lapierre: and we are proud of that. everywhere i go i get a police officer coming up to me, thanking me and saying, i am a member of your organization, keep up what you are doing. there are tens of thousands of incredible men and women at the fbi. these are honorable, decent, hard-working people, and they are dedicated to keeping our country safe every single day. [applause] mr. lapierre: and we are proud of them and we thank them. but as we have learned in recent months, even the fbi is not free of its own corruption and its own unethical agents. look, i know you probably all share this sentiment, and i get people telling me from coast-to-coast, they shake their heads when they say it to me, i can understand a few bad apples in an organization as large as the fbi, but what is hard to understand is why nobody at the fbi stood up and called b.s. on its rogue leadership. [applause] mr. lapierre: i mean, really, where was the systemic and repulsion that should protect every powerful institution that serves us? the lowest r

lapierre: can we answer that question honestly? any of us, can we answer that question honestly, knowing that we surround and protect so much with armed security while we drop our kids off at school, that are so-called gun free zones, that are wide open targets for any crazy madman bent on evil to come there first? in every community in america, school districts, pta's, teachers unions, local law enforcement, moms and dads -- they all must come together to implement the very best strategy to harden their schools, including effective trained, armed security that will absolutely protect every innocent child in this country. [applause] mr. lapierre: and that has to happen now. evil walks among us. and god help us if we do not harden our schools and protect our kids. the whole idea from some of our opponents that armed security makes us less safe is completely ridiculous. if that is true -- just think about this -- if that is true, armed security makes us less safe, let's remove it from everywhere. let's remove it from the white house,

we just heard from the head of the nra, wayne lapierre. with me is someone who has been in the middle of this for the past week, carlie novell. you survived the shooting last week, you were at the town hall last night. i appreciate your time. the head of the nra, a lot of the students have been speaking out against the nra over the last week, the head of the nra just gave a speech which was carried all around the country where he said that those who have been speaking out in the wake of this tragedy, he said they're opportunists exploiting tragedy for political gain. your reaction? >> i just think that's disrespectful and insensitive to call us opportunists when all we're trying to do is to make sure this doesn't happen to anyone else in america. and we're trying to make sure that the gun laws aren't so flexible that people can obtain these guns and go into people's schools and into people's public places and kill other people. that's all we're trying to do. and i don't think that's opportunist or taking advantage of the tragedy that we ju

let me just wait to see if the lights come up on wayne lapierre. for wayne lapierre to take the stage, rebecca berg in the hall now. what have we been hearing so far? what do we expect? >> reporter: well, we expect a very friendly crowd here for wayne lapierre, for the nra, despite of the debate we're having now across the country about gun control. we saw it at the town hall last night in florida. that is not the tone here at cpac at all. this is a place where wayne lapierre stood on this stage and spoke as a featured speaker for the past decade, a very friendly gun rights, pro second amendment crowd. we heard from the spokesperson, dana lash and she gave a preview of what we can expect from wayne lapierre. she said the problem here is not of the laws, but of enforcement, that enforcement measures are the key to stopping these shootings from happening in the future. and so i believe we are going to hear from wayne lapierre right now. >> inside the hall for us now, let's watch as wayne lapierre, walking on to the stage, long time executive director

what is your response to wayne lapierre? >> i'm not sure i have to respond. thing i would say, though, if he is saying so many teachers, so many institutions put karl marx on the curriculum, they probably are doing something right. and i think it would help discussion around what is karl marx, what is -- is a great economists that he is, somebody who changed the whole discourse about class and the working class, capitalism. he has predicted what we're calling globalization today. and basically, the book is referring to the communist manifesto. if you read the first chapter, it is exactly the description of what is going on. and his organization is on top of the list as an institution, which is moved by profit. and when profit dominate your life, that means you're capable to accept the most unacceptable thing, like killing of young people, and still try to justify it. and this is what is in that manifesto. i think if young people start reading it and have a fair discussion around it, that is a good thing. amy: in the student led movement that is now ripping ac

she's fear mongering and lapierre is feeding off it. this is not what the organization is trying to do. that's the reality. there's stuff going on in the world. i can't disagree more. >> i imagine. sometimes you disagree. thanks for coming on. wisconsin is in the process of overhauling the welfare system. responding to the critics and what happens in the badger state. how it could affect you. and giving gun control a cry as a rallying cry. will it back fire or benefit them. is the liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night. hold on dad... liberty did what? yeah, liberty mutual 24-hour roadside assistance helped him to fix his flat so he could get home safely. my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. don't worry - i know what a lug wrench is, dad. is this a lug wrench? maybe? you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. >> democrats fought hard against tax cuts but clinton's stronghold in the 26th district the benefits may chan

he received lapierre a standing ovation here today. clearly a lot of support still for the nra among conservative activists at cpac. >> i want to begin with that with my panel, rebecca, thank you very much, in the d.c. area. want to have a bigger conversation, right? waiting for this white house briefing. jamie gangel is here, chris cillizza, editor at large and dana bash, our cnn political correspondent. i think it's important that we score, you know -- or underscore what the president said a bit ago at the white house. he made changes, news about how he wants to strengthen background check, get rid of bump stocks, raise the age to 21 for buying these weapons. something that the nra opposes. he specifically said that he talked to the nra and they are willing to, quote, do things. do we know what the things he's referring to are? >> no, we don't. just the fact that he said pretty specifically that he talked to the nra and he told them that they need to do things is quite interesting. i would love to see if we could find out -- i don't

wayne lapierre says, yes, what happened last week was horrible.e hopes it never happened and would certainly nefertiver happ again, but this message is to the group's 5 million members. the tragedy is being exploited. >> what they want are more restrictions on the law-abiding. think about that. their solution is to make you, all of you, less free. they want to sweep right under the carpet the failure of school security, the failure of family, the failure of america's mental health system. and even the unbelievable failure of the fbi. >> let's just start there. the nra going after the fbi? have you ever heard that before? >> it wasn't just about parkland. in fact, it probably wasn't really about parkland at all. that's what i thought was so interesting about wayne lapierre veering into this territory of attacking law enforcement. it was also about the russia dossier. that seemed to be very much about president trump saying we're on your side about all this stuff and the fbi isn't doing what they're supposed to be doing. maybe not in parkland but al

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and, rebecca, we heard from wayne lapierre for first time since the shooting. tell us more about what he said. >> reporter: we did. while we did not hear from wayne lapierre any retreat from the nra's position that gun laws don't need a change, that they need merely to be enforced, that security could be put in some of these schools to protect children, but he did not address some of the policy changes we heard proposed by the president, also by the vice president, who is speaking right now behind me, suggesting that background check need to be strengthened, the age of minimum purchase be raised to 21 for gun purchases. wayne lapierre did not address any of those things, but he did seem to suggest to the president, he did seem to nod to the president by mentioning some of the potential 2020 rivals, mentioning the president's proposal that school security be strengthened, but let's take a listen to some of what lapierre said today, separating him from the president. >> their solution is to make you, all of you less free. they want to sweep right under the carpet

the group says ceo wayne lapierre addressed the conservative gathering outside washington. our political reporter is on scene. rebecca, doesn't sound like the nra is open to compromise. >> reporter: not at all, wolf. quite a contrast in what we heard today from wayne on this stage behind me at cpac, and the president's suggestion he would be open to changing some of the nation's gun laws. lapierre was hard in the stance, saying, not only did the nation's gun laws not need to be reviewed, but, also, that democrats and the media were the ones pushing for changes as part the agenda to eventually eliminate the second amendment. let's take a listen to some of what he had to say today. >> evil walks among us, and god help us if we don't harden our schools and protect our kids. obama promised a fundamental transformation of our country, and you know what? it began with his own national party. a party that is now infested with saboteurs, even the fbi is not free of its own corruption and own unethical agents. what if all your medical records, perhaps your conversations with your do

is there some distance growing between the president and wayne lapierre?nt is saying 21 personal weapons. or assault weapons. kevin: specifically on the issue of bump stocks as well. there is some distance. private citizen donald trump was not always mindful of the nra. with his tweets this morning, he's been taking the position of using armed guards or armed teachers. , the proposale stops short of that. either way, this has been pushed to the forefront of the political agenda. lawmakers on capitol hill return next week. shery: kevin cirilli, thank you so much. let's get a quick check of the markets. we are seeing that rally fading in the afternoon. .9%.ow is down, off all sector still in the green. energy and real estate leading the gains. the nasdaq is gaining ground. we want you to sign up for the balance of power newsletter at bloombergpolitics.com or bloomberg.com/politics. you can catcher, all of our interviews on the bloomberg with the function tv . york, this is bloomberg. ♪ julia: it is 2:00 p.m. in new york and 7:00 p.m. in london. lisa: wel

so it seemed like wayne lapierre was picking up where the president left off. but wolf, the question as we sit here today once again addressing this, how will the president lead his party and will he defy and confront the nra? he's certainly suggesting ideas that show he might. we will see if he does that. of course, the president is scheduled to speak at cpac tomorrow, wolf. >> jeff, thank you. jeff zeleny over at the white house. let's discuss this with my panel. joining me, analyst supervisory special agent jeff campbell, our cnn political supporter nia henderson and our legal analyst gloria borger. the head of the nra association also really went after the democrats. and he said this. i'm going to play this other clip. >> the elites don't care not one wit about america's school system and school children. if they truly cared, what they would do is they would protect them. for them it's not a safety issue, it's a political issue. they care more about control and more of it. their goal is to eliminate the second amendment and our firearms freedoms so they can

and the ceo of the nra wayne lapierre spoke. here is what he said. >> as usual, the opportunists wasted not one second to exploit tragedy for political gain. sal alinsul alinsky would have proud. the break back calls for more gun control laws and the breathless national media eager to smear the nra. think about that. in the midst of genuine grief and a very understandable passion as millions of americans search for meaningful solutions, what do we find? chris murphy, nancy pelosi and more cheered the 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. >> john? >> they hate individual freedom. >> by the national media, is fox news cheering on nancy pelosi and chris murphy? they're part of the national media. >> last time i checked, yes, but somehow they always get an exemption. that was an extra crispy speech by wayne lapierre. he's basically accusing the kids of parkland reading from a saul alinsky playbook. th

but wayne lapierre did the right thing, he did not back away, he waked on the stage, and gauged into the dialogue, part of dialogue, if sun fair and unkind -- it is unfair and unkind to give victims impression that another gun law would have saved their relative, the placest with highest crime rates are those places with toughest restrictions it is fool's gold for so many was the victims. trish: i agree, you would agree, and wayne would agree there is no reason somebody who is mentally unstable, ub stai unsts this guy was, should ever have access to a gun. this say mul multi-prong approa, we have it talk about mental illness, and school savety and the fbi. >> are right, the left likes to talk about gun violence, this is say term that not act rate, they want to talk about the laws around guns. they fail to talk about people who are increasely reaching to violence, i think with this pro cliffty to violence -- pro cliffty to violence, this there is not a law we can pass, this is say problem of soul. we have people that just do evil and bad and destructive things, i don't think that gove

wayne lapierre will deliver his week still this week as planned. why leave his name off the schedule? it was done as a precaution sources told the washington examiner among outrage of gun protests in the aftermath of the shooting. cpac is on board with the nra following another school shooting but don't want to say it yet an approach most republican lawmakers take after shootings. but there is another way to respond. dallas mayor pro tem dwayne caraway said at nra should move its annual convention out of dallas. >> it is a tough call when you ask the nra to reconsider coming to dallas. but it is putting our citizens first and getting them to come to the table and elected officials to come to the table and to address this madness now. constantly interrupting you with itching, burning and stinging. being this uncomfortable is unacceptable. i'm ready. tremfya® works differently for adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. with tremfya®, you can get clearer and stay clearer. in fact, most patients who saw 90% clearer skin at 28 weeks... stayed

lapierre.addition to being a political missed tuned of course, it's moral dereliction by the president to go down this -- to go down this path. it's one of the ways in which you could have imagined a better version of donald trump breaking through the sort of stale politics being brought to you by the nra. instead, he's caving to it. >> congresswoman, donna? we can use tape to show it. it didn't take a lot of effort to show he's having the words of lapierre about teachers having guns. they came up with the background check which is nonsense. he's caught. >> he's blowing smoke. $30 million to elect donald trump president, $24 million spent getting the house and the senate that an wayne lapierre wanted. the fact of the matter is that the national rifle association donald trump and republicans in congress are the one who's stand in the way of common sense gun laws that would protect children in schools and people on our streets. >> you know, brent, it's hard to read you. you're talking about the p

>> sean: now wayne lapierre, right? good points.ow the nra has led the effort to keep the guns out of hands of criminals and from people that shouldn't have these weapons. of course, if you are watching the corrupt media in this country listening to to democrats in washington. they will never tell you that because we are only interested in demonizing the second amendment supporters it's all predictable and pathetic. for example, all you have to do is look at what what happened during cnn's fake news town hall last night. fax differing opinion didn't matter. cnn stacked the deck against second amendment supporters. just take a look dana loesch will join us in a minute at how she was treated last night. >> let me answer the question. can you shout me down when i'm finished but let me answer emma's question. they spoke before b. that before the president made a move and they spoke about that before attorney general jeff sessions' made an announcement too. that answers your question to that. >> and i understand you are stands up for the

i thought wayne lapierre at cpac, this is going to be wayne lapierre being endorsed, applauded. i thought this is going to be their moment because this is their crowd. at one point wayne lapierre says it's awfully quiet. i guess you should be afraid. i think there are lots of people who identify as conservatives and gun rights supporters who are uncomfortable at this moment and i think that's great. >> greg: you are looking at a transition at the nra. i think he is the old face of the nra. >> kimberly: don't tell him that. >> greg: he wouldn't be happy. dana lohse, a young, strong woman who can articulate this idea and brave enough. cnn offered such a great deal to dana lasch. don't come and we will make fun of you or come and we will make fun of you. >> jesse: i want to address something you said in the beginning. he said we are going to arm the schools. that's not accurate. not every teacher gets a gun. they are not going to have kurds above the school, with machine guns sweeping the grounds. that's insane. you are saying you are enlisting them in the nra army. that is just rh

wayne lapierre is turning to focus to children.hat schools don't seem to be the current safety priority. >> the bazaar 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 all more protected than our children at school. does that make any sense to anybody? their solution is to make you, all of you, less free. they want to sweep right under the carpet the failure of school security, the failure of family, the failure of america's mental health system, even the unbelievable failure of the fbi. mary mac donald trump tweeting his support writing in part they love the us and they will do the right thing. todd: black panther pouncing into theaters as the king conquers the box office. >> what happened? to the rest of the world? mary mac the movie has smashed multiple records and hear with his review fox news contributor kevin mccarthy. neither of us have seen this. i h

if the simple solution was wayne lapierre's often repeated, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, this would have been stopped. the point is there's human nature. there's the moment, there's bravely, there's courage, there's a lack thereof. so many circumstances which is why i think casting -- there will be no legislative solution that absolutely 100% eliminates school shootings. >> that doesn't mean we can't do anything. >> exactly, exactly. >> we should. >> this isn't an issue of this being easily solved. the question is, can you take some actions that will make things better? >> you're never going to, john -- to your point, you're never going to know that this guy who is in the school for the purposes of keeping it safe, that this guy is -- whatever happened, lost his nerve, whatever, is going to go outside and stand there for four minutes. it's impossible. >> we're not talking about the perfectibility of human nature here. we're not talking about -- let's not be naive. but let's keep focused on this fact, that our nation is the only one on earth where

. >> reporter: national rifle association executive vice president wayne lapierre spoke about the deadly school shooting in florida to the audience at cpac, the conservative political action conference. >> we share a goal of safe schools. >> reporter: his appearance comes one day after teen survivors of the shooting rallied for more gun control and told lawmakers things will change when they are able to vote. >> no longer can you take money from the nra because we are coming after you. >> reporter: lapierre says many factors contributed to the tragedy. >> they want to sweep right under the carpet the failure of school security, the failure of family, the failure of the america's mental health system. >> reporter: nra spokesman dana loesch called out coverage of the shooting. >> many in the liberal left media love mass shootings. >> yes! >> you guys love it. -- >> i'm not saying that you love the tragedy. but i am saying that you love the ratings. >> reporter: many cpac participants agree with the nra's message. but they are also interested in other press issues, like the russia investiga

that is what wayne lapierre said. vice president mike pence came out, a couple of speakers later, they cheered really loudly for things like building the mexican war, neil gorsuch, the supreme court nomination, tax cuts, standing for the national anthem. it was a sombre mood, but it was not the reaction you would expect from some of the red meat that wayne lapierre was throwing out there, media bashing, democratic parishing and even criticising the fbi, which is a bogeyman for the right these days. presumably, the nra is relatively pleased with the current state of the debate, given that normally in the debate, given that normally in the aftermath of a mass shooting it comes under pressure, but it now has the president backing one of its primary ideas on this, arming teachers? right. you saw donald trump tweeting earlier today, saying that the nra are great people and that the nra are great people and that he has their support. the nra supported him very early in the presidential campaign when there we re presidential

we heard from wayne lapierre since the parkland shooting. let's play some of that. >> the elites don't care about america's school system and school children. if they truly cared, what they would do is they would protect them. their goal is to eliminate the second amendment and firearms freedoms. >> erin, he didn't give an inch there. it was really pitting us against them. he wasn't proposing any solutions. doubling down and digging in. >> alex and christine, you talk if anything has changed after parkland, you look at the students and activism. you think it could be a turning point. you see wayne going back to the same talking points. same thing after the newtown shooting. the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. they have failures, but they are using that to frame their argument. we should not be held responsible for the failures of law enforcement. you see him teeing this up. >> there was a good guy with a gun who sought cover when the firing started. the president who is talking about arming teachers and g

first just responding to the nra, care to respond to wayne lapierre? >> sure. first, let me just say dave bowdich is right, acting fbi director, this is a breakdown in the call center in the fbi's west virginia criminal investigative decision. these people are human. they don't go to work to try to make mistakes. this is a breakdown. however, the head of the nra is trying to deflect the public to a shiny object. it's not the fbi. it's not one thing. i could sit here and list a bunch of different things that could be addressed right away as low-hanging fruit. if you point the finger in the direction of the fbi, you're totally missing the point here. >> i hear you saying people are human but i'm channeling the parents i talked to in florida and i'm not sure how that would sit with them. it was swran 5th when someone loes to the shooter called this fbi tip line saying the shooter was erratic, owned guns and had this desire to shoot people and even went so far as saying that the shooter would be capable of conducting a school shooting. law enforcement was called to

lapierre. we saw this play out with daca. >> sorry, charlie, i have to get to rachel. >> sorry. >> jennifer rubin and charlie pierce, thank you both. that's all in. before you go, you can listen to the show as a podcast, find it wherever you get your podcast, >>> new charges for paul manafort and rick gates in the mueller investigation. the latest reporting on the 32-count indictment charges enough to amount to a life sentence for manafort. >>> plus president trump says he wants schools protected like banks, talking about arming teachers with guns and paying them bonuses for carrying a concealed weapon. >>> the resignation of an armed deputy who had a gun and responded to the shooting but never went in after the gunman. "the 11th hour" on a thursday night begins now. good evening once again from our nbc headquarters here in new york day 399 in the trump administration administration, one day shy of 400 days in office and we have a lot to get to. we begin with a fresh round of charges from rober

. >> i'm getting to wayne lapierre who made a comment on the notion. but i want t follow up on what you said. i want to play for you and soeffy something from the townhall cnn hosted last night it was one of the classmates who confronted in a passionate and logical way senator marco rubio. listen to this. >> we'd like to know, why do we have to be the ones to do this? why do we have to speak out to the capitol? why do we have to march on washington just to save innocent lives? >> you're absolutely right. and let me start by saying it goes without saying what you lived there through and what you lived through is not supposed to be a part of your high school experience. it's just not supposed to happen. >> what did you make of that sofie? i know you say you believe that the politicians for the first time are hearing you and listening to you and they understand what's going on. but were you surprised that he did seem to really hear the pain in the room and at least he showed up there to have a live discussion. >> yeah, i mean, i think that senator rubio w

it wayne lapierre came with an incredibly partisan, nasty, dark message about democrats and about gunssues. i don't understand why the nra -- >> sandra: he was responding to a very nasty message coming from the left saying the nra has blood on their hands. >> marie: i blame the nra for advocating for laxer gun laws. i think what i just said is a statement of fact. the question is, why can't the nra get behind getting rid of bump stocks? why are they unwilling -- we just said in the read, they were interested in regulating them, not banning them? why can't they appear to move at all and why are they making it so partisan? wayne lapierre, that was a partisan speech. >> harris: there's been a lot of reaction from people to the nra president's speech, some saw it as an opportunity, kind of confirming that the president had been talking to the nra and talking to the nra's base which is something you do before change. >> david: the nra is made up of members of americans who are republicans and democrats. to suggest that somehow there's this monolithic organization that's run by only people

. >> all the media going on and on about what should be done, wayne lapierre breaking silence and hereamong us and god help us if we don't hardened our schools and protect our kids. >> to stop a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy with a gun. [cheers and applause] >> another big star in a crowd favorite here senator ted cruz who won the straw poll a couple of years ago took the stage and was able to catch up with him in the hallway and have one-on-one with him and ask him about some of this, here is what he had to say. >> the way you prevent mass shoot askings not stripping away the second amendment rights of law abiding citizens, the way you stop mass murderers is you stop violent criminals, you target violent criminalses and felons an come down on them with a ton of bricks. >> very interesting to see what president trump says today because lauren and cheryl this is a tough speech to give, the base of the base where you get the fire and stone that they want to hear, they will take the hill and take no prisoners, but he also has to strike a tone and the entire nation will be listen

it will be someone like wayne lapierre.y out with daca. >> sorry, charlie, i have to get to rachel. >> sorry. >> jennifer rubin and charlie pierce, thank you both. that's all in. before you go, you can listen to the show as a podcast, find it wherever you get your podcast, >>> new charges for paul manafort and rick gates in the mueller investigation. the latest reporting on the 32-count indictment charges enough to amount to a life sentence for manafort. >>> plus president trump says he wants schools protected like banks, talking about arming teachers with guns and paying them bonuses for carrying a concealed weapon. >>> the resignation of an armed deputy who had a gun and responded to the shooting but never went in after the gunman. "the 11th hour" on a thursday night begins now. good evening once again from our

>> president trump>> speaking earlier today and spoke after wayne lapierre spoke, the head of the nra. wayne lapierre doubling down on the policy proposal by the nra which is to arm teachers in the classroom. vice president mike pence not taking a position on that. -- fromuld raise the age people being able to get a weapon from age 18 to 21. he suggests that he supports what the nra and teachers have weapons, but really saying he anticipates issues like mental theth and increasing national background check system. how much dissent is there in the room? how many are supporting the nra and other gun rights supporters are against? i was speaking with two strategists just before i came on and to be quite frank with you both are speaking in a different tone than other mass shootings. there does not seem to be some type of impotence to get a piecemeal legislation move and also the tone of the gathering is different from years past when i covered it. power, what are we going to do with it? i think the tone is little more sober because you can't just attack the other party that is in power. w

wayne lapierre echoed the president. >> it should not be easier for a mad man to shoot up a school than a bank or a jewelry store or some hollywood gala. schools must be the most edrdened targets in this country. >> reporter: lapierre also lashed out at democrats, the media, and law enforcement for their response to the parkland shooting. >> as usual, the opportunists wasted not one second to exploit tragedy for political gain. the elites don't care not one chit about america's school sstem and school children. >> reporter: mr. trump consulted with the n.r.a. leadership after last week's shooting and agreed not endorse not endorse an assault weapons ban or universal background checks for gun ksrchases. but he did break with the n.r.a. e calling for an age limit, 21 s ars old, to buy a semi- automatic weapon. today, he said the n.r.a. would change its mind. >> we're talking about common sense, and it's a great thing. and the n.r.a. will-- will back it. >> reporter: conservative sttivist david schiff from texas said he was concerned about the president's embrace of new gun regulations. >>

wayne lapierre said teachers should be armed instead — an idea supported by president trump.e'sjon sopel. will the florida school shooting come to be seen as a landmark moment, when impotence gave way to rage, and rage led to action? never again! the vociferous students who have taken to the streets are bringing change. but not always in the way they wanted. the president, making clear that he thinks the way to make schools more secure is to train and arm more teachers. tweeting today, "if a potential sicko shooter knows that a school has a large number of very weapon—talented teachers and others who will be instantly shooting, the sicko will never attack at school. cowards won't go there. problem solved." he first floated the idea at an emotional white house meeting last night, with victims‘ families. one of those in attendance was a pupil at the parklands school, sam zeif. how is it that easy to buy this type of weapon? afterwards, he was dismissive about the president's plan. arming teachers is just not what we need. you know? this is a problem because guns were brought in

i think the important message we got from here and wayne lapierre, the head of the nra yesterday, was that the nra wants to achieve safe schools, safe communities and a safe country. some of their plans will seek to do so. one of the points she made with alisyn earlier that was important was improving the background checks and making sure they're incentivizing people, whether law enforcement or the military or mental health institutions, to put critical information in the background check system so at the point of purchase, when people are purchasing guns there's the appropriate information to make sure people who should not have guns don't have guns. that was a key point. there's other factors that we'll talk about certainly with the president and others. the overall message i think for her was improving background checks is an important first step. >> let's actually listen to what wayne lapierre had to say at cpac. >> the truth is laws succeed only when people obey them. once again, so many existing laws were ignored. their laws don't stop illegal criminals from crossing our borders

>> sean: wayne lapierre, good points.so pointed out how the nra has led the effort in many ways to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and from people that shouldn't have these weapons. of course, if you are watching the corrupt media in this country, listening to democrats in washington, they will never tell you that because they are only interested in demonizing, attacking the nra, the second amendment supporters. it is all predictable and it is all pathetic. forpa example, you all you haveo do is look at what happened during fake news cnn's gun-control "town hall" last night. facts, differing opinions, didn't matter. scene and stack the deck against the second amendment supporters. just take a look, dana loesch wilderness in a minute -- at how she was treated last night. >> let me answer the question. you can shut me down when i'm gone. but let me answer the question. they spoke about that before the president made a move and they spoke about that before attorney general jeff sessions made an announcement about tha

wayne lapierre/nra executive vice president and ceo: "including effective, trained armed security thatill absolutely protect every innocent child in this country."in this case, there áwasá an armed, school resource officer there, in uniform.but the broward county sheriff said video shows deputy scot peterson waited outside the building during the shooting, instead of going inside and engaging the gunman. for the sheriff to watch that inaction on video... sheriff scott israel / broward co. sheriff's office: "devastated. sick to my stomach. there are no words." peterson resigned after he was suspended without pay by the sheriff. peterson was eligible for retirement.and as investigators look into the warning signs leading up to february 14th - david bowdich/acting fbi deputy director: "there was a mistake made, we know that."- the f-b-i said today their call center in west virignia does have a process to flag people who could be a threat to others.but when a tip came in about cruz last month, he says that procedure wasn't followed. i'm natasha chen, reporting. (vicki) (vicki) (vicki) as s

. >> reporter: at an annual gathering of conservative activists, nra ceo wayne lapierre echoed the presidentt should not be easier for a madman to shoot up a school than a bank or a jewelry store or some hollywood gala. schools must be the most hardened targets in this country. >> reporter: lapierre also lashed out at democrats, the media, and law enforcement for their response to the parkland shooting. >> as usual, the opportunists wasted not one second to exploit tragedy for political gain. the elites don't care not one whit about america's school system and school children. >> reporter: mr. trump consulted with the nra leadership after last week's shooting and agreed not to endorse an assault weapons ban or universal background checks for gun purchases. but he did break with the nra in calling for an age limit, 21 years old, to buy a semi-automatic weapon. today he said the nra would change its mind. >> we're talking about common sense. and it's a great thing. and the nra will -- will back it. >> reporter: conservative activist david schiff from texas said he was concerned about the presi

it will be someone like wayne lapierre.w this play autowith dacou >> sorry, charlie, i have to get to rachel. >> sorry. >> jennifer rubin and charlie pierce, thank you both. that's all in. before you go, you can listen to the show as a podcast, find it wherever you get your podcast, the rachel maddow show, aforementioned, begins now. >> i'm kind of on the edge of my seat as to what else charlie has. >> you have to tune in the next time and find out. >> well teased. thanks at home for joining us this hour. >>> three major stories breaking all at the same time today and into tonight. we'll start with the most startling. this is the mug shot taken today of the serving republican governor of missouri, eric greitens. eric greitens is a former navy seal, he was elected gerr

wayne lapierre is defiant. of the organisation that lobbies and funds politicians on behalf of the gun industry he is determined to prevent any further restrictions on gun sales in the us. but many of the teenagers, and their parents, who've spoken up since the florida attack, say the nra is out of with the country, and is making schools less safe. as usual, the opportunists wasted not one second to exploit tragedy for political gain. the breakback speed of calls for more gun control laws and the breathless national media, eager to smear the nra. we're yet to learn the finer detail of the president's gun reforms, but under consideration, a proposal to arm some teachers, raising the minimum age to buy certain types of firearms, and enhanced background checks. just a short time ago, president trump met with state and local officials and had this to say. and i think we are making a lot of progress, and i can tell you there there is a tremendous feeling that we want get something done. and we're leading that feelin

. >> brangham: wayne lapierre, head of the national rifle association, gfull-bore defense of gun rights today, and a call to put weapons in schools. >> every day young children are being dropped off at schools that are virtually wid soft targets for anyone bent on mass murder. schools must be the most hardened targe in this country. >> brangham: lapierre addressed the conservative political action cference, "c-pac," near washington, and accused gun control advocates of exploiting the killin in florida. >> their solution iso make you, all of you less free. they want to sweep right under the carpet the failu of school security, the failure of family, the failure of america's mental health system, and even the unbelievable failure of the f.b.i. >> brangham: the n.r.a.'s spokeswoman dana loesch was also at c-pac. she directed her criticism at the media. >> many in legacy media love mass shootings. you guys love it. now i'm not saying that you love the tragedy. but i am saying that you love the ratings. crying white mothers are ratings gold. >> brangham: president trump today tweeted his sup

you know, i really believe that this is not an issue of freedom, lapierre said. you know, i don't have the freedom to park an f-15 in my driveway and tell my neighbors, that's how i intend to fertilize my backyard. i don't have the freedom to get an m1-a1 tank. we all don't have the freedoms to have any weapons we want. this is about how do we balance the right of americans to want to own guns, hunt, do marksmanship for sport, to protect themselves, how do we balance that with the need to ensure that these weapons don't fall in the hands of people who use them for the kind of mass shootings, not only that we've seen in florida, but we're now seeing week after week. it's insane! >> in your column about this, you address cameron casky, a young student of stoneman douglas who wrote an essay for cnn.com. i also interviewed him on the ground there. he's a remarkably poised young man. you offered him a bit of advice writing, if your generation and mine want to get serious about a gun control crusade, we all need to get out of facebook and into someone's face. the nra's