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Scrapping a state visit to u.s. ally denmark in two weeks after danish officials rejected his expressed interest in buying greenland, a sovereign part of denmark. the danish royal family calling the cancellation a, quote, complete surprise. it comes as the president changes his mind on another issue, universal background checks for gun purchases here at home. according to a source, a phone call with the head of the nra, combined with pressure from gop lawmakers, has cemented the president's reversal against supporting stricter background checks. the president telling the nra chief, wayne lapie...

It's a total pattern with this president. when there is a tragedy he gets behind the idea of new gun control measures. but when the smoke clears and the political realities set in, the president backs off, and so is the case with this current situation, a source telling both myself and cnn's katelyn collins that after a long conversation with the nra's head wayne lepierre, the president told lepierre that universal background checks are off the table. so that's a considerable departure from what the president was saying publicly, not very long ago. and we're also told that the president was to...

Happens specifically with white people and specifically with women. and that suggests also a larger trend that we saw in 2018 which is that among white suburban women the president has not been doing well. and that doesn't bode well for republicans heading into 2020 whether it's for the presidency or for down ballot racesmism. >> and we saw that in 2018, white suburban women really helped turn congress back to blue. alex, you cover this administration, you cover the white house. you can see in the president's public comments in his focus on issues even on background checks he's told wayne lepi...

From wayne lepierre and the president proves his impotent on these issues. this is exactly the kind of outreach that might have appealed to them. instead he's continuing to say the body count is going to continue to rise, and can't do anything right for the-country because i'm too weak and afraid. >> the president had this call yesterday with the nra chief. they talked for about half an hour, maybe up to 45 minutes. it varies judging by different people. but it was during that call that real really cemented the president backing off that push for extended background checks. during this call, a...

Worry about their childrens security. but president trump is retreating from any plan to expand background checks for gun buyers. this is a problem that has only gotten worse on his watch. 4 of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in u.s. modern history have happened during the trump presidency. let's begin there as we bring in katelyn collins, john avalon. >> the reporting is that trump had several conversations with wayne lepierre and as of this morning everything he said about wanting expanded universal background checks is, quote, dead. which is fitting term and chilling term because obviously ...