Gersh Kuntzman, deputy politics editor at Newsweek, discusses President Trump's remarks on the Parkland school shooting that left 17 students and faculty members dead. President Trump made headlines when he failed to even use the word "gun" in his speech following the massacre. Kuntzman says he doesn't believe anything will change with this latest shooting, at least not under the current administration and a Republican-controlled Congress.
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