and that's why they join the nra.he nation's largest gathering of lawful, peaceable, right-thinking people absolutely determined to live our lives without fear. in our families, in our homes, in our communities and across this country, we stand ready and resolved to defend our freedom and secure our safety against any enemy. terror knows no more ferocious foe than freedom in the hands of we the people. to defend it, we'll go toe-to-toe with them in any arena they threaten. we'll fight the violent left on the airwaves, the internet and tv. we'll fight the violent left in congress and in the washington bureaucracy. we'll fight the violent left in the state houses and in courthouses from coast to coast. and make no mistake -- if the violent left brings their terror to our communities, our neighborhoods or into our homes, they will be met with the resolve, the strength and the full force of american freedom in the hands of the american people. and we will win because we are the majority. [applause] so what do you say? are

—— nra. case can buy an assault rifle from a bowlorama without id. you can't possibly win this. this is about foresight. anticipating your opponenfs about foresight. anticipating your opponent's moves. we are on. it's about making sure you surprise them. and they don't surprise you. let's talk a little, notjust about guns but about the role of women in hollywood. it's very interesting, thisjessica hollywood. it's very interesting, this jessica chastain characterisation, the role she plays. it is deeply unsentimental but she is in control from beginning to end, pretty much. in one sense, she is and in another sense, she is not. true. events spin out of control but she is a controlling person and she is unsentimental and her emotional life is not given much room in the movie at all which i would say is quite unusual for female characters. her emotional life is given more room than you might imagine. the emotional backstory, to use an industry term, is not given much room because it's not releva

later we will hear from the nra executive president. nra isted this week, the going to lead what he called the counter resistance on behalf of the compensation. former presidential candidate carly fiorina will also address the conference. 1245 in theive at afternoon. vice president mike pence wrapped update two of cpac -- wrapped up yesterday, day two of cpac. >> everyone having a good time? cpacany of you came to last year? that is great. how many of you remember what happened six days before cpac started last year, february 16? american freedom suffered a devastating loss when justice scalia passed away. 2016day, the states of the election fundamentally changed. this was no longer a fight for the next four years. this was going to be a fight for the next 40 years. as you remember, the republican primary was still, let's say, interesting. we knew hillary clinton was either going to win or steel democrat nomination. we knew exactly what hillary's supreme court with the like. for those of us that support the rights we knew our gun would

"it is not the nra, it's ordinary american people."t reflect that at all. it is about lobbyists and what a lobbyist does in order to get people to sign up to a particular, in this case, a fictional amendment that is going through congress. so it's not, as i said, it's an examination of a political process. i completely accept. ., the film is more balanced in terms i completely accept... the film is more balanced in terms of the arguments than you might think. i'm not saying that it adopts a particular point of view but what it does do, is say... let's put it this way — the whole issue of gun ownership and gun legislation in america is about narratives, it's about competing narratives and the key voice in legislative terms is the nra and the nra habitually relates every single issue to do with that to the basic issue of, well, the fiction of confiscation. i'd like to give people a flavour of the movie. we've talked a lot about it. it stars jessica chastain in the lead role as this very powerful and somewhat unsentimental, ruthless lobby

two of the first presidents of the nra it was been lost. and they wanted to make sure that new americans as well as those who have been here for generations appreciated and understood firearms. >> one of the significant features it was professors that were affiliated as being more progressive. i'm actually a student on both of them. one key feature is rooting the fundamental nature also in the experience of the newly freed slaves. >> if you go back to the history of gun control. it's come across in several ways. the first wave of gun control legislation came about right after the civil war. another thing to give them guns. in the south in particular there were all of these laws that were established to keep them out of the hands of the newly freed black americans. part of the civil rights movement from then on was involved in firearms. that's why condoleezza rice was asked about the second amendment and as far as i'm concerned she remember hiding under the bed as a child that was the first wave of gun control legislation then we have the ba

like that, but it's going to be a long hard road. >> reporter: what's the nra's response?fter repeated calls and e-mails, the nra didn't comment, but some officials say this is a dangerous loophole. hiding semi automatic weapons in plain sight. jeff rossen, nbc news, west virginia. >>> we're back in a moment with an announcement that's stunning some fans of the queen of soul. ls. so i liked when my doctor told me i may reach my blood sugar and a1c goals with once-weekly trulicity. trulicity is not insulin. it helps activate my body to do what it's supposed to do release its own insulin. trulicity responds when my blood sugar rises. i take it once a week, and it works 24/7. it comes in an easy-to-use pen and i may even lose a little weight. trulicity is a once-weekly injectable prescription medicine to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. trulicity is not insulin. it should not be the first medicine to treat diabetes or for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. do not take trulicity if you or a family member ha

the nra has not backed down from a fight in 146 years and we sure as hell were not afraid of hillary clinton. so we made the earliest endorsement in our history when we endorsed donald trump for president in may. you are happy now. let me tell you -- it was a lonely summer. we were criticized. we were ridiculed by the mainstream media. and you know what -- we did not care and we did not flinch. [applause] resourcesore human and more financial resources than ever before. door andoing door to running tv ads when no other group in america was fighting because nra members knew the soul of our country was at stake . it was not an easy ride. but there were moments last year when you knew we could win. when hillary turned her back on law enforcement. you knew americans across this country are not with her. when she embraced and open borders plus feet that favored sanctuary cities over the world of law, you knew in your heart it was wrong. and when she said you were all deplorable and even worse, it edeemablemable -- ir then you thought that we the people would fight back and donald trump di

you don't see the nra holding rallies, they work behind the scenes and that is where it gets done.hink our mutual friend, the great damon judge in detroit said democracies die behind closed doors. you can go in the street all day long and that is legitimate, but where the democracy gets killed off is in the closed door meetings. and you know democracy better than anybody i know, as well as anybody. it is fits and starts as well. if gerrymandering cannot ever be addressed what difference does it ultimately make? because unlike the lobbyists, we're not trying to buy them off, we're trying to hold them accountable, but how do you hold them off? >> gerrymandering is a shift of 10 to 15% of the vote, from the incumbent senator and being defeated. once the wave starts it's going to be a left/right wave, conservative liberals bleed like liberal workers, they get ripped off, they get minimum wage, their pensions are satisvaged b wall street, once it starts it doesn't matter. it will be just a wave and a sweep. there is only one danger that can stop this from going on. and this is the big a

at the nra, that is something we've been dealing with for decades.0 year clinton gun ban was set to expire, cnn deliver lee tried to mislead the public. tried to mislead the public. watch this. >> we give you the other side from nra. -- from wayne lapierre. if the ban expires, what kind of weapons would be legal? >> i'm glad you ran that story because apparently the only difference between the new york times and cnn is when a reporter for the new york times fakes a story, he is fired and at cnn, he is not. deliberatelyhief faked a story yesterday in tending to show that the performance characteristics of banned firearms on the list are somehow different. weres implying that these machine guns or fully automatic guns. that is not true. stories -- fakes stories at cnn. you are very off-base. mr. lapierre: let me say it again. your reporter faked that story yesterday. there's no way it could be true and i challenge cnn to defend it. [applause] mr. lapierre: they did. [applause] did.apierre: they sure the following monday, cnn could even make an honest r

the nra has been a great supporter. they love our country. [applause] forgottentrump: the men and women of america will be forgotten no longer. that is the heart of this new movement. and the future of the republican party. people came to vote and these people, the media, they said, where are they coming from? what is going on here? these are hard-working, great, great americans. these are unbelievable people who have not been treated fairly. .illary called them deplorable they are not deplorable. who would have thought that a word would play so badly? that's the problem in politics. one wrong word and it over. she also said irredeemable, but we won't mention it. on the will be from now party also of the american worker. [applause] we haven't been as a group given credit for this. but if you look at how much bigger our party has gotten during this cycle, during the early days when we had 17 people running the primaries, millions and millions of people were joining. won't say it was because of me, but it was, ok. and we have an amazing, strong

the nra has been a great supporter. they love our country.orgotten men and women of america will be forgotten no longer. that is the heart of this new movement and the future of the republican party. people came to vote and to these people, the media, said where are they coming from? what is going on here. these are hard-working, great, great americans. these are unbelievable people who have not been treated fairly. hillary called them deplorable. they're not deplorable. >> boos. [indiscernible] up.ock her pres. trump: who would have thought that word was going to play so badly. one wrong word and it's over in politics. on the will be from now party also of the american worker. we have not been as a group given credit for this but if you look at how much bigger our party has gone during this cycle. during the early days only had 17 people running. millions and millions of people were joining. i want say it was because of me, but it was, ok. amazing, strong, powerful party that truly does want to see america be great again and it will see it a

then a benghazi survivor, he's slamming democrat hypocrisy in a new nra ad.ys that democrats can spend this much time protesting, then they definitely could have picked up a phone to save four americans from dying in benghazi. the coauthor of the book 13 hours is here to talk about it and the new ad. back in two. don't go away. this is the silverado special edition. this is one gorgeous truck. oh, did i say there's only one special edition? because, actually there's 5. aaaahh!! ooohh!! uh! holy mackerel. wow. nice. strength and style. which one's your favorite? come home with me! it's truck month! find your tag for an average total value over $11,000 on chevy silverado all star editions when you finance through gm financial. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. >> i know the truth about benghazi. i was there. fighting alongside five americans who were all raised to believe that if you have a chance to save someone's life, and you don't try, that's more criminal than anything else. so we fought for 13 hours, and we saved lives. but we are not unique. we

the nra has been a great supporter. they love our country.he forgotten men and women of america will be forgotten no longer. that is the heart of this new movement. and the future of the republican party. people came to vote, and these people, the media, they said where are they coming from? what is going on here? these are hard-working, great, great americans. these are unbelievable people who have not been treated fairly. hillary called them deplorable. they are not the pourable. [boos] [chanting] >> lock her up. president trump: who ever thought a word replace of badly? that's the problem in politics. one wrong word and it's over. she also said your redeemable, but we won't mention that. -- irredeemable, but we won't mention that. the gop will be, from now on, the party also of the american worker. [cheers] president trump: we have not been giving credit for this, but if you look at how much bigger our party has gotten during this cycle, during the early days when we had 17 people running in the primaries. millions and millions of people w

the nra has been a great supporter. they love our country. the forgotten men and women of america will be forgotten no longer. that is the heart of this new movement. and the future of the republican party. people came to vote, and these people the media, they said where are they coming from? what's going on here? these are hard working, great, great americans. these are unbelievable. these are people who were not treated fairly. hillary called them deplorable. they're not deplorable. who would have thought a word was going to play so badly. one wrong word and it's over. she also said ir redeemable, but we meant mention that. the gop will be also of the american working. we as a group haven't been given credit for this. if you look at how much bigger our party has gotten during this cycle. during the early days when we had 17 people running, the primaries. millions and millions of people were joining. i won't say it was because of me, but it was. okay? and we have an amazing, strong, powerful party that truly does want to see america be great

in the afternoon, we will hear .rom wayne lopp year he tweeted this week that the nra is going to lead a counter resistance on behalf of the trump administration. carly fiorina will also address the conference. live at 12:55 in the afternoon. back now to national harbor, maryland for more of today's session of cpac. [applause] [cheering] senator cruz: i'm pretty sure that is the first time we have walked out to dance music. mr. levine: i thought about holding hands. didn't think that would come off right. [laughter] levine: well, it is my honor to be here with senator cruise. we are going to have a short discussion about the constitution. how many of you support the constitution? [applause] mr. levine: so we are not at the dnc event here, that's what that tells you. sen. cruz: the smell would be somewhat different. mr. levine: he means pot, of course. it's a study in ambiguity. you are one of the leading constitutionalists just in the senate but in the country. and one of the problems we have in this country today, so much of what we do is not within the constitutional construct. you h

as you might imagine, the nra is against that.is the aclu and the national mental health stphaoine and national autism. here's an obvious one. schizophrenia. but also eating disorders and even depression and autism. the group said this is unconstitutional. if you want to take away somebody's constitutional right you have to have more than a guy sitting at a social security office making the. decision. keep in rule this rule has never been in effect in the first place. mentally ill people are not particularly dangerous with guns. no more than the general population. the duke study, funded by the national science foundation, compared 80,000 documented mentally ill people with the general population and found they are less likely to use a gun in a crime. i talked to a professor who said to me, you know what, i'm embarrassed to be on the same side as the nra to be honest but i still believe in it. we asked the white house and the senate majority leader's office to let us know when we might see this. it is possible the president might

people i noted around the president in the roosevelt room was wayne la p lapierre, the head of the nra and you had a lot of group concerned women of america and having wayne lapierre sitting next to him, that sends a strong signal in terms of what they are trying to mobilize. >> the power at that table, other than the president, of course, was the guy whose back was to the camera, patrick leo, head of the federalist society. he played much more of a role on who the good nominees would be, briefing the president on their judicials' background. any time there's a republican in the white house, they have an important role to try to get judges, especially on the lower courts that can go to the supreme court. >> i want to do a little throwback here, when you talked about him being a page, when his ther was at the epa, his mother, anne gorsuch, was forced out of the epa over the way toxics and the super fund was handled. i was covering the reagan white house then. a year and a half later, a week after she was appointed by president reagan to an ocean's commission, we all trekked to the easte

the nra applauds the nomination of the judge to fill justice scalia's seat. hash tag 2a for second amendment right. plenty of people oppose the move as well including east bay congresswoman barbara lee. she said the judge's history of opposing women's rights and civil rights should disqualify him from serving on the court. california senator harris send this message i'm troubled by the nomination of the judge and will fight to ensure the voice of the american people is heard in this process. she goes onto say this seat belongs to the people and we need someone who will up hold our civil rights. >>> meantime three states are now suing the trump administration oaf the order that restricts refugees and immigration. massachusetts and new york joined washington state in announcing legal challenges to the president's order. now its not unusual. several republican attorneys general routinely field lawsuits that challenged decisions made by former president ball. the city of san francisco is also moving ahead with its own lawsuit against the trump administration. >>>

plus, this: the head of the nra pulling no punches at cpac today as the fierce debate over the secondndment goes to a whole new level now based on a decision from an appeals court on maryland's assault rifle ban. stick around. we'll be right back for more on that. ♪ >> we'll fight the violent left on the airwaves, the internet, and on tv. we'll fight the violent left in congress and in the washington bureaucracy. ♪ >> martha: big story tonight. a decision this week from a u.s. appeals court to uphold maryland's ban on assault rifles sparking some new debate over the second amendment and further highlighting the high stakes for the supreme court nomination of neil gorsuch. rhetoric between both sides ramping up here as the nra head wayne lappier makes clear that his organization will not go down without a fight on this. >> terror knows no more ferocious foe than freedom in the hands of we, the people. and to defend it, we'll go toe to toe with him in any arena they threaten. we will fight the violent left on the airwaves. the internet, and on tv. we will fight the violent left in congr

it wasn't just the nra or gun supporters who wanted this to happen.was the aclu, they were on board for this. what is your take? >> well, it isn't just people with mental illness here. we are talking people with serious mental illness who have been judged by the social security administration to not be able to handle their own financial affairs. they are so mentally ill they have a conservator who accepts their social security check because they can't handle their own financial affairs. we pass zed a law years ago saying those individuals shouldn't be able to buy a gun. if you can't handle your financial affairs, you probably can't handle an assault web. democrats and republicans agreed on that. the nra feels they have chips to cash in after this election and this week, they got that law rolled back. now, here is the law. people with serious mental illness are going to be able to walk into gun stores and buy expensive, dangerous weapons. that's not where 90% of the public is, it's where the republican congress is. >> serious issues and serious busines

black woman, nra member, back of the book. bottom line is i believe fundamentally in this principle because it is what keeps us free. if as hamilton said you ever allow the government to erode that particular liberty of the second amendment you are walking down a dangerous path. i don't know if our government went rogue i don't think if we could fight that even with the guns because we have tanks and we have thinks that, if it ever turned on its citizens. you have seen movies like red dawn. people think that can't happen here. it can happen here. it can happen anywhere. this code in particular, the second amendment is fundamental to our liberties and freedom. people with guns and our ability to protect themselves is really what the founders were talking about. people like to bring up the militia argument. let's talk about that. the militia back then was the military. we have a department of defense now. if jefferson, jefferson in particular, and washington and adams were sitting here with us it would be like what did you peopl

the nra has been a great supporter. they love our country. the forgotten men and women of america will be forgotten no that is the heart of this new movement. and the future of the republican party. people came to vote. and these people, the media, they said, where are they coming from, what's going on here? these are hardworking, great, great americans. these are unbelievable people who have not been treated fairly. hillary called them deplorable. they're not deplorable. [ audience booing ] [ crowd chanting "lock her up" ] who would have thought that a word was going to play so badly? that's the problem in politics. one wrong word and it's over. she also said "irredeemable" but we won't mention it. the gop will be from now on the party also of the american worker. [ cheers and applause ] you know, we haven't been as a group given credit for this. but if you look at how much bigger our party has gotten during this cycle, during the early days when we had 17 people running, the primaries. millions and millions of people were joining. i won't s

plus, this: the head of the nra pulling no punches at cpac today as the fierce debate over the secondndment goes to a whole new level now based on a decision from an appeals court on maryland's assault rifle ban. stick around. we'll be right back for more on that. ♪ >> we'll fight the violent left on the airwaves, the internet, and on tv. we'll fight the violent left in congress and in the washington bureaucracy. i love how usaa gives me the peace of mind and the security just like the marines did. at one point, i did change to a different company with car insurance, and i was not happy with the customer service. we have switched back over and we feel like we're back home now. the process through usaa is so effortless, that you feel like you're a part of the family. i love that i can pass the membership to my children, and that they can be protected. we're the williams family, and we're usaa members for life. call usaa today to talk about your insurance needs. ♪ >> martha: big story tonight. a decision this week from a u.s. appeals court to uphold maryland's ban on assault rifles spar

obviously, the nra is this very powerful lobbying group, but i would imagine many of the gun owners inns, they're hunters who have them and they are responsible gun owners. it strikes me that i never quite can understand how they, there's not a way to communicate with them to also get them on the side of gun -- i can't believe they don't believe there needs to be more gun control. >> well, they do, they polled the country, 70% of americans, including nra members, believe in background checks, believe criminals shouldn't have access to weapons, who believe terrorists shouldn't have access to weapons. believe military-style gun shouldn't be readily available. military-style weapon clips shouldn't be readily available. these are for highly trained members of our military. so there is common ground. it's just that congress is so far behind the american people. on a good day, they are 20 years behind the american people. and you see it -- you see it on every issue. [ cheers and applause ] you see it on -- you know, we are fighting -- >> seth: does that mean grunge, they listen to grunge? [

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the nra has been a great supporter. they love our country. the forgotten men and women of america will be forgotten no longer. that is the heart of this new movement and the future of the republican party. people came to vote, and these people, the media, they said, where are they coming from? what's going on here? these are hard-working, great, great americans. these are unbelievable people who have not been treated fairly. hillary called them deplorable. they're not deplorable. [ crowd booing ] [ crowd chanting "lock her up" ] who would have thought that a word was going to play so badly? that's the problem in politics, one wrong word, and it's over. she also said irredeemable, but we won't mention that. the gop will be from now on the party also of the american worker. you know, we haven't been as a group given credit for this, but if you look at how much bigger our party has gotten during this cycle, during the early days when we had 17 people running the primaries. millions and millions of people were joining. now, i won't say it was bec

the nra has been a great supporter. they love our country. the fgotten men and women of america will be forgotten no longer. that is the heart of this new movement and the future of the republican party. people came to vote and these people, the media, they said where are they coming from? what's going on here? these are hard working, great, great americans. these are unbelievable people who have not been treated fairly. hillary called them deplorable. they're not deplorable. who would have thought that a word was going to play so badly? that's the problem in politics. one wrong word and it's over. she also said irredeemable, but we won't mention that. the gop will be from now on the party also of the american worker. you know, we haven't been as a group given credit for this, but if you look at how much bigger our party has gotten during this cycle, during the early days when we had 17 people running, the primaries, millions and millions of people were joining. i won't say it was because of me bu it was, okay? and we have an amazing, strong,

. >>> and today the head of the nra and a british politician instrumental in brexit, the u. k.'s exit from the european union are addressing the conservative gathering. >>> as the white house spells out new guidelines for attacking illegal immigration, questions remain about how authorities will target and deport undocumented immigrants. the sheriff in arizona says he welcomes the president's plans to hire 5,000 more border patrol agents because right now he says his officers are spread way too thin. >> we have our plate full. our jail is nearly full, and i don't have excess deputies. >> the sheriff says that unless there's a federal mandate ordering his deputies to take undocumented immigrants into turning people over to border patrol. >>> attorney general jeff sessions is acting on his support for the federal government to continue using private prisons. he withdrew an obama-era memo and sessions has issued a new memo saying it contradicted a long stabbing justice department policy. the bureau of prison -- private prison contracts housing approximately 21,000 inmates. >>> a ho

theweeted this week that nra will lead the counter resistance for the trump administration.ly fiorina will also address the conference. you can watch them live at 12:55 in the afternoon. back now to maryland for more from cpac. [applause] ♪ >> how is everybody doing? everybody having a good time? , howe ask you a question many of you came to cpac last year? that is great. how many of you remember what happened six days for cpac started last year? 16 and american freedom suffered a devastating loss when justice scalia passed away.

and then later, nra executive vice president wayne lapierre. he tweeted out this week that the nra is going to lead what he called the counterresistance on behalf of the trump administration. former republican presidential candidate carly fiorina will also address that conference. live coverage today begins at 12:55 eastern on c-span. >>> and then tomorrow, democrats elect a new dnc party chair. saturday at the party's winter meeting in atlanta, georgia. watch that live tomorrow beginning at 10:00 eastern, also on c-span. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday morning at 9:30 eastern, we're live from the library of virginia in richmond for an all day symposium on civil war monuments, the history of their construction in the north and the south, and how public perception of confederate monuments has changed. then at 8:00, on lectures in history, hampton sydney college professor john coons on how the rise of tobacco consolidated the power of wealthy virginia planters and london merchants in the 17th century. >> instead of ju

in the afternoon, we will hear .rom wayne lopp year he tweeted this week that the nra is going to lead counter resistance on behalf of the trump administration. carly fiorina will also address the conference. live at 12:55 in the a

and theresident trump nra's wayne lopp pierre speaking at cpac. ng -- host: joining us is cabot phillips. some of his work featured on the fox news channel and campusreform.org. guest: thank you. host: how did you get involved? was in college, i went to a fairly conservative school, so i did not see too much bias, that i had friends and social media and they would be talking about how in class, professors were for the most part liberal and using their platform to inject their own bias. i thought, maybe these are isolated incidents. i realized, this is happening around the country were these professors are using their position to get closer to indoctrination than teaching, so that were connected to help? i got plugged in with the website. i love making odd videos online, kind of fun, not politically dames and i thought, how can i use that skill that i have developed to get them plug-in politically? that is how i got involved in the movement. when i was a junior in college. i have been looking immediately with other campaigns. host: now you're with

to address the fact that people are getting murdered across the country and none seem to bother the nraly. bill maher, why doesn't your party come out against the second amendment. it's the problem. your sfons. i sure wish they would. >> i wish you would play the tape. if you did, could see it did not go that way. but this country -- absolutely for the right to bear arms but not for the murders that happen every day. 27 kids killed in sandy hook in my district. guy comes to his job and kills his coworkers. owner's son left fatherless. we have a serious problem in the country around guns and think it's absolutely not -- it's false choice to say going to ban the second amendment or have common sense gun safety laws. i'm for common sense gun safety laws. >> use the right words talking about these issues. >> also the right to not be taken out of context. i hope people go back and look at the tape. >> what did you mean mr. mayor. >> one of the reasons people tune us out immediately but there are ways to talk about this. i'm from indiana, and i took heat. i support the second amendment. spent

later we will hear from the nra executive president. nra isted this week, the going to lead what he called the counter resistance on behalf of the compensation. former presidential candidate carly fiorina will also address the conference. 1245 in theive at afternoon. vice president mike pence wrapped update two of cpac -- wrapped up

the number of gun oefrz more than ever before, they are also more members just for instance of the nrary looins going out to hunt, this is actually good because when you have when you have someone who is driving a cult you are main streaming making it okay to say we like our second amendment natural rights you know we actually like competitive shooting we like to hunt we think a good thing to be able to protect yourselves protect our families. people become more comfortable saying that so it becomes more the lack of better way to put it okay to talk about firearm ownership this is encouraging sales as well so i am actually not concerned, i don't think really a lot of other people in the second amendment industry are concerned about it. because having a bigger pool of firearm owners having bigger pool people going out, and -- and getting things so they protect themselves with this is a great thing, and i look forward to seeing more a more positive things come from this next four years. >> dana nrichesta brought you on as spokesperson i have seen in you commercials for nra why did you fe

we'll hear from nra executive vice president wayne lapierre and former republican presidential candidate and business executive carly fiorina. that's also live on c-span. >> sunday night on "after words" -- >> our focus was to try to get justice for trayvon, and so all of these obstacles were placed in our path, you know? i mean, what parent do you know that has a 17-year-old that if something happens to them, they wouldn't want answers? >> since it's been thrust on us, we understand that there's a bigger picture, there's something more important than just the death of our son. there are other lives out there that we're trying to impact. >> on the fifth anniversary of the death of trayvon martin, his parents, sybrina fulton and tracy martin, talk about their son's life and death, plus their experience with the judicial system in their book. they're interviewed by a washington post national reporter covering law enforcement, justice and race. >> five years removed, what do you think of the legacy of your son's life and of his death and of the activism that has been birthed because of it?

we will hear from nra executive vice president and former republican presidential candidate and business executive carly fiorina. that is also live on c-span. >> when presidents were america's greatest leaders? c-span2 recently asked 91 presidential historians to rate our 43 presidents in tenures of leadership. top went to the president who preserved the union. lincoln. three other top vote getters continued to hold positions. george washington, franklin roosevelt and theodore roosevelt. eisenhower makes his first appe appearance. harry truman, thomas jefferson, john f kennedy and lyndon johnson jumps a spot to return to the top ten. james bucanon is ranked dead last in all three surveys. and andrew jackson found his overall rating dropping from number 13 to number 18. good news for outgoing president barack obama. on his first time on the list historians placed him at 12 ovall. and george w bush moved up to 33 overall with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite presidents? who are the winners and losers in the ten categories

the nra was against that. so too was the aclu, the national autism organization. why?ecause all kinds of mental problems are listed as reasons to prevent gun ownership. obvious ones like schizophrenia. but also eating disorders and autism. all groups said if you want to take away somebody's constitutional rights, you have to have due process through the courts. more than just the guy at the social security administration making a decision. interestingly, the rule probably wouldn't have made us any safer anyway. mentally ill people are not particularly dangerous with guns, no more than the population. some mentally ill people are less likely to use a gun in a crime. i'm going to tweet out the study so you can read it for yourself. we have asked the white house and the senate majority leader when we might see the signing. we think it is going to come today. it is possible, sam and laura, the president could sign this one away. >>> scott mcgrew, thank you very much for looking at president trump's tweets as you will throughout the first 100 days. tweets, executive orders,