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Other problems, would that be even more influential right now? >> quite possibly and i think its also a combination of the fact that in the -- the three times that the u.s. has passed major gun safety reforms, first of all, in 1968, of course the 1993 brady bill, its always been byolled congress. so i think president trump is also looking at this and saying, you know, what, why would i do this now? sure, maybe theres risk that ill lose suburban voters in this, but ultimately i am with the nra be...

Mediocre jobs they didnt sign up for. its working for corporate american so continuing to hone in on that message and focus on what the democrats would do if they full control of the congress and the white house, but you have to stay steady on this message because as we know, mika, its a poll and poll, time after time has shown that americans are not feeling this positive economy that we have right now. so you couple that with going in to a recession or at least starting to feel the initial effe...

>> i will pull back even further. i think as a culture we overcredit the president with the effect on the economy. the best thing if youre a president is inherit a good economy from your predecessor. then youre lucky. >> and dont mess it up. >> thats what happened with donald trump. the dont mess it up and keep is going as it was. dont start a trade war that will throw a wrench in the economic engines. i think thats exactly what donald trump has done. >> eugene scott writes also in "the washingt...

Voters is the racial divisions that are being sewn here. trumps free wheeling twitter account. the embarrassment they feel when the president goes overseas or talks in public or on twitter. that may be a base strategy but the base is already there. i had dinner with an official from the trump super pac. he thought trump could push for tougher gun laws and not be hurt by the base. his reason is that this president with do almost anything he wants without offending the base. >> you say this is a d...

President. they should be hook at their investments and no doubt about it in the bag. ready for a second term. the problem as you mentioned for these swing voters is the racial divisions being sewn. the embarrassment they feel when the president goes overseas. when he speaks in twitter and when hes on twitter. it may be a base strategy but it is already. there i had dinner with the super pac. we were talking about the gun issue. the interesting part is that what he said was that he thought that ...

A day for every violation they commit? no, because that isnt the point here. its a political point, a shrewd one. this administration is pursuing it nine as a political strategy for re-election, a base strategy and i believe its inconsistent with our american values. >> andrew, i do not believe this is political. i believe this is totally racial because at the very beginning -- >> except for this guy race is politics. >> race is a hard issue now. weve had laws in place, all sorts of legislation,...

Today from kon this change in p. this has been under consideration for some time. why roll it out now when everything is so heightened? >> well, this has been a long time in the works as you point out and it is different than so much of what we talk about with the trump administration because it is focused on undocumented immigrants in the united states. they are here legally but they dont have full pathway to citizenship yet, they dont have a green card yet, they dont have citizenship yet but t...

The nras president, wayne lapierre that his base will not like background checks. the president is running for reelection on a base strategy. how does he square that circle? >> jim, theres no question that the president has talked a lot about guns. you didnt hear a lot of urgency in his marks this morning, not saying that the senate should come back early. but one big wild card in this long-running gun debate, we have seen this play out in washington shooting after shooting, a different equation...

Mcconnell raising the idea of bringing some of these measures up. the president even talking about this on twitter at least. on the other side, you have wayne lapierre of the nra telling him this will hurt him with his base. the presidents reelection strategy is a base strategy. which force wins out? >> jim, i think part of the reason why mitch mcconnell is in no hurry to bring the senate back until september is because they are still calculating which force should win out and how these differen...

Hate, sick people. im all in favor of it. >> according to "the washington post" lepierre told trump a background check bill would not be popular with trumps base. cnn senior washington correspondent joe johns, hes outside the white house here. listen, joe, this informs our sense of whether the president is going to get behind this. because in the past after parkland he raised the possibility, spoke with the nra, he backed off. we know the presidents political strategy for 2020 is a base strategy...