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That allegations of financial improprieties could threaten our nonprofit status. as always, if you want to find the truth, follow the money. audits of the nra by accountants showed that after spending $420 million in 2016, including 54 million to support donald trump and republicans in the election, the group had a nearly $15 million deficit. and double that the following year, while donations fell. and according to numbers published by fox, membership dues are off 21% since 2016, donations down the same period more than 23%, and the nra has cut everything from employee pensions to free office...

John avlon has our reality check to sort it all out. john, what has happened to nra tv. >> guys, it looks like nra tv got clutched by its own. >> clinched fist of truth. >> the national rifle association shut down live programming last week and its online television channel, nra tv, according to its ceo, wayne la p lapierre, it had moved too far from its core mission. >> they use their media to assassinate real news. they use their schools to teach children that their president is another hitler, all to make them march and scream and xenophobia and homophobia. >> since its founding by two unio...

Abortion. judge gorsuch was on the panel that heard hobby lobby's case in the court of federal appeals. the case went to the supreme court and by a vote of 5-4, the supreme court upheld the ruling for hobby lobby and against the federal government, upheld judge gorsuch's ruling. >> and pete, the people i noted around the president in the roosevelt room was wayne la p lapierre, the head of the nra and you had a lot of group concerned women of america and having wayne lapierre sitting next to him, that sends a strong signal in terms of what they are trying to mobilize. >> the power at that table...

Through an elegant process as opposed to a demeaning process. >> yes. >> because they are very demeaning on the other side and they want you to look as bad as possible. of course, the press can be very demeaning, too. i'm sure the press will be very dignified in this case. i really want -- that's the word. i really think he's a very dignified man. i'd like to see him go through a dignified process. i think he deserves that and hopefully it will go quickly and you'll see what happens. so what we might do is we might ask for the folks in the room just to give yourself a quick name and introducti...

Termof the balan of the court. the next seat is the one that would tip the court. >> you see the president and he's surrounded by mostly conservative interest groups especially wayne lapierre of the nra sitting next to him. you can see what kind of outreach he's trying to mobilize for this justice. >> absolutely. and the east room scene last night couldn't have been more, you know, showy and apprentice-like. this is really the first really big presidential thing that he has done other than greet theresa may last week. a president only gets to name a supreme court nominee a couple of times, rig...