Good morning, and welcome to americas newsroom. I am bill hemmer. Sandra i am we are going to do strong background checks. We are going to get the age up from 18 to 21. We have to harden our schools not soften them up. A gun free zone to a killer or somebody who wants to be a killer, thats like going in for the ice cream. Thats like here i am, take me. We have to get smarter on gun free zones. Sandra john roberts is live for us on the white house lawn this morning. Good morning to you. We have breaking news. An hour from now, the president speaks to cpac down there, just south of washington, d. C. He will announce a new package of sanctions on north korea. This has been described by white house officials as a massive package of sanctions. The biggest yet. And thats will follow the speech, adding a greater level of detail to this new package of sanctions that will be against the pyongyang regime. The president will be talking tough about north korea. It was the Vice President who was talking tough ad cpac, explaining why at the opening ceremonies two weeks ago at the olympics, he did not applaud the north korean delegation. Lets listen. For all those in the media who think i should have stood and cheered with the North Koreans, i say the United States of america doesnt stand with murderous dictatorships. We stand up to murderous dictatorships. Bill and of course, we will be carrying the president s speech alive this morning, so you can see the news that he makes on north korea. It is also going to focus on the Douglas High School shooting, gun safety, and what can be done to avoid such things in the future. The present voicing support for improved background checks. We are just a moment ago raising the minimum agent to buy a rifle to 21 from 18. That would match with the age needed to buy a handgun. And of trained individuals to act as a first line of defense if a shooter gets in, schools are soft targets that need to be hardened. Listen here. We have teachers that are marines. For 20 years, they have been retired, become a teacher, they are army, navy, air force, coast guard, they are people that have won shooting contest for whatever. This is what they do. They nail guns, and they understand guns. We need to let people know, you come into our schools, you are going to be dead. And it is going to be fast. And unless you do that, you are always going to have this problem. Bill clearly, the president has very strong opinions on that particular aspect of what he believes, making schools safe. He gets a lot of opposition to it, though. Even though some schools in america already are doing this. On a very limited basis. I am already told that the president is not likely to mention this news that we got about this sheriffs deputies who stayed outside of the school, even though he was armed. He was a School Resource since the 2009, while the carnage was going on inside the school. Sandra. Sandra he has now resigned. John, clearly this is going to be a wideranging speech by the president set to begin in about one hour from now. What else we know the president is going to be talking about . He is going to spend a lot of time talking about immigration, the threat from the and the tories i must 13 gang. This is something that he was talking about yesterday as well, lamenting the fact that california has got to the sanctuary city, at the same time, there is a huge gang problem coming across the borde border. So yesterday threatening to pull i. C. E. Agents out of the area. Listen here. We havent pulled our i. C. E. Out, and we havent said let them figure it out for themselves. In two months, they would be begging for us to come back. They would be begging. And you know what, im thinking about doing it. We have been told that there is no plan for the president to pull i. C. E. Agents out of california, but clearly wanted comes to california, the president also taking aim at democrats over daca. For those of you who are still interested, the democrats have totally forgotten about daca. I am told that he is also going to go after nancy pelosi for her comments yesterday. Take the lawn mower and cut the grass. 32 we look forward to that speech from the president and just about one hour. John roberts, thank you. Bill organizes cpac. What a week it has been. You will introduce the president. When do you expect to hear from him . I expect to hear from the president a bit of an intimate conversation with these conservative activists. He has built a strong relationship with them, and i think he is going to get honest about how serious our problems are and his proposed solutions to solve them. Bill such as what . I think the Vice President talked about the problems overseas. He was specific about north korea. I wouldnt be surprised if the president explained our threats overseas. I think it is true that the president wants to make sure that people understand when it comes to the question of immigration he is serious. He is serious about wanting to get a deal on immigration. He is taking only problems that we have in society. Sometimes he makes people little bit concerned about where it will end up. It is the job of the president to engage the people in the problems of the day. Bill what do you think of the gun issue . What is your expectation . I think more of the same, what he did with the family as it was the next right stuff. The president was consoling the families. He is also opening up the door for the conversation about what to do on guns. The Vice President said that no American Teacher or student should fear for their lives in our schools. This is the line in the sand that we must draw, we must protect our kids. We have a penchant towards violence in our society, into the president is going to take that honor. Bill at one point, he paused and took notice of how quiet the room was. What was going on inside that room when he was speaking . I think it was more somber. These people at cpac, they strongly support that Wayne Lapierre is a friend. It is a somber time. I think the audience participation reflected that. I think conservatives are open to the idea of keeping our kids safe. And what those policies are, we are going to have a big debate about it. What a democracy should you, and there are times when we should listen more and talk a little bit less. Bill 55 minutes away. We will have live coverage right here. We appreciate your time this morning. The headliner, you could say, comes up at 10 00 eastern time. It is 8 minutes past the hour. Sandra shocking new details from last weeks High School Massacre in florida. The Sheriffs Office revealing last night that the schools armed officer, the only one on duty outside, and it did nothing while shots rang out inside the building. That officer, scott peterson, who is seen here back in 2015, reportedly stood there for 4 minutes without going in. The shooting spree lasted 6 minutes. The Broward County sheriff is completely in disbelief. A deputy arrived at the west side of building 12, take up a position, and he never went n. Was he there when the shooter was still inside the building . Yes he was. He went in, address the killer. Sandra live in parkland florida, there is word that they are returning to the school this morning. Good morning, sandra, yes. A difficult, emotional, and clearly very trying and heavy day underway behind me where for the First Time Since nine days ago, they were in their classroom where the gunfire erupted, and 17 people lost their lives. Today, they can voluntarily return to the school, go inside the classrooms, collect any personal items they may have abandoned in their rush to evacuate the building. Things like briefcases, purses, cell phones, anything else of a personal nature. They are not required to be here, but they certainly are allowed. And there are many people choosing to do that. They will actually be returning here for work for planning days next week, monday and tuesday. As for that School Resource center officer, on the floor for 30 plus years. He resigned retired yesterday afternoon yesterday after Broward County sheriffs suspended him, pending an investigation into his behavior as the shooting was unfolding. That man, also seen in a Board Meeting video, from 2015, just four years ago, he was awarded School Resource officer of the year. But now, we all know that on the day of the shooting, shooting and killing people, peterson was outside the door of building 12, and not going inside, as is the new national protocol, established over the past 19 years after the columbine High School Massacre when all of the responding cops and deputies covered outside of the school, waiting for squads to arrive. Now, you hear shots fired, every responding officer immediately storms into the building, looking for the shooter. As for the suspect, nicholas cruz, more than 20 times of the Sheriffs Department was called for his erratic and volatile behavior over the last few years, and the sheriff also announced yesterday that two of his deputies are now suspended, pending an investigation for some of their encounters with the suspect and what little followup they did or did not do after that. Sandra. Sandra from florida this morning. Thank you. Bill absolute systemic failure. And when you think about the last 48 hours, learning about what has gone wrong, and that is just what we have been told. There is so much more to the story. Sandra you can only imagine the thoughts. Complete disbelief. Bill and the president s too. President trump now threatening to pull i. C. E. Officers out of california. A big topic at cpac today. Sandra paul man afford and rick gates. 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They are doing everything they can to try to win back the Congress Next november. We dont have to wonder what would happen if the party of nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer won the house and senate. Do we . I mean, remember the last time it happened . I do. I was actually there the last time democrats were in congress. And they nearly ran america into the ground. Bill the Vice President yesterday speaking at cpac, blasting democrats along the way. Remembering republicans not to be complacent before this next election. Welcome back here, and good morning to you. I dont need to tell you democrats are motivated, what is the response to that . Well, they are motivated. They thought they were going to walk away with the white house in 2016. It was a huge wakeup call, and we have seen them energized in the special elections. And we have too much that urgency, and we are seeing that. We have had more voter contact, they have had 500,000 new small donors, small dollar donors since the President Trump took office. We have a past every fundraising record. We have to keep that going, and i think Vice President pence is right. We need that urgency going into these midterms because we have something to fight for. We need to protect americas come back. Bill so the money is one thing. And if the economy stays good, we stand a pretty good chance, frankly. You have the state house. This is where donald trump at won overwhelmingly, and now they are flipping. Why is that . Speak i think when you win 900 legislative seats under barack obama, you are going to lose some humor there. They are given credibility and attention. We won a 3 out of 4 in florida, some of them are anomalies, like what happened in kentucky. But we did win five congressional races, and that is what is really going to matter with the Tipping Point of majority in the house and the senate. Bill so you are not worried . Now, every day, i am worried about it. I dont want to turn it over to pelosi or schumer. But we are taking the right steps. We are in 22 states. By the Vice President pence is right, we have to be energized, we have to turn out and vote. We have something to protect, which is this comeback is that are feeling across the country. This is something to fight for, and we know the democrats will just take us backwards. Bill you have been at cpac to this week. It do they get the sense of urgency, those in attendance, like you . I am heading there today, but i have been watching. Yet, they get the energy. We see it at the rnc all year with the record small dollar donations we have seen, with volunteers signing up. But we are going to have to keep that going, and President Trump has turned our country around with policies that have made america greater, and we cannot was going back to the dark ages of pelosi and schumer. Bill the dark ages. Now we can show our viewers that we raised about 12 million, about 40 million in cash on hand. Last point, mike pence it said yesterday that donald trump throughout the playbook, and he will do it again in november. What does that look like . Well, i think President Trump brings a whole new energy and a whole new coalition to the Republican Party. I sighed in michigan. He connects it with the voters. He says to you i understand that your wages were stagnant under barack obama. He is going to be on the road, fighting for this comebacker, and fighting for this majority because he knows how important it is that we keep america going in the right direction. We cannot go back. Bill so he will be on the road then. We want him on the road. We want him all over this country, there is nobody who energizes our base better than President Trump. Bill come back real soon. Thank you for taking your time. Sandra he was a rising star, a rising political star, but no one governor is a free falling. 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And so when we get those and get that video, we will bring it to you live when we have it. Meanwhile, President Trump putting california unnoticed, threatening to pull i. C. E. Agents out of the stated. Saying is that it would teach them a lesson. Frankly, if i wanted to pull our people from california, you would have a crime nesta like you have never seen it. All i would have to do is say i. C. E. And board up and border control, you would see crime like no one has ever seen crime in this country. Yet, we get no help from the state of california. They are doing a lousy management job. Sandra joining me now, attorney general from the state of arkansas, she will be speaking later on today about sanctuary cities at cpac. She joins us live from there now. Leslie, thanks for joining us this morning. So what did you make when you heard the president float this idea of pulling i. C. E. Agents from the state of california . Well, its unfortunate that the leadership in the state of california hasnt pushed to the president and federal authorities to this limit. What they have done in california, making it a sanctuary state, it is tying the hands of local Law Enforcement, who are now unable to arres