Teachers. Where is this debate really going . I ask senator patomey, the republican leader of the last bipartisan push for gun reform. And Kentucky Republican thomas massie, supporter of loosening gun restrictions. Plus, the latest way russian twitter bots are sewing division. I talk to a senator about the Big Tech Companies that dominate our lives. Finally, muellers moves, how nervous is the president . Another guilty plea and more indictments this week. Now the House Democratic memo is out, and hes not happy. There is no collusion. Joining me for insight and analysis. Dadbrody, host f faith nation. Helene cooper, pentagon kronlt for new york times. Daniel pletka, and jorn earnest. Welcome to sunday. It is meet the press. Good morning. President trump has a leadership moment, but seems distracted by the russian investigation, rattled by the democratic memo challenging republican allegations of misconduct i in the russia probe. Mr. Trump sent out five tweets, felt the need to call into
Today, we are asking you is there a role for congress in the gymnastics of use scandal . In the easternes or central times on, you can call 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific regions, you can call 202 7488001. And if you or a Family Member or an amateur or collegiate athlete, there is a special line for you, 202 7488002. You can also reach us on social media come on twitter cspanwj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. At theake a look headline from you today about those efforts in congress. Imposes is going to regulation that requires new requirements on amateur sports organizations, something that would coincide with increased public pressure to address a scandal within the olympic community. Enduredese women have too much, which is why we must do more to protect our amateur athletes so that this never happens again. Joining us on the phone today is the author of that story, niel. Sl good morning. About what congress is doing in the wake of the Sexual Abuse Scandal.
These schools, you are just kidding yourselves. I hear so many of these wonderful plans where you are going to live in this utopian School Without any protection or guns or bullets flying at the perpetrator, the animal that wants to destroy the lives of families and children. Unless you are going to have offensive capability, you are wasting your time. Charles is the president correct . Are we wasting our time by not Arming Teachers in our schools . Of course, we should remind the audience who may not be familiar with your story, you are also a columbine survivor. What was your impression of todays meeting . I was pretty impressed he actually reached out to us and was commenting back in a puck manner it wasnt a simple closed door meeting and i allowed the media in. On my specific issue he was spot on. We need to end the gunfree zones. Its like offering up ice cream to the killers. I think hes spoton. We need too harden our targets in the schools. And defend good people. Charles certain
Here to talk about his recent piece about drugfree zones and sentencing. We are talking about it as part of our spotlight on magazines series. Thank you for joining us today. Guest thanks for having me. Host what made you want to have a look at this topic in particular . Guest the reason we started looking into this is the Tennessee Legislature is considering shrinking the size of their drugfree school zones. They considered it last year at are doing it again this year. Several states have also done this. Drugfree school zone laws exist in all 50 states, including the district of columbia. Basically, they enhance drug charges if you are caught with drugs near a school. They also include things like libraries, parks, rec centers. The size of them they have a fairly large size. In tennessee, the size around schools is 1000 feet, which is about three city blocks from any School Property or library. The reason tennessee is looking at reforming this is because a lot of criminal justice advo
It feels to me the next couple years should be quite strong. You will see businesses expecting and i would expect the next two years to be on the current path to be good years for the economy. Charles fire . Tammy, i have been watching these things for 20 years. Some of the classic dustups between Maxine Walters and allen greenspan. But they beat him up today and would not accept the fact that this economy is on fire. Tammy you have them on display to edit into a commercial for people back home. That does no one any good service because people at home are already benefiting from Donald Trumps tax cuts and tax reform. But they are still stuck within that pit of not being able to embrace the fact that everyones lives are improving. They are part of the government but they refuse to. But it also speaks to the fact within what they are stuck in, the financial aspects, they dont want the American People to do well because it hurts their political prospects. I want them to be a loyal opposit