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The top of my block last year. for millions of americans, this is not a policy issue, this is an urgency. those not directly affected, they're tired of living in a country where their kids go to school learning about reading, writing and arithmetic and how to deal with an active shooter in their school. all they have to offer is thoughts and prayers. >> who is the geopolitical threat to the united states? >> the biggest threat to the security of the united states is donald trump. and there's no question. >> all right. we're going to, of course, be bringing you more key moments from tonight's d...

How do you take this amazing program and i salute you a make it a front and center issue for voters? >> i come at this in a personal way to be honest with you. these mass shootings that happen in a chilling way in america, last week i had two guys shot in my neighborhood. i had a guy killed an assault weapon on my block. we live in a nation right now where gun violence is going up, but black guys enameriin americ 50% of the homicides are in communities like mine that look like me. i'm not waiting on this. the corporate gun lobbyists control this debate. any of the consumer products you have, y...

What's at stake here is our d g democracy. more than that, democracy. >> but i want to stay really focused ongoing after -- because if i was managing your campaign, i would say that is what the people want to -- >> and i would say to you what's responding to people out there, when i say, hey, the floor is beating trump, to get into the game you need to pea able to say i can beat trump, but if we stop i believe we are best when we are aspirational. when we stand up and say we're going to the moon. we're not just going to beat the chinese or russians to the moon. we're going to be the best there...

Program and i salute you and make it a front and center issue for voters? >> look, i come at this in a personal way. these mass shootings that happened with chilling regularity in america, you live in a community like mine, last week two guys shot in my neighborhood. a guy killed with an assault weapon on my block. probably the only person in senate that's had that happen. gun violence is going up. for black guys in america, of% of the nation's population, are people who look like me. i'm not waiting on this issue. the gun lobby, the corporate gun lobby has controlled this debate in ways most ...

Can't imagine that they thought that amazon would suddenly bolt, so they were caught off guard. >> they didn't mean to win. they're trying to play -- like they want to burnish -- >> neil: they're saying long island is better off without them. >> yeah. no politician says i'm killing jobs. now he's going after me. he's tried to entrap one of the businesses around our neighborhood. he's tore down an art museum in our neighborhood. everybody at the citi bank to youer is leaving because of amazon. at the end of my block, amazon is gone. so i'm the only one on the block now. he wants to kill the las...