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On that point that kelly was making and this conversation about how the nra has moved. we were talking about what happens when the nics was created. i covered the gun debate in 2013. there's pressure from these right side groups, the gun owners of america that are paying attention to every single thing that members of congress are doing and there may have been times in the past when the nra would stay silent or not necessarily score a piece of legislation or negotiation a compromise around the nics background system. those days are long gone. they are the ones that shutdown this debate over ba...

System. some fixes to the background system. some modest expansions of background checks now. there is some question about whether or not the congress would go for a full universal background checks which is something that is broadly supported by the public but not supported by the nra, things like closing the so-called gun show loophole. this is something that is a little bit more controversial when you talk to nra members, when you talk to the nra leadership. these are the people who have the president's ear. these are the people who have the ear of the leaders in congress. and it does appea...

National security adviser, h.r. mcmaster, just last week said it. and yet we still have a segment of the population that does side with the president, that believe that it is not the case and that this is actually something that has just been made up by the media and by democrats. >> toluse, another number. the current polling on enhanced background checks for gun ownership. 97%. that's margin of error 100% in this country. nothing polls -- we can't agree it's wednesday with a 97% return. as i said to germany at the top of the broadcast in a congress where let's agree profiles in courage are h...

Having meaningful improvement of the background check system. so we appreciate that the president reacting in real time is saying these things. but we have 1 in 15 guns sold today without a background check. so simply saying you're going to put a little bit more money in the system, that's not sufficient. we have to close all of the loopholes in the background system. raising the age around an ar-15 purchase, that's a good idea, yes, but beyond that, ar-15s were really designed by the military as assault weapons. brady's position is there's no place in modern consumerism for those kinds of wea...

As the president has said, no american child should ever feel unsafe in their schools. we believe this is an important priority for this administration. obviously he's also talking to governors as well as congressional leaders in order to figure out the best way to deal with this issue. >> yeah. you know, but in terms of the possibility that we need is more security at our schools, there's indication that he's open to increasing gun control, he's understanding of the cornyn legislation. does he back that? >> at this point the president has spoken with senator cornyn. obviously this is bipartis...