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Its not like it was so be careful what you say and what you do because youre going to have a problem. neil: do either of you have any thoughts on this push, 145 ceos who have been pushing congress to get guns under control, do something about them? do you think thats part of the mix? i talked to andrew pollock about it, he says essentially its backwards. thats not the issue as much as this is. >> i think we focus on the issue at hand and the information hardening this target. neil: and this kid ...

>> well, look, its so posh to remember that we are winning on this issue. we made amazing progress in state houses and board rooms. just this month over 40 store brands across the country said no to open carry. earlier this week over 145 ceos signed a letter asking congress to act. companies are doing what they need to do. its time for congress to do what it needs to do. and in particular, the senate. were talking about president trump and the senate majority leader. were waiting for them to act...

Electorate, he is not for medicare for all, not for some of the big ideas that the progressives are for, thats a big thing. and cory booker said he wasnt talking about joe bidens age when he was talking about his potential to fumble. he was talking about the strange things that he says. where you hear him say things and you say, what is he talking about? for instance, when he talked about record players. and everybody in the place was talking about young people using record players. they dont do...

Business leaders. lets see if they have effect. 145 of them signed on to a letter, demanding that the government take action. this is the strongest take since the tragedies in odessa, dayton and el paso. speaking of el paso. a strange twist in what was told to me as a story of heroism. the man telling the story was shot twice. he got invited to the white house but then was arrested by the secret service monday on an outstanding warrant, not long before he was supposed to be honored by the presid...

Issues, but didnt go into any detail. all of this as 145 ceos and other business leaders signed a letter demanding the government take concrete action to control gun violence. in a draft letter to the senate, they said in pardon, quote doing nothing about americas gun violence crisis is simply unacceptable, unquote. now the ceo of the company who led the effort on this letter, chip bergh, head of levi strauss, he joins me live from san francisco. chip, can you explain your decision to lead the e...

York times" is laying out the letter from 145 ceos calling on you guys in the senate to do something. what is going to happen? are we going to see red flag laws here because we still have no clarity from the president and the white house on this. >> i really hope that our president will see this as an opportunity, a moment, that calls for real leadership from him. the republicans in the senate have clearly indicated theyre not willing to take one step forward if they dont have cover from the pre...

American people have been pretty safely inoculated against gaffes because his dont make much of a difference. guns was the obvious issue coming into tonight. yesterday morning, 145 business leaders and ceos wrote to the senator asking for universal background checks and expanded red flag laws. not a lot of the candidates took advantage of that issue. beto orourke was the notable exception. >> in odessa, i met the mother of a 15-year-old girl who was shot by an ar-15. and that mother watched her ...

General. >> the power of the nra have caused many to shake in their boots. many are thinking, whatever is happening right now, is not to quote the 145 companies yesterday, is not acceptable behavior. in many ways, it was removing the muzzle. it will be used by the nra. and democrats will have an ability to recouch the language away from what was impeachment investigation. now, its about gun control and not gun confiscation, which they fought hard to have that there. the voters and anybody fearfu...

The most powerful combinations to keep people from doing some thing thats completely legal. at the second amendment is not enough or beto, hes upset too. in other words, if the ideas that betos doesnt like, he wants to make certain youre not allowed to police them. while this might strike you as, i dont know, antidemocratic? yes, it is. thats the point. beto isnt a supporter of democracy, virtually nobody in washington is buried hes not honest to admit this in this letter. "america cant afford t...

Be, theres a lot of money in the stock market and it looks for reasons to invest. >> neil: guys, thank you all very much. you already heard with the 145 ceos who are urging congress and froze -- and the president to act on guns. when we come back the man who knows first-hand to lose a child to something like that but its more than guns. a lot more after this. the game doesnt end after a spectacular touchdown grab