Next. Could it have been stopped . New questions arising today over the florida scoot shooting and how so many missed a series of red flags raised about the teen charged. Security clearance controversy. Will an overhaul end up with one of the president s most trusted advisers barred from classified documents . Those details next. But we begin with new reaction from the organizer of a gun show, defending his decision to go ahead and proceed with the event in the aftermath of this weeks horrific tragedy. A gun show where ar15s are being sold. It is current under way, some 50 miles or so south of Stoneman Douglas high school. These are events that are prescheduled years in advance. These venues are reserved years in advance. And once these are reserved, its very hard to get out of them without having any litigious activity occur. We have to go forward with the show. But, you know, rest assured that when we no intent of disrespecting family members, and, you know, our heart goes out to all the victims that were involved in the shooting. I wonder if there are any ar15s being sold there. Meantime pretty strong words from former democratic governor and president ial candidate Martin Omalley. Rick scott, im glad hes saying now that everythings on the table. But he bragged at reelection that he had signed more pro gun laws this one any other governor in america. Now is the time for the he pif epiphany, governor scott. Are we a nation that loves our guns more than our kids . This is an outrage and everybody state has a responsibility to act. A man of passion right there. On the other big story, the white house apparently split on what the special counsels indictment of 13 russians for elect tampering means. First of all, we have to understand this began in 2014, under thenpresident Barack Obamas nose. He didnt do a thing about it. Long before donald trump announced for president , this was going on. Also, it points out clearly that in this process there was no collusion, as you just pointed out. The president said it multiple times. This makes it clear and concise for the American People and proves the president correct. No collusion between donald trump, his campaign, and russia. And also i think this is important too. It did not affect the outcome of the election whatsoever. I dont know if thats been proven. President Trumps National security adviser sees it a bit differently. Well have more on that in just a moment. Geoff bennett, katy faang, and tammy leitner. Geoff bennett is in Pompano Beach for us. Geoff, good day to you. I know theres new reaction from the Trump Administration following the special counsels criminal indictments. What can you tell us . Reporter thats right, alex. We know the mueller indictment blows a hole in President Trumps favorite talking point about the russia investigation, that it was a hoax, a witch hunt coordinated by democrats as an excuse for losing an election they otherwise should have won. This morning the president s own National Security adviser, h. R. Mcmaster, appeared at a conference in munich and said that russias interference in the 2016 election is now beyond dispute. Take a look. We would love to have a cyber dialogue when russia is sincere about curtailing its sophisticated form of espionage. I think that day will be coming, because were becoming more and more adept at tracing the origins of this espionage and subversion, and as you can see, with the fbi indictment, the evidence is now really incontrovertible and available in the public domain, whereas in the past it was difficult to attribute. Reporter so the question now is what will President Trump do about it, particularly given what we learned from his director of National Intelligence this past week. Dan coats appeared at a Senate IntelligenceCommittee Hearing and said that russia feels emboldened by what they did in 2016 and is intent on targeting the 2018 midterm elections. We learned in that same hearing from fbi director chris wray that President Trump has not directed his National Intelligence chiefs to do anything to thwart russias interference. Now, a white house official tells me this morning that all options are on the table. But alex, to this point, President Trump has not elected to use any of the newer options available to him to retaliate against russia. Okay, geoff bennett, thank you for that report, well see you again. Lets bring in katy faang, lets get to it. Does this indictment at all debunk the president s position that the russia investigation is a hoax . Absolutely not. In fact it refutes trumps assertion that that is a hoax. If you think about the fact that trump is now making a big stink that it proves theres no collusion, you know what, alex, thats not the case. Think about what mueller was charged to do as special counsel. Hes been told to look into evidence and to investigate whether there has been meddling in the 2016 elections by the russians and we now have hard facts and evidence. The fact that this speaking indictment, this indictment that explains, and it gives the story how the russians on this exceptional level of Information Warfare was able to infiltrate and attempt to influence the outcome of the 2016 election, the fact that this indictment was released by mueller just goes to show that mueller has a lot left up his sleeve and its not just going to be done now that this indictment has been released. I want to be real clear. Hogan gidley, white house spokesman, says this proves there has been no collusion and it also proves whatever happened did not affect the outcome of the election whatsoever. Thats just flat out wrong. Thats wrong, because look, this specific indictment does not state that it influenced through the actions of the Internet Research agency, which is one of the entities, the russian entities thats been identified in the indictment. It says through the actions of these particular defendants, that it didnt actually influence the outcome of the 2016 election. But alex, how could anybody credibly and legally say this proves theres been no collusion with the Trump Campaign . I appreciate the fact that perhaps trump and his suppose people maybe have a crystal ball and they seem to know where the Mueller Investigation is eventually going to end. But ultimately we are still in the midst of the Mueller Investigation. Were still in the midst of parallel investigations that are being done by the senate and the house. And so its a completely premature conclusion to reach, to state there has been no proof of collusion with Trump Associates or the Trump Campaign. Okay. So we have 13 named individuals and three corporation. The fact is that russia never ex extradites its citizens, so what is the point of this . Depending on what side of the aisle youre on, you may say this vindicates you or that it proves something. But at the end of the day, this indictment provides the American Public with the information it needed to know about the depth, the breadth, and the absolute involvement of the russians in terms of the specific entities and these individuals in the meddling with the 2016 election. Alex, whats key to remember are there are some very important dates that are at play. Nunes, as you heard in the leadup to this, is making a stink about the fact that this occurred as far back as 2014, during the obama administration. But lets be clear, alex, it kicked into gear when donald trump clinched the republican nomination. Thats why this is an exceptionally influential point in the Mueller Investigation. It seems like in 2014 they started their own research as to how best to infiltrate or affect an election or cause disarray and chaos with the democratic process here, thats what began in 2014. When they started putting pen to paper, if you will, or fingers to keyboards to send things out, that would be the timeline. The june 2016 meeting at trump tower, theres no mention of the players involved there, the one that was with donald trump jr. Can we reasonably expect another indictment calling out those peoples actions . Sure. So again, and thats a really key point, youll notice that there are certain events that we are already familiar with in this whole timeline that we always talk about. And its omitted from this indictment. It doesnt mean there isnt some type of parallel or correlation to those other events that we dont hear about in the indictment. This is not the indictment, quote unquote. This is not the end of the Mueller Investigation. This is a part of the Mueller Investigation. Thats always important for people to remember. You dont hear that this is the denouement or conclusion to the trump, or excuse me, the Mueller Investigation. Katie, always good to talk to you, thank you so much. A memorial keeps growing for the victims of the Florida School massacre which left 17 dead and dozens injured. Reporter are you going to be able to go back to school . I will, i feel like i have to do it for my classmates, for my community. We have to rise up together and live on their legacy. Everything single one of these people were beautiful, you know, bright people who had futures ahead of them. They could have changed the world. I have to do it for them. In parkland, florida, with the very latest, is nbcs tammy leitner. Tammy, weve heard such mixed emotions about the prospects of this school being reopened but i imagine its going to stay closed for a little while. What do you know about that . Reporter alex, in the last five minutes we heard from the superintendent. He tells us he has heard from a lot of students, they really are struggling with what to do. But right now theyre considering tearing down that freshman building. Theres about 900 students that are in that building. Alex, i want to give you a live look at this memorial that has just continued to grow. There have been thousands, literally thousands of people passing through here all morning. You see the angels in the back there. Those actually came from another memorial in a different city for sandy hook victims. There are flowers out here, pictures, notes. Weve been speaking with a lot of the parents and a lot of the students. And im back here with a parent. His name is josh kaskalano. You have two daughters, both in the 11th grade, who go to that school. How are they doing right now . Were all in shock. Its just its been a long, hard week. We have over 3,000 children that are broken. Its unimaginable. Reporter you seem like every time i talk to you, you get tearyeyed. This is a hard time. I mean, we all lost people we love. Whether it was our family, family or friends, coaches that we knew, loved our students, took care of our kids. Those people are gone. Theyre great people. Theyre no longer here. Reporter and how do you feel about the news that theyre considering tearing down the freshman building . I think its a good start. I mean, those kids felt unbelievable vulnerability for such a long period of time. And that school represents the place where they were vulnerable and where their friends died. I just dont know how they could ever walk back in that building. That building is where the majority of their friends died. I dont even know how they go back to the school. Reporter do memorials like this, where the Community Comes together and grieves together, do they help . Umm, i know for my daughter, she needs to be around other people who have experienced the same thing. We havent stopped hugging her. But when i see her hug students that she knows or people that have been through the exact same experience, her teachers, its a different hug. Its a different level of intimacy that we cant give her because we werent in that expedience. Reporter josh, thank you so much for talking with me. Go back and give those daughters of yours a big hug. I appreciate it. Thank you. Reporter alex, weve spoken with a lot of parents, and some of them tells us their children have shut down, theyre still in a state of shock. So they hope that by coming to the memorials and going to the funerals, that will help them move through this process and continue to grieve, alex. Theres a long recovery road ahead for those individuals and that community for sure, thank you, tammy leitner. Next, cherry picking the mueller indictment. Is President Trump done calling russian meddling a hoax . Well see, next. For your heart. Your joints. Or your digestion. So why wouldnt you take something for the most important part of you. Your brain. With an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is now the number one selling brain Health Supplement in drug stores nationwide. Prevagen. The name to remember. You know whats not awesome . Gigspeed internet. When only certain people can get it. Lets fix that. Lets give this guy gig really . And these kids, and these guys, him, ah. 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Yes, they did not allege collusion in the particular set of acts involving the particular set of people indicted by bob mueller that they announced yesterday. But that doesnt preclude subsequent indictments by people who were in fact witting participants. We know, for example, i mean, they said that the russians disguised their identities and preyed on unwitting americans. But donald trump jr. , jared kushner, and Paul Manafort were entirely witting when they attended a meeting at trump tower with russian lawyers offering dirt on Hillary Clinton. So this is one piece of the puzzle. It is not the end of the story. And its very shortsighted for the white house to try to act a president. What about sanctions on russia, is the president going to move forward with those . Its striking to see a lack of leadership from the president on this issue. Everybody else on the planet, it seems, understands that russia did meddle in these elections, that there was significant corruption of our democratic processes here. His intelligence chiefs agree on this, Congress Agrees on this. Now the investigation has indicted 13 russians who actually did this. And yet the president still has not imposed these sanctions that Congress Passed overwhelmingly in a bipartisan manner last year. And he was supposed to have imposed them weeks ago, yet hes completely silent on this. In fact this week was the first time the white house has ever even said yes, there seems to have been some meddling in the elections. Its the first time theyve ever even noticed it. Part of the special counsels indictment reads, they, the russians, engaged in operations primarily intended to communicate drea roger to information about Hillary Clinton, to denigrate other candidates such as ted cruz and marco rubio. What is the politics behind that . Theyre trying to weaken the united states. Its pretty clear they calculated that Hillary Clinton would be a more formidable adversary for russia to deal with as president than donald trump or bernie sanders. They wanted to sew discord within the democratic party. They wanted to elevate donald trump within the republican party. And then of course we saw after the election, they staged pro and antitrump rallies at the same time, which is consistent with those previous activities, because once trump is elected, then they want to sow discord against him too. The most important thing is showing this is a massive conspiracy to interfere with the election. One of the things that the donald trump defenders having saying is, well, obstruction of justice may not be all that serious because its not clear there was an underlying crime. Bob mueller laid out in detail yesterday that there was an underlying crime, and this is one piece of it. Okay. Unfortunately, you guys, were going to make this one short and sweet but i will definitely see you both again, john and jay, thank you so much. Coming up, the warning signs in the Florida School shootings. The fbi admits it didnt follow up on a tip. You cant predict the market, but through good times and bad at t. Rowe price weve helped our investors stay confident for over 80 years. Call us or your advisor. T. Rowe price. Invest with confidence. New reaction on the Florida Shooting and the fbis failure to follow up on a tip about the alleged shooter. This is a huge Law Enforcement failing when it comes to information sharing. And we know that the fbi failed to forward to their field office. But, you know, alex, even when they forward to their field office, there are not as many fbi agents in our country as there are local Law Enforcement agents. And someones going to have to answer about