tim alberta of political, is sung-yueng kim of the "washington post".e all take money from jeff bezos in some way. how surprised were you to see the president take on amazon this week? >> our sources have told us that the president has talked privately among close friends about amazon for some time that he is concerned they are not paying enough taxes. he's concerned about the revenue effect that the post office may be having from amazon. i will point out here that the postal service has said they are actually gaining money from amazon services. but it is noteworthy, i will point out, that brad parscale, who is the 2020 campaign manager, has stressed this point as well and basically brought in "washington post" tweet criticizing amazon. ist is not amazon that owns the "washington post". it is jeff bezos. you are seeing all of these pieces brought together there with the attacks the president has had towards amazon this week. >> eugene, i sat down with you last week in washington for "march for our lives". all of a sudden a week later that is almost a ca

tim alberta of political, is sung-yueng kim of the "washington post".

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tim alberta, i want to ask you about what the president said about due process around guns. know, how shocked everybody was by that. chris murphy suggested when i talked to him he thought there were some republicans that might be willing to change their minds in some cases about gun legislation. did the way that the president approached this, is it going to make republicans more or less likely to be potentially breaking with the nra? >> that's a great question. i think, actually, the folks who are most distraught or should have been most distraught at what the president said regarding due process were democrats who want to get something done on this. when it was beginning to look like you were going have the political will collectively to take it on. maybe it was going to be the giant leaps that some folks would like to see. you were going to see baby steps, it looked like. and whether that's strengthing background checks, raising ages, looking at something like extended clips in magazines. there seemed to be real momentum for a few days on capitol hill. and i think it felt

. >> tim alberta. >> there are times one investigations are important, this is just not one of those. it's interesting to us what they come up with. >> the fact that its over is interesting. >> it's interesting, don't get me wrong. you've talk to folks on the little and staffers on these committees and they're whispering to you, let's just see what mueller has to say. that's where this is going. >> the one thing that this does give the president is a talking point. >> sure does. >> and so if that atmosphere in terms of public opinion, how reporters feel about this, it gives them a strong tool to say look, there's no investigation. >> it's for the best this has been uthanized. this has been a partisan fight and leaks on both sides. so, i think it's for the best that we move on and look forward to a senate report and ultimately the special prosecutor coming out with something more. >> i got to thank michael, michael steel, carrol lee, kind land ya, joyce for being with us. i appreciate you walking through all of this with us. >>> we have more information for you about the zparpt of rex