weapons out of the hands of people who threaten to cause harm and federal grants and training for school so they can safely arm their faculty. so the issue of gun safety is set to take up most of the air in washington today. great to see you, haven t seen you in a while. been watching you on weekends. gun control advocates have their sights set on national rifle association as the second amendment comes under fire in washington. dana lashes firing back saying it is time for law-abiding americans to stop being punished for the failures of our politicians. we absolutely have to harden our schools and protect our kids. there are millions of nra members and we are parents too but i have kids in school. this is an issue i want to see resolved which is why we are pushing for action as well. we must respect and protect the rights of law-abiding americans across the country who right now are being punished for the failures of government.
each of these issues is wrestling capitol hill feathers but the most dramatic and surprising moment came when donald trump accused sen. s mansion and to me of cowering to the nra. joe and pat, what are you doing about the 18 funds to 21? are you going to leave that? a lot of people don t want to bring it up because they are afraid to bring it up. we didn t address it. because you are afraid of the nra? tired of working for lawmakers to take action and frustrated by the gridlock paralyzing washington donald trump decided to take executive action. at lunchtime today the white house is set to roll out and expanded dhs test program to prevent school violence, the fbi tipster program, policy that encourages states to take
today to try to get things done. in case you forgot donald trump wants to shake things up in washington he offered a very stark reminder during his meeting on gun safety with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. there is no other issue like background checks, 97% of america wants universal background checks yet we can t get it done. there s nothing else like that where it works, people wanted and we can t do it. he went through a lot of president and didn t get it done. people want to get it done. lawmakers spent a lot of time hashing out problems like recent failures in the background check system but the president insisted he wants to focus on solutions that has specific policy proposals meant to keep guns out of the hands of people he says shouldn t have them. he laid out his top priorities which include army and training teachers outline bump stocks, raising minimum age for purpose and addressing the nation s mental health crisis.