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This is a special edition of cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Here are tonights big headlines. The calls are growing louder for bill barr to step down. More than 2,000 former Justice Department officials accusing him of doing President Trumps personal bidding, damaging the dojs reputation. John bolton, the former National Security advisor, speaking publicly tonight, saying she hopes the white house wont move to supres his book and says he knew what he was getting into working for trump. And Rudy Giulianis associate lev parnas, who has since turned on giuliani. The state of the race. Democrats battling it out in nvl nv ahead of saturdays caucuses. But can Mike Bloomberg get past his stop and frisk . And more t ....
Their fund-raising skills, being supplied by money, large amounts of money, going from the gun manufacturers, and if you look at who they actually support, they ll throw a token democrat in here and there. but with that being said, the power that they have over state legislat legislators, certainly members of congress, certainly members of the senate. so this myth that s out there, basically, you re saying you either vote for us, or we come against you and you lose. which if you saw in the last election, i know that mayor bloomberg, you know, he decided he was going to go one more step on trying to reduce gun violence. and he went after a republican or a democrat, and took the other challenger and gave them money. i personally believe mayer bloomberg is going to be a force in the future. we had howard wolfson here one of the strategists who is going to join us in a second. ....
Armar, jackie and carolyn mccarthy, congresswoman. we re awaiting the press conference from newtown, connecticut. we, of course, will bring that to you live. mayor bloomberg made quite a bit of news on the last election cycle, in which he used some of his personal money to start a super pac, and spend money on candidates specifically on the gun issue. and made the inner vention in the mayor race. tells us what went on there. he started an organization called mayors against illegal guns that now has over 500 mayors around the country, and so this is an issue that he s very passionate about. he became very frustrated and angry during the presidential campaign that this was not an issue that either of the candidates was addressing. ....
Every one of you know this, i cannot take these kind of killings, i cannot. then the next morning, this happens, this shooting. so if anything has resolved me. i said to howard a little earlier, i said, i was going to call you next week because i wanted to talk to mayor bloomberg. i wanted to see what we can do to push this issue even further. and i will say, yes, the chances are slim. but if you look what the president can do. and actually do what an awful lot of nra members want to do, strengthening the background checks. slo closing the gun show loophole. this is what nra members want to do. to president obama s credit i think he showed unbelievable courage when he passed health care reform. all the pollsters said this is about issue, people are going to lose their seats. he felt strongly enough about it that he did it. ....
Mayor bloomberg, obviously, any may mayor, particularly in new york city, are thinking about a city lock. we talked about this being a 9/11 situation. it s a chilling phrase, the way we responded to 9/11 having been long-term productive in terms of our resources and in terms of security. my question is to you, how do you you think about making policy in the aftermath of this, that doesn t fall prey, to making those kinds of mistakes? well, there be obviously, instances in which governments overreact, or react incorrectly in the wake, in the immediate wake of a national tragedy. and i think it is incumbent upon chief executives, members of the ll legislature to think thoughtfully, to take a deep breath, and gather the facts before rushing forward with a solution or another. i will say, though, with regard ....