President Trump has signaled that he may be open to improvements to the federal background check system following the Stoneman Douglas shooting. This is a reversal of his earlier comments about focusing on mental health rather than guns. Emma Vigeland, Politics Producer at The Young Turks, and Nick Givas, Media Reporter at The Daily Caller, discuss the likelihood that things change this time around. They also take a look at President Trump's weekend Twitter storm. Was it all just a way to debase the FBI? Vigeland and Givas take on the debate.
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