The check is in the mail and I promise I'll do something about background checks.

The lead starts right now.

President Trump, again, makes a promise to get tougher on gun background checks.

He says Congress is behind him, but is this going to be any different than the last time he said it and did nothing?

Fear in America, from heavily armed men to false alarms all sparking very real panic in public places across the country

and look at a nation on edge after two more mass shootings. Plus several

20-20 candidates now have no problem calling President of the United States a white supremacist.

President says that's the last card they have to play.

How is that all playing out in the proving ground of the election. Welcome to the lead.

I'm Jake Tapper.

We begin with the politics lead President Trump today is once again claiming he will pursue expanding quote

meaningful and intelligent background checks for gun sales as he has before in the

past in the immediate aftermath of mass shootings in the US such as after the massacre in

Parkland, Florida, for example.

President Trump on his way to vacation at his golf club in New Jersey said he is talking to

congressional leaders, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

who the president claims is quote totally on board with this plan though

McConnell's spokesman almost immediately disputed that telling CNN McConnell

did not endorse anything in his conversation

with President Trump. The president has of course promised action on expanding

background checks before. He has never followed through and we should note

earlier this year even threatened

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