background checks. yeah. precisely. what we have is a situation where thousands of people, thuses of people have been murdered at the hands of gun violence. and we re having a conversation right now where the president is literally carrying caring more about the $54 million or so than the nra spent on his campaign that he hopes that they re spending again for his re-election and getting into bed with them and hugging guns as opposed to hugging people. i think this entire conversation is really a testament to the character of this clown that s in the white house who literally does not care about lives and does not care about people. and cares more about this quote unquote advocacy but the lobby that s frankly a lobby of death at this point. when you can t see clearly that just doing something republicaning many republicans are saying let s do something to at least try to mitigate lives lost. let s do that mitt fwat lives lost and the spt like, when we already are policies on the
he said they have been for a long time. but he said it has nothing to do with recession fears. he said recession it an and i peter word. while the white house is folksed on wanl growth and low employment, some of the aides have grown concerned the trade war with china could urt hurt the economy and hurt chances for re-election, even though trump may not share the exact concerns. president trump today shrugging off keir fears of a short short-term recession due to disputes with china. telling reporters he is negotiating with china whether good or bad in the short-term. . but let s not forget president trump and his campaign are banking on strong economy for re-election. absolutely right. thank you so much. outfront now white house correspondent for american roid marcs. april ryan. mark preston and kathryn rampell. april this is the latest example of white house aides running
that killed 31 people. tonight cnn is learning folks in the white house from capitol hill and outside groups have all been pressures the president to turn away. that may be exactly what is behind this change in tone. we have very, very strong background checks right now. but we have sort of missing areas and areas that don t complete the whole circle. and we re looking at different things. and i have to tell you that it is a mental probable problem. i ve said it a hundred times it s not the gun that pulse the trigger. it s the person that pulse that tryinger outfront now rob aft trin o. and our democratic strategist and comment tare. rob is the president kachg to the nra. it s typical like president obama would talk to planned parenthood. this is advocacy. there are 5 million people
if you can t trust the white house to have competent personnel and coherent policy, then why should anybody have any trust we would ever get out of the hole of a recession? it matters on a good day. it really matters if we dip even short of a recession. when we are in the economic downturn. great point. thanks guys outfront breaking news, president trump on the nra speaking in afternoon. are universal background checks, completely off the table? plus president trump coming to russia s defense as he pushes a new claim as to why russia was pushed out of the g-8. putin outsmarted him. president obama thought it wasn t a good thing to have russia in. so he wanted russia out. president obama former defense secretary will respond. and are you seeing double? you are not alone. jeanne moos on the woman who has
a rally the steel industry isis reporter: the birthplace of joe biden, in a state where white working class voters helped propel donald trump to victory. and if he hopes to win again, trump s chances may hinge on those same voters and the economy so i m here asking people how is the economy? and i m getting two very different answers. yeah, i think things are definitely good. there is more jobs in the area. the stock market is really high. i think we re on the verge of a recession. reporter: i quickly pick up on a theme. how are you feeling about the economy? i m feeling optimistic. reporter: if i ask you how is the economy, you say? have some concerns. reporter: how people view the economy is directly related how they see the president. jessica owns a saloon and she s