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last night when ted deutsche kept repeating his mantra is almost every gun out there and the assaultns won't accomplish anything along those lines. i agree we need to make headway and raise the age to buy a rifle, i agree with the president on that, but beyond that the folks yelling gun control don't have a great grasp on what they're talking about. >> laura: so the cnn producer who called you right after the shooting said specifically what about the way they wanted to produce interviews and so forth? >> as i recall, the producer said we're looking for people who want to talk about the policy implications about what happened in terms of -- she didn't mention guns but in terms of the policy implications for preventing future mass shootings and if you know folks that want to talk about that, we'd like to speak to those people. >> laura: very interesting. arianna and mr. klein, thank you for joining us. you guys were incredible. amazing yesterday. thank you so much. >> thank you very much. >> laura: and we have another big story. this is huge. china is getting bolder and more devious an

representative ted deutsche tweeting closely following updates from sheriff israel on the situation.oping everyone is safe at stoneman douglas high. law enforcement asking everyone to avoid the area as they respond. we are also hearing from our source on the ground there that parents can't get anywhere close to the high school they have closed all the streets, understandably, perhaps, around that high school, but, certainly, frustrating to the parents who simply want to find out the status of their child and status of the situation in the high school it's a very difficult thing because it's a large high school, and as kelly and bill just reported, you have a lot of different areas with someone if they are still in the school can high so they have to be meticulous in going through and make sure whoever has done the shooting does not get out with the other students that are being evacuated from the school. technically, the school is still on lockdown, as i said, we have reports of injuries. we do not know the status of the injuries although, we have seen stretchers, we have seen ambula

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congressman ted deutsch tweeted to speaker ryan, quote, as you go from your fund-raiser to the approximateds resort, consider a stop at stoneman douglas high school where 17 people were slaughtered in a mass shooting last wednesday. i'll meet you there. congressman do you have included this map showing that the house speaker would pass the high school on the way to mar-a-lago. ryan did not make a stop at stoneman douglas high school. but his office tells nbc news, he did travel to broward county to meet with first responders, hospital staff and emts. we are told he, quote, listened to their stories and thanked them for their horrific efforts. when asked about gun law necessary a radio interview, ryan said, quote, we don't just knee jerk before we have all the facts and the data. >> join withing us now, maya. talk to us about about any updates we have to this investigation and also about what the families and the students are doing in response to the shooting. >> yeah, well, yasmin, there is some organization happening here as far as the students are concerned. they will be heading to hall h

a lot of liberals in that room from dianne feinstein to ted deutsch, to amy klobuchar and others. they took a very conciliatory tone with president trump. they hope, they want him to do something on this. >> they do. >> they do. this is not the first time. a few months ago, members in congress and u.s. house of representatives took their phones on the floor and facebooked live on the floor to push paul ryan to take up gun legislation and force a vote. it did not happen. to come the a consensus, we didn't get much out of this meeting. this was another dog and pony reality tv moments that donald trump likes to have. i'm not sure what president trump is for. we know he's for eliminating gun-free zones and articming teachers and that's not feasible. >> yesterday we walked the jeff flake and he talked about the problem of tuesday trump versus thursday trump. he said he saw what happened with immigration and he's worried about it with guns. we'll take a very quick break. stick around. this is far from the only thing happening at the white house. has the west wing turned into the wild wi

. >> in fact, congressman ted deutsch may be channelling you because he called out the house speaker. listen. >> the speaker of the house who refuses to bring these bills up, and the few times we have the chance to introduce amendments to bring them to the floor, congress has voted against those. we need the opportunity to vote. he should talk to the speaker. he should come to the speaker with those kids and he should encourage marco rubio to come to parkland and face these kids directly, and he should encourage the president to come to parkland. stop using this for politics and come to parkland and talk to these kids and their families and everyone who has suffered. that's what should happen. that's how change will come. >> in fact, we understand the president is now planning to host a listening session with teachers and students on wednesday, but still unclear who is invited, who will be in the arena. sara, is this a positive move in the right direction? >> absolutely. i think if the president is willing to at least listen to people who might present a counter argument to him about

among those lawmakers, congressman ted deutsche, the democratic representative of the district that includes parkland. many students say he has been a tremendous resource to them. and democrat bill nelson as well as republican marco rubio. he comes here with a spotlight on him. teenagers have not been afraid to call him out for the millions of dollars he's accepted from the nra. i wouldn't expect them to hold back with him tonight. there will be a national spokesperson for the nra for them to question as well. we should mention that president trump and florida's governor rick scott were also invited to attend but declined the invitation or the opportunity to be here via satellite. alisyn, we expect this to be a moving and a powerful evening. >> kaylee, good for marco rubio, senator rubio, for agreeing to go and confront these students. as you point out on, not everybody did. so it will be fascinating to see what happens tonight. thank you very much for the preview. minutes from now, about 100 students who survived the deadly attack, will begin their march toward the state capitol in florida.

my colleague teds deutsch is very shaken. he's returned home. i've spoken with members of the florida legislature who represent this community and there's a sense of shock and horror that i know reverberates throughout florida's families tonight and all over the country. david, this is particularly hard to process because we've done so much in florida to try to invest in school security and school resource officers. we've made state assets available to harden our schools with ingress and egress assets, photo id assets. it just shows how hard it can be to stop an event like this when you've got someone determined to do such terrible evil on a wide scale. david: i don't know if you heard me talking to bill gavin formerly from the fbi, but we were talking about how this perpetrator apparently got in and got out and was able to do damage on both the entry and the exit. clearly he was not a registered student. he had been kicked out of that school before for al. for all of the money that you invested on security and id, apparently it did no good. >>

senators, republican marco rubio and democrat bill nelson as well as their congressman democrat ted deutschelater tonight these students and their families will get to ask questions of the broward county sheriff, scott israel, and a national spokesperson for the nra. we should note president trump declined an invitation to be here tonight either in person or from the white house, as did florida governor rick scott who declined to be here in person or from tallahassee. before we begin, we want to take some time to remember the 17 beloved members of the community who were murdered one week ago. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> may their memory be a blessing. students, parents, and teachers, the lawmakers are ready to answer your questions. but first, they each wanted a minute to address you specifically. i'm going to start with congressman deutch. >> thanks, jake. [ applause ] thank you. thank you. and thank you to cnn for being here in south florida for a very important and yet incredibly difficult evening. a lot of people have told this community, people from all around the world, that it's too soon, it's too soo

you will also hear from democratic congressman ted deutsche, a man who many students have told me has been an invaluable resource to them. and in addition to the lawmakers, the nra is also sending a national spokeswoman dana lash and we'll hear from broward county sheriff scott israel who has played an important role for this community through its healing process. and also notable, who won't be here. the president and florida's governor rick scott were both extended nf extended invitations, both declined to appear. >> all right. kaylee hartung, thank you so much. in what has been an extraordinary and emotional call to action, students from stoneman douglas high school say they are speaking truth to power today upping their pressure on florida state lawmakers to act to prevent school shootings. >> there is no longer a chance for you to just dismiss us, for you to ignore us and keep doing whatever it is you want to do while telling us that you want to be safe and you don't want anything like this to happen again, but not taking any action. >> cnn's dianne gallagher joining me live from

let's bring in democratic congressman ted deutsch. thank you for last night. >> thanks for coming to florida and thank you for giving these students and grieving families. >> what did you take away from it? >> at first it was so important for this community that is still grieving to know that the discussion is not going to end right now. we have seen these students that have so bravely come forward to lead the effort to change the laws, make sure something like this never happens again. but to give them the opportunity to come together. the entire students, the faculty, the administrators, and have a conversation and say what's on their mind and what they're feeling, that was is so moving. >> obviously we all believe in conversation and its healing power and moving the conversation forward. >> when you go back to washington, d.c. inside the beltway, what happens? are there changes now? >> well, certainly -- i have been here since just after the shooting. from my perspective in the middle of this, i don't know how there could be change

. >> before we take questions, i'd like also to thank congressman ted deutsche from coming down from washington, d.c. the elected officials from parkland and around the county. my message to the community to broward county is simple. your elected officials, your commissioners, your state reps, your state senators, make sure these are people that aren't worrying about millage rates and saving money. this is a time to save lives. we need more law enforcement, we need more deputies. this isn't the time to worry about how many dollars might be saved if we don't have a deputy here or a police officer here. this is nationwide. we need more, more heroes, more first responders, not less first responders. and i know many states have different terms to help our mentally ill, and we all pray for our mentally ill. we pray for them to recover. we all know someone or a family who's affected by someone suffering from mental illness. the baker act in florida allows medical professionals to confine xamined and looked at. but you have to have a reason, you have to be able to articulate that they're a

also on the stage you'll see congressman ted deutsche, the democratic representative of this community in the united states congress. he, brianna, as many students have told me hack a wonderful resource for students in the past week and will also see democratic senator bill nelson. we should mention that president trump as well as florida's governor rick scott were offered invitations to be here. they declined that as well as the opportunity to appear via satellite. brianna, we expect an emotional and powerful event right here in the bb and t center, moderated by our jake tapper tonight. >> and despite some of the folks, the president and governor not coming, it is extraordinary to see that lineup of the stake holders going to be in attendance tonight. thanks for that preview of what is going to be a big impactful event. i do want to bring in one of the students who made the trip from parkland to tallahassee. spencer blum is a junior at stoneman douglas high school. spencer, thanks so much for talking to us. >> thank you. >> so i want you to tell us, what is your message to the governo

so, let's bring in now democratic congressman ted deutsch of florida, parkland. -- parkland is part of his congressional district and we really appreciate you both coming on together because this is what it's going to take, right? a bipartisan effort. so we appreciate both of you being here to figure out if there is any common ground. congressman car bello, you're a republican, this is probably harder for you to talk about. what do you think, name the one piece of common ground that you think you can find with your democratic counterpart? >> thank you, alisyn, good morning and the truth is it's not hard for me because it's the right thing to do. we should all be inspired by all the young people who are reacting to this tragedy with love and desire to get something done and that's what i be want to do and i think there is a lot of common ground and every day there's more. i've been talking to a lot of colleagues both republican and democrat in the last few days and there is a growing sense that something has to be done. some areas where there is a lot of room for

let's turn to democrat congressman ted deutsche and republic congressman curbelo. of south florida. good morning gentlemen. i'm going to start with you congressman. such a tragic, tragic week for your district. you heard those kids. a march for their lives on washington. will it do any good? >> yes, it will. martha, the difference this time is that these kids -- you've spoken to them. the world has heard them. they're just not going to sit back after what they experienced, after what they saw, the worst things imaginable. they're not going to sit back and take it. they're going to stand up for their lives. that's what this is about. >> congressman curbelo, they said they're going to take on the nra. they had some very harsh words for senator marco rubio and governor rick scott. they said they have blood on their hands. what's your reaction? >> number one, i commend them for their activism. these young people -- our entire community is in mourning. i think our entire community and i speak for people in miami dade, monroe county, we're in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in br

>> i have heard from senator nelson and our congressman ted deutsch, he is -- he was just at the school with us a couple of weeks ago speaking to the politics club. i have heard from him, he's absolutely wonderful, always reaching out to us. >> mayor, thank you very much. i appreciate your time on a horrible day in your community of parkland, florida. the sheriff is briefing the media right now, let's go to that. >> this afternoon i should say, 17 people confirmed dead, we know at least 14 to 18 more were injured and taken to the hospital. we have heard several fatalities, we have heard a few fatalities and now we have the sheriff of broward county telling us 17 people died. we don't know if they're students -- unfortunately our audio has failed here so we can't get the details on the reports. >> reporter: that's just the worst possible scenario, we were talking about multiple fatalities, one is just too much but 17 is just devastating. >> send your child to school thinking this is the safest place they're going to be. one way in, one way out, there's security, yet somebody can get in a

the congressman for the district where the shooting took place is representative ted deutsche. i spoke with him by phone. >> i'm so sorry for what the community is going through. what's the latest you're hearing from law enforcement? >> well, the latest from law enforcement is that the number of fatalities is up to 17. they're learning more information about the shooter. about the kind of weapon he used. and that's the update on the numbers. the difficulty is the 17 fatalities all have family members and the community is really going to struggle over the coming days and weeks. just the horrific. >> the amount of preparation which went into this, senator was on the phone and just learning from law enforcement that apparently shooter is cooperating. he came in a gas mask with smoke grenades to the school and was the person who set off the fire alarm. the idea of being drawing students out and creating as many casualties as possible. >> right. the details of what happened today are important. the investigation will continue. we need to know much more about who this person is. and

congressman ted deutsch is joining us. first of all, our hearts go out to everyone involved. you know this area. parkland, not far from boca raton, places that are very, very popular in broward county, north of ft. lauderdale. what's the latest you're hearing? >> thanks, wolf. this is also, it is important to note, a wonderful school and a great community. it is exactly the kind of place you would want to live and raise your kids and today is a remind per tragedies like the happen too often and can happen anywhere. i've spoken with, i've been in contact throughout the day with the sheriff and the superintendent and local elected officials. and the news that the shooter has been apprehended is very positive. they're trying to get more information, obviously, about him. there are a number of fatalities. i've heard different numbers. so i can't confirm the exact number. but it has been a horrific day. it has been a very grim scene at the school. and i've heard from parents, including some of my staff whose daughter was in the school and was on lockdown through the day, just how

before i get your thoughts i want to play a clip of democratic congressman ted deutsche weighing in this. >> the shift to arming teachers is a distraction. it's a distraction from the important discussion about all of the things that can be done right now, this week when we go back to washington, on mental health, bands bump stocks. those aren't controversial. >> is this distracting from those other potential means for addressing mass shootings? >> i don't think it's distracting at all. arming teachers who are well trained, not every single teacher who wants to own a gun, giving them a gun and letting them wield it whenever they want to, we're talking about well-trained, well-armed teachers that are able to defend themselves and defend their students. i don't see how that's a distraction at all. it's really a false choice to say we have to either talk about arming teachers or talking about mental health issues. i don't think we have to make that decision. most republicans that are for the second amendment are also for taking measures to make sure that we are addressing the mental health

. >> speaking of members of congress, let's me bring on ted deutsche, he represents this part of broward county. congressman, what have you learned since -- what more new information do you have that you can share? >> well, thanks for having me first of all. i'm not sure what the latest information is that you have. we know that this is just the worst day in parkland. >> let me stop you there. describe parkland for our viewers that don't though broward county, don't know the western part of broward or dade. >> sure. yeah, this is -- this is a beautiful idyllic community. it is a wonderful community. douglas shs one of the best high schools in the state of florida. i visit often. i was there just a few weeks o ago. and yet here we are talking about a school -- another school shooting right in the midst of all of this. this is one of those moments where when you watch the footage of kids running out of the school with their hands up and police and first responders going in with their guns to try to secure the school, and you think boy, we've seen these images just so regularly, you realize

congressman from florida ted deutsche tweeted today a joined congressman and more colleagues to introducee assault weapons ban. it is time for congress to listen to the will of majority of americans and pass sensible legislation to get the weapons of war off our streets and #never again. and following the action from capitol hill is von hilliard. great to see you today. >> the likelihood that that will happen, and anything that only has democratic support, the chance of any of that type of legislation passing is essentially nil at many point. the question is what does have the opportunity to pass. there is one piece of legislation and they are calling it the fix nics bill. and there is a federal data base where they report criminal history for when individuals try to purchase a weapon. that data base is checked. the only legislation at this point that has much light of day before this meeting on wednesday is that legislation which would add incentives to enforcing the law that is already in the books. there is another piece of lation -- legislation mansion tomby and that would cluz the ba

also on that stage, democratic congressman ted deutsch.s have told me he's been a tremendous resource for them this past week. also, florida's democratic senator bill nelson. we should mention, john, that president trump, as well as florida's governor rick scott, were extended invitations to attend but declined to be here or to participate via satellite. john? >> i think a lost opportunity for them. kaylee, we'll keep in touch. that town hall tonight at 9:00 on cnn. jake tapper will moderate. the president will not be in attendance tonight, but he is active in the debate over what now, what next. last night on twitter, this from the president. whether we are republican or democrat, we must now focus on strengthening background checks. that tweet hours after the white house and the president announced he's instructed his attorney general to draft a rule that would ban so-called bump stocks. today the president is giving an audience to survivors, a white house listening session to give those who escaped parkland, sandy hook, and columbine a

i'm joined from washington by congressman ted deutsch, congressman from parkland. parkland is inside your district. we've heard a couple of things right now, a mass casualty event. first of all, our condolences to you and all the victims in your district. we've heard the shooter is in custody. what more can you tell us? >> this is a really tragic day, horrible, horrioccurrence. i've also heard that the shooter is in custody. if true, that's obviously good news. now from the conversations i've had with the superintendent and the mayor and sheriff israel, we need to make sure that all of the kids in the school who can re tended to quickly and that the community come together. we don't have reports on the number of casualties here it's a grim day. this is a fantastic school. the kids are great. i was there a couple weeks ago. this is the worst tragedy and we have to come together as a community which i know we will. that's the kind of community this is but we have to make sure that that was indeed the shooter and we've got to tend to those who need care. for those who

bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ >>> joining us now, democratic congressman, ted deutsche of florida.cludes mortgagery douglas stone high school. thank you for getting in front of the camera for us. arjorie douglas stone high school. thank you for getting in front of the camera for us. the families who have lost loved ones have all been notified after a during wait. there is still a number of people in the hospital who are in critical condition. we're waiting to get more information from the hospital. and the stories are just starting to come out. about the lives that were taken. the kids who had such bright futures that were snatched away from them. you know, when we went -- yesterday was just the worst day imaginable here. you think when you wake up the next morning, sunlight might help. it is worse. because now we're learning more about who died and the families impacted and what kids had to endure yesterday. it's a really awful situation. >> any sense of how many are in critical condition and life-threatening condition. >> i don't know. i'm headed to the hospital from here. i can'

. >> more listening on guns, most powerful moment eyewitness came from ted deutsche who handed the president a bracelet from marjory stoneman douglas. the last time we had this conversation, he responded talk amongst yourselves and be strong. hi, everyone, it's 4:00 in new york. on a day -- a picture emerging of a wounded jared kushner in one corner and a temporarily fortified john kelly in the other. one white house official describes it to axios this way. javanka and kelly are locked in a death match. only one survives. more questions about the president's feud with his own attorney general who he attacked on twitter this morning with this pointed barb. quote, why is a.g. sessions asking the inspector general to investigate potentially massive fisa abuse? will take forever, has no prosecutorial power and already late with reports on comey, et cetera. isn't the i.g. an obama guy? why not use justice department lawyers? disgraceful. sessions responded, as long as i'm the attorney general, i will discharge my duties with integrity and honor and this department will continue to do its work in

the representative in the house of representatives from florida's 22nd congressional district, ted deutsche joining me now. congressman, what do you know about this? >> well, i had conversations with the sheriff, the superintendent and the mayor of parkland, and i think the senator got this exactly right. this is a really horrible, a really horrible day. law enforcement, first responders from local, state and the federal level are all on the ground, but the situation inside the school is very difficult. i don't have confirmation of the number of fatalities, but this is a really terrible day in a school that i visited just a couple of weeks ago. it's a great school, great, great students, amazing teachers, and we mourn for the loss of life and we pray that everyone who is still inside can get out safely. >> we're looking at pictures, sir, of somebody who seems to have a lot of police around him being put in the back of a car. the only reason this got my attention, and we're looking really carefully. i want to ask my crew to watch there. there are -- flex cuffs have been put on this person. i

senators marco rubio and bill nelson joined congressman ted deutsch to answer questions. rubio was confronted by the father of one victim, 14-year-old jamie guttenberg. >> your comments this week and those of our president have been pathetically weak. look at me and tell me guns were the factor in the hunting of our kids in this school this week, and look at me and tell me you accept it and you will work with us to do something about guns. >> ei'd say the problems we're facing here today cannot be solved by gun laws alone. >> were guns a factor in the hunting of our kids? >> of course they were, of course they were. >> reporter: republican senator said he'd consider raising the age limit to buy a rifle, banning bump stocks, improving the background check system and reducing the size of magazines for bullets. the nra spokeswoman told the audience more should be done to keep dangerous individuals from having guns but law abiding gun owners should not be punished. i thought it was a terrific display of democracy. >> yes. >> where people feel they can challenge lawmakers, you

let's talk about all of this explore with congressman ted deutsc deutsche. thank you for joining us. i want your immediate retook this white house. all the confusion over rob porter's security clearance. yesterday the white house pointed fingers at the fbi. today they're pointing fingers at the white house. >> i don't know that the process is broken but there is clearly something broken at the white house. it took the release of a photo of a woman whose face had been beaten for the white house to finally do what it should have done seven months ago when the fbi delivered its final report. we don't even know still whether porter resigned or was fired. the way that the white house has reacted to this, the president looked at this photo and then wished him well on the way out the door, seemingly not even believing the claims? you bet there's something wrong. there's something wrong at a white house that allows someone like this to serve at a level like this with the president of the united states. there need to be some standards to serve with the president of t

i would like to also thank congressman ted deutsche from coming down from washington, d.c.around the county. my message to the community is simple. your elected officials, your commissioners, your state reps, your state senators, make sure these are people that aren't worrying about millage rates and saving money. this is a time to save lives. we need more law enforcement and deputies. this isn't the time to worry about how many dollars might be saved if we don't have a deputy here or a police officer here. this is nationwide. we need more heroes, more first responders, not less first responders. and i know many states have different terms to help our mentally ill. we all pray for our mentally ill and pray for them to recover. we all know someone or a family who is affected by someone suffering from mental illness. the baker act in florida allows law enforcement or medical professionals to confine a person involuntarily while they get examined an looked at. but you have to have a reason that they're a threat to themselves or someone else. what i'm asking our lawmakers to do

. >> before we take questions i'd like to also thank congressman ted deutsch from coming down from washingtonlected officials from parkland around the county. my message to the community to broward county is simple. you're elected officials, your commissioners and your state reps, your state senators make sure these are people that aren't worrying about saving money. this is a time to save lives. we need more law enforcement, we need more deputies. this isn't the time to worry about how many dollars might be saved if we don't have a deputy here or police officer here. this is nationwide. we need more, more heroes, more first responders, not less first responders. i know many states have different terms to help our mentally ill and we all pray for our mentally ill. we pray for them to recover. we all know someone or a family who's affected by someone suffering from mental illness. the baker act in florida allows law enforcement or medical professionals to confine a person involuntarily while they get examined and looked at but you have to have a reason. you have to be able to articulate that t

a look here at senator marco rubio, bill nelson and ted deutsche. rubio admit boos at town hall says young adults shouldn't be able to purchase guns. senator marco rubio walked into an arena, alumni and parents on wednesday, most of them in no mood to consider arguments from the florida republican one week after the nation's deadliest high school shooting. but even though rubio was booed and jeered by the crowd at times, the politician who enjoyed the support of the national rifle association since ntering elected office in -- a look at some of the hero newspapers across the country, the front page of the "wall street journal" this morning. the picture, anyway, is leading the wal-mart. a solemn white house gathering on school gun violence and a picture of the president and some of the students and parents that surrounded him. we'll also show you "the washington post" front page this morning from "the washington post." they're looking at both the gathering yesterday in tallahassee with the students meeting with educators and rallying at the capital i

ted cruz who served as chief strategist on his 2016 presidential campaign. emily and john allen are still with us. jason, you must heard the conversation with congressman deutsch. what realistically do you think could pass congress right now that could feasibly theoretically prevent something like what happened in parkland from happening again? >> i'm not sure the congressman mentioned a piece of legislation he introduced recently. i believe it was the safe schools act. right. my guess is something along those lines would are bipartisan support. if you go back to 2013, the last major gun control debate we saw in the aftermath of sandy hook, senator grassley and senator cruz had as a part of their amendment to that overall legislation $300 million over ten years that would have been dedicated specifically to making schools around the country more secure. >> do you believe, jason, he want to let you know, senator bill nelson is down in florida. we expect him to do something shortly here. if i interrupt you, my apologies in advance. i want to ask about this conversation we're having. you talk about something that needs bipartisan support and things proposed alrea