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Tonight. Were looking for more clarity or specificity about what the white house thinks its doing here and what it is actually doing here and sometimes those are two different things. So well have more on that ahead over the course of this hour. Theres also a new cloud of confusion that has just blown in off the horizon concerning the president s family and the highprofile white house role the president has given to his soninlaw, Jared Kushner. As we reported in detail last night, white house chief of staff john kelly a few days ago released new white house policies for dealing with security clearances in the white house in the wake of the Domestic Violence violence concerning white house secretary rob porter, who served in the incredibly sensitive job of staff secretary for more than a year, even though he only had an interim security clearance because he couldnt clear the ....
So well start there. With that bus ride to tallahassee. At this moment, more than 100 students are headed to the States Capital for two days. Students say they will hold protests and try to talk with state legislatures in their hopes to focus attention on gun control. Nbcs Tammy Leitner is about to get on the bus. These students have really become such a force in advocating for themselves in the wake of this tragedy. Whats the next step for them . Thats right, they really have become a mouthpiece for a national issue. There are about 100 students here and their parents. Theyre leaving in about 20 minutes. And i actually want to let one of them speak and he can tell you for himself. This is alfonsalfonso, hes a j. You tell me, why are you about to get on this bus and take this journey over the next two days . Simply, change needs to happen in this country. In two aspects, one, ....
Its common sense. Weve seen this time and time again. We were talking the other day about columbine, sandy hook and these numbers rise. Then you go to capitol hill and you cant get anything done . Get anything done. We were talking about being skeptical about whether something will happen but i do think were at a different moment here. And i am blown away by those high school kids. I think its remarkable to see them. Its a different playbook than weve seen in the past. I think when so many people kept saying my gosh, first graders, 6 and 7yearolds, if something isnt done as a result of that, nothing could ever be done. Those 6 and 7yearolds were too young, obviously, to speak up for themselves but to hear these 16, 17, 18yearolds speak up in a way i hadnt seen before. Here they are, en route to talk to these lawmakers. There he is, jeff zeleny at the white house. First time were hearing from Sarah Sanders after so many things have ....
Market plunge on monday. Some say the president s twitter tirades against amazon and an escalating trade dispute with china are behind the losses. Were talking about the major averages ending in correction territory, down 11 from the record high. This morning, teachers will descend on oklahomas capital for a second day, demanding better pay and more money for classrooms. I imagine youre not working four jobs because you want to. No. I like to do things normal people get to do. This morning, President Trump is doubling down in the blame game over immigration and the program that protected millions who were brought here as children. Tweeting overnight, mexico and canada have tough immigration laws, whereas, ours are an obama joke. Act, congress. While this report was on the air, the president tweeted yet again, this time about polls. Make that 18 tweets in the past 24 hours. This morning, another wave of bad headlines for epa admin ....