washington, president biden acknowledged his own power is limited. i can t outlaw a weapon. i can t change the background checks. i can t do that. the best hope of senate working group is diving in with a source telling nbc news that the group feels a new urgency. they have met twice in person, continued to text and e-mail and will meet again virtually tomorrow. but there maybe one key voice standing in the way. the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell. as one of our guests latest put it, he s behind a deade s long effort to block gun control. so what is really on the table? lths dive right in with white house correspondent carol lee, washington post bureau chief ashley parker is also senior political analyst. thanks to both of you. carol, you re one of the reporters who wrote a story with the headline inside a biden white house adrift and it points to the texas shooting as a horrific reminder the president has not successfully pushed congress to pass legisla
political analyst. thanks to both of you. carol, you re one of the reporters who wrote a story with the headline inside a biden white house adrift and it points to the texas shooting as a horrific reminder the president has not successfully pushed congress to pass legislation on gun violence. so what s the plan inside the white house right now? how involved will president biden himself be? we re hearing from the president today and asked in the oval office a meeting with the leader of new zealand whether he would meet with mitch mcconnell on gun control measures and he said he will be meeting with members of congress about this. as you noted, the president also said yesterday that he feels as though everybody is becoming in his words more rational. so expressing hope something