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Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has not endorsed any strategy on gun control despite what the president told reporters there that you just heard. kaitlin collins is at the white house for us. there seems to be a bit of a mixup here. what can you tell us? >> reporter: the president is claiming that he has strong congressional support on strengthening these background checks, something he mentioned multiple times as he spoke with reporters before leaving the white house and cited conversations that he'd had not only with democrats like nancy pelosi and chuck schumer but going back to mitc...

Democratic presidential candidates will be headed to louisville tonight with supporters from ohio trying to pressure the majority leader to take action and bring gun legislation to the floor of the united states senate. but of course he's not just getting pressure from democrats. yesterday president trump said he was open to doing something on background checks and we know that privately and publicly he is putting pressure on republicans to take action. he is having conversations with senator patrick toomey of pennsylvania, somebody who has supported expanding background checks in the past. no...