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Dangerously close on social media to admitting that he knew this material in his home was there all along. you used to be his communications director. do you believe he think this is a pr problem and not really a legitimate legal threat? >> oh, absolutely. i mean, theres definitely two tracks going here. theres the legal issue and theres the pr. for donald trump, its pr. and, you know, i did not watch much of his rally last night, but from the clips i did see, you could tell he was reveling in f...

Its weeks after the search itself. and there were questions about why the team waited so long to file this request for the special master. is there a sense that this new attorney will be able to bring some order to it all? >> reporter: yeah. theres been a lot of unease among donald trumps own allies. this was being considered a pr problem. we have seen the former president out there, posting on social media. hes essentially been complaining and sharing what he wants to happen. but they werent sh...

And in some cases the flushing of paper that were handwritten notes on it and so forth. we dont know what this is, but there is a reason to assume, again, just based on the fact that a judge signed off on this search warrant, that there was something significant there. now, it depends on what it is. is it something that, you know, his supporters would recognize as major? i dont know. i do know that his folks -- i shouldnt say his folks. some of his folks, certainly not all, and certainly him, ha...

Down to basically, everybody keeps saying around trump, why is everybody assuming the. worse there assuming the worst in large part because of things like the shredding of documents, and in some cases the flashing of paper. -- handwritten notes on it. and so forth. we dont know what the says, but theres a reason to assume, again, facing the fact of the genocide of an a search warrant, there was something significant there. it depends on -- is it something that his supporters would recognize as m...

Problem, it may not be a consequential legal problem, we dont know what that looks like. i have no idea where this is going to result. weve seen investigations of people around trump, weve seen investigations of people around trump -- convictions. i dont know whether this is gonna be anything, obviously, an indictment of a former president should that be where this is leading will not be done lightly. but whether its going to be something that his supporters see, as quote unquote sufficient. i t...

Owners of america put pressure on the nra. in the past the nra sometimes would be willing to make relatively small concessions to avoid the larger bigger pr problem that was coming out of some of these terribly tragic incidents. the nra is a much diminished version of its past self. theyve been going through all sorts of lawsuit, scandal after scandal, questions about whether their money is going. so i think the reason why -- if republicans vote for this and actually get something through its go...

Wouldnt tuck tail and run. >> got these tapes debating after how to respond a columbine. you see the tem plate being set. they see it a as pr problem for them. thats been the pattern. now they will meet in houston. same state where this occurred. donald trump will speak there. you know what not be allowed, guns. >> thank you. appreciate it. the nra is pleati meeting in ho texas. thats on friday. well speak with the mayor, next. parents of the victims of sandy hook and parkland shooting speak out...

Kneel at halftime. eminem kneeled at halftime. then the nfl said, "we never told eminem he couldnt kneel at halftime." so twitter and the tabloids have something to write about this morning. >> oh, and i got to say this was very predictable. i mean here is the national football league, which has a reputation for bathing in black culture but not necessarily supporting that with black employment in positions of power. this is the crux of what the nfls pr problem is right now with america. you know...

We need action from congress. >> the question is what is that going to look like? lets bring in some experts, nbc capitol hill correspondent alley vitale, nbcs jacob ward who covers technology. cecilia wong, tech editor at "new york times," and kara swisher "new york times" contributor, co-host of the pivot podcast and host of the sway podcast. kara, everyone is saying this is a huge disaster for facebook. its a nightmare, but is this anything more than a pr problem? lets review. user growth is ...

Irresponsibility knows absolutely no bounds. >> the president accuing republicans of playing russian roulette with the economy with a crisis looming that could end with the loss of millions of jobs, higher interest rates on credit cards and probably some unwelcome news for your 401(k). were one on one with the senate democrat about the path forward in this show. plus, what is up with facebook and instagram? they are down and out around the world with facebook scrambling to fix whatever is goin...