President Donald Trump had a little help in hand when he met with high school students and teachers in the White House Wednesday in the wake of last week's deadly school shooting in Florida.

The students asked him to find ways to protect schoolchildren from gun violence after 17 students and teachers were killed in a Broward County school by a former student who walked into the building with an AR-15.

Trump described the meeting as a "listening session." He promised to be strong on background checks, and floated allowing some teachers to carry guns, the Associated Press said.

He also held handwritten notes. The paper seemed to have five points he wanted to make during the session. "What would you most want me to know about your experiece?" said one talking point.

The reminder "I hear you" was written in black marker.