terms of venues where they happen. congressman, you're fighting a fight that is unpopular with a group of people who voted for you. so that takes a lot of bravery in politics in this day and ij. we'll see where the fight goes from here. thank you for coming on to mayor your case to the american people. >> absolutely, take care. we're following a lot of news. what do you say? let's get after it. >> this trade policy will be disastrous. >> it's been allowed to go on for decades, it's days grateful. >> one thing we learned from this administration, if you hold your breath, they may change their mind on a policy issue. >> this hits the whole world. >> general mcmaster could leave his position in the whousz as soon as the end of this month. >> if you're running people in and out like an nba basketball game, it's not going to work. >> does mr. president want to get rid of his attorney general? >> not that i know of. >> in terms of the administration, is it in chaos? >> no.

>> ivanka trump could be impacting by her own deal, impacted by her husband. >> it raises profound ethics concerns. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning. welcome to your "new day," it's friday, march 2nd, 8:00 in the east. president trump's turbulent presidency is being felt around the world. if you take a look anywhere to see the futures in the global markets, you'll see all red arrows. why? the president's abrupt announcement that the u.s. will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. the president saying trade wars are good. mr. trump also making waves with his vacillating positions on gun, appearing to be telling the nra one thing behind closed doors and another to lawmakers. >> more drama inside the west wing. another major player could be preparing to step down. cnn reporting that national security adviser mcmaster could

leave by the end of the month, also learning that ivanka trump is under international scrutiny for one of her international deals as part of a background check. >> let's bring in chris cillizza and a.b. stoddard to talk about all this. a.b., obviously personnel affects policy. so when we hear that h.r. mcmaster might be leaving and senior economic adviser gary kohn, maggie haberman reporting that he threatened to resign over the president's tariff announcement. what's your sense of what's happening in the west wing? >> i'm very concerned, obviously, about the departures of both of them and what's going on with general kelly as well. although maggie's reporting shows the president seems to be trusting the chief of staff more in recent days in this big conflict with his son-in-law and

daughter, that can change on a dime. and that relationship is a really strained one, and i think the forces in the family are trying dump john kelly as well. so the departure of talented people who have been stabilizing forces, who are the best experts on policy is really unfortunate for this administration in a very challenging time when the entire world is watching and we are vulnerable as a result of this chaos and lack of stability. the tariffs decision aside, if everyone was watching what kind of news was breaking this week, the people who are accessing classified information and will continue to without any restraint, all of the business conflicts that make the top advisers, the two children targets of people around the world potentally for blackmail and other things, if you look at the departure of mcmaster, it's

a terrible stew, and i hope some of this doesn't come to pass. >> look, chris, we're watching it play out in realtime. vladimir putin plays a video of maybe imaginary missiles landing on the florida. trump says nothing. there's no response out of the white house. they're dealing with whether or not people are going to be there to do the work. he puts out the tariff thing. his advisers are telling him not to. there's no cohesive strategy. he doesn't listen to anybody. he just tweeted again saying we must protect our country and our workers. our steel industry is in bad shape. if you don't have steel, you don't have a country. any one of his economic advisers, any one of his main congressional will say it's inaccurate and bad policy from their perspective. >> i know you mentioned it earlier. saying trade wars are good and easy to win. okay. he's never grasped really that his words have impact on policy,

on world markets, on foreign leaders. it's especially difficult because i think if you look at this week, chris, the one that i was even more struck by than the tariff tweets are the alec baldwin tweet. at the end of a week in which we have seen gun legislation be delayed in the senate, where we've seen unclear where donald trump is on guns, where we've seen the russia investigation, continuing to see jared kushner struggling amid his security cliens. there's more, but you get the idea, we have him for whatever reason, whether he saw it on tv, read something about it, talking about a comedian who impersonates him on television.

it's bornt to note it's easy to dismiss that tweet, but it's a president who is distracted by minutia at a time in which there are very real threats both domestically and internationally to the success, not just of this administration, but of the country. that's why i think you can't just dismiss some of the inane tweets because it speaks to what he cares about and what is state of mind is which is of critical import. >> we'll get to those in a moment. this just in. sarah sanders just stopped by the press briefing room at the white house and had announcements that we want to let you know about. the president has not shifted his stance on guns since wednesday. he has not shifted his stance in any substantial way. hold on, sarah sanders said it was president trump who called the nra himself for the meeting,

not vice versa and she believes there were others in attendance and on assault weapons ban, the president has not conceptually changed. the president still supports the idea but knows there's not a lot of support. she said this would not be all rifles across the board and it would give more power to the states. >> a.b., where does that leave us? cops can't come out of that meeting saying he doesn't want gun control and the president's position not shifted unless cox is just making it up. bang something as small an ingredient of bump stocks would be a form of gun control, changing the age is gun control. the overt one would be a ban on specific weapons. they're all related. >> they're all vociferously opposed by the nra. that's why they came out and tweeted before he did saying he does not want gun control, gun control of any kind. this is the president trying to cover up for this embarrassing situation where he wants to make nice with the nra in private and

then act tough in public. i think taking on the nra is a really smart thing for the president to do. i have a column on that today. i think he should reach across the aisle and get going. he has nothing left to lose. his administration is a hot mess. that said, just the idea of him coming out and pretending he's still going to be in a conversation about an assault-style weapons ban with dianne feinstein is truly -- i think he's hindering himself instead of helping himself unless he's ready to deliver. >> chris, who knows? >> yep. >> again, the people who like the president, this can work if he's keeping everybody back on their heels, keeping everybody guessing, not going along with the standard orthodoxy, he might be able to get everybody in a room. that's his thinking here. he might be able to do something unconventional and unusual. but the only thing we know is

that a policy -- a position paper from the white house was supposed to come out today and now we understand that's being delayed. >> that's right. i would say honestly, even for some people who didn't vote for or don't like the president, you can see the strands of what could be a wildly unorthodox but successful move on guns which is sort of playing both sides. nobody really knows exactly where you are and you hammer in the end with what you want. it's the hammer them at the end with what you want and get it done piece that we have never seen from him. i constantly bring this up, but i do think the immigration example is instructive. we had a very similar open public meeting in which donald trump was that -- kind of putting everybody on their heels, nobody knew where they stood, not down-the-line republicanism. a couple days later reverting back because i don't think he necessary meant it or felt

constrained. what he said tuesday on a thursday. i don't know that's all that different than what we're seeing right now. i think you're right, alisyn, to say we can all be proven wrong because someone who is unpredictable does what? unpredictable things. the past is not necessarily predictive of the future. >> i like being unpredictable sometimes. >> it takes us back to a rolling theme we've had here. the president would be well served to make his case more often directly to the american people. there's a lot of confusion going on, people don't know where you stand. there's mixed messages coming out of your surrogates. you're your best advocate. that's why we think you should be making your case more. some of this confusion would be going away. >> a.b. stoddard, chris cillizza, thank you very much. we have live pictures of this extreme weather from bon ton. this is situate, massachusetts.

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judges confirmed. there's amazing progress in the year-plus of this white house. this idea that there's chaos, it's not commensurate with the reality i see in the white house, but more importantly it's not consistent with the reality in the country. i think in new york newsrooms there's a lot of almost titillation with the comings and goings of the white house. i think in america, people are more focused on their pocketbooks, their security, prosperity. >> both things can be true, people who voted for trump, the base, can believe there are reasons for optimism, he's in there doing things they wanted him to do. and, we'll put up the graphic as soon as it's ready, i've never seen talent bleed out of a white house, out of a statehouse like this, that's a fact. >> i have never seen it bleed out of mcdonald's the way it bleeds out of the white house. turnover is crazy. >> some of them arguably you wanted to get rid of.

bannon, arguably, that wasn't the right direction for a president who wants to be the leader of everybody in the country. the talent is bleeding out. the leaks come all the time, ana. you have fundamental points of instability. how many times have we heard that mcmaster may be out? whether it's true or not, it's not good. if the president isn't doing things to make it better, he's making it worse. >> i think you're using the word talent loosely. a lot of people who are staff there bled out. some of them should have never been in the white house. i think part of what you've seen is john kelly do a lot of cleanup work with folks like gorka, like bannon, that should have never -- folks like scaramucci who should have never been in those positions. that being said, if there's no chaos in the white house, it walks like chaos, talks like chaos and looks like chaos. in politics, perception is as good as reality. >> what's not chaos is 4 million

american workers getting bonuses because of the tax cuts, is regulation finally getting under control, optimism out there in the land, growth, opportunity, the diffusion of power away from washington, that's real. this supposed chaos in the washington is not real. i will also say this, he's a disruptive president to be sure. i'm the first to say that. i think that's part of why we elected him, part of why he won, the first ever citizen president, meaning no previous government experience. is it going to be in some senses chaotic? of course, we expect that from a disrupter. >> so there's some chaos -- >> in some sense, fine. is it disruptive, yes. i'll be the first to concede that. by the way, the swamp is powerful and the swamp is cunning. >> the swamp has been getting new population from the people he's brought in there. >> the swamp has been fighting back very hard against trump and at times successfully. >> his daughter and son-in-law are being investigated for doing business for themselves while

also representing the people of the united states. >> can we just take a look at the last month. you've got a senior adviser to the president doing confessionals on big brother, talking about the white house as if it were a plantation. you have the communications director in tears and saying she's leaving. yesterday i went into a broadway play. when i went in we were talking about who was going to replace hope hicks. when i got out of the broadway play, we were talking about who was going to replace h.r. mcmaster. if it's not chaos, it looks like chaos. >> far away from new york -- >> -- tax reform bill in the midst of all this. >> ana, far away from new york, broadway plays, new york newsroom -- >> go ahead. make your point. >> what's going on in this country is growth, optimism, security. >> the polls don't show that, by the way. people are worried about people

not having security clearances, worried he didn't put the right people around him. case in point, these tariffs today. paul ryan, conservatives for generations, his own economic adviser, the people around him say we know you want to win right now, we know you hate the headline, we know you blame us. we get it. what i'm saying you know is right because you're not the only one who has access to the white house. then, he does it anyway. tanks the futures and the markets. he shouldn't govern by what happens in the markets. you've put a lot of pressure on the markets as an indicator of all this prosperity. how do you explain that as something other than chaotic and a reflectix reaction -- >> he promise friday day one of his campaign, not just as president, america has been abused by terrible trade deals for decades. it's wonderful for the elites. it's been fantastic for the 1%, disastrous for the american worker. by the way, the very workers that elected him, blue collar

people in the midwest, in pennsylvania, ohio. >> you will strain your contracts to find economists to say this will help american workers. >> they have benefited from the globalist system -- >> the economists are part of the conspiracy also? >> it's not a conspiracy. my point is bad trade deals are terrific for the owners of capital, if you own stocks, real estate. >> can i tell you something -- >> -- outsourced to china, and this president is stopping it. >> all these talking points about training the swamp, the elite. his secretary of hud just spent $31,000 on a dining room set. most people he helps in that department don't make $31,000 in a year. the other is telling ucla not to release video where students are heckling him over the effects of the tax reform bill. you have price who had to quit in january because he was doing all sorts of things with a

private plane. secretary of the treasury going to look at the eclipse on the taxpayer dime. can we stop the hypocrisy about the elite and the 1%? the 1% and elite are in the white house. look at his cabinet, his children, look how much money he's making off being president. let's not pretend he's some sort of blue collar guru here. he's not. to his credit, he was able to fool the blue collars into voting for him. >> he didn't fool anybody. he's not making money off of being president. that's ridiculous. what trump did is he tapped into the anxiety and angst of the american worker. what he's doing now as president is following through on that with solutions, not just tapping into the anxiety, but delivering solutions. a big part of that is the tax cuts. getting more money in people's paychecks. another part of it is smarter, better trade deals. >> a tariff is not a deal, steve. >> a tariff that the afl-cio loves. the conservatives --

>> this does not end that. this may exacerbate it. if they retaliate the way the markets are thinking will happen, our workers have a big problem. steve, you made the case. we appreciate that here. ana, as always, thank you. chris, stick around for this. gun own rs responding to the massacre in florida. some of them rethinking their own collection of guns. >> their lives meant something and it's going to mean something in the very far future because the kids, their friends are not letting them die -- not letting them be forgotten. >> our panel shares their personal stories of why they have guns and how they feel about them now. little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable

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in the aftermath of the school shooting at stoneman douglas high school, we wanted to talk to gun owners about their suggestions for stopping the violence. among them, new yorker scott filmed himself destroying his ar-

ar-15. it went viral. also on the panel we have a handgun instructor and nra member. it was quite a conversation. >> i want to ask about your personal experiences. scott, you have acquired some level of viral fame. you had an ar-15. >> i did. >> you destroyed it. >> i did. >> i lost a niece to illness 16 years ago. so whenever i see a parent lose a child, it deeply affects me. we come to valentine's day this year and then i see the kids' faces come out of that school and the stories they have to tell and what they have to live with for the rest of their lives and what they saw, me personally, i couldn't let that weapon get in anyone's hands. it's hard for a lot of people to understand. it was like bringing my sick dog to be put down. i love that weapon. i took it to the yard and i said i can't believe i'm going outside to do this. >> how do you feel since you've

destroyed it? >> a tremendous amount of support and a tremendous amount of help. i have an ar assault rifle, a 9 millimeter pistol and shotguns. these weapons are designed to kill and designed to kill multiple people in the shortest amount of time. >> and there was something about the parkland shooting that made you feel differently about your weapon. >> i'm not going to wait for the police to come get burglar out of my house. he's going to get two shotgun shells down the hallway. >> i don't need 100 rounds to stop a burglar. >> i disagree. all weapons are designed to kill. if i ban the ar-15, where will it snop. >> this is not a gun grab. everybody says it's a slippery slope, second amendment. this is a changing of where the line in the sand is. >> it is not the weapon. we need to get down to the heart in the united states as to what

is causing this. i was at university of florida in 1990 when danny rolling killed six students. it was a horrific terrifying event. that prompted me to get a weapon. >> there's more than 120 million law abiding gun owning people in this country. and so the emotion is so hot more objectively even though it's so painful. this isn't the time to make those decisions. >> we have one every two months. there is no time. >> it can't be an emotional response. we're talking about legislating -- >> why can't it be an emotional response? what's wrong with human empathy. >> that's not logical. >> you have kids who can be grieving instead, adults are putting them on national television. >> this i have to object to. i've never seen more people come to a camera and tell their story. these are not kids being

manipulated. >> they're not compromised. they're tired. they watch their friends die and you're going to bash on them. >> who would be comfortable raising the age to purchase semi-automatic weapons to 21? three of you. >> it's an arbitrary age. >> you would be comfortable with it being an arbitrary age. >> you have 18-year-olds still in high school and you're going to sell them an assault weapon or any weapon for that matter. >> you're going to deprive all 18 to 20-year-olds -- >> yes, because i'm going to save the ones that maybe would have died. >> you can't legislate for the few creepos and sickos. >> all the hate male has been from normal gun owners. >> can you tell us your experience. >> i chopped up my handgun as well. over time i've been getting disenfranchised with this very interpretive reading of the

second amendment. just seeing all the violence, not just from the mass shootings, but 100 people die every day in this country from gun violence. >> do you feel more safe or less safe? >> the only feel i feel less safe is because i've been harassed by the, quote, unquote, normal gun owners. somebody posted my address online. people say it will be hilarious when you get murdered, get ready for some rape. >> just because they haven't committed a crime yet. >> the only solution to the problem you're describing is to completely take away firearms. at any point in time, a completely normal person could snap and use a pistol to hurt someone. >> let's just admit it. you want to take the guns -- >> i'm not saying that. i have the second amendment tattooed on my arm. i've lived by it. don't tell me i want all guns

take away. >> do you really have the second amendment tattooed on your arms? >> it's the right to keep and bear. it looked better when i was 18. >> that's your personal prerogative. but when you start pushing your personal prerogative and infranging on my rights or anyone else's right, that is not your business. >> how does me -- >> you're pushing -- >> i said specifically in my video this is a personal choice. i said this is not for everyone. >> we'll put up the pictures, the image of the 17 victims. what solace do you give to their families, what can you say to them about how this doesn't have to happen again? >> the solace is that we'll do better in the future. as it stands right now, we're not doing our job. >> there's nothing i can say that will help their grief. the only thing i would say to these parents and these husbands and wives would be that they've

started a groundswell, and they're going to rise up -- just like we stopped the vietnam war in the '60s, they're going to do something about the guns. >> it's extremely disheartening what happened. and i don't think anybody disagrees with that. but to put blame on organizations like the nra is outrageous. gun control wouldn't have stopped this individual. this individual was sick and he wanted to commit acts of depravity and he would have done it one way or the other. >> i would say to them that i'm so sorry that i contributed to a market that allowed this to happen, that the liberal reading of the second amendment, it's just gone too far. >> i'm sorry as a country that we allow our schools to be unprotected, but we protect jewelry stores and banks and airports and everything else and we're not protecting them. >> i want to tell their parents they didn't die in vain, that their lives meant something and it's going to mean something in the very far future because the

kids, their friends are not letting them die, not letting them be forgotten. they're going to rise up and they're going to make change. >> your thoughts? >> this is tough. that conversation screams for a need for leadership because there's so many disparate voices, if you don't start talking to as opposed to about -- one of the women in there is running for the board of the nra. there are a lot of agendas at play here. that was a strong move by the guy having the second amendment tattooed on their arm. >> that's how strongly they feel about it. i think it's so instructive to talk to the folks because you can hear the anxiety about people coming to take their guns away. they call it a gun grab. the more gun control advocates can recognize there's that anxiety and try to assuage those fears, that would be helpful. >> there's propaganda and there are platitudes.

it's easy to say no gun control would have stopped this. yeah, it would have. if you had standards where one of these reports from people close to this kid, trig gird restriction of his access to firearms, yes, it would have stopped it. we know from science when you treat people with these suicidal, homicidal tendencies, they can be cured and stabilized. it's an important conversation. >> thank you very much. he did not repeat his medal winning performance from sochi. you'll remember that gus ken worthy, the olympic skier won a silver and there were big expectations. he says this olympics was even better for him. he'll tell us why ahead. ♪ to your best friend's girl, ♪ don't bring that bad day with cha, ♪ ♪ leave it at the door. ♪ if you got money in your pocket, ♪ ♪ it don't mean nothing, if you ain't where it is. ♪

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time now for the five things to know for your new day. number one, president trump defending his decision to impose a 25% tariff on steel imports and a 10% tariff on aluminum

imports saying trade wars are a good thing. the white house says president trump has not changed his position on guns since wednesday when he supported gun control measures. last night the nra tweeted that the president does not want gun control after meeting with the president and the vice president. cnn has learned national security adviser h.r. mcmaster could be leaving his post by the end of the month, this as ivanka trump comes under international scrutiny for a business deal. the $35,000 furniture order for ben carson's room has been canceled. the firm is waiving the restocking fee, so no taxpayer funds will be used. a funeral is being held for america's pastor, the reverend billy graham. at least 2,300 guests are expected at the private service in north carolina. in attendance, president trump and the first lady. for more on the five things

to know, go to cnn.com/newday for the latest. we know what happens sunday, we get no sleep. hollywood's biggest night is happening. warren beatty, faye dunaway will be back to redeem themselves after last year's infamous os scab fail. >> that wasn't their fault. >> they will present best picture again at the academy awards. also oscar host jimmy kimmel clearing the air on misleading reports telling variety and "vanity fair" he will not shy away from the me too movement at the academy awards. some widely shared articles suggested he would avoid mentioning it. >> that would have been strange. >> it seems as though he's been more activist than he has been avoiding it. we'll see what happens. the white house insisting a short time ago the president has not changed his position on guns. what is his position on guns?

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president trump desperate for a win, stunned republicans on wednesday when he said this about guns. >> i'm going to write the bump stock, essentially write it out. it doesn't make sense i have to wait until i'm 21 to get a handgun, but i can get this weapon at 18. i don't know. i like taking the guns early, take the guns first, go through due process second. >> that's not how the constitution works, but he was applauded for throwing ideas out there, trying to get something going, trying to get people out of their corners. last night the president and the vice president met with the nra behind closed doors. the nra tweets this afterwards, the president does not support gun control. then this morning the white

house press secretary sarah sanders tells reporters that the president's position on guns has not shifted sinds wednesday's meetings. where are the facts? let's get "the bottom line" with cnn political director david chalian. the only way this makes sense is somehow in the mra meeting, cox heard something and took it to mean that nothing is going to happen at all, maybe it was on one aspect. >> doesn't it mean that the president plays to his audience. >> i was giving the best reading of this obvious contradiction, is that cox took a little bit and made it into a whole general proposition. >> guys, i think the larger point is what is the president's position? that's what remains unclear, right? he threw out some stuff on wednesday. we'll see if there's any follow-through to it. sarah sanders says the president hasn't changed. he also says he supports conceptually an assault weapons ban, something he supported

before he ran for president, flipped on it, said he opposed it. i didn't hear him say he supported an assault weapons ban on wednesday even in concept. it is not clear where the president stands right now and how much political capital he's willing to spend. what is clear is he got a lot of conservative backlash and called the nra in to try to fix his pr problem. >> it's too soon to fact check the president's position. he was supposed to put it out today, the white house position. we were hearing it might be delayed, but we have to hear what the white house position officially is. let's get to our kicker, and that is the twitter spat happening between alec baldwin and the president. they've both been quite active this morning. would you like to do the first dramatic reading? >> from the president, the president's first one, this is the one he did originally. he fixed this because he misspelled stuff, but it was still the same problematic tweet. alex baldwin whose dying, mediocre career was saved by his

impersonation of me on "snl" now saying playing djt was agony for him. alex, it was also agony for those who were forced to watch. you were terrible. bring back darrell hammond, much funnier and a far greater talent. >> alec baldwin does appear to be enjoying this. here is his response. agony though it may be, i'd like to hang in for the impeachment hearings, the farewell right to montgomery, the good stuff we've been waiting for. >> looking forward to the trump presidential library. a putting green, a live twitter feed for visitors to post on. a little black book with phone numbers of porn stars. you're in and out in five minutes, just like -- >> we'll save the last one. it went a little downhill from there. >> how can it go downhill from there -- >> it started to get a little chippy. >> my question is, who is forcing the president to watch

"snl." i didn't understand that. >> what alec baldwin did with the porn stars, gets right at the heart of something that you know has caused tension inside the white house and perhaps very public tension inside the trump marriage. in our brand new cnn poll, we asked about whether or not this matters to people overall. first of all, does it matter if he had an extramarital affair, do you think he had an extramarital affair or is it important to you that the president represents moral character or just as long as he gets things done. take a look at these findings in our latest cnn poll. 77% certainly believe trump had an affair before the presidency. 16% say he did not. partisanship on that. we asked did the porn star get paid to protect the campaign, 65% say no, 28% says no. overwhelming majority of the american people think --

>> what about the final care one. >> 46% it doesn't matter. if you compare that to clinton with impeachment and lewinsky, it's flipped. now a slim majority say it does matter. >> david chalian, a very packed "bottom line." u.s. olympian gus kenworthy did not need a medal to become a champion. he joins us live to say why he came away with even more. that's next. let's go to sumatra. where's sumatra? good question. this is win. and that's win's goat, adi. the coffee here is amazing. because the volcanic soil is amazing. making the coffee erupt with flavor. so we give farmers like win more plants. to grow more delicious coffee. that erupts with even more flavor. which helps provide for win's family. and adi the goat's family too. because his kids eat a lot. all, for a smoother tasting cup of coffee. green mountain coffee roasters. packed with goodness.

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gus kenworthy did not medal but he made an impact at the olympics. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> you said you felt gralt fied, so what was so special? >> in the last games in sochi, i was in the closet. when you're in the cloz etd it's hard to enjoy anything to the fullest. i got a medal as part of a podium sweep. there was subsequent interviews and everybody was like what type of girl do you like, what's your ideal date? i felt like i was constantly lying by omission and getting so stressed out and anxious and feeling the burden of being in the closet. this games it was so nice to be out. adam rippon was the other out gay u.s. olympian.

and we were the first. it was cool to be able to be myself and authentic. the event didn't go the way i wanted it to. that's a bummer. it's sports. it happens. it comes and goes. >> you made it to the final and there are only a handful of people on the entire globe who can do that. good for you and thank you for representing us as well as you do and giving your all. you should see the pictures of his leg when he hurt himself that are online. did you think it was okay that being out and the politics around it became part of the olympics? >> i did think it was okay actually. for me growing up, i never had representation in sport. i think if i had, it would have changed the course of my life, given me a role model and made me realize that being gay was okay. this is the most diverse team that team usa has ever brought to the winter olympics. i think that's important. >> twitter trolls freaked out about you. i was going to put some up on the screen but they're so

disgusting, they're hard to do so. >> death threats. >> here is one we've had to sensor. gross blank, blank you, go blank a blank. sodom and gomorrah will return. sick, nasty blank. >> like a mad libs. >> fill in the blanks. preferably in a more pleasant way. you fought back and got youtube to change its policy sort of. what happened next? >> for me i talked about being out, being gay during the olympics. people were like, 2018, stop shoving it in their face. >> i'm not shoving it in their face. i'm existing. my boyfriend and i had a kiss before the contest. people made a huge fuss by it. the same people aren't upset aout someone kissing their wife. i wanted to explain i was just existing. yes it's 2018 and very

accepting, but also it's not because i get these comments daily. >> something else you did there that matters in a big way to a lot of people here in this country. tell us about the puppies and what you learned when you over there and what you did. >> in sochi i brought back five stray dogs with my ex-boyfriend. humane society international helped. we got to raise a bunch of awareness for dog adoption in the u.s. it was a cool amazing thing that happened. coming into this games, humane society international reached back out because there's a huge dog meat trade i knew nothing about. they informed me about it, opened my eyes to it. i wanted to sort of be a part of the solution if i could, lend my name, lend my time. after my competition, i visited a dog meat farm which was the saddest place i've ever been. it was one that the humane society international had shut down. the farmer agreed to close the doors, they had paid him to start doing something else. that's what they're trying to do

all over south korea. so 90 dogs will be flying back to the u.s. and canada to that farm. one will be coming home with me. >> what's his name. >> bemo. >> which means what? >> it's have a cartoon "adventure time." >> gus kenworthy, thanks so much for being with us. congratulations to you on all of your success. >> thank you. time for cnn "newsroom" with john berman whose nickname is also bemo. >> strangely. have a great weekend. the president seems to have changed his positions on guns and the spelling of alec baldwin all within the last 12 hours. good morning everyone. john berman here. this morning it appears the white house is a place where steadiness goes to die not to mention syntax. a level of chaos having ripple effects around the west wing, the country, the world. this is a 9:00 a.m. status update. after a nighttime meeting with the nra the white house is trying to clear up whether