Stetsons against mr. Well i. What about the end and power of the n. R. A. In this country is immense you got to admit that bob. An ira is not doing anything other than expressing the views they have. To and as an congressman theyre giving him a lot of money. The moneys not thats not the issue the issue is abiding by the constitution you know for every person thats killed there are thousands of people who dont want to be killed and want to have a gun to protect themselves if somebody and i walks into their house and tries to attack their family so its we really have to understand passing laws dont work if if passing laws worked there wouldnt be any killings in chicago and many killings in washington d. C. Because they have strong gun laws. No its passage of simple us if a person larry is going to commit murder he doesnt care much whether or not he violates the law and thats really what it comes down to weve got to somehow get a hold on Mental Illness stop guns from being put in the hands of mentally ill people but also weve got to fight evil with with force and that means putting guards armed guards in schools and in places weve got them in federal buildings weve got them in airports we why not schools you know the same the easiest place for a shooter to walk in hurt innocent people shoot or kill innocent people is a place where there are no guns and there are no guns in most schools we need a concealed carry permits for people who are qualified to use guns who will stand up and fight back against the evil doers that are prepared to do these kinds of atrocities bob stay right there a lot more politicking right after the break. United states is going to look very deep of the mystic crisis shelling still a miracle supremest see the north from the outside noise from russia not from china from the inside all sides are missing what you see now all around russia and this hi barbara lizzies you know russian opportunities is psychological analyst on the ball of times to find somebody outside the United States fully is responsible for their while the real problem is inside. Fifty years ago breaking within to come together as a sleeping pill and dustys would certainly does. The side effects were terrible but not on earth as shown in dutch one troubled love. The war. Across europe. Legal battles demanding at least some compensation. To waste festool difficult times itself as well theres a constant reminder that the people who actually perpetrated this crime has never been the justice and theres been a couple. Welcome back to politicking were talking with Bob Livingston former republican member of congress from louisiana and a Founding Partner of the Livingston Group mr trump has repeatedly criticized him. He wants regulations to be finalized very soon about dumb stocks he wants sessions to come down harder on many other things including looking into the Obama Administration are you critical of the attorney general sessions i saw the general on Television Just recently and i was very pleased to hear him say that they are actively investigating a lot of the things that i thought were just being swept under the rug im very concerned about the leadership of the f. B. I. Thats seems to have gone totally astray and has been concealing Important Information from the American People. You know in this whole effort to unveil colu zhen with the russians well we know now after two years of investigation that there was no trump collusion with or we dont know that yet we well we pretty well know it i think it would have been leaked because theyve been the f. B. I. Certainly selectively leaked anything but they wanted to shouldnt your anger be at the russians for what they meddling in elections thats terrible. I think that they are yeah my youngest of the russians at the chinese its about anybody who would interfere in our try to interfere in our elections but you know we do it with them so president obama went to israel interfered their lectures hes gone to honduras interfered in their elections. Unfortunately thats International Politics and we do know that the russians didnt affect the outcome of this election we know that for a fact and in fact. The. Deputy attorney general has stated as much just in the last couple of weeks so but other countries are going to try to mess around in. Theyre adversaries affairs and the russians have been doing it since lenin took over one hundred years ago theyre going to theyre going to do it i was not terribly impressed with. Mr mullers indictment of russians who will never come here and face charges that frankly look little surprise its not going to stop the russians from doing what theyre doing how are we supposed to be mad are we supposed to declare a nuclear war against them because of it no thats not going to happen at least i hope not. So we have to recognize all the countries of going to mess in our election or i have to do put up defenses if we can stop Congress Overwhelmingly test sanctions against russia in the twenty sixteen election but mr trump has not implemented those sanctions why not well. I can answer that because i dont know number one but i would say that we have larger issues with the russians like their submarines and ships all over the world and their Nuclear Weapons pointed at us and our Nuclear Weapons pointed at them so i would go very very carefully about doing anything like that simply because of an election process and by the way what did president obama do if obama himself said that there was no way that the russians could tamper with their elections and that it wouldnt have an effect only after the elections turned out against Hillary Clinton did a hell of a sudden anybody becomes concerned about the outcome of the or the russian involvement but mcconnell and senator from new york had planned a joint Republican Democratic to take actions against russia and mcconnell went against it obama was for it and that was in two thousand and fourteen so dont say that obama didnt do anything no but im just saying that i saw a clip just recently of just months to three or four months be. For the election in two thousand and sixteen obama put food the very question that the russians could possibly interfere or affect the outcome of the elections and remember when governor romney who was a candidate for president raised it in a debate with obama way back when. Obama just dismissed him entirely said i know youre dealing in the one nine hundred eighty s. This is a. Two thousands and rush is not a problem all of a sudden its for a rush is a problem for obama by the democrats for the f. B. I. For the n. S. A. And id say a little late when you wait until after the election to say anything. Bob as always thanks for your time thank you so much larry thanks for having me now joining these bill press progressive commentator host of the bill press show on the Young Turks Network he joins me from washington bill get us up to date on the white house problem involving Security Council clearances for the top staff what is the latest on this issue well the latest is that there are still. Dozens maybe. Certainly dozens that have no security clearance they have an interim security clearance because they havent been able to get permanent security clearance we know that of course rob porter the guy was accused of Domestic Violence by two of his exwives did not have one he was he was then the job thirteen months with just an interim security clearance so john kelly the chief of staff. Issued a rule last fall saying were going to limit these security clearances and not have any more of them last friday just last friday john kelly issued another statement saying were going to now start weeding them out of the of have an interim security clearance are going to have to go we cant keep you on any longer well guess what there is there are two people in the white house who a pretty big names who dont have a permanent security clearance jarrad cushion or son in law and daughter evocate trump and now theyre pushing back and theyre saying no matter what john kelly says were not going anywhere were going to stay on the job so i think it raises two questions larry one is whos going to win this battle daughter and son in law or the chief of staff number one and number two i want to know why cant get a permanent security clearance im not saying he was guilty of Domestic Violence but there is something in his past and the f. B. I. Is saying hes got a problem do you believe that kelly is targeting jack. No i think kelly is trying to do his job i think he understands that if youre doing chaired question prison charge believe it or not a piece in the middle east not that he has any credentials but i mean if youve got somebody whos in charge of that sensitive area the world traveling over there meeting with World Leaders and trying to put a peace deal together and getting all those top secret documents or crosses desk and doesnt have a security clearance i think thats a concern for all americans or just like the staff secretary rob porter at the white house he was the guy that handed trump all the top secret documents i mean anybody could have blackmailed him because he didnt have a right to see those documents. Kelli doesnt clear. Does does kelly have to go. Its hard for me to imagine that trump could keep him on the job if he fires gerard trump would have to make a decision between kelly or question or kelly or eve aka where do you think thats going to go. I dont know but id like to be down tomorrow largo when they make that this is. Not tobar of last year youre on this show and we discussed the massacre in las vegas that was not deadly is michigan American History now four months later another shooting is in the news this one in florida but everyone is saying. This ones kind of different the kids are involved and i have a margin in march theyre going to march to watch do you think this one may change this. You know what larry i honestly do believe it could and i have been ive been in depression ever since columbine but particularly ever since sandy hook sandy hook nothing the paulson nightclub nothing San BernardinoNothing Happened youre right i remember talking to you about this las vegas Nothing Happened but these kids have strong voices they are determined they have an experience you and i have never had they looked in the down the barrel of an a r fifteen and they saw their their friends getting blown away right and left there theyre not going to forget this theyre not going to give up just because like the Florida Legislature didnt do anything the first time and the other thing theyve got larry which i think could make a difference they are they know the social media theyd their masters they have opportunities now for building a movement that you and i never had right when we were in school so i think its going to make it could it could make a difference this time and also there are a lot of politicians up for reelection in two thousand and eighteen and i think if this becomes an issue in those midterm elections. I think youre going to see some people some politicians get a little backbone all of a sudden will the number one issue in the twenty eighteen Congressional Elections be trump. Yes and no i have to give you a political answer but. Heres what i mean by that yes he will be a. Central issue and yes republicans are going to have to defend him and democrats are going to make republicans defend him right down the line on the dreamers on the guns on the tax cuts on obamacare and on everything but the democrats need more than that if thats all the democrats do not going to do very well the democrats have to go out with him and to the American People with a message of what they will do what they will deliver what their priorities are theyre going to have to say look were not here for the one percent like donald trump were really here for working class americans middle class americans we want to prove your lives in these ways and if they do that. I think theres a good chance that the democrats could take the house and the senate. Oh what do you make of the former red regain its apparently negotiating a plea deal with muller. To turn the tables and what do you make of these sealed indictments well let me tell you what it tells me and certainly the indictment of the thirteen russians and now the word that rick gates who was paul manna for its deputy and his Business Partner is ready to cooperate with mob Robert Muller and then the fact that this dutch diplomat has pleaded guilty for lying to the f. B. I. I think i think what the white house ought to recognize an American People should Robert Muller is a serious cop on a Serious Mission leading a criminal investigation into the Trump Administration on two fronts whether they will maybe three one certainly whether they were helping the russians in what we know the russians were doing to influence the election to whether by firing james comey or some other stuff donald trump obstructed justice and three whether there are some financial shot shine and again this with the trump empire and by the way i think this is where a hard question could get caught. That could end up being criminal activity so i tell you what i think the message is overall again Robert Mueller is on a Serious Mission hes got a top notch staff this thing is in high gear its not going to end anytime soon and it is going all the way to the oval office bill is all those thanks for your time today covered a lot of ground larry good to be with you thank you bill and thank you the audience for joining me on this edition of politicking remember you can join the conversation on my Facebook Page or tweet me at kings things and dont forget to use the politicking hash tag and thats all for this edition of politicking. We were his door full of gaza it was the last inch we dismantle the settlements so what we got Good Neighbors we got to tell organization launching a look at store all of religious and i will keep it simple and dug tunnels so instead of having a Good Neighbors we have a mustang which is a tell all state. Shes world news right now the uns most powerful body prepares for another round of crisis talks on syrias rebel held eastern guta as russia accuses the International Community of double standards. Question lawmakers considered tougher penalties for child sex. Yes as more harrowing allegations emerge from an orphanage in the city of chelyabinsk. A Florida School massacre further polarizes American Society over gun control with both sides suggesting radically different security solutions. First olympic gold for russian athletes at the winter games and another silver as two teenage friends top the podium in the figure skating. I will also take a look around the olympics host city with donald trump and kim jong. Well. There friday morning at ten im calling this is the world news the stories were tracking for you this hour russias a u. N. Ambassador is calling on all warring sides in syrias rebel held region of Eastern Ghouta to cease hostilities addressing the Security Council of vaseline a benzo also criticized the way the International Media and foreign powers have been representing the situation in the own place. There is a must of psychoses in the Mainstream Media which is spread in the same room as day after day it doesnt help to understand the situation thats who they put forward the idea that there are only hospitals in eastern guta which the tsunami fights and against now what we just heard was the Russian Ambassador to the United Nations responding to what he characterized as a Smear Campaign now the meeting was called in response to the situation in eastern guta that was a suburb of damascus located to the east of damascus at this point its an enclave of rebels and terrorist forces now theres been increasing hostilities and eastern guta as the Syrian Government is fighting to retake the city from terrorist russia was responding to some of the very heated words and accusations we heard from other countries in the chamber in the lead up to his remarks systematic targeting of civilians in disregard for human life attacks against health care and hospitals constitute crimes the regime wants to keep bombing and gassing these four hundred thousand people and the assad regime is counting on russia to make sure the Security Council is unable to stop their suffering while in his remarks to the fifteen member body in the bed he was very clear that situations in eastern guta are rather dire however the situation is much more complex than its being made out to be that essentially civilians are being used as human shields by the terrorists he pointed out that some of the more extreme allegations being made against russia and syria are being made by the forces that just leveled the city of raka the u. S. Led coalition leveled syrias rucka this is in the