he told me last night there are elements of the toomey-manchin bill and elements of the cornyn-murphy bill he is support i have at this of. he made that very clear. that shows bipartisan impulses. >> steve: right. >> he is very respectful of the second amendment and law-abiding citizens who own and possess their firearms in a peaceful way. they have their rights and he knows that. steve: kellyanne, the nra said after the meeting, well the meeting was great tv, the gun control proposals discussed would make bad policy that would not keep our children safe. you can see the people around that table coming together but how does the nra fit into this equation? because it seems like the american people really want to get something done this time and the nra has to be at the table as well? >> they were at the table. they were at the table, private table with the president over the weekend. he made that very clear to the governors. said it including to fox news on monday when he met with the governors he had lunch, shared a meal with the executive members, three of them from the nra or so. th

senator toomey: right. the second part has a provision that would require background checks on all commercial sales. see, one of the big gaps in our background check system today is sales at gun shows and sales over the internet are not necessarily subject to a background check, and we think they should be. these are, essentially, commercial in nature, and they're on the scale that really matters. so our bill would require those background checks. we also have a number of provisions, which we'll -- president trump: do you have support for that? senator toomey: for? president trump: do you have bipartisan support for what you're saying? senator toomey: we had 54 votes in 2013. and most of those 54 voters are still in the senate. president trump: and you didn't have a lot of presidential backup? senator toomey: president obama did support it. but -- president trump: but that was your problem. senator toomey: but there was a worry that he wanted to go further, frankly, and that was a concern for some of our gu

listen, pat toomey sincerely tried with joe man-- >> manchin. >> manchin. he tried sincerely.did not succeed once. he'll try again, but it was sincere and it would've been impactful in some way. the problem is, monica, we are stuck at zero-sum games where we're either going to wind up... arguing for the confiscation of not just a class of weapons but even more than people think or on the other hand we just keep on not doing anything. >> i disagree. it's not a zero-sum game. we're not -- >> it has been! >> we're not asking for the guns to be removed and the 2nd amendment to be reversed. we're just talking about common sense gun legislation. we're not taking the cars away. people can still drive, but you still have to go get a license. you have to make sure you have insurance. and you're responsible if you kill somebody with your car. get your car inspected. some common sense gun measures. if we can't get that -- that's not a zero-sum one or the other. it's right in the middle. we need to treat guns like we treat our cars. >> and, for the record, senator toomey says he has not r

president, why don't you retract what you said to senator toomey? why don't you admit that he had more courage than you? why don't you say that you're afraid of the n.r.a. because that's what's really going on here? and no one is going to be taken by the tv camera with nice words and back off on everything and, of course, the plan was released on sunday night. they thought hopefully it would get no news coverage, but it is in the news. unfortunately too many republicans here on the hill, not toomey, too many republicans here on the hill are in the same boat as president trump. they want to appear as though they are doing something for gun safety but are only willing to support the smallest policies that the n.r.a. gives a green light to. they say, okay, let's do these small things first. maybe we'll do more later. we all know the game here. everyone sees what's going on. my friends on the other side don't dare support anything that the n.r.a. poses even though the vast majority of americans want them to. so our republican friends hope we'll pass som

keep your eye on toomey manchin,. ainsley: the bipartisan bill.nator lindsey graham said listen i know the president said a lot. i need to see it in paper. he said, mr. president, you put it down and then i will tell you where we stand. ainsley: background checks also need to apply if you buy a gun at a gun show and buy a gun online. some of the lawmakers are saying those are the loopholes that need to be patched up. steve: steve scalise was there and steve scalise started to talk about his bill in the house carry conceal carry reciprocity. president said steve i love you if you attach that to a bill it's not going to pass. so go ahead and make that a stand alone bill. so clearly the president is trying to say things that people have not heard from 1600 pennsylvania before. he want to get something done. he wants to make sure this time it's different. brian: joe manchin said to neil cavuto if this president was 2013 we would have passed this. that's a democrat. meanwhile, six minutes after the top of the hour u. ainsley: meanwhile the doj is looki

and toomey -- i don't remember the exact words. toomey had a pretty good comeback. it will go on the books as president attacking republican senator, but i think it was something the world won't remember. >> laura: ron, congressman, on the issue of this meeting at the white house, twitter blew up, social media blew up, people watching this didn't know what the president was advocating, and at one point, dianne feinstein said, what are we going to do about these weapons of war, and he basically seemed to say, well, we should look at that too, and then it may be either an all-out pan -- it was difficult to follow. she seemed to be rubbing her hands together and saying, oh, goody. maybe this was all a show. i know you and i are big fans of the president, but this was a wild thing. it was not cool for a lot of people. >> when i think of the overall debate, not just that meeting, but since this has happened, you have an instance in which the authorities had dozens of calls and visits to this shooter's home. people in the school knew that this was somebody who had serious

the toomey bill he has not fully gotten on board with. they are still kind of working out some of the final pieces of that legislation. until it gets into its final stage, we're not going to weigh in. but we're continuing to closely watch that. and engage with a number of members of congress to help improve the system. some of the things that he would like to see improving on how the background snl works. largely done through senator cornyn's bill and that's one of the big reasons he supports that again, he is looking for ways that we can improve the mental health system. so that we can take guns away from people that shouldn't have them. these are all the types of things that he is looking for and hope are reflected in legislation that congress puts forward. ainsley: mainstream media is saying white house is in chaos. hope hicks left the white house. left the administration. there are rumors now that general mcmaster might be on his way out. what's the truth here? >> look, general mcmaster is not going anywhere. as the president said yes

toomey has not received any money from the nra since 2010. life from the news center, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". new back inside to you. >>> high school teacher in georgia faces serious charge these morning. five three-year old randall davidson a social studies teachers fired a shot in his classroom yesterday no students were in the room at the time but incident set off panic inside of the school. >> when the principal put a key in the door to try to unlock the classroom, mr. davidson fired a shot from a handgun, through an exterior window of the classroom. it did not appear it was aimed at anybody. >> unaudible. >> police reacted quickly to helped students' vac wait the school, he was arrested without further incident. >>> in business news this morning what is powering a surge in weight watchers customers. >> also a peak inside oscar swag bag, and a look at the markets on march 1st. money watch's dianne king hall joins us from the stock exchange. good morning. >> reporter: wall street happy to usual inner march after war month

senator toomey was on the show earlier.ere are some republicans that have voted for and it going to add to their numbers. it's so simple. simply closes the loophole for gun sales and it also closes the loophole that you see when you have online sales. so it is the -- gun shows and the online. >> yes. gun shows and online. and willie, you look at the story out of dalton georgia. a town i know very well. atlanta constitution reporting this morning that the coach, the teacher, tried to confess to a murder before and had several other incidents that should have tipped off authorities and also should have been part of possibly part of the background check that would have stopped him from being able to purchase weapons. >> one of the things i thought was good that was talked about was these extreme risk orders. i know they are working on this to create incentives for those. you could actually get that kind of information if families reported to law enforcement. you could get that into a background check. when the president said -

well, toomey is not afraid of the n.r.a. he's taken them on. it's president trump who is afraid of the n.r.a. he's afraid to do anything that doesn't meet their approval. we all know what this fix nics bill is about. it's tiny, but it's okay with the n.r.a., so my good friend from texas is happy to come on the floor and talk about it. when is he going to come on the floor and say something that we really need that the n.r.a. doesn't support? we're all waiting, not just for him but for our republican colleagues. we all know the game going on here. make it seem like you want to do something, but don't offend the n.r.a., which is way to the extreme when you look at where americans are at on this issue. after watching the same sequence of events take place on guns, on immigration, no one should be surprised when president trump initially talks about bipartisanship but ends up caving to hard-right special interests. no one should be afraid that the republican leadership here in the senate when it comes to guns does the same exact thing. in this case

that was the mansion toomey bill. want to show you why the politics of this end up a little bit messier than that suggests. they tried this in 2013 and it failed. in 2013 a couple things were going on. number one, it polled at 92%, basically the same. so 92% in 2013 said they wanted universal background checks. there was the tragic shooting at sandy hook a few months before that. if there was a time for that to happen in congress, this was going to be it. the polling was there. there was that bipartisan mansion toomey bill. look, it failed on the floor. but more than that, think about the political lessons. every one of these was a senator who voted against those background checks that 92% of the people supported in polls. they all voted against it and they were all up for re-election the next year. every single one of them won re-election. that vote, voting against the thing that 92% supported, did not hurt a single one of them. two democrats also voted against it from red states. they did lose. but you got to rememb

and we'll get 60 votes that looks like the manchin-toomey compromise, mr. president, you support, if you come to congress and go to republicans and say we're going to do a manchi manchi manchin toomey-like bill with no future compromise-- i think we have a unique opportunity to have background checks, make sure that nobody buys a gun in the country that's a criminal, seriously ill. but it's you to have to bring it to the table because right now the gun lobby would stop it in its tracks. >> i like that responsibility, chris, it's time a president should step up, i'm talking democrat and republican presidents have not stepped up and maybe before i call on marco i'd like to have pat toomey and joe manchin-- i haven't heard a lot about it, actually. >> thank you very much. absolutely, mr. president. and i do think our bill is the best chance of moving forward. we got 54 votes in 2013, the most that any bill in this space got. it has several components. the first title is the title that is very similar to what john cornyn and murphy's bill does. it's information

were both part and attend the meeting earlier why this week and the president spoke with senator toomey today, but has not seen that final legislation as discussions are still ongoing and so i can't say, you know, where we fall in position on that piece of legislation at this point, but he is continuing to have conversations and is going to continue to be engaged with members of congress across the board. francesca? >> sarah, attorney general jeff sessions was to be at the white house today for the opioid summit. did the president have an opportunity to speak to him while he was here? >> not that i'm aware of. >> moving on to gun violence prevention. the president said yesterday that he would sign a bill and then he said and i will call whoever you want me if i like what you're doing. if senators, if the house, if congress passes a bill that does deal with school safety, gun violence, is the president committed to sign whatever they pass? >> the president's not going to unilaterally say without seeing that piece of legislation, but he does want congress to come together and put forth le

ask senator toomey what tax reform is doing in pennsylvania. he stopped by new hudson facades, a manufacturer in lynnwood, tax reform earn abled them to in -- enabled them to increase pay by 5% and they are contributing to the 401(k). how about out in montana. the senator there went to pacific steel in great falls where sales are up 25%. sales are up 25% since tax reform passed. in west virginia, senator capito joined a roundtable at a hunting ton chamber of commerce where she heard about increased optimism. in nevada, 90% of the business owners that senator heller spoke with say they plan to increase benefits, hire more workers, or invest in their operations. now, mr. president, it's a shame our democratic colleagues still haven't been able to extract themselves from their lockstep opposition to this historic law. if they had gotten their way, none of this good news would have happened. none of it. only one of the senators from pennsylvania voted for the law that is allowing that lynnwood manufacturer to expand, only one senator from ohio vote

president trump and myself and pat toomey.hat being said we do believe in gun sense that averages 80%, 90% of the people believe that you should know who that person is, before you have a transaction. and commercial transactions is where we have to start. so, that is the base bill that we talked about. we had a great meeting on wednesday. chris said the nra had a great meeting on thursday. we both had great meetings. let's find out where it is. you got to do something. >> senator, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is not introducing gun legislation this week. do you have any idea if he's ever -- >> if the president comes forward and says this is what i want done, this is what i'm going to support and i will give you the cover you need, okay -- >> it's up to president trump. >> it's up to president trump, truly. he can be the first president and that can be a legacy for him to do something that takes the commercial transaction of a gun, when the internet and the terrorists and criminals can go anywhere they want under any

. >> that was pat toomey and an echo of skrjohn cornyn there. but i'm told that the white house fielded some pretty irritated calls from members of congress on the republican side who are going what just happened. >> reporter: i can't imagine why. no, look, this is the president scrambled this gun debate. and quite frankly, he is not where they are used to being. they are used to tracking very closely what the national rifle association is willing to assume support or not support and never been reluctant to cross them. and the president clearly made a decision yesterday that he was going to at least present himself in opposition to a congress that he accused of being in the nra's pocket. so everyone appears trying to sort through -- think you've heard a lot of lawmakers use the phrase, well, i think the president meant x. and that is a pretty familiar dance that we've now been doing on capitol hill on a wivariety issues, this one the most emotional, the most controversial and the one where the president was pretty specific on his policy proposal

republican senator pat toomey of pennsylvania, democratic senator chris coons of delaware introduced the denial notification affect the bill requires federal authorities to notify state law enforcement when a felon or fugitive attempt to buy a firearm but fails the national instant criminal background check system. >> it's not rocket science to think that maybe we ought to be a little concerned about this person. maybe state law enforcement officials ought to know this. >> it's a way to make sure that fewer people who should not have weapons are able to get them. >> coons and toomey say the legislation is a common sense way to keep weapons from those who shouldn't have them while ensuring second amendment rights. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight, nearly two dozen residents are receiving much needed repairs to make their homes more efficient. >>> plus, the offers are coming in for nick foles. what will the eagles do? ducis rodgers with an update. cecily. >> tracking a developing winter storm. we have winter storm watches posted for our region. they extend all the way up through

when pat toomey said we'll look into that.esident was going to suggest raising the age to 21. she said these are some of the things on the table right now where we start. obviously she thinks, betsy devos thinks that perhaps the cornyn-murphy bill has a better chance passing the senate which is a higher bar. ainsley: that is the background check bill. steve: can actually get done. would tighten up the background check. ultimately they're trying to harden the schools which is good idea. ainsley: president working on that and working on safety on the border. he will go to california to look at prototypes on the border. he will be at a fund-raiser, $250 a plate in beverly hills. brian: 250,000. ainsley: 250,000. steve: do you get to keep the plate? for quarter of a million dollars, do you get to keep the plate. ainsley: china with gold etching and mon gram on it. brian: when he goes to the border looking at single prototype or anointing one like "american idol?" he will look at pluses and minuses. that is disappointing, i thought

, senator toomey proposed expanding background checks. >> it doesn't make sense to have wait until 21 to get a handgun but get this weapon at 18. i don't know. i'm just curious as to what you did in your bill. >> we didn't address it, mr. president. >> you know why because you air frayed of the nra. >> my reservation about it is vast majority of the 18, 19, 20 years old in pennsylvania, who have, a rifle or a shotgun they are not afraid of anyone they are law abiding citizens. >> president trump suggested arming teach tours prevent school shootings, we will have much more in a live report at 5:30. >>> retailers are changing the way they sell guns, dick's sporting goods and wal-mart announced they are raising the age required to purchase firearms to 21. dick's is also ending the sale of assault style weapons at field and stream stores and will no longer sell large capacity magazines. >>> well, jurors will continue deliberating fate of allentown married he had pawlowski, case went to the jury yesterday morning, the demies facing charges including fraud, bribe ry, attempted extortion and

. >>> and pat toomey is hitting back at president trump after the president accused toomey of being afraid of the national rifle association. he made the comment at a meeting at the white house when toomey mentioned a bill that introduced that would have strength ened background checks. >> i'm the republican that stood up to the nra. i'm the guy that wrote the bill to expand background checks for gun shows and internet. and i was the guy that stood up and it's funny that the president doesn't know that history. >> and is skeptical about raising the age limit to sell guns. >>> and vladimir putin boasted about the country's high tech and expanded nuclear arsenal. putin said that russia added a nuclear power cruise missile and nuclear capable under water high speed drone. and it was out of the frustration of being ignored by the united states. and added quote, you listen to us now. >>> federal authorities in philadelphia seized a batch of fake designer watches, u.s. customs and border patrol officers intercepted the ship from hong kong to a philadelphia address. it was full of counterfeit wat

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the president had a brief testy exchange with pennsylvania senator pat toomey, senator toomey has proposed expanding background checks. >> it doesn't make sense, turf wait until i'm 21 to get a handgun but i can get this weapon at 18. i don't know. i was just curious is too what you did in your bill. >> we didn't address it, mr. president. >> you know why because you air frayed of the nra. >> my reservation bit frankly is vast majority of the 18, 19 , 20 years old in pennsylvania, who have a rifle or shotgun are in the a threat to anyone they are ala abiding citizens. >> president trump suggested arming teach tours prevent school shootings. retailers are changing their policies now on gun sales, dick's sporting goods and wal-mart have announced they are raising the age required to purchase firearms, to 21. dick's is also ending sale of the assault style weapons at its field and stream stores and it will no longer sell large capacity magazines. >>> white house communications director hope hicks is stepping down from her job. she made at nuns. yesterday. cbs news reports she was a puddle of

senator toomey is off camera. >> it doesn't make sense i have to wait until i'm 21 to get a handgun butweapon at 18. i don't know. i'm just curious what did you in your bill. >> we didn't address it mr. president. >> because you're afraid of the nra. >> no, no. in all fairness -- >> the white house is expected to reveal more on the president's plans for school safety this week. >>> in the wake of the florida school shooting two major retailers are changing things up when it comes to gun sales. dick's sporting goods says it's no longer going to sell high-powered rifles like the ar-15 and will no longer sell any firearm to anyone younger than 21. walmart says it also will not sell firearms or ammunition to anyone under the age of 21. walmart stopped selling high powered rifles like the ar-15 in 2015. >>> do you perhaps have guns that you no longer want? well, on friday, the city of philadelphia is buying back guns you don't need id, no questions asked. our joyce evans has the details. >> i was watching tv every night, you know, i see what's happening. >> reporter: it's not all on tv and i

i'm the guy that stood up to the nra. >> toomey also said they're going to keep pushing their plan.hey don't know what the plan is that the president will support. we're going to be looking at senator marco rubio who is going to be unleashing his plan later today. john? >> suzanne malveaux on capitol hill. joining me now, cnn senior political analyst david gergen and ron brownstein and cnn's amy parens. i want to come back to the stories we're talking about today. amy, we reported on jared kushner, the stories about his finances, the meetings he took, the big loans his business got on the heels of his spokesman leaving into begs the big question here, jared, ivanka, staying, going? closer to going today more today than yesterday? >> i think he is definitely. people in the west wing i have spoken to have said as much, they don't trust him. they think this is increasingly problematic as these stories happen. it's just interesting to see the distrust there, the fact that john kelly doesn't really trust him and he has his own faction and kushner has his own faction or maybe he's a team

president trump had a brief testy exchange with pennsylvania senator pat toomey, senator toomey proposed expanding background checks. >> it doesn't make sense, pat, turf wait until i'm 21 to get a hand gun and get this weapon at 18. i am just curious as to what did you in the bill. >> we didn't address it, mr. president. >> you know why because you air frayed of the nra. >> my reservation about it is the vast majority of the 18, 19, 20 years olds in pennsylvania, who have, a rifle or a shotgun they are not bad they are law abiding citizens. >> president trump suggested arming teach toes prevent school shootings. >>> retailers are changing their policy, dick's sporting goods and wal-mart both announced they are raising their age required to purchase firearms to 21. dick's is also ending sale of the assault style weapons at its field and stream stores and it will no longer sell large capacity magazines. >>> with flowers in hand students return to marjory stoneman douglas high school in florida. classes resume yesterday for first time since the deadly shooting on valentines day. 150 grief c

. >> that was in manchin toomey, isn't it? >> he is not supporting manchin toomey. >> the irony is he sat there at the table while he berated manchin and toomey for essentially being in the pocket of the nra, but he is not supporting their legislation that even rise to that level. >> exactly there was a lot of bold talk. and you're right. we've seen total retreat, total retreat. >> okay. i want to ask you a broader question about this. i guess the question is i watched that meeting, and i thought to myself, none of this means anything. i've wamped this happen four times. are you going to do another one of these meetings? what does the president's word count for? what does it mean? >> i think there are two things. on guns, i'll tell you where i'm going go, because i represent newtown. if there is even a tiny chance. >> you still feel that way? >> if is there a tiny chance that he flip-flops back into doing something, i've got to fight for the people i represent. and for the people in america who have been waiting five years for

a lot of people are talking about it a lot of people are afraid of that issue. >> jon: pat toomey saysave never taken any money from the nra and not particularly afraid of them. >> i think what the president made was a very important distinction. specifically talking about hand guns versus semiautomatic weapons which were used in this crime. so i think that that's a very important distinction that woul we have to think about from a common sense perspective. that's what i find so refreshing about the president. i know myself and some other conservatives we don't know what we are going to get when he won the nomination. we thought maybe he wouldn't be conservative enough. but there is a difference between, you know, understanding the second amendment is inherent and it is embedded directly into our heritage as a country that was able to throw o off the evil british empire because we were armed. this is something that we cannot take away. the bigger problem here again is the issue around who is getting access to the guns illegally. same thing with the university of chicago -- only 3% of g

we had tom coburn, pat toomey. we made it a bipartisan bill.veryone brought their concerns to the table. we worked through that. and the thing that happened in 2013, when we only had 54 votes, we needed 60, was that at that time, with president obama, there was not -- rural west virginia would not believe president obama would protect their second amendment rights coming from a nongun culture that he came from. so they were reluctant to say hey, we like your bill, we think it does the right thing. it has gun sense to it. doesn't infringe on my second amendment rights. we like your bill. we're just afraid if it's passed that president obama will take more liberties and take more things away. there's not a person in west virginia that believes that president trump will not protect -- he will protect their second amendment rights, he will not take anything away. so we have an unusual, a unique opportunity to truly get meaningful change. >> that's very interesting. because i'm not part of gun culture. so we look at this, or i see this and it seems

toomey: thank you, mr. president. i want to address two issues today, one briefly, the issue of guns. many of our democratic colleagues have come down to speak of and then i want to speak about the financial services regulatory reform bill we'll be voting on later today. first, on the former topic, mr. president. a number of our democratic colleagues have been down here and we've heard passion and concern about the victims of gun violence in our country. i certainly understand and respect their passion. i spent a lot of time of working to try to find sensible measures that will help address this in ways that do not infringe on the second-amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. and it does feel like we're at a somewhat different moment here, and so i hope we can choose to get something done -- something constructive and stop talking past each other and find common ground. i would suggest four steps that ought to be able to find a reasonable consensus in the senate, ought to be able to get to 60 votes, and would at le

if manchin toomey can get 60 votes and closes the loophole, the gun show internet that would be great and we want to get something passed but we don't want to get something passed just to say we pass something. has to do something real to create and safety and the manchin to me bill does that. >> if you get a lot of what you want but not everything do you tell your members and a lot of your eyes that good is better than nothing? >> yes. i never let the purpose be the enemy of the good. this is what we think should be done. this is the right thing to do and the three things that i've talked about here but if we can get a good portion of it, not all of it, fine. >> have you spoken with leader mcconnell? >> not yet. i sat on the floor we ought to have votes on this. we haven't heard much from our republican friends. right now they can't get the small things on the floor because they have oppositions from their own caucus. if the president works in leading the senate we can get this done because democrats will supply most of the votes. not all because they can't do it on their own. >> the

where we are in this debate is that the president talked about starting this debate by using the toomey/manchin bill, starting with the background check bill. that gun violence restraining order is one piece but we have to make sure as your intro showed that everyone who buys a gun has a background check, whether you buy it at a gun store, a gun show, online. that's what the legislation would do. the president supported that. we need to now make sure that he sticks with it and pushes to make sure that's where we go. >> that's what everybody is wondering, right, because after the immigration meeting that seemed so productive, all of a sudden that derailed and we didn't get an immigration bill. but that was strange. yesterday's meeting was strange, with the president pushing back on some republicans seeming to embrace some of the concepts that democrats are putting forward and speaking about a larger, more comprehensive bill than the toomey/manchin bill. what do you think happens, representative? you think something can actually come out of that that's positive, the toomey/manchin bill co

next week i hope to be joining a bipartisan group led by senators toomey and coons and the bill which will require the fbi to notify a state when when someone is not allowed to buy gun tries to buy a gun and fails a background check so they can be investigated and prosecuted. in addition would have will present a new law that provides prosecutors to go after straw purchasers which is where someone goes and buys a gun on behalf of someoneon else and tht someone else did not pass a background check. there some additional reforms that i'm open to. the possibility of looking at the age limit on automatic rifles and the notion of looking at what should be done with high-capacity magazines. we will continue to explore those. these reforms not enjoy the widespread support in congress that the other measures i've announced due in order to successfully pass they will have to pass an way to contribute to greater public safety but also do not unnecessarily or unfairly in french on the 2nd amendment rights of all lie at -- lot of fighting people to protect their families hunt or recreational shoo

next week i will be joining a bipartisan group led by senators toomey and senator through it will require the fbi to notify safe when someone who's not allowed to buy gun tries to buy guns and feels the background check so they can be investigated so they can be prosecuted. inin addition we would be that setting a new law to go after straw purchasing which is where someone goes and buys a gun on behalf of someone else because that someone else cannot pass the background check. there are some additional reforms that i am open to and the possibility of looking at the age laments on semi automatic d rentals the motion f looking at what can be done with high-capacity magazines and continue to explore and look at those in these forms do not enjoy the sort of widespread support in congress that the other measures i've announced do and in order to successfully pass these ideas they will have to crafted in a way that actually contribute to greater public safety but also do not unnecessarily or unfairly infringe on the second amendment on all law-abiding adults to protect their families and to par

the president also spoke with senator toomey. discussions are ongoing. i can't say where we fall into position on that piece of legislation at this point. he is continuing to have conversations and will continue to be engaged with members of congress across the board. attorney general jeff sessions was due to be at the white house today. the president have an opportunity the president have n opportunity to talk with them? sarah: not that i'm aware of. >> the president said yesterday that he would sign a bill and then you said if the house in congress have a bill that does deal with safety and gun violence come is the president committed to sign in whatever they passed? sarah: the president is not going to unilaterally say without seeing that piece of legislation. he does want congress to come together and put forward a piece of legislation that addresses the safety in a schools and gun violence specifically. he laid out a number of things he would like to see in that. we are hoping that congress will continue working with us and put a strong piece of leg

coming up what is realistic and what senator toomey told me will not pass. >> all back to that. thanks. >>> prime minister netanyahu visited president trump at the white house today. both men praised the pending move of america's embassy from televiv to jerusalem, president trump calling the decision a campaign promise kept opposed to previous presidents. netanyahu said the decision will be remembered by the israelis throughout the ages. >> many presidents were discussing whether to make that decision and promised it in their campaigns and were never able to do what they should have done. i was able to do it. >> mr. president, this will be remembered by our people throughout the ages. as you just said, others talked about it. you did it. >> mr. trump's decision to relocate the embassy has been heavily credit sized, however -- criticized, however, by other arab and palestinian leaders. >> protesting for a clean dream act for legislation that would protect immigrants brought to the united states illegally as children but now work or go to school. protesters say congress had six mo

happening today pat toomey a delaware senator kiss -- chris kunes will hold nics denial notification act state law enforcement will be alerted when people try to buy a gun and background checks are denied. >>> now let's go to the other breaking story this morning a firefighter was injured while battling a house fire in bucks county. crews arrived this morning to find heavy flames at the soks is on henry avenue in feasterville. good morning bob. >>tart with the good wit here,he the conscious going to st. mary's hospital. he has to be evaluated at this point, he doesn't think it's too riou he rover from point. thestarted according to fire marshals around 2:00 a.m. the firefighter fell through the floor into the basement of the home. they were pulled out, there was a may day call, they were rushed to the hospital. according to the fire marshal the firefighter awake and conscious while leaving the scene. no word on a cause no word on where the fire may have started. things are getting wrapped up here. since we've here some of the fire trucks have left the scene. that's good news. investi

. >> directly challenging pat toomey, a republican senator. that position was reemphasized again and again from sarah sanders. what happened? >> we moved from controlling guns to arming teachers. that says it all. the nra is winning. the momentum from the students is fading. president trump was not serious in that moment. it is like immigration. we have televised moment where is he says i will reform things. when things settle, it goes status quo. >> he is not a details guy. it seems he is involved in the big issues, but when he leaves the details, it goes back to the nra talking points. >> almost always. the only exception is the tax cuts. go he got into the details ander cared. in this case, that is true. that is interesting. it gives the nra a lot of room to shape the legislation. >> arming teachers has various levels of discuss. ohio, colorado, various districts have tried that. >> in some polices, insurance company -- in some places, insurance companies said we cannot insure your school our too mu teachers. >> a lot of study goes into thi

elements mercy that he sports he likes fix nics the idea preptsdz five years ago by senators manchin toomey after the tragedy in if sandy hook newtown, connecticut never got passed last administration at least this president is holding forth for everyone to see, in a session this is what leaders do so that everybody can see how the conversations unfolding with their members of united states senate, right in front of them he did it on immigration on taxation number of issues, health care certainly and now doing school safety remember the point here, maria is school safety, you anybody came to white house yesterday thinks cigarettes about gun grabbing gun control mistaken they know it president says gun g small educators willing to do its gun adept governor scott talking bulletproof glass stronger locks metal detectors we heard single pointed entry in schools many options on the table this congress, better act, not overreact. >> look, the president did very good job at listening session i almost feel like yesterday he was trying so hard to appear that he is willing he is going to be in the mi

calling for background checks and raising the age to buy assault style weapons, and seemed to scold pat toomey whose background checks after sandy hook excluded the age issue. >> it doesn't make sense that i can't get a handgun but i can get an assault bill. >> we didn't address it. because you are afraid of the nra. trump said when it comes to someone identified as a threat, trump would take his guns first and then go to court. take the guns first, go through due process second. >> new at 11:00, america's biggest retailor is changing its policy on guns ammunition. wal-mart will no longer sell to anyone under the age of 21. it stopped selling assault style rifles in 2014 after the charleston church shooting. they'll pull toys and assault style guns from its website. dick's sporting goods announced they'll cut gun sales to anyone under 21 and stop selling assault rifles at its field and stream stores. they stopped selling them in the main stores after sandy hook. they urged lawmakers to pass gun reform measures. >> the governor tonight is calling for representative micarelli to resign. two wome

republican senator pat toomey and chris coons are sponsoring the bill. alerting state law enforcement when someone who isn't allowed to buy a gun isn't allowed to buy one. >> to demonstrate you can make progress, can make common ground. >> will make sure that state and local law enforcement gets notification. >> the bill is sponsored by both u.s. state senators, a republican and a democrat. >>> former trump campaign aide is refusing to appear before a grand jury in the russia investigation. even challenging authorities to arrest him over the matter. sam nunberg says he won't show up for scheduled. he is the first former trump advise or to make such a claim. he was fired in 2015. >>> a teenager is charged with killing a gas station attend ant. happened in lawrence township. surveillance video helped police track down reid today. >>> stabbing and punches thrown. part of the chaos at a local chuck e. cheese. >> this was the scene around din time last night in deptford township. an argument turned into a stabbing. all of this started over a pack of cigarette

you get his criticism of senator toomey. i disagree with what he said about senator toomey.hat makes this issue so hard, it's one of the flashpoints in a cultural civic breaking apart. that really does risk tearing our country. one half, probably less than one half that doesn't understand why somebody would want to have a gun. why would someone want to use a gun. then you have another part of the country that looks at it as every opportunity. they tried to take away the rights of law-abiding citizens. until we can get to a point where different parts of the country want to talk to each other. want to understand each other can start finding policies that will actually make a difference, we're never going to be able to have a country - - >>chris: but - - to respond to that by bashing the nra. >> don't think that's the answer. he's trying to get to policies that will get something done. in an area that is as big a flashpoint in the civic breaking apart. one of the real threats to our democracy and that needs to be addressed. >>chris: in his session with the members of congress,

>> when the manchin toomey background check came to the floor, that was a moment of grappling.ven't seen a republican president being willing the take on the nra in quite this way that i can recall. >> shepard: i want to play what the president said about due process. listen. i thought we had that. essentially what he saids, they were talking about when you get people and he was talking about the mental condition of the shooting. he said take the guns away first around then have due process. so you can't do that. i wonder from your reporting, has there been any clarification of that? >> you know what? i have seen on the hill is a discomfort from republicans around that statement. i'm not sure what the white house has been saying recently. that part of what he was saying does not seem peculiarly -- >> constitutional. >> yeah. a lot of concerns from republicans over what he said. >> shepard: they've been asking him, mr. president, what will you support. was yesterday's brain storming message here's what i support? it sounded like it. >> i think that there's two camps on this. one

toomey: we didn't address it mr. president.trump: you know what? because you're afraid of the nra. the age on gun purchases will be one of a range of issues studied by a new federal school safety commission chaired by education secretary betsy devos. lesley stahl: do you feel a sense of urgency? betsy devos: yes.lesley stahl: 'cause this sounds like talking. instead of acting. there is a sense of urgency indeed.but on president trump mocked the concept of these types of solve problems like the opioid epidemic. trump: we can't just keep setting up blue-ribbon committees. they, talk, talk, talk. two hours later, then they write a report. the white house's proposal includes providing "rigorous" firearms training for "specially qualified" school personnel on a voluntary basis. devos: this is one solution that can and should be considered. but no one size fits all. every state and every community is going to address this issue in a the also supports ... -transitioning veterans and retired law enforcement to work in schools-adopting measures to allow law to remove firearms from threateni

supporting is not even the toomey bill proposed at that table. it is the much milder. how do you see it? what happened? >> well, the president is all over the place. and i think this stupid debate about arming teachers, that's where the president wants us to be. while everyone is screwing around with commissions and it isn't going anywhere, three women were taken hostage, shot and killed in a facility in california. and yet no one talked about that. and that's just crying out for the red flag system where people can identify that someone who will be a threat can give will them what they need. we talk about why social media is bad. my goodness. people are crying out for help and it can be informed up. i don't love the idea of a commission. but could it deserve a commission. the president should go on a listening tour and say how can we get femapeople the help they need. the school shooting that happened. there were flams place that prevented teachers from mention individual. we should be talking about that instead of, h -- >> they said president s