the president say when he comes here? what will he say to first responders? what will he say to the people who are in shock and wondering whether this is just a necessary part of our culture now. cnn s joe johns is live at the white house with more. you know, it s something that we don t often think about when it comes to being a president, but it has loomed so large in the early months and certainly in the wake of these storms. and now this mass murder of epic proportion here in las vegas. that s true, chris. presidents to not cherish this role. but many of them have had to do
be beenrooted, still dealing with electricity shortages. only 7% of the island has power at the moment. reporter: saying you should be proud, touting this as a great place. just watch it yourself and be the judge. don t just believe what donald trump tweeted. believe what david says, but don t believe what i say. watch it yourself. david, let s talk about the exclusive coverage cnn has. manu raju said sources are saying the russian ads from facebook did target michigan and wisconsin. those are the states that allowed donald trump to win by a slim margin over hillary clinton. so lucky guess from russia? it doesn t take that much to figure out those would be swing states, or something else happening here? reporter: you have to face the obvious question, which is whether those people behind those ads had any kind of help
he said you re costing a lot of money down here. well, we re going to probably forgive your debt. again, it s all for the show. i feel like at this point we have enough data points from june 2015 until now that we know both him as a candidate and him as president, it s largely for the show is of it. it s for the perception. it s about picking fights with what he believes to be scapegoats like the media based on frankly nothing. the idea that the news didn t cover that story. we wrote about his words. i urged people yesterday and today. cnn has it online. cnn.com. watch the 13-minute photo-op on press conference where the clips you are playing are from. you decide if you think that is the way a president should approach a first visit to a site in which people s lives are 34 people lost their lives. but hundreds and thousand have
fomy doctor recommended ibgard. abdominal pain and bloating. now i m in control of my ibs. nonprescription ibgard- calms the angry gut. police say the las vegas killer rigged at least a dozen of the weapons found in his room to make them rapid-fire weapons. cnn s drew griffin is taking a look at how cheap and legal this is to do. reporter: a fully automatic rifle requires two components. a trigger mechanism that allows multiple rounds fired with one