i'm brooke baldwin. this is our special coverage today of students leading the gun reform debate. just one week now after they survived the deadliest school shooting since sandy hook, marjory stoneman douglas students are meeting with lawmakers demanding changes to gun laws. they're feeling resistance as they expressed just a short time ago. >> we will not be silenced. it has gone on long enough that we just because we're kids we're not allowed to understand. but trust me, i understand. i was in a closet, locked for four hours, with people who i would consider almost family, crying and weeping on me, begging for their lives. i understand what it's like to text my parents, good-bye, i might never ever get to see you again. i understand what it's like to fear for your life. >> as survivors are standing up, fellow students are walking out in solidarity all across the country. >>. >> all: enough is enough! >> all these voices will continue to be heard tonight. more than 5,000 people are expected to attend ou

i'm brooke baldwin.f the most partisan issues gripping capitol hill, the vote to release democrat memo in response to the republican memo. now it is up to the president to decide if it will go public. a source tells cnn if the fbi signs off, the president will not stand in the way. so, joining me now, house intelligence committee member and democrat joaquin castro from texas. congre congressman, nice to have you back on. >> thank you for having me. >> again, just a reminder to everyone, you and your committee voted to release this memo. are you, at all, concerned that president trump will refuse to declassify this democratic rebuttal? >> i am, actually. i'm concerned about a few things. number one, that he might refuse to release it completely or that if he releases it, it could be so heavily redacted it would take away from the ability of the american people to really understand and grasp all of the points of the memo. remember, this is a president who, on many issues, is basically beyond shame at this

i'm brooke baldwin. we'll get you back, i promise, to the very latest on indictments in russian meddling. let's get you to the mass shooting in stoneman douglas that claimed the lives of 17 and injured many more others. the fbi's tip line received a call of concern from a person close to the shooter on january 5th. that was 42 days before the shooting happened. the fbi understands the gravity of the oversight with the fbi director christopher wray issuing a statement himself. brian todd and evan perez. first to you. you're in the gunman's previous neighborhood here in parkland. we're talking about a tipster calling in this line on january 5th. what exactly was he or she warning the fbi of? >> this tip had horrible and very chilling detail. it almost seems to predict what the shooter was going to do. as you mentioned, the tip got to the fbi on january 5th of this year, 42 days before the shooting. according to the bureau, the tip spoke of the shooter's gun ownership, his desire to kill people, his erratic

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i'm brooke baldwin. here we go. the fact that the top white house aides are worried that fbi director christopher wray could quit if a republican memo comes out. it alleges fbi misconduct and the development is more evidence of this deepening divide not just in washington, not just between parties but also between the president and much of his party and the intelligence community. the d.o.j. let's talk this over with richard ben vo niece stay. nice to have you on. >> thank you. >>> it's a pri lewd to derail the investigation. tell me why. >> well, they've been at it for quite some time in various ways to not only disparage mueller but the fbi, the department of justice and everybody else who is critical of or potentially critical of the president. this is happened since the jump and now we're at a point where the impartiality, the bipartisan history of the house intelligence committee which has gone for quite some time without this kind of ranker is the collateral damage of the effort by the republicans to protect t

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. thank you for being with me. from making it out alive to making a difference. students who survive the deadlyist school shooting since snook are there at the florida state cape toll demanding gun reform. it's been one week. the teens are feeling the resistance to change, as they expressed moments ago. >> no longer can i walk the halls without imagining bloodstains and dead bodies. because of the damage that a single ar-15 rifle caused. >> more than anything, we cannot polarize each other anymore. regardless of our political views. if we want to get anything done, we have to come together! >> i don't think anybody here is ready to go back to class and have an empty seat. you know that empty seat is because, because someone is dead. because somebody lost their lives. but we need is action. and we need it now more than ever. >> this is to every lawmaker out there, no longer can you take money from the nra. no longer can you fly under the radar doing whatever it is you want to do. because we're coming after you. we'r

i'm brooke baldwin. counsel robert mueller is deer owing in on this possible covering up at this trump tower meeting between russians and the trump campaign. white house communications director hope hicks, here she is, told the president that e-mails written by the president's son, done junior about that meeting will quote/unquote, never get out. of course she was wrong and that phrase could be an admission that the trump team new what they were doing and knew what was wrong and hope hicks is guilty of obstructing justice. former spokesman from the legal team is expected to tell the special counsel all about that conversation. so with they seth brenzwick. the bottom line is what this could potentially show here that both trump and hicks had knowledge of these, you know, get some dirt on hillary clinton e-mails and wanted to cover-up? >> exactly. this all came about when there was an indication that mark corallo as you are noting is going to be speaking to bob mueller and there was an indication also that

i'm brooke baldwin. moments ago, president trump wrapped up his joint news conference with prime minister turn bull. standing next to the leader of a nation that has been hailed for addressing its own gun problem. in fact, taking you back, 1996, a single shooter murdered 35 people in australia, leading to major changes in gun laws there. thousands of guns were bought back. background checks were strengthned and now australia is among the high-income nations with fewer gun deaths. president trump did speak of gun reform today, pushing once again for select, well-trained teachers, perhaps former military, to also be armed. he made the case while pointing out that the one armed officer on site during last week's massacre failed to enter the building as students were under siege. >> frankly, you had a gun and he was outside as a guard and he decided not to go in. that was not his finest moment. that, i can tell you. he waited and he didn't want to go into the school. i just heard this. and it's a terrible si

i'm brooke baldwin. to capitol hill, back away from the brink. more than two weeks since the last government shutdown and some 30 hours before it could happen again. republicans and democrats in the senate have reached a deal. not just any deal. this could avoid future shutdown fears and absolutions. >> this bill is a product of extensive negotiations among congressional leaders and the white house. no one would suggest it is perfect but we worked hard to find common ground. first and foremost, this bipartisan agreement will unwind the sequestration cuts that have hamstrung our armed forces and jeopardized our national security. >> after months of legislative log jams this budget deal is a genuine breakthrough. after months of fiscal brinkmanship, this budget deal is a first real sprout of bipartisanship. >> that is the senate. the house may or may not cooperate. you have democratic leader nancy pell oosi taking to the house fr quite a while today insisting more needs to be promised to protect dreamers, undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s.

i'm brooke baldwin. appearing in a red jumpsuit earlier today with his wrists shackled to his waist, we just saw the shooter back in a courtroom. as he looked down, his only words were to answer the public defender's questions and we are now hearing from the family who took him in after his mother recently passed away. they say they were absolutely stunned to learn that they were living under the same roof as this young man. cnn's alisyn camerota just sat down with the sneed family who revealed something pretty surprising about the shooter. >> he told us he was depressed. we knew he was depressed. >> when you say he was quirky, just give us a sense of what that looked like. >> he was just -- he was just trying to fit in. he was just -- didn't know what to say or when to say it or how to stay it so he'd ask a lot of questions. he'd apologize a lot. if we told him to do something, if he needed to clean up after himself, he'd apologize and say he was sorry. you don't have to be sorry, just do it. >> i want

i'm brooke baldwin. stoneman douglas held active shooter drills. we're talking 4-year-olds trained to know what gun shots sound like, taught to hide in closets or even play dead. teachers become bodyguards creating barriers against classroom doors, carrying out escape plans and the issue was brought up with president trump today. i want you to watch that exchange. >> we are required to have a fire drill in schools once a month. we are not required to have active shooter drills. a practice like that, where you put something into place. >> that's a very negative thing, active shooter drills. if i'm a child and i'm ten years old and they say we're going to have an active shooter drill. what's that? well, people may come in and shoot you. i think that's a very negative thing to be talking about, to be honest with you. i don't like it. i would much rather have a hardened school. i don't like it. i wouldn't want to tell my son that you're going to participate in an active shooter drill. and i know some of them actually call it that. i think it's crazy. i

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. thavengs for being with me on this tuesday afternoon. you are watching cnn. we are standing by, waiting for the first white house briefing to begin. any moment there, white house picture pictures. myriad of questions since anyone stood at that podium. not just from left-wing activists but these students, young voices who survived the terror themselves at douglas high. moments ago students headed to florida state capital to talk to lawmakers face to face tomorrow. five of the 17 kill rd being laid to rest or honored today. this is also the first press briefing over at the white house since russians were indicted for election meddling since new white house clearance rules came out in the wake of accused wife abuser rob porter, since a second woman reportedly revealed she had an affair with the president before he took office and much of the above and more. that's the last couple of days. let's get to cnn white house correspondent pamela brown. let's start on russia. the president tweeting about russia and still i'm seeing nothing on changi

i'm brooke baldwin.are seeing signs of what the president may or may not do about gun violence in this country six days after the florida school shooting that killed 17 people. the white house says, quote, the president is supportive of efforts to improve the federal background check system. as student-led protests continue all around the country today, a source tells cnn that the president has seen the pleas

i'm brooke baldwin.urists in the land and a victim of sexual harassment. justice ruth bader ginsburg served on the supreme court nearly 25 years and believes the me too movement is here to stay. she talked about the striking change hitting the nation now compared to what she faced starting in the 1950s as a professional woman. she says congress isn't doing its part. >> this new attitude to protect the maid who works at a hotel. >> yes. >> and i think it is spread iin so far. there will always be adjustments when there is a transition. but on the whole, it's amazing to me that for the first time, women are really listened to because sexual harassment had often been dismissed as, well, she made it up, or she's too thin-skinned. so i think it's very healthy development. >> is washington listening? congress? are they listening and acting fast enough? >> is this congress acting fast enough? [ laughter ] >> congress is not acting. but we will get past this time of inaction. >> so that's a no. inaction. that's

i'm brooke baldwin. live pictures inside that briefing room at the white house, set to begin. we are getting breaking news, actually, on multiple fronts over this negotiation on so-called dream ers. >> increasingly pessimistic. another possible government shutdown. >> we're going to get it done. i'll go a step further. we're just talking ms-13. gang members we haven't even mentioned. if we don't change it, let's do a shutdown. it's worth it for our country. i would love to see a shutdown if we don't get this stuff taken care of. >> senator jeff flake on the floor about to call out the president. >> if we are numb to such words then we will surely regret that we failed to defend our colleagues in the congress against such a vile remark. this conduct in an american president is simply not normal. i wish i could stand here today and say my words of last october have been proven wrong, that i had been unfair against the daily sundry against our country, that i had beenh exaggerated threats against principles, freedoms and institutions, flagrant disregard for truth and most often f

i'm brooke baldwin. on this presidents' day we are seeing signs of what the president may or may not do about gun violence in this country six days after the florida school shooting that killed 17 people. the white house says, quote, the president is supportive of efforts to improve the federal background check system. as student-led protests continue all around the country today, a source tells cnn that the president has seen the pleas from the survivors of the parkland shooting and he wants to do something. we don't know what "something" will look like. on background checks, authorities tell cnn the 19-year-old had obtained at least ten firearms, all in the past year, all of them some type of rifle. as funerals and memorial services for the victims continue at places of worship across broward county today, the president, a mere 50 miles away at trump international golf club. avoiding the links all weekend president trump visited first responders in local hospitals. he also went and spent the weekend ai

i'm brooke baldwin and you're watching cnn. this is not normal. this colossal blowback over rob porter working at the white house has whipped congress into action and a member of the president's own spaert leading the charge to find out who knew what and when about rob porter, who left his senior spot as former staff secretary last week. for months, he worked right by the president's side, inches from him, even though he still could not get that full security clearance because of the allegations that he abused not just one, but two of his ex-wives. hours after the fbi blew apart the white house timeline on when it was told about porter's problems, you had the chairman of the house oversight committee announcing this investigation, this whole thing is going to be launched. republican trey gowdy said today here on cnn that he has questions for white house counsel don mcgahn, chief of staff john kelly and for the fbi. >> i spent two decades believing women and children who allege abuse, even sometimes when no one else did. so, whether or not there's

i'm brooke baldwin. this is the site of the deadliest school shooting since the nation lost victims as young as 6 at sandy hook elementary school in december 2012. i stand at marjory stoneman douglas high. 17 people were murdered here, 14 others wounded with four still critical. you talked to students and teachers and just folks in this community, as we have been. there was pain, there is grief. just as palpable is the frustration that this uniquely american torment, mass murder by a single shooter, has happened yet again. the suspected gunman, whose name i am not uttering, was just in court a little bit ago. he sent out red flags. not just one. two red flags, but multiple inequivocal signs of trouble online. the fbi knew about two alleged threats from the suspect. former student who had been expelled from this high school. one threat apparently involved this 2017 youtube post where he wrote, quote, i'm going to be a professional school shooter. and you see the post there. it lists his name. his actual n

again i'm brooke baldwin here in parkland, florida. we'll continue our special coverage both, of course, of this story here in florida and breaking news out of washington. >>> and i'm pamela brown in washington. the other bombshell involves russian meddling in u.s. elections. indictments of 13 russians, unprecedented indictments give us the greatest understanding yet of russia's role in the 2016 election and even before. and it reveals the expansive operation to sow division among voters and even how some trump campaign aides were unwittingly, unknowingly involved. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. >> russians also recruited and paid real americans to engage in political activities to hold political campaigns and hold rallies. they pretended to be grassroots activists. according to the indictment americans did not know they were communicating with russians. now there is no allegation in this indictment that any american was a knowing participant in this illegal activity. there is no allegation in the indictment that the charge co

i'm brooke baldwin. to capitol hill, back away from the brink.ore than two weeks since the last government shutdown and some 30 hours before it could happen again. republicans and democrats in the senate have reached a deal. not just any deal. this could avoid future shutdown fears and absolutions. >> this bill is a product of

i'm brooke baldwin. deputy chief of staff. that is the job white house officials were considering for rob porter, despite knowing the allegations of domestic abuse against him. and today the evidence is mounting. that, from this administration once again, is not telling the truth on who knew what, when he they knew it and what they did not do about it. the scandal is blowing up in their faces and, oh, yeah, the president himself still has not commented on porter's ex-wives or domestic abuse survivors in general. how will officials explain porter today? the white house briefing is mere moments away as for staff secretary porter, he had access to classified documents, proximity to the president and yet a known problem getting security clearance because of the abuse accusations. >> once again, things do not match with what the white house has been telling us. a completed background investigation in late july that soon thereafter we received requests for follow-up inquiry. and we administratively closed the file in january and the

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. thavengs for being with me on this tuesday afternoon.ching cnn. we are standing by, waiting for the first white house briefing to begin. any moment there, white house picture pictures. myriad of questions since anyone stood at that podium. not just from left-wing activists but these students, young voices who survived the terror themselves at douglas high. moments ago students headed to

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. white house briefing will soon begin. no doubt be confronted with more questions about

hi, everyone, i'm brooke baldwin on this friday afternoon. here is what we have for you. moments ago in his remarks, the president of the united states defended his former aide, the one accused of abusing his former wives and, oh, yeah, the president didn't say a single word about the women. not one. we're talking about former white house staff secretary rob porter. this week's images of porter's alleged abuse against his first ex-wife went public. his second ex-wife and an ex-girlfriend have also come forward, accusing him of hurting them physically and emotionally but president trump made no mention of the women, as he gave his first response to this growing scandal. >> we wish him well. he worked very hard. i found out about it recently and i was surprised by it, but we certainly wish him well. it's, obviously, a tough time for him. he did a very good job when he was in the white house. we hope he has a wonderful career and hopefully he will have a great career ahead of him. but it was very sad when we heard about it and certainly he's also very sad. now he also, as yo

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. we'll send it to "the lead" with we'll send it to "the lead" with jake tapper. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> the president has suggested that collusion didn't happen and it is obama's fault. a lawyer with ties to a former trump campaign official pleading guilty to lying to the feds today definitely this move mueller closer to a bigger fish? students who came face to face with death six days ago, loading up buses and heading to the state capitol in florida to demand that lawmakers address gun violence. is this the moment something finally happens? plus, money, power, politics and the trump brand name of don jr.'s trip to india because a conflict of interest watch. >> moments ago, the president at an event. he directed the attorney general jeff sessions to propose a regulation to ban the sale of any device that helps convert a semi-automatic gun into an automatic firearm. this comes as just minutes tag white house face ad barrage of questions, as the trump administration held

i'm brianna kielar in for brooke baldwin.able, lawmakers and between them, trump. inviting cameras to observe this conversation with lawmakers, they canceled today's press briefing. likely topic they'll

brooke baldwin picks it up. brooke? >> thank you so much. we'll continue with breaking news. former trump campaign aide rick gates has pled guilty

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. white house briefing will soon begin. officials will no doubt be confronted with more questions about how accused abuser rob porter could have kept his job at the white house, often right by the president's side. what's more, the accusations of beating his two ex-wives keeping porter from getting this full security clearance, a fact known since last fall by senior white house officials, including chief of staff john kelly, according to our sources. in a just released statement the chief of staff said he was, quote, shocked by the new allegations against porter. porter's star was on the rise in the administration until he announced his resignation just wednesday. he helped draft the president's state of the union, attended the world economic forum in davos, switzerland with the president and a select few who shook the hands with the chinese president when he traveled overseas to beijing. so, one of the key questions, why did it take until now for porter to leave? just a day after these images of this alleged abuse against

i'm brooke baldwin. it's a friday afternoon. moments ago in his very first remarks on the scandal, president of the united states defending his former aide, the one accused of abusing two former wives and, oh, by the way, the president didn't say a single word about the women, not a word. we're talking about former white house staff secretary rob porter. this week, images of porter's alleged abuse against his first ex-wife went public. see the black eye. his second ex-wife and an ex-girlfriend have also accused him of hurting them both physically and emotionally. again, president trump did not speak about these women. instead, sitting there, offering kind words to the man who has engulfed his oval office in a firestor firestorm. >> we wish him well. he worked very hard. i found out about it recently and i was surprised by it. but we certainly wish him well. it's an obviously tough time for him. he did a very good job when he was in the white house and we hope he has a wonderful career and hopefully will have a great career ahead

i'm brooke baldwin. deputy chief of staff. the job white house officials were considering for rob porter, despite knowing the allegations of domestic abuse against him. and today the evidence is mounting. that, from this administration once again, is not telling the truth on who knew what, when he they knew it and what they did not do about it. the scandal is blowing up in their faces and, oh, yeah, the president himself still has not commented on

in the meantime, i'm brooke in the meantime, i'm brooke baldwin. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> not donal the white house not get rid of porter but he was up for a promotion. the fbi director tells a different story about what the white house knew and what it but this a top aide allegedly having beaten his ex-wives and now we know the bureau flagged concerns about porter's security clearance almost a year ago. the director of national intelligence is under attack as all the intel chiefs agree that vush targeting 2018ful will president trump finally acknowledge it? plus if you're a fan of the 4.4 trillion brougt posal, i've got an airport to tell you. how could it change from how you get around to what your kids are watching on tv. good afternoon. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. one full week into the scandal involving rob porter and yet the american people do not know who knew what and when and why. why the white house staff kept someone around who had been accused of domestic abuse by two ex-wives and an ex-girlfriend. questions that the white house refuse to answer

>>> welcome back, you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. soon the white house is set to hold its briefing and for the third one in a row officials will likely be questioned about what is going on in the wake of the resignation from rob porter, the accused wife abuser, let his job as white house staff secretary nearly a week ago and the firestorm over his exit is only intensifying. stoked by the president's own mixed messages about his former aide. several white house officials are confused over the president's conflicting take. axios reports the president in private conversations called porter, quote, sick and that the president believes the ex-wives' details of porter emotionally and physically abused them. but over the weekend, the president took to twitter early saturday morning to tweet this. people's lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. some are true and some are false. some are old and some are new. there is no recovery for someone falsely accused, life and career are gone. is there no such thing any longer as

. >>> i'm erica hill in today for brooke baldwin.ack at work at florida's stoneman douglas high, the same day congress is back in session. while there is no question the teachers who survived the deadliest high school shooting in u.s. history are forever changed the question is whether we'll see change in washington, a place where gun legislation has stalled for years. now there are no official plans to pass stricter gun laws. republicans hearing days of pleas from students who survived the massacre are now looking to take the lead from the president. moments ago president trump talking about standing up to the

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. thank you for being with me.who survive the deadlyist school shooting since snook are there at the florida state cape toll demanding gun reform. it's been one week. the teens are feeling the resistance to change, as they expressed

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in the meantime, i'm brooke in the meantime, i'm brooke baldwin. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com donal the white house not get rid of porter but he was up for a promotion. the fbi director tells a different story about what the white house knew and what it but this a top aide allegedly having beaten his ex-wives and now we know the bureau flagged concerns about porter's security clearance almost a year ago. the director of national intelligence is under attack as all the intel chiefs agree that vush targeting 2018ful will president trump finally acknowledge it? plus if you're a fan of the 4.4 trillion broug

. >>> i'm erica hill in today for brooke baldwin. teachers are back at work at florida's stoneman douglas high, the same day congress is back in session. while there is no question the teachers who survived the deadliest high school shooting in u.s. history are forever changed the question is whether we'll see change in washington, a place where gun legislation has stalled for years. now there are no official plans to pass stricter gun laws. republicans hearing days of pleas from students who survived the massacre are now looking to take the lead from the president. moments ago president trump talking about standing up to the nra before a gathering of the nation's governors. he listed his goals. among them, banning the device that lets guns fire rounds more quickly. >> bump stocks, we are writing that out. i'm writing it out myself. i don't care if congress does it. i'm writing it out myself, okay? [ applause ] >> let's get straight to cnn senior white house correspondent jeff zelenis. what more came out of that meeting? >> reporter:

. >>> brooke baldwin, president trump has given marching orders. defense chief says the pentagon is preparing options for military parade down pennsylvania avenue in washington. perhaps could happen this coming veterans day. the president was reportedly inspired by france's bastille day parade which he attended with french president macron last year. >> one of the greatest parades i've ever seen. it was two hours on the button and it was military might, to a large extent, because of what i witnessed, we may do something like that on july fourth in washington down pennsylvania avenue. i don't know. we'll have to try to top it. >> before we talk about the political implications of this parade, i want to take you back to the end of the gulf war. this is what was being broadcast right here on cnn the last time the u.s. held a military parade in 1991. >> announcer: this is cnn. >> the parade featured military equipment, the patriot missile got the loudest applause. you'll remember during the war it got the name scud buster. >> this parade meant we're fi

hi, everyone, i'm brooke baldwin on this friday afternoon. here is what we have for you.f the united states defended his former aide, the one accused of abusing his former wives and, oh, yeah, the president didn't say a single word about the women. not one. we're talking about former white house staff secretary rob porter. this week's i

it brought brooke baldwin to tears. let's save one mother from heartbreak. it to pass a law to save one mother crying over a dead child? seriously, the gop stand up, show leadership, something to prove they're not a coward. >> i understand what you're saying. let's be clear about something. >> you're not talking points. it is reality here. >> let me finish something that's very important. when you look at what gun laws actually have an impact, you keep going back to this same list. you want to talk about what could have had an impact in florida and stopped this shooting and the people that brooke was talking to? let's talk about the fact we had see something, say something and it didn't work and accountability there. let's talk about the fact clearly -- and many republicans, i'm one of them, is in favor of mental health laws if you have been committed against your will and a judge declared your insane or temporarily insane, you should not be able to go out and buy a gun. >> that's the law right now. you are advocating the law we have. >> it is not the law ev

. >>> top of the hour here, i'm erica hill in today for brooke baldwin. at any moment we are waiting for the white house press briefings. we are waiting on sarah sanders. congress back in session today, and the teachers in florida at stoneman douglas high in parkland, florida, back at work. there is no question that those who survived the deadliest high school shooting in this country's history are forever changed. but the question that remains in washington is whether any of this will bring about solid reform or sensible gun legislation. it has stalled for years in the nation's capital. at this point there are no official plans to pass any stricter gun laws. republicans hearing days of pleas of students who survived that massacre are looking to take a lead from the president. just a short time ago, president trump talking about stacked up to the nra before a gathering of the nation's governors. take a listen. >> 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. you know what, if they're

i'm brooke baldwin and you're watching cnn. this is not normal.

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. "the lead" with we'll send it to "the lead" with jake tapper. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> the president has suggested that collusion didn't happen and it is obama's fault. a lawyer with ties to a former trump campaign official pleading guilty to lying to the feds today definitely this move mueller closer to a bigger fish? students who came face to face with death six days ago, loading up buses and heading to the state capitol in florida to demand that lawmakers address gun violence. is this the

i'm brooke baldwin. jake tapper picks up special jake tapper picks up special coverage starting now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we're beginning with a tragedy. a school shooter is still at large according to authorities after injuring high school students in a, quote, mass casualty attack in broward county, florida. scenes of panic outside the school this afternoon. now sadly familiar high schoolers running from campus, walking out with their hands in the air. police officers with guns drawn. president trump has been briefed on the situation. he has spoken to florida governor rick scott. the florida high school tweeted, my condolences. no child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an american school. let's go to the mayor of parkland, florida who is on the scene. thanks for joining us. what can you tell us? do you have any idea how many people were wounded? how many people may have been killed? >> yes, i have heard but i do not have any firsthand information on it. they have

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me. we are one week officially, and one day, after 17 students and staff were killed at that florida high school. you have a republican president, who is signaling it is time to change some of the nation's gun laws. today, president trump met with school and civic and law enforcement leaders to hear their input on how to stop school shooters. and before hearing their thoughts on what should change, the president himself laid out his ideas in this tweet. he talks about strengthening background checks, raising the age for some gun sales, ending the sale of bump stocks and in today's meeting, he spoke about the need for mental health reform. >> part of the problem is we used to have mental institutions. and i said this yesterday. we had a mental institution where you take a sicko like this guy. he was a sick guy. so many signs. and you bring him to a mental health institution. those institutions are largely closed because communities didn't want them, communities didn't want to spend the mon

i'm brooke baldwin. jake tapper picks up special jake tapper picks up special coverage starting now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we're beginning with a tragedy. a school shooter is still at large according to authorities after injuring high school students in a, quote, mass casualty attack in broward county, florida. scenes of panic outside the school this afternoon. now sadly familiar high schoolers running from campus, walking out with their hands in the air. police officers with guns drawn. president trump has been briefed

i'm brianna kielar in for brooke baldwin. seated around one table, lawmakers and between them, trump. inviting cameras to observe this conversation with lawmakers, they canceled today's press briefing. likely topic they'll discuss, raising the age limit for buying certain firearms. a source tells cnn that the head of the nra has made a direct appeal to president trump, asking him to back down from that proposal. cnn's kaitlyn collins is live for us at the white house. the last time the democrats were invited to the white house it got heated. what are we expected from this meeting? >> reporter: that's right, brianna. those lawmakers are looking for specifics out of this white house, what kind of gun safety measures he wants to see, beyond the ones he has dictated on twitter. they want to see real proposals of what the president is going to support. he still supports raising that age limit to purchase certain firearms from 18 to 21 and his other proposal is arming teachers. they want to see that, as well as republicans, before

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin once again live in parkland florida. you're watching breaking coverage of two massive stories breaking right now. one involves this scene right here where 17 lives were cut short by a man who admitted now that he opened fire. the fbi now admits, they got a tip about the shooter,

listen to the chat between somebody at the white house and brook baldwin over on cnn see if they agree >> every immigrant in this country isn't a killer and a thug and a thief. and he is kind of equated all immigrants put them in that status when actually the crime rates in the immigrant communities are. smaller than in the larger communities. >> i don't know what the president is thinking but i do know he keeps tweeting about we were just telling the story about this indianapolis colt player and maybe in that case, you know, but certainly you are right, people are here for all kinds of incredibly valid and patriotic reasons. steve: there have you got the commentator talking about how every immigrant in the country thrill isn't a killer. but then you have got her saying people are here for awful kind of incredibly valid and patriotic reasons. i don't get that part. >> oh, i do. i do. it's easy. cnn is trying to raise their ratings. they need illegal immigrants to watch their ratings to get their ratings back up that's why they are calling them patriotic. listen, i don't know what's goi