they need to catch up to where the american public is right now. in 2018, the second most important issue to anyone in this country who voted for democrats was guns. number one was health care. and there just aren't a lot of issues like this. background checks are supported by 95% of americans, and they still can't move the republican senate to action. mcconnell doesn't want to bring this vote up because he doesn't want to put his members in between 95% of their constituents and the gun lobby. i'm going to keep on calling and emailing and texting this weekend, but my expectations are low. >> and we're going to keep calling and trying to book them, so we're running a parallel effort here. joining our conversation now is shannon watts, founder of gun safety action, an organization founded in the aftermath of the newtown shooting. thank you so much for being here. what goes through your mind with a conversation like this? >> obviously last weekend was