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The nra leadership, the president down, theres an honest effort to kind of bring new people into the fold. but many say when they go to gun shows, when they go to gun shops, to the ranges theyll see confederate flags hanging on the wall. theyll see targets with colin kaepernicks face on it as a target. so its still a group that wants to be embraced. they say theyre as american as everyone else, they hold their second amendment rights dearly and still a long way to. >> i want to get to this becau...

Appearing on "face the nation." joining me now, molly hooper and jeremy peters "new york times" reporter and msnbc contributor, big welcome to you both. start with you first, jeremy, is the president looking for independence or loyalty in the next fbi director? what are you hearing? >> well, the selection process as he whittles down the list alex is going to be driven im told by a desire to pick a candidate who is independent of the president. you look at the list, the people who are rising to t...

Okay. before the break we asked you a trivia question. who was the justice department official who finally agreed to fire the water gate special prosecutor after both his bosses refused and resigned? the answer, this man. robert bork. highly controversial and rejected supreme court nominee. this explosive headline, president trump firing james comey is already the big story in the morning newspapers. its front page, top of fold of the washington post plainly reading trump fires fbi director. the...

At the same time, i think the most appropriate measure for us is two fold. first of all, to allow the intelligence committee to proceed with their work. these two individuals, that head that up have done a good job so far. i think theyve been recognized for their hard work. i want to see that proceed, dont want to see it stop. its very important for the president to do a timely job of making a recommendation for the replacement for mr. comey. thats very important. i think the senate should in a ...

Wigdor and bloom and these attorneys pile up what happened at that -- >> what do you think? >> well, ive got to say i mean it seems to me that this is really a two-front war that hes fighting. a three-front war. the question of the federal inquiry and theyre starting to promise full cooperation with the justice department in a way that had not been the stance youve been hearing. that paul white is going to present their full finding about the culture for women and what theyve been learning about...

Theres no guarantee on that as is in the current plan. whats in with the current plan, the age-based tax credits, penalties for coverage lapses, high risk pools. so and then the list goes on. how would you compare these plans? >> well, i think, you know, as paul krugeman said it best, this is obamacare version 0.5, based on every dimension takes affordable care act and makes it worse. take one example, the tax credits, seems obscure but important to understand. under obamacare its set up so a lo...

25 years, as demonstrated by the neil gorsuch confirmation. im optimistic tt weet to something by the end of the year. but we know hes not going to go nuclear to do it. and you say as part of the health care discussions republicans should try to get so some part of the deal making. so you want to make something already incredibly complicated and fold in those hot button issues as well? >> a grand bargain, the time to do it right now. >> isnt that what the donald trump voters hate? isnt that why ...

Critical the first go-around and then they got back in the fold and concessions were made to them. again, a carrot and stick approach. he took to that. what did you make of that approach? >> thats classic trump. he will reward you and love you when you do things for him. when he gets you to change his mind. he doesnt hold a grudge like i said before. its not personal. its business with him. so of course, hes not going to invite the republicans that didnt vote for the bill to celebrate at the whi...

Premiums. whats your understanding of precisely how these high risk pools would work? >> you know, its very complicated. regular insurance works like for car insurance which we all understand, not everybody is going to have a car accident at the same time. what these high risk pools do is take the healthy people out, put them in another pool, and everybody thats sick or has a preexisting condition goes into these high risk pools. they say you need $180 billion to $200 billion to cover the cost o...

Nafta, he says, you know, if you undo that trade deal american farmers will be in trouble. he said really, i had no idea. what we are facing is a president who has taken tough and very vocal stands on things he actually doesnt know anything about. that is troubling. >> okay. if we -- doug, if we think back to congressman elijah cummings, he says he told the president that he could go town as a great president if he represents everybody, but robert kennedy jr. said something similar. listen to th...