going forward, who knows, maybe someday president trump will be given a real prize. and won t have to make them up. he is president of the united states. most people would consider that pretty cool. maybe not as cool as all the colors of the rainbow on his new log cabin award on the ridiculist. congratulations. i want to hand it over to chris. anderson cooper, thank you very much. i m chris cuomo. welcome to prime time. if voters are going to the polls because they want us to be safer from gun violence, then this president s chances just took a hit. news tonight the president has told the nra background checks are off the table. we have reaction from a senator in a deep red state who has been personally lobbying the president to help him pass life-saving gun legislation. senator joe manchin is here. the president s election fate will depend on how you feel about the economy, so how good is it? how well has this president done and what is he doing now to stave off a recession?
life-saving gun legislation, senator joe manchin is here. the president s election fate will depend on how you feel about the economy, so how good is it? how well has this president done and what is he doing now to stave off a recession? we will test the realities of this economy with mr. stephen moore. yes, the same, the man the president picked for the fed before withdrawing him over a storm of controversy. and if joe biden is going to go big on his new electability argument, do new poll numbers give him good reason? we got the data. we have the wizard of odds, what do you say? let s get after it. the president said there was great appetite for universal background checks. now he s saying he will starve that appetite. the atlantic reports tonight the president told the nra chief,