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Rallies all these different types of people, different types of backgrounds together to celebrate a game, thats why we are going to go to the white house to celebrate the accomplishment, then i didnt want to go. and i think we could definitely use our time bet wher ter when to d.c. during the season. >> so you are going to d.c., not going to the white house. what will you do when you go to d.c.? >> well reach out to the youth in the community and celebrate black history. >> beautiful. >> obvious...

Youre able to relate to a lot of different people because youre able to appreciate what they bring to the table. for me theres 15 other guys on my team and we all come from different backgrounds. we all have different stories on how we got to the nba. but for me as a leader, i value what each person is and what each person brings to the table. i think thats something the white house could maybe change a little bit and kind of adopt. its just everybody has a reason that theyre here and has a valu...

Positions on immigration are you worried about the backlash? >> well, here in los angeles, its very different. of i think we are much more progressive than other parts of the country, much like, however, new york, i would say, but i think, here, we have been able to see more elect the officials of diverse backgrounds in particular latinos, asians, we see a grossiwing acceptance. we have for the first time, women, openly lgbtg individual. we have an african-american, latino. we represent 10 milli...

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Find some common ground. we all agree somethings got to be done. what to be done is the big question. i like to see folks from all different backgrounds come together and say what about this? what about this? i served in the legislature in both bodies at one time as a young man. i went into debate sometimes thinking one thing but after careful consideration and a good plan laid out by different opposing views, sometimes they changed my mind. and thats what is healthy most for the process. >> add...

They have suffered beyond anything that i have ever witnessed. a father drops his daughter off at school, kisses her good-bye, waves to her, shes walking up the path, and never sees her alive again. gets a call, cant believe it, thinks it is a nightmare, wants to wake up from the nightmare. so we want to hear ideas from americans of all backgrounds and beliefs about how we can improve security at our schools, tackle the issue of mental health, because this was a sick person. very sick. and we ha...

A father drops his daughter off at school, kisses her good-bye, waves to her. shes walking up the path. never sees her alive again. gets a call. cant believe it. thinks its a nightmare and wants to wake up from the nightmare. we want to hear ideas from americans of all backgrounds and beliefs on how we can improve security at our schools. tackle the issue of mental health. this was a sick person, very sick. we had a lot of warning about him being sick. this wasnt a surprise. to the people that k...

Buy a gun. thats common sense. lets realize something has to be done and not just happy talk. >> havent heard anything from ryan or mcconnell. your party is in control. if its going to happen in congress, they have to motivate it. >> ive been an outlier in my party on this for a number of years. i would hope, again, the speaker and the majority leader would realize we cant just operate within our own echo chambers. there are reasonable people, not just people who are anti gun, not just people wh...

You mentioned the moment he got in trouble with president nixon. he did not follow often enough the solemnest injunction to put not my trust in princes. interestingly, given their backgrounds, i think its fair to say that president carter and mr. graham were probably the coolest toward each other. president carter started out, he actually one of the early means by which graham reached even larger audiences is he would send around a film version of the crusades, and local faith leaders would intr...

100,000. >> lets emphasize the point to give people context. the percentage of ownership in a state winds up being inverse correlation to the amount of death in that state. the more guns you have the more death you have. that upsets a lot of peoples sense of more guns make you more safe. what have you learned in connecticut after the changes after sandy hook? >> we know if you have a gun in your house, someone is more likely to kill themselves than if you didnt have a gun in your house. we need ...