leader wayne la pierre when the president is speaking to wayne la pierre he knows he is not speaking just to wayne la pierre his speaking to his entire membership and millions of gun owners that he can mobilize in favor of the president should he so choose shortly after the call president trump return to the n.r.a. playbook repeating what has been the organizations mantra the gun doesn't pull the trigger a bird and. and we have great meadow building and following yet another shooting in a desert texas a few days later the president was disparaging about the background checks he'd advocated a matter of weeks before if you look at the last 4 or 5 going back even 5 or 6 or 7 years for the most part as strong as you make your background check they would not accept any senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says no gun legislation will be considered unless it is certain president trump will approve it that's important to a lot of my members it also at the risk of repeating a history lesson is the only way we will get a law the question answered given its relationship with president trump w

not really. >> you mention that meeting between the president and wayne la pierre of the nra. rding to the "new york times," they had this meeting on friday and during that meeting, mr. la pierre asked that the white house, quote, stop the games over gun control legislati legislation. it was not clear whether trump asked la pierre for support or what that support looked like. aides reassured mr. trump the group is still in position to financial help him. the influence of the nra, the influence of wayne la pierre, has it been overstated? are they as powerful now as they were ten years ago? >> i think that's hard to read. let's just say between their sort of insider dealing and embezzlement of members' resources from the national rifle association and the money that was running we don't even know how during the 2016 election cycle, i don't think they're in the same financial position. let's just face it. where they are on these issues is completely opposed to where the american people are. at the end of the day the fact that a majority of americans support background checks and s

leader wayne la pierre when the president is speaking to wayne la pierre he knows he is not speaking just to wayne la pierre his speaking to his entire membership and the millions of gun owners that he can mobilize in favor of the president should he said choose shortly after the call president trump return to the n.r.a. playbook repeating what has been. organizations mantra the gun doesn't bow the brig or a bird and we have a great meadow. and following yet another shooting in a desert texas a few days later the president was disparaging about the background checks he'd advocated a matter of weeks before if you look at the last 4 or 5 going back even 5 or 6 or 7 years for the most part as strong as you make your background checks they would not have stopped any senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says no gun legislation will be considered unless it is certain president trump will approve it that's important to a lot of my members it also at the risk of repeating a history lesson is the only way we will get along the question unanswered given its relationship with president trump w

>> reporter: the president met here at the white house today with the nra's wayne la pierre. who offered financial support in the coming battle over impeachment. he's helped the president before. the nra spent over $30 million to get the president elected. >> thank you. >>> and the former dallas police officer charged with murder, she said she entered his apartment thinking it was hers. saying she wishes her neighbor was the one with the gun, and describing her attempt to keep him alive. prosecutors then pounced. here's marcus moore. >> reporter: weeping on the stand, expressing remorse. >> i ask god for forgiveness. i hate myself every single day. i feel like i don't deserve the chance to be with me family and friends. i wish he was the one with the gun that killed me. >> reporter: dramatic body camera video showed the chaotic moments after she entered the home and shot the 26-year-old. >> i was scared he was going to kill me. >> reporter: in today's testimony, she demonstrated what happened that night. >> i had my gun pointed, i said, let me see your hands. >> reporter: she

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the nra ceo wayne la pierre wrote this also comes with a message to those who attack the nra. we will never stop fighting for our law-abiding constitutional freedom. >>> a woman is recovering after being rescued from san francisco bay. first responders were called to the shoreline north of oakland airport before 4:00 this morning. they arrived to find that woman about 20 yards out screaming for help. they say she was alert when rescued but an ambulance took her to the hospital. it is not clear why she was in the water to begin with. >>> and it is now b days s the deadly southern california boat fire and tomorrow salvage teams are hoping to pull theferal authori launched a criminal investigation. they want to know if proper protocol was followed ahead of the fire. that includes making sure that crew members were awake and alert to warn passengers of potential dangers. one expert said investigators will determine if the boat's electrical system was overwhelmed from plug-in devices. >> the electrical fire skpert skpertss -- experts could tell if a fire melted because of excess cu

>> reporter: the president met here at the white house today with the nra's wayne la pierre. who offered financial support to definite the president in the coming battle over impeachment. of course, he's helped the president before. the nra spentmore than $30 million to help get the president elected. >> thank you, jon. >>> we are moving to the breakdown in court today, the former dallas police officer charged with murder, she said she entered his apartment thinking it was her own. amber taking the stand herself, saying she wishes her neighbor was the one with the gun, and describing her attempt to keep him alive. prosecutors then pounced. marcus moore with us again tonight. >> reporter: the ex-dallas police officer amber guyger weeping on the stand. at some points breaking down. >> i ask god for forgiveness. i hate myself every single day. i feel like i don't deserve the chance to be with me family and friends. i wish he was the one with the gun that killed me. >> reporter: dramatic body moments after guyger mistakingly entered the wrong home, thinking it was hers and fatall

wayne la pierre added to that saying that this lawsuit comes with a message to those who attacked me n.r.a. we will never stop fighting for our law abiding members and their constitutional freedoms and the resolution as i said calls on the city county of san francisco. basically reassess business contracts with any companies or business is or people who also do business with the n.r.a. that's really where the teeth lie in this in its overall resolution sometimes resolutions could be nothing more than a political statement but this is really going after a kind of sanctioning businesses or people or companies that do business with the n.r.a. and san francisco isn't the only city that's taking aim at the n.r.a. either lawmakers in los angeles or new york state have also tried to pressure businesses to cut ties and curb any dealings with the n.r.a. as well and its lawsuit the n.r.a. does note that various courts have sustained 1st amendment claims in l.a. and new york whether or not that will be the case in san francisco remains to be seen but one thing is clear the calls for gun control

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. >> this meeting between the nra leader wayne la pierre and president trump at the white house is drawingtions according to "the new york times." wayne lapierre spoke about how the gun support group would support president trump. he requested that president trump stop the legislative games when it comes to gun control. as cnn has reported, president trump has been flirting with the idea of supporting background checks after those two back-to-back shootings in august. of course, the white house hasn't taken any action yet on any gun legislation. now, the nra is disputing that any exchange was discussed between lapierre and trump, a spokesman for the group saying the nra categorically denies any discussion about arrangements in support of the president and vice versa. but some are speak out against it. the president of a gun control group says their actions in what appears to be an unlawful payback for defending president trump's defense as he faces people shows a level of corruptness in democracy. this is literally taking americans' lives. president trump seemingly backed away from support

you're looking at the nra and you see trump saying one thing but then the minute he talks to wayne la pierreaying something else, you see the uphill climb that it is. >> margaret carlson, eugene scott, thanks so much to both of you. >>> coming up, the apprentice. president trump says he has plenty of candidates to be national security adviser. that's next on "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. l reports" on msnbc. ♪ do you have concerns about mild memory loss related to aging? prevagen is the number one pharmacist-recommended memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. my body is truly powerful. i have the power to lower my blood sugar and a1c. because i can still make my own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it like it's supposed to. trulicity is for people with type 2 diabetes. it's not insulin. i take it once a week. it starts acting in my body from the first dose. trulicity isn't for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. don't take trulicity if you're allergic to it, you or your

president trump also met yesterday with nra chief wayne la pierre at the white house.d about the president's defense, including impeachment, it's reported. i want to bring in former senior adviser to hillary clinton's campaign in south carolina, and also conservative radio talk show host. welcome to both of you. i want to pick up on what adam schiff -- his comments about moving at all speeds in the investigation. is there a general consensus that an impeachment vote needs to happen at the end of the year because of this election calendar? really, how thorough can the process be when you're hoping for that kind of deadline? >> i think it is so important for congress to do their sworn duty to provide oversight and serve the checks and balances to the executive branch. number one. number two, normally, i'd say direction is more important than speed, but direction and speed are hand-in-hand in this scenario because of the politics around what all of this could mean and the implication it could have on 2020. look, the president is corrupt. we knew that. now, we're just star

nothing gets done, and the president has an about-face and has a conversation with someone like wayne la pierre and saying this is not going to work. and ta talk to me about the president's mind set and what he plans to do moving forward with gun measures. >> we simply don't know right now. as you just noted, he never says what he is going to do right until the end. it is notable though that he was meeting with senators pat toomey, republican, of pennsylvania, joe manchin, democrat from west virginia, and those are the lead sponsors of that background bill proposal that has failed a couple of times before. if they were able to pull the president over to their side, that would be significant. but he's really giving no indication that he actually supports that. and on red flag laws, the nra has raised some big issues on civil liberties grounds and at this point there is no real to expect to go with any of these. >> let's switch gears and i don't know, dispute, but confusion, certainly, within the democratic party, about whether or not to label what is happening impeachment. the house judiciary co

wayne lapierre on friday to discuss possible gun legislation, and whether the nra could provide support for trump's re-election campaign as he faces impeachment. according to the times, two particular familiar with the meeting said la pierresked the white house to stop the games over gun control legislation, although it was not clear whether trump asked lapierre for his support or what that support would look like. the nra issued a statement in friday in response to the report stating in part this, the nra is not inclined to discuss private conversations with the president. however, many of the accounts of the meeting as reported in the "new york times" are inaccurate. the nra categorically denies any discussion occurred about special arrangements pertaining to the nra's support of the president and vice versa. the times notes the president has privately questioned the nra's ability to help back his 2020 campaign and has voiced concerns that the group may be going bankrupt and may lack the political clout it had back in 2016. >>> let's switch gears for a moment, bring in janessa webb with a check on the weather. >> good morning, everyone. we continue to see the heat will build from the southeast, east coast. you're really