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Few weeks ago. >> we have a way sometimes in my party of getting caught just when we've amassed the discipline and the force to get something done right away, a shiny object makes it harder to focus. >> it also sounds like you don't think it's politically feasible. >> i'm more interested in the governing than the politics. >> i think we need to do a better job of organizing gun violence protection not only at mass shooting but also the gun violence that happens in our neighborhoods every single day. i grew up in one of those neighborhoods. >> you should not be a nominee from our party that can...

Some will be great. but if you see that some of them seem a little off track, i've got a better way. if you feel stuck in the middle of the extremes in our politics and you are tired of the noise and the nonsense, you've got a home with me. and i know a lot of my friends here from the left, but remember, i'm from the middle of the country. >> new jersey senator cory booker used his experience as new york mayor to get personal about the toll of bad schools and gun violence, and he used some humor when asked if his vegan diet was a key to fighting climate change. >> we closed promoting charter s...

Combined i think have brought us to a point where the center has shifted on guns. and now we're even talking about gun licensing, gun buybac communities. >> when you look at the numbers, you mentioned an overwhelming amount of people support background checks and red flag laws. the bar is so remarkably low, the number of americans who support it is so remarkably high, there is nothing in american politics it seems to have this degree of dissidence to it. and that speaks to the success of the nra. >> well, but that's also why we're calling on large american employers who we know prioritize the ...

Reaches out through donors and say hey, actually, what walmart did is pretty reasonable and we can live with slightly tighter gun laws. they don't make any money of that, and right now what they need is money. >> that's interesting. there is something happening in the polling, igor. i really do think it's changing recently. it's a little like the climate conversation we had where the public opinion is shifting. i talked to cory booker about the gun licensing getting 82%, which is a shocking result for me. universal background checks, 93% support. 6% oppose. that appears to be extremely germane...

Of americans recognize and now what businesses are increasingly recognizing is when you limit access to firearms, that's when you begin to increase safety. so i think in many ways, what corporate america is doing is they're responding to public opinion, where public opinion is shifting on this issue. i think that congress really needs to follow suit here. >> is it shifting for real? do you notice that? and how do you measure that? >> well, look, jim, you saw after parkland 40 companies announced they would stop doing business with the nra. we saw two huge banks, bank of america and citibank, a...