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(CNN) House Speaker Paul Ryan was pressed Thursday at a CNN town hall on the Republican push to block Planned Parenthood from receiving federal health care dollars for services provided to women because the organization provides abortions.

According to Variety, «the town hall claimed 1.9 million multi-platform live starts, the largest interest in a CNN town hall on digital platforms on record.»

That's why students laced into Sen. Marco Rubio in a fiery CNN town hall meeting on gun control.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez wipes away tears during a CNN town hall meeting on Wednesday.

At a Feb. 21 CNN town hall about the shooting that killed 17 and wounded 17 others, Nelson jabbed at Scott for skipping the event.

Where's the CNN town hall for sanctuary cities?»

That concept is hotly contested; during the CNN Town Hall, some participants spoke out against arming teachers.

Following Wednesday's CNN Town Hall, where students, faculty and parents of victims from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting gathered for questions and answers with Florida lawmakers, the NRA tweeted a message of support to their official spokesperson, Dana Loesch, who was also at the event to answer questions.

Sen. Marco Rubio said at the CNN town hall «Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action that he does not support arming teachers with weapons

«Where's the CNN town hall for Chicago?

During the CNN town hall, Kasky pressed Rubio about whether he would reject future donations from the National Rifle Assn. in an exchange that gained considerable attention.

On Wednesday, NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch participated in a CNN town hall at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, and she was among those jeered and booed by the crowd.

NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch spoke to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivors and victims» families during a CNN town hall Wednesday night.

LaPierre's comments come one day after survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida met with President Donald Trump at the White House and spoke at a CNN Town Hall.

Rubio's comments came after he participated in a televised CNN town hall last week, where he said he supports raising the minimum age to purchase guns to 21 and banning bump stocks that allow rifles to fire more rapidly.

Cameron Kasky, a Stoneman Douglas High School student, challenged U.S. Senator Marco Rubio at a CNN Town Hall, asking Rubio whether he would flatly refuse to accept any donations from the National Rifle Association in the wake of the mass shooting.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students and parents wait for a CNN town hall broadcast to begin, Feb. 21, 2018, at the BB&T Center, in Sunrise, Fla..

≥ 280 CHARACTER HOT TAKE: Dana Loesch, a spokesperson for the NRA, was also at the CNN town hall last night.

Mast's op - ed came at the end of a week - long national conversation on gun violence and gun rights that included a listening session with President Donald Trump and a CNN town hall with survivors of the tragedy in Parkland, which left 17 dead.

Deutch, a Florida Democrat who represents the district where the shooting took place, made the comments during the CNN town hall «Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action» on Wednesday night in Sunrise, Florida.

Rubio was the only Republican who spoke at the town hall after President Donald Trump, Gov. Rick Scott, Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran and Florida Senate President Joe Negron declined invitations to the CNN town hall.

At a CNN town hall Wednesday, Gonzalez pressed National Rifle Assn. spokeswoman Dana Loesch on whether she believed it should be harder to obtain semiautomatic weapons and modifications, like «bump stocks,» that make them fully automatic.

The CNN town hall is called «Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action.»

Calderon is one of the students who was invited to a CNN Town Hall on February 21 to address their calls for change, including to gun laws.

Since the shooting, Parkland survivors have met with Florida state legislators, challenged the NRA in a CNN town hall, organized protests in Tallahassee, and inspired thousands of students to participate in a National School Walkout on the shooting's one - month anniversary.

As the days rolled on, the vigils, the CNN Town Hall, and the March for Our Lives, we saw the rise of a powerful movement of students calling for change.

But missing from his plan is any call to raise the minimum age for buying assault - style rifles from 18 to 21, no matter that he told the CNN town hall gathering: «I think that's the right thing to do.»

Loesch, as well as Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, Florida lawmakers Rep. Ted Deutch and Sens. Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio, along with students, parents and community members, participated in the CNN town hall «Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action» in Sunrise, Florida.

To discuss the NFL controversy, Sox Sperry explains, «we might compare a series of tweets from President Trump, a press release from the NAACP, and a CNN town hall discussion with NFL players, filmmaker Spike Lee, and members of the military.

Some Buffalo residents may have heard the word «broadband» for the first time in April of 2000, when First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, then a U.S. Senate candidate, called for increased federal funding for that high - speed internet technology during a CNN town hall at the University at Buffalo.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Chris Collins, the Clarence Republican who vowed only weeks ago to never hold a town hall meeting with his constituents, will appear at 9 p.m. Thursday on «The Messy Truth,» a CNN town hall series.

He had planned to participate in the CNN town hall, which focused on the shooting and how to respond to it.

Emma Gonzalez, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student, wipes away tears during a CNN town hall meeting on February 21.

And they've grilled the NRA spokeswoman and Senator Marco Rubio at a CNN town hall, where, as the night came to a close, the Stoneman Douglas drama club sang to the crowd, «We're putting up a fight / You may have brought the dark but together we will shine a light.»

During a CNN town hall the night before, Rubio signaled support for raising the age to buy a rifle or shotgun to 21 and for tighter background checks for gun purchases.

Rep. Chris Collins, the Clarence Republican who vowed only weeks ago to never hold a town hall meeting with his constituents, will appear at 9 p.m. Thursday on «The Messy Truth,» a CNN town hall series.

All three Republicans appeared at a CNN town hall in Milwaukee one week before Wisconsin's April 5 primary.

Cruz will return to NYC tonight for a CNN town hall.

Cameron Kasky challenged Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) on accepting donations from the National Rifle Association during a CNN town hall.

Garrity and Pena were moved to record and release «Shine» after performing it at the Feb. 21 CNN Town Hall event along with several other students.

What started as a personal healing journey quickly grew into an anthem met with an overwhelming response from Parkland and those who saw them perform at the CNN town hall on February 21, 2018.

NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch appeared on a CNN Town Hall on guns in Sunrise, Florida and said law enforcement could have done more to stop the Florida school shooting.

Last evening her brother, Robert, appeared at a CNN Town Hall that was convened to discuss the shooting.

«I absolutely believe that in this country if you are 18 years of age, you should not be able to buy a rifle, and I will support a law that takes that right away,» Rubio said, making the comments during a CNN town hall in Florida.

Cameron Kasky challenged Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on accepting donations from the National Rifle Association during a CNN town hall.

At a CNN town hall last week, Cameron Kasky, a Parkland student activist, challenged Sen. Marco Rubio (R - FL) to stop taking donations from the NRA.

They will join a CNN town hall for a dialogue on gun control.

Carlson played clips of hosts Anderson Cooper and host Brooke Baldwin, who had both pointed out on recent shows that Brazile made false statements about giving Hillary Clinton's campaign questions before a CNN town hall.

Not exact matches

And Gary Johnson is set to take a national stage at a CNN - televised town hall on Wednesday night, which may very well give a boost to his showing in national polls.

CNN noted that its growth doesn't look as impressive as its competitors in part because the network had a number of special presidential debates and town - hall events in the first quarter of last year that boosted its reach, so the rise since then is smaller by comparison.