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TONIGHT AND WE'RE NOT LAUGHING. >>> BUT FIRST WE BEGIN WITH
>>> BUT FIRST WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS.
BREAKING NEWS. RIGHT NOW INVOLVING ONE OF THE
RIGHT NOW INVOLVING ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S OLDEST AND MOST
COUNTRY'S OLDEST AND MOST POWERFUL ORGANIZATIONS, THE
POWERFUL ORGANIZATIONS, THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, A
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, A CIVIL WAR OF SORTS ERUPTING
CIVIL WAR OF SORTS ERUPTING WITHIN THE TOP RANKS.
WITHIN THE TOP RANKS. THE NRA PRESIDENT, YOU SEE HIM
THE NRA PRESIDENT, YOU SEE HIM THERE, RETIRED MARINE COLONEL
THERE, RETIRED MARINE COLONEL OLIVER NORTH IS OUT.
OLIVER NORTH IS OUT. THE TIEMTING IS-- THE TIMING IS
THE TIEMTING IS-- THE TIMING IS STRIKING.
STRIKING. THE ORGANIZATION IS HOLDING THE
THE ORGANIZATION IS HOLDING THE ANNUAL MEETING IN INDIANAPOLIS
ANNUAL MEETING IN INDIANAPOLIS RIGHT NOW AND HANS NICHOLS IS
RIGHT NOW AND HANS NICHOLS IS THE AT WHITE HOUSE AND YOU WERE
THE AT WHITE HOUSE AND YOU WERE THERE IN INDIANAPOLIS AS THE
THERE IN INDIANAPOLIS AS THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSED THE NRA JUST
PRESIDENT ADDRESSED THE NRA JUST YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. WHAT IS BEHIND THIS SURPRISE
WHAT IS BEHIND THIS SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT?
ANNOUNCEMENT? >> Reporter: WELL THE DIFFERENCE
>> Reporter: WELL THE DIFFERENCE OVER SPENDING PRIORITIES AND
OVER SPENDING PRIORITIES AND BUDGETARY SHORTFALLS.
BUDGETARY SHORTFALLS. THE NRA IS UNDER A LITTLE
THE NRA IS UNDER A LITTLE FINANCIAL PRESSURE.
FINANCIAL PRESSURE. YOU SAW THAT YESTERDAY RAISING
YOU SAW THAT YESTERDAY RAISING MONEY OFF OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
MONEY OFF OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S VISIT CHARGING TICKETS FOR
VISIT CHARGING TICKETS FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR THE PRESIDENT
PEOPLE TO HEAR THE PRESIDENT SPEAK.
SPEAK. BUT AT THE TOP, THIS IS A
BUT AT THE TOP, THIS IS A POLITICAL SHOOTOUT BETWEEN THE
POLITICAL SHOOTOUT BETWEEN THE TWO TOP LEADERS.
TWO TOP LEADERS. WAYNE LA PIERRE, A LONG TIME
WAYNE LA PIERRE, A LONG TIME EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND THE
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND THE FACE OF THE NRA AND RETIRED
FACE OF THE NRA AND RETIRED COLONEL OLIVER NORTH WHO JOINED
COLONEL OLIVER NORTH WHO JOINED ABOUT A YEAR AGO TO BE
ABOUT A YEAR AGO TO BE PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. THEY DISAGREED ON THE DIRECTION
THEY DISAGREED ON THE DIRECTION OF THE ORGANIZATION.
OF THE ORGANIZATION. THERE IS A LAWSUIT THAT THE NRA
THERE IS A LAWSUIT THAT THE NRA FILED AGAINST THEIR LONG-TIME
FILED AGAINST THEIR LONG-TIME ADVERTISING AGENCY, A COMPANY
ADVERTISING AGENCY, A COMPANY CALLED ACMEN AND A McQUEEN AND
CALLED ACMEN AND A McQUEEN AND THEY ARE BEHIND THE FAMOUS ADS
THEY ARE BEHIND THE FAMOUS ADS AND THERE ARE BACK AND FORTH
AND THERE ARE BACK AND FORTH RECRIMINATIONS AND ON THURSDAY
RECRIMINATIONS AND ON THURSDAY NIDE LA PIERRE SAID NORTH HAD TO
NIDE LA PIERRE SAID NORTH HAD TO EXTORT HIM AND REVEAL ABOUT HIS
EXTORT HIM AND REVEAL ABOUT HIS SPENDING HABITS UNLESS HE
SPENDING HABITS UNLESS HE RESIGNED AND HE ENDED UP AT --
RESIGNED AND HE ENDED UP AT -- OLIVER NORTH HAD TO HAVE A
OLIVER NORTH HAD TO HAVE A FRIEND READ HIS RESIGNATION
FRIEND READ HIS RESIGNATION LETTER THAT HE WOULD DEPART THE
LETTER THAT HE WOULD DEPART THE ORGANIZATION THIS MORNING.
ORGANIZATION THIS MORNING. IT IS A STUNNING DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS A STUNNING DEVELOPMENT. AND AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP VISITED THERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
VISITED THERE TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF 2020, GEARING UP
IMPORTANCE OF 2020, GEARING UP FOR THE ELECTION FIGHT, A
FOR THE ELECTION FIGHT, A CRUCIAL ORGANIZATION THAT
CRUCIAL ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS DONALD TRUMP IS NOW IN
SUPPORTS DONALD TRUMP IS NOW IN TURMOIL AT THE VERY TOP AND WE
TURMOIL AT THE VERY TOP AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WILL
DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WILL ULTIMATELY PLAY OUT.
ULTIMATELY PLAY OUT. >> A VERY BIG ORGANIZATION.
>> A VERY BIG ORGANIZATION. AN ORGANIZATION WITH A LOT OF
AN ORGANIZATION WITH A LOT OF POWER HERE IN THIS COUNTRY.
POWER HERE IN THIS COUNTRY. HANS, YOU WERE THERE AT THE
HANS, YOU WERE THERE AT THE CONVENTION YESTERDAY.
CONVENTION YESTERDAY. DID YOU GET A SENSE THAT THE
DID YOU GET A SENSE THAT THE ORGANIZATION WAS HAVING SOME
ORGANIZATION WAS HAVING SOME PROBLEMS?
PROBLEMS? OBVIOUSLY FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AS
OBVIOUSLY FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AS YOU NOTED.
YOU NOTED. >> SO IT HAD BEEN REPORTED
>> SO IT HAD BEEN REPORTED ABOUT, BITS AND PIECES COMING
ABOUT, BITS AND PIECES COMING OUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
OUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS BUT WHEN WE TALKED TO
WEEKS BUT WHEN WE TALKED TO MEMBERS, MEMBERS WERE IN THE
MEMBERS, MEMBERS WERE IN THE DARK ABOUT IT.
DARK ABOUT IT. THEY DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD SENSE
THEY DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD SENSE THAT THE ORGANIZATION'S
THAT THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCES.
FINANCES. THEY WERE -- SOME OF THEM WERE
THEY WERE -- SOME OF THEM WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF
CONCERNED ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF THE ORGANIZATION, WHETHER OR NOT
THE ORGANIZATION, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS JUST ABOUT THE SECOND
IT WAS JUST ABOUT THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND IT WAS ABOUT A
AMENDMENT AND IT WAS ABOUT A BROADER CULTURAL WAR BUT THE
BROADER CULTURAL WAR BUT THE BIGGEST THING WE HEARD TWO
BIGGEST THING WE HEARD TWO THREATS, ONE, THE THREAT THEY
THREATS, ONE, THE THREAT THEY FELT TO THEIR GUNS AND TO THEIR
FELT TO THEIR GUNS AND TO THEIR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS BUT ALSO
SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS BUT ALSO YOU KEPT HEARING FROM PEOPLE ON
YOU KEPT HEARING FROM PEOPLE ON THE FLOOR THERE, THE THREAT OF
THE FLOOR THERE, THE THREAT OF SOCIALISM.
SOCIALISM. AND IT IS AN INDICATION AND WHAT
AND IT IS AN INDICATION AND WHAT THE DEMOCRATS REPRESENT.
THE DEMOCRATS REPRESENT. KENDIS, IT IS AN INDICATION HOW
KENDIS, IT IS AN INDICATION HOW SOMETHING THAT STARTED OFF IN
SOMETHING THAT STARTED OFF IN 1871 TO TEACH EARTH NORTHERNS
1871 TO TEACH EARTH NORTHERNS HOW TO SHOOT STRAIGHT EVOLVED
HOW TO SHOOT STRAIGHT EVOLVED INTO A FULL FLEDGED POLITICAL
INTO A FULL FLEDGED POLITICAL ORGANIZATION THAT BECAME AN
ORGANIZATION THAT BECAME AN APPENDAGE ALMOST OF THE
APPENDAGE ALMOST OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
REPUBLICAN PARTY. >> AND THERE ARE MANY AMERICANS
>> AND THERE ARE MANY AMERICANS WATCHING AND SEEING ALL OF THIS
WATCHING AND SEEING ALL OF THIS TROUBLE AT TOP OF THE NRA AND
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