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welcome to cpac.asting from cpac. 2018 national harbor, maryland, a lot of breaking news tonight. chairman devin nunes and the house intelligence committee they launched now phase ii of their investigation into the phony unverified russian sourced, right, clinton bought and paid for dossier. [cheers and applause] of course, that was used to influence the election. also sara carter is here tonight. we have more breaking news. the fbi informant that uncovered russian bribery and kick backs and money laundering and racketeering, that on uranium one, they are now demanding that the doj launch an investigation into deep state leaks meant to disparage the informant's character. we have a great lineup of gists thaguests that will join n stage. dr. sebastian gorka is here. dan bongino is here tonight. byron york, gregg jarrett, tomi lahren, charlie kirk, cailee mac eny. wow. also tonight we have a special tribute to the reverend billy graham who sadly passed away today. the conscience of a nation at the age o

lop head of the eun cpac coming up. he's going to introduce donald trump. tim, how many cpac's have you begun been to? >> i'm sorry say it again, halle. >> is this like your fourth or -- >> no this is my 10th cpac. >> i want to talk about the -- which you eluded to here at the table. this is to become a very pro-trump audience. they will be very receptive to his message in probably about 45 seconds here. >> that's right. and i think the evolution of cpac that we've seen from what was once more ideas and policy-driven conference, that's always been a circus here, there's a lot of young peoplers and impersonators over the years. your head has always been a serious idea driven aspect of cpac. it has morphed into something like a campaign rally extended from 2016 into 2017 now 2018. >> do you feel that there's a difference between this cpac and last year's? >> i think what was interesting was last year there had been sort of this accord nation of donald trump. in fact, there was a real incredible moment at the end of last y

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joining the conversation right now to weigh in is crtv host fox news contributor who will be speaking at cpac, good to see you, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> good morning, everyone. maria: you will be up there with mick mulvaney and we want to get your take on what we should expect from the president later today? >> i'm very excited to be here. i was on the agenda last year as well and i've been to cpac for a number of years now and i will be interviewing omb director mick as a -- mull deputy mulvan. i got up at 4:00 this morning, people were online before then. i think at 3:00 a.m. so that they could get inside, get through security to see president trump and hear what he has to say to america. >> janine, what do you think the biggest message from president trump today coming out of cpac,

president trump fired up the 2018 cpac crowd. a speech. >> i'm thrilled to be back at cpac with some of my amazing friends and supporters and proud conservatives. [cheers and applause] remember when i first started running because i wasn't a politician, fortunately. but do you remember i started running and people say are you sure he is a conservative? i think now we have proved that i'm a conservative. remember this, we have gotten -- somebody got on television recently and they said actually this is the first time can i remember trump made campaign promises. he may be the only person that actually fulfilled more promises than he made. i think that's true. i fulfilled more promises but we have a very crooked media we had a crooked candidate too by the way. but we have a very, very crooked media. [chanting lock her up] i will say this, folks. everything that's turning out now is amazing that's come full circle. boy, have they committed a lot of atrocities when you look. we salute our great american flag. we put our hands on our h

great to be back at cpac, it really is. [applause] nigel:

this is my ninth cpac. and the reason i keep coming back to cpac, despite the protests, is that i believe the fate of our nation's -- our nations are inextricably linked. in fact, i've made somewhat of a fashion statement about this. [applause] the fate of our nations are inextricably linked not just through history but right now in the present. when you have the attempted nullification project that is going on here that is led by antifa and george soros and cnn, they're trying to nullify what you guys chose. in 2016. and in the same time, in the united kingdom, there is a brexit nullification project in place. they are trying to do to us, our voicesed on our choices, the same things they are trying to do to you. [audience booing] quite. one of those voices in the brexit nullification process is a man you've probably heard something about. these london mayor. [audience booing] so you've heard of him? sadiq kahn. send a big message to sadiq kahn right now please. [audience booing] who spent his first year in

he love being in cpac center stage. cpac is the ultimate ek presentation of this base. don't think we'll see meanwhile policies out of them. i think it's sad the president's first meeting education policy is with teachers. i think you're going to see more of pandering to the motion and not stays true to policy. >> they're terrified of trump's base. >> conservators have to figure out what it means to be a conservator. and trump is not helping. the gop is split there's not a clear statement of values and plans by conservators. and donald trump is not the vessel for clear sophisticated conservative thought. this is just a clown rodeo at cpac. >> then why do your classic republicans, why do they continue to be so afraid of president trump's narrow base? when you talk and keep comparing him to ronald reagan, last i check, ronald reagan won the popular vote. donald trump didn't. >> you can think of more republicans more apart than reagan was from trump. and the party always claims to be the party of reagan is simply no longer that. republicans have time and again learned that

>> what did we learn here from cpac?when you go to cpac and people would talk about their time with barry goldwater, yes i'm old or the reagan years. cpac got together to beat up on the communist. >> backlash against a government or leaders that they feel threatened by has been the thing that has driven cpac for a long time. a number of years under the obama administration was very active and energetic. a carnival-like atmosphere described it. they run everything. they're happy and they're content and the politics of backlash and fear are often stronger than the politics of hope, optimism and contentment. the biggest takeaway, president trump has moved the conservative movement in the european style populism. we see that with cultural, the focus on cultural nativism and things like that, trade protectionism. you had some speakers talking about the naturalization ceremonies. the crowd booed a panelist who said mexican immigrants have a lot in common with conservatives. we see a palpable shift. >> to your point, stars of t

but he couldn't even show up to speak at cpac.d to walk out if he took the podium. aruba anrubio and cruz won the w poll. they didn't trust trump. what a difference winning can makes a trump might say and today while rick gates once deputy campaign chair pleaded guilty, cpac was eating up vintage trumpism. >> i'm thrilled to be back at cpac with so many of my wonderful friends and amazing supporters and proud conservatives.

>>well, i had a blast addressing cpac today. i think somebody else may have had an everyone better time. the president. it drove the left crazy today that trump showed himself to be self-deprecating. >> i would love to watch that guy speak. i try like hell to hide that bald spot. i work hard at it. it doesn't look bad. together we're hanging in. >> he went off script and delivered one of his greatest hits, the snake. kind of sounded like a poetry jam to us. so we put it to a little beat. it tells a tale of a kind woman who gives shelter to a half-frozen snake and then suffers for it. >> she stroked his pretty skin again and kissed and held him tight. but instead of saying "thank you," that snake gave her a vicious bite, said the reptile with a grin, "you knew damn well i was a snake before you took me in." >>i think he should release it as an lp. [laughter] oh my gosh. well, i told the folks at cpac today, it's important for conservatives to have a good time, enjoy the moment. you're winning. it's not going to get any better tha

but cpac backed him up. about weep's going to do with the situation in florida. when he's self-depresent kateing it's uniting and helps the country. if he does more of that, i think it could help him quite a bit. this speech says you can't be comply isn't for 2018. if trump wants his agin today to continue, i think he should do more. charles: i took too long to get to the punch line on the woman and the snake. >> i love it. for years i have heard from speakers swieg need to most embassy to jerusalem, and apoints judges. now he's saying promises made, promises kept. you look at transformational presidency he's putting forth, delivering results to the american people. he stepped upton a big stage. charles: he awakened non-voters. this is a person who spoke to him in plainl speak. and it worked. i think it worked big time of day. >> the president of the united states making fun of himself knowing worldwide tv is out there is fantastic to see. when all is said and done, people keeping more of their money. if the

vonnie: that is president trump speaking at cpac. one third of the way through his speech and he has gone off script. ministeralian prime pushed back. he is talking about issues, including the aca and many of his achievements in the first year of office. he talked about john mccain's with the repeal of the aca and talked about the midterms. seems to be on top of his mind. breaking news, the fed's semiannual monetary policy report has come out. the fedthe headlines -- is saying the labor market is near or beyond the length one. -- full employment. wage gains are moderate held down by low productivity. two major portions of the monetary policy report that we and the market will want to concentrate on is the banks, u.s. banks well-capitalized, significant liquidity. stops concern about liquidity in the system. let's get context on the monetary policy report under our new president of the fed, the new fed chair, jerome powell. -- in theg in the context of what we have heard over the last couple of days from fed officials and the fomc min

president trump fired up the 2018 cpac crowd.ech. >> i'm thrilled to be back at cpac with some of my amazing friends and supporters and proud conservatives. [cheers and applause] remember when i first started running because i wasn't a politician, fortunately. but do you remember i started running and people say are you sure he is a conservative? i think now we have proved that i'm a conservative. remember this, we have gotten -- somebody got on television recently and they said actually this is the first time can i remember trump made campaign promises. he may be the only person that actually fulfilled more promises than he made. i think that's true. i fulfilled more promises but we have a very crooked media we had a crooked candidate too by the way. but we have a very, very crooked media. [chanting lock her up] i will say this, folks. everything that's turning out now is amazing that's come full circle. boy, have they committed a lot of atrocities when you look. we salute our great american flag. we put our hands on our hearts

you look at cpac, you look at the gathering that it's become, this is not your father's cpac anymore. this is a very different kind of gathering. and people that have wondered about whether the republican party has become the party of president trump, i think, i submit to you exhibit a, which was what you saw today. the kind of speech he gave there, the audience loved it, and that's suggesting that this is the kind of gathering and the kind of party unfortunately moving this that direction. the question is how much of this will be lasting, is this a temporary thing? we won't know the answers to those things for some time. but using that speech and talking about immigration broadly in terms of the themes was very troubling to me as the son of immigrants. >> jonathan allen, you were at cpac with me as well this week, do you agree with his assessment of the different kind of atmosphere? >> absolutely. i agree with you about the atmosphere, just to go back to something he said very quickly, i think it is very important there was no distinction there. there was no distinction between legal

and the fact that cpac invited her is a disgrace. >> chris, what does it say to you that cpac invitedn was wood for calling her grandfather a nazi or fash thcist? >> either share sympathetic to nazis or fascists or had no idea. that is exactly perfect description of marine le pen. something that people need to recognize, especially american conserve t conservativ conservatives. it's often racist, and almost anti-sm anti-semitic. it's in terms not liberal in the liberal economic sense. it is very socialistic. so, we could say that it is national socialist. which, of course, in german abbreviated to nazi. that is exactly what they're about. >> yeah. and you can explain the le pen and the national front's attitude toward vladimir putin? >> well, i think we see it not only with le pen and the national front but we see it with all the far right movements across europe. they are getting a lot of support and expressing support for putin. putin is the kind of auth authoritarian leader that they would. and he wanted to divide it as much as he possibly can, not to mention dividing nato. so, the

he was here at cpac. >> he delivered a fiery response to liberals in the media that are trying to blame his organization for what happened in florida. lapierre also challenged them to do more to protect schools and to protect our kids. here's what he said. >> chris murphy, nancy pelosi, and more, cheered on by the national media, eager to blame the nra and call for even more government control. they hate the nra. they hate the second amendment. they hate individual freedom. in the rush of calls for more government, they have also revealed their trueselves. the elites don't care not one wit about america's school system and school children. it's a bizarre fact that in this country our jewelry stores, all over this country are more important than our children. our banks, our airports, our nba games, our nfl games, our office buildings, our movie stars, our politicians, they are awful more protected than our children at school. does that make any sense to anybody? >> sean: now wayne lapierre, right? good poi

but you are right, the president was in rare form at cpac.olly: this is a president that understands an audience. take a listen to the presidents firing up the crowd. >> we salute our great american flag. we put our hands on our hearts for the pledge of allegiance. [applause] and we all proudly stand for the national anthem. [applause] [usa chants] >>molly: he got them on their feet. is this someone that understands what conservatives want to hear? >> he certainly knows what his base wants to hear. i think the fact he brought that up, the standing to the national anthem and saluting the flag is of course a reference to his criticism of football players who have not done so. that is something that is really resonated with voters for president trump and it resonated at that cpac gathering. which some have said quite rightly, president trump is now the undisputed leader of the republican party. and conservatives and other from his base are very excited to see and listen to the things he has to say. >>molly: the midterm is right around the corner

hello, cpac. >> and i love feedback. -- cpac. [applause] >> i want to thank you for taking the opportunity to talk to us. i know you are a big fan of the simpsons. >> we are immediately starting with deep policy. >> i believe you can learn about the policy by using the simpson's. for instance, when homer and lisa were having a conversation about gun rights in america. homer points out that guns are used for protecting your family and making sure that king of england does not push you around. lisa's responses, it is actually a relic of the revolutionary war era and it does not mean anything anymore. what do you think? >> i think the democrats of a -- i think the democrats are the party of lisa simpson and the republicans are happily the part -- party of homer, bart, maggie, marge. [laughter] >> the left today says the king of england does not going to come around and push us for there is no threats from tyranny. we do not have the kind of threats whether in the old west or something like that that we experience anymore. why cannot

by the way, we had close to 1200 people that filled out the cpac polls.you, god bless. [ cheering and applause ] >> thanks, chris. we appreciate he everything tha- >> connell: interesting to hear the straw poll results being released. 40% favor fewer tweets from president trump. we did have strong approval numbers you would expect from a conservative crowd, announced at 93%. perhaps more interestingly, the announcement that 79% of those polled at cpac say that the republicans in congress should do a better job of working with the president, the message being that those republicans need to get on-board. clearly, this is president trump's republican party now and cpac this week has shown that. molly. >> molly: what a fascinating switch when we talk about that, in the run-up to the election there was all this talk was he conservative enough. now it looks like that he seems to be conservative enough, at least for the conference there happening just outside of washington. >> connell: you think about republicans who have run against president trump or spoken ou

>> i'm not sure where the whole cpac audience is.re was a huge contingent booing me and so we can presume whatever you like about them. i did also get some applause. i do think there are a lots and lots -- millions of conservatives who resist this trend, this movement of the republican party in the direction of blood soiled nationalism like we are seeing in europe. the le pen family is the an to my knowledge sis of the american conservatism. it stands for racism, xenoophobia and conservatism is about our constitution and limited government and individual rights and treating people with decency and with manners. these are all conservative values that a lot of us still uphold. >> are you saying that all these millions of people like-minded as you are sort of closet conservatives now because those are not the voices that we hear certainly not at big headline events like cpac. >> one of the problems is that the term conservative has now been associated with trumpism and people say if you're very right wing you're a trumpist but that's a

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great to see you and have fun at cpac tomorrow. well, rick harrison of the pawn stars hits cpac tomorrow as well. tonight he's going to talk to us to talk about exactly what's going wrong with the us education system and how the us stacks u >>i'm going to round up some real knew -- news. it is called a conversation with barack obama. but you probably will not hear much about what the former president said tonight unless somebody breaks some very strict rules. an email sent said they could not report anything about it. no photography, no video, without exception. if they do, they would be denied tickets to future such events. marching and organizing to remake the world as it should be. we've been waiting for you and we've got your back. conservative commentator is not buying it. meanwhile in san diego, a cannabis church is suing police for more than a million dollars. they say officers took cannabis sacrament materials during a raid, seizie inine inine ining - questions why those churches are allowed to give out wine without alcohol

cpac is an echo chamber. so much of conservative media, frankly a lot of liberal media is an echo chamber. and i'm sure donald trump will have a version of this when he speaks at cpac. you feel good all of a sudden and you feel a sense that you talk in the world just sort of comforted and that's what is scary about these things because no one really has a broader conversation and cpac has just gotten narrower and narrower over the years and that's the reality. >> and you're looking at nratv and how it's becoming a propaganda tool for things beyond guns and social issues and what's the angle on that? how -- are they targeting a certain part of society? n >> they're targeting people with the fear that their guns will be taking away and that's what you heard yesterday. he was stoking these fears not just of 2nd amendment infringements, but of trampling and confiscation of individual liberties across the board. that's what he said and it's an interesting shift in strategy for a group like the nra which no longer

meanwhile you are there at national harbor at cpac. you're going to actually turn around and go up to the stage in a little while and give a speech. what are you going to tell folks? >> well, i'm on the stage with brian zinke. we're going to talk about energy independence and the total change in the world energy wise. 15 years ago the united states was dependent on a lot of countries that didn't necessarily -- weren't necessarily our best friends. let's put it that way. today the united states produces more oil and gas than any other nation in the world. our ability to geopolitically affect the world with energy is one of the things we are going to talk about. the federal lands and opening up those federal lands of which ryan zinke and the department of interior have oversight will be part of that conversation. we're also going to talk about some interesting things that we do that people might not think our agencies would be involved with. for instance, the department det of energy stands up an office of veterans healthcare. y'all know

i just got more breaking news, cpac 2019 will be february 27 through march 2.prayersrayers -- in my we won't have to talk about we are dealing with now then. thank you. >> hello, cpac. ♪ >> this wraps up our live coverage of the conservative political action conference. you can watch all of the discussions on c-span.org. c-span's live coverage of the national governors association annual winter meeting continues now with a panel addressing ways to combat the opioid crisis. cliques refile legislation cu

i have participated in cpac for many years. i have spoken at cpac.o, joy, to make up of what is going on in this country as well. and how quickly people revert to race as a weapon. and it is ignorant. >> that's the question i was going to ask you. you have been a republican a long time, do you sense that the party has changed and shifted toward more openness with these kind of views in your view? >> clearly. clearly. and i think that is something that will be concerning going forward. it will play itself out during the campaign. and we did see that. so it is sad, but look, we're going to do as much as we can. and education starts from within. >> have you spoken to mr. walters? >> he did call and tried to explain himself. he relaid it back to the barack obama election. and he said at one point, i apologize. and i said, that's not acceptable, that's not enough. >> i'm not sure the obama excuse is helpful. >> well, the obama excuse is not helpful. and i will talk about it tomorrow on my sirius program. so folks can tune in to listen to that tomorrow. >>

it is great to be back at cpac.ause] [cheers] vice president pence: i stand here today with profound gratitude to say that because of all of you, because of the conservative majorities in congress that you helped elect, and because of the strong leadership of the president that you put in the white house, 2017 was the most consequential year in the history of the conservative movement. [applause] [cheers] vice president pence: true. and tomorrow, you will hear firsthand from the man who galvanized that movement. [cheers] vice president pence: you know , i spoke to him this morning on the phone and i can tell you that he cannot wait to get here. [cheers] [applause] vice president pence: the man election, theoric man who has been delivering on the promises he made every day since, the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] [cheers] vice president pence: i'm here because i stand with president trump. i'm here because we stand with the conservative movement. come to think of i

[applause] >> good morning, cpac.et health care costs while maximizing his or her personal freedom. finding a solution to that problem has been my personal quest for over the past 30 years that i've spent as a healthcare administrator. and yet in recent years the fatal flaws that i observed over that time have recently been further exposed and exacerbated. let me tell you a part of my experience. i've seen patients stuck with $250,000 worth of medical bills, left out in the cold while an emotionless healthcare payment system that promised to be there when they are in financial need, let them high and dry. i think doctors and patients waiting around in bewilderment wanting to know if necessary procedures to bring someone back to full health can be performed. i've been with patience who have been denied life-saving treatments, all because a third-party medical crap news they -- thought they knew better for the patient and the patient pencil. the flaw was not in the physicians competence or in the patient's need for care

[applause] ♪ >> well, welcome to cpac.

. ♪ ♪ [country music plays] >> sean: hello, cpac! how y'all doing? oh! i can't hear cpac. me hear you! so glad you're here. grab a seat, have some fun. are you ready to have a party tonight? together we are all going to save america with a little luck. are you happy with the last year? the progress? [cheers and applause] anyway, welcome to "hannity." we are broadcasting live tonight from cpac, we have a lot of breaking news, we'll get into thee course of the next hour. the president is now taking the lead to protect america's schoolchildren in schools by -- are you happy about that -- by holding listening sessions offering up ideas and solutions, meanwhile, the democrats predictably, the abusively biased news media, they are playing this blame game, hoping to score cheap political points in their approach for more gun control. also for new tonight, on this vy stage, nra ceo executive vice president, wayne lapierre blasted critics for trying to blame his organization for the tragedy in florida. then you've got the fake news network cnn proving that they are incapable of hav

>> i think looking at cpac i think of the old duke ellington song. cpac ain't what it used to be.servative discussion. they still have serious thinkers and talkers, it's morphed into a star trek convention. they're going to keep going on because this message of anti-media sells with the cpac audience. there's a lot of money to be made there. >> i just think we should have more constructive criticism. i'd love to hear that all day long but destructive criticism seems worrisome. thanks for being here. we have to leave you here but see you on line at reliablesources.com and back 0 on tv this time next week. an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. most pills only block one. flonase. when heartburn hits... fight back fast with tums smoothies. it starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue... and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum tum tum tum... smoothies... only from tums (avo) if you'rand you

that was president trump playing to a crowd at cpac. that's the conservative political action committee. certainly showing his showmanship. he also touted administration's accomplishments as he see them mocking john mccain unbelievably in the process. >> except for one senator who came into a room at 3:00 in the morning and went like that, we would have had health care, too. we would have had health care, too. boy, oh, boy, who was that? i don't know, i don't know. i don't know. i don't want to be controversial. so i won't use his name. >> the president also resurrected one of the staples of his campaign comparing immigrants to poisonous snakes. let's watch. >> this is called the snake. and think of it in terms of immigration. i saved you, cried the woman. and you've bitten me. heaven's why. oh, shut up, silly woman. said the reptile with a grin. you knew damn well i was a snake before you took me in. that's what we're doing with our country, folks. we're letting people in and it's going to be a lot of trouble. >> isn't he married to an

he's not someone who was a regular cpac presence before last year.bly remember, he was a headliner sitting on the stage with reince priebus and matt schlapp. this year, he will not be at cpac at all. he won't even set foot in the building. and it just shows the shifts that the president's team has gone through in the past year, that many of the people who represented the president's agenda in an official capacity last year at cpac are to longer affiliated with the administration. >> that's pretty interesting to see his fall from grace there, especially ahead of the midterm elections and what that means for the political party. >>> let's talk about security clearances at the white house. jared kushner is still reportedly being held up the by the white house. the white house is saying that will not impact his role, the fact that he does not have that security clearance. what is the outlook for kushner's role as a top adviser? he deals with the middle east. there's a lot of sensitive intelligence reports that come out of the middle east. he's not going

weekend, cpac wrapped up. we will show you some of the speakers, starting with devin budgetnd white house director mo -- mick mulvaney. and later more from the winter meeting in washington, d.c. [applause] >> very nice. >> i don't know mr. chairman, i think they like you. [applause] rep. nunes: thank you very much. thank you for the warm welcome, i really appreciate it. >> you have been a longtime friend of the conservative movement. you're getting another award from us. i think what people most respect and know about you recently, is your courage in spending up to what looks to be a very troublesome set of facts. so thank you for that. [applause] in these days, it seems like news is breaking all the time. i think it is thus important for of the cpac attendance to know that there is news breaking right now with the news of this adam schiff memo. they will hear from you first. what do they need to know about what is going on and about the release of this memo? >> thank you. it just posted, the website probably

by the way, this is my third cpac. [applause] they keep invite me back, and can i say, to the team, every year i come back to cpac, it is bigger and better and more professional than it was the year before. well done, matt, and all of your team. [applause] some of youse among in the last couple of days, a great sense of optimism. you are optimistic because you pressomething -- this ident has made america optimistic once again. whether it is tax cuts, jobs, orion, growth, more importantly, it is america's standing in the world. thoseow something, of eight years of obama, people thought march left of america at the end of the eight year period . [applause] nigel: i agree. speechht from the first he gave to the one he gave in davos. that said he was about forthcoming would embarrass himself and america on the world stage, and been proven wrong, have they not? have been proven wrong. [applause] nigel: he was so full of self-confidence that when he was walking around in beijing, i thought he was about to put a bid in for th

president trump is set to speak before cpac in just moments. he will announce new sanctions against north korea during that speech. the argues about arming teachers and schools. before we get to that, we are waiting for it. we are 30 minutes into the trading session. .t will grind higher today the dow and the s&p and nasdaq are all higher by .5%. the question is how much they can hang on to the gains. we have seen a pattern this week. we some reversals of the downside yesterday. dow snap daynd the to day losing straight. the nasdaq through yesterday, for down days. streake longest losing since 2016. we are seeing a continuation of the volatility. if you look at the bloomberg, this is 9649. we saw this earlier in the day on tuesday. the same thing on wednesday, a big decline it. higher,y, it is so much that we saw the s&p 500 finishing up .1% after being up more than 1%. let's see if we can hold on to the driver of all this. rates are heading higher. that tends to push stocks down. yields lower. it'll be interesting to see what happens with yiel

lauren: president trump said is said so speak to cpac for second year in a row. and gun control to be a major topic in speech later this morning in aftermath of parkland shooting. cheryl: and then the president welcome prime minister and expected to ask the president to consider rejoining the transpacific partnership. that's at 2:00 p.m. today. lauren: president is pushing earning and paying them bonus and extra money to do so. cheryl: blake berman at the white house, he has details. blake: president trump on wednesday during listening session with student first broached the idea of having teachers, fact ute, staff who are are experts with guns bringing them to school so they can defend schools an reiterated that with much more firmer offense on thursday with state and local officials. the president saying shooters view gun-free schools like ice cream. >> what i recommend people who do carry, we give them a bonus, we give them a little bit of a bonus, so practically for free you'll have now made the school into a hardened target. we need hardened sites, you come

they used to see ronald reagan at cpac.mer french leader, a younger woman who says that she's carrying on the -- >> marine le penn's cousin. >> the tradition of her grandmother who praised nazis. you saw what happened with michael steele. again, these are not marginal figures at cpac. these are leaders saying, hey, you know what? we elected him. he was a black guy. it was a mistake despite the fact that -- i mean, the republicans did amazing picking up seats across the nation. and there's so many other things. i could talk about what happened this weekend which is what i warned about on friday. if you're in the white house, be very skafl cared of what happen. and the most offensive thing that happened all weekend was donald trump reading that poem "the snake" saying basically these are all immigrants. you take them in, they will bite you and they will kill you. >> so you have almost a perfect storm in terms of the upcoming elections. it is almost february. you have intensity, energy among various groups who are upset about

it's not cpac, it's tpac.r is complete. >> meanwhile, cpac communications director ian walters is apologizing to michael steele after saying this about him on friday. >> and a little bit of cynicism, what did we do? this is a terrible thing, we elected mike steele because he was a black guy. that was the wrong thing to do. >> walter took to twitter where he said he had spoken to steele and apologized, insisting that the words he used "do not capture my heart." the next day, steele spoke with cpac chairman on steele's radio show. here is part of that exchange. >> those words that tumbled out of his mouth i believe were unfortunate words. >> it was stupid, it's not unfortunate. call it what it is. it's stupid to sit there and say we elected a black man chairman of the party and that was a mistake. do you know how that sounds to the black community and to americans? >> i do. >> do you know how they then equate that level of stupidity to conservatism? >> you know him. this is where you need to have some grace. >>

let's discuss what we were just talking about at cpac. what's been the reaction, particularly among conservatives to what was said about michael steele at cpac, the subsequent response,lty of heads this morning, probably scratching their heads and wondering what's going on. >> diversity is important for all political organizations. in 2009, republicans were excited to have a black chairman of the rnc, michael steele. but what this comment implied was this was diversity for diversity sake and that steele didn't do a very good job. of course that's going to upset steele and it's going to stomp on the message that the republican party as a diversion organization. but i think it's important to keep innen context here that this person who spoke was the spokesperson for the american conservative union. that's not a wing of the republican party. this is the organization that throws the cpac gathering every year. but between gatherings, it's not an essential part of the republican party. so i think we need to keep in context just how big of a dea