Been able to help. The proposal to raise to 21 is common sense. I dont think we should be backing away from this issue. Bump stocks, i dont care if congress does it or not. Im writing it out myself. In his case he deserves credit for this. I hope hell keep it up. The fisa application had an arsenal of evidence on carter page. Its just a continuation of the same game the dnc has been playing. We cant have our intelligence agencies target one Political Party against another. He can call it political dirt. That doesnt mean the dossier is true or not true. This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. Good morning. Welcome to your new day. Its tuesday, february 27th,al 00 in the east. President trump urging congress to change the gun laws. President trump appears to be backing away from the idea of raising the age limit to buy rifles to 21. The president also says, unlike the School Resource officer, he would have rushed into the school, even if he did not have a gun to stop the carnage. This morning President Trump is focused on something very different. The president breaking a twoday hiatus on twitter with several posts this morning about the russia investigation, once again calling it a witch hunt. Literally his tweet is just those two words. Tweets come as his Communications Director hope hicks will meet privately with the House Intel Committee. Will she invoke executive privilege . Can she . Lets begin with Cnns Abby Phillip at the white house. Reporter good morning, chris. President trump today has a meeting with a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers where hell have an opportunity to hear feedback about gun control measures being considered now. Despite the fact that he says hes willing to go up against the nra to push the gun laws, the question remains how far is he willing to go to Push Congress to act . Dont worry about the nra. Theyre on our side. Half of you are so afraid of the nrr. Theres nothing to be afraid of. Reporter President Trump wanting stricter background checks. If theyre not with you, we have to fight them every once in a while. Thats okay. Theyre doing what they think is right. Reporter it comes after his weekend meetings with the leaders of the nra despite his willingness to break with nra positions, sources tell cnn the president appears to be backing away from changing the legal age to purchase a rifle from 18 to 21 after publicly considering the idea. The white house says the president did not discuss the age limit issue with governors. When they dont bring it up, thats telling to him. We go to war at 18, you vote at 18. Its very inconsistent. Reporter as Congress Struggles to find common ground, the president signaling a willingness to take executive action against bump stocks. Bump stocks, im writing that out myself. I dont care if congress does it or not. Im writing it out myself. Reporter the president doubling down on his criticism of Broward County deputies who didnt rush into the school to save lives. The way they performed was frankly disgusting. Reporter mr. Trump even going so far as to suggest he would have acted even if he didnt have a gun. I really believe id run in even if i didnt have a weapon. I think most of the people in this room would have done that, too, because i know most of you. The way they performed was really a disgrace. Reporter the president making the argument again forearming teachers. They dont love the students, they dont know the students. The teachers love the students and want to protect those students. Reporter washington states democratic governor rejects that idea. Educators should educate and should not be foisted upon this responsibility of packing heat in first grade classes. I just suggest we need a little less tweeting, a little more listening. Reporter lawmakers floating a few proposals during congresss first day back in session, including the fix nix people, giving states and federal agencies ability to make more entries into the background check system, a draft proposal to race the purchase age for long guns and an assault weapons ban. Alisyn and chris, it appears were well in the middle of a major tweet storm by the president. He is ending about three days of silence on social media after tweeting on saturday night about russia, hes now back on Tuesday Morning tweeting about russia again. Theres no word yet from the president on his twitter feed about the gun issue. Hes simply tweeting about witch hunts, as you can see. Abby, thank you very much. Well get to that in a moment. We have cnn political director David Chalian and reporter and editor at large for cnn politics, chris cillizza. Well talk about the tweet storm. We have our umbrellas ready. Lets talk about whats happening on the hill and in the white house with attempts to fight gun violence. David, this is going to take leadership, obviously, from the president. Congress approaches this obviously from very different sides, so the president is going to have to lead on this if something is going to be done. What do you think is going to happen this week . Its not just any president , but because donald trump is a republican president who arrived in office with a ton of support from the nra, hes uniquely positioned to actually try to bring some change here if he wanted to. Thats a real sort of leadership opportunity for him. I sound like a broken record, but i dont see Much Movement on this on capitol hill. I think we sense that President Trump is stepping away from some of the things hes floated, not a rush for action. The age minimum sounds like he met with the nra this past weekend and has shifted his position in our brand new poll, alisyn, banning anyone under the age of 21 from getting firearms, that has majority support among republicans, democrats and independents across the board, more than 70 of americans support it and yet hes backing away from it. In the polls, in the polls it has majority support. In this moment of great excitement and enthusiasm about these survivors and how articulate they are and what they promise they are for our future. Chris, the reason one of the reasons youve got to love alisyn is the optimism. One of the many. The list is too damn long. Its only a threehour show. Whos got the time. Im working on a book. So far, five volumes. Chris cillizza, when it comes to the political realities of what will drive people to the polls, weve never seen people vote on it. Tell me im wrong. No, youre right. Thats always the issue, is that lawmakers, when they look at Something Like this and they think to themselves i know theres a political price to pay, whether thats the nra keeping money from me, whether its gun owners in my district walking away, i know theres a price to pay for going against broadly speaking gun rights. Im not sure theres a price to pay for going against, again, broadly speaking, more gun control. The reason for that is the gun control end of this debate has never been politically organized enough or well financed enough to make it politically painful for people who go against their agenda. David is exactly right in citing the polling. The polling, this is not new. Yes, it is stronger support for gun control than weve seen in the recent past. Lots of these proposals, including back to sandy hook had majority support even though congress voted it down. The reason is simple. Theres a disincentive to cross the nra and not that that disincentive is not believed to exist on the other side. Thats why you see this thing that seems to not make sense right there. People want stricter gun laws. They approve of it. Then why dont we have them . Because the people who voted this is the perception, the people who vote on this issue, they will vote against you if you vote against gun rights. They wont vote for you if you vote for gun control. At every point theres a tipping point. Im not willing to throw in the towel. Its two weeks later almost. Were still talking about it. Sometimes these whoable tragedies have evaporated sooner than that. We have guests, one coming up in a minute, congressman sis linney who has 120 cosponsors in the house for the holy grail for banning assault weapons. We talked to congress brian mast, a republican calling for banning assault weapons. We didnt hear that after las veg vegas. Now might be the moment. Alisyn, i agree with you that this moment of conversation and discussion is feels different, is different sthan weve seen in the immediate aftermath of other Mass Shootings like this. To chriss point, whether or not we see that at the ballot box remains to be seen. How about where is the president on this . He came out of the box strong. Weve seen that in the past where he has said, here is what we should do, but he hasnt acted on it. The nra with the governors, he sounded stroll, cillizza, he said you guys shouldnt be so afraid of the nra. It does make you suspicious of why he backed off the age thing. We know the nra doesnt like the age thing. Whats your read on that . I dont think he feels terribly strongly about it. I think he spent the last week listening to people. Usually, if this issue is like most other issues, the last person he talks to is kind of the thing he says. He does not have a lot of existing beliefs as it relates to guns. To the extent hes voiced any positions, its been much more in favor of gun control than gun rights. I think his main motive, what drives him is getting wins, getting points on the board, is signing things, turning that document around in the oval office and showing people, hey, look, i signed this. I think he wants to get something done, and i think hes more motivated to do that because he views it as a thing that barack obama couldnt do after sandy hook that donald trump could do. Hes not a big specifics guy on anything. And i think this is this included. Thats why its hard to pin him down because he, himself, doesnt know. Open your umbrellas, low pressure system incoming. Tweet storm. Are you going to read the latest . Sure. Straight or dramatic readings . Dramatic. Lets start with the most recent one. Witch hunt. This will not be one of the questions on the trivia game that has the world by storm every night. Hes talking about the clinton situation and hes spent about five tweets this morning apparently watching fox news, hearing them talk with different experts talking about collusion. Witch hunt. What else if he says witch hunt, he aint talking about salem, massachusetts. Hes talking about the russia investigation. Weve seen no evidence of collusion, caps. Ive seen nothing, the firing of james comey and all the aftermath that suggests the president obstructed justice because hes exercising his power as president. Thats from judge ken starr, hell be on tomorrow. This is where the president s head is right now. I love, first of all, how the president has time to live blog cable television. Its fantastic. It want to point out, in our brand new cnn poll conducted by ssrs out this morning, the president is in a different place than a majority of americans on this. 61 of americans in this poll say it is a legitimate investigation, a minority say that this is all about just strieg to get the president. Now, the story of this russia investigation in the polls all along, guys, where you sit politically is how you see this. There is a huge partisan divide here. Republicans see it as an illegitimate exercise, and democrats overwhelmingly see it as a valid investigation. Independents side with the democrats on this one which is what gets you to that 61 majority. But the president is well aware of these numbers. When he types witch hunt in all caps on his twitter machine, he does it to make sure he is stoking his supporters and stick with him throughout what he knows is going to be a long process ahead still. Remember one other quick thing, for all the talk about guns and all these other issues, follow his tweeter feed. Thats what hes focused on, what he cares about. Thats the closest we get to whats on his mind at any given moment. It is more often than not about russia. Chris cillizza, David Chalian, thank you very much. Democratic congressman introducing an assault weapons ban as alisyn was just saying. How far will it go . What will he get in terms of buyin from the republicans and democrats . We ask that lawmaker next. Dial your bingewatching up to eleven. Join the uncarrier right now, and get four unlimited lines for only thirtyfive bucks each. Woah. Plus, netflix for the whole family. On us. Prrrrrrr. So, they get their shows. Lets go, girl youre gonna love this bit and you get yours. Watch however you want. On your phone, tablet, or tv. For a limited time, get 4 lines for just thirtyfive bucks per line, with no extra charges. 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Were starting to hear a groundswell of lawmakers calling for a ban on assault weapons. Democrats in the house are proposing a new bill that would restore and build on the assault weapons ban that expired back in 2004. Joining us is one of the congressmen behind that bill, democrat david cicilline. Congressman, thank you for being here. As we understand it youre sponsoring this with congressman ted deutch. His district is parkland and he was down there as we were in the aftermath of the shooting. Look, the president doesnt support a ban on assault weapons. What are the chances of your bill. I introduced a bill with 164 original cosponsors which is a tremendously strong showing of support. Six of the ten deadliest Mass Shootings in recent history were committed by someone who bought an assault weapon and committed tremendous carnage. This is a real epidemic. We know the assault weapons ban worked because when the ban expired that was previously enacted, Mass Shootings increased by 133 in frequency. So this is something that is very specific. It can address the issue of Mass Shootings, eliminate putting more of these dangerous weapons into our communities, and im hoping this time will be different. When the first assault weapons ban was enacted it was after a number of Mass Shootings and there was momentum building. I think the young people of parkland will help my colleagues find strength to do the right thing. 164 cosponsors as you just reported to. How many republicans . Those are all democrats. I have been in conversations with a number of republicans. As you reported already, brian mast has expressed publicly i think thats really relevant. We just had him on and he shares your feelings. So can you do something in a bipartisan way with him . I hope so. Ive spoken to him, to a number of republican colleagues who are reviewing the bill. I hope they will join us in this effort. There are a number of good bills to help reduce gun violence in our country. I think the assault weapons ban is one of those. Obviously you need speaker paul ryans buyin to even bring this to a vote. So where is he on this . We havent heard from him . I think, again, this is like so often is the case. This is going to require the continued engagement of the American People demanding that congress do something to keep our communities safe and reduce the epidemic of gun violence in this country. Well continue to see activism around the country. Folks demanding their congress do something. Again, its going to be incumbent on the individuals who are here in congress to listen to their constituents, to be sure theyre doing something. Weve got to keep the pressure on. This wont be easy. All these gun bills are going to be tough to pass because of the power of the gun lobby in this town. But i think its time for people to stand up and do whats right for their constituents and do all we can to reduce gun violence. Theres no one answer to fix it all. We can take a number of steps to significantly reduce gun violence in this country. What does that mean for speak are paul ryan . Have you heard from him . I think the speaker will ultimately decide if a bill comes to the floor. I dont think the speaker has expressed support for this bill. Id encourage you to ask him. I think the support of the Republican Leadership will make a difference. Theres no secret, we have not had a lot of support from our republican colleagues on any of these measures. We have dozens of gun safety proposals pending, unable to get a single one brought to the floor for a vote. We have a long record of supporting common sense gun safety legislation and our republican colleagues have a history of rejecting those. I think the continued pressure from the public to demand action will help us in that effort. What about what the president said yesterday, dont be afraid of the nra, sometimes you may have to fight them. Theyre not as powerful as you may think. That was his message to governors. What did you think of that . I tell people all the time, this town is full of powerful lobbying and advocacy groups. The fact of the matter is, its up to the members of congress to sift through these advocacy groups and arguments and do whats right for the American People. While the gun lobby is very powerful, every member of congress has the power to overcome that with his or her vote. We ought to stand up and do whats right for our constituents and the American People. As you know, when Many Americans