background check. now, at the beginning shortly after the shooting, president trump indicated that he might do something with assault weapons saying he might raise the age limit. it s currently 18, to 21. but backed away from that. instead creating a federal school safety commission. but, again, we will be watching this very closely. these were historic marches and it seems as though it is the beginning of a movement. kristen holmes in washington for us, thank you. with us is kelly jane torrance and pat bolton and cnn little commentator jack kingston. thank you all for being here. jack, as we see the power of what we saw yesterday, do you have a sense of how the republican party is going to deal with this, balance this as we head into midterms? no i don t.