Republicans. There will be survivors of the parkland massacre, meaning the kids who hid in a closet and watched their best friends die. And there will be the National Rife a Rifle Association all in one room. Youve covered these after a horrible tragedy, they retreat and dig in and dont engage with each other. But tonight thats not going to be possible. Everybody is going to be on this one stage together. They have to confront the students who are demanding answers. They are coming with suggestions and demands. And the politicians both democrat and republican have to hear them. So that starts again at 9 00 tonight here. Alison, its going to be emotional night. As you noted you were there one week ago tonight following the shooting. Whats the one moment youll be looking for . Reporter well, i just spoke to these three young women,
juniors at Douglas High School, part of a drama troop, and they came here not actually with any sort of political message or any sort of demands. They came he
part of the warning to russia is that it will have severe consequences, severe negative consequences. and could do a lot of damage to the relationship if it does meddle in the 2016 elections as it has before. now, of course john, you can ask the question, under the obama administration there were at least three warnings directly to russia, john brennan and his counterpart and between president obama and president putin and they continued to meddle in the 2016 election. but when i pressed on that there were other measures direct action the administration is taking it cannot discuss because it is classified. i also asked if president trump has spoken directly to president putin about this matter. and the official wouldn t say, but said that it is using other channels with other professionals that are, quote, more effective to get the message across to moscow. but of course all of this is against this back drop, john, of the president tweeting recently
an ar. that student is my guest next. plus breaking news the white house says tonight the u.s. is taking direct action against russia to address election meddling. what exactly does that mean? erin burnett outfront brought to you by taltz. but when your psoriasis is bad, does it ever get in the way? embrace the chance of 100% clear skin with taltz. taltz is proven to help people with moderate to severe psoriasis achieve completely clear skin. with taltz, up to 90% of patients had a significant improvement of their psoriasis plaques. in fact, 4 out of 10 even achieved completely clear skin. don t use if you re allergic to taltz. before starting, you should be checked for tuberculosis. taltz may increase risk of infections
happened. let s look at it from the other side. what would it take for the russians to get the message u.s. is serious here? well, i think we would have to act in extraordinary way, john. so what you had was five intelligence chiefs here so i think if you were able to talk to them in classified environment could list the things they are doing individually within their own lane to blunt the russian effort. but what we need here is a synchronized whole of government many and dare i say, john, whole of society response to what the russians did to effect american thinking in electoral processes in 2016. that has extraordinary structure none of what we get in the system without the president. let me ask you about the shooting last week. we ll hear from the town hall tonight. she said this is a homeland security issue.
this country. they are not going to put up with this. and they are going to get results. and i m going to it be here to support you. and i m going to offer you the same advice that my dear friend vice president joe biden offered to us, which is go home, take care of yourself. this is a long hard rode. and please, please don t just take care of yourself. thank you. more important, sam, thanks so much for being with us. sam, please lean on the man beside you. i think he is a font of wisdom that he has. i ll. lucky for all of us that he s there. so thanks very much. thank you. thank you. outfront next, breaking news, russia warned the trump administration saying tonight they have taken direct action to address meddling in the 2018 election. so what is it? and the president pledges to, quoted, get things done. when is he going to get more specific?