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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, it's 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 can't believe this gun ban, we need to support the nra, d da-da-da. it's changed. the cling to the guns movement has kind of eroded over time, given 2012, sandy hook, then you have this, so much shooting. it's mainly -- the argument, ...

>> 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 that's 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 our communities. it's affecting each and every one of us in different capacities. >> it certainly i...

>> well, it is what it is. all we can do is try to support these kids. good for them. freedom of speech. they're getting their message out there. i want to bring in kioni mcgee, a democrat from the state of florida, a member of the house, he's 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 wasn't appropriate that that particular time. democracy was silenced with that vote on that board, that pretty much went directly towards the movement tha...

These students, these kids leading a movement, they say because it's a youth movement, this time it's going to be different. other times we see lawmakers say it's too soon, we can't talk about it. but because of social media, these students have said, don't 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 we've been here before. these kids, some of them, weren't even born when the columbine shooting happened. >> first let me acknowledge how unspeakably sad this whole event is. o...

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 valentine's 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 didn't change the political reality. a motion that would have brought the ban to the house floor was defeated by nearly a 2-1 margin. the vote left some in shock and others broke down in tears. one s...