New CNN boss Chris Licht appears to still be trying to mend the fences that former CNN boss Jeff Zucker tore down and burned to ashes.

Word is that Licht has been meeting with GOP lawmakers in an effort to inform them that CNN is intent on moving back from the far left that the network had become under Zucker.

The Washington Free Beacon says that Licht's message, according to one of the lawmakers who sat down with him as well as to several sources briefed on the exchanges: "We want to win back your trust."

The CNN chief spent between 45 minutes and an hour cajoling GOP lawmakers who no longer appear on the network to come back on the air — and assuring them he'd praise producers for inviting them and communicate his displeasure if he doesn't believe they are treated fairly

"I think he does genuinely want that to happen," one Republican lawmaker told the Washington Free Beacon. "Put aside ideology, I think he thinks CNN sucks."

FTVLive has told you that Licht’s goal for CNN is to move the network back to the middle and not take sides on either the right or the left.

CNN has not only a giant perception problem to deal with on capitol hill, but with news viewers across the country.

Time will tell if he can repair the damage that Zucker inflicted on the network.