It might not be big change, lasting change, the kind that will satisfy everyone, but it happened. It is worthy of note and it happened largely because of the voices of the students of Stoneman Douglas high school. Breaking news, just moments ago, the president declared unambiguously that he supports raising the age you can buy a rifle from 18 to 21. This is a move flatly opposed by the nra. The president wrote, i will be strongly pushing comprehensive background checks with an emphasis on Mental Health, raise age to 21 and end sale of bump stocks. Congress is in a mood to finally do something on the issue i hope. This son top of a significant shift from marco rubio, a republican with an aplus rating from the nra during the cnn town hall overnight. I traditionally have not supported looking at magazine clip size, and after this and some of the details ive learned about it, im reconsidering that position, and ill tell you why. Ill tell you why. Because while it may not prevent an attack,
And going to go to the football field together. They are going to stand on that football field which is behind the fence. Still on campus and they are going to be there for those 17 minutes, one for each of the victims who were killed at this school one month ago today. They are reflecting as well on the political activism on gun very form, on mental health. They want to make sure that this is something that is not taking not being forgotten. You can see the drone footage walking out towards the football field. This is a little bit of a different situation than other schools across the nation because it is a somber occasion as well as they go out to the football field, some of them say they are not really sure. They expect they may be silent but not really sure. They are going to do what comes to them in that moment, if they feel they need to talk about those victims coach mates and friends. If they want to sit and cry, theyll do that as well. This for them is a little different than s
Reporte i think manu is having a hard time hearing me. Reporter any minute now, john, were expecting hope hicks to walk into the House Intelligence Committee meeting room just below me. The question is whether shes going to answer questions about her time during the transition period, and in the white house. What we can tell you is that congressman mike conway, the republicans leading the russia investigation, just told our colleague that he expects her to answer all those questions during the transition and during the white house. The question is whether or not she will actually do that or whether or not she will do what steve bannon did when he appeared before the Committee Earlier this month, he said he would not answer questions because it preserves the right of the president to invoke executive privilege during the transition and the campaign. What hope hicks is uncertain. Whether she has an agreement with the Committee Also uncertain. Mike conway is not certain of any agreement s
To protect peoples data, and if we cant do that, then we dont deserve to have the opportunity to serve people. So our responsible now is to make sure this doesnt happen again. Cnns Laurie Segall joins me now. Laurie, terrific, compelling interview. Well done. We saw contrition there. I think the question this morning is exactly what was the contrition for. Reporter look, i think its been a really rough year for facebook, and i think in the last week this has been a crisis for the company. I actually asked mark, i said we look at this company in the last year, we look at the weaponization of the platform for political gain, and can we trust that you guys are making sure we are protected as we go into the midterm elections and looking back, did you do enough . Take a listen. I think whats clear is that in 2016 we were not as on top of a number of issues as we should have been, whether it was russian interference or fake news. This isnt rocket science. Theres a lot of hard work that we ne
Moment, back at the white house top staffers are reportedly starting betting pools on who will be fired next with sources telling cnn attorney general Jeff Sessions is likely at the top of the list, all this as new documents show that the Trump Organization was more involved in the porn star payoff than previously reported. Lets start with Cnns Abby Phillip live at the white house. The president bragging about some interesting things, abby. Reporter thats right, john. We have actually heard this story before. The president has said in the past that hes insisted canada has a trade deficit with the United States even though canada doesnt. What he did last night at this fundraiser according to a source in the room who confirmed it to cnn, was he acknowledged he had actually no idea at the time. This is what he said. I didnt even know, i had no idea. I just said youre wrong. You know why . Because were so stupid. And i thought they were smart. I said, youre wrong, justin. He said, nope, we