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it's been the n.r.a.'ng-standing position that those who have been adjudicated as a danger to themselves or other should not have access to firearms and should be admitted for treatment." the n.r.a. said that. kris brown, the n.r.a. is imploding right now. this is a critical moment. if you can address what that means, that the n.r.a. does not wield the same kind of power, you have these horrific massacres this weekend following so many others -- there's the 250 and 251st mass shootings just this year. what this means that the n.r.a. is just embroileded in corrupti and new york is investigating the n.r.a. as well. kris: new york, the district of columbia, we're about to file a petition with the i.r.s. to ask the i.r.s. to also investigate them. they are suing their marketing firm. they're being countersued by that marketing firm. and the headline for the n.r.a. should really be lies, corruption, and deceit, because that is howow they have run thi business. and make no mistake, this is not a nonprofit. it's

>> i think farr n.r.a. has been very badly hurt by this. 90% of n.r.a. members are in favor of background checks. so the n.r.a. is not in the place of most of its members. and, in fact, if you go back, you can see wayne law pierre, who runs the n.r.a., testifying in front of congress in favor of background checks 15 or 20 years ago. >> we think it's reasonable to provide for instant gun checks at shows just like at gun stores and pawnshops. >> they have changed their views. they went away from background checks. it's the time for them to come back. if they want to be an organization representing gun owners, that's fine, nothing wrong with that, but they should not be somebody representing the view that everybody has a right to go kill everybody. >> brennan: i want to ask you about some of the choices the candidates are making. joe biden has said the president encourages white sue prem similar. bernie sanders said the president is a racist. elizabeth warren said he's stirring up racial conflict. beto o'rourke said he's making the risk for violence like th

the n.r.a.now engulfed in financial scandal. long-time leader wayne lapierre is accused of spending more than $300,000 in member dues on designer clothes. and look at this picture. how could this happen in 2019? outrage after white mounted cops lead a black suspect by a rope down the street. first it was farmers, now you as a consumer could soon be feeling the pain of the u.s.-china trade war. she wrote passionately about black life in america. we'll remember pulitzer prize winning author toni morrison. >> she reaches into the depths of pain and shows us through pain all the myriad ways we can come to love. al o'donnell: and a young boy challenges the world to do random acts of kindness. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell. >> o'donnell: good evening. this is our western edition. tonight as we come on the air, we have learned some disturbing information about what is happening in america. the f.b.i. now has opened investigations in all three recent mass shootings as there is g

the n.r.a. i have a lot of respect for the people at the n.r.a. and i have already spoken to them on numerous occasions. numerous occasions. and frankly, we need intelligent background checks. ok? this isn't a question of n.r.a., republican or democrat. i will tell you, i spoke to mitch mcconnell yesterday, he's totally onboard. he said, i've been waiting for your call. he's totally onboard. i spoke to senators that in some cases -- friends of mine, but pretty hard-line senators, hard-line and when i say that, i say that in a positive way. hard-line on the second amendment. and they understand, we don't want insane people, mentally ill people, bad people, dangerous people, we don't want guns in the hands of the wrong people. i think that the republicans are going to be great and lead the charge, along with the democrats. i spoke yesterday to nancy pelosi, we had a great talk. i spoke to chuck schumer, we had a great talk. and chuck schumer in particular loves my china policy, as you probably kno

that's what i spoke to the n.r.a. about yesterday.the same time, i don't want to take away people's second amendment rights. robert: anita wrote in politico th president trump has baffled lawmaker and ado kacy groups for weeks with his comments. democrats on the campaign trail have tackled the issue. >> when the president, even this president, says he's going to do something abo background today that he has consulted with they told him sorry, you can't do that, it raises the very simple question, who is in charge? robert: once again, we're asking yo l that question tonight who is in charge? anita: let me tell you what i'm g from the white house. it seems as if they're going back and forth or that he's going back and forth. let me tell you, the president, he is going back and forth but the president wants to put out a plan. and he's getting pressure from both sides, right. obviously se iso worried about losing supporters and his based ving gun vol that would be very, you know, very strong. and so he's looking at that and he's thinking

the n.r.a. aggressively tries to block every sensible piece of gun violence prevention proposed, even after 20 first graders were murdered with an assault rifle in their classrooms. the n.r.a. values the manufacturing and sales of mass killing machines over the innocent life of a six-year-old boy and over a community's ability to gather for a festival. the n.r.a. stokes fear and a culture of hate. the n.r.a. clinics to a definition of the second amendment that is far beyond what the framers of the constitution intended when they authored it. does anyone really believe the founding fathers who emphasized life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness put a man firing a gun over the life of a six-year-old boy? the second amendment is not a suicide pact. in addition to that, i am also asking the budget and legislative analyst's office to review the city's contracts to determine if our contractors or subsidiaries have any business with the n.r.a. whatsoever. we must use our considerable leverage to dis

we have to stand up to n.r.a. and do better. inaudible] >> i called -- as a matter of fact, i think if you check the record you'll find out that probably i was one of the very first, maybe the first i don't know, presidential candidate to say that president trump is a racist. he was a racist before he became president. he was the leader of the birther movement which tried to dehe jit mize the presidency of barack obama. i responded last week that he is a white supremacist. one at a time. i think you might want to check the polls again. we're feeling great. what i believe and as i said if you look at the polling of since the debate, actually there was a study out there, we did better. we advanced more than any other candidate. i feel good about that there has not been one national poll which had donald trump defeating me. i think a poll came out the other day that had us eight points ahead of him. i'm absolutely confident that we're going to win here and that we're going to win the democratic nomination. >> biden -- inaudible] >>

the n.r.a. took in $170 million in member dues alone last year, and it has the president's ear because it spent $30 million to help him get elected, norah, in 2016. >> o'donnell: nancy cordes on capitol hill, thank you. today the dow gained back nearly half of the points it lost yesterday, as the trade war with china escalated. tonight it's american farmers who are worried. china says it will stop buying agricultural products from the u.s. mark strassmann went to an almond farm in california where the news hit hard. >> reporter: california farmers grow more than 80% of the world's almonds. and china, their third biggest customer, is walking away. >> we're very concerned as we roll into this harvest season. >> reporter: in northern california, dave phippien's third-generation family farm grows and processes 42 million pounds of almonds a year. their biggest worry: without the chinese as customers, almond prices will drop. >> as a farmer and a grower, you feel rather powerless. and so you're hopin

that does i mean there been some scandals about the n.r.a. the national rifle association and the internal. spending and discrepancies and how various funding was used in personnel policies unfortunately this is news that we were all looking at several months ago and has largely disappeared now that doesn't mean that the n.r.a. hasn't been crippled a little bit but it still remains there as an enormously rich and enormously powerful lobby one of the most powerful lobbies in washington you have a situation where 90 percent of americans today through polling clearly want background checks they say this is a bipartisan everybody wants an issue the n.r.a. does not and so it is a classic example where legislators are not responding to their constituents they are responding to their fear of the n.r.a. mr clemens we thank you as always for your time and expertise that steve clemons live in san francisco thank you thank you. now puerto rico's new governor has been sworn in the 3rd person to hold the office in less than a week the appointment of the j

i think n.r.a. members want to ban military style assault weapons and large magazines, want background checks, so somebody on the terrorist watch list cannot buy a weapon. i can't think of anything more common sense, an anti-trafficking law. the last one is the easiest, it says law enforcement can go after gun traffickers. in a city like chicago, in new york city, they come up the iron pipeline, get sold to gang members right out of the back, and no opportunity for a ba background check. you need 60 to pass it in the senate, this close to passing it. if mitch mcconnell had courage to stand up to the n.r.a. we would get a vote on the three measures and i wouldn't be surprised if they passed today. >> what about buying back assault weapons. should the government ban them and force people to sell them? >> we have a mandate now how to treat weapons of war. we used to acquiring weapons of war, machine guns have to be registered, that you have to have a-- you have to get your fingerprints done. have to ha

and, in fact, if you go back, you can see wayne law pierre, who runs the n.r.a., testifying in front of congress in favor of background checks 15 or 20 years ago. >> we think it's reasonable to

. >> the n.r.a. as opposed expanding background laws in the past and the president have spoken to n.r.a. officials and he believes they'll eventually support. >> and the n.r.a. says the proposal discussed by many will not have prevented the horrific tragedies in el paso and dayton and make millions of law abiding citizens unable to protect themselves and their loved one. in 2016, they were a huge supporter of the president, 30 million to the campaign, kristin. we'll look and see if the back and forth continues after he gets back to vacation. kristin: and it will interesting to see how it plays with the president's base. leland: he says that the base would trust him in his words yesterday. let's bring in democratic congressman and member of the house oversight committee from california. good to see you, sir, good to see you. leland: the president says he wants meaningful background checks, quote, unquote. what do those words mean to you? >> well, i'll take him in this instance at face value. that to m

the n.r.a. stokes fear and a culture of hate. the n.r.a. clinics to a definition of the second amendment that is far beyond what the framers of the constitution intended when they authored it. does anyone really believe the founding fathers who emphasized life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness put a man firing a gun over the life of a six-year-old boy? the second amendment is not a suicide pact. in addition to that, i am also asking the budget and legislative analyst's office to review the city's contracts to determine if our contractors or subsidiaries have any business with the n.r.a. whatsoever. we must use our considerable leverage to dislodge those who would enable the n.r.a., and we must encourage other jurisdiction to see jurisdictions to do the same. finally, i would like to close this meeting in memory of those victims of gilroy whose lived ended too early. we say or prayers and honor with actions all those who were shot or injured and all those whose lives have been shattered forever, and the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank yo

cbs news confirmed that longtime n.r.a.der wayne lapierre called and spoke to the president several times on tuesday and wednesday. in a statement, lapierre claims such laws "would make millions of law-abiding americans less safe and less able to defend themselves." but the white house insists the president's interest in a new law is real. over the past several days, he's repeatedly called democrat joe manchin and republican pat toomey. their background check bill narrowly failed in 2013. >> the president is open to this conversation. he has initiated this conversation in some cases. >> not one more! >> reporter: and the pressure is mounting. more than 200 mayors from both parties sent a letter to senate leaders urging them to call the senate back to session now to vote on two background check bills that passed the house in bi february. those bills would close loopholes for sales at gun shows tsd on the internet. in a radio interview this afternoon, the senate's erpublican leader, mitch mcconnell, said gun control legislati

the n.r.a. aggressively tries to block every sensible piece of gun violence prevention proposed, even after 20 first graders were murdered with an assault rifle in their classrooms. the n.r.a. values the manufacturing and sales of mass killing machines over the innocent life of a six-year-old boy and over a community's ability to gather for a festival. the n.r.a. stokes fear and a culture of hate. the n.r.a. clinics to a definition of the second amendment that is far beyond what the framers of the constitution intended when they authored it. does anyone really believe the founding fathers who emphasized life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness put a man

you were supported by the n.r.a. when you are a member of the house and now you have an f rating from the n.r.a.. the question i have when you think about your history on guns, did your private views change over the years or were you always against guns privately, but for political reasons, were supportive of the n.r.a.? sen. gillibrand: for me, it was really simple. as a member of congress 10 years ago, i supported the second amendment. i still support the second amendment. what i recognized 10 years ago when i became senator was that i needed to do much more. there was gun violence and gun deaths all across our state and country, and as a congress member i should have cared what was happening in places outside my district. that is what leadership is. a recognized pretty quickly that i was wrong, and i was going to lead on this issue. the truth is when you to meet a family who has lost someone to gun violence, it changes you. meeting with the parents of a young teenage girl hit me as a moment where i recognized i wa

and that's completely not what the n.r.a. says.its own website it says they op ose extending any so background checks. they take issue with the idea that there are any sort of gun loopholes in the system right now. now critics would say that's completely not true. in fact, they would say online sales and at gun shows person-to-person private gun sales, you don't need background checks for that. so that's why a lot of people want universal background checks, but the president so fr is not supporting that issue some we'ere going to have to s where the president goes to this, but it's clear he's leaning toward whatever the n.r.a. wants to support. >> brangham: for the day in a row, the question seemed to question theoyalty of jewish americans who support democrats. let's listen to what he said hout that. >> don't want to fund israel. they want to take away foreign aid to israel. they wt to do a lot of bad things to israel. in my opinion, you vote for a democrat, you're being very disloyal to jewish people and you're being very disloya

the n.r.a. aggressively tries to block every sensible piece of gun violence prevention proposed, even after 20 first graders were murdered with an assault rifle in their classrooms. the n.r.a. values the manufacturing and sales of mass killing machines over the innocent life of a six-year-old boy and over a community's ability to gather for a festival. the n.r.a. stokes fear and a culture of hate. the n.r.a. clinics to a

of course, the n.r.a.se if instances, especially after parkland, the n.r.a. came out and president trump then on what hek-tracked said as well. where is the n.r.a. in all of this? how has it reacted? >> we do know that wayne lapierre, who now controls the with., has been in touch the white house on the matter. what we saw after parkland is , the chief lobbyist at visit to thee a white house. we know that the n.r.a. is involved in discussions. they're totally staying out of this. but perhaps they aren't as hands-on as they were in the remains to beally seen. but we know that the n.r.a. will fight very hard for anything they view as infringes on the second amendment. >> we know that trump himself is for a the hamptons fund-raising campaign, a already inr 2020, full swing. and this has become a politicized issue. we starting to see this be a dividing line for the voter, not only for what's been happening? >> after parkland and continuing on through the 2020 campaign, seen people become single issue voters on

the n.r.a. have a lot of respect for the people at the n.r.a. and i have already spoken to them on numerous occasions. numerous occasions. and frankly, we need intelligent background checks. ok? this isn't a question of n.r.a., republican or democrat. i will tell you, i spoke to mitch mcconnell yesterday, he's totally onboard. he said, i've been waiting for your call. he's totally onboard. i spoke to senators that in some cases -- friends of mine, but pretty hard-line senators, hard-line and when i say that, i say that in a positive way. hard-line on the second amendment. and they understand, we don't want insane people, mentally ill people, bad people, dangerous people, we don't want guns in the hands of the wrong people. i think that the republicans are going to be great and lead the charge, along with the democrats. i spoke yesterday to nancy pelosi, we had a great talk. i spoke to chuck schumer, we had a great talk. and chuck schumer in particular loves my china policy, as you probably know.

's what i spoke to the n.r.a. about yesterday.hey want to get rid of the loopholes as well as i do. at the same time, i dont to take away people's second amendment rights. >> brangham: we know th president has also been talking to the head of the national rifle association.e do you have aer sense of what the president is willing to do about guns? >> the president is clearly in lock step with the n.r. this issue when it comes to background checks and gun legislation overall. he's been talking frequently to wayne law pierre, the head of the n.r.a. i put the president to thees on: are you also talking to mass shooting victims. he wouldn't answer directly. he would only say, i visited them in the hospe als. he said ead of the n.r.a. wants to somehow close loopholes in the background check system. and that's completely not what the n.a. says. on its own website it says they oppose extenng any sort of background checks. they take issue with the idea that there are any sort of gun loopholes in the system right now. now critics would say

the n.r.a. or republicans orrats. that's completely changed. i think it it will be very interesting once congresses c back to see what the president does. we have a pretty clear sign. the n.r.a. is on the phone with the white house and they are completely changing t thee. >> yang: white house correspondent yamiche alcindor, thanks very much. >> thanks. >> yang: for decades, maximizing profits for stockholders has been the driving goal for corporate america. but there's a growing populist backlash as more and more americans led to great social inequality. this wee nearly 200 of the country's most prominent companies issued a joint statemat represents a major philosophical shift. the c.e.o.s said that corporat t leaders shoue into account all stakeholders: that means employees, customers, suppliers and society in general. o that's the focthis week's "making sense" segment. and for it, we t steven pearlstein, pulitzer prize- winning columnist for the "washington post," professor of public a univers

veer from the core values they claim to espouse good the corporate roots of the disease tree of the n.r.a. be about to fall let's find out a sterile ventre and i start watching the hocks. the . real deal with. a liar is a lot of. what it looks like you are going to. welcome everybody to watch the top of the wall is today we once again dial over to say thursday as tyrel ventre and i bring you 2 distinct and informative discussions featuring a variety of topics and guests with unique political viewpoints starting with my very own so let's take a trip into the gallery. thank you joining me now in the gallery are loads of news you got to know you are intrepid 4th reporter america regina hamm and artie america responded rachel evans thanks for joining me thank you so named in these various lawsuits that are coming out now are these women who work for epstein on a daily basis and that's kind of the people that i wonder and there seems to be a big question what do we do with them people like lane maxwell his alleged madam who is about as tied up in his crimes as any person can be if you look thr

n.r.a.e outspent them in the midterm electionsnd outmaneuvered them. wehe won in midterm elections and we'll beat them in 2020. there are 4 million guns in the hands of civilians in america. if that made us safer, we would be the safest in the world. we have the highe number of gun laws in the history of nations. the only way we fix that is by tiery american g off the sidelines and using voices and voants and demanding change. >> we leave it there. larry ward and snnon watts, thank you very much for your time. >> nawaz: now, from that stark nibate over guns, to a resurgent threat here in thed states: domestic home-grown terrorism, motivated by racism, white supremacy, hatred of government and immigrants.id the prt, whose own language has been frequently condemned for stoking those hatreds, spoke to these issuesth morning: >> in one voice our nation must condemn cism, bigotry, and white supremacy. these sinister ideologies must be defeated. hate has no place in america. we have asked the f.b.

it's more the n.r.a. has too much influence on it doesn't matter if it's republicans or the democrats. it's the n.r.a. has too much influence on both parties. so what we need to do is eliminate the n.r.a. lobbyist and not allow them to washington so they can flood each side of the senators with money with their back room deals. host: but that would restrict freedom of speech. caller: how would that effect freedom of speech? i don't understand that. --you're saying that -- well host: if you're restricting an organization from lobbying, that's restricting freedom of speech. caller: you don't have to have an a.r.-15 to shoot a deer to protect your home. a regular shotgun will protect your home. and you could hunt any animal with a shotgun. you would have to be pretty close to an animal do what you want to do with a shotgun. host: let's go to al from indiana. good morning, al. caller: yes. i think this is going to continue to go on and i would recommend a seven minutes investments in watching a documentary th

it's more the n.r.a.s too much influence on it doesn't matter if it's republicans or the democrats. it's the n.r.a. has too much influence on both parties. so what we need to do is eliminate the n.r.a. lobbyist and not allow them to washington so they can flood each side of the senators with money with their back room deals. host: but that would restrict freedom of speech. caller: how would that effect freedom of speech? i don't understand that. --you're saying that -- well host: if you're restricting an organization from lobbying, that's restricting freedom of speech. caller: you don't have to have an a.r.-15 to shoot a deer to protect your home. a regular shotgun will protect your home. and you could hunt any animal with a shotgun. you would have to be pretty close to an animal do what you want to do with a shotgun. host: let's go to al from indiana. good morning, al. caller: yes. i think this is going to continue to go on and i would recommend a seven minutes investments in watching a documentary that'

norah, we have also learned that after the president spoke, n.r.a. executives called members of the administration to say yhey were pleased with what they heard. >> o'donnell: all right, weijia jiang at the white house, thank eou. there were chilling words today from the anti-defamation league. the group says the el paso attack was the deadliest at the hands of a white supremacist in the u.s. in half a century. jeff pegues tonight looks at diere hate groups are spreading ineir message online and what vhe f.b.i. is doing to prevent the next attack. >> reporter: minutes before spening fire, investigators believe accused el paso shooter patrick crusius posted a manifesto to 8chan, an online message board used by extremists. last night 8chan was kicked off ims cloud service. but george selim, a former dhs ununterterrorism official, says that won't silence hate talk. >> they're going to find another terum to gravitate to. they have been systematically kicked off of facebook and twitter and other mainstream tannels for the past several years. they have gra