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The nra point. >> precisely. but what could be different now is that the nra that he has been, you know, sort of frankly bowing to since parkland is a little bit weaker, a lot weaker on its leadership level. the grassroots is a different thing. but weaker and chaotic on a leadership level which given the president sees as a potential sign of weakness. that is the only different dynamic. >> interesting. >> but we also know from reporting that the white house -- aides in the white house commissioned a poll and found most of these measures would have no impact on the president's base. this is a b...

Long-promised border wall. the move, which was authorized by defense secretary mark esper will impact 127 different construction projects. officials say half of that money will come from planned international projects and the other half f. needed, would come from the domestic side. senate minority sleerd chuck schumer said some of money would come from construction and maintenance money from the u.s. academy at west point. so could donald trump win without the call? the answer must be no to steal from fema during hurricane season and the military. >> i think the question isn't -- i think donal...

He is running a base strategy for his re-election campaign. he views the nra as a key part of that strategy, for funding and outreach. what should be surprising to all of us is this talk about background checks and everything. it's the guns. we need to stop these weapons from being out on the street. this is a long rifle. we don't know much about the type of rifle it is. the semiautomatic weapon that kills people in war does not need to be in the hands of anybody. and one more thing to get around is more of way of consensus. there are civil rights behind it. more officers do not go on the beat...

Presidency. but his base is as small as it's ever been. he's the most consistently unpopular president of recent history. i think he may find that if he tries to do this base strategy all the time, it's not going to work for him. he is underwater on immigration. his immigration policies are not popular with the country. he ran on it in 2018. he got shellacked. and if he keeps going in that same vein in 2020, there's a good chance we'll see the same result. >> yeah, and another area where president trump has been speaking out recently, he appears to be souring on the coverage by his favorite me...

He is very focused as he's always been on speaking to his base on the right wing of the republican party, not speaking to independent voters or even more moderate republicans like the women who laura was talking ability. i thought the one really revealing piece of the poll, jim, was that it showed there was considerably more intensity in favor of background checks on the democratic side and in favor of gun control on the democratic side than opposition, and 70% of democrats strongly favor new gun restrictions, 38% of republicans strongly oppose them. republicans in general still against gun co...