adviser for the gun reform add cassie group giffords. also a former atf agent as well. the president, as you know, has not introduced his proposals for gun law reform even though he said he was going to. the senate has yet to act on the house-passed background checks bill. it would seem as if the issue of gun violence has slipped off washington s calendar. how does your group make sure it doesn t take another mass shooting to get us talking again about reforming gun laws? that s interesting. a month ago in las vegas giffords with march for our lives, we participated in a conversation with all the major democratic candidates who laid out plans on how to address this complicated issue. i think that i m a resident of virginia. i know every day when i turn on the tv, i m seeing ads about the issue of gun violence.
the enthusiasm the love the respect and also the telling let s see if we can get something done and republicans want to do it and democrats want to do it he also refused to seek a visibly increased appetite for gun law reform. ok let s go straight to washington where did abuse pablo foley alias is standing by for us good morning pablo president trump went to dayton and el paso to console the families of the victims and unite the shattered communities there did he manage to achieve that goal amidst all the political acrimony we saw there. well it depends on who you speak to brian of course the white house prior to donald trump s visit to dayton and so said that donald trump would be the healer in chief it was a very well as choreographed and staged well staged visit to both of those
perspective. it sure would be good to not have to talk to you on television for some time. lucy macbeth lost a son to gun violence. since that happened, she has been an advocate for gun law reform in this country. we should note that she is also running for congress in the state of georgia right now. lucy, we talked to you recently about gun violence. you heard what president trump said a couple of hours ago, that the president is going to stand behind and support victims of this school shooting. is the federal government do you think doing enough to protect this country s children? and if not, what more should it be doing? absolutely, the government is not doing enough to protect our children. thoughts and prayers are definitely not enough. it always remains to be seen what happens beyond these moments. what is our government willing to do beyond the moments of
airline, fox and friends first continues right now. jillian: keep singing, do the upside. rob: get that song going, i like that song. jillian: you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. rob: donald trump promising change in the wake of tragedy. the commander in chief is taking steps toward gun law reform to make our school safer. jillian: more on the president s historic and televised meeting with lawmakers and what we can
met life are doing away with perks. teachers of california, florida, kentucky, texas, new york, they own gun stocks in their pension plans. there you have it. a lot going on in florida. it has been 12 days, seems like a lifetime, since 17 state of the union and adults were killed and 14 others injured in that mass shooting at marjorie stoneman douglas high school. while there s been a lot of talk here s the thing. there s been no real solid change to protect americans from gun violence. right now president trump is meeting with a dwroup group of governors at the white house where he says school safety is his top priority. more than 850 miles south a rally is under way at the florida state capital in tallahassee with supporters demanding action on gun law reform. in parkland teachers are back at stoneman douglas today preparing