Today. Certainly peppered with questions about the president s meeting tomorrow with students from parkland high school, and, of course, his thoughts on strengthening gun laws in america, something the gop and the president are seemingly open to changing gun laws in this country. Also, the issue of russian meddling in the 2016 election. The mueller investigation. Those issues are likely to come up with the press corps. Were going to take you there as soon as sanders takes to that microphone. Were going to leave both of the shots up on the screen. I would like to say hello to you. Im Cheryl Casone in for liz claman today. You know, the long Holiday Weekend not enough to erase investor fears over the issue of the month. The rising Interest Rates, the yield at 2. 9 this morning. Stocks mixed right now. The dow at lows of the session, barely off of them now, 228. 241 was the low a couple of seconds ago. We are on track for the dow to snap the sixday winning streak at the close. Another vol
When the president is talking about reforms that we need to see, his focus is not on banning this type of weapon or that type of weapon, this or that firearm but on ensuring that dangerous individuals who pose a threat to Public Safety like mr. Cruz in this situation are not given access to any firearms. It is the right approach that is targeted toward individuals who are troubled rather than removing the Constitutional Rights of all americans. Doug mcelway is joining us live from the white house where President Trump is meeting with the nations governors. That meeting is going on as we speak with the governors. We expect to have tape from that meeting at any moment and bring it to you when it happens. A high priority will be what to do with this kind of gun violence. Opioids another high priority that the governors will address. It is clear as you said that many of the nations governors disagree vehemently with what President Trumps ideas are about it. One is governor rick scott of fl
Everybody wants a piece of the white house . Except for the steady stream of top officials who have backpac their bags and headed for the doors. Its record breaking in every way. The president now going to have three Communications Directors in a very short time, but no, the brain drain is extraordinary. Some of these people were absolutely not qualified for their jobs but the latest, gary cohn, very qualified who is leaving. His impending departure is shaking the market this morning. And the wall street journal, heres the headline here. Cohn quits and if you go inside and you look at the editorial, the wall street journal writes, mr. Trumps increasingly selfdamaging style of managing officials. Its a leadership fiasco that cost mr. Trump a key ally. It is a loss and this presidency cannot afford more like it. You know, mika, a lot of people last night were criticizing gary cohn saying well, gee, he should have left after charlottesville or he should have left after this or after that.
(Washington, DC) North Dakota representatives are reacting after the U.S. Senate passed sweeping gun reform legislation. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, passed on Thursday night, would increase background checks and add funding for mental health, school safety and crisis intervention programs. The bill was supported by 50 Democrats and 15 Republicans, not including