this is a law enforcement thing. third order was to go after these transnational criminal organizations. that is our mission. it comes from the top. you can know we are at it. we can do it. we can bring down crime and give every american more peace of mind, that families can let their children play outside and not have to do as the mother of these two teenage girls told me, when they wait on the school bus, they have to go out and stand with their children on the street corner. something is wrong when that happens. i want to close by reiterating my deep appreciation, my profound thanks to the men and women of law enforcement, to me, personally, that you have given to me. and i want to thank every sheriff in america. since our founding the independently elected sheriff has been the people's protector who keeps law enforcement close to and accountable to people hrough the elective process. the office of sheriff is a critical part of the anglo-american heritage of law enforcement. we must never erode this historic offic

athletes dropped while law enforcement went up. i've got to tell you. doingells me we are something right. and what of my goals is to use what little bully pulpit influence i might have to celebrate the good things that you are doing. so, i have also been hearing from law enforcement that isruiting new officers getting more difficult. well, i think that is a very serious issue, but maybe this poll shows that we have turned the corner a little bit? i certainly hope so. people to comet into law enforcement in feel that they are going to have a career of fulfillment and satisfaction and service to their community. we have got to keep that message out there every day. [applause] it was largely because of officers like your team the crime went down in this country over 20 years. that's a remarkable thing. i was with former attorney general ed meese the other night, and he reminded me of what i generally know, but from 1964 to 1980, crime in america tripled. when i began as united states attorney in 1981, the murder rate was high. the murder rate has dropped

law enforcement partners. recently, the t.a.g.s conducted a coordinated arrest operation in all three countries in the northern triangle, targeting both ms-13 and 18th street, resulting in the arrest of 754 violent gang members. the arrest also led to the seizure of multiple items of evidence, which are currently being exploited for their intelligence value. apart from our task forces, the fbi's criminal investigative division actively participates in multi-agency intelligence entities, such as the national gang intelligence center, special operations division and the organized crime task force. although vetting and possible arrest of individuals at the border is primarily a function of the department of homeland security, the fbi makes every effort together to share intelligence on a timely basis related to the movement and recruitment of gang members prior to and upon entry in the united states. information-sharing is critical to fulfilling this responsibility and the fbi's dedicated to improving communicati

funded law enforcement officers which are practicing in communities throughout the nation. we continue to have an ongoing relationship with those agencies, so it affords us a really valuable opportunity, we think, to not only work with them through our grants, but through other i was ways of pro resources. we have a tribal resource grant program where we support tribal law enforcement hiring and training. a community policing development program where we provide seed funding to local law enforcement agencies, to incubate innovative practices which can be taken to a larger scale and evaluated through other parts of the justice department. this really allows us to quickly fund innovative efforts and allow agencies to experiment with cutting edge practices in a way that can really infuse localities with the best possible strategies that are out there. we also seek to take advantage of the lessons that are learned through the implementation of those efforts. and package them in a way that is easily consumed for other practitioners across the country and that leads to the fourth

that 85% of law enforcement is state, local, and tribal? 85%. yours are the deputies who have the critical street level knowledge, intelligence of what is happening in the community, the criminal elements. federal officers have the unique capability to follow a case across state borders and even international borders. we can be great partners in that way. we want to be a force multiplier for you. our work is most effective when state, federal, and local investigators are paired with the expertise of federal law officers. i have seen it work and i know it works. we respect you. we know that you do not work for us, i can tell you that. that is why we reinstated our equitable sharing program. civil asset forfeiture is a key tool. fromevents new crimes being committed, it weakens the criminals and the cartels. thel asset forfeiture take material support -- takes that material support of the criminal and makes it that material support of law enforcement. funds that were once being used to take lives are now been used to save lives -- are now being us

so it is an area of concern for law enforcement. we will continue to work with our partners to find ways to adapt and conduct criminal investigations using information and communication technology and including the use of encryption. so we are determined to try to work under authorized court warrants to get into these devices that are very important to us overall. we will work with congress, department of justice and our friends in state and local law enforcement agencies to make this more of a reality. we will continue to work with companies and the information and communications technology industry to help them understand the ways their products and services are being misused by criminals and i would just say addressing this issue is of paramount importance to us within the law enforcement community. i'm sure you can talk to some of the officers around the room that work in these areas and they will be able to relay to you the significance of it. so as we work together i'm confident that step by step we can protect the privacy of

it is an area of concern for law enforcement. we will continue to work with all partners to find ways to adapt investigations using communications technology, including the use of encryption. we are determined to work under authorized court warrants. we will work with congress, the department of justice, and our friends at state and local law enforcement to make this more of a reality. we will continue to work with companies and the technology industry to help them understand the way their products and services are being misused by criminals. addressing this issue is of paramount importance to us. if you talk to the officers around the room involved in these areas, they will relate to you the significance of it. if we work step-by-step, we can protect the privacy of citizens at the same time we can allow law enforcement to do their work and ensure that criminals committing crimes are convicted and put in jail, where they receive their due punishment also through due process. i'm going to pause and move on to questions. before i d

over the years we funded over 13,000 law enforcement agencies so. to the thousands of cops our office funded law enforcement officers. we have an ongoing relationship with the agencies so it affords us a valuable opportunity to work through grants and other ways of providing resources like training, technical assistance and providing guide books and other resources to them. we have the resources grant program, tribal law enforcement training. we provide seed funding to local offices and agencies to intubate innovative practices that can be taken to a larger scale and evaluated through other parts. and allows us to quickly fund innovative efforts and experiment with cutting edge practices in a way that can infuse localities with the best possible strategies that are out there. we also seek to take advantage of the lessons learned through implementation of the efforts and package them in a way that is easily consumed across the country and we provide resources through guide books and other materials to law enforcement agencies across the country. as i

to law-enforcement concerns. encryptede communications that are completely protected even with a legitimate reason for probable cause, then you will allow criminal activity to occur with -- it remains available to law enforcement with images need ordered by a court. >> with the proliferation of location data and internet connected devices, sometimes we are in the golden age of surveillance comes to what the information from being responsible in the sense that it remains available to log horsemen with a need ordered by a court. >> with the proliferation of interconnected devices some of said we are in a golden age of surveillance when it comes to what lott law enforcement has access to. >> we have more surveillance and we have been the past and will probably have more in the future as you describe people with cameras and surveillance systems and that sort of thing. some people say they are so much surveillance technology that it overrides the need for law enforcement. i think those are two totally different issues

so if that child encounters law enforcement or if that child encounters a service provider they're deemed a victim according to the federal law and there has been some debate and historically it has been more difficult if the child doesn't identify a trafficker being viewed as a trafficking victim in those instances. so this has been crucial and one element of an extremely broad and very important piece of legislation but it's also had a huge effect in terms of connecting these victims with services. to echo what i was talking about before in terms of understanding the victimization and having the knowledge that, at the point of recovery the likelihood of them already, we heard from other panelists about the barriers to them speaking out. this automatically deems them as the victim, it is one of the more important things like i said in a large piece of legislation. >> what does it mean for you, mr. hill, for the states? >> one of the things we have to look at the victims often times don't recognize that they are victims and one of the -- even with our understanding that we want to treat t

our federal law-enforcement training center teaches law enforcement professionals to identify victims and conduct investigations. dhs is a large department. we are 200, almost 250,000 strong and we leverage all of our capabilities and capacity to target traffickers and disrupt their criminal enterprises throughout their pathways all throughout the world. i'm sure you've checked a little bit about transnational criminal organizations but i would like to add my voice to the specific part of the threat. they are using their networks to smuggle dangerous drugs, illegal aliens and potential terrorists into our country. they have no concern for human lives and they are solely motivated by profit and violence. these networks are significant and persistent and we are working tirelessly to stop them but know that they also traffic in human souls. there are many reasons the department of justice has made this a priority to fight and rejoin their fight at the department of homeland security. one example of how we have supported the fight is operation safe haven. an investigation into a loosely a

particularly, our law enforcement partners. it is an important part of our mission sets on the protection side. once again, it is an honor to adjust you off and a privilege to work with each one of you in this room. as i said today, particularly with our law enforcement partners so thanks for that. i will talk today about cipher. as it particularly impacts the financial sector of the united states. i am sure that is some interest to all. it is one of the primary missions that sets the secret service. we are required to protect the president. were responsible for financial crimes and counterfeiting and supporting state and local agencies in terms of child exploitation. i want to adjust particularly the cipher area today. i will divide the sound into a number of parts and talk about havempact of cyber overall my wallet back and it has some cash in it. not to nearly the amount of money i have. it is all electronic and everybody in this room would say cash-based electronics. , counterfeiting is still an area of concern for us. the

traded for sex, that could be a place to stay, food, drugs, et cetera, so if that child encounters law enforcement or that child encounters a service provider they are deemed a victim according to the federal law, and there has been some debate, historically it is more difficult if the child does not identify a trafficker being viewed as a trafficking victim in those instances. so this has been crucial and it is just one element of an extremely broad and very important piece of legislation. but it is also had a huge effect in terms of connecting these victims with services. so echo what i was talking about before in terms of understanding the victimization and having the knowledge at the point of recovery the likelihood of them already -- we heard from other panelists about the barriers to them speaking out. this automatically deems them as the victim and is one of the more important things, as i said, in a large piece of legislation. brian: >> what does it mean for you, mr. hill, for the states? >> one of the things we look at the victims often times don't recognize they're victims and one of the

federal law enforcement officersam have endorsed my amendment. for those that imposed an unworkable burden? i think they understand this amendment encourages local law enforcement to share information with the department of homeland security and to temporarily and briefly hold people in custody until people can get there. this is a bipartisan amendment , 2016 when the senate voted in the form ofiv a freestanding bill with bipartisan support unfortunately the minority blocked it to but the fact is it is a bipartisan piece of legislation so i don't think it should be controversial but we will have a v vote on this relatively soon in the coming days and i hope it will have broad support. it is common sense standing for the principal and safety of the american people matter and the lives o

they stuck what he was saying and that he purchased the gun, moreaw enforcement can be proactive and get more investigative steps. law: how would local enforcement know that he just purchased the gun? would that be the fbi tells them? guest: the fbi is not told -- i take that back. when someone buys a weapon there should be a background check. gun dealer hase to do to make sure the individual does not have a criminal record. that would go through the fbi database on criminal records. that is all. the fbi does not track people who buy weapons. they just provide the background check for a criminal check for gun purchases for the gun dealers. tosounds like cruz was able buy the weapon and leave that day. there is no waiting period. host: having no criminal record, he cleared an instant background check via the fbi database? .uest: correct in the fbi is not contacting local databases saying this is who in your area just bought a weapon. other than locals that identify him as a disturbed individual, nobody else knows who cruz is as wise law enforcement goes. host: for the local people, his neighbors, the police alerted to

and our federal law enforcement training center teaches law enforcement professionals to identify victims and conduct investigations. dhs is a large department. we are 200 -- almost 250,000 strong. and we leverage all of our law enforcement capabilities and capacity to target traffickers and to disrupt and dismantle their criminal enterprises throughout their pathways throughout the world. i'm sure you've talked a little bit today about transnational criminal organizations but i would like to add my voice to the specific part of the threat. tcus are using their networks to smuggle dangerous drugs, illegal aliens and potential terrorists into our country. they have no concern for human lives and they're solely motivated by profit and violence. these networks are significant and persistent and we're working tirelessly to stop them. but know that they also traffic in human souls. there are many, many reasons that the department of justice has made this a priority to fight and we join their fight at the department of homeland security. one example of how we have supported the fight is operati

you'll hear from law enforcement, victim services, and industry. our hope is that by bringing together this diverse group, we will show the practices and share them with each other, helping to fight human trafficking. at department of justice our focus on human trafficking would not be possible without the leadership of the top. i'm delighted the attorney general and deputy attorney general are here today both are continuing to strengthen the efforts. at this time he'd like to introduce the attorney general who is our keynote speaker this morning. attorney general sessions has dedicated his kroocareer to public service. he was the southern district attorney for alabama and served as the chief law enforcement officer of that rate. after serving 20 years as a u.s. senator, he was confirmed as the attorney general of the united states last february. please help me welcome attorney general jeff sessions. [laughter] att. general sessions: good morning, thank you for being here all of you. thank you rachel, for all of your kind work and more importantly,

now law enforcement can be more proactive and get more investigative steps. >> how is local law puenforcement know that he just had a gun? >> would that be the fbi telling him? >> know, because the fbi has not told him. when somebody buys a weapon, there should be a background check. just basically a check at the gun dealer have to do to make sure the individual doesn't ba have a criminal record. that will go through stages. the fbi database on criminal records. >> but that is all.the fbi doesn't crack people who buy weapons.they just provide the background check for a criminal check on gun purchases. or the gun dealers. and it sounds like he was able to go in, violentand leave that day but there was no way. like there are other states . >> and i know criminal record, they have background check via the database. >> and you know, the fbi is contacting local law enforcement saying your are the people in your area who purchased 11. at this point, cruz was under the radar to everybody other than locals who interacted with him and see him as a disturbed individual . nobody else knows who he is at

multiple law enforcement jurisdictions on scene. the shooter, though, according to broward sheriff, is still at large. tell me what police are doing right now. >> they're trying to steb a perimeter, which is difficult when the shooter apparently was outside a school building, school facility, shooting into it. normally the shooter is inside the school which makes it easier to clamp down that physical perimeter. right now i'm sure they were trying to figure out how far they have to lay out a perimeter to enclose the area and keep the shooter inside that area if they can. that's the very, very first priority, is to get that perimeter set up. if he has now left that perimeter or they have a hard time establishing that perimeter, that's what they're working hard to do right now. in this situation also -- i'm not sure anyone has brought it up. it's a developing situation. it seems like this say different situation, the shooter, having been outside the school, the fire alarm being pulled inside the school means he may have had assistance

guest: i think that law enforcement has a very tough job. if you look at what is happening in long island they have to deal with an incoming population that does not speak english, that mistrusts the police because a lot of them are undocumented, so they have to investigate all these things with a community that comes into this already distrustful of law enforcement because they fear they will be deported if they go to police. if the rhetoric from the administration makes things percolate in a way that it really just makes them feel even more uncomfortable collaborating, and a lot of people i spoke to in long island say that this is what happened, law enforcement was having trouble figuring out what was going on because people were not coming forward, because they were afraid of police. so they are in a catch 22. host: we have a question from twitter, saying 9000 miners ended up on long island, where did they live, who sponsored them? minors, ift of these you think about the numbers, there has been around 250,000 inorss that have come -- m t

jim: there is a good correlation for how good your law enforcement is and how strong your cybercrime factors. so countries with weak law and horsemen either intentionally like north korea or in places where they struggle, like upsurge in see a big cybercrime. it has become globalized. find countries around the globe were you have a thriving cybercrime population. it is a question of how effective are you in law enforcement. >> i would agree with that but i would go a step further in the idea that we are struggling with this and this country. i do not know that there is not a correlation. we brought up crypto currencies and whether or not they are trackable and how easy it is for law enforcement. in the unitedon states, laws. customers. know your you have to have rules in place and help law enforcement do their job. in a lot of countries, does not exist. in places where they don't, not coincidentally, that is where you see these kind of actors. it makes it incredibly difficult. not impossible, but much more difficult than it should be. >> i think one thing i would add that as we see cy

reported to law enforcement. would rather you did that and be wrong 9% of the time that have anything happen. >> shannon: michael, how tough is this, whether you are a parent, friend, anyone in this young person's life, to look around and see somebody is behaving in a properly. you have questions about them. must be blocked think my child or this neighbor would never actually go and carry out something as hideous as this. but where is the line? where'd you get involved? where do you talk law enforcement? >> i think the problem is most people aren't going to talk to law enforcement despite the fact that there were numerous signs in this young man's life. as i understand, he was emotionally outcast. he didn't sit with other kids who were emotionally outcast. he had on his social media him torturing animals. he was a loner. he said he was going to come to school and do this kind of stuff. he was forecasting this tragedy yet nobody took action. most people don't take action in a situation like this. when we see somet

the team is reporting such indicators to law enforcement. in addition, a collaborative team of dozens of local police departments in minnesota and the federal agencies led primarily by homeland security investigations and the fbi, are all currently executing targeted things in and out of the twin cities area -- trafficking stings in the area and many arrests have been made since this began last week. this is all very important works, isn't it? but human trafficking of course, is not limited to such large hill event like the super bowl. these crimes against human rights occur through hundred 65 -- occur 365 days a year. human trafficking shows its face in many disturbing ways and yet it often remains hidden write in plain sight. non-super bowl year, many people would not think of minnesota as a crime location -- eight prime location for human trafficking. however, the fbi has identified the twin cities as the nation's 13th largest location for child sex trafficking. it is unique because of its geography, population and major industries. the t

and brought up cryptocurrencies and how findable for law enforcement. how difficult it is. a lot it depends in the united states, we have bank secrecy laws and got to know your customer. you have to be a lot of country it doesn't exist and that's where you see the activity flourish and makes it incredibly difficult, it makes it much more difficult than it should be. >> i think i would add as we see with cybercrime in general nations will move to something pragmatic for their goal. there's a report that north korea is conducting operations again, stealing of cryptocurrencies and in north korea the ability to take cryptocurrencies that can been could converted into standard currency that would otherwise be difficult under the sanctions in place is a very practical mechanism for them to focus on. similarly if you look at the report calling out the yahoo! breach where there was collusion between russia and the cybercrime industry within russia, in order to provide the government with politically sensitive data, but also provide cybercriminals with content that could fuel monetar

we rollback a law on the books for mental health background checks. the gun lobby claims to support enforcing the laws on the books. they try to roll back those laws that means lifting their sales. let's show the students has stoneman douglas and across the country through them and hope reducing gun violence is a priority. i call on my republican colleagues to join the democrats in a d bipartisan effort to tret the issue of gun safety with the same sense of urgency that the american people believe is necessary. if republicans take a fraction of the effort to gun safety that they have other issues we can get this done and done quickly. they are plenty perform seconds pass that are completely consistent with the 2nd amendment that would save lives. even president trump for the time being has said he supports it paid so let's get started. let's work on closing the loopholes.oo let'srs have universal backgroud checks. over 90% of the american people believe we should take guns out of the hands of convicted felons and mentally unstable people. i also believe we should have those who are subject to

it is not enough for law enforcement to be aware of the problem. we need the help of the media in shining the light on the problem of human trafficking. if anyone from flight attendants to er doctors knew the signs of trafficking, we could rescue more victims. summit, you will hear from representatives of law enforcement, the dim services organizations and industry. by bringing together this diverse group, we can share best practices, learn from each other and strengthen practices. at the department of justice, our focus on human trafficking would not be possible without leadership from the top. attorney general in the deputy attorney general are here today and i'm delighted. but they're committed to strengthening the anti- trafficking efforts. i would like to introduce the keynote speaker this morning. attorney general sessions has dedicated his career to public service. he served for 14 years as federal prosecutor. served as the attorney general of alabama. after serving 20 years as a u.s. senator, he was confirmed as the attorney general of the

going to have to be extra vigilant, and we're going to have to take steps not only to support law enforcement but to give them the laws that they can prevent the mass slaughters from the highly automatic high-powered weapons. >> senator bill nelson, i appreciate your time in these difficult circumstances. thank you. cnn's kyung lah joins us from one of the hospitals where people are still being treated. kyung, what's the latest from there? >> reporter: we're just getting an update, anderson, on the total number of patients and their various conditions from the broward health system. there are a number of hospitals who are treating, three hospitals treating a total of 17 patients that were transported from the high school. we are now hearing that a total of ten of those patients that were transported tonight, they're in a non-life-threatening condition. five, though, remain in a life-threatening condition, and we are sad to report that two of the patients did not survive their wounds. they died here at the hospital that is behind me. of those patients that were transported here, one of those p

including training for local law enforcement officers, school personnel, and students. this is not just an active shooter training. but training designed to give students and teachers the knowledge to recognize and properly respond to warning signs or signals to stop school violence before it occurs. second, the bill will fund evidence-based technology adequately to improve school security and prevent schooling violence. this includes the development and operation of anonymous reporting systems like the safe utah app, as well as improvements to school security infrastructure to deter and respond to threats of school violence. when prevention efforts fall short, as the unfortunately will in some a cases, locks on classroom doors, reinforced entryways and other common sense infrastructure improvements will help limit the violence. third. the bill will provide funding for the development and operation of evidence-based school threat assessment and crisis intervention teams. which may include evidence-based training for school officials in responding to mental health crises

he talked about killing law enforcement on social media. consider this for a second, even if he only had maybe 200 followers on social media, there are 200 red flags. those are 200 people that could have brought that to the attention of a teacher, a parent, a law enforcement. >> you had this morning that buzzfeed report that the fbi was warned last year about this youtube post about this user, nikolas cruz, i'm going to be a professional school shooter. the fbi has not confirmed this is cruz's account. there are people who might have seen red flags and might have been able to act on them sooner, no? >> absolutely. one of the things that come into play is law enforcement agencies and i worked in the nypd, i was a lieutenant there, there's an algorithm that a law enforcement agency will look to in connection with the social media and so that's something that they'll look too, was this -- this is a small police department so they don't have the resources of a place such as chicago or new york city or los angeles, so you have to take that into

law enforcement officers also rescued 15 victims. as a special agent in charge in atlanta said -- this investigation identified women victimized through fraud, including underage teens. to these enterprises, these women are just objects, to be discarded and passed on to the next trafficker down the line. as we have seen in operation safe haven, human smuggling and human trafficking are not synonymous. people who are illegally trafficked into this country are easy for traffickers to pray on. because this people who are smuggled have nowhere to turn, they live in the shadows a mother have no legal protection, they make the perfect victims for the trafficking as they continue to do harm to our country. we are taking those who exploit human beings, and pollute our activities with drugs. on ourintercepting them borders, arresting them in hours 80's and pursuing them to the ends of the earth. i would like to take one more moment to think our partners at the doj for the important role they play. in 2017, we secured convictions against 499 d

going to have to be extra vigilant, and we're going to have to take steps not only to support law enforcement but to give them the laws that they can prevent the mass slaughters from the highly automatic high-powered weapons. >> senator bill nelson, i appreciate your time in these difficult circumstances. thank you. cnn's kyung lah joins us from one of the hospitals where people are still being treated. kyung, what's the latest from there? >> reporter: we're just getting an update, anderson, on the total number of patients and their various conditions from the broward health system. there are a number of hospitals who are treating, three hospitals treating a total of 17 patients that were transported from the high school. we are now hearing that a total of ten of those patients that were transported tonight, they're in a non-life-threatening condition. five, though, remain in a life-threatening condition, and we are sad to report that two of the patients did not survive their wounds. they died here at the hospital that is behind me. of those patients that were transported here, one of those p

law enforcement officers are trained. incident, they're going to roll under that unified command. i want to point out as well, not only do we see a physical response by law enforcement but i want to commend the communications team at the secret service. this instance happened. we started getting word and they started putting out information immediately. as we see in social media, law enforcement officers are communicating. they have to be commended. we won't talk about it on end. what happened, were there shots, they're providing that information. that's the new normal, hopefully we'll see from law enforcement. 59 with me. what do you have? >> we have an update about the driver of the car. this comes from a number of sources. they're reporting the wol who is now in custody intentionally drove the car into the barricade. this is a new piece of information. we didn't know -- >> so it was intentional. >> yes. our sources are telling us, it was intentional. this wasn't an accident. our sources are telling us, the fact she dro

the commissioner of law enforcement, florida department law enforcement. and i know everybody has worked tirelessly to make sure we do everything to keep everybody safe and to have a thorough investigation. my prayers are with everybody. i can't imagine what the families that are sitting there wondering if they've lost a family member. they don't know yet. those that do know they've lost a family member, i just can't imagine how their lives have been changed. like all of us, we'll be praying for each of those. everybody in the hospital, i pray for their full recovery. all the individuals that unfortunately had to go through this experience, i know there's going to be grief counselors and i'm sure it's going to be very, very difficult as they think through what happened and replay in their mind what happened. i just can't imagine going through that. after this press conference, i'm going to the hospital to do everything i can with those families. i'm going to continue to let local law enforcement, the school district, everybody involved know whatever state

. >> reporter: fbi and atf join law enforcement on site. police know the identity of the suspect and confirm he's left the school grounds. just before 4:00 p.m., the broward county sheriff office announces they found the shooter. and arrested him without incident. >> we understand you have been speaking to families there as well. >> as you know all too well days like these are heartbreaking on the scene. when arrived this afternoon on the scene. there were parents waiting outside waiting and wondering if their children survived. i met a woman who was still waiting for word of her daughter. she got a tex from her earlier. she locked herself in a closet and texted her mom, i love you mom. if i don't make it. that's a feeling from family and parents here. on this heartbreaking day. a snapshot of what they have gone through. >> new information. the shooter not only in custody is actually talking to investigators. one thing they learned is that the shooter arrived at the school with a gas mask. and some sort of smoke grenade. and the shooter pul

law enforcement is great. we all learn something when we saw peterson standing outside of that school, he wanted no part of it. he heard probably the screaming end of the bullets and he wanted no part of it. and then three other guys came to help. or they wanted part of it. the only worse job is that they didn't have this guy earlier because they had 39 red flags. if you don't have retribution, if you are not going to do something very serious to these guys when they walk in they are going to keep walking in. they have to know when they walk in they are probably going to end up dead. they are not going into that school. yes, matt? >> i would beg to differ with most of what has been said here. we're talking about things that are costly at monetary cost. i think it's important for us to start at every level with our respective offices as well to feed the bully pulpit to talk about the culture in this society. i would challenge those in the media who want to mock and ridicule this, we are going to say that anybod

so, for example, the director was in law enforcement. so you can be in law enforcement. you can be an actor. you can be a producer. you can be an athlete. you can be a student. you can be a researcher. and so i thought the key for me when i watched it -- by the way, it was a great movie... [ laughter ] >> right. salt. wound. rub. [ laughter ] >> my wife and i almost didn't get in there, but we ended up going to a second one 'cause it was sold out. but really, i just focused on it and i just enjoyed that the entire nation and society was advanced. so, you know, we don't always look at when someone of color does a great thing that they're the exceptional versus that that is reflective of our entire culture. >> also, and i think you will appreciate this, the bravest, toughest, most -- >> is a woman. >> are women. >> i heard. hey! >> all women. his bodyguards are all women. >> it's true. it's true. >> and scary. >> yeah, and scary. [ laughter ] well, you're thoughts about that? >> well, i mean, it's true, but it's so important to see those images because if we don't have tho

the commissioner of law enforcement. our florida department of law enforcement. and i know everybody is worked tirelessly to make sure we do everything to keep everybody safe. and have a thorough investigation. my prayers are with everybody impacted. i can't imagine what the families that are sitting there wondering if they lost a family member. they don't know yet. those that do know, i just i can't imagine how their lives have been changed. like all of us we're be prayering for them. everybody in the hospital i pray for their full recovery. all the individuals that unfortunately had to go through this experience, i know that there's going to be grief counsellors and i'll sure it will be difficult as they think through what happened. and replay in their mind what happened. i can't imagine going through that. after this press conference i'll go to the hospital to do everything i can with the families. i'm going to continue to let local law enforcement the school district, everybody involved know whatever state resources are necessary we will provide whatever reso

reporting's me understand now there are issues with this shooting so are those laws where they need to be are they being implemented or enforced? we do have laws on the books designed to prevent people from mental illnesses to get firearms or those who have criminal backgrounds but the question is are they working the right way? we found some loopholes. >> would you consider moving legislation as a stand-alone bill or just the provision? >> the bill is in the senate hopefully they can pass something. >> i think that is a good bill it is in the senate we will see if they can get to conference then we figure out what we need from their then we figure out what we need from their >> and spencer was an american poet with the harlem renaissance. part of that is how harlem comes to lynchburg and there is a whole group of people that were associated with that that people don't know about. >> in spite of trumps background we are pleasantly surprised he is come around on issues and how he has been the best president for those issues and really i think he'll be one of the greatest presidents we ever had. >> that created interest in my gr

if our teachers can learn it and our superintendents, and our law enforcements officials do what to do when the unimaginable happens, why can't members of congress look at the very convincing information out of states like mine, like connecticut with tough gun laws where we do save lives by smart sensible gun laws that keep the guns out of the hands of dangerous people. it's not rocket science, we can do this. we need the backbone of my political colleagues. >> looking at parkland, do you feel there are lessons from newtown that could help that community? >> lean on your friends, ask for help. support the first responders. some of the people who have the hardest time, truthfully, will be the parents, teachers, but especially teachers in the school and first responders. it's our duty as a parent to check our children. it's instinct, human nature. but it is the duty of a teacher to protect his or her students. and it's the duty of law enforcement to pr teotect us al. and those adults who could not save those children's lives from an evil young man with a gun who should never have had one