you do notjust have to be in the state house as a president.le's president, we have a very important agenda that we want to put forward in order to bring this country back on track. there is no constitutional basis, raila odinga, for what you have done, declaring yourself people's president, saying you want to set up a parallel government. president uhuru kenyatta is very, very angry with you. his deputy, william ruto, has described your swearing—in as a comedy and a drama. he says, "those hell—bent on continuing to create drama should know that they are on their own." you are on your own. zainab, i think they are a comedy. what we did is based on the constitution. we made the constitution and ensure that when kenyans reach institutions like this, they have the power. article 1 of our constitution rests sovereignty in the people. —— vests. the people of kenya have sovereignty and can exercise it directly or donate it to their elected representatives. if that were the case and you had as much support as you claim you have, why do three of your f

i've been part of the state house for six years. i've seen them waive the rules to allow bills to be heard for committees to meet. they could have done it. they could have had it. they could have had the debate yesterday. they chose not to. >> representative caldwell, i mean, you have a solid a-rating from the nra. we have been listening just speaking on the measure that you noted yesterday. to consider this ban. i know you say it would have been all weapons, from everything i've read it would be the semiautomatic weapons and high capacity magazines. the students were standing there. you know, a week ago they lost 17 friends and teachers and coaches. they were disappointed and visibly emotional. one 16-year-old said it seemed almost heartless how they immediately pushed the button to say no. why, representative, did you feel like you did not owe it to these young people to at least discuss this? to at least consider? it wasn't an updown vote on the ban. it was to consider a motion on the bill. >> sure. listen, and what it turned out

it's your daily probiotic. >> shepard: inside the state house building in tallahassee -- [chanting]. shepard: students demanding change, demanding action. and they're asking "where is rick scott", the governor of the state of florida. [chanting [. >> shepard: so president trump is set to meet less than an hour with parents, students and teachers affected by the worst school shootings in modern world history. the white house says they're open to tougher regulations on guns but some gun control supporters say it's not enough. let's turn to john bussey from the "wall street journal." and bob bianchi. we'll talk about the news on this and the law on this. bob, you said during the commercial break, this feels from different from others of this kind? >> yes. after vegas, what did we hear from the political infrastructure? hey, let's not address this in the heat of the moment. it's too soon. let's wait for tempers to calm down. guess what? it wasn't addressed. it was kind of a method of pushing it to the side. this time it looks like there's a bit more traction. these demonstrations in flor

, members of the united states senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the vice president of the united states and the president of the united states. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the house of representatives. the honorable paul ryan. [applause] rep. ryan: please be seated. good afternoon everybody. it is a privilege to welcome you to the greatest hall in washington for an even grander occasion. we award to the highest civilian honor that this body can bestow. i am honored to be joined today by president donald trump, and vice president mike pence, as well as senator elizabeth dole and second lady karen pence. i would also like to welcome all of our congressional leaders and so many familiar faces that i see in the audience. today, it is my honor to say that pursuant to s-1616, we the congressional gold medal to award the congressional gold medal to the soldier, the legislator and the statesman from kansas, senator bob dole. [applause] rep. ryan: the congressional gold medal is one of our oldest traditions. since its founding, our country has been ush

i'm proud to stand here on this house floor to urge the support and passage to allow states and victims to fight online sex trafficking act, known as fosta. as well as mr. speaker. i'm proud to stand here on this house floor to urge the support amendment. human trafficking and sex trafficking is happening in all areas. big cities, little cities, rural, suburban areas. districts. republican districts. districts republican districts. it happens in every congressional district in america. regardless whether that district is red or blue. trafficking, mr. speaker, is a and that issue requires bipartisan solutions. if congressman poe was still here, i would still add, that's just the way it is. and that i am so honored to be joined today with so many colleagues. i also want to thank congresswoman roby for her leadership in managing the time. and what an honor it is for me to join the leadership of congresswoman ann wagner. not only the sponsor of this bill, but a friend, a colleague, someone who is my classmate and early on she started talking about human trafficking and we shared our mutual

the state housing department found 900 cities are falling behind and must fast track developments that would reserve at least 10% for low income housing. scott weiner was the author and celebrated this new report on twitted year i'm excited by the step. that means in these 97% of cities, if a market developer or a low income profited developer and says i want to build housing within your zoning it has to be approved -t can't put them through a multi- year process. >> reporter: cities and counties not meeting their goals include all these. now there are some cities and counties doing okay. san francisco is meeting its target, as well as sonoma and napa counties. those do not need to fast track their housing development. but for all the other cities, nearly 900 in the state and several dozen across the bay area, they need to fast track all the housing development approvals. reporting live in heyward, i'm jessica flores. >>> david campos joins us in the citi studio to talk about the sanctuary city crack down. >>> i'll let you know how warm we are going to get and where we could see record

when i stood on the steps of this historic state house three years ago to give my inaugural address, i said that the politics that have divided our nation need not divide our state and i warned against wedge politics and petty rhetoric used to belittle our adversaries and to inflame partisan divisions. i reminded marylanders that our state was better than that. our history proved that we were better and for the last three years we have been. we worked hard to usher in a new spirit of bipartisanship in annapolis and to create an environment of trust and cooperation where the best ideas rise to the top based upon their merit regardless of which side of the aisle they come from. i am pleased to report that today the state of our state is stronger than it has been in decades. we are forging an even stronger and brighter future for maryland. through internal struggle and outward chaos we have not faltered. we have made progress with courage and with clarity of purpose and our citizens, are more pleased with the job that we are doing and the direction that we are heading than we have ever b

now, behind this building, this is the old florida state house, is the newer florida state house. that's where the legislative efforts and actions happened in the florida capitol. that's where students from stoneman douglas high school were lobbying their government. they are pushing for stronger gun control as a major piece of what they're calling student safety. they fear they might be disappointed in what may come out of today's efforts. >> the law has failed us and has let the events that happened in parkland to occur. what we must do now is enact change because that is what we do to things that fail. we change them. to not change the law in our time of need would be a huge disservice to 17 dead at parkland, 13 dead in columbine, 26 dead in sandy hook, 50 dead in orlando, the 59 dead in las vegas. >> reporter: before three bus loads of students got here, there were a number of folks from a local university, students from the local high school in support. and there are also rallies around the country, walkouts around the country from students across the state. >> dana: how is t

overnight that jared kushner and white house chief of staff john kelly refeuding over the president's son-in-law's -- kelly are feuding over the president of the united states's son-in-law's clearance. the "times" says that kushner is resisting giving up access. he's also concerned he is a specific target of kelly's recent directive which is overhauling the white house clearance system. >> kelly's order cancels top-level clearances at the end of this week for any staffer whose background investigation has been pending since last june. the white house clearance process has been under scrutiny since staff secretary rob porter was forced to resign after both his ex-wives accused him of domestic abuse. in a statement last night, kelly expressed confidence in kushner's ability to continue performing his foreign policy-related duties. >>> the vice president, mike pence, came very close to meeting secretly with the north korean delegation at the winter olympics. remember he was there for the opening ceremony. pence's office says he was set to meet with north korean officials including kim jong-un's sister, but the north koreans pulled out of the planned meeting two

where we have to effect this, i believe e is at the local level and at the state house. you can have greater access to politicians who serve in a county commissioner, city council, that's where you need to put the pressure and call these people out. i have formed a committee out here, a group of people, and they were looking at everything, full background checks including casual sales. whether we can up -- we will ask them to look at in terms of whether people have emotional problems ought to be able to go out and buy guns. i was talking to a friend of mine this morning. i said if all of a sudden you couldn't buy an ar-15 wauld what would you lose? would you feel as though your second amendment rights would be gone because you couldn't buy an ar-15? action has to happen before this. you'll never fix all of this but common sense gun laws make sense. i'm hopeful this group that i have assembled on both sides of the issue will come together with recommendations. the speaker of our house says he is anxious to see what can be produced. if they don't produce anything im put my

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] >> i just want to know one thing, why do we continuously overthe government hostage continuations when these things are set forth in the constitution. can we get back to what we need to do and get back to the ground rules and hold these folks accountable. rob.ank you for the call, appreciate it. off to zach on the democrats line, hello. what are your thoughts? don'tm wondering how we hold each parties leadership accountable. they keep blaming each other than actually holding each other's party accountable. now, in the house under way a vote. the senate having made its kentucky senator rand paul was hoping things out. again, the don't government in a shutdown, four hours ago, midnight eastern time when the current spending authority ran out. the senate was able to make its vote, or take its vote in orde

whereas raila odinga's state house, a farewell party for you. that is what kenyans are saying. kenyans to say that. of course it is just a joke they are making. they know that the occasion was a serious occasion. it was aimed at ending the circus of the elections last year so that we can move forward. you do not... as the people's president we have an important agenda that we want to put forward in order to bring this country back on track. there is no constitutional basis for what you have done, declaring yourself people's president and saying you wa nt to people's president and saying you want to set up a parallel government. president uhuru kenyatta is very angry with you and your swearing—in has been described as a comedy and a drama. those who continue to create drama should be —— now that they are on their own. you are an your —— now that they are on their own. you are an your own. —— now that they are on their own. you are an your own. they are a comedy. it is based on the constitution. we made the constitution. we made the constitution and ensure that kenyans have power

many coming straight from funerals for fallen classmates will speak to lawmakers today at flat state house. >> after witnessing one of the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history teens within lurk for stricter gun laws. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live with details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they have made 450-mile trip, and, some have made a list of demands, including, universal background checks and a ban on military grade weapons. while, today these students will rally and break off into smaller groups to speak directly to florida lawmakers. >> wow. >> reporter: students from marjory stoneman douglas high school arrived to cheers last night as their buses pulled in the state capitol. today those students will meet with lawmakers in tallahassee pushing for tighter gun control, this is exactly one week after a mass shooting claimed the lives of 17 of their classmates and teachers. >> we're going to keep talking , we are going to keep pushing, until something is done because people are dying, and this cannot happen anymore >> reporter: students, filled t

think about she's running for the state house in ohio where she is from. and i would imagine today was probably a pretty good fund-raising day for her after the president attacks her. this has been a theme throughout again this sort of channeling of women particularly dealing with the election of donald trump and what it represents. >> yeah. >> in motivation. we've seen it in democratic campaigns and in grassroots movements. another result in another state house race which we should talk about, a democrat named linda belcher won a special election income house district 49 that donald trump carried by 49 points. sorry. he carried it by 49 points. she won it and she actually outperformed herself in 2016 by 18 points. >> that was when she lost perform she came back and ran again and flipped a seat trump won by 49 points. a former school teacher who spent a couple years in the legislature after her husband held the seat and pass away in a car accident. she came back and this is a massive win for democrats. a stack of massive wins for democrats. very quietly ac

speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union has had under consideration h.r. 1865 and pursuant to house resolution 748 i report the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h.r. 1865 and pursuant to house resolution 748 reports the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. under the rule the previous question is ordered. is a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the amendment reported from the committee of the whole? if not the question is on adoption of the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: a bill to to amend the communications act of 1934 to clarify that sec

so i do think republicans probably hold on to a few more seats in the house and state houses and stateate chambers across the country than the numbers would tend to demonstrate. i think some losses here are fine. it's also important to remember that republicans have won the special election for all the house seats, obviously there was a big special in alabama. i think the picture is much more rosy for republicans than maybe one seat in missouri demonstrates. >> dana: jessica, democrats were very happy. dlcc put a staple out saying mike revis' victory will undoubtedly send another shock wave through the gop as we continue to run the best candidates, focus on addressing local issues and improving their quality of life. i wanted to know from you in case you know, is the play book from the democrats to really get local and not talk about president trump or are they talking about president trump trying to basically win on his unpopularity in their particular area? >> i think it cuts both ways. i would say the majority move here is to move to local issues. if you look at danica rome's campai

. >> reporter: in tallahassee thousands, many teenagers, swarmed florida state house calling for changes to gun laws, around 100 survivors of last weeks shooting were among them. hena doba for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> spokeswoman for nra was at that town hall she spoke of flaws that allows mentally ill people to allow to buy guns and she also said law enforcement is not doing enough to raise red flags leading up to the attack. >>> margaret brennan is at the white house with more on president's listening obsession see her report at 7:00 on cbs this morning that air right here after "eyewitness news" this morning at cbs-3. >>> north hampton county district attorney is talking about preventing mass shootings, john morgannelis having a press conference where he will announce a plan to reduce risk of gun related deaths in the county. he will talk about what people live there can do to stay safe that press conference is at 1:00 this afternoon. >>> pennsylvania republicans want u.s. supreme court to step in and block a new congressional district map, presiding officers of the state house, a

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] in regards to people in our caucus, they will do what they think is in the best interests of their constituents. that is what they are elected to do. i think of many, if not all of us, i don't want to speak for every person, look at this as the issue of daca and immigration and how we treat immigrants in this country as the several-rights issue of our day. right now. that's a strong this is for all of us in our caucus. ison the immigration issue, the promise leader mcconnell that has neutral bill nothing to do with immigration, open amendments back and forth, would an offer from speaker ryan be good enough for house democrats? title,ity floor, with no nothing to it and don't know what direction it would be? i highly doubt speaker ryan would do that. what we are looking for is a commitment or it we know

low income housing. >> the state finally put outside this list and -- put out this list. hows that 97% of the cities and counties in california are behind on their housing goals. either market rates, below market rates or both. >> reporter: cities and counties not meeting their housing development goals include alameda county, san leandro, mill valley, vallejo and south san francisco. the city of san francisco, napa and sonoma county are meeting their targets, so they don't have to fasted track any -- to fast track. but every other city, basic liquors in the -- basically, in the state, they have to fast track not city of oakland is suing a debris hauling company. santos engineering opened in west oakland last year. the city says a fan in its warehouse blows out dust containing asbestos, fine glass -- fiberglas and other things. >> they have trouble breathing. they are covering. >> reporter: the owner denies it is coming from his company. santos only applied for a conditional use permit two months after it was cited for operating illegally. >> we applied for the permit four

a lot of movement around the state house. the students were inside and they got all of the way into governor rick scott's office and they wanted to meet with him. strangely we seem to get a response from the office that said he's too busy to meet with them or that is the response they got but then we found out the governor was at a funeral. >> reporter: so i just came out of the governor's office just a few minutes ago and it had been packed with students. they were demanding to meet with the governor rick scott of florida. they had boxes upon boxes of petition in there calling for more gun control in the state of florida. our understanding is they were told the governor would be here later today. but he was not available at that moment. we have heard previously that he planned to meet with students who had come up from parkland florida, from stoneman douglas between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. and meeting with groups of 20 students at a time. that had been previously scheduled. these students wanted to meet with him right here and ri

i talked to one young woman earlier who was at the state house who said she'd always thought about beingactress and now she's thinking about getting into politics. are you thinking about this? has this been life-changing for you? >> definitely. i've always been an activist for gun reform but never to this extent. i was one of the people that would kind of forget about a mass shooting after it happened, which is awful, because you don't really get how it feels until it happens to you. but we're going to make sure that nobody forgets. >> we talked to david hogg in the last hour, and some people have been writing about him, some conspiracy websites, some far right websites suggesting maybe he was a crisis actor, which is obviously a ludicrous notion, he's obviously a student from the school saying his dad who had been formerly with the fbi may have put him up to it. when you hear comments like this which frankly often comes out in the wake of a school shooting, does it scare you? does it anger you? does it diminish your desire to be involved? >> honestly, i think the reason people are sayin

leadership in the united states house of representatives also has been clear. the only thing they that will g up to a vote in their body is one that will be signed into law. the secure and succeed act is that plan. madam president, we don't have bodyopportunities in this for common thought and, position. we have one here. i see what most people in this body headset about these issues and it's so much, it depresses me there is common out a thought. this body at the root wants to solve the daca issue but they also want to solve the problems that caused this issue in the first place. this president called for a compassionate compromise when met with democrats and republicans several weeks ago in the white house, and we all agreed it was w time to do that for the american people. but the american people want to be shared at the borders are secured. they want to b be shared the policies embedded in the immigration system don't create another wave of illegal citizens. they also want these archaic diversity lottery which is to work in its original intent and is nothin

and this is at a time when the state housing department claims that 397 cities are behind on their housingoals. so lawmakers in sacramento say that just last year, they have streamlined some laws who hopefully make this processing easier for developers and get housing built in california faster. in san francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> 6:32. let's take a look outside this morning. on the left a gorgeous shot of some of the spotty clouds above vacaville this morning. and on the, right sfo where planes are moving in and out smoothly but that's unfortunately not the case on the roads. jaclyn has been tracking several big messes traffic- wise. >>> if you are getting ready to head out the door, this is not a good day to be running late. so hopefully, you will give yourself plenty of extra time. we have three sig alerts in effect. we'll begin at 880. this is near 4. traffic backed up beyond this towards cummings skyway westbound direction completely stacked all due to a motorcycle crash that has two lanes blocked ease bound 80 at highway 4 junction. 30 minutes to the maze. we are going to go t

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today president trump met with governors of 39 states at the white house to discuss how to best protect students and teachers. the president even proposed some of his own ideas. >> reporter: at a meeting with the nation's governors president trump suggested he would have stepped up on valentine's day. >> i really believe i would run in there, even if i didn't have a weapon. and i think most of the people in this room would have done that too. >> reporter: the president pointed out former resource deputy scot peterson for not entering the high school. >> under pressure he choked. >> reporter: the first call his client received was a report of firecrackers and not gunfire and when he heard shots he believed they were coming from outside, consistent with his training, the attorney says peterson took up a tactical position between two buildings. president trump said he banned bump stocks which help semiautomatic guns fire faster without the help of congress. he also advocated once again for arming teachers. >> we have to take steps to hardening our schools so they're less vulnerable to atta

was white house press secretary sarah sanders dpeenlding president trump's pressure toward it. >> the defendants allegedly conducted what they called information warfare against the united states. >> but the president has soft pedalled criticism of russia and its president vladimir putin casting blame at a top house democrat, the media, and suggesting the fbi missed a tip that might have averted a florida massacre because it was distracted by the russian probe. >> we would like our fbi agencies to not be focused on something that was clearly a hoax in terms of investigating the trump campaign and its involvement. >> the president also lashed out at national security adviser. he r. mcmaster who spoke at a security conference in munich on saturday. >> the evidence is incon trow versable. >> he faulted mr. mcmaster because he forgot to say the results of 2016 election were not changed by the russians. sarah sanders. shortly before leaving office president obama expelled 35 russian diplomats for the meddling, and former obama officials continued cocondemn the kremlin. >> they have no damn right, no right whatsoever. it's our sovereign right to be able to conduct our elections unfe

there calls fell on deaf ears students was shocked when the state house voted down the motion but there are signs that washington is listening although he campaigned on a pro-gun ticket president donald trump announced his support for tighter regulations on gun to accessorise. just a few moments ago i signed a memorandum directing the attorney general to propose regulations to ban all devices that turn illegal weapons into machine guns i expect that these critical regulations will be finalised. jeff very soon. on wednesday the president is set to host a listening session at the white house with victims of mass shooting violence but many in florida are tired of talk they want action. the students have vowed to continue protesting for gun reform their next stop is in washington d.c. in march. so. the funeral service was held on tuesday for fifteen year old peter weighing he died while bringing others to safety during the shooting youth across the nation are not giving up in the fight for their lives. now to some other stories making news around the world at least five thousand people have

this is at a time when the state housing department claims 3 the 7 cities are behind on house -- 397 cities are behind on housing goal. sacramento said they passed laws to streamline the process. we'll see. jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> thousands of marijuana convictions in alameda county could be reduced or thrown out now that recreational marijuana use is legal under california law but how easily that could happen depends on where you were convicted. alameda county district attorney nancy o'malley says her office has identified 5900 cases that could be eligible for dismissal. anyone who wants a conviction in alameda county dropped will have to submit a petition. prosecutors would then perform a background check and this announcement comes as the state considers making these expungements automatic. >>> it is just about 20 minutes before 6:00 the quest to get skinnier moves to the road. the new car design that could be coming to a freeway near you. ♪[ music ] diane king hall of "c-b-s moneywatch" joins us now... with that story and more from the world of business. cbs moneywa >>> a.m.tion

how many state house races went republican? - we lost something like 1000 seats. - right, right. - and we've got to do a better job there, we gotta pay closer attention to the different dynamics, and it's a signal that the party's in trouble, now, i don't think we're in trouble 'cause our values are wrong. on the contrary, if you survey americans, they're more and more believing things that are in line with what the democratic party has always stood for. i also don't think it's 'cause we don't have a message. i know people say that, to me our message is very clear, we're the party that supports and defends the ordinary people going about their everyday lives. - do you think that's agreed upon by everybody in the party? your party is a bit at war now. the bernie wing and the hillary wing, that could be exaggerated. - yeah. - but again, having witnessed the dnc race up close, i can tell you, that divide is a thing. - it is a thing but the fact that those wings are named after people rather than ideas i think is one example of how

has no give support to president jacob zuma and so if he insists on being in the state house under whose orders is he staying there because he's party has expressed that it doesn't have confidence that this was an attempt by the president zuma to essentially dismiss that argument of the two centers of power in c. one has said to him earlier today that he must resign today office would have little confidence what kind of procedure we're looking at well firstly he's gone on to sail to the to tell the party that he's not going to resign he doesn't see the the reason to hire e a he says i don't understand the rush firstly he says nobody has told me why i should resign i have done nothing wrong and i disagree with the decision and use it in the whole history of the a.n.c. he's never disagreed with the decision but he disagrees with this one and so he's effectively told the party if you want to remove me you're going to have to do this through parliament now there is already a motion of no confidence on the floor it was tabled by the opposition. m.p.'s are going to amend that slightly and then

. >> meanwhile, the florida state house voted down a motion to take up a bill that would ban assault rifles. it fell by 36 pedro echevarria 71 vote with students heading to the state capital coal country to call for strict. they used today are 15 weapon. republican leaders in the state house saying they will consider proposals including raising age restrictions for gun purposes. cheryl: another figure has fallen in the rush to invest occasion. alexander swan, son-in-law of one of russia's precious richest man is guilty about lying about ties to former trump campaign aide richard case. the former associate of the law firm skype admitting he did consulting in ukraine. the white house responded to that. >> this has to do with the generals indicted. nothing to do with this president. cheryl: vander swan faces up to six months in prison. ashley: democrats fuming at the white house announces low cost alternatives to obamacare health care plans. vice president mike pence set to announce that a new look to reduce private space flights and how he plans to give a boost to the space race. you a

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: the yeas are 188 and the nays is 226. there being no further amendments, under the rule, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: the chair notes a disturbance in the gallery. the sergeant of arms will remove those people responsible for the disturbance and restore order in the gallery. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house reports the committee has had under consideration and pursuant to house resolution 636 reports the bill back to the house with amendments adopted in the committee of the whole. the previous question is ordered. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. members please take your seats. the house will be in order. please take your seats. the house will be in order. the speaker pro tempore: is a separate vote demanded? if not,

florida. >> those students are going hoping to be in action a little bit later on today at the state house meantime an aid to a florida state law maker has been fired. his name is benjamin kelly and until last night worked for a republican state repfrom tampa. >> he wrote an email to a reporter saying quote both kids in the picture aren't students but who thier various crisis when they happen. kelly later tweeted he meant no disrespect to the students or parents of parkland, florida and called his original claim an error in judgment. >>> and a look inside stoneman douglas high for the first time since the shooting. these photos show the ground floor classrooms that were suddenly abandoned. desks in complete disarray and in one of the most haunting images you can see the broken window believed to have been shattered by the gunman to shoot insi inside. >>> bump stocks were used in vegas, at that mas sacre that killed 58 people. the president now says we must do more to protect our children. >> just a few moments ago i signed a memorandum directing the attorney gen eral to propos regulations

our state house at a crossroads and w he faced a pivotal choice between continuing in the same direction or putting maryland on a new and better path and all of us have to make a choice between serving a political party or serving the people of maryland. one only needs look to washingtoneed look to washingtos caused when hyper partisanship and inflammatory rhetoric through the end events are our h in the institutions of government. when i stood on the steps of this historic statehouse three years ago to give my inaugural address, i said that the politics that have divided our nation need not divide our state and they warned against the politics and rhetoric used to belittle our adversaries and to inflame partisan divisions. i reminded maryland at our stage was better than that. our history proved that we were better and for the last three years, we have been. we worked hard to usher in a new spirit of bipartisanship and to create an environment of trust and cooperation where the best ideas riced atop based upon their merits regardless which oh side of the aisle they come from and i'm ple

right now standing amid a sea of supporters as we look outside the state house steps. tara is reporting now with the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon. one week after the deadly school shooting in florida students are rising up and demanding solutions. >> parkland students traveled on buses 500 miles to be told that nothing can be done. they voted against even considering a ban on semi automatic rifles. >> some students were shaken by the blow. >> it was a big punch in the gut. it will be a week tomorrow sinceppened. and already there is another road block in front of us. >> this is not about democrats or republicans or left or right. this is a movement for humanity and safety and keeping citizens alive. >> they are not giving up. they have 40 to 60 meetings today including with the states attorney general and the speaker of the house. they are expected to meet with the governor they are vowing to storm washington next. in d.c. there seems to be a plan for modest changes. >> i signed a memorandum directing the attorney general to propose regulations to ban all device

is proposing a solution to the state's housing crisis.. it could mak san francisco >>> a lawmaker from the bay area is proposing a solution to the state's housing crisis. >> but it could make some cities like san francisco look open the door fort in a few construction of more multiple story buildings, such as high as 8 stories tall. these could be built in neighborhoods that traditionally only see single family homes or duplexes. it idea would be to build them win a quarter mile of public transportation. >>> state officials will begin conducting geo technical work in the silicone valley. it will require various roadway and freeway ramp closures throughout friday. >> more closures, what we love to hear in the bay area. >> and we expected light traffic today because of presidents day but you have a traffic alert? >> yes, we have a closure for drivers headed along east bound 580. this is the opposite commute direction but still slowing some folks down who are trying to get into tracey. eastbound 580, the transition ramp to 205 is shut down du

i will emphasize, the mid cycle redistricting that was done by the state house in 2015. arizona is an example of a state that's on our watch list. although they currently have a non-partisan commission. in some ways, i hold out arizona and california as good examples of places that have these non-partisan commissions. the republicans in the state legislature there have put forward potential changes that could weaken that process that is in place and make it more political. wisconsin is also a state that we'll be looking at. wisconsin is a state where republicans got less than 50% of the vote in the last cycle and yet control about two-thirds of the state legislative seats and about two-thirds of the congressional delegation. that's one of the cases that is before the supreme court now. and the facts there, i think, are as good as they possibly could, for those of us who are in support of reform in this process. the ndrc will be investing time and resources in these races, using our position as the strategic hub for redistricting to focus energy into these races to ensure

that was a state house. important to note, republicans won three other races in missouri last night. there were four different special elections. republicans won three of them as expected to by all closer than anybody would have imagined. they still control the super majority in the state's house of representatives. don't get my wrong. missouri is still very red but little things are changing. this comes in the wake of a few recent wins by democrats. that includes in alabama where, well, a lot going on in alabama doug jones is the first democratic senator from that state in a quarter century. but there were extenuating circumstances. the pentagon is planning a military parade after president trump asked for one. that's the word from one u.s. defense official. he attended the bastille parade in july in france. he said it was one of the best he had seen. he was smiling ear to ear. he said later how much he loved it and he said we're going to have to try to top that. jennifer griffin is live in washington. when

in the meantime, the state house speaker, florida state house speaker signed a letter with 73 of his republican colleagues asking florida governor rick scott to suspend sheriff israel for dereliction of duty and incompetence tense stemming from the response to the shooting. for his part, the governor has ordered the florida department of law enforcement to look into the shooting response. that was a let are he sent. broward sheriff scott israel saying today he well comes that investigation from the florida department of law enforcement. and that they will be cooperating with it. amman? >> a lot of finger-pointing going on right now for this particular tragedy. it is hardly going to be consoling to the parents of those 17 kids. nbc's myra rodriguez live for us in florida. thank you. let's bring in the all-star pan toll break all this down. with us, josh baro, michael steele, and tar enrosencrantz. great to have all of you with up. josh, let me begin with you. i want to talk with you that the sheriff's department responded to at least 45 calls regarding the suspected florida shooting.

but yesterday in florida, the state house did pass that. i wonder if this is where we might see the state take action that then maybe comes to washington later on. but it might just have to be something that's done at that level. >> that may be. lot of people would say that's where it should happen at the state level in terms of education. there's always the dangers we've seen in other places. you can have very tight gun control laws in other state. guns can come across better. one of the keys will be this meeting between the president and bipartisan. i must say it's a very wide swath of members of the house and senate, democrats and republicans, gun rights and gun control advocates. to the degree that anything is going to happen and the dead lock will be broken, it's going to depend on real action by the president. so far, he's talked about a lot of thing. he hasn't come out with what he said is packages. it's possible even if he puts out a package that he will be rejected by members of his own party. unless there's real leadership, i don'

house intelligence committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will state his inquiry. mr. raskin: mr. speaker, do the house rules in rule 10, clause 11-g, which define the conditions for public disclosure of classified documents authorize the chairman of the intelligence committee to unilaterally make substantial and material changes to the document after the committee has already voted to approve and release it in its original form? the speaker pro tempore: the chair will not issue an advisory opinion. members i will consult the standing rules. mr. raskin: further parliamentary inquiry, mr. speaker. what is an advisory opinion? this relates not to a hypothetical situation but to an actual situation before the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's inquiry does not relate to any pending roceedings in the house. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. frelinghuysen: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the fur

the country and he's owed mandates and that created the situation where you've got one man in the state house and you've got a new man who's been elected by the party to carry out the party's mandate at the party's headquarters and he said these two centers of power rationed stability in the country and so when the a.n.c. officials and other people in the public domain say it will present your sake of zuma surely the same argument applies here and so he felt it necessary in that long interview that he gave his public vote costa to address that argument because on the basis of that he's been called a hypocrite this is like arguing with your dad no this is different. does the president have a point no court has convicted him of anything the amc hasn't demonstrated that he has breached any of their rules so when did being an electoral liability become grounds to remove a president duly elected by the people and this is the argument jacob zuma is making and there is some merit to that he is saying that the a.n.c. has not given me any reasons as to why i should step down he's gone on to repeat tha

today president trump met with governors of 39 states at the white house to discuss how to best protect students and teachers. the president even proposed some of his own ideas. >> reporter: at a meeting with the nation's governors president trump suggested he would have stepped up on valentine's day. >> i really believe i would run in there, even if i didn't have a weapon. and i think most of the people in this room would have done that too. >> reporter: the president pointed out former resource deputy scot peterson for not entering the high school. >> under pressure he choked. >> reporter: the first call his client received was a report of firecrackers and not gunfire and when he heard shots he believed they were coming from outside, consistent with his training, the attorney says peterson took up a tactical position between two buildings. president trump said he banned bump stocks which help semiautomatic guns fire faster without the help of congress. he also advocated once again for arming teachers. >> we have to take steps to hardening our schools so they're less vulnerable to atta

years was this dramatic upheaval and reversal in fortunes where republicans really took command of state houseste legislatures and the like. for democrats, 35 is not a bad number a year in, but they've got a long way to go to reverse that trend. >> i think with seats like this, and when you're talking about state legislatures and state senates, enthusiasm matters. if a party has the enthusiasm to start flipping those seats in a major way, particularly at the point swings we've seen in a dozen or so or more of these seats, that's not a small thing. enthusiasm is always like this really hard to define thing going into a big election. it's certainly a leading indicator that things are in a good place. how transferable that is, particularly as you move on to the federal level, remains an open question. it's something for democrats to seize on and something for them to use in their fundraising pitches as they continue to try to rally the base. that matters. that absolutely plays into what's going to happen over the next 12 months. >> i think we've seen in some of the federal special elections the de

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