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19yearold nikolas cruz made his First Court Appearance yesterday on 17 counts of premeditated murder. The judge had him held without bond. Julie, good morning. You can see behind us traffic going on. People are retrieving vehicles. It is a crime scene that has been locked down since wednesday. Now people first getting the chance to go in and get their vehicles. A lot of people still have their purses, knapsacks, phones still in the school. So some signs that theyre starting to get their vehicles back today. Were getting more details. Very minute details from the timeline of what went on here. Just six minutes the shooter was inside that school and of those six minutes just three minutes were spent shooting. That was enough to kill 17 people, wound more than a dozen. As many as 150 shots fired. That means the shooter was able to reload an average clip of 30 bullets several times. He shot inside five different classrooms and here is what a student inside one of those classrooms had to say to describe the scene. The door has a window on it and like a glass little window and he just shot right through it and just shot from outside. He never came into the room but he just started spraying around the room and he just hit people. The suspected shooter 19yearold nikolas cruz made his First Court Appearance yesterday in an orange jumpsuits. Wrists and ankles were shackled. He looked down for most of the proceeding saying yes maam once to the judge. 57, 130 pounds. His attorney spoke to the suspected shooters state of mind. When your brain is not fully developed, you dont know how to deal with these things. When you have the lack of impulse control that a 19yearold has, that affects the behavior that you exhibit. Thats the child that im sitting across from. He is sad, he is mournful, he is remorseful, he is fully aware of what is going on. And he is just a broken human being. Floridas attorney general has said the state will most certainly seek the Death Penalty in this case and the first of 17 funerals began this morning at 10 00 a. M. For a 14yearold girl. Julie, back to you. Steve harrigan in parkland, florida. Thank you. Jon were learning the f. B. I. Received a warning about the Florida Shooter months before the massacre. A Youtube Video blogger says he alerted the agency back in september after someone named nikolas cruz posted this disturbing comment to the f. B. I. Im going to be a professional school shooter. The f. B. I. Interviewed the tipster who received that cryptic phrase but says they had too Little Information to identify the person behind the post. Initially it came across my push notifications and it caught my attention so i thought somebody needed to see it. So i screen shot it and forwarded it to the f. B. I. And it was disturbing that somebody would write Something Like that but i never would have thought they meant it. Jon thats a video blogger who got that disturbing message joining us now is buck sexton, a former c. I. A. Analyst and host of a nationally syndicated radio program. This time yesterday the f. B. I. Stepped up to the microphone and said we saw the threat and investigated it. It wasnt specific about time or place and we couldnt figure out who sent it. His name is on there. There cant be that many Nikolas Cruzs in the United States, are there . It was an unusual spelling of the name as well. If you used open source databases it would become clear there werent that many individuals they were dealing here and could have tracked it down quickly. Jon what about the i. P. Address . They didnt follow up. There was failure in the system. The system fails when you have a mass tragedy like this and so many red flags. See something, say something. Thats an important mantra. People saw a lot and said a lot. School administrators, Law Enforcement. The f. B. I. Has the ability quickly if they want to, to get a subpoena to youtube and get the ip address and know where the individual is and able to track down who it is. They didnt do it in this case. To be fair to the f. B. I. The threat reporting that comes in is massive. When i was at the nypd. Counter terrorism threats come in all the time. If you chase them all down thats all youll be doing. There is a resource issue that comes into it as well. Jon as you said the phrase see something, say something. We are urged to report people who seem to be suspicious. This bail bondsman did what he was asked to do and it went nowhere. A lot of people brought it to the attention of the authorities and it wasnt enough. So now when we look at this and people are talking about the takeaways and the possible changes that could be made in policy, one of the issues is that even if Everybody Knows this was a bad kid. This guy was doing evil stuff and saying evil things. Even in that instance what Legal Recourse is there . We have to put him in front of a judge and see if you can institutionalize here. That is a complicated area of the law already. Absent a Legal Recourse to lock him away, what are the options for society . Everyone knew he was a bad kid. Local Law Enforcement was aware. They went to the house dozens of times and teachers and people around him were aware and it wasnt enough. Jon in the San Bernardino matter Political Correctness entered in. Neighbors thought the couple was suspicious but didnt want to report them because they were muslim. In this case this kid has some mental issues quite clearly and is it possible that people these days dont want to be seen as i dont know reporting on or snitching on people who have mental disabilities . In this instance everybody was reporting and doing everything they could in this case the try to get it flagged to the appropriate authorities but the authorities by the way, this happens with terrorism cases as well. Someone was saying i hope the Islamic State wins, i hate american. It is not illegal. If somebody is radicalized it is not necessarily possible to lock them up for that. Its free speech. In this case he is saying strange things, perhaps you could have gotten him on an interstate threat with the youtube post. He wont go to prison for a long time for that. What recourse for people who do know the threat is, not a whole lot other than try to secure schools better. That will be casualty mitigation, not elimination. Thats not enough. Jon a lot of questions still to be answered. Julie. Still ahead much more on the tragic Florida High School shooting plus a daca deadline looming. The program set to expire in just weeks from now. And lawmakers seem more divided than ever. Will they be able to reach a deal in time . These are proposals that have bipartisan support. Were very disappointed that Senate Democrats dont want to embrace these proposals because theyre the only things that will fix the problem and provide a permanent, longterm solution so we arent back here in three, five or 10 years. Iges . Try align probiotic. For a nonstop, sweet treat goodness, hold on to your tiara kind of day. Get 24 7 digestive support, with align. The 1 doctor recommended probiotic brand. Also in kids chewables. Julie it looks like it is back to the drawing board for lawmakers looking to reach an immigration deal. The Senate Striking down two proposals yesterday leaving the dreamers in limbo yet again. Expiring daca programs one of the reasons for the impasse. Party leaders split over President Trumps role in negotiations. If the president had let us do our work a bipartisan compromise would have passed this chamber with 65 votes and we would have a solution to protect the dreamers. The president generously offered a pathway to citizenship for 1. 8 million daca recipients. So its disappointing but we arent going to give up. The deadline is still march 5th. And the clock is ticking. Julie the clock has been ticking. I believe the clock ran out some time ago. Joining me now sarah west wood from the washington examiner. Thank you for talking to us. It seems if you would agree both republicans and democrats will never come to an agreement on immigration. Both say they want to strengthen our borders but democrats want to protect the illegals who illegally cross them and some republicans are taking issue with family migration and visa lottery system. What is the alternative if different ideas havent worked in the past . Thats the Million Dollar question. We saw votes on bills that more accurately reflected what the president has asked for. All of them failed. Here is the dilemma. Republicans need bipartisan support for an immigration deal to pass it. Once you have the house and you have speaker ryan saying he wont take up a bill that trump doesnt support. Any deal watered down enough to have survived the senate is likely to be dead on arrival at the house. Congress is trying to thread a needle here it is hard to see one that could satisfy both chambers. Julie point out a problem with the rounds, king, collins proposal and the durbin proposal. The one yesterday was to the left of the durbin proposal that the white house rejected. Progressives didnt like the rounds, kings, collins bill because it placed limits on family migration and appropriated 25 billion for Border Security including billion else of dollars for the wall and conservatives didnt like it because it didnt go far enough to address the other two pillars President Trump put forward besides daca and the wall including the Visa Lottery Program and changes to family migration programs. There were not significant changes that would limit future immigration for the relatives of those dreamers which would make the number of people getting amnesty as high as 3 million to 5 million rather than 1. 8 million people. Julie republicans and democrats never seemingly willing to come together on this issue of immigration. If you have speaker ryan who wont even entertain a bill the president doesnt explicitly support now that the white house came out so strongly about the rounds, king, collins proposal yesterday whats next . A great question. Some observers are looking at the situation in the senate if that bill couldnt survive. The grassley and Durbin Graham couldnt survive what piece of legislation could . The senate is taking the lead on this you arent going to see anything potentially reach the Lower Chamber where a bill would have to be more in line with what hard line conservatives want to see on immigration to pass. Julie was the final nail for some republicans seeing Chuck Schumers name placed on the bipartisan proposal. Susan collins complained to the Senate Floor Staff about it ahead of thursdays vote. They might be wary of voting that something that President Trump and conservatives dont like on immigration. The gang of eight talks left a stigma around republicans like Lindsey Graham and marco rubio. Their support of that kind of legislation followed them for years into the 2016 primary. A lot of republicans will be reluctant to back something that could be used to characterize them as someone in favor of amnesty. Julie what is it with the centrist republicans that have an issue with the family migration and visa lottery system. If you want to properly vet immigrants coming into this country handing out a random lottery system doesnt do that. What is it is centrist republicans have an issue with . They have concerns about cutting down the number, the volume of Legal Immigration even though that Public Opinion is on the side of moving towards a meritbased immigration system and thats something that could get bipartisan support if you reduce the total numbers of Legal Immigration thats where centrist republicans and democrats get uncomfortable. They want to take the visas from the Lottery Program and reallocate them to other areas. Julie thank you. Appreciate you coming on today. Jon former white house chief strategist spent a lot of time with Robert Mueller and being held in contempt of congress, thats steve bannon. Plus the confessed gunman in the Parkland Florida School shooting. Why his attorneys a saying he did it. At some point people have to say enough. We really do need to address this issue. We cant turn away. The question is does the president have the courage to break with the gun lobby core constituents of his on this issue . Julie new information on special counsel Robert Muellers investigation into possible russian collusion with the trump campaign. Former white house strategist steve bannon meeting with muellers team for more than 20 hours this week and appearing before a Congressional Panel but lawmakers found him uncooperative. Some saying he should be held in contempt for refusing to answer questions. Jon a series of chilling social media posts showing the arsenal of weapons by the confessed shooter in the parkland, florida massacre. Some outlets calling out the president for gun control. President trump stresses the need to address americas Mental Health issues. My hope is that his ego is bigger than his cowardice. He has a chance, frankly, to be brave with no down side. By the way. We would say okay, a couple of bots jumped in there. This is our children. There have already been eight School Shootings this year. Were at february 15th. The monday after valentines day about a month into the year and there have been eight already this year. There were 48 last year. What can you do, you ask, mr. President . You can stand up to the powerful gun lobbies that spend over 30 million to support you for president. Jon lets get reaction of our media panel today. Jamie weinstein, and a radio talk show host and author. Thank you both for being here. Jamie, a lot of people look to President Trump and say wave a magic wand and fix this. What do you say . I understand the inclination for easy answers. Someone who believes there are all these solutions out there if congress would only act. Im afraid no easy answers. A lot of things proposed wouldnt do much to prevent the crime that occurred and prevent gun deaths more generally. Ethan proposed something if im right which did make sense and perhaps would at least solve the problem in the immediate, maybe having two Law Enforcement figures at every school if thats feasible. There isnt an easy answer to these problems. It is tragic. I havent seen anyone propose something that would materially change the with gun violence. Jon what is your suggestion . Jamie is correct from the aspect there are no easy answers. It is complicated. We have to address Mental Health. We have people who need serious help. In the case of florida the terrorist, we knew that he needed help. He needed to get the care and get him away from firearms. So its a combination of Mental Health solutions and a combination of changing our laws so when you are identified as a potential threat we get you the care that you need to protect yourself and others and remove firearms from the household in which they reside. So if you do that combination and jamie was corrected i called on Governor Brown to call up the National Guard and stand up two at every school until we address the other two prongs. Getting the Mental Health and getting guns away from those with issues. As long as human beings are around, jamie, you will have evil. Drugs are illegal in this country and weve got were awash in illegal drugs. How do you legislate Something Like guns . Even if you didnt have the Second Amendment. Lets say we didnt have the Second Amendment and a National Consensus to ban all guns. There are as many guns as people in the United States. You can ban certain type of guns and they still exist on the market or the blackmarket for people to get who want to commit evil like this. Now, you can put up barriers, thats a good thing. At the end of the day even these type of gun violence episodes with rifles or assault weapons as some people term them are a small part of the overall gun violence deaths per year. 3 of murders are committed with rifles which are termed assault weapons. Most are done by handguns and thats not being addressed with many of these solutions. This is a difficult problem. Ifm owe all for coming up with ways to try to solve it to the extent we can. I dont think well solve gun violence more broadly because there are evil people out there and try to do commit evil. I dont know if we can make all that go away. Jon how about video games . Would you support regulating video games . Video games out there that are very realistic and you can shoot to death every video character on the screen and leave them lying in a pool of blood. I think thats a much more challenging issue. It gets into parenting and greater social issues. Jon why . How do you regulate video games. A handgun you can control the flow of them. Germany did it very successfully after a series of First Court Appearance<\/a> yesterday on 17 counts of premeditated murder. The judge had him held without bond. Julie, good morning. You can see behind us traffic going on. People are retrieving vehicles. It is a crime scene that has been locked down since wednesday. Now people first getting the chance to go in and get their vehicles. A lot of people still have their purses, knapsacks, phones still in the school. So some signs that theyre starting to get their vehicles back today. Were getting more details. Very minute details from the timeline of what went on here. Just six minutes the shooter was inside that school and of those six minutes just three minutes were spent shooting. That was enough to kill 17 people, wound more than a dozen. As many as 150 shots fired. That means the shooter was able to reload an average clip of 30 bullets several times. He shot inside five different classrooms and here is what a student inside one of those classrooms had to say to describe the scene. The door has a window on it and like a glass little window and he just shot right through it and just shot from outside. He never came into the room but he just started spraying around the room and he just hit people. The suspected shooter 19yearold nikolas cruz made his First Court Appearance<\/a> yesterday in an orange jumpsuits. Wrists and ankles were shackled. He looked down for most of the proceeding saying yes maam once to the judge. 57, 130 pounds. His attorney spoke to the suspected shooters state of mind. When your brain is not fully developed, you dont know how to deal with these things. When you have the lack of impulse control that a 19yearold has, that affects the behavior that you exhibit. Thats the child that im sitting across from. He is sad, he is mournful, he is remorseful, he is fully aware of what is going on. And he is just a broken human being. Floridas attorney general has said the state will most certainly seek the Death Penalty<\/a> in this case and the first of 17 funerals began this morning at 10 00 a. M. For a 14yearold girl. Julie, back to you. Steve harrigan in parkland, florida. Thank you. Jon were learning the f. B. I. Received a warning about the Florida Shooter<\/a> months before the massacre. A Youtube Video<\/a> blogger says he alerted the agency back in september after someone named nikolas cruz posted this disturbing comment to the f. B. I. Im going to be a professional school shooter. The f. B. I. Interviewed the tipster who received that cryptic phrase but says they had too Little Information<\/a> to identify the person behind the post. Initially it came across my push notifications and it caught my attention so i thought somebody needed to see it. So i screen shot it and forwarded it to the f. B. I. And it was disturbing that somebody would write Something Like<\/a> that but i never would have thought they meant it. Jon thats a video blogger who got that disturbing message joining us now is buck sexton, a former c. I. A. Analyst and host of a nationally syndicated radio program. This time yesterday the f. B. I. Stepped up to the microphone and said we saw the threat and investigated it. It wasnt specific about time or place and we couldnt figure out who sent it. His name is on there. There cant be that many Nikolas Cruzs<\/a> in the United States<\/a>, are there . It was an unusual spelling of the name as well. If you used open source databases it would become clear there werent that many individuals they were dealing here and could have tracked it down quickly. Jon what about the i. P. Address . They didnt follow up. There was failure in the system. The system fails when you have a mass tragedy like this and so many red flags. See something, say something. Thats an important mantra. People saw a lot and said a lot. School administrators, Law Enforcement<\/a>. The f. B. I. Has the ability quickly if they want to, to get a subpoena to youtube and get the ip address and know where the individual is and able to track down who it is. They didnt do it in this case. To be fair to the f. B. I. The threat reporting that comes in is massive. When i was at the nypd. Counter terrorism threats come in all the time. If you chase them all down thats all youll be doing. There is a resource issue that comes into it as well. Jon as you said the phrase see something, say something. We are urged to report people who seem to be suspicious. This bail bondsman did what he was asked to do and it went nowhere. A lot of people brought it to the attention of the authorities and it wasnt enough. So now when we look at this and people are talking about the takeaways and the possible changes that could be made in policy, one of the issues is that even if Everybody Knows<\/a> this was a bad kid. This guy was doing evil stuff and saying evil things. Even in that instance what Legal Recourse<\/a> is there . We have to put him in front of a judge and see if you can institutionalize here. That is a complicated area of the law already. Absent a Legal Recourse<\/a> to lock him away, what are the options for society . Everyone knew he was a bad kid. Local Law Enforcement<\/a> was aware. They went to the house dozens of times and teachers and people around him were aware and it wasnt enough. Jon in the San Bernardino<\/a> matter Political Correctness<\/a> entered in. Neighbors thought the couple was suspicious but didnt want to report them because they were muslim. In this case this kid has some mental issues quite clearly and is it possible that people these days dont want to be seen as i dont know reporting on or snitching on people who have mental disabilities . In this instance everybody was reporting and doing everything they could in this case the try to get it flagged to the appropriate authorities but the authorities by the way, this happens with terrorism cases as well. Someone was saying i hope the Islamic State<\/a> wins, i hate american. It is not illegal. If somebody is radicalized it is not necessarily possible to lock them up for that. Its free speech. In this case he is saying strange things, perhaps you could have gotten him on an interstate threat with the youtube post. He wont go to prison for a long time for that. What recourse for people who do know the threat is, not a whole lot other than try to secure schools better. That will be casualty mitigation, not elimination. Thats not enough. Jon a lot of questions still to be answered. Julie. Still ahead much more on the tragic Florida High School<\/a> shooting plus a daca deadline looming. The program set to expire in just weeks from now. And lawmakers seem more divided than ever. Will they be able to reach a deal in time . These are proposals that have bipartisan support. Were very disappointed that Senate Democrats<\/a> dont want to embrace these proposals because theyre the only things that will fix the problem and provide a permanent, longterm solution so we arent back here in three, five or 10 years. Iges . Try align probiotic. For a nonstop, sweet treat goodness, hold on to your tiara kind of day. Get 24 7 digestive support, with align. The 1 doctor recommended probiotic brand. Also in kids chewables. Julie it looks like it is back to the drawing board for lawmakers looking to reach an immigration deal. The Senate Striking<\/a> down two proposals yesterday leaving the dreamers in limbo yet again. Expiring daca programs one of the reasons for the impasse. Party leaders split over President Trump<\/a>s role in negotiations. If the president had let us do our work a bipartisan compromise would have passed this chamber with 65 votes and we would have a solution to protect the dreamers. The president generously offered a pathway to citizenship for 1. 8 million daca recipients. So its disappointing but we arent going to give up. The deadline is still march 5th. And the clock is ticking. Julie the clock has been ticking. I believe the clock ran out some time ago. Joining me now sarah west wood from the washington examiner. Thank you for talking to us. It seems if you would agree both republicans and democrats will never come to an agreement on immigration. Both say they want to strengthen our borders but democrats want to protect the illegals who illegally cross them and some republicans are taking issue with family migration and visa lottery system. What is the alternative if different ideas havent worked in the past . Thats the Million Dollar<\/a> question. We saw votes on bills that more accurately reflected what the president has asked for. All of them failed. Here is the dilemma. Republicans need bipartisan support for an immigration deal to pass it. Once you have the house and you have speaker ryan saying he wont take up a bill that trump doesnt support. Any deal watered down enough to have survived the senate is likely to be dead on arrival at the house. Congress is trying to thread a needle here it is hard to see one that could satisfy both chambers. Julie point out a problem with the rounds, king, collins proposal and the durbin proposal. The one yesterday was to the left of the durbin proposal that the white house rejected. Progressives didnt like the rounds, kings, collins bill because it placed limits on family migration and appropriated 25 billion for Border Security<\/a> including billion else of dollars for the wall and conservatives didnt like it because it didnt go far enough to address the other two pillars President Trump<\/a> put forward besides daca and the wall including the Visa Lottery Program<\/a> and changes to family migration programs. There were not significant changes that would limit future immigration for the relatives of those dreamers which would make the number of people getting amnesty as high as 3 million to 5 million rather than 1. 8 million people. Julie republicans and democrats never seemingly willing to come together on this issue of immigration. If you have speaker ryan who wont even entertain a bill the president doesnt explicitly support now that the white house came out so strongly about the rounds, king, collins proposal yesterday whats next . A great question. Some observers are looking at the situation in the senate if that bill couldnt survive. The grassley and Durbin Graham<\/a> couldnt survive what piece of legislation could . The senate is taking the lead on this you arent going to see anything potentially reach the Lower Chamber<\/a> where a bill would have to be more in line with what hard line conservatives want to see on immigration to pass. Julie was the final nail for some republicans seeing Chuck Schumers<\/a> name placed on the bipartisan proposal. Susan collins complained to the Senate Floor Staff<\/a> about it ahead of thursdays vote. They might be wary of voting that something that President Trump<\/a> and conservatives dont like on immigration. The gang of eight talks left a stigma around republicans like Lindsey Graham<\/a> and marco rubio. Their support of that kind of legislation followed them for years into the 2016 primary. A lot of republicans will be reluctant to back something that could be used to characterize them as someone in favor of amnesty. Julie what is it with the centrist republicans that have an issue with the family migration and visa lottery system. If you want to properly vet immigrants coming into this country handing out a random lottery system doesnt do that. What is it is centrist republicans have an issue with . They have concerns about cutting down the number, the volume of Legal Immigration<\/a> even though that Public Opinion<\/a> is on the side of moving towards a meritbased immigration system and thats something that could get bipartisan support if you reduce the total numbers of Legal Immigration<\/a> thats where centrist republicans and democrats get uncomfortable. They want to take the visas from the Lottery Program<\/a> and reallocate them to other areas. Julie thank you. Appreciate you coming on today. Jon former white house chief strategist spent a lot of time with Robert Mueller<\/a> and being held in contempt of congress, thats steve bannon. Plus the confessed gunman in the Parkland Florida School<\/a> shooting. Why his attorneys a saying he did it. At some point people have to say enough. We really do need to address this issue. We cant turn away. The question is does the president have the courage to break with the gun lobby core constituents of his on this issue . Julie new information on special counsel Robert Mueller<\/a>s investigation into possible russian collusion with the trump campaign. Former white house strategist steve bannon meeting with muellers team for more than 20 hours this week and appearing before a Congressional Panel<\/a> but lawmakers found him uncooperative. Some saying he should be held in contempt for refusing to answer questions. Jon a series of chilling social media posts showing the arsenal of weapons by the confessed shooter in the parkland, florida massacre. Some outlets calling out the president for gun control. President trump stresses the need to address americas Mental Health<\/a> issues. My hope is that his ego is bigger than his cowardice. He has a chance, frankly, to be brave with no down side. By the way. We would say okay, a couple of bots jumped in there. This is our children. There have already been eight School Shootings<\/a> this year. Were at february 15th. The monday after valentines day about a month into the year and there have been eight already this year. There were 48 last year. What can you do, you ask, mr. President . You can stand up to the powerful gun lobbies that spend over 30 million to support you for president. Jon lets get reaction of our media panel today. Jamie weinstein, and a radio talk show host and author. Thank you both for being here. Jamie, a lot of people look to President Trump<\/a> and say wave a magic wand and fix this. What do you say . I understand the inclination for easy answers. Someone who believes there are all these solutions out there if congress would only act. Im afraid no easy answers. A lot of things proposed wouldnt do much to prevent the crime that occurred and prevent gun deaths more generally. Ethan proposed something if im right which did make sense and perhaps would at least solve the problem in the immediate, maybe having two Law Enforcement<\/a> figures at every school if thats feasible. There isnt an easy answer to these problems. It is tragic. I havent seen anyone propose something that would materially change the with gun violence. Jon what is your suggestion . Jamie is correct from the aspect there are no easy answers. It is complicated. We have to address Mental Health<\/a>. We have people who need serious help. In the case of florida the terrorist, we knew that he needed help. He needed to get the care and get him away from firearms. So its a combination of Mental Health<\/a> solutions and a combination of changing our laws so when you are identified as a potential threat we get you the care that you need to protect yourself and others and remove firearms from the household in which they reside. So if you do that combination and jamie was corrected i called on Governor Brown<\/a> to call up the National Guard<\/a> and stand up two at every school until we address the other two prongs. Getting the Mental Health<\/a> and getting guns away from those with issues. As long as human beings are around, jamie, you will have evil. Drugs are illegal in this country and weve got were awash in illegal drugs. How do you legislate Something Like<\/a> guns . Even if you didnt have the Second Amendment<\/a>. Lets say we didnt have the Second Amendment<\/a> and a National Consensus<\/a> to ban all guns. There are as many guns as people in the United States<\/a>. You can ban certain type of guns and they still exist on the market or the blackmarket for people to get who want to commit evil like this. Now, you can put up barriers, thats a good thing. At the end of the day even these type of gun violence episodes with rifles or assault weapons as some people term them are a small part of the overall gun violence deaths per year. 3 of murders are committed with rifles which are termed assault weapons. Most are done by handguns and thats not being addressed with many of these solutions. This is a difficult problem. Ifm owe all for coming up with ways to try to solve it to the extent we can. I dont think well solve gun violence more broadly because there are evil people out there and try to do commit evil. I dont know if we can make all that go away. Jon how about video games . Would you support regulating video games . Video games out there that are very realistic and you can shoot to death every video character on the screen and leave them lying in a pool of blood. I think thats a much more challenging issue. It gets into parenting and greater social issues. Jon why . How do you regulate video games. A handgun you can control the flow of them. Germany did it very successfully after a series of School Shootings<\/a> in germany. Background check before you get your permit. How many guns were in society in germany . They dont have the tradition very high gun ownership rate. Finland and switzerland where the society has chosen to allow the government to be more intrusive if you are going to have a Deadly Weapon<\/a> in your hands. I want to go back to something you said about the assault rifles being 3 . The key is to make it more difficult to rapidly kill a large number of people in a short period of time. I call for banning bump stocks immediately. Lets remove high capacity magazines immediately. Look, i fired ar15s and ive gone skaoet shooting and hunting. I know what its like to use firearms. There is a rational basis to limit what is available just as the government has the right to limit what the populous can buy in terms of firearms. Lets make it harder to kill 17 people in a short window of time. Jon thank you both. Julie a familiar face. Mitt romney announcing a run for senate in utah what critics are saying. Passion ate calls for action. How lawmakers are addressing the new debate over gun control. What will it take for this body to finally grapple with this issue . Columbine wasnt enough . This has become a national disgrace. Dont we need that cable box to watch tv . Nope. Dont we need to run . Nope. It just explodes in a high pitched yeahhh. yeahhh try directv now for 10 a month for 3 months. No satellite needed. Today, innovation in the finger lakes is helping build the new new york. Once home to the worlds image center, new york state is now a leader in optics, photonics and imaging. Fueled by strong university partnerships, providing the worlds best talent. And supported with Workforce Development<\/a> to create even more opportunities. All across new york state, were building the new new york. To grow your business with us in new york state, visit esd. Ny. Gov. Jon mitt romney makes a return to the National Political<\/a> stage. The former Massachusetts Governor<\/a> and president ial candidate announcing he plans to run for senate. Romney tweeting this morning i am running for United States<\/a> senate to serve the people of utah and bring utahs values to washington were live in Salt Lake City<\/a>. Hi, john. This really doesnt come as a big surprise when you consider retiring Senate Republican<\/a> orrin hatch encouraged him to run as did the president after the president failed to convince hatch to stay. Utah welcomes legal immigrants from around the world. Washington sends immigrants a message of exclusion. And on utahs capitol hill people treat one another with respect. I have decided to run for United States<\/a> senate because i believe i can help bring utahs values and utahs lessons to washington he is standing on an ice rink of his achievement to bring the 2002 Salt Lake City<\/a> olympics out of scandal. The former nominee polls well in utah. He has been a part of the state for generations. The lone democrat calls romney a carpet baggerer and she relates to the voters who want to change washington when you see the trump voters step up saying enough is enough i can relate to that. We dont want government to be so far away from us. So removed from our community. Mitt romney represents more of that. This is a deeply red state and with romneys popularity, Party Insiders<\/a> say its no surprise no other viable gop candidate has come forward. If you are facing a goliath in battle will you pick up the stone and march out in front . It takes a lot of courage to do that. There are some people who may have run that wont based on a mitt romney candidacy. And then the tricky relationship the president has with the president. One of his most outspoken critics. Should romney win he will be unlike any other freshman senator on capitol hill. Jon he will have the name recognition. Thank you. Is there any money in the budget to deal with the proliferation of gun violence . I am not aware of that level of detail in the budget for me to be the expert to attest on that. In light of what happened yesterday. I will say personally i think the gun violence is a tragedy what weve seen yesterday and i would urge congress to look at these issues. Julie a Tense Exchange<\/a> between congressman john lewis and Steve Mnuchin<\/a> yesterday. It comes as the gun control debate Takes Center Stage<\/a> and picks up in congress with some lawmakers demanding chain following wednesdays tragic mass shooting. Lets bring our panel. The cofounder and managing editor the beat d. C. And the executive director and former National Chairman<\/a> for the Republican National<\/a> committee. Alexandra, let me ask you first. There are so many loopholes that you could blame and perhaps blame for not preventing this. Mental health and gun purchases are taking the center of this one. So what should congress do about it . Let me first start off by saying just how sorry i am to the victims and to their families. I cant even imagine what it would be like to send your child to school and to have him or her not come home that day. It is unthinkable. You know, look, i think were at a crossroads in our country right now. We have a situation where our Civil Liberties<\/a> are butting up against this horrific reality that these weapons are being used to cause mass terror in our open and public space. There is hope in terms of what we can do. There is plenty of ways that we can tighten existing rules that are on the books. Study Mental Health<\/a>. What is important to not do in this situation is to just pile on a bunch of laws that wont change anything. Because what will happen is well be sitting here unfortunately after the next horrific attack and say what could have been done, what did we do wrong . Gun control doesnt really help in terms of situations where were putting limits on lawabiding gun owners. Julie tiffany. I have to disagree. When she said were at a crossroads we were at a crossroads after columbine and been there ever since and how many Mass Shootings<\/a> since then . We wont see change until the dollars and cents from the nra will buy more than thoughts and prayers. They have to buy policy change. And when we as a country have accepted that dead babies and dead teenagers are not as important as gun enthusiasts who will help the nra fund gop candidates who put their political future before the safety of our children its a problem. Weve seen it happen so many times and it was a huge deal when the Mass Shootings<\/a> have happened and now its become the regular norm. Very much a huge deal but becoming a norm and something this time we have the breaking news banner happen but there have been other Mass Shootings<\/a> that happen that dont make breaking news banners across cable networks. It is time for more than thoughts and prayers. Julie this network is all over School Shootings<\/a> and treat every one like a big deal. How can you change it from happen . It must stop. We hear stories from 17 and 18yearolds begging for washington to step in and do something. I want to play the suspects lawyer talking now about how unstable her client is but specifically she mentions his age and ill get to that in a moment. Lets play that. When your brain is not fully developed you dont know how to deal with these things. When you have the lack of impulse control that a 19yearold has, that affects the behavior that you exhibit. Thats the child that im sitting across from. Julie the child. She is referring to her client as a child. Yet as a child the laws allow a child to buy an assault weapon. In many states it is 18 years old. Thats the limit to buy an assault weapon. An assault weapon is meant for one thing, to kill. You have to be 21 years old to buy a beer. So if you arent old enough to drink alcohol, why should you be able and responsible enough to purchase an assault weapon . I dont think you should be. I think there is a way to do this that distinguishes from other long guns that people use for the tradition of hunting in their families. Something done with teenagers very young in some states. But they dont have to be ar15s to shoot a deer. Absolutely thats one way we could look at solving this crisis is raising the age limit on buying these guns and there are clearly holes in the background check system that need to be fixed. I think there is also some opportunities to work with our social Media Companies<\/a> who are an increasing part of our life to say what can you do to help . When someone comments on youtube and the f. B. I. Cant figure out where you are, thats a problem. Julie ill give you the final word. I want to say the gun enthusiasts driving this debate represent the minority of this country and i would beg the viewers to question if these same gun enthusiasts when you see them in fatigues and bullets at rallies holding guns in the air, if these same were black and brown people with fatigues and guns i have a feeling some of the people watching me now might be more willing to have a gun debate and conversation right now. Julie i cant agree one way or the other but i appreciate both of you coming in fair and balanced. Thank you. Tiffany and alexandra. Jon that Mega Millions<\/a> Lottery Winner<\/a> fighting to remain anonymous. She is continuing her legal battle. 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And ive always said that. Instead of being concerned about the image of Police Officers<\/a> in schools we need to be concerned about the image of blood spilled on the floors of these schools. And ive got to tell you, we need to have armed Police Officers<\/a> in our schools and we arent talking about uniform cops. Were talking about cops in suits but armed and first line of defense number one. New jersey last night there was a threat in the media where a student posted something on facebook but i got to tell you the Police Commissioner<\/a> of that town and the School Superintendent<\/a> did a superb job. You see something, say something. Parents and kids saw something, police went to the offenders house and now there is an investigation going on. Jon arkansas fayetteville, high school kid. South carolina a student posted himself on snapchat with a mask and carrying a rifle and saying he would be florida round two tomorrow. He was arrested. The police need to take immediate action. They did. The key is we have to be conditioned to enable children and parents to say something. There is the key. The police have to follow up and in all these cases that you just articulated and what happened they did. Jon i have to say there was at least one, maybe two armed officers on the campus in Broward County<\/a> and they werent able to stop this. Yeah. But they probably i understand they were in another section of the school, 3,000 students. Thats a large school district. Each school will have to assess the threat assessments. Maybe four or five cops. No one wants an armed camp in their schools. It doesnt have to look like that. Officers in search like we did with community policing. Theyre there protecting the kids and intelligence and information gathering. Jon it is unfortunate we live in an era of social media because that feeds a lot of this stuff. It does. Parents need to see what their kids are doing on social media and the tech giants. Why would you leave a threat like what this suspect did in Broward County<\/a> . Why would you leave that on youtube . We have to come together and get clergy involved, too. They hold a key to a lot of the problems from Mental Health<\/a> to spiritual problems that could really be a solution to what were facing. Jon back to what you said at the beginning. Washington wont solve the problem. Theyll be talking, debating gun control this and that. Lets get that out of the picture and lets get real action. The parents and School Districts<\/a> and local police that can take that action. Maybe not solve the whole problem but taking a a first step. Jon parents a lot more attention to what their kids are reading and how they are spending their time would play a big part here. Exactly right. Jon good to have you on, steve. This sunday Maria Bartiromo<\/a> sits down with the attorney general of the United States<\/a> Jeff Sessions<\/a> speaking about what Law Enforcement<\/a> can do to stop shootings and mass killings in the wake of the florida tragedy. I met with a group of sheriffs yesterday. They all believe that we need to do a better job of receiving these signs and acting on them and following up on them better. That is probably the most valuable thing we can do to stop these kind of cases. Jon you can catch the rest of marias interview with Jeff Sessions<\/a> sunday at 10 00 a. M. On sunday morning futures. Julie remembering an american hero. A medal of honor recipient who spent six years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam<\/a> is laid to rest. Air foam conditioner, full of rich prov nutrients. For 100 conditioning, 0 weight. New pantene. Foam conditioner. Julie a u. S. Federal judge setting a trial date for mexican drug lord el chapo. He will go on trial for Drug Trafficking<\/a> and conspiracy charges starting september 5th. His lawyers saying their client is keen on going to trial not wanting to cut any deal with the u. S. Government. While in court his lawyers voice their complaints on his cell conditions in solitary confinement. In a letter the king pin wrote that he is being treated unfairly. Guzman was escaped prison twice already. Jon we saw the worst in Human Behavior<\/a> on valentines day this week when the gunman stormed a florida school. On that very same day we said goodbye to another florida resident. A humble hero who exhibited the best in american. Medal of honor recipient. Leo thorsness. A day of sadness and smiles, mixed with fond memories. He was a minnesota farm boy who grew to be an eagle scout and a fine and fearless pilot. He saved lives and earned him a chest full of medals including this one, the medal of honor. The nations highest military award. But it was a long time coming. 11 days after the dog fight that resulted in the medal of honor leo was shot down while once again putting himself in danger to save others. The result, six years in the infamous and inhumane hanoi hilton. Six years locked away from his beloved wife and their daughter, dawn. Release came with a white house welcome but his injuries from high speed ejection and torture meant his flying career was finished. He retired in the air force in 1973. That remarkable life came to an end last year after a battle with leukemia. On this day with the full military honors, this honorable man deserves, his ashes are brought to the Hallowed Ground<\/a> of Arlington National<\/a> cemetery. A sad procession of hundreds of the thousands whose lives this hero touched. His burial came the day he was born, february 14th, valentines day, the day the colonel would have turned 86. Husband, father, grandfather, hero. Leo thorsness was a proud american and an inspiration to anyone he met. The jets came flying low, some from the same unit leo flew in back in vietnam. As the f15 pulled up into the missing Man Formation<\/a> we look into the sky and remember those twinkling blue eyes and the shock of white hair. The jet disappeared from our sight soaring into the heavens just like colonel leo thorsness. I knew him for the last 10 years. He was a remarkable man and could light up the room when he walked in and he was so humble and helpful to those who knew him. Great guy. Julie a beautiful tribute. Jon 71 medal of honor recipients. Julie there are so many other heroes like that in this country that we have to remember and not ever forget. Well be right back. Jon welcome of the lucky woman who won a 600 million Powerball Jackpot<\/a> will get her money, even if the legal fight releasing her identity plays out in court. Her lawyers say she signed the back of the ticket after the drawing. She did not realize it would make her name and address public, they say. The New Hampshire<\/a> Lottery Commission<\/a> allowed the payout to a trust. Julie disney parks going all in on the trend perfectly pink, churros near a Sleeping Beauty<\/a> castle on valentines day. The fried sticks of dough have pink edible glitter. It will cost you 5. 25. It will be available for two months. Shocker, the price for disney. Jon anything that has edible glitter is not something that sounds fun. Julie my girls will disagree. Thanks for watching. Jon outnumbered starts right now. Melissa fox news alert, a Florida Community<\/a> mourning the loss of 17 innocent people, killed at a high school in parkland, florida. We are told only 6 minutes passed from the time the gunman entered the building to the time he left. As questions grow about the many, many warning signs that were missed, this is outnumbered and i am melissa francis, host of kennedy, kennedy. 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