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this country, and around the world it was an unprecedented moment, the work of high school students taking action. it began with the survives of the parkland shooting. they spoke out, moved millions. they have inspired other young people across the united states those people turned out. more than 800 marches, a new generation of student activists marching to the rallying cry of "never again." many of them gathered for the march in the nation's capital. their eloquent testimony stirred the crowd. >> we hereby promise to fix the broken system we've been forced into and create a better world. don't worry, we've got this. >> my friends and i might still be 11. we might still be in limit tear school. but we know life is not equal for everyone, and we know what
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is right and wrong. >> this needs to change. we've been fighting for this, and nothing has changed. we knee change now. >> i'm here working every day for my 17 fellow eagles pronounced dead because of gunfire. >> that last speaker delaney tarr, delaney and two of her fellow students will be joining us in a moment. students insisting that this time is different. threatening to hold lawmakers accountable at the ballot box. meanwhile, president trump spent part of his day at his florida golf club about 40 miles north of the parkland shooting location. the president today himself was silent about the mass outpouring. he did not tweet about it. the white house did issue a statement writing in part, quote, we applaud the many courageous americans exercising
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their first amendment rights today. there have been 17 shootings in american schools already this year, averaging more than one a week. the question is whether today's massive protests are simply of the movement, the moment, or is this a real movement? jason, i was there for part of it. it felt bigger than anything i have ever seen here, frankly. >> reporter: well, it really was. we heard from so many different types of people, from survivors, families, young people, old people, all with one message. that message being that gun laws have to change. they gathered by the hundreds of thousands, armed by their motivation against gun violence. they filled streets and cities across america to take part in the march for our lives. they marched in los angeles,
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chicago, boston and new york. one of the largest crowds convened on the nation's capital. >> to those people that tell us that teenagers can't do anything, i say that we were the only people that could have made this movement possible. >> reporter: some of the most powerful moments came from survivors of last month's shooting. >> when people try to suppress their vote and they stand against you because you are too i don't think, we say -- no more! >> reporter: another pointian moment keep from emma government salz, who took for more than six minutes, and said nothing at all. >> since the time i came out here, it has been six minutes, 20 seconds. the shooter had ceased shooting and will soon abandon his rifle, blend in with the students as they escape and walk free for an hour before arrest. fight for your lives before it's
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someone else's job. >> reporter: they manage for a political or personal reasons or both. in new york city, just as thousands gathered near central park, paul mccartney reflected on what the mar meant to him. >> one of my best friends was killed in gun violence right around here. so it's important to me. >> reporter: our interviewed conducted on central park west, blocks away from where john lennon was gund down in 1980. the real question is -- what happens next? there their passion, their movement lead to federal at the legislation? >> what we have to say is you have to stay with it. one day is not enough. >> reporter: some came to remember stoneman douglas, other sand hook, or las vegas, or the pulse nightclub in orlando. one thing is clear. they marchers believe the time for change is now. >> my grandfather had a dream that his four also children
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would not be judged by the color of their skin, by by the content of their character. i have a dream that enough is enough. and that this should be a gun-free world. period. >> so we saul that in the case of florida, they were able to pass gun legislation after what happened there. the same thing in new york following sandy hook, many of the marchers we spoke to are hoping another tragedy doesn't have to happen before they see some sort of tougher federal gun regulations on the books. >> jason, thank you very much. out front now, three students from the high school in parkland. delaney tarr, she spoke at the march. she hid with a teacher and 18 other students doing everything they were told to do. alfonso heard the gunshots,
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locked in a closet for four hours, and alley in the school auditorium while the gunman was on campus. thank you all for being with me tonight. i know it's a difficult day emotionally, but what an incredible day, in part because of your efforts and your passion. delaney, we just heard a bit of what you had to say in washington today. what do you want people to take away from today, this unprecedented moment that you have caused? >> i mean, i'm glad that everything is treating today like the amazing day that it was, but it's a lot more than that. i want people to realize that. we have power, power that was just demonstrated by the hundreds of thousands who came. people all across the country. we have power, we just need to use it. we need to continue taking action. this is just the beginning. this is not just today. >> i know that's the hard part. there are hundreds of rally across the country.
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you brought to it passion, people. you have gotten taken for this like nothing else has despite shooting after shooting after shooting. what makes you confidence this does now lead to real change in this country? >> i think today was a perfect visual representation of the amount of people that want to see this change. i can guarantee you this was just our start and we're going to keep on pushing. the amount of people that showed up today should be enough to show people that there's so many people behind us, so many people that support this, so many that will keep on fighting. >> we have certainly not seen anything like this before. afontsa, the president says he supports a ban on bump stocks, but today he did not tweet, did not personally comment about the marches from mar-a-lago. are you disappointed? was your reaction from him today? >> i'm thankful he didn't
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ridicule us. i know the president has usually had a history with making fun of people and being a jerk, but to be frank, this is exactly what we needed. i'm glad the president is in florida, figuring out his priorities playing golf, but we're not here to play anymore. this wasn't the climax of what the rest of the world can do. this is only the beginning. i'm sure he's fully aware. he isn't scared. he just isn't ready for what's coming. >> delaney, what do you think? >> i mean, i said it in my speech and i'll say it again. he's giving us -- this bump stock ban is tiny bread crumbs, but obviously we're going to take more. we won't for a i got that ban. it's a step, a very small step, but it is still a step. we are so much going to keep fighting. we have so much more that we need, that's what we're going to keep doing. as afontso said he's afraid of
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the fact that a bump stock ban will not fix everything. >> aly, since the shooting at parkland, you have successfully fought for legislation, all three of you. the you go new gun control laws passed there, the governor signed it. you have already made big change, including raising the minimum age from 18 to 21 to purchase a firearm. it is opposed. the president says politically on the national level it doesn't have the political support. you got it down in florida. the florida law allows some teachers to be armed. how do you feel about that, aly? >> the arming teachers part i find absolutely ridiculous. if you're an adult, saying this to children, you obviously haven't been in a classroom setting in a while. i've had teachers that don't know how to turn on computers. i've had teachers who don't know how to work a projector, now they're supposed to carry a firearm? i don't understand. there's so many things that can go wrong, so many what-ifs, just
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so many more lives that can be lost for unnecessary reasons if that happens. >> al phono, you were nodding there as aly was saying she didn't think it made sense. >> i said it before and i'll say it again. it's a terrible idea. at our school, one of the teachers who passed away, scott beagle was shot holding the door open for students. he was shot before he could have ever hypothetically reached a gun to defend himself and the other kids. it's unrealistic, immature, and frankly it's a ploy by the nra to get more guns everywhere, not only in schools, about you in no-gun zones. they said it would be 20% of schools. i believe that's around 700,000 new guns into america, and that's exactly what we don't warrant. want. >> delaney, the healing process is hard to put words around it. it's individual and a different
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road for so many. we saw 20% of your students were high school that were absent. there's still fear. how much fear is there, from your classmates in just going to school now? >> there's fear everywhere, not even just? school. it's amplified in an environment like that. i think we knew that was going to happen. a lot of es felt fear before this, but it's just more realized now. i know personally i have a hard time going places outwithout even thinking about the fact i may be shot. that's something i had to take into consideration, that there's a possibility despite all the security that i could by shot. it's heartbreaking to have to think about it, but that's the reality. the best thing that everyone has been able to do is take our fear and turn it into action, into power. >> you have certainly done that, no question. thank you all so very much. and thank you for all of the passion that you brought to
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today. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. next, the hundreds of thousands marching today, shouting "never again." so what really happens legislatively? does something change? plus a republican congressman, a veteran and card-carrying member of the nra. he also supports an assaults weapons ban. and the president kneely 1,000 miles away from washington tonight, he left behind a white house, though, reeling. the developments on the trump team shake-up, and of course stormy. en? it takes dell technologies, a family of seven technology leaders working behind the scenes to make the impossible... reality. we're helping to give cars the power to read your mind from anywhere... and we're helping up to 40% of the nation's donated blood supply to be redirected to the people that need it most. magic can't make digital transformation happen... but we can.
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xwlo. welcome back. tonight aislen from president trump, the man who never holds back on his twitter account has not used it today as massive crowds rally. trump was not there, as it happened, he's actually in florida at mar-a-lago. he didn't tweet or speak. we got a brief statement from a deputy press secretary who said in part, quote -- we applaud the many americans who exercise their first amendment rights today. john avalon, april ryan, mark preston, amy kremer, keith
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boykin, and scott jennings. thanks to all. so much to talk about tonight. mark, i'll start with you. the white house put out a statement, okay? but the reality is that's not the way the president operates. when he has something to say, he chose not to. a missed opportunity? >> a huge missed opportunity. one tweet -- he expressed his condolences for the folks who died in a terrorist attack. clearly he could have done it. i think for his part, in some ways it was smart he didn't do it. once he does, that just mean, in making promises he cannot deliver on. in the past few weeks. >> he's going to raise the age, he supported raising the age, and that obviously didn't happen.
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enchs i think one of the tragedies is the president's instincts on guns is because the influence in the nra and his base. not even talking about the fact that in 200, he was in favor of the assault ban. that just freaks out the other republicans, and then he gets boxed back. >> so let's go through what he's done and hasn't done. he's going to ban bump stocks, the justice department says he's going to do that. school safety commission established, congress yesterday on the spending bill they horseshoe in there improvement on background checks and more security in schools. is this all we're going to get? >> well -- yes.
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you know, one thing we are hearing that everyone pretty much agrees on is background checks. when you go beyond that, that's when the water is murky. there's something else that people are not talking about, the fact that the cdc has the ability to go and to look at gun violence, the effects of gun violence, but there's no funding for it, because of a previous law that doesn't allow for it. but on a presidential level, this president said at the time when he met with congressional leaders, hey, look, this is something i can do, bump stocks, why is it taking so long? he's not done it. i'm wondering if that's something strategic for the moment today, they talked about the bump stock shy. but i also want to go back to something that you talked with mark about, the issue of the president tweeting. we still have a few more hours until executive time tomorrow morning. seriously, that crowd in washington, i was there.
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it was more than his inauguration numbers there, and then you look at atlanta, you look at new york, all the other places. >> well, certainly it's a feel, but it felt more than the women's mars. >> he is watching the news, depending on what he said on fox tomorrow morning will determine how he feels or tweets about the march. >> what explains -- bump stocks, he -- he could have done it by executive order. is he dragging his feet even on that? >> i don't think he is. it was right after las vegas happened that they started talking about that. and i believe -- and somebody here may correct me if i'm wrong, there has to be a six-month period for people to weigh in on the doj's website, i believe, and they will put it into effect, i believe, but they're moving forward on it. even the nra has said they have no problem with it.
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i think the president, going back to what mark said, i don't think that no matter what he said today would have been the right thing. somebody would have been upset with him. he has spent a lot of time with victims, not just at parkland, but other victims. he's been out there. he's listening, the conversations are going on, and i think he's doing what he should be doing. whatever is done, i personally -- and i said it with barack obama and i'll say it with this president -- i don't think it should be done through executive action. i think it's congress's job to lead and get it done legislatively. >> unfortunately they fail every single time they're given a chance. >> after sandy hook, we saw with over 90% support, because republicans and the nra didn't back it at a crucial time and some red-state democrats, and 99% say they support university
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background checks. are we going to let 3% block 99%? what happened to representative democracy? that's an inversion in the way things are supposed to work. this president had an opportunity after vegas. he wanted to start the dialogue? what happened? people have been waiting the i've been at the white house since columbine, over 20 years. the gun show loophole was a big issue there. when will someone say enough is enough? it's one thing to have your guns, but it's another thing to protect penal. >> obviously there was a school shooting in maryland this week. that appears to have been a personal thing between this boy and this girl, 16 years old jalen wiley was taken off life support. she died. she was killed. this was a gun. it was not an a rove-15 style weapon, but win a machine this starting, the it school resource officer confronted him and shot
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him. we don't know whether he shot himself or what, but in that confrontation, he was killed. do you buy that argument at all? >> remember there was a school resource officer in parkland to too. we've seen many incidents where there have been armed people who have not stopped gunmen, and there were instances where there couldn't be -- in las vegas, what was something going to do to stop someone -- >> that would be all about allowing that kind of weapon -- >> or the pulse nightclub. there was a shooting where they had an armed security guard who engaged the gunman and still failed to stop him. the idea that the only thing we need to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, is
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a nice talking point, but it's not true. there's in fantasy, this john wayne mythology that is not a reality. you have a lot of people walking around with guns -- and -- but the reality is we are leading ourselves, deluding ourselves into how safe we are by having these weapons. most often they end up being used against us. >> scott -- >> i'm sorry if i blew your cover there. >> if i'm a gun-owning american. i think there's common-sense measures to engage it. it already started. donald trump signed into law that i think we're pooh-poohing pomp things. it happened relatively quickly in large part because of the activi activism. they're already getting some things done, both in florida and at the national leism.
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i think common sense, let's raise the age to 21. that makes sense to a lot of conservatives and liberal. more physicians latitude on who in the mental health system should go on the no-buy registry form the kid that shot up the parkland school, he had been in and out of the mental health system. that's a common-sense thing to put in the hands of local people. they're going to know whether they're a danger to their community. i also think gun violence restraining orders is something i'm hearing people talk about, that makes a lot of sense. i think you can start to fix this problem, you can do it in a way that finds common ground, but also do it in a way that doesn't confiscate property or trample on people's rights. when we say it's not possible, i think we're grinding this debate to a halt. >> i'll tell you one group of people who won't agree, the nra.
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welcome back to a special edition of "out front." hundreds of thousands taking to the streets around the world. actress jennifer head son among those there. she lost her mother, brother d and -- to gun violence. >> there was a mom on television. she was just screaming out. >> i just spent the last two hours putting the burial arrangements for my daughter's funeral, who is 14 do something! action, we need it now. these kids need safety now! >> i understood every inch of her frustration. i'm like, she's angry, one, because it's like, this is nonsense. then two, no ones unitses.
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>> van joins me now. van, a powerful moment, an incredibly personal, painful day for her to relive what happened. there are two many stories like hers, as you are exploring, in this country. >> first of all, such a beautiful human being, on one day her mother, her nephew and her brother were all killed. so most people can't come back from that. she's come back so beautifully. when she walked on the stage and started singing about change, people who knew her story, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. her story is a story that is unfortunately all too common. i'm so proud of the young people who put this promise together. they include the school shootings, but they include so many more victims, include street-level violence, in chicago and other places, so when you have a movement that
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starts off with a small number of young people in one place and grows more and encompass the whole world and so much pain, there's power in that movement. there are people who feel they have a play in the movement these young peoplewhether you great with in the meantime on policy, you have to agree with their approach on trying to include as many as possible. they did a beautiful job of that, and jennifer hudson topped it off. >> you have to applaud the passion and belief in themselves we saw in these young students. the white house did put out a statement, van from a deputy press secretary. the president himself obviously chose not to comment today. what do you make of that? >> listen, i think it's okay. if he had commented, and commented negatively, it wouldn't have been perceived well. if he commented positively, maybe some would second-guess that. it's okay that he let the young
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people have their moment. let's not forget, he did do something about bump stocks. there's some positive, because these young people are so compelling. the bump stocks has more to do with the las vegas massacre. no policy came out of that, but the young people are so compelling that some of the unfinished business of other tragedies is now being taken up. i think today is a day to celebrate what these young people have accomplished. i have not seen high school students do this in my lifetime. you have to go back to 1961, '63 to see something like this. >> certainly here in new york, not felt the crowd, the intensity and the passion that i ever can remember like we did today. thank you so much, van. thank you for that town hall. >> thank for you including me. >> an amazing town hall. i want to go to the republican congressman from florida, a veteran who served in afghanistan. he said he was sitting with his
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family, his kids were sitting in a pool writing in an op-ed i cannot support the primary weapon i used to defend our people being used to kill children i swore to defend. congressman, thank you for your time tonight. i appreciate you joining us. hundreds of thousands protesting in the nation's capital, and of course in hundreds of other cities, do you think congressman mast, this time is different, that there will be change? >> i think it is different. just in the state of florida, change happened rapidly. the govern oir signed into law that the state legislature put in with background checks, a wait period, age limits. they happened very rapidly. i was out at one of those marches today. the kids did an amazing job. they were disciplined, articulate, compassionate. they knew what they saided to talked about and looked at more
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than one side, and i applauded them in their work. >> congressman, your background and your resume i think is very powerful. in an issue that's being so polarized, you said the second amendment or you want it repealed, unfortunately that's where a lot of the debate goes, and that's not where a lot of people are. >> you're a member of the in a moment ra, and -- cans explain how there's a middle ground, you can also say we have a big problem and we need major changes in gun laws. >> it's one of the toughest places to look at. i think the president has done a good job. in showing that there is room. unfortunately we go to our different corners, okay, if you say anything about what goes on with the possession of a firearm, you're absolutely against the second amendment. that's not true. we've been on a line since the days of al capone where the
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national firearms act has gone out and regulated. you can't purchase off the shelf a fully automatic firearm, you could buy a sawed-off shotgun. and then the governor of florida is saying we're going to change the age. different people are debating what age. most people acknowledge there's a line somewhere. that's where we have to debate. where does that line belong? what should you purchase off the rack? and having that debate doesn't mean that you're against the second amendment? i'm a strong conceal carry person, the president is supportive of the second amendment, but he wants to talk about where could this line be? and our founders would want us to have that debate. >> let me ask about one issue. the issue of age. i want to talk about it for an important reason. the nra doesn't want to change
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it. even though it's 21 for handguns. obviously in florida, y'all junior moved to raise it to 21. the president had come out very specifically, and said he was for moving it to 21. here he is. >> we're going to work on getting the age up to 21 instead of 18. you can't buy a handgun at 18, 19 or 20, you have to wait until you're 21, but you can buy the weapon that was used in this horrible shooting. >> it doesn't make sense to a lot of people, congressman, but the president now says there's not enough political support in washington to change that the nra is opposed to it. how can that be? >> it's up to us to go out and make that political support for it.
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the rifle was my primary weapon, and effectiveness at close range and longer ranges. >> the sidearm was my back up. it doesn't make sense, but not a higher level, that doesn't make sense, and you brought up an important point. i don't even think that that's the biggest issue. i think the biggest issue that exists is the fact we have a instant instant criminal background check, but we have nothing to address there's no mental background check. we don't address the fact that people on drugs can go out and buy a gun. there's no urine test for purchasing a firearm out there, and beyond that, anybody who has a record as a juvenile, that's expunged as soon as they turn 18 years old. if you stab somebody when you were 16, the day you turn 18, your record is wiped clean and you can go out and purchase what
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you want at 18. those are big places we could come together easily. >> they're very big places. you're calling for an assault weapons ban. you're doing a lot of things that are outside, let's call it the nra mainstream. my question before we go, did the president cave to the nra? he called out republicans by name in the room, and said they were scared, they were afraid to take the nra on, and now he's caved on that, too. did he cave to the nra? >> i think time will tell. he said some things that he wanted to see out there. he wanted toss bump stocks gown. i think people realize that's not necessarily the biggest issue. he wanted to see bills addressing age and background checks on every sale of firea s firearms. that's something that need to happen. if he makes sure that does happen, if he colds congress's feet to the fire, absolutely he kept up his end of the deal and
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i week proud of that. if he doesn't we can have that conversation on another day. >> congressman mast, i appreciate your time tonight. thank you. >> you're absolutely welcome. next, after a week of stunning staff changes at the white house, could there be more in the offing? and stormy daniels, her bulk shell television interview is less than 24 hours ago. she has a page front-page profile on a newspaper the president cares passionately about. will he break his silence on the daniels story? they help restore my natural barrier, so i can lock in moisture... and keep us protected. we've got to have each other's backs... and fronts. cerave. what your skin craves. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, 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 after just 4 months, ... with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques.
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welcome back. prompt is in mar-a-lago tonight, nearly 1,000 miles from the unprecedented rally in washington, d.c., the president leaving the white house in chaos. his top lawyer in the investigation quit, and ousted hr mcmaster. let's start with you, john. "new york times" is reporting that the president told bolton he wants to cut down on leaks. i think most people would agree leaks are an issue. congratulations and, you know, it goes on and on, but now there's speculation does that mean he'll fire a lot of professionals on the national security council? what do you think? >> that's the risk. all of a sudden there's a loyalty litmus test that doesn't have to do with qualifications, but how much of a loyalist you're going to be, and that's
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not good for national security 678 it's not good if the president's lead lawyer quits three quarters of a way through a major form. it's chaotic, because tone comes from the top. that means there's a lot of lost opportunities for the country. as we see this amazing turnout and the the president is m.i.a. and of course there's been reporting, politico was reporting that mcmaster was supposed to be a part of a broader ousting, and then the karen mcdougal interview was going to air, other issues, so he got rid 6 h.r. mcmaster, but now there's question marks over others. >> this president has a pattern of this happening, but i'm going back to mcmaster, mcmaster in his resignation letter to america, he said he was resigning -- retiring actually. he said hess was going to leave
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over the summer, but the question is, with all of this information about bolton, i'm wondering if the president will cut his resignation shorter, because, you know, that's -- that's what this president does. each rex tillerson, the former secretary of state said in his departing statement -- this is a mean-spirited town. he was basically indirectly or really directly pointing to the president. the president is holding the cards, and we're going to push a lot of the cards away. i believe there were% more firings. we also have to see the timeline. will mcmaster serve out the rest of his time even as we're possibly going into north korea meetings within a few weeks? >> bolton, of course, replacing him. you have question from matt is about how well they can even work together. bolton's history has strike first, negotiate later. >> right. >> you know, when it comes to north korea or iran, he's been
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very direct. ed markey says trump is building a war cabinet. too strong or fair? >> i would say it's too strong, because you could argue he built the war cabinet when he first was elected. he talked about his generals. he only has two generals left right now, kellie and general mattison. i think the six, seven of us here could argue that john kelly is not in it for the long term. the bottom line is i think it's an overstatement, but i do think that president trump is certainly looking towards people who are more volatile than we've seen in previous administrations. we'll hit paul. on the heels of the tell-all interview, character mcdougal, the white house is bracing for a potential explosive interview from stormy daniels. tomorrow will the president fire back?
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searching for answers may feel overwhelming. so start your search with our teams of specialists at cancer treatment centers of america. the evolution of cancer care is here. learn more at cancercenter.com/experts new tonight the president mostly silent today except for a tweet on the terror attack in france expressing condolences to victims. he has also been silent about allegations he had affairs with karen mcdougal and stormy daniels. the stormy daniels interview is
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on "60 minutes" and will be airing tomorrow night. and she'll be on "the new york times" tomorrow morning. he may say he hates it, but he craves it, and he will care about that profile and he will care about this interview. so what happens then? does he remain silent? >> well, i think he is already the lawsuit that's been filed, he's not silent because of the lawsuit. that's number one. but i don't think he'll acknowledge it through a tweet or a statement or anything. and honestly, no matter what's said, i know the left wants us to pull him down and destroy his presidency. it's not going to. >> keith? >> i don't know if this will destroy his presidency, but it certainly destroys the credibility of the right wing evangelical christian based republican party that spent decades talking about family values and how moral they were and how holier-than-thou they
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are, and then they support donald trump after all the porn stars and playmates and the reality tv stars, the hypocrisy is stunning. and it's a shame these are the same people who condemned barack obama who had a perfectly happy family life, but they apologize for the donald trump. it's inexcusable and indefensible. >> does it hurt him with those voters? >> it's not hurting with any voters. if you look at his job approval today -- >> i'm a voter and it hurts with me. >> were you ever in the approval camp? no. >> it's hypocrisy. >> in the december polling he was down in the high 30s, and today he's sitting around 42. the generic congressional ballot has shrunk. there's no evidence right now it's hurting him. what i think the outcome would be is continuously reminding women who may not be the likely mid-term voters who may not like
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him spurring them to turn out. right now his job approval is not suffering. >> but this is why people hate politicians and pundants. if y'all on the conservative side of the aisle were morally out raged about bill clinton, then you should feel the exact same way about trump. because their faith is supposed to be informing their politics, not the other way around. and this is not -- so let's take a stand and be consistent about it. >> people did not elect him because he is is a preacher or for a husband. they elected him to be president of the united states, and he's doing what he promised to do. >> even bill clinton was considered a moral leader. he is considered a moral authority when you reach that highest office in the land.
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>> they didn't elect him to be their pastor or a preacher or a husband. they elected him to do a job. that's what they elected him for. >> you're right. but it is a huge double standard. and much more ahead in the special two-hour edition of out front. i'm going to speak a father who med national headlines after he stood up to senator mark rubio on live television. stay with us. the fastest samsung ever demands t-mobile, the fastest network ever. right now get the new samsung galaxy s9 for half off. ♪ woman: where are we taking him? i have no clue. we're just tv doctors. if this was a real emergency, i'd be freaking out. we are the tv doctors of america.
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