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Propels by, you know, when congress comes back? >> i love the idea. but its painful to see this again and again if im being honest. >> because this is what he did after park land. >> exactly what he did after parkland and what hes done again and again after every single one of these mass shootings that gets on tv and i think what we need to realize is we got to tell him that he cant keep doing that. right? if youre going to say youre going to do something, do it. donald trump says hes a man of h...

It today, though. >> no, thats right. you heard the president say no, he didnt talk about universal background checks with the nra had wayne la pierre, our sources tell us otherwise but the president has certainly had several conversations with people over at the nra and does past, the president has changed his views based on those conversations and anderson, he really isnt flip-flopping on this issue. hes shape shifting. its difficult to pin him down as we saw what occurred today when reporters...

Again and again if im being honest. >> this is what he did after parkland. its exactly what he did after parkland and its zpaexactly wh hes done again and again. and i think what we need to realize is we got to tell him that he cant keep doing that. if youre going to say youre going to do something, do it. donald trump says hes a man of his word. he says that, you know, he is someone that is able to get his job done and able to take action and hes not controlled by anyone. prove it. prove that y...

Wrong. whether its about a little thing like the health and future of the u.s. economy or gun legislation after two mass shootings, 12 days ago after el paso and dayton, the president would stand up to the nra and position that imposing tougher background checks for gun buyers would be the first step on a slippery slope, thats a common nra talking point. the president said he did not buy the slippery slope argument from the nra. >> you know, its a slippery slope. they think you approve one thing...

Exactly those terms saying remember the people that got me here feel very strongly about this. the second amendment and he said i do, too, and its a slippery slope and i wont let that happen. hes not a great poker player. he doesnt hide his true motivati motivation, this is all about 2020. >> thats right, anderson. its a slippery slope to 2020. if he goes against the nra, he is going to be eating into the base of support and when you talk to people inside this white house, close to the white hou...

Again on gun legislation. we played what the president said shortly after the shootings in el paso and dayton not buying into the position, this would put the country on a slippery slope. so just to refresh your memory, here is what he said back then. >> you know, its a slippery slope. they think you approve one thing and that leads to a lot of bad things. i dont agree with that. i think we can do meaningful, very meaningful background checks. i want to see it happen. >> so that was the ninth of...

On gun legislation to making it his own position for more on the evolution, well welcome jim acosta. new reporting when the white house might talk about specific gun law propels. what have you heard? >> from what we understand talking to our source, white house official says the president has been briefed on a range of options to address mass shootings in this country. the white house staff have been working on this for the last several weeks on this. no details in terms of what is going to be u...

Information, sometimes for good reasons, sometimes not. they have changed positions, sometimes drastically. thats not what is happening now these are just complete and total changes in positions from one day to the next, not based on any actual change of thought, its just different words. our friend and colleague maggie haberman observed this president will say what he needs to say to get through ten increments of time and hard to say she was wrong. whether its about a little thing like the heal...

Its a slippery slope and were not going to let that happen. hes not a great poker player. this is all about 2020. >> thats right, anderson. and it is a slippery slope to 2020 for this president if he goes against the nra, he is going to be eating into that base of support. when you talk to people who are inside this white house, close to the white house, people who talk to the president, they will remind you that gun rights enthusiasts are the most active of the trump conservative base. if the p...

Ahead wayne lapierre. but the president has certainly had several conversations with people over the nra. it does sound like as we saw in the past after the mass shooting in parkland, the president has changed his views based on those conversations. and, anderson, he really isnt flip-flopping on this issue. hes shape shifting. its difficult to pin him down. he just doesnt want to get pinned down on this issue and its because he knows 90% of the country wants universal background checks and insid...