. >>> the nra connection. allegations that the russians may have funneled money through the nra. it is a cnn exclusive. >>> and korean thaw, a historic meeting between kim jong-un and the south korea president, the two vowing to finally end the korean war and work toward denuclearize is. is north korea already dismantling the test site. wolf blitzer is off. i'm jim acosta. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news, including a new report that russian lawyer at a 2016 meeting with top trump officials had closer ties to the kremlin than previously disclosed including working as an informant and sources say nra is setting aside documents related to the kremlin with allegations they may have illegally funneled money to help the trump campaign. and the breaking news and more with congressman david cicilini and our reporters and experts are standing by. but first we begin with new details of a key player in the 2016 trump tower meeting between top members of the trump campaign and a group of russians and the cnn chief con

that was donated to the nra? >> that has been reported.>>host: independent line you are on the air okay let's go to ohio a republican. >> caller: are you with us. >> can you hear me? >>host: good morning i am wondering why they don't have more people requesting personalty responsibility? did the deputy at the florida high school have a personal responsibility? as far as gun violence, guns don't kill people people kill people. thank you. >> guest: thank you for that question i think elected officials have the responsibility to reply to these massacres whether virginia tech or columbine or the full snipe loveland 49 lgbt people were shot to death or 500et people injured in las vegas or 17 people at parkland or a number of these massacres including capitol hill with gabby giffords shot at a meet and greet or mr. scalise shot at a congressional baseball game when teachers were shot to death in their classroom and congress did absolutely nothing that is an embarrassment and corruption of the political process. members of congress have not been

nra president david keene. that happened during a visit when david keene and other officials traveled to moscow to attend a conference by a group called the right to bare arms. it's a group founded by putin's political party called united russia. they don't actually support gun rights in russia. so why did they create this group that purports to promote that? a deputy governor of the russian central bank, a close ally of vladimir putin, a ranking member of his party, started this gun rights group in russia. they didn't actually do much to promote gun rights in russia, at all. they also named themselves the right to bear arms, which has a lot more resonance in the english language than they did in russian, they started making lots and lots of connections to the american nra. alexander, w torshin started cultivating ties with russia and attending nra yearly conferences in the u.s., they met can top u.s. officials, cultivated friendships, they sought out republican party introductions whenever they could and they

i suspect the nra got the wool pulled over its eyes. we're left to understand that there may have been a way for the russians to steer money through the nra without the nra necessarily being aware. >> they should probably be aware with the sanctions of torshin. >> congratulations on this reporting. thanks for joining us. >> appreciate it. >> we got much more ahead tonight. stay with us. well, like most of you, i just bought a house. -oh! -very nice. now i'm turning into my dad. i text in full sentences. i refer to every child as chief. this hat was free. what am i supposed to do, not wear it? next thing you know, i'm telling strangers defense wins championships. -well, it does. -right? why is the door open? are we trying to air condition the whole neighborhood? at least i bundled home and auto on an internet website, progressive.com. progressive can't save you from becoming your parents, but we can save you money when you bundle home and auto. i mean, why would i replace this? it's not broken. ♪ i mean, why would i replace this? ♪ apple

torshin's relationship with the nra against years ago through david keene, now an nra board member. in 2015, keene took nra backers to moscow hosted by maria batina. she had attracted attention for starting a gun rights group in russia. the nra group went sightseeing and toured a gun manufacturer. by 2016 sources say torshin and batina had become fixtures at the nra's high-dollar events. the nra said torshin hasn't made any donations aside from membership dues and said it hasn't found any foreign donations related to the u.s. election. russian experts say torshin's close ties to putin and division around guns in america mean his coziness with the nra looks like a classic russian influence operation. >> vladimir putin is using these issues to divide us, to split and make weaker the united states. that's something that i believe all of americans ought to be concerned about. >> reporter: the white house, the donald trump campaign, and the nra did not comment for the story. when i spoke with david keene he said he did not want to talk about his 2015 trip to moscow, but he did say he was

nra president david keene. during a visit when david keene and other nra officials traveled to moscow to attend a conference by a group called the right to bear arms. the right to bear arms is reportedly a gun rights group founded by a senior member of putin's political party called united russia. what is funny is vladimir putin and his party, united russia, they don't actually support gun rights in russia. so why did they create this group? a deputy governor of the russian central bank, a former senior member of the russian parliament, a close ally, a ranking member of his party started this gun rights group. they didn't do much to promote gun rights. they also named themselves the right to bear arms, which has a lot more resonance in the english language than in russian, what they did do is started making lots and lots of connections to the american nra alexander torsion started cultivating ties, and became an nra member. he and a charismatic female protege, they started attending the yearly conferences in th

torsion's relationship with the nra began years ago through david keen, now an nra board member.n 2015, keen took nra backers to moscow hosted by maria batina. she had attracted attention for starting a gun rights group in russia, a country known for its strict firearms laws. the nra group went sightseeing and toured a gun manufacturer. by 2016, sources say torsion and batina had become fixtures at the high-dollar donor events. the nra says torsion hasn't made any donations aside from membership dues and says it hasn't found any foreign donations related to the u.s. election. russia, say experts, say his close ties to putin means his coziness with the nra looks like a classic influence operation. >> if putin is using these issues to divide us and make weaker the united states, that's something i believe all of americans ought to be concerned about. >> reporter: now, the white house, the trump campaign and the nra did not comment for the story. when i spoke with david keane, he said he did not want to talk about his 2015 trip to moscow but he did say he was not aware of any donati

plus, the nra facing questions about its ties to a russian banker who's a lifetime nra member. was the organization illegally funneling money to help trump? also, stormy daniels' case against the president on hold. what this means for the president and his personal lawyer. >> "the new york times" report thag e-mails showeded the link a and. >> i am an informant. let's just let that sink in. the woman you see there is admitting tonight she worked with putin's kremlin. no, she wasn't just a russian who wanted to change u.s. adoption law and yes, this was a lie. >> i'm threat ped by being mocked as a government attorney, but i have never worked for the government. >> a lie that may be, but her denial is part of the official record. they relesion released this. in this, her meeting is glossed over, chalked up to simply poor judgment. quote, while the committee found no evidence the trump campaign colluded, coordinateded or c conspired with the russian government, the investigation did find poor judgment and ill considered actions by the trump and clinton campaigns. of course presid

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>>reporter: the nra has publicly denied.rces say they are anxiously prepared, collecting documents and dealing with congress alscrutiional scrutiny. a relationship that eventually ensnared members of trump's campaign team inviting congressional scrutiny into advisers including donald trump jr., jar read kushner and jeff sessions. >> i've been a member for a long time and my boys are members so to get the endorsement is a fantastic honor. >> $30 million in trump's candidacy. according to the center for responsive politics, behind the scene scenes. adding, putin is deadly serious about building a good relationship with mr. president trump. >> here you have in black and white, evidence that there was an effort by the russians to use the nra as their channel, one of their channels to the trump campaign. >> reporter: torshin didn't meet trump at there by they wondered if it was a setup. trump junior told investigators he doesn't ro recall discussing the upcoming election with torshin. in 2015, keen took nra backers to moscow. a c

we beat the nra.hat were spent on this race flooding into our state. >> that was rebecca dallet, in her victory speech last night. and rebecca dallet joins us now from wisconsin, having been elected to a 10-year term on the wisconsin state supreme court. thank you very much for joining us on your first national interview about this. i just want to get into the role the nra played in this campaign, and what was -- what were you saying about it and what was your opponent saying about it? >> well, thank you, lawrence, for having me. my opponent was endorsed by the nra. within 24 hours of the parkland shooting, and i believe that that caused a lot of national attention to be drawn to this race. when we talk about the nra right now, and as a parent of three daughters in high school and college, we talk about families like mine being afraid of having their kids in school. and my opponent vowed to protect the firearm freedoms of the nra. they sent out mailers to that effect, and i think wisconsin was very co

nra is battling allegations that torshin may have illegally funneled money through the nra to bolsteraign. >> there have been allegations that russia was trying to funnel money through the nra. regardsing those allegations that we sought to bring in. the republicans refused. >> nra has publicly denied any contact from the fbi or accept negative illegal donations. sources say they are anxiously preparing, collecting documents, as due diligence and dealing with congressional scrutiny. renewed tension highlights the uneasy alliance between top nra officials and torshin, which initially ensnared people from trump's team, including donald trump jr., jared kushner and jeff sessions. the nra went all in for trump in 2016. >> i've been a member for a long time. and my boys are members. so to get the endorsement, believe me, is a fantastic honor. >> it spent $30 million backing trump's candidacy, more than it shelled out for 2008 and 2012 elections combined. in an e-mail to the trump campaign, a torshin associate says he is creating a back channel. adding putin is deadly serious about building

nra could be partners here. the nra are running scared.y know public sentiment is at an all time low for what they fight for. >> tucker: you are arguing rhetoric and bumper stickers. i want to know what the new law is that would have prevented parkland. i asked for one specific answer and i got bump stocks and john stevens. >> and restrict access to people who are mentally ill and people who are terrorists. >> tucker: we already have those laws. >> so many people tried to act on this. >> tucker: that's a lie. if you buy a gun it screens people who are mentally ill. the authorities failed to screen this kid even though everyone knew he was mentally ill. >> the republicans and democrats disagree with you and the polling reflects that. >> tucker: those are the fax. -- facts. thanks for coming on. one of our guests mentioned that gma did not cover the youtube shooting. , in fact they did spend time on the shooting for a couple of hours. washington elite are horrified that the president may want to send troops to guard our border and horrified

americans are getting fed up with the nra. and the fact that the russians are using them to influence our elections just shows how corrupt this organization is. and this investigation is going to have to go forward. we're going to have to find out what the russians were doing with the nra, but i certainly wouldn't put it beyond the nra to collaborate with the russians in trying to interfere with our elections. given the nra's past history of being so extremist on gun laws, and being willing to take out anybody by any means, take out anybody who opposes the nra agenda. >> these are just allegations at the moment. nothing has been proven, but again, cnn exclusive report saying the nra is indeed collecting some of its documents related to kremlin-linked banker there. rachel, germany, and richard, we always appreciate you being here. thank you. >>> the president is tweeting talking about withdrawal of nomination of dr. ronny jackson. scott pruitt could now be facing new ethics reviews in addition to the ones already happening righ

the way, the nra, they could be partners here. the nra is running scared.he reason why you see them turning john paul stevens and a bunch of 17-year-olds into bogeyman is because they know, public sentiment is at an all-time low for what they fight for, the right to gun manufacturers -- >> tucker: you are arguing rhetoric and bumper stickers. i want actual solutions because, like you, i care. i want to know what the new law is that would have prevented parkland. there are a lot of shootings, i ask for one specific answer to that one, and i got bump stocks and john paul stevens. >> i can give you more. you can restrict access to people who are mentally ill. >> tucker: we already have that. >> you can stop terrorists from purchasing guns. congress wouldn't do that. >> tucker: we already have that. >> so many people have tried to but the entrenched system in washington -- >> tucker: that's a lie. go buy a gun, it screens people who are mentally ill. the a authorities, the actual authorities, failed to screen this good despite the fact that everyone knew he was

turn your backs to the nra.f you want to, but don't turn your backs on lobbying for yourself and keeping black gun ownership. >> really quickly. we are out of time. >> i'm sorry. >> that's okay. i know you have seen this, everybody has seen this video of two black men being arrested for being at a starbucks. >> yes. yes. yes. yes. >> my thinking on that is if either of those two men had been concealed carry holder, if any of those police officers had seen a gun, even though they were being as peaceful as they were, there is a great probability that they would be dead. do you worry that encouraging black people to carry endangers black people's lives? we know implicit bias is real? >> michael brown was not armed. michael brown was not armed. >> do you think those two men would have been in danger if they had been? >> i think black men are in danger from law enforcement because we need to teach better policing. i'm going to tell you what struck me about that video. white people stood up and were immediately allies

and that they didn't have to be afraid of the nra because he wasn't beholden to the nra.? >> well you want to hope so much for those kids and those moms i just described, so you want to believe, and he was actually listening. he wasn't tweeting anytime during the meeting. and he looked right across and he said not one, not three times, but nine times i counted, that he wanted to see universal background checks and he said he endorsed my bill and i explained to him that 6,000 women have been killed by their partners with guns in an 11-year period. and i said that's more than we've lost of our brave soldiers in iraq and afghanistan. and he said, "include amy's piece in there." and so the problem was we then went on and he got behind two good bills but very narrow things to improve background checks and for safe schools. he did that and that's all they've done. and that he met with the nra the next night and then we never heard anything again about universal background checks or anything again about the domestic violence bill. and so we are not going to give up and certainly

yedi under fire for getting political, cutting ties with the nra. shimkus with the online boycott that is now trending. good morning. ♪ you know what's awesome? gig-speed internet. you know what's not awesome? when only certain people can get it. let's fix that. let's give this guy gig- really? and these kids, and these guys, him, ah. oh hello. that lady, these houses! yes, yes and yes. and don't forget about them. uh huh, sure. still yes! xfinity delivers gig speed to more homes than anyone. now you can get it, too. welcome to the party. heather: welcome back, the popular outdoors brand yeti cutting ties with the nra, nearly two dozen companies ended relationship and customers aren't very happy. i'm very surprised that yeti made this move. carley: president marian hammer explained the situation, yeti has declined to do business with the nra foundation, they no longer wish to be nra vender and refuse today say why. now the company, heather, is facing backlash from some customers who are using the #boycott yeti on social media, one twitter user says,

"the nra in any of these mass shootings had nothing to do with them.nd in fact in the texas shooting it was an nra member and former instructor who stopped the bad guy so that's what i would like the other side, the person to put up. so why are you demonizing an organization that has never had anything to do with any of these mass shootings?" (jr stone) that was kent justice reporting. mad dog pac has been around for about 3 months but that sign just popped up in jacksonville in the past couple days. cord byrd says the nra represents millions of every-day americans, so it's offensive to use the term "terrorist." claude taylor argues that the nra represents the gun makers not the membership. (jrstone) coming up... black americans continue to be under-represented in a number of professional fields... we'll tell you what they are. (jrstone) a loud activity in a quiet setting... why one library is teaching kids how to become d-js. that's after the break. (jr stone) new tonight at ten... reading books and sitting in silence is definitely not the cool thing

it was an easy issue for the nra. my friends who have a lot of guns, they say they don't work well and it takes a lot of training to get good with them. so you know, and if you were the nra and you needed to be seen to give on something that was probably an easy give because i don't think they are terribly common. not a lot of people use them. so i would say that's probably why, as a strategic matter they gave on that. as far as, you know, the drug laws and gun laws. i don't know. i mean, what i thought you were going to say is -- what i thought the question was going to go is talking about the intersection between legalization of marij a guns. and i'll come back to that in a second. i don't think -- i mean, people speed but we have speed limits. just because people break laws for various reasons doesn't mean we should not have them. the question is trying to ascertain the right mix of regulation that is effective and that's you know, that passes some sort of cost/benefit test. i would disagree that you do hear if it

he's a lifetime nra member.paign about setting up a meeting between putin and trump. jared kushner instructed the campaign not to respond. what's the significance of these sanctions and could it then put president trump in jeopardy of having whatever russia has on him exposed? >> i was really shocked by these sanctions in is what we thought the united states should do after the weapon of mass destruction attack inside of britain. i think this is another circumstance of where the united states, call it the deep state, if you will, but it's actually the white house is being channelled into actions that donald trump personally doesn't want to do but to maintain the alliance that we have with the united kingdom and our nato allies, we're having to go after the siem peopame people they're after. it's a question of whether vladmir putin will find this angry. we're talking the richest pea ee in russia that donald trump met with. whether they will see him as a trader or allowing his white house to do it, we're going to

the nra is at fault.oes not show you that knee-jerk reaction to these shootings. >> dana: that's a lot of what twitter is. i think the conversation in addition to one greg is talking about, if he wants to train his frustration and anger, why not to the system with the police who were informed by the father she is unstable. she might go after, she's mad at the business. perhaps she doesn't fit a profile. he's not on this red flag list. it's very unusual for a woman to go to a place of business and commit workplace violence and a shooting like this. but we've seen this is a pattern across the system. this is not just the police in san bruno. this is happening repeatedly. we do need to have some other way to address this stuff. if you want to save lives. if you want to have a debate on twitter, we can do that. >> jesse: we can. and you will lose. kimberly, that shooting shattered all the myths we've heard, at least all the narratives about these white male shooters that are crazy and they go in and blast awa

people are too afraid of the nra. how does he go before the nra? what does he say given the movement that has really begun from these students? >> i think he was trying to have his cake and eat it too. you will remember he cozied up to the nra at the same time. this is an organization that donated $30 million to his campaign. he needs to kind of stand behind them and show them his support ahead of the mid terms, ahead of 2020. this is something he needs to do. i think he was trying to comment at the time he saw the mood of the country and saw the students coming forward. no one actually thought that this would happen and that he would take it seriously and push this legislation. i think he is going back once again to sort of rally his base and back to where he thinks he belongs. >> anything of a moment where he goes to the nra and says he needs to change. >> i can't imagine him doing it now. it is a tactic that the nra has used. that's where you lay low and let time go by. i can't imagine the president now after all these months coming forward and

nra member. i have my first bb gun when i was seven. but the position of the nra has gotten way out of hand. democrats have enough guts to refuse to accept donations from the nra so that they do not have such a broad say in general matters. santorum appear and completely confuse everything, speaking on behalf of the nra. understandneeds to there is a difference between an ar-15 and a hunting rifle. the average citizen has no understanding of what the different guns are. my question is, will the democrats have enough guts to say no to the nra contributions? gov. bullock: i think we sometimes learn a lot from our kids. parklands in part -- have finally opened up a discussion and it is time we learned from our kids. seeing what you will be is not only a whole lot of democrats, but a whole lot of republicans, too. continue to listen to those kids. the marchreat rally, for our lives in our state capital. and they wanted me to speak. i said i was not going to speak. time elected about officials start listening, and not speaking. so instead, i

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the nra is a terrorist organization."easy for the shooter to purchaser gun and democratically controlled california. >> shannon: trace gallagher live, thank you. ep administers scott pruitt has been in the spotlight and not for the good reasons. today he is punching back, and sat down with chief national correspondent ed henry. >> it got a little hot. these are tough issues. where scott pruitt is right is that he does have people on the left who are frustrated that he's been very successful at cutting regulations at the epa. helping the economy, saving taxpayers money. you have people on left trying to force him out because he's been so effective. the problem for him now politically is that he is giving the left and even some on the right fodder by slipping up. he has been spending a lot of taxpayer money on pricey trips. he was looking at may be leasing a private jet for $100,000 for his personal travel. and then there's the issue of pay raises. big pay raises for a couple friends of him from oklahoma now working at the

secret service will be responsible for events security at the nra, ila leadership forum. firearms and firearm accessories knives of weapons of any kind prohibited during to, prior and after his attendance. parkland students jumping on this, one tweeting, the nra evolved into a hilarious parody of itself in addition to that there are members, self-proclaimed members, eli, of the nra agreeing essentially with the parkland students in saying things like, either you believe in security or you don't. believe in the right to arm yourself or you don't. now, the nra is trying to make nothing of this, to dismiss it saying, look, this is all about the secret service. we can do that, but is there more here? is there hypocrisy here? >> again, you point out, a secret service decision not the nra deciding one rule applies for the president, the vice president and then their position on everything else is the opposite. but the students may be right to point out what is at least some pretty ironic symbolism here in terms of a group that advocates for arming teachers, more guns, good guy

"the nra in any of these mass shootings had nothing to do with them.ct in the texas shooting it was an nra member and former instructor who stopped the bad guy so that's what i would like the other side, the person to put up. so why are you demonizing an organization that has never had anything to do with any of these mass shootings?" ( marty ) that was kent justice reporting. ( marty )coming up on the kron 4 weekend news... the warriors face the sacramento kings. and another dub is injured. he left the game on a stretcher. j-r- stone has it next in sports. (ácommercialá) the warriors are struggling without their all-stars golden state has lost four of the last five games the good news is klay thompson was back in the lineup to face the kings thompson missed the last eight games with a fractured right thumb klay didn't show any rust. he got going in the opening minutes finishes with 25 points against the kings he played 32 minutes tonight kevin durant with a game-high of 27 points warriors up by 13 in the third scary moments in the final seconds of the

and then to defend the nra after the shooting all of the details on that story ahead. ♪ ♪ you know what's awesome? gig-speed internet. when only certain people can get it. let's fix that. let's give this guy gig- really? and these kids, and these guys, him, ah. oh hello. that lady, these houses! yes, yes and yes. and don't forget about them. uh huh, sure. still yes! xfinity delivers gig speed to more homes than anyone. now you can get it, too. welcome to the party. shannon: the president is pulling resources out of syria. with a full court press to stop the commander-in-chief quickly on national security. our national security responded and said there twist interns from the pentagon there seems to be any hold to pull u.s. troops out of syria for now. that reversal r follows a full day of meetings at the white house with defense secretary and the general joint chief. today the white house issued the following statement quote mac to eradicate isis is coming to a rapid end. isis is almost completely destroyed the president was caught off guard twice in 24 hours he wanted to pull all 2000 tro

has accepted foreign donations the nra claims that none of those go towards political expenditures but given the nature of money that is a questionable assertion at best. so to say we have no for donations in connection so i would like to renew some questions for the record i don't expect you to know this off the top of your head has the irs investigated or is investigating the claim by the nra that the money did not go? second how does the irs ensure that foreign money is not entering our political system through our organizations like llcs and tax-exempt organizations? 5o1c4 organizations are required to disclose donors but i'm interested to know first what does the irs do with that information? and second what does it do what he potentially shall corporation emerges as the donor? i made a snarky remark in my last question about russian influence llc a delaware corporation presumably will look behind that to see what it is up to obviously they will not use such an obvious name but the problem with the shell corporation of skiers ever ability to know who influences our election is rea

i'm a former nra member. had my first bb gun when i was 7, single shot rifle 8, mail order m1 military when i was 14. but the position of the nra has gotten way out of hand. will democratic candidates have enough guts to refuse to accept donations from the nra so that they don't have such a broad say in congressional matters and the other thing, will the democrats do something to have a general public video made? i saw rick santorum appear and completely confuse everything speaking on behalf of the nra. the public needs to know there's a hell of a difference between an ar-15 and deer rifle and the shotgun and matters such as this. the average citizen has no understanding of what the different guns are. i guess my big question, will the democrats have enough guts to say no to the nra contributions? that's important. >> i think that, you know, sometimes we learn a lot from our kids, and these kids in parkland have finally opened a discussion where it's time that we learn from our kids. so i think what unfortuna

. >> yeti reporting it dropped the nra, not entirely true. posted to a difficult twitter account, the company says it eliminated a discount program for the nra and other companies and they are offering those customers a different kind of perks package. here's a direct quote, saying yeti explains we are offering an alternative customization program broadly available to customers including the nra foundation. yeti is unwavering in its second amendment but a lot of people in social media are angry about this. you reap what you so, you abandoned your core customers. good luck replacing them with dc and, new york city and la liberals, lulu says you spend millions to cater to the sportsman, good luck staying afloat without their pocketbooks was another twitter user says too late, you ruined your brand. they are willing to work with the nra in some capacity. >> i don't understand what that statement means. >> that is a problem, the statement is confusing. you need a statement to explain the statement. make it clear, are you or are you not? heather:

we will never pander to the nra here in san francisco. guns do not belong on our streets in san francisco. and i am proud to be here today along with chief fletcher because since prop 63 was enaced on january 1 of this year, our adult probation department has done heroic efforts and their case load has skyrocketed through the roof in the ability to confiscate firearms from homes here in san francisco. firearms we do not want to appear on our streets. we do not want them in the hands of san francisco residents. because of the work they've been doing, and because of what we are seeing into the future, today we're announcing that we're funding in this upcoming budget, close to $1 million of new funding for the probation department alone to make sure they have the staffing they need. 500 will be hired, so they have the staffing they need. because these people are going to be working full-time to get the guns off the streets of san francisco, i cannot think of a better priority for the budget. i want to thank everyone for being here today. i w

cameron tweeteting -- even some nra members have criticized the protocol with one self identified nra member writing on a message board "i realize it is the vp, but still makes our whole argument look foolish." atsident trump lashed out the media, democrats, the fbi, and his other enemies at a virulent campaign-style rally in washington township, michigan, on saturday night. he attended the rally instead of the annual white house correspondents association, which he also skipped last year. instead, in michigan, he attacked journalists and the media. pres. trump: in the old days when the newspaperers used to writite them a they put namemes down.. totoday they s say sources haved that presidentnt trump -- sourc. they never s say who the sourcee is. they don't hahave sources. the sources don''t exist inin my cases. they don't have sources in the sources in many cases don't exist. these are very d dishonest peop. many of them. very dishonest people. amy: dr. ronny jackson will not return to his role as white house physician after he withdrew from consideration as veterans affairs secretar

you remember the nra -- a member of the nra, i'm assuming he's armed. >> tucker: i'm a member. about being armed too. i hope that we are not suggesting -- i am asking a philosophical question. we disagree, is it okay for me to give your home address out for my viewers who disagree with you to show up and talk to your kids about how much they disagree with you? >> if they want to protest something they believe -- >> tucker: the answer by the way it is no. >> you putting my address out -- if you wanted to come directly and stand outside of my house with a sign and look like pretty much ttiavted a -- that will bo you. >> tucker: how do you think your family would feel about that? people with signs attacking you as a kid killer were screaming outside your house, how would they feel about that? >> again, i don't have many of the details, so i don't know how far of a distance she was away. >> tucker: right outside the house, old town alexandria. >> she was not on the doorstep, i know, because then you could call the police. >> tucker: the principal -- i just want to make sure that i'

cameron tweeting -- even some nra members have criticized the protocol with one self identified nra member writing on a message board "i realize it is the vp, but still makes our whole argument look foolish." atsident trump lashed out the media, democrats, the fbi, and his other enemies at a virulent campaign-style rally in washington township, michigan, on saturday night. he attended the rally instead of the annual white house correspondents association, which he also skipped last year. instead, in michigan, he attacked journalists and the media. pres. trump: in the old days when the newspapers used to write them a they put names down. today they say sources have said that president trump -- sources. they never say who the source is. they don't have sources. the sources don't exist in many cases. they don't have sources in the sources in many cases don't exist. these are very dishonest people. many of them. very dishonest people. amy: dr. ronny jackson will not return to his role as white house physician after he withdrew from consideration as veterans affairs secretary amidst a sc

rob: cutting ties with wells fargo for its ties to the nra. >> reporter: the american federation, 1.7 nationwide ending the relationship with wells fargo after the bank decided not to cut ties with the nra, the union called on the bank to do this. this could hurt wells fargo, and we can only assume in light of silence, the nra business is more valuable than educators are. and wells fargo said they leave this up to lawmakers for the gun debate. julie: we make that ready? >> the rocket launching a new tequila line. and the polynesian name to spirit anomic - when will be released, can you smell what the rock is drinking? >> the mcdonald's apps or applecare, minimum purchase, a minimum order of french fries for free. not a small little order, substantial amount of french fries. >> i didn't know that. thank you so much. >> 25 minutes after the hour. a direct threat to take out a cop. >> ms 13 wants to threaten a cop in this county, ms 13 will get an answer. >> police officers bowing to respond with force. >> a 911 operator heading to jail for hanging upon thousands of emergency calls and i

his opponent up funding from the nra and big tobacco. his big fights came back against him politically. he wanted to do the right thing. he always said he would go to congress to take the heart to congress, not to shy away from the problem. the other collections are a little sanitized. his collection came to us as is. the documents here show who mike steinhauer is. they show who his staff are. we gotten to know his staff over the years as well. one thing steinhauer was known -- under thease reagan administration, congress that ceded power from the comptroller general to cut the budget if congress wasn't able to meet certain goals they wanted to make. congress isn't good about cutting spending. this act ceded power to the comptroller. steinhauer thought this was wrong. he said this was wrong. congress should be the one to cut the budget. we shouldn't see the powers to somebody else. he sued the government. comptroller and d steinhauer was the one suing the government. vince is one of his staffers. this was given to him when the trial was

>> you mentioned there was an e-mail by the nra. what did that entail? rick erickson, who was a member of the nra, e-mails rick dearborn who said i'm working on establishing a back channel with the russians. they need to do this at their first stop on the campaign trail. here you have in black and white evidence that there was an effort by the russians to use the nra at one of their chann s channels. >> there have been allegations that the russians were going to funnel money through the nra. we still have to investigate that. there were witnesses with direct knowledge regarding those allegations that we sought to bring in. the republicans refused. we are sending out letters to invite those republicans in. we'll see what happens. >> can we assume robert mueller is stepping down as well? >> i'm sure he is. >>> the north and south agreed to end their warld -- civil war. we'll have that next. powerfully efficient and one more thing the world comes with it ♪you can go your own way... the 2019 jeep cherokee almost $800 when we switched our auto and home insura

carley: yeti coolers has cut ties with nra, former nra president explained the situation in a statementprior notice ye, -- yeti no longer wish to be vender and refuse to say why, the company is getting criticized customers and take to go social media with the #boycott yeti. i cannot believe ignorance of customer base, nora tweets, not buying yeti coolers or gear. i'm supporting the nra. thus far to play politics, #yeti this will for sure hit them in the pocket. still gun control advocates are applauding the move as there have been a push for companies to distance themselves since parkland school shooting. rob: everybody trying to figure out which way to go and not lose any business. and what gq book, what book gq -- i should learn how to read. [laughter] rob: carley, go ahead. carley: best-selling book of all time, gq magazine says the bible is overrated in an article titled 21 books you don't have to read, the magazine says it is certainly not the finest thing that man has ever produced, it is repetitive self-contradictory and foolish and even at times ill intentioned. the bible will b

like if a corporation is stopping -- cutting their ties with the nra, we shouldn't punish them for it, we should encourage it. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> reporter: hallie, several hundred students expected here at the georgia state capitol in the next hour or so. these students we spoke with decided to stay home from school today. others right now are beginning their walkouts here in the atlanta area. hallie, back to you. >> gabe we'll be coming back to you as this develops more throughout the morning. with us now here in west palm beach is fred guttenberg. fred, thank you for being here. your daughter was killed two months six days ago at the park land shooting. >> yeah. >> i'm sure it feels more recent to you. you were the guy that got into that confrontation with marco rubio at the town hall after the shooting. you you've speengd met with senator rubio and others in what has now become your lifelong quest to get something done, to get something changed. >> all i care about is this mission to end gun violence. i'm on a movement, i want to get gun safety, common sense gu

let's -- there's a new piece of information in this report as far as i can tell about the nra. and i haven't known what to make of this story. it's a really interesting one. it's skirted around the edges of this story about whether, essentially, someone connected to the kremlin, a man by the name of aleksandr torshin was using the nra as a back channel. i'll read a portion of the report and ask for you to explain it. there's a reference to an e-mail. it goes on to say that they were going to use the nra's annual convention to make first contact with the trump campaign. and that putin is deadly serious about building a good relationship with mr. trump. we know that don junior did, in fact, meet a russian politician at the convention. what should we make of this? >> the subject line of that e-mail which was not in the report was kremlin back channel. and we saw that type of subject line or approach -- >> wait, what was the subject line? >> kremlin back channel. so we saw that so many times through other witnesses who were also approached. and so you had different people making ap