you know, i really believe you don't know until you test it, but i really believe i would run in, even if i didn't have a weapon. >> in the wake of the deadly school shooting in florida, president trump shares what he might have done had he been from when shots rang out. the extent comes as the president, lawmakers and state leaders try to find solutions for gun control. >> plus, the deputy is now defending himself in a new statement. in the white house probe, hope hicks is expected to testify in a long anticipated appearance before the house intelligence committee later

today. good tuesday morning, everyone. it's february 27th. i'm ayman moyheldin alongside louis burgdorf. the president held a meeting on school safety where he promised to make an action on bump stocks so difficult to obtain that they would be gone. the president also revealed that he recently met with leaders of the national rifle association and that he believed they would take quick action to support new gun restrictions. >> i had lunch with three people from the nra, and i'll tell you, they want to do something. and i said, fellas, it's too long now. we've got to do something.

we're going to do very strong background checks, very strong. if we see a sicko, i don't want him having a gun. i know it was a time when somebody could have, even if they were sick, they were fighting. i said, fellas, away can't do it any more. there is no bigger fan of the second amendment than me and there's no bigger fan of the nra. these guys are great people. they want to do something. they're going to do something. when with we see somebody as this that is sick, the police went to see him, they didn't do a good job. they have restrictions on what they can do. we have to give them immediate access to take those guns away so they don't just leave and he sits there with seven different weapons. don't worry about the nra. they're on our side. half of you are so afraid of the nra. there's nothing to be afraid of. if they're fought with you, we have to fight them every once in a while.

that's okay. >> deputies were criticized by the president yesterday after a deputy assigned to the school and three other deputies remained outside the building as the shooting took place inside. president trump the said he would have performed better. >> i got to watch some deputy sheriffs performing this weekend. they weren't exactly medal of honor winners. the way they performed was, frankly, disgusting. they were listening to what was going on. the one in particular, he was early. then you had three others that probably a similar deal, a little layer, but a similar kind of thing. you don't know until you test it, but i really believe i'd run the in even if i didn't have a weapon and i think most of the people in this room would have done that, too, because i know most of you. but the way they performed was

really a disgrace. >> and during that event, president trump urged the supporting of arming some teachers. however, insley argued that the idea should be taken off the the table. >> i think this is a is circumstance that we need to listen, that educators should need to educate and they should not be foifted upon this thought of packing heat in first grade classes. i understand you suggested this and we suggest things and i just suggest we need a little less tweeting here, a little more listening and let's just take that off the table and move forward. >> meanwhile, florida governor rick scott was asked explain why he's opposed to arming teachers following the shooting in parkland. >> what i'm going to do in florida, i have a $500 million focus. i'm going to work with my legislature. we're going to make sure there's

significant law enforcement present in all the schools so law enforcement is goes to protect these schools along with hardening rather than having the teachers. i want the teachers to teacher. and rhode island has become the first state to act on gun policy in the wake of the florida school shooting. gina romando signed an executive order that establishes statewide red flag policy. right now, more than dooz dozen other states are considering similar red flag laws. it's been almost two weeks since the deadly shooting at a high school in parkland, florida. the school resource officer who resigned after failing to go into the school after the gunman is defending those actions. >> the attorney for armed campus deputy scott peterson is speaking out, peterson,

criticized for never entering the video. >> what is he seen doing on video? >> nothing. >> peterson's attorney now saying his heart goes out to the victims in his time of need, however, the allegations that peterson is a coward are patently untrue and that peterson, who resigned last week, took up a tactical position because he thought the shots were coming from outside the building. >> based on his training, protocols, equipment and tactics, he should have went in and done everything he could have possibly done to neutralize the killer. >> internal sources say they believe in the crucial four minutes while peterson was outside, six people were gunned down on the third floor of the building. now the sheriff's department is investigating whether two or three more dpits arrived and did not go in. >> an emotional appearance by student maddie willford hit by

three bullets, in her stomach, chest and hand. doctors calling her recovery a miracle. >> and i'd just like to say that i'm so grateful to be here and it wouldn't be possible without those officers and first responders and amazing doctors. >> while students are grateful, some are anxious about returning to class on wednesday. teachers arriving back at their classrooms greeted the by a rainbow. >> the rainbow was there for hoe. >> that was kerri sanders reporting in florida. democrats continue to maintain their edge on the generic ballot. currently, democrats hold a 16-point lead over republicans. 54% of registered voters said they would vote for the democrat if the midterms were held today, up five points since last month. 38% said they would vote for the

republican down six points. 57% of democrats said they are extremely enthusiastic to vote for congress this year. 43% of republicans said they were extremely or very enthusiastic. switching to the russian probe, a source with knowledge says white house communications director hope hicks will appear before the house intelligence committee for the first time later this morning. the source said there had been no agreement on the scope of questions like there was when steve bannon appeared there. they said, quote, drama is likely. hicks is one of the president's longest serving aides, a member of his campaign team since the very beginning.

daniel lipman is joining us. let's talk about hope hicks. given what we saw happen.and what unfoaled with steve bannon with the issue of executive privilege, what are you expecting lawmakers there to, a, ask her and, b, how she would respond. >> so i think she and her daughter have worked out exactly what she is going to say. this is a high stakes moment for her. and i think she's expected to be asked about statements she helped craft on air force one responding to the comey firing and also the initial "new york times" report about the meeting at trump tower that don junior and jared and paul manafort were a part of. so she has to give clear answers that make the it seems like she didn't obstruct justice. her phrase, the e-mails won't get out. she wants to say that's referring to them in the media and not actually referring to

e-mails getting into the hands of mueller. >> so let me ask you, in the event that she does follow along with other trump aides and refuse to answer certain questions, what resource does the house intel committee have to force her to comply and get specifics? >> thufrgs they could hold her and other trump people who don't want to say what they know in under contempt of congress. then you would have a legal battle. that is unlikely to happen today because you need to see more stonewalling for that to happen. it's a very natural process for people in the executive branch not to want to share everything with congress, but in this case, this is a high national priority to get to the bottom of this. and with mueller, it's much harder for her and i think she's already talked to mueller to make that aurlt.

there is obviously some kieventd of pressure on congress to deal with gun control. what kind of movement are we likely to see congress take up? >> so i think every day that we are removed from the parklands massacre, just the pressure gets less. you know, people talk less about those brave high schoolers coming forward to ask for action. what we're lickly to get is a modest bill that, you know, fixed knicks bill which is helping the background check system. but i think republicans have to be very careful that they're not seen as not improving the situation. because most americans, you know, over 90% of americans support universal background checks. that seems like a no-brainer. i think even trump supports that. but there's a bunch of

conservative republicans worried about their own base which does not want any gun regulation. >> certainly going intoog into a midterm election, as well. stick around. >> thank you. still ahead, a possible gop civil war in mississippi as one conservative fire brand hints at entering the state race. plus, syria under siege. russia orders a humanitarian cease-fire to allow civilians to evacuate, but will it actually last? those stories and a check on weather when we come back. stay with us.

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welcome back, everyone. now to the latest in the deadly escalation in the ongoing syrian civil war. assad ali russia has ordered daily five-how humanitarian pauses on the capital of

damascus. russia is the primary backer of the syrian government's campaign. many men, women and children have died since the government began bombarding the city just over a week and a half ago. it all comes if in spite of a u.n. security counsel resolution calling for a 30-day cease-fire across all of syria that was pass unanimously on saturday. just hours after that passed, witnesses tell nbc news that war planes tbed passing forcing residents to seek shelter in bamps with several other being killed. a ground offensive has been launched and on sunday more than a dozen people in ghouta were treated with injuries with chlorine gas attacks. in an echo of last year's chemical weapons attack, the

russian defense ministry is blaming rebels in the area of keeping stockpiles of the toxic agent. a u.n.-led initiative to stop these attacks in syria was vetoed by russia just last november. back here at home, the senate is bracing for a battle to put a rift between republicans and the more conservative activist portion of the party. wicker has reportedly been assured of president trump's support. mcdaniel teased him impending campaign launch, expected to come tomorrow in a facebook live post last night. >> i'm going to be holding an event that i think you can probably read between the lines as the to why i would be holding an event. we're looking for a fight. and i can't wait to have you on

my team. >> so backed by the tea party, mcdabbel nearly beat the state's other republican senator back in a 20 is 14 primary challenge losing by two points in a runoff back then. politico is the first to report that mcdaniels plans ending months of speculation about whether he would run in the scheduled primary against wicker or wait to see if cochran retires and try to win that seat. bill, some severe weather and flooding returning to the south this morning. >> yeah, exactly what they don't want, lewis. they're just getting done cleaning up this past weekend. so the rainfall prediction through thursday, so late today and through the next two days, this red is 2 inches. the pink inside, that is another 3 inches. this is the rainfall prediction map. now i'm going to add on here the red polygons that show us river

flood warnings right now. ohio river, this is the mississippi river. a lot of smaller rivers within some of these states. some of that is centered right on where the heaviest a rain is going to be. then we have saturated soil, add on top of that a quick 2 to 3 inches. maybe 4 to 5 in isolated cases. flash flooding will be a big problem in this region. that's why flood watches are up from tyler, texas, through central tennessee. we have about 10 million people under flash flood watches or flood watches and this is the area of greatest concern. as we go through the day today, umbrellas needed in austin. eventually it will rain in dallas and shreveport. we'll take this up to little rock by about 7:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. for the evening drive, it's exiting dallas/ft. worth, raining hard over shreveport, and overnight, that batch of rain moves over the ohio river where we have flooding ongoing, too. round two on wednesday in areas of northern mississippi. so today, another nice day, no problems for the eastern seaboard.

maybe a shower or two in miami. 85 degrees in tampa. but all that heavy rain that's late today into tomorrow. it still feels like spring and it's still very much a spring forecast with severe weather and flooding. no snow. still ahead, the broadway blue shirts appeared to be the big winners at yesterday's nhl trade deadline. plus, one super bowl winning quarterback goes yard for the bronx bombers. that's next in sports. him the w. the whisperer? why do they call him the whisperer? he talks to planes. he talks to planes. watch this. hey watson, what's avionics telling you? maintenance records and performance data suggest replacing capacitor c4. not bad. what's with the coffee maker? sorry. we are not on speaking terms. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient what's with the coffee maker? originally discovered...

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welcome back. time now for sports. it was a busy day, especially for the new york rangers who are at the bottom of the metropolitan division. their front office decided to trade ryan mcdonough for a slew of picks. the blue shirts move ryan graves to the colorado avalanche. meanwhile, the vegas golden knights went all in on this year, giving up three future draft picks for tomas tatar. the winnipegs picked paul stasny from the blues. the "new york times" reports goodell is preparing to fine jones millions of dollars for conduct detrimental to the league after jones hired a high profile attorney last november to sue the six owners of the

league's compensation committee after it became clear goodell would get a new deal without needing the approval of the other owners. the times reports the league will pay jones to pay the legal fees of the committee along with the legal expenses to defend cowboys running back ezekiel elliott. meanwhile, super bowl winning seahawks quarterback russell wilson is now a new york yankee. yes, you're hearing that correctly. he was acquired by a trade from the texas rangers to new york and he will be spending the next few days with the team during spring training. wilson says the move is not a stunt and that the opportunity has allowed him to fulfill a lifelong dream, even though he may not be a bronx bomber in the regular season, he was at batting practice yesterday. wilson went yard six times at one point hitting three home runs on four pitches, ayman. pretty incredible to see that go from football to baseball.

unbelievable. >> that is absolutely incredible. you have tim tebow doing it now russell wilson. it will be interesting to see if both of them square off at some point in new york. >> and he has baseball fooeever now. still ahead, a setback for the trump administration. the supreme court declines to take up a case dealing with daca leaving dreamers safe at least for now. plus, why delta's decision to cut ties with the nra could end up costing the airline. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, or psoriatic arthritis, 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 differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. and for psoriatic arthritis, otezla is proven to reduce joint swelling, tenderness, and pain. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring.

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welcome back. it's the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top stories for you. we begin with democratic state attorneys general meeting in washington, d.c. were disappointed yesterday to find out that they would not be meeting with the president to actually discuss gun safety. so far, the president has met with two republican state attorneys general but no democrats. he did, however, host a bipartisan group of governors. here is hallie jackson. >> from president trump on the parkland school shooting, hypothetical heroics. >> i think i -- i really believe i'd run in even if i didn't have a weapon. >> reporter: the president piling on, criticizing the four florida deputies who may have held back during the attack. >> they weren't exact thely medal of honor winners. the way they performed was, frankly, disgusting. >> in a meeting with governors,

president trump pledging he's willing to take on the nra. >> if they're the not with you, we have to fight them every once in a while. >> but no mention of an idea that he likes that the nra does not. raising the minimum age to buy automatic weapons to 21. president trump did talk about arming certain properly trained educators. >> educators should educate and they should not be foisted upon this responsibility of packing heat in first grades classes. so i just suggest we need a little less tweeting, a little more listening. >> even the president's senior citizen adviser ivanka trump is not fully on board. >> to be honest, i don't know. it's an idea that needs to be discussed. >> no teacher should be compelled, but others are concerned about their students and have training and specific

capacity as you've described. >> for now, changes to gun laws look more likely to come from the states than the federal government. in congress, a narrow bill to strengthen background checks seems to have the most momentum, but a senate debate on that has not been scheduled yesterday with democrats arguing that bill alone would be insufficient. still, the difference this time could be the student survivors demanding action. >> i have been heartened to see children across this country using their voices to speak out and try to create change. >> hallie jackson, nbc news, the white house. and staying in washington, congress returned amid a break lacking specific direction from the white house. members are waiting to see what, if anything, actually develops. a senior republican leadership source tells the nbc news the house is waiting for the senate to act while democratic senator joe manchin looked to president

trump to lead. >> you can reintroduce all the bills you want to. i'm happy to do that if it makes people happy. but, you know, i like to get things done. the reality we're looking at, this president is not going to be looked upon as being anti-second amendment. if he does something in a responsible way, i don't think the people that are second amendment people like myself would be concerned he's going to go further and take more away. that was the concern they had under the previous administration. so he has a golden opportunity to do a responsible, reasonable things and that's what he's talked about. so we're willing to help any way we can. >> and the supreme court has handed president trump a setback over the future of daca. the court yesterday declined to take up a key case dealing with the protection of thousands of immigrants. instead, the justice has ruled an appeals court should hear the case first. now, the trump administration tried to skip the ninth circuit

court of appeals and go directly to the scattered showers in its bid to start ending daca protections next month. speaking yesterday, president trump discussed the decision and the fact that the case would go back to the liberal leaning ninth circuit court. >> daca is going to be put back into the 9th circuit. you know, we tried to get it moved quickly because we would like to help daca. i think everybody in this room wants to help with daca. but the supreme court ruled it has to go through the normal chain chann channel, so it's going back in. it's really sad when every single case filed against us is in the ninth circuit. we lose, we lose, we lose. but what does that tell you about our court system? it's a very sad thing. so daca is going back, and we'll see what happens there. the decision by the supreme court now gives congress a reprieve on daca.

any legislative deadline would likely fall after the midterm elections so the courts have time to finish hearing the case and any questions appeals. meanwhile, the scattered showers appears divided over a case that could dramatically even public unions. it allows public unions to collect fees from nonmembers who benefit from collective bargaining. the four liberal justices appeared to sign with the unions while conservative justices john roberts, anthony kennedy and samuel alito appeared ready to rule against them. however, the crucial voice that remains silent was that of trump appointee neil gorsuch. his record on the issue is less definitive. the ruling, which could affect laws in more than 20 states, is affected by late june. inning us from washington is politico's daniel lipman. good to have you back with us. >> thanks for having me. >> so the supreme court yesterday as we noted declined to intervene on daca yesterday,

taking the pressure off of lawmakers to fix the program before trump's march 5th deadline. at the risk of sounding like a broken record, will congress revictim gragz before the next shutdown deadline, do you think, in march? >> yeah. we've talked about this issue it seems like every week. >> i feel like it's a regular running theme. >> so, you know, what i'm hearing from my sources is that one potential possibility is that at the ends of march, there's a big omnibus and they could put 7.6 billion or a little more in border wall funding along with an extension for three years of protection for dreamers. and i've talked to even some democratic members and they say they would get behind that. they would swallow their pride and vote for that border wall funding in exchange for, you know, giving protection to these dreamers and having them to reassure that they won't get deported anytime soon. >> so yesterday we saw president trump say away from backing any

specific gun control proposals. why haven't we seen a full endorsement of the president of any specific gun control measures, whether it be age restrictions or background checks or what have you? >> i think president trump doesn't want to let down his base. he even said yesterday, we shouldn't get too afraid of the nra. we have to fight them once in a while. but it doesn't seem like he's actually doing that in this case. he's worried that his base would be mad at him if he, you know, supported some common sense gun control measures and i think, you know, he doesn't want to get in the way of the nra, which is a very powerful force in washington. >> yeah. and to the president's defense, at least, he did say he wants to ban bump stocks and said he would do that even if congress doesn't. so it will be interesting to see if he can deliver on that one issue. let's switch gears for a moment and talk about jared kushner's security clearance.

what are you hearing about the status of his temporary security clearance and has this so far impacted his ability to work in the white house? we know trump has punted the issue to general kelly. has general kelly given any indication as to how he plans to resolve the lack of security clearance for jared kushner? >> it seems like general kelly must have punted the issue again. jared kushner has been without a permanent security clearance for a year and he's still been able to do his job. he continues working hard at that job. but, you know, rex tillerson has been worried about jared encroaching on his territory. at one point, tillerson said, you know, we can't have four secretaries of states running around. but, you know, jared seems to be in good spirits. i ran into him last week at a restaurant. he wasn't complaining about his security clearance there. >> are we allowed to ask you what the restaurant was? no, no, don't tell us. >> it was kavari on k street.

>> thanks. and amid the ongoing calls with companies to receiver ties with the nr are a in the wake of parkland florida school shooting, delta is facing backlash in its home state over its push to do just that. conserve ifr leaders are vowing to block a lucrative tax break bill for the air line unless it fully reinstates its deal with the organization. it would eliminate a state tax on jet fuel, potentially saving the company tens of millions of dollars. delta is one of several companies to abandon its relationship with the nra after the shooting. yesterday casey cable tweeted, i will kill any tax legislation that benefits delta unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with nra. corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not

to fight back. meanwhile, another company that has ties with the nra says it has no plans to cut ties with nra. fedex says it will continue to keep its relationship with the nra. >> absolutely, lewis. they released a statement on monday saying they never set or change rate for any of our million of customers around the world in response to their politics, beliefs or stance on issues. they did add, however, that they oppose rifles being in the hands of civilians. and, of course, since monday, about a dozen or so companies have severed ties with the nra since the florida shooting. elsewhere, fitbit has plummeted 15% in after hours trading yesterday after releasing its earnings release. they only sold 15 million devices last year compared to 22

million devices the year before. they're getting a lot of competition from the likes of apple and they said going forward, they're expecting revenues to decline as much as 20%. and some breaking news this morning, jomana, involving msnbc and nbc, come comfort announcing its making a rival bid to fox to buy the uk-based sky. what's the offer and what are you details that you can tell us about? >> huge news, exactly, lewis. so comcast, the parent of this company, has made this offer for sky and sky is a european broadcaster with 23 million customers and thooeey're renown for having the soccer rights. they came in with 50 a share. the this is at a 16% premium to the offer already put on the table by fox. the background is sky had agreed to sell to fox, but there is a bit of an issue with the british

r regulator. so it could be a sign of more things to come. we're seeing more and more u.s. networks looking to branch into europe and into asia. most analysts saying this is the beginning of a media war, lewis. back to you. >> thanks so much. still ahead, first lady ma lan ya trump reportedly takes action amid the scandal involving a $26 million inauguration payday. plus, first daughter and senior adviser ivanka trump faces allegations of sexual misconduction against her father. and bill karins is back with us. stay with us.

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house, but when it comes to the topic of sexual misconduct, she would rather be viewed as a daughter. nbc's peter alexander asked her about allegations of sexual misconduct that her father has been accused of and denied. take a listen to how she responded. >> do you believe your father's accusers? >> i think it's a pretty inappropriate question to ask a daughter if she believes the acurers of her father when he's affirmatively stated that there's no truth to it. i don't think that's a question you would ask many other daughters. i believe my father. i know my father. so i think i have that right as a daughter to believe my father. >> the "new york times" reports trump's response has faced pushback from journalists and

others who say she was at the olympics games in an official capacity and has positioned herself for a voice for women inside the white house. after a controversy, the "new york times" reports first lady melania trump has parted ways with stephanie winston walco the tt last are are week terminating a contract by which trump's long time friend was an unpaid government employee. wallcot made headlines when it was learned she was paid nearly $26 million to plan events around it. sources with direct knowledge of the situation tell the times that mrs. trump was dispoliced by the news. a spokesperson said the first lady, quote, had no involved with the inaugural committee and she had no knowledge of how the funds were spent. and melania trump delivered her first speech of 2018 yesterday and used the opportunity to address the recent tragedy that killed 17 in parkland, florida. the first lady commended the students who are leading the movement towards gun violence prevention and encouraged parents to promote kindness,

compassion and respect muck children to teach them positive social media habits. >> it is important that as adults we take the lead and the responsibility in helping our children manage the many issues they are facing today. this means encouraging positive habits with social media and technology, even limiting time online. i'm asking you all to join me today and committee the to promoting values such as encouragement, kindness, compassion and respect in our children. with those values as a solid foundation, our kids would be better equipped to deal with many of the evils in our world today such as drug abuse and addiction and negative social media interactions. >> positive speech given there by the first lady. let's get a check on your weather now with nbc

meteorologist bill karins. bill, some rain and severe weather in the so you say south you're talking today. >> it's amazing that we just keep talking spring. the storm that is going to move into the middle of the country is currently located in california. did bring some rain to los angeles overnight. why is that a big deal? sacramento had some rain is and snow. so the flood watches are up from northeast texas, about 10 million people including the nashville area, memphis and little rock. this is through thursday with rounds of rain. the first one comes in later today. rain starts in texas and it will overspread the region later. notice how warm it is. 66 st. louis. 60s as far north as chicago. even in the northeast, not bad with temperatures in the 50s for this time of year. more mid to late march.than mid to late february. the only real winter late air is in the northern rockies. that's not all that bad. tomorrow, round two of the rain moves in and the this one could have some strong storms with it. notice we're still very warm on

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. welcome back. everyone. the state department's main point person for contacts in dealing with north korea is retiring after more than three decades of service with frud bei -- friday by his last day. >> se secretary of state accepted the state's decision. tourning now to syria after a

week and a half onslaught. russia is calling for a daily five hour upon uprespondent. why is anyone taking mogs cow seriously this time around. >> well, i think the residents of east ghouta are taking it seriously but the syrian regime would have fallen long ago. so it's clear to people who's calling the shots here. they've been trapped in this rebel held onslaught. 550 people killed. held on earth is how the u.n.

secretary general ke scribed it. that was watered down in order to avoid a russian vveto. the syrian regime considers to be terrorists and frankly seegs fires have come an gone and they've bron broken as soon as they've started. some progress in the sense of tajable moves but some are accusing russia of buying time to take up the our ya. it's also not clear whether aide areas will be able to bring food and medicine in. >> absolutely heart breaking stuff coming out of syria.

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