amy: talk about wayne lapierre's rise, charlton heston, and what we are seeing today. >> when lapierreoined the nra in 1978, so when you're after the cincinnati revolt, and he had worked for a blue dog democrat in the virginia state house on gun legislation before. and before that he briefly w a special education public high scho -- public school teacher but virginia and new york, which i think a somewhat interesting. he was a very young man, i think 28 when he joined the nra. he helped pass the firearms protection act during the reagan administration which rolled back some of the 1968 law which really gave him credibility within the nra. then in 1991 after a series of scandals and infighting in the organization there really was threatening to bring it down they chose lapierre to become the executive vice president and ceo, which is the title -- combined title now that he uses in 1991. there was a push to try and depose him by an individual by the name of neil knox who accused everybody but him of being weak on gun rights as a way of trying to outflank organization on their core issue.

so, i want to thank you, wayne lapierre.that man was not a member of the nra, but the satirical comedy -- he joins me now. jason solving, the co-host of the good lies broadcast, welcome to the show this evening. jason first off, i'm deeply impressed with your ability to keep a straight face throughout all of that. i keep chuckling every time i see lapierre's face. you can't help but think what is he doing there. what was your reaction to the speech -- that people get it in the end? what's happened next? >> i think that wayne lapierre definitely got it. i made i contact with him all the time, and it was a little nerve-racking because he was just staring at me the whole time. but people in the hall, i think also where, 50% of them. but as you heard, at the end, there was an applause. staying in the line of the fought -- so many times. that is the nra, i guess. >> indeed, they genuinely believe it. and addition to addressing wayne lapierre, he spoke to others at the nra convention, including a man wearing a t-shirt, and holding

i want to thank you, wayne lapierre, for all you've done all your thoughts on all your prayers.y the way, after that, he was reelected as ceo of the nra by a vote of 52 on. he saw that post -- the good liars join me now. welcome to you both, guys. thank you for joining us on this. jason, i have to, say i saw this when i was and uvalde, covering a mass shooting there. but i was really fascinated by what took place there and obviously your addressing the crowd at the nra and wayne lapierre as well. i have to ask, were you nervous about being there and doing that? >> yes. short answer, very nervous. it was nerve-racking because a lot was made over donald trump speaking on friday night and they weren't allowing guns, the secret service was not allowing guns. at that meeting there was no such rule, the guns were allowed there. so, we were talking about what i should do and -- because we did know that he would even existed, we didn't know that we will get to be there with wayne lapierre. i had the thought, you've seen us interrupt some events before, we talk about that briefly and dec

yay lapierre. who will lead the country until a vote is held in october or november. i've been struggling to keep the alliance together and been without a majority in parliament for more than 2 months. the coalition was made up of a diverse range of political forces and made history by becoming the 1st is really government to include a palestinian israeli party. moved to dissolve. parliament comes after the coalition failed to renew a law on the status of illegal israeli settlers in the occupied west bank. he might be able to assure. busy home on friday, i held a series of talks with legal and security officials and i realized that in 2 days with the expiration of the west bank regulations, israel will experience serious security damages and legal chaos. i couldn't allow that will kill la sophomore. we spirit know if and then a galvanized through me that was needed to pass the regulations. but unfortunately, if it's poor, no fruit can therefore, my friend and i have decided to act together to dissolve parliament and sit and agreed upon date for elections. the up, the

the 5th in 3 years for mister jojo, lapierre will take bennett's job and leave the country until a vote is held in october or november. the coronation, which has been without a majority in parliament for more than 2 months. the moved it is all parliament comes after the kurdish and failed to renew a law on the status of illegal israeli settlers in the occupied westbank. b obviously shear her. busy on on friday i held a series of talks with legal and security officials and i realized that in 2 days, what the expiration of the we spent regulations, israel will experience serious security damages and legal chaos. i couldn't allow that will. it kills the law. sophomore, we sped, no effect to galvanize whomever was needed to pass the regulations. but unfortunately at effect sport, no fruit can. therefore, my friend and i decided to act together to dissolve parliament and suit and agreed upon date for elections. he ought gunman have killed 8 people and kidnapped 38 others into attacks on churches in northern nigeria. the salt targeted morning services at a catholic and baptist church in the s

sorry, i would just say also the idea of the miss and the lie that was invented by wayne lapierre because it didn't exist before sandy hook a decade ago. nearly that a good guy with a gun is all that it takes to stop. a bad guy with a gun, i think was set to rest in you've all day. we had 19 long foresman officers all with guns and we had a single perpetrator. none of him could take out the bad guy with a gun. the reality is that lie existed the moment it was uttered. and it was uttered by the way, with wayne law pierre on a yacht in the mediterranean, where he fled, because he was afraid that he would be shot by the rest of america. that's just true. and we've been living with the consequences of that lie. we all know if that missed were true, and if it just means more guns, stop, gun violence. we have more guns than people in america. we would be the safest country on earth. and dion father would still be alive. it's just false and we are dying of it this and so i'm done with that myth and i hope all of america is we're done with that in this framework that we're looking around is want

care take a prime minister, not likely to be any progress in talks with the palestinians. behind lapierre, if there is still bennett who is opposed to any idea of a palestinian state, netanyahu's liquid party leads the poles, but it wouldn't win enough seats to form a governing majority. the next election could end up being the 1st in a series. as israel heads into another period of political instability, bernard smith out a 0 west jerusalem. a national ceremony is being held in the democratic republic of congo in honor of former president, patrice lumber. he played a major role in congress, fight for independence from belgium. he was abducted and assassinated 6 decades ago, a tooth his only known remains will be placed in a newly constructed mausoleum in the capital kinshasa. out 0 is malcolm web reports from my ruby. it was 62 years ago. today, the democratic republic of congo was granted independence from belgium colonial rule. the teeth, remember, stood out of ceremony in kinshasa in front of belgian king and made an impassioned speech slamming the belgian racism and brutal colonial r

to renew a law on the status of israeli settlers in the occupied westbank. foreign minister jerry lapierre, we'll take over from natalie bennett in the role of interim prime minister until the poll, which is expected in october. and smith has the latest from wish to receive cough for a year. benjamin netanyahu has been working to bring down the coalition with allison, him from power, and he's managed it by blocking the normally automatic renewal of a bill that extends israeli law into the settlements. now netanyahu sees a pop back to the prime minister's office. we've been lucky, i intend to form a strong national steady government. i think the atmosphere change show i can feel it. i mean, i hear from the people that we now want to will change. we want to return the state of israel to the place into service and i intend to do it together with my friends . the outgoing 8 party coalition was the most unusual israeli history made up of the hard, right liberals on palestinian israelis from the arab list. they came together to get rid of netanyahu, but they claim other achieve. i must say that

yeah lapierre, who'll take over from left ali bennett in the role of into in prime minister until the election which is expected in october. a funeral has been held for palestinian man who was stabbed by an us railey settler in the occupied west bank. witnesses say 27 year old ali harv was a tax while defending his own land on tuesday. it's ready, police of opened an investigation. the palestinians are skeptical. those responsible will be held accountable. human rights experts say there's been an increase in violence by settlers against palestinians. ecuador was government, is trying to re take control of the city of polio, and the countries amazon region after violent clashes during ongoing nationwide protests, demonstrations have been taking place for 10 days. at least 2 people have died, an official say 18 police officers are missing after an attack on a police station employer for testers are demanding lower fuel prices and say, president guillermo lasso is not listening to their concerns. last i was fending of calls to resign. and has expanded a state of emergency to deal with th

program with breaking news is rouse prime minister and if talley bennett and foreign minister yet lapierre have agreed to dissolve parliament. the move is expected to force the country's 5th election in less than 3 and a half years. that period we'll take the roll of inch from prime minister until the poles. for more on this let's bring in bernard smith, who joins us live from west jerusalem. bernard talk us through the details of what's happened. this coalition government has been stumbling along for the last few weeks. it's a miracle in many israelis, eyes that is lasted as long as it has one year. it was the strangest coalition government, israel's ever seen, a combination of parties on the far right the right, the left. and the 1st time that palestinian israelis had been involved in israeli government, it was brought together with the government. its sole reason for being really was to get rid of benjamin netanyahu, and it did manage also says to pass the state budget the 1st time he's done that in israel in 3 years. but his benjamin netanyahu was engineered the downfall. busy of this

celebrated the high court's ruling thursday, the organization's executive vice president, wayne lapierre, had this to say. quote decades of right to carry laws all across america have proven that good men and women are not the problem. this ruling will bring life saving justice to law abiding americans who have lived under unconstitutional restrictions all across our country, particularly in cities and states with revolving door criminal justice systems. no cash bail and increased opposition to law enforcement. but gun control advocates lambasted the decision, accusing the court's conservative majority of going against the will of most americans who support sensible gun control decision is radical judicial extremism at its worst, and americans will die as a result. evan sernoffsky ktvu, fox. two news executives were in washington, d c today and made the record gas prices that seem to just keep going up executives from bp, chevron and several other companies met with energy secretary jennifer granholm. she reportedly took banning or limiting fuel exports off the table as a way to lower ga

my office is reaching out to wayne lapierre because frankly, i don't believe the nra has the dominant population of its membership that would not be open to stopping gun trafficking, storing guns ammunitions, and increasing the age. that's overly popular. so here's the point, i think. let the senate move, and it's negotiating. but we in the house have work to do as well. i think there are people in the house, members, republicans, democrats, that can find commonality around this pass. >> let me, on that point, here may be an example, we had a republican congresswoman on on wednesday, beth devine. i'm sorry, beth van dine from texas, i'm sure you know her, and she has introduced a bill that would keep guns out of the hand of 18-year-olds with a violent juvenile record. she said she can't get democrats to come on board with her. let me play for you what she said. >> violent offenders, violent criminals need to be prevented from purchasing guns. if we actually -- and that's where we have our conversation, i'm ready. i'm ready. i will talk to anybody in the room who's willing to have that

caretaker, prime minister, that's not likely to be any progress in talks with the palestinians behind lapierre, if there is still bennett who is opposed to any idea of a palestinian state, netanyahu's liquid party leads the poles, but it wouldn't win enough seats to form a governing majority. the next election could end up being the 1st in a series as israel heads into another period of political instability. burnett smith, al jazeera west jerusalem. that's kind of, you know, from our cuba elder who's a pollutant analyst and a hot it's computer contributes up. he joins us now live from television, good to have you with us a cave. and so a 5th election in 4 years. how will the is really electra feel about what sort of government will they returned this time? where's your correspondence just said they, they feel that the in a way it's business as usual. some of them believe that a year ago it was a miracle that bennett was able to. busy form and government was the islamist for his merits was labor was a very weird puzzle of 8 parties. the prime minister in a very good day had in his pocket the 6

renew a law on the status of his riley settlers in the occupied west bank. foreign minister jerry lapierre, will take over from natalie bennett in the role of interim prime minister until the poll, which is expected in october. and it smith has more on story from west jerusalem for a year. benjamin netanyahu has been working to bring down the coalition that ousted him from power. and he's managed it by blocking the normally automatic renewal of a bill that extends israeli law into the settlements. now netanyahu sees a path back to the prime minister's office. luca been lucky, i intend to form a strong national steady government. i think the atmosphere change show i can feel it. i mean, i hear from the people, i'm sure we now want to will change. we want to return the state of israel to the place to service and i intend to do it together to with my friends. the outgoing 8 party coalition was the most unusual in his railey history, made up of the hard right liberals on palestinian israelis from the arab list. they came together to get rid of netanyahu, but they claim other achieve. i must sa

celebrated the high court's ruling thursday, the organization's executive vice president, wayne lapierre, had this to say, quote. decades of right to carry laws all across america have proven that good men and women are not the problem. this ruling will bring life saving justice to law abiding americans who have lived under unconstitutional restrictions all across our country, particularly in cities and states with revolving door criminal justice systems, no cash bail and increased opposition to law enforcement. but gun control advocates lambasted the decision, accusing the court's conservative majority of going against the will of most americans who support sensible gun control. this decision is radical judicial extremism at its worst americans will die as a result. jon lowy is chief counsel at the brady center to prevent gun violence. he and other gun control advocates held a town hall meeting criticizing the supreme court's ruling. an armed society is not as the n r a likes to say, polite society. it is a deadly society. in the supreme court has taken a huge step in writing that bogus

this is the shortest tenure of any elected israeli prime minister. foreign minister yet lapierre will take over his interim prime minister until the pole is held. iraq's prime minister is in tehran as part of a regional to it's immediate. the tense relationship between iran and saudi arabia, most f a l cut. he is hoping to restart a visual talk between the 2 countries which have had no diplomatic times since 2016 . he was graded by iranian president abraham, bracing earlier. the iraqi later visited jetta. the saudi crown prince iraq has hosted 5 rounds of told between the 2 in the past pm. i'm calling has turned on the switch for a special light show marking 25 years since the territories hand over to china. it all culminates with a celebration on friday in the hand, over from british rule by jing, a grade to a high degree of autonomy for 50 years. but since imposed a sweeping national security law cracking down on pro democracy protested and politicians. old primary and secondary schools in beijing will resume in person classes from monday, as coven 19 cases in the city decline, kind

wayne lapierre, meet with us. we are in a crisis of death. we have a war on the children of america. i, for one, cannot stand any stupor of stupidness. i believe it is crucial that what we did some years ago, sit on the floor of the house when we were in republican-controlled, after sandy hook, just to do something. and here we are again. now remember the words of john lewis, who said "where is the heart of this body, the congress? where is our soul? where is our moral leadership? where is our courage?" from columbine, for which i served at that time on the columbine task force, to the countless numbers of children that have died because guns have not been stored or guns do not have a device as the storage bills reflect, this is the question of whether or not we as americans are blind. do we only see the power and money of gun manufacturers? are we not sensitive to boulder, atlanta, tree of life, marjory stoneman douglas, las vegas, san bernardino, gilroy, garland, washington navy yard, sandy hook alum entry, virginia tech, immanuel african m

wayne lapierre, meet with us. we are in a crisis of death. we have a war on the children of america. i, for one, cannot stand any stupor of stupidness. i believe it is crucial that what we did some years ago, sit on the floor of the house when we were in republican-controlled, after sandy hook, just to do something. and here we are again. now remember the words of john lewis, who said "where is the heart of this body, the congress? where is our soul? where is our moral leadership? where is our courage?" from columbine, for which i served at that time on the columbine task force, to the countless numbers of children that have died because guns have not been stored or guns do not have a device as the storage bills reflect, this is the question of whether or not we as americans are blind. do we only see the power and money of gun manufacturers? are we not sensitive to boulder, atlanta, tree of life, marjory stoneman douglas, las vegas, san bernardino, gilroy, garland, washington navy yard, sandy hook alum entry, virginia tech, immanuel african m

that is based off of corruption allegations against wayne lapierre and other members of leadership.has creating internal -- created internal fighting. you also have the fact that they are using very old styles of fundraising and membership development that relies on direct mail. it is not so clear that they are picking up these new gun owners. we had this surge of gun buying during the pandemic, and everything that followed from that, and the nra did not grow its membership during that time. host: you are at the recent meetings. what was attendance like? guest: attendance was very low, even by their own numbers. it was actually the lowest attended nra annual meeting since 2006. the same can be said of their board elections. the members vote on who will be on the board of directors. they had the fewest number of ballots returned since 2006. members are not as engaged as they have been in the past. host: steve gutowski is our guest. he is the editor of the reload. we will be talking about congressional efforts to address gun violence. we will welcome your calls and comments. the lines

the organization's executive vice president, wayne lapierre, had this to say, quote.right to carry laws all across america have proven that good men and women are not the problem. this ruling will bring life saving justice to law abiding americans who have lived under unconstitutional restrictions all across our country, particularly in cities and states with revolving door criminal justice systems, no cash bail and increased opposition to law enforcement. but gun control advocates lambasted the decision, accusing the court's conservative majority of going against the will of most americans who support sensible gun control. this decision is radical judicial extremism at its worst , and americans will die as a result. evan sernoffsky ktvu, fox two news. all right, thank you. evan san francisco sheriff's office says it has already received more than two dozen requests for concealed carry permits. after yesterday's decision, san francisco sheriff paul miyamoto has not issued any concealed carry permits in his time in office, and the office says it will continue to follow