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Coming out and saying this. wayne lepierre tells the president your base won't like this. which wins out? >> the public has been in a place where it's one of the few issues where you have the overwhelming majority of americans that support stricter gun control laws, and yet the nra continues to remain this powerful force. they fund a lot of republican presidential campaigns. they have a massive membership and we all know trump cares deeply about where his base is. if he's going to be hearing from some republicans he will risk losing that base if he takes this step, he tends to go with where hi...

Lepierre seems to have the president's ear? >> i think the senate majority leader is also listening to the nra. and i don't think that he is going to respond to the letter in a positive way at least. and it's sad because if you think about this we're a nation over 300 million people, most of whom support background checks, most of whom support getting rid of weapons held by citizens, and yet one person is going against almost 300 million people and refusing to do something that is a modest reform of guns. and it's so tragic because it's frustrating the public. i had an event here last night wh...

Mr. trump the measure would not be popular with his loyal supporters. josh dossy a cnn political analyst and white house reporter for "the washington post." he co-wrote that article about the nra and with us now. josh, good morning. he said it would not only not be popular among the president's supporters but he also based on your reporting argued against the bill's merits according to officials. how much sway -- is it your sense, how much sway does wane lepierre have right now with president trump? >> the president has been pulling a number of senators, allies number this week about what he s...