writer for "the atlantic." pivotal moment. according to your reporting, president trump and wayne la pierre, the head of the nra talked on the phone today. what have you learned about that conversation? >> that's right. they spoke on the phone earlier today and the first point i would make is that trump actually made this call himself. this was not wayne la pierre trying to schedule time with the leader of the free world. this was trump himself wanting to reach out to the head of the nra. so once they were connected, i am told by somebody briefed on the call who actually heard the tail end of it that trump was pretty unequivocal and not interested in pursuing expanded background checks and that instead he wanted to focus all of his energies now on focussing on funding for mental health reform, and prosecuting gun crimes across the country at the federal level. so as those clips you showed just, you know, revealed to your viewers, we've gone from parroting the idea the slippery slope argument is bad and very meaningful back ground checks are on the horizon to trump assuring wayne la pierre this is