we believe in absolutely gun-free, zero tolerance, totally safe schools. [ applause ] that means no guns in america s schools, period. i call on congress today to act immediately to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every single school in this nation. the nra s wayne with a complete about face on guns and classrooms. i want to bring in two people that couldn t agree more with guns in schools. joining me is marry ann and vice president of the american federation of teachers and works on school safety policies and political commentator, both on
there are serious facts on the ground that he can bring light to. it s a serious situation, four people died, and has got even short shrift. weapon lawmakers say they are going to have hearings and they will be explosive. he can preempt some of that by coming out and being very forthright about what he nothing s at this point. that would be an opportunity for him. i m not sure that the question will be asked or the opportunity taken. marry ann would you expect that? i think this president operates a little differently than others. he s a very good poker player. more than anything he waits until he has all the information before him, all the facts, and i don t think this situation with benghazi or syria, or boston is any different. he s going to approach all three the same way. plea liplea litpolitizing those three things doesn t help
moment. a former john kerry adviser, and mary katherine ham, a fox news contributor, good morning to both of you. we brought you in to talk about something different. marry ann why do you hold a press conference today? well, the president is about a hundred days into his second term. this is a perfect time to really define the terms of the second term, the first hundred days and many of the issues we ve all been talking about, the boston bombings, the economy. syria, a host of other issues. it s a perfect time for him to define the terms of this presidency and the debate. mary kathrine i m wondering about syria. about how you define a red line and what evidence we have and do not have. how far does he go today to clarify that? i wonder in light of that why hold a press conference today? he doesn t do them very often. this is a really stuff strategic question on the board where they did make a red line and now others reporting, well there is
worked on is you know, he is teaing him isself off the case. what does that tell you? well, you you know, i received calls from all over the country prosecutors offering to go down there. as you know, we represent the criminal justice system and the rule of law and prosecutors take great pride in standing before judges like you and say the government is ready. and we cannot we cannot back down from these people. judge jeanine: marry ann i will go to you. you have been a gang prison investigator and worked in the prison system with the gang members. are these guys known to target law enforcement and their families? no, ma am. this is totally uncharacteristic. totally uncharacteristic of abt members. judge jeanine: not just of abt members but of gang members in general. prison gang members, yes. it is not something at the top of their list. they know that is part of the
worked on is you know, he is teaing him isself off the case. what does that tell you? well, you you know, i received calls from all over the country prosecutors offering to go down there. as you know, we represent the criminal justice system and the rule of law and prosecutors take great pride in standing before judges like you and say the government is ready. and we cannot we cannot back down from these people. judge jeanine: marry ann i will go to you. you have been a gang prison investigator and worked in the prison system with the gang members. are these guys known to target law enforcement and their families? no, ma am. this is totally uncharacteristic. totally uncharacteristic of abt members. judge jeanine: not just of abt members but of gang members in general. prison gang members, yes. it is not something at the top of their list. they know that is part of the