Hello listeners. Today is Thursday, February 22nd, 2018. I'm your host Charlie Matessian, sitting in for Scott Bland, and you are listening to Politico's Nurdcast.

This week, one issue towers over everything else.

The gun control debate in the This week, one issue towers over everything else.

The gun control debate in the wake of the horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida last week.

We'll call Florida Playbook Author and reporter Mark Caputo, and he'll give us some on-the-ground

scoop from Florida. Then we'll discuss how the Royling Florida debate is

impacting Washington policymaking both in Congress and in the White House. Finally, we'll close with a discussion on yet another cabinet official whose fate is up in the air.

Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, the last cabinet holdover from the Obama administration, and an official who's

battling political subversion within his own agency.

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Email us at nerdcast at politico.com. Let's get started with a call to Mark

Caputo in Miami. Hey what's up? I can hear him. First time caller big

fan of yours Mr. Caputo. Yeah it's a big fan club though, man. You got to call my office.

Let's jump right in on this Florida story.

Obviously, this has really captured the attention of the nation this horrific incident in

in Florida and I know you've been following it pretty closely. Can you tell us a

little bit about the impact that Marjorie Stoneman Douglas students and protesters

are having in Tallahassee but also across the state as a whole.

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