rifle association originated the national instant check system. it was our bill. no one on the prohibited persons list should ever have access to a firearm, no killer, no felon, no drug dealer. [applause] mr. lapierre: and anyone who is mentally incompetent or dangerous to society should be added to the check system and prevented from getting their hands on a gun. [applause] mr. lapierre: but watch what i released three years ago, and the media machine all over the country, they so callously and completely ignored it. watch this. [video clip] mr. lapierre: here is what the released three years ago, and media will not tell you. the nra has fought for 20 years to put the records of those mentally incompetent into the check system, and until the politicians demand they are submitted, killers who are prohibited from owning firearms will walk into gun stores and pass every background check they take. so if they really wanted to make a difference, the media would lead every newscast with a reminder that the names of millions of a violent felons, crimina

the national rifle association is dead set against that. many believe the president does seem to be backing off a little bit from it now and it emerged he had a meeting with the national rifle association on sunday and there is some speculation they may be managed to change the president's mind a little bit on that. the press briefing at the white house today suggested the president hadn't changed his mind and this was simply a matter of debate that was continuing. that would be what some people are describing as the easy options. they aren't the big decisions, the big changes some people want to see in terms of the semiautomatic rifles and the availability to people on the streets. those are the key decisions that will be more difficult to make because the national rifles association is dead set on any key changes, changes that they say would challenge the second amendment and people say, that is going to be a tough fight and perhaps it would be easy to go for those more simple options like raising the age at which you can get a gun at thi

the national rifle association is against that. the president does seem to be backing of a little bit from it now backing off a little bit from it now and it emerged he had a meeting with the national rifle association on sunday and there is some speculation that maybe they manage to change the president's mind a little bit on that. the press briefing in the white house today, the suggestion was the president hadn't changed his mind and this was simply a matter of debate that was continuing. that would be, as well as the bump stock issue, that is described as the easy options, not the big decisions, the big changes some people want to see in terms of the semiautomatic rifles and the availability to people on the streets. those are the key decisions that are going to be even more difficult to make because the national rifle association is dead set on any key changes, changes they say would challenge the second amendment and people say, that will be a tough fight and perhaps it will be easyjust to go for those simpler options like ra

and no—one fights for gun rights like the national rifle association. today, in a rare public appearance, the leader of the nra spoke out, and he was in no mood for compromise. lean in, listen to me now, and never forget these words. to stop a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy with a gun. applause thank you very much. in other words, what america needs is more guns, not fewer. the president is being pulled in one direction by the nra, another by the students. if past form as a guide, there will only be one winner — and it won't be the students. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. justin forsyth, a prominent figure in the world of international aid, has resigned as deputy executive director of the charity unicef. mr forsyth had apologised after allegations of inappropriate conduct surfaced while in his previous job at the charity, save the children. however he insisted his decision to resign is not because of his past mistakes. haiti has suspended oxfam's operations in the country for two months, while it investigates allegations of sexual misconduc

rifle association. and they include some of the most familiar corporate names. the car rental companies hertz and enterprise, which also owns alamo international. they‘re ending discounts offered to members of the gun lobby group from next month. met life insurance and the software company symantec are taking similar action. there has been no word in response from the nra. it is unclear whether these actions will hurt an organisation that boasts 5 million members. during the week its chief executive hit out at the protesters. their goal is to eliminate the second amendment and our firearms freedoms. so they can eradicate all individual freedoms. donald trump says he is open to new ideas but the one he seems to like best is giving guns to teachers. it‘s concealed. so this crazy man who walked in wouldn‘t even know who it is that has it. that‘s good. that‘s not bad, that‘s good. and a teacher would have shot the hell out of him before he knew what happened. the debate over what to do next will

the national rifle association is against that. the president does seem to be backing of a little bit from it now and it emerged he had a meeting with the national rifle association on sunday and there is some speculation that maybe they manage to change the president's mind a little bit on that. the press briefing in the white house today, the suggestion was the president hadn't changed his mind and this was simplya hadn't changed his mind and this was simply a matter of debate that was continuing. that would be, as well as the bumps stock issue, that is described as the easy options, not the big decisions, the big changes some people want to see in terms of the semiautomatic rifles and the availability to people on the streets. those are the key decisions that are going to be even more difficult to make because the national rifle association is dead set on any key changes, changes they say would challenge the second amendment and people say, that will bea amendment and people say, that will be a tough fight and perhaps it will be

president donald trump has told the national rifle association that america needs to toughen up and some rules about some rules around gun control well he also called the legal part just saying aides to be raised and suggested that teachers be on the classroom our white house correspondent kimberly helped get us the story. arming teachers in the classroom is a controversy ally dhea being promoted by president donald trump to prevent school shootings if you harden the sights you're not going to have this problem because these guys who lack courage will never go into those schools he says he wants to encourage educators to become comfortable with a gun even offering bonuses for those with firearms skills i want my schools protected just like white banks are protected trump made the comments on thursday at another white house listening session following the shootings in parkland florida that left seventeen people dead most of them teenagers. since the school shooting fellow students have made their voices heard and brought pressure to bear on trump and other right of center politicians to t

rifle association. and they include some of the most familiar corporate names. the car rental companies hertz and enterprise, which also owns alamo and national. they're ending discounts offered to members of the gun lobby met life insurance and the software company symantec are taking similar action. there has been no word in response from the nra. it is unclear whether these actions will hurt an organisation that boasts 5 million members. their goal is to eliminate the second amendment so they can eradicate all individual freedoms. donald trump says he is open to new ideas but the one he seems to like best is giving guns to teachers. it's concealed. so this crazy man who walked in wouldn't even know who it is that has it. that's good. that's not bad, that's good. and a teacher would have shot the hell out of him before he knew what happened. the debate over what to do next will be highly charged and intensely political. a former senior adviser to donald trump has admitted charges of conspiracy and lyi

each and every member of the national rifle association mourns the loss of the innocent. and continues to keep their families and that community in our prayers. we share a goal of safe schools, safe neighborhoods, and a safe country. opportunist wasted not one second to exploit tragedy for political gain. sal linsky would have been proud. the bright back speed of calls for more gun control laws, and the breathless, national media eager to smear the nra. think about that. grief,midst of genuine in an understandable passion, as millions of americans searched for meaningful solutions, what do we find? chris murphy, nancy pelosi and more, cheered on by the national media, eager to blame the nra and call for even more government control. they hate the nra, they hate the second amendment, they hate individual freedom. in the rush of calls for more government, they have also revealed their true selves. the elites do not care one wick about america's school system and schoolchildren. if they truly care, what they would do is they would protect them. it is not a safety issue, it i

the idea is being backed by the head of america's national rifle association. but wayne lapierre also accused those calling for tougher gun laws of exploiting last week's shooting for political gain. 0ur north america editorjon sopel is at the white house. plenty of pressure from both sides over this. yes, if you are in britain and hearing the idea teachers could be harmed you would think that most crazy idea you've ever heard but donald trump said if the potential sicko shooter knows a school has a large number of very weapons talented teachers and others who will be instantly shooting, the sicko will never attacked the school. that has received strong support from the national rifle association and it's been a debate going on in the us for some time but of course probably horrifies the young students protesting in florida yesterday because what they want to seek is comprehensive gun control measures being taken. donald trump has also tweeted today that he favours improving background checks on those buying weapons, banning bull stocks, the semiautomatic rifle

today at five: america's all—powerful national rifle association backs the president's call for armed security at schools across the united states. the call was made by the head of the nra in the wake of last week's shooting in florida, when 17 people were killed. we surround and protect so much with armed security, while we drop our kids off at school that are so called gun—free zones, that are wide open targets for any crazy mad man to come there first. we'll have the latest from the us on the latest stage of the debate on tougher controls on guns. the other main stories on bbc news at five: the un calls for a ceasefire in syria as government forces continue their intense bombardment of eastern ghouta for a fifth day. we're live at the united nations headquarters in new york, where the security council meets shortly to debate a draft resolution. senior ministers are at the prime minister's country residence to try to agree the government's goals in the brexit process. the number of eu citizens leaving the uk is at its highest for a decade, but immigration from countries outside th

he's now known as the ceo of the national rifle association. he's been working with that association for many years. prior to him taking the stage we heard from dana lasch is the more recently named spokeswoman for the national rifle association and she participated in a town hall last night on cnn with some of those survivors and so she got up on the stage first and spoke for a little while. her remarks i would say were much more inflammatory and that the media loves mass shootings and she said that has to do with ratings and that's why you are seeing events unfold this way. wane lappier got up on stage and said that the media hates the nra, he expressed some condolences to those people who had been killed in the parkland school shooting. took something, though of a different tone and i would say that the crowd in this room is the kind of that is used to hearing the type of rhetoric that came before him from dana but there is one thing i want to quickly walk through because wayne got up here and said, this is something you're never going to he

rifle association. and they include some of the most familiar corporate names. the car rental companies hertz and enterprise, offer special benefits to members of the national rifle association. and they include some of the most familiar corporate names. the car rental companies hertz and enterprise, which also owns alamo international. they're ending discounts offered to members of the gun lobby group from next month. met life insurance and the software company symantec are taking similar action. there has been no word in response from the nra. it is unclear whether these actions will hurt an organisation that boasts 5 million members. during the week's chief executive hit out at the protesters. their goal is to eliminate the second amendment and our firearms freedoms. offer special benefits to members of the national rifle association. so they can eradicate all individual freedoms. donald trump says he is open to new ideas but the one he seems to like best is giving guns to teachers. it's concealed. s

rifle association. and they include some of the most familiar corporate names. the car rental companies hertz and enterprise, which also owns alamo international. they‘re ending discounts offered to members of the gun lobby group from next month. met life insurance and the software company symantec are taking similar action. there has been no word in response from the nra. it is unclear whether these actions will hurt an organisation that boasts 5 million members. their goal is to eliminate the second amendment and our firearms freedoms. so they can eradicate all individual freedoms. donald trump says he is open to new ideas but the one he seems to like best is giving guns to teachers. it‘s concealed. so this crazy man who walked in wouldn‘t even know who it is that has it. that‘s good. that‘s not bad, that‘s good. and a teacher would have shot the hell out of him before he knew what happened. the debate over what to do next will be highly charged and intensely political. a former senior adv

statement just released by the national rifle association. a warning to the president who has suggested he's open to new restrictions on the age pour purchasing weapons in the united states. it's certainly a message to the president from the nra. there is more breaking news we are following as the students of stoneman douglas high school demand action. town hall with student. national rival association will be there. thousands of folks already gathering. and breaking news of the russia investigation with the new secret filing in the special counsel's case against two former trump campaign officials. e to sit down for. slow down for. put the phone away, and use a knife and fork for. and with panera catering, it's food worth sharing. panera. food as it should be. and with panera catering, it's food worth sharing. i had a very minor fender bender tonight! in an unreasonably narrow fast food drive thru lane. but what a powerful life lesson. and don't worry i have everything handled. i already spoke to our allstate agent, and i know that we have a

a number of us companies cut ties with the all—powerful national rifle association, following last week's school shooting in florida. one of the uk's biggest children's aid charities — plan international, reveals six cases of child sexual abuse by staff and volunteers in the last two years. also in the next hour: britain is set for the coldest february week in five years as freezing air arrives from russia. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. team gb is celebrating its best ever performance at a winter olympics, after winning a fifth medal. billy morgan claimed bronze in the men's "big air" snowboard event, with a jump he'd never previously completed. the medal takes them past the four won in 2014 as paul frostrick reports. the penultimate day of action in pyeongchang and a chance for the big jumpers to show off their skills. an imposing 49 metre ramp for british hope billy morgan in the big airfinals. complex tricks and a clean landing required to impress the judges. morgan onlyjust qualified for the final. but on his second of three attempts he looked every bit the part. and he ho

it is sponsored by the national rifle association. in honor of legendary humanitarian extraordinary actor nra.eloved person of the [applause] award, which is not given every year, only when someone is -- has that up under pressure with great -- with grace and dignity and principles and discipline. the award have included people , viceush limbaugh president mike pence, and sheriff davey clark. we are honored to have you as part of this distinguished pantheon. [applause] >> thank you very much. [applause] >> you are going to be joined on stage by your to republican commissioners and by duke university's michelle connolly. those very wonderful remarks he prepared, you can share them on a panel. done?sioners, are you not to finish this. >> are interrupted. >> chairman, we were giving you a really great award today. butannot bring it on stage, being from the nra, your gift will be housed in our museum with a plaque to you, for you can receive it, we will give it to you. it is a kentucky, handmade, long gun.-- long you will love it. [applau

the president suggests the national rifle association will go along with some gun law reforms, but the nra says its position has not changed, launching a new attack on democrats, calling those democrats socialists. i'll speak with ellis, singled out by the nra, and our correspondents and specialists are standing by with full coverage, but, first, we begin with the new indictment against president trump's former campaign chairman, paul manafort, and his top aide, rickgates. our justice correspondent perez has been going over the new 32-count indictment. update the viewers. what are the charges? >> reporter: wolf, charges are adding pressure to manafort and gates in a possible trail later this year. the charges unseal today in alexandria, virginia today reveal 16 counts of false income tax returns, seven counts failing to declare foreign bank accounts, five counts of bank fraud conspiracy, and four counts of bank fraud. now, what this means, wolf, is that these talks have been going on in the last couple weeks between rick gates, in particular, attorneys for rick gates in particular, and

rifle association. the two airlines have ended discounts for nra members following the florida school shooting last week. car rentalfirms, a computer software company and a bank have also responded to an online boycott of businesses with links to the pro—gun lobby group. let's cross live to david willis, who is in washington for us. david, this movement seems to be really picking up momentum? it does, duncan, yes. it started last thursday and it's been gathering stea m, thursday and it's been gathering steam, picking up momentum ever since. as the hashtag boycott nra has trended on twitter. and the list 110w has trended on twitter. and the list now includes banks and hotel chains, car hire companies, an insurance company, a household moving company, a software company. the most recent being delta airlines and united airlines, who, as well as severing their marketing ties with the nra, they are also asking for their company logos to be removed from the nra website. as well as the nra boycotts, there is

what did we hear from the national rifle association today? >> reporter: he did, wolf. he expressed his strong support for the nra. not surprisingly, of course, the nra was strong the supportive of this president and his presidential campaign, giving more money to donald trump than any other presidential candidate in history. but wayne lapierre, the president of the nra, was speaking to cpac, a political activation committee, and he spoke about everything. >> their situation is to make you, all of you, less free. they want to sweep right under the carpet the failure of school security, the failure of family, the failure of america's mental health system. and even the unbelievable failure of the fbi. >> reporter: so wayne lapierre went on to give an extraordinary attack against the fbi. i cannot recall the head of the nra going so aggressively after a law enforcement agency like the fbi. of course, that's following in a tweet the president sent out at the end of last week essentially blaming the fbi for missing those warning signs in the florida shooting because they wer

rifle association. for more i'm joined by rob cox, a columnist and global editor with "reuters breakingvis." thanks for joining us. so, just today, in the last 24, 48 hours, we've seen a lot of activity, a lot of big, kind of household name btonds starting ay i'm not going to give n.r.a. members a discount to go to an event or use my services. is this different than what's happened before? >> yeah, i think this is different. what you're starting to se is people who want a change in gun laws are using the power of the purse. it's not just twitter, but actually they're saying on twitter and on social media, omey're no longer going to give custom to thesenies that work very closely with the n.r.a. now, you're talking about rental car firms, hotels, lodging companies, insurance companies. i'm not sure that's going to alhave a mateffect on the n.r.a., on their budgets, but it's part of a movement. and you have to think back, all social movements or civil rights movements, they always have some sort of econom

resistance to the national rifle association grows many u.s. companies are cutting ties with the gun lobby now in the wake of the florida school shooting take a look at the social media company taking on the powerful group. and the curtain closes on the frenzy and film festival a surprise appearance from hollywood to veteran actor bill murray picks up the best director award for the friend request anderson for the big prize goes to remaining a director as you know continue to take home the golden bear for controversial film touch screen on the water all the buzz is about. time you just can money thank you for joining us the u.n. security council has voted to approve a resolution demanding a thirty day humanitarian cease fire in syria now russia agreed to back the deal at the very last minute on condition that there be no specific ation of when the truce could start the cease fire is aimed at. allowing desperately needed aid to reach civilians in eastern guta more than five hundred people have been killed in the rebel held area near damascus in

. >> even if the national rifle association goes after you? >> wolf, i'm going -- look, i love my kids. my grand kids. i know every family in the state is in the same position. we e love our children. i will do whatever i can do to keep these kids safe. i'm going to talk about every issue to keep these kids safe. it is a lot of things. who should have guns? should individuals with mental illness have guns? what can we do to create more safety in our schools? what can we do to make it easier for children and make them feel comfortable to report things? it is not one thing. it is all these things put together. >> today, both florida senators, democrat bill nelson and republican marco rubio will be in parkland. rubio says gun restrictions would not have prevented the shooting. rubio received $3.3 million from the national rifle association since october of 2017. the school shooting and lack of action drew angry and emotional response from comedian jimmy kimmel. >> don't you dare say it is too soon to talk about it. you said it after vegas. you sa

rifle association. just the opposite. missing company after company and relationships with the nra because of itsin increasingly unhinged and t hysterical rhetoc on the issue of gun safety. corporate america, some of the biggest corporations in our nation realize that the nra no longer speaks for responsible gun owners. when will congress realizes and know we need to advocate to keep our children safe and there is no single form that can stop every shooting. we know there are gaps in our gun laws that make it easy for criminals abusers in struggling children and mentally unstable people to get guns, even military style assault weapons with bump stops and high-capacity magazine clips. to quote these gaps and that requires the republicans to control congress to stop the nra. for starters, a republican probably could take up legislation that the leader of their party, president proposed thursday. here is one of his tweets. i will be strongly pushing copies of background checks .-ellipsis on mental health.

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companies bound to pressure from anti gun activists and cut ties with the national rifle association we take a look at the social media movement driving the change of attitude towards the gun lobby after last week's deadly school shooting. and we are live at the sixtieth really an international film festival we'll tell you scoops this year's top prizes . plus we'll take a look at all of saturdays when there's legal action there were fireworks on and off the pitch as local rivals braman and hamburg went head to head with both teams aiming to pick up the recall two crucial points rather in the battle to beat the drop of. a maverick or boston welcome to the program the u.n. security council has voted to approve a resolution demanding a thirty day humanitarian cease fire in syria russia agreed to back the deal at the last minute on the condition that there be no specification of when the truce would start the ceasefire is aimed at allowing desperately needed aid to reach civilians in eastern guta more than five hundred people have been killed in the rebel held area near damascus and the

he hears, a year ago, at a rally hosted by the national rifle association. they get millions of dollars towards the trump campaign. let me make a simple promise to the freedom loving americans in the audience today. as your president, i will never, ever, in french on the right of people to keep and bear arms. “— right of people to keep and bear arms. —— infringe. right of people to keep and bear arms. -- infringe. it remains to be seen if congress will push through any new legislation. so far, the and are have successfully resisted every move to tighten gun controls. —— the nra. but the students who are targets of school shootings are hoping they make it harder for this kind of tragedy to happen again. another funeral was held for 15—year—old peter wang. he was killed when trying to help others escape. he was honoured by being posthumus in the accepted into history in school, the westpoint academy. our correspondent david willis is in washington. what is the feeling about how far donald trump wants to go with this? eaten a lot of funding from

portman also has benefitted from $3 billi3 million in support fr national rifle association. iowa republican asked for prayers and thanked the first responders. they deserve thanks. but the nra boosted her election efforts to the tune of $3.1 million. florida senator marco rube cio,o sought the presidential position, he tweeted, a terrible day you pray never comes. his campaign benefitted from $3.3 million in funding in opposition attacks thanked to the national rifle association. colorado senator cory gardner tweeted his heartbreak for the situation and prayers for the first responders. but the $3.9 million of nra funds have been spent to boost his campaign and attack his opponents. arizona republican and a great american john mccain tweeted his prayers just a short time ago. the national rifle association has spent more than $7.7 million on john mccain, the most of any lawmaker by far. florida governor rick scott ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff, calling the shooting a senseless tragedy. scott, who is up for re-election this year, enjoys an a plus rating from the n

the national rifle association originated the national instant check system. it was our bill. no one on the prohibited persons' list should ever have access to a firearm. no killer, no felon, no drug dealer. [applause] and anyone adjudicated as mentally incompetent ordaining rouse to society should be prevented from getting their hands on a gun. but -- watch what i released three years ago and the media machine all over the country they so callously and completely ignored it. watch this. >> here is what the media won't tell you. the nra has fought for 20 years to put the records of thoefs adjudicated mentally incompetent into the national instant check system. until the politicians demand that they are submitted, killers who are legally prohibited from owning firearms will walk into gun stores and pass every background check they take. so if they really wanted to make a difference, the media would lead every newscast with a reminder that the names of millions of violent fell ons, criminal gang bangers and adjudicated mentally incompetent and dangerous people are missing from t

however the head of the national rifle association has doubled down saying staff at schools should be better are you also accused of gun control advocates. voiding the tragedy now for some insight on the story we can now bring in john william louden former republican member of the missouri. senate and. a professor of urban studies at queens college in new york thank you both for being with us here on our two international i guess let's start with you john as we mentioned. hundreds of u.s. lawmakers have been accused of accepting money from the n.r.a. how much influence does this organization actually have over congress. you know i this is totally overblown to suggest that any one group has way more sway or the ability to like truly put lives in danger the n.r.a. certainly is is a powerful special interest group but there's probably you know a dozen twenty thirty i don't know it's hard to say who is more powerful but at the power of the n.r.a. is not in their campaign contributions it's the way they reflect the grassroots activists who care about the constitution and not just the secon

rifle association originated the national instant check system, it was our bill. no one on the prohibited persons list should ever have access to a firearm. no killer, no felon, no drug dealer. and anyone that is adjudicated is mentally incompetent or danger to society should be added to the check system and prevented from getting their hands on a gun. but watch what i release three years ago. and the media machine all over the country, they so callously and completely ignored it. watch this. >> here's what the media won't tell you. the nra has fought for 20 years to put the records of those adjudicated, mentally incompetent into the national instant check system. and until the politicians demand that they are submitted, killers who are legally prohibited from owning firearms will walk into gun stores and pass every background check they take. so if they really wanted to make a difference, the media would lead every newscast with a reminder, that the names of millions of violent felons, criminal gang bangers, and adjudicated mentally incompetent and dangerous peop

on the national rifle association website it's described as the nra wine club. the didn't respond to a request for comment. one company that did break ties today was cementic which offers norton anti-virus. cybersecurity slugs was offering members of the nra package discounts on the website. today the mountain view company issued a statement saying it has skopd the discount program with the national rifle association. more more was said. others have quickly done the same after names were made public on social media. san francisco supervisor has led corporate boycotts in the gay rights fight. >> i think that economic power in communities is a way to create change. >> breaking that association with the nra was enterprise holdings which own z enterprise almow and national car rental. hertz did the same. first national bank of omaha which offers the credit card of the nra decided to abandon the gun lobby group. the decision to bail out was made shortly after nra ceo wayne lapierre gave a speech yesterday defending gun rights. >> to stop a bad guy with a gun it takes

companies the balance of pressure from anti gun activists and cut ties with the national rifle association we take a look at the social media movement driving the change of attitude towards the gun lobby after last week's deadly school shooting. and we are live at the sixtieth berlin international film festival will tell you skeet this year is top prize this. year with. a maverick and welcome to the program the u.n. security council has voted to approve a resolution demanding a thirty day humanitarian cease fire in syria the body voted unanimously to back the measure which is aimed at allowing desperately needed aid to reach the billions of in the rebel held eastern district the council overcame initial resistance from russia to approve the measure but moscow has insisted that the deal should not take immediate effect russia has been providing military aid to the syrian government and opposition activists say russian warplanes have been taking part in the airstrikes on eastern ghouta. for more on that let's bring in journalist benedetta argentina arie who is following the security council'

rifle -- how muchfor money he received from the national rifle association. [cheers and applause] you want to know something? it doesn't matter because i already know. $30 million! and divided by the number of gunshot victims in the united alone, that comes out to be 5800 dollars. is that how much these people are worth to you, trump? if you don't do anything to prevent this from coming, from continuing to occur, that number of gunshot victims will go up and the number that they are worth will go down. .nd we will be worthless to you to every politician who is taking donations from the nra, shame on you. [cheers and applause] shame on you! shame on you! shame on you! shame on you! shame on you! >> if your money was as threatened as us, would your first thought be, how is this going to reflect on my campaign? which should i choose? or would you choose us? and if you choose us, would you act like a for once. you know what would be a good way to act like it? i have an example of how not to .ct like it in figure 2017, 1 year ago, president trump repealed an obama

in his home with an assault rifle, that is a key talking point of the national rifle association. it appears the direct, the president is heading in tonight. >> soldiers are able to use handguns. an 18-year-old cannot buy. you have to be 21. >> reporter: i am not rationalizing. i am saying this what this source is saying. but it is clear that the president had this meeting with the national rifle association over the weekend. they had lunch at the white house on sunday and ever since the president started talking about this idea late last week, there was concern in the gun rights community that the president is going soft on this issue. that is why i think you heard the president say he is going to do away with bump stocks. that is something he feels on safe ground on. when it comes to the issue of raising the age for purchasing assault weapons. not to mention a lot of conservative lawmakers on the hill. >> you asked sarah sanders about the president's comments what was her response. >> reporter: that he would have rushed in and tried to save the students and here is what she had

several american businesses are cutting their ties to the pro-gun lobby group for national rifle association have announced they were no longer offer discounts to n.r.a. man.

come declared he is willing to take on the national rifle the national- rifle association. pres. trump: half of you are so afraid of the nra. there is nothing to be afraid of. we have to fight them every once in a while. that is ok. they are doing what they think is right. i will tell you they are doing what they think is right. sometimes, we are going to have to be tough and fight them. we need strong background checks. for a long time, people resisted that. for more, philip crowther is in washington, where he said trump's stance on guns remains ambiguous. almost two weeks on from the mass shooting at the high school in florida, it is still not entirely clear with u.s. president stands when it comes to changing the gun laws here in the united states. donald trump again o omonday criticized thehe law enforcement response, saying he in fact would have rushed in unanarmed into that school. we now know the immediate response from the local sheriff's department, from those present, was not to enter the school while shots were ringing out. the u.s. president meanwhile seems to have be

rifle association. the national spokesperson is going to be here as well. the nra has come under, as we know, an incredible amount of pressure and criticism for their stance on gun rights. but the nra is sending a representative here tonight, wolf, as well, to talk to the folks in the building. >> i know, mark, that cnn invited the president, president trump, to join in this town hall tonight. also invited the florida governor, rick scott, to participate. both have declined. why did they say they didn't want to be part of this very important town hall tonight? >> well, it wasn't just those t two, but let's start with president trump. from my understanding, it was his schedule. he said he was unable to attend, to come down here. he's holding his own listening session with a very small group up in washington, d.c., as we speak today. but governor rick scott said that his only two weeks left in the legislative session, he said he needed to focus on the legislation. but it wasn't just those two folks, wolf.

>> the national rifle association. however, that said, this is likely going to get some kind of debate in congress. by march, it bolstered funds to bring it up to speed and modernize it. by march, it bolstered funds to bring it up to speed and modernize it. as well as funding for mental health services. the president is set to meet with republican governors and also with the secretary sonny perdue and -- in addition, the signaling.eemingly that is throughout worldwide with the south korean president suggesting that should the united states ultimately do that, they would just move their business to southeast asia and russia. vonnie: exactly. how much leverage to governors have? >> in terms of where governors will stick, a couple of things. on the issue of the opioid accident -- epidemic, something the administration carefully has tried to work with governors on, it is something they would like to see working with them and then more broadly on trade as well as tax policy, it is something that quite frankly, the president

national rifle association halting discounts and other benefits. >> bay area based software company semantech, car rental companies alamo, hertsz national and met life are all on this list. >> we want to know how you feel, should companies boycott the nra? >> that's right, you can vote right now on our live poll at abc7news.com/vote. you do not need to login or sign up. just go to the website and click on a thumbs-up or a thumbs down. >> you can see should companies boycott the nra, a majority saying yes right now. >>> now we want to focus more on this issue of trying to boycott the nra in this movement. abc7 news reporter leanne melendes is live in the newsroom. >> in the past boycotts have been an important weapon to bring about change, and there's a lot of companies out there who have been associated with the nra, fedex, for example, offers nra alliance members up to a 50% discount on shipping experiences and one california wine club calls itself the nra wine club. semantech is behind products like norton anti virus. the cyber security solution ises was offering members of the national rif

rifle association. and they include some of the most familiar corporate names. the car rental companies hertz and enterprise, which also owns alamo and national. they're ending discounts offered to members of the gun lobby group from next month. met life insurance and the software company symantec are taking similar action. there has been no word in response from the nra. it is unclear whether these actions will hurt an organisation that boasts 5 million members. their goal is to eliminate the second amendment and our firearms freedoms. so they can eradicate all individual freedoms. donald trump says he is open to new ideas but the one he seems to like best is giving guns to teachers. it's concealed. so this crazy man who walked in wouldn't even know who it is that has it. that's good. that's not bad, that's good. and a teacher would have shot the hell out of him before he knew what happened. the debate over what to do next will be highly charged and intensely political. one of the uk's biggest children

the gunpraised control's most powerful enemies, the national rifle association. in florida, authorities say a delay in school secured a cameras caught a kalanick situation to be more confusing during last week's shooting rampage. coral springs police tell the sun sentinel that almost a half hour after the school shooter dropped his rifle and escape marjory stoneman douglas high school, police thought they were seeing his actions live on the school security system. anolas cruz was captured hour after the shootings, about two miles away and is charged with killing 17 people. russia may support the united nations security council resolution calling for a cease-fire in syria, but moscow once a few exceptions. sergey lavrov says a truce cap cover islamic state fighters or al qaeda linked group's. rebel heldes bombed area near damascus, and more than 200 people have died there this week. carrying three satellites roared into space today from the california coast. it up like a spanish imaging satellite and carried to smaller test satellites, one for a system that provid

yes president donald trump has told the national rifle association that america needs to toughen up some rules around gun control some said the legal age to buy guns needs to be raised to twenty one years of age from eighteen he made this gesture of a school safety meeting one week after a seventeen people were killed in a school shooting in florida president also said the movies are too violent and that mental health institutions need to be reopened and america's gun control debate is also dominating the annual meeting of right wing activists at the conservative political action conference near washington the c.e.o. of the national rifle association attacked those calling for tighter gun controls and argued for armed protection in schools europe today those are your headlines stay with al-jazeera one a one east is next as always thanks for your company sees it. al-jazeera. swear every since. decades of war have left thousands of iraqi amputees desperate to mend their broken bodies. now the chance to use cutting edge robotic for standards is giving them new hope. i'm steve cho on this ep

it is such a target for the killer. >> the national rifle association originated the national instant check system. it was our bill. no one on the prohibited persons list should ever have access to a firearm. no killer no, felon no, drug dealer. >> the nra is ready to do things. they actually came up with certain of the rules. >> he had a tip sheet. the nra spent roughly $30 million helping trump get elected to the presidency and more. for more, brett stevens, msnbc contributor and donna edwards, senior fellow at the center for justice. brett, you've been writing about this. the trouble with taking $30 million to get elected, people suspect you might be on take. that is a problem. >> well, yes. and you know, i think it's one of the great missed opportunities of the trump presidency because one of the promises of the presidency is that he had the political clout among republican voters to break with some of the more stale orthodoxys of the party, having been a former democrat himself. wouldn't it have been an astonishing victory for him if he had broken, what everybody knows is a faile

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