. >> narrator: the national rifle association, the nation' powerful gun lobby.ha >> wlearned in, in ourrnment class that the a is one of the largest most powerful lobbying forces. and we decided tt they couldn't just keep going the way they were going. >> emma gonzález's speech is trending on twitter this morning. >> a teenager is getting a lot of attention on social media... >> anguished voices calling for change. >> students turned actists trained their own political sights on the nra. >> i think that that speech s resonated wimany americans. going up against this kind of entrenched washington behemoth. you know, they were everything the nra is not. >> from my cold, dead hands. >> narrator: once one of the most feared forces washington, for decades dominating one iss: guns. >> the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> narrator: an unrivaled power that would ultimately become a target.el >> yes, we're going to take your ar-15, your ak-47. we're not going to aow it... ♪ >> the national rifle association has made possible the training of thousands of ins

. : let me begin with the origin of the national rifle association. how did the organization come about and why? patrick: it came about during the civil war. there was poor marksmanship, so two officers decided to form the nra based out of new york with two purposes. facilitate, build, and grow long-range rifle ranges , and the other was to assist the state national guard's in marksmanship. the nra initially, just so you know, was kind of working to get appropriations from the government and they started off with one organization. they grew to 1700 by 1929. they also are, just so you know, built on, there was an english national rifle association. in 1859.a predecessor this is supposed to be the american version. the only thing that differentiated the two to start off with was the franchise like model where you could build a rifle club, statewide and you were a nra affiliated rifle club and those rifle clubs within compete in state, local, and national shooting matches. steve: based on your research, with the early founders recognize the organization

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and they campaigned heavily on gun control, in a state where the nra, the national rifle association, is headquartered. the most controversial bill, a ban on semi-automatic weapons with a magazine capacity of 12 rounds or more, did not pass. but several more bills including universal background checks and a measure to give localities the power to ban weapons in some public spaces are expected to be signed into law. correspondent jessica gomez reports. >> the movement to defend the second amendment caught on faster than what any of us expected. jessica: more than 80 miles from virginia's capital, culpeper county sheriff scott jenkins is keeping a close eye on what's happening there. >> they don't understand weapons and they don't understand the world that we really live in. jessica: jenkins, making headlines for his plan to train and deputize county residents in order to circumvent gun laws being proposed in richmond. >> they will be allowed to legally retain those weapons, to possess those weapons for use as deputy sheriff >> all those in favor say aye. the bill passes. jessica: this,

and ticket holders will get a refund >>> the national rifle association has cancelled their annual convention. the meeting was supposed to be held next month in nashville the organization will reschedule the conference. >> we are all making up to a new normal today as this virus continues to spread. at midnight, a government ban will take effect on travel from europe to the united states and that's leaving americans overseas scrambling to get home. nbc's jay gray has a look at the full scope of this pandemic. >> it's like a scene from a science-fiction movie. but the danger from coronavirus is very real >> we're screening people to identify the disease. >> the outbreak, driving many across the country to mobile testing sites like this one in connecticut. while national guard troops deliver food and supplies to families in new rochelle, new york, the area has the largest cluster of patients in the u.s. who have tested positive for the virus. >> i think there's fears across the board no matter what >> colleges are sending students home conferences, concerts, and st. patrick's day parades are be

. >>> up next, the national rifle association suing governor gavin newsom.we come back how that lawsuit is related to the coronavirus. and the president signed the historic stimulus package, but what does it include? we will take a closer look right after the break. >>> the cdc advising three states in the northeast to stop all domestic travel in a way to try to combat the spread of the virus. what days are in the advisory and how long the quarantine will last. >>> life getting back to normal in china, however, spain seeing its most devastating days. how european countries are working to stop the spread. >>> good morning, everyone. we have cloud cover just in time for the weekend. rain yesterday and a little rain again today. i understand we might hit 70 by wednesday. as you can see the roadways are clear, everyone abiding by the order to stay home and take care of yourself. good to have you on board. my partner in crime is keeping her social distance. she is reporting from the home front. good morning, claudine. >> good morning, frank. it looks a little gra

national rifle association, americans for prosperity -- that's the koch brothers front group, crossroads, calve rove's front group, and the u.s. chamber of commerce the champions of climate denial and obstruction. you want to know why we're not getting things done around here? it's because billions of dollars are being spent secretly by special interests to shut things down. and it's creeping now even into the courts. the federalist society, picking our judges, is at the center of a $250 million dark money network. a group that ran the campaigns against garland and for gorsuch and then afterwards for kavanaugh, got an individual $17 million donation for each of those two campaigns. it's actually probably the same donor, which means somebody out there anonymously gave $35 million to determine the makeup of the united states supreme court, and we don't know who that is? we don't know what business they have before the court? as i said, "hamlet "requests begins with "something is rotten in denmark." the rot is creeping over to the supreme court and it is dark money and it is the patriotic