a deal with the nra could prevent a republican filibuster in the senate. john, diana. >> such a contentious issue. tahman, thank you very much. the gun lobby essentially already won, big time, the fact that assault weapons -- i mean, we've pretty much moved on from this. even mayor bloomberg, who has become sort of this new advocate for making tougher laws, it's basically come down to background checks the focus now >> a lot of the lawmakers by the way who are losing ground in a lot of states where bloomberg introduced these ads are, you know, lawmakers who have an "a" grade with the nra. that is no longer a good thing to have. before everybody wanted you to be on board with the nra. that didn't register. and then all the mass shootings. then newton happened. that's when everything took a turn and almost unanimously around the country people are clamoring for something to be done. >> well, i don't know about unanimously, but certainly a lot of people are. i will say one thing, mayor bloomberg sort of taking this big approach and getting out there. he's been saying that we need a