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Understand? you talk to big donors every single day. >> mm-hmm. >> what do they think about this issue? because money is what matters to politicians. and it seems when you talk about big money, its all about the nra and their contributions to these politicians. >> honestly, the dialogue has changed, about maybe five years ago, it would have been, oh, you know, i cant believe this gun ban, we need to support the nra, d da-da-da. its changed. the cling to the guns movement has kind of eroded over ...

>> as long as i have breath in my body i will always be optimistic. i can tell you this. as it relates to the increase in age, the increase in the wait period, that is, in my opinion, a movement towards a good step. however, in the light of everything thats happening, it is only a band-aid in the bigger scheme of things. everything that we are seeing now has to do with the reality that we are looking at the ar-15 that is causing the havoc, this weapon of mass destruction is causing havoc within ...

>> well, it is what it is. all we can do is try to support these kids. good for them. freedom of speech. theyre getting their message out there. i want to bring in kioni mcgee, a democrat from the state of florida, a member of the house, hes the hundred that tried to get this assault rifle ban bill put up for a vote. thanks for your effort. what happened? >> the entire world saw exactly what happened. 71 of my colleagues decided the debate wasnt appropriate that that particular time. democracy w...

These students, these kids leading a movement, they say because its a youth movement, this time its going to be different. other times we see lawmakers say its too soon, we cant talk about it. but because of social media, these students have said, dont speak for me, i want to talk about it, i want to go to washington, i want to go to tallahassee. do you have any faith that this could change the conversation? i know weve been here before. these kids, some of them, werent even born when the columb...

Tallahassee where their local lawmakers were preparing to consider a ban on assault rifles like that ar-15, the one that killed so many of their classmates last week on valentines day. about a hundred of them boarded buses for the 6 1/2 hour trip to the state capitol, hopeful they might be able to break the gridlock over gun control. the students spent hours lobbying their representatives. but it didnt change the political reality. a motion that would have brought the ban to the house floor was ...

Teacher at stoneman douglas high school. she was there the day of the shooting and personally helped protect dozens of her students. ashley, first, i want to thank you for your heroism and tell you how sorry i am for the week that youve just had. you know some of these kids personally. what can you tell us about them and this movement? >> theyre a very eloquent bunch of kids. i mean, for the seniors that we have that have no problem voicing their opinions, i mean, they argue with us as teachers ...