Nearly a week after 17 of their classmates and teachers were shot and killed, a caravan of Parkland high school students are turning their grief into action by traveling to their state capital, Tallahassee, demanding changes at the federal and state level. A recent Washington Post/ABC News Poll found that most agree with them. 77 percent of people feel that Congress has not done enough on the issue while 62 percent say the President hasn’t either. Jim Braude was joined by Dan Small, former assistant U.S. attorney and now partner at Holland and Knight; Martha Coakley, former Massachusetts Attorney General and now partner at Foaley Hoag; and Brian Kelly, also a former U.S. assistant attorney and now partner at Nixon Peabody, to talk about the debate on gun control.
As the Russia investigation net continues to widen, attorney Alex van der Zwaan has been charged with lying to investigators about his communications with former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates. Gates was indicted last October with Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort for money laundering and illegal lobbying. Multiple reports over the weekend also indicated that Gates may have struck a deal with Mueller and would possibly testify against Manafort. Then there's the White House special adviser Jared Kushner connection.CNN has been reporting that Mueller is not just looking into his Russian interactions, but also his efforts to raise foreign money for his family real estate project during the presidential transition. What does this mean for Trump? Jim Braude was joined by Dan Small, former assistant U.S. attorney and now partner at Holland and Knight;Martha Coakley, former Massachusetts Attorney General and now partner at Foaley Hoag; and Brian Kelly, also a former U.S. assistant attorney and now partner at Nixon Peabody, to discuss.
Jim shares his thoughts on the best and worst reactions to last week’s Parkland, Florida mass shooting: one from an 18-year-old high school senior, the other from our 71-year-old president.
