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Again on gun legislation. we played what the president said shortly after the shootings in el paso and dayton not buying into the position, this would put the country on a slippery slope. so just to refresh your memory, here is what he said back then. >> you know, it's a slippery slope. they think you approve one thing and that leads to a lot of bad things. i don't agree with that. i think we can do meaningful, very meaningful background checks. i want to see it happen. >> so that was the ninth of this month. he didn't agree with slippery slope argument and taking a strong stand, blah, blah, b...

On gun legislation to making it his own position for more on the evolution, we'll welcome jim acosta. new reporting when the white house might talk about specific gun law propels. what have you heard? >> from what we understand talking to our source, white house official says the president has been briefed on a range of options to address mass shootings in this country. the white house staff have been working on this for the last several weeks on this. no details in terms of what is going to be unveiled by the white house and no firm timetable but they do expect to announce something right aro...

Information, sometimes for good reasons, sometimes not. they have changed positions, sometimes drastically. that's not what is happening now these are just complete and total changes in positions from one day to the next, not based on any actual change of thought, it's just different words. our friend and colleague maggie haberman observed this president will say what he needs to say to get through ten increments of time and hard to say she was wrong. whether it's about a little thing like the health and future of the u.s. economy or gun legislation after two mass shootings, 12 days ago after ...

It's a slippery slope and we're not going to let that happen. he's not a great poker player. this is all about 2020. >> that's right, anderson. and it is a slippery slope to 2020 for this president if he goes against the nra, he is going to be eating into that base of support. when you talk to people who are inside this white house, close to the white house, people who talk to the president, they will remind you that gun rights enthusiasts are the most active of the trump conservative base. if the president disappoints those voters, that could spell big trouble. david hogg joins us know. i'm w...

Ahead wayne lapierre. but the president has certainly had several conversations with people over the nra. it does sound like as we saw in the past after the mass shooting in parkland, the president has changed his views based on those conversations. and, anderson, he really isn't flip-flopping on this issue. he's shape shifting. it's difficult to pin him down. he just doesn't want to get pinned down on this issue and it's because he knows 90% of the country wants universal background checks and inside of his base, you can almost flip that number upside down in terms of where things stand. i ta...