the national rifle association under new scrutiny for reportedly paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to supposedly unpaid board members. is the nra breaking the rules? if so, will it pay the price? we want to welcome our viewers around t in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news on a deadly helicopter crash on a new york city skyscraper near times square. it's still unclear why the chopper slammed into the rooftop in the rain 11 minutes after takeoff, spewing fire and smoke as terrified new yorkers watched from below. one person is dead, the pilot. the mayor of new york city tells me it's a mystery as to why the pilot was flying in the area in an erratic path. he said there's no indication of terrorism. also breaking, the justice department agrees to give congressional democrats some of the mueller probe evidence they've been demanding. house jaushry chairman jerry nadler says his committee will obtain key documents related to possible obstruction of justice by president trump. i'll get reaction f

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swalwell spoke in fairfax virginia today, his speech just miles from the headquarters of the national rifle association. he talked about how he would handle gun control if elected president he appeared on cnn later to detail what that plan includes. >>i stood today in front of. >>a gun violence survivors trauma surgeons, community leaders people from chicago houston, indiana. and from all of our country who are saying enough is enough not only were ban and buyback assault weapons under my plan, i'm the only candidate calling for that, we're also going to invest in the root causes of gun violence and many of our cities. i like just a lack of education and jobs are violence, prevention programs. but also put in place a licensing requirement and insurance requirement again we believe we're the only campaign calling for insurance requirement on all firearm purchases in america. >>in the crowded democratic field swalwell has tried to divert differentiate himself with his gun control plan, it also includes a federal law on gun trafficking. it also has background checks for all purchases of guns and ammunitio

ches have been dropped against the passenger and the en te >>> the national rifle association is pulling the plug on nra tv. >> according to "the new york times" many mra board members have ceenoncerned that the productiontrays far beyond gun rights. here is a look at nra tv's youtube page. the times reports the nra plans to send a letter to members today announcing this split. the decision also comes as the nra severs ties with its estranged advertising firm, which operates nra tv. o in its statement mcqueen says it's not surprised by the decision. >>> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is making some big promises to 9/11 responders just weeks after he was publicly scolded on capitol hill. senate l committed to vote on a bill that would extend funding for those first responders. $7 billion were put into the 9/11 victim's fund in 2011 and most of that has been paid out.s now paymenn new claims are being cut and the fund will run out all together by the end 2020. >> thousands of men and women across our country because they came toget r on september11th in the days and weeks after. >>

sanders reacted to the news of the virginia beach massacre by saying that the days of the national rifle association lobbying for legislation must and they attack has intensified america's running debate on gun control which goes back to the columbine high school massacre 20 years ago then which any beach shooting is already 150th and deadliest in the u.s. in 2019. the state of georgia has a new abortion all season big major companies take a stance one look at how after this break. think about capitalism it just goes to create companies they compete they make products on fails some of them succeed there's a central bank there in case the banks go under as the lender of last resort and that's the way it was designed just out supply but now we're in a situation where the central banks become the buyer of 1st what. china is not a partner of number one for us yet steel. and countries our trade partners number one with us and. i cannot share the. those who are those who say that it's a turn of russia he's. no russia i hope will never turn eastwards. you know russian eagle is looking to move the sides wes

bernie sanders reacted to news of the virginia beach massacre by saying that the days of the national rifle association lobbying for legislation must end the attack has intensified america's running to fight on gun control which goes back to the columbine high school massacre 20 years ago the virginia beach shooting is already the 150th and deadliest in the u.s. in 2019. i'll be back in a couple of minutes after this break. you know world of big. and conspiracy it's time to wake to dig deep to hit the stories that made history refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now watching closely watching the hawks. standardized testing. it's a very well done nowadays and you know to say we should have standardized testing would be like saying we shouldn't have our blood pressure checked or even are we going to see the doctor those are standardized instruments you need to be able to know how children are doing right from when they started school.

sanders reacted to the news of the virginia beach massacre by saying that the days of the national rifle association lobbying for legislation must end the attack has intensified america's running debate on gun control which goes back at least 20 years and the columbine high school massacre claimed 15 lives. told transplants for wall seemed to have inspired his soon to be house in the u.k. with the american president visiting the city of portsmouth on d.-day local authorities have erected a large security fence to the disgruntlement of some locals the event on thursday among the start of the normandy landings during world war 2. reports from portsmouth. he wanted to a wall and now he's got it ok so it may not be the wall but it is a wall the naval city of portsmouth is getting ready to welcome the u.s. president who's going to be visiting him in order to attend the 75th anniversary of the d.-day landings on the 5th of june that's why the barricades have gone up and the is ready and all of this green space where the ceremony will take place is called and off lest anyone get any dangerous ideas donald

the senate should should be debating and voting on common sense measures but the national rifle association says democratic efforts to pass gun reform legislation, it's just political grandstanding our biggest problem is they're trying to create laws that make law abiding citizens criminals are still side with the nra thinks the legislation is designed to criminalize legal gun owners they're not actually looking at the people who are using the firearms illegally. >>you have people who break the law with a firearm then charge them with that so far there are no signs the senate will allow a vote on any gun legislation in washington morgan right. >>the report says speaker nancy pelosi told democrats he does not want to impeach president trump. what she does want to do would be worse. >>cdc is now involved in trying to find out what killed a texas couple vacationing in fiji while one victim's father reveals some of his daughter's final tex. >>and next at 6 30 as the number of measles cases in california rises the debate over vaccinations heats up again and one family i speaking out saying a vac

the left has been pushing for more gun control reforms on the right with that influential national rifle association loggy there simply has not been movement politically to make any changes fully thank you so much for that forests in virginia beach victims of a canadian genocide that's the conclusion of a non ma government reporting to canada's $4000.00 is so missing or murdered indigenous women the report is the culmination of a 2 and a half year national inquiry it uncovered a disproportionate level of violence against indigenous women through state actions and inactions rooted in colonialism and colonial ideologies the report was least accounted as national broadcast it. in syria government forces and their russian allies have bombed several rebel controlled areas in the north west as strikes have hit the city of at a red that's in the western aleppo countryside and also several towns in hama province activists are reporting bombing south of it live as well and the government offensive in it has forced hundreds of thousands of syrians to leave their homes in search of safety hundreds of people ha

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about it to to have more gun control has simply not responded in kind that influential national rifle association gun lobby continues to be powerful force in washington and even after the thoughts and prayers that continue to pour in after this latest shooting in virginia beach the likelihood of any reform coming of it is still very unlikely victims of a can maybe genocide that's the conclusion of a government report into canada's $4000.00 or so missing or murdered indigenous women the report is the culmination of a 2 and a half year national inquiry it uncovered a disproportionate level of violence against indigenous women through state actions and inactions rooted in colonialism colonial ideologies the report was leaked to canada's national broadcaster. forces loyal to libya's u.n. recognized government say they've pushed warlords 24 hostages fighters south of the capital near the disused international airports that have also bombed hashed out his positions in the south in april he launched a surprise military offensive to capture the libyan capital the u.n. says more than 1000 people have fled

shoot a real guy i am allowed to do this with the german rifle association an offshoot of the american profile rahm's pressure group the national rifle association. safety briefing from shooting instructor we start with a magnet. before. the other hand then you can cut. quite a kick my fingers are sweaty again. if you really notice something happen there it's a weapon stop us. it gets worse the 15 semiautomatic rifle. shotgun that's in a whole different league. like this. insert the cartridge and draw back at. the winchester defender is a pump action shotgun. for word and forward again now there's another one of the breech. still too high ok. anyone can take part in all of his trial courses the german rifle association has 16000 members and they consider the german too strict like in the us they want weapons for almost everyone. if god is what about a pensioner who lives in her apartment think can't run away or defenders off with martial arts or. handicapped people. or women who have been attacked maybe if they are just shown a gun the attacker would have backed off it's. a plus. people who want to buy a gun for self protection

december of 2018 that was one of the things that donald trump did do in going against the national rifle association so as of march of this year it was illegal to either buy own earth sell a bomb stock so you know those are not controlled by state law is under federal law that has the ban with respect to those now under high ammunition. stock that's a whole nother issue and that is controlled by states laws so there are 42 states that do allow for high ammunition cartridges and what that means is where the manufacturer has said that this particular gun this particular weapon only holds 8 rounds high ammunition cartridges allow for a greater amount of rounds and that is controlled by the states and you recently wrote a piece in which you say that passing meaningful legislation is what's needed to bring down the rate of gun deaths and as you point out the rate of gun deaths in 2018 was the highest in in 50 years are you hopeful that legislation will be passed . i always remain hopeful i mean i think in the political climate that we have in the united states right now in 2019 it's quite doubtful if som

about it to to have more gun control has simply not responded in kind that influential national rifle association gun lobby continues to be powerful force in washington and even after the thoughts and prayers that continue to pour in after this latest shooting in virginia virginia beach the likelihood of any reform coming of it is still very unlikely. iran's president has suggested talks with the united states might be possible as tensions continue to rise between the 2 nations but has done wrong he says washington must 1st follow international rules he says to her and will not be pressured into negotiations over its nuclear program and respect must be shown. to her has repeatedly denounced washington's withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal mexico's president has suggested his country could tighten migration controls following the us president's threat to impose tariffs on mexican goods under his money lopez obrador says he expects good results from talks planned in washington next week trump says he will apply tariffs to all mexican products on june the 10th if it can't stop the flow of migrants

. >>> more turmoil at the national rifle association.ber two official resierchtd after being pleased on leave. in an email obtained by cnn, frank cox accepted his resignation. the group accused cox of participating in a recently failed coup against lapierre. >>> embattled congressman duncan hunter accused of groping a former capitol hill staffer at a party in 2014. riley topping claims he grabbed her behind in a bar after a dinner. hunter is charged with using campaign funds to pay for vacations and extramarital affairs. he's pleetded not guilty to the charges. we have reached out to him. >>> who knew that watching "early start" could be beneficial to your health. a new study says morning people may have a lower risk of breast cancer. researchers analyzing people who enjoy getting up early are at lower risk than those who stay up late, so called night owls. sleeping more than the average 7 to 8 hours per night was linked to a slightly increased risk of breast cancer. >> you have to like getting up early. >> i fall short of liking it. >>>

. >>> the national rifle association shut down production at nratv. they are cutting ties with the the ad agency that operates nratv. they cite concerns of cost and the right wing talking points. it's the latest in a tumultuous year for the nra which dealt with allegation it is misused finances. >>> salacious allegations against duncan hunter of california. prosecutors alleging he used campaign funds to pay for extramarital affairs with congressional staffers and lobbyists. hunter pleaded not guilty to charges of wire fraud, falsi falsifying records and campaign first base violations. his wife pleaded guilty to federal charges earlier this month and is cooperating with prosecutors. he he agreed to step down from his committee assignments when he was first indicted. he wept on to win reelection in a campaign that was widely criticized for the its anti-muslim themes. >>> accusations of mental disabilities, that's what high level diplomatic talks look like between the u.s. and iran. so what's next between these adversaries? cnn goes live to tehran. this

you are hearing a bit of talk about how the national rifle association, they're in dire straits right now. at the same time, i don't think the situation for them is that bad for them to be losing influence with some of the republican members of congress. there's some beholden to this organization. >> we'll see how the candidates put this forward. i should point out that eric swalwell, he has made this the centerpiece of his platform, as he runs for the presidency. good to see you guys. thank you so much. >>> great expectations. what lies ahead when the president crosses the pond later today. ater today. featuring three new dishes that are planked-to-perfection. feast on new cedar-plank lobster & shrimp. or new colossal shrimp & salmon with a citrusy drizzle. tender, smoky, and together on one plank... ...but not for long- so hurry in! it's been a long time since andrew dusted off his dancing shoes. luckily denture breath will be the least of his worries. because he uses polident 4 in 1 cleaning system to kill 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. polident. clean. fresh. and confident. of o

second, the power of the national rifle association may be waning.ound itself in disarray over gun control policies. third, some news. 17 new pro gun control candidates, all democrats. 24 nra backed candidates, many incumbents lost. that take us to the final point. it appears gun control will emerge as a major campaign issue in 2020 for both sides. cory booker called for a new program and eric swalwell a mandatory buyback for military-style weapons. of course on the other side, president trump is likely to continue his close alliance with gun owners. but clearly, marcus, clearly candidates on both sides are prepared to speak in 2020. the public will be better off for the debate. what policies emerge from all of this cacophany remain to be seen. >> we will be watching and waiting for it. >> thank you. >> thank you. still ahead on nbc bay area, san francisco fire saving more than people's lives. they took part in a very dramatic animal rescue. we'll show you how it all played out, coming up. >> and it's a little gloomy around the coastline. we do have

there's some incremental progress on the state level as they finesse the message while the national rifle association is facing leadership and financial turmoil. would that make a difference in congress? is capitol hill even slightly closer to passing any gun control legislation? >> it seems unlikely as of now, as it has been for count ms years, countless lost lives and congress hasn't made any progress. many gun control advocates have point to measures on a state level that could potentially make progress. as we saw even in virginia, governor ralph northam was if favor of these restrictive gun measures. >> what's your take on whether on the state level, that the cumulative effects of all of these shootings may change the political appear tite for gun reform? >> those state lawmakers are also afraid of the nra. if you're trying to keep gun restrictions in place or expand them slightly, you're going to run up against the nra's state lobbying situation. there's a lobbyist for them in florida, hammer who has been written up in "the new yorker" for his efforts to stop gun restrictions in the sunshine sta

>>the national rifle association is speaking out against the possible regulation asking for gun ownersse who do not support the regulation to submit public comments. >>that was chris mitchell reporting if you'd like to make a public comment on the proposed regulations you can e-mail these 2 addresses that are on your screen. and that is how you can have your say on what happens with these new gun regulations and that wraps up kron 4 news tonight at otis making of the officer here with kron 4 news at 9 panic and thanks very much coming up next and 9 a spike in opioid overdoses in san francisco with city officials. >>and drug safety advocates are now doing about it. >>plus relief is on the way for bart passengers, how transport how it plans on easing congestion on their trains and summer is just around the corner of like really soon kron four's will breeze around rig is here with the forecast will tell us. >>when we're going to feel at n - hi, doug. - hey! [beeping] [♪] my! - pretzelrami is back, with our famous pastrami and a bigger soft pretzel roll. and try the new turkey bistro with

virginians first protecting the public safety or are too many of them still beholden to the national rifle association>> that's what i want to pick up on here with regard to the nra at this point. there have been recent that reveal the organization is facing financial struggles after wracking up $24 million in legal bills. and that can that translate into a decline in power and influence. >> i think signs of a decline. it's signs of an organization that has been focused on greed, it's been focused on misinformation and focused on lies. very sadly the bottom line is the nra has been much more focused on getting fancy clothes for wayne lapierre, about $300,000 is what he spent total at beverly hills boutiques and not focused enough on what its membership wants. if you look at the polling information around the issues we're talking about, things like expanded brady background check, what we find is the vast majority of gun owners and nra members support these proposals. the nra instead doubled down on a initiative which is really all guns for all americans at any cost. that's not the kind of agenda nra m

new allegations about exorbitant spending at the national rifle association, the nra. washington post is reporting that top executives directed money to members of its board which is responsible for overseeing its finances. the post says 18 board members received money from the organization during the past three years including $400,000 to a former pro football player. in response, the nra told the post the finances are healthy and the allegations of misspending are unfounded. lauren: we have a deal in the defense industry. united technologies and raytheon joining forces. the combined company is valued at more than $100 billion. it will be called raytheon technologies. take a look at market reaction. shares of both companies are surging, raytheon up just about 9%. cheryl: we'll have more on that deal coming up later on in the show. here are other headlines making news this morning. thousands of people are crossing into colombia to buy food and medicine after venezuelan president nicolas maduro reopened a border between the countries on saturday. the border was shut dow

my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, they're a wholly owned subsidiary of the national rifle association the nra gives them permission to do something they won't do it. and that stifles what we're trying to do. and unfortunately, it leads to these type of events over and over again. very specifically the high hiech capacity cartridges or magazines with the ammunition allows for somebody to create this mass carnage in such a short period of time. so if you remember, during the assault weapons ban, the most you could have in a magazine or cartridge, i believe the number was 11 bullets if you had one in the chamber. so those are just some simple things we can do to stop the amount of carnage. but of course we have to focus on mental health and all the other aspects to really deal with it comprehensively. >> let me ask you this, representative richmond. you mentioned the things joe biden has done, the vice president has done. how will he be able to break this impasse? because listen, we're divided now. how's he going to break this impasse we have been at for so many years with the nra? congr

. >>> the national rifle association is pulling the plug on nra tv. >> according to "tew york times" many mra board members have been concerned that the production strays far beyond gun rights. here is a look at nra tv's youtube page. rathe times reports the n plans to send a letter to members today announcing this split. dea's chief executive says the organization is unoing a significant change in its comnications strategy. >>> it's now 6:07. one of d.c.'s longest-serving elected officials is ready to talk. d.c. councilman jack evans is accused of using his position for personal gain. tuesday he pled with otherco uncil members not to strip him of a powerful committee post. he says he didn't dong anythi wrong. >> i believe that if my colleagues hear my side of the story and i respond to all of your questions, you will not take any action at this time. >> evans will meet next week with council colleagues. the council will decide a week after that whether to sanction him. >> senateri maty leader mitch mcconnell making some promises to 9/11 responders just weeks after being publicly sco

my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, they're a wholly owned subsidiary of the national rifle associationsion to do something, they're not doing it. and unfortunately it leads to these type of events over and over again. the high magazines allows someone to create mass carnage in such a short period of time. if you remember during the assault weapons ban, the most you could have in a magazine or cartridge, i believe the number was 11 bullets if you had one in the chamber. so those are just simple things he we can do to stop the amount off carnage. of korcourse we have to focus o mental health and all the other aspects to do it comp rehencebively. >> you mention the things that joe biden has done. how will he be able to break the impasse now? listen, year divided now. how is he going to break the impasse with the nra? congressional republicans so opposed to any legislation that restricts gun ownership. >> when he was in the office with president obama, he appointed him as the head of the task force on gun vile ps. probably over two dozen actions to implement some gun reform. they propose s

. >> the national rifle association are going through internal turmoil.ancial mismanagement and the new york attorney general is now investigating the nra's finances. john, is there any sense of a crack in the nra that could diminish its influence? or is that organization just as strong as ever? >> well i think that certainly possible. and obviously there's a lot of internal chaos right now, you're right. but to blake's point, republicans still control the senate and there's really no signs that they're interested in supporting any new gun control legislation. despite the fact that most americans would like to see stricter gun laws and there's bipartisan agreement among voters on issues like universal background checks. but yes, at the moment it doesn't look like republican lawmakers would support such legislation. >> we're left with the old familiar phrase with, our thoughts and prayers, blake and john, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >>> we will talk about the why behind these headlines, justice department keeps wiretaps secret in flynn c

. >>> the national rifle association has reportedly shut down production at nratv according to "the new york times." they are cutting ties with the ad agency that operates nratv. officials cite concern over the financial cost of the live broadcasting and its right wing talking points. it's the latest in a tumultuous year for the nra, which faced a leadership struggle and dealt with allegations it misused finances. >>> jerome powell took a stand a day after president trump bashed the fed for not doing more to help the economy. >> the fed is insulated from short-term political pressures, what is is referred to as our independence. congress chose to insulate the fed this way because it had seen the damage that arises when policy bends to short-term political interests. central banks and major democracies around the world have similar independence. >> last week the fed kept interest rates steady but hinted this could be one rate cut later this year. the president with this tweet storm saying that the central bank is acting like a stubborn child for refusing to listen to the president and pu

a new expose by "the washington post" reveals the national rifle association has directed vast sums of money to 18 people on its 76-member board over recent years. the beneficiaries include a former pro football player who was paid $400,000 for public outreach and training, while musician ted nugent received $50,000 for public appearances. experts say the payments demonstrate a lack of oversight and possible conflicts of interest. the latest revelations come after new york's attorney general letitia james launched a prprobe into the nra's tax-exemt status in april and democratic lawmakers also weigh possible investigations into the group. and in new york city, hundreds gathered monday evening to demand justice for layleen polanco, a transgender afro-latinx prisoner, who was found dead in a cell at rikers island on friday. her family's lawyer told the crowd she suffered from a seizure disorder and had been held in solitary confinement prior to her death. activists gathered called for rikers to be shut down immediately. this is cecilia gentili speaking at foley square. >> layleen loved n

in all "the washington post" cites 18 members of the national rifle association board getting paid forthe nra. illegal? no, but for a powerful tax-exempt organization such matters can draw scrutiny from the internal revenue service. george donnini is an attorney forced or corporate law. >> it's looks like self-interests versus to those who they owe a fiduciary duety. >> an organization such as the nra is prohibited to allow its assets to benefit insiders, typically board members, officers, directors and important employees. the nra says "the post" has presented a distorted view, and in the close-knit community of gun rights supporters and the nra connections between employees or board members and strategic partners are not unusual, but other allegations are also rocking the gun rights group. >> i always feel at home at an nra annual meeting surrounded by law-abiding citizens of in great republic. >> reporter: nra president oliver north was pushed out when he went to war with longtime ceo wayne lapierre who has been accused of lavish spending on clothes, foreign travel and approving exo

you still have that opposition led by the national rifle association.epublicans control the senate. this has been perilous for democrats in the past. you'll see it more part of the debate. a lot of this will depend on whether young people, especially, are energized to come out in massive numbers because of this issue. >> we saw it in parkland. they were able to do it in florida. >> uh-huh. >> i want to go back to some of the images we saw in tara's piece. speaker nancy pelosi at that state convention in california, interrupted by chants of "impeach, impeach." she's made it clear she's not to that point yet. as tara pointed out, a poll shows the country doesn't want it right now. we heard what some democrats and that activist base are saying. it sounds like some of the candidates are coming around to it. >> listen closely to what they're saying. they're trying to draw a line right here. they're not saying they're ready for vote for impeachment. they're saying, we should start impeachment inquiries and that's where the pressure is on nancy pelosi right no

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spahn did in kind that influential national rifle association gun lobby continue to be powerful force in washington even after the thoughts and prayers that continue to pour in after this latest shooting in virginia virginia beach the likelihood of any reform coming of it is still very unlikely. mexico's president to suggest that his country could tighten migration controls following the u.s. president's threat to impose tariffs on mexican goods and. says he expects good results from talks planned in washington next week says he will apply tower of the old mexican products on june 10th if it can't stop the flow of migrants across the us mexico border meanwhile american ports have started collecting 25 percent tariffs on several goods coming from china in jordan has more from washington. on saturday there was no reaction from the trumpet ministration about china's decision to impose a 25 percent tariff on a number of u.s. products that are intended to be sold for the chinese market this comes as the trumpet ministration is planning to impose a 5 percent tariff on mexican goods coming i

december of 2018 that was one of the things that donald trump did do in going against the national rifle association so as of march of this year it was illegal to either buy own earth. a bump stock so you know those are not controlled by state law is under federal law that has the ban with respect to those now under high ammunition. stock that's a whole nother issue and that is controlled by states laws that there are 42 states that do allow for high ammunition cartridges and what that means is where the manufacturer has said that this particular gun this particular weapon only holds 8 rounds high ammunition cartridges allow for a greater amount of rounds and that is controlled by the states. i always remain hopeful i mean i think in the political climate that we have in the united states right now in 2019 it's quite doubtful if something is going to get done this year but there's always hope that something will happen because i think it goes without saying if we have less guns when the street will have less killings if we had 0 guns in the city or it is not possible there would be 0 killing so any

you've also had russians digging into the national rifle association.ould help trump help them. it does seem odd that leader of the senate is steadfastly refusing to do anything to stop this. on the other side, on the house side, he used to think the russians paid donald trump. here he is with statements. >> doesn't the president have to set a tone about what is right and wrong. >> the president has been clear. he does not want foreign governments to interfere. >> he said he would look at the information, listen to it, if there were a problem and go to the fbi. >> i'd watch the president. i believe he would always do what is writright? >> does the president need to clean up this statement? >> last campaign, when he was approached by this, he did what is right? >> does the republican party risk looking like they like drup and will make it look right. >> they don't have to risk it. they are doing it. when president obama got frustrated, they howled and turned around and said, hey, you are not going to like it when a republican president acts. here we are.

acting as an unregistered agent of the russian government through her activities with the national rifle associations republicans during the election. and he wrote for the government that she was acting not only as a foreign agent of russia but actually that she -- her whole operation here was actually a sophisticated intelligence operation. even if she wasn't actually a spy it posed serious national security threat to the united states. so he has extensive experience in dealing with counterintelligence issues for the fbi and for the justice department over decades. so he will be testifying on wednesday about all of the implications of volume one of the mueller report because mueller obviously could not prove that a criminal conspiracy had occurred. proof beyond a reasonable doubt, of course. but he did outline a number of things that could pose a serious threat to our national security. >> yeah. and he mentioned it at the end of his press conference, as well. and highlighting it, that the counterintelligence part of this investigation is really one of most significant parts of it. our thanks to kat

. >>> allegations of corruption at the nra, the national rifle association.ley: been a lot of in-fighting at the nra, all sorts of allegations. basically 18 of the 76 board members who are not paid are apparently collecting money and have done over the last five or three years, i should say, three years, so there's questions of board oversight at the nra of the most powerful gun rights group. the allegations of exorbitant spending. don't forget, wayne lapierre, the head of the nra, accused of racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in charges at a beverly hill clothing boutique and also foreign travel. the questions about board members being paid about 25% of the board members who are not paid are getting money in various forms. a former pro football player got $400,000 in recent years for public outreach. the nra denies all of this, says there's no overspending and we do have financial oversight. stuart: bad p.r. ashley: lots of questions being asked. bad p.r. stuart: thank you very much indeed. the retailers, man, have they had a hard time recently. acc

the national rifle association will be ending its ties with spokes woman dana losche and shuttering itsadvertising firm ackerman mclean which employs losch after the organization says it did not deliver on its promises. a chief executive told the dallas morning news. chief executive wayne lapierre announced the dmang a statement writing many members expressed concerns about the messaging on nra tv becoming far too remove from our core mission. >> you think? >> yeah. defending the second amendment. this comes almost a week after the resignation of chris cox, the nra's second in command who led the group's innovate strategy. >> so the nratv ran the ads that a lot of people thought held veiled threats to members of the press and a lot of nra members were like, wait a second, that's not why we're paying your dues. so some big changes. >> boy, in the last six months or so, we've seen an unraveling from the top down of the nra. it's still a very powerful lobby, but you see people resign, you see the cancellation of nra tv. the membership doesn't feel like it's being represented by that small

december of 2018 that was one of the things that donald trump did do in going against the national rifle associationso as of march of this year it was illegal to either buy or sell a bump stock so you know those are not controlled by state law is under federal law that has the ban with respect to those now under high ammunition. stock that's a whole nother issue and that is controlled by states laws so there are 42 states that do allow for high ammunition cartridges and what that means is where the manufacturer has said that this particular gun this particular weapon only holds 8 rounds high ammunition cartridges allow for a greater amount of rounds and that is controlled by the states i always remain hopeful i mean i think in the political climate that we have in the united states right now in 2019 it's quite doubtful if something is going to get done this year but there's always hope that something will happen because i think it goes without saying if we have less guns on the street will have less killings if we had 0 guns on the street which is not possible there would be 0 killing so any way or