not be popular among trump supporters. so now what? joining us now is a "washington post" reporter behind the story, josh. tell us more about this call. >> so wayne la pierre, the head of the nra called the president on tuesday after the president seemed to publicly support some expanded background checks. nra officials had been in close touch with nick mulvaney, but wayne la pierre elevated it to the president. there's been a lot of people in the president's ear. lots of advisers, lots of friends from new york. kind of a various group of people. but the nra is particularly important inside the white house where many of the aides in fact are a little less liberal than the president op gun control and don't want much to happen. >> this seems something of a pattern, though. the president says that he's