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Just because we can't get it done in the states, we are not standing back. we have much more to do. and this is an -- this is important to stress. they wasn't new standards that live up to america's promise of equal justice under the world. with my american rescue plan, thing you and theioning for getting it. everyone forgets that's $14.9 trillion. we got a heck of a lot done with that, we did so well that people don't even know where it came from. i'm serious, thinking about it. what did you do for me lately? well, we had $1.9 trillion. >> we made historic investment in community policing and...

Really gun violence was an epidemic within a pandemic. and as you said, we saw a record number of gun sales in 2020. about 40 million background checks were conducted. and that's 40% more than the year before. we estimate about 22 million guns were purchased in 2020. a 64% increase over the year before. obviously the pandemic and those gun sales were merging from the pandemic. now we're seeing gun violence get even worse. that's sort of the logical outcome. so, president biden's approach is so important. he's taking strong action on ghost guns and funding intervention programs. nominating a st...

Important work we've seen on gun violence in a generation. and when you look at the context, we've had covid, which exacerbated gun violence. really gun violence was an epidemic within a pandemic. and as you said, we saw a record number of gun sales in 2020. about 40 million background checks were conducted, and that's 40% more than the year before. we estimate about 22 million guns were purchased in 2020, a 64% increase over the year before. and obviously the pandemic and those gun sales, we're emerging from the pandemic and we're seeing gun violence get worse. that's sort of the logical outc...

Thank you so much for being here. it's nice to see you. >> it's nice to see you. >> let me ask you first if i hit the important parts in terms of this announcement from president biden today. how do you see it? >> you did. i mean, this is some of the most important work we've seen on gun violence in a generation. and when you look at the context, we've had covid, which exacerbated gun violence. really gun violence was an epidemic within a pandemic. and as you said, we saw a record number of gun sales in 2020. about 40 million background checks were conducted, and that's 40% more than the year ...

Further two week recess. there is more on this glimmer of bipartisan progress just ahead. by then administration also putting its weight behind fighting a surge of violent crimes in the country. homicides up 24%, gonna salts up 22% over the same period last year, late today the president and attorney general outlined a new anti crime strategy focused on getting more money to police departments and to violence intervention programs while cracking down on so-called rogue gun dealers. >> zero tolerance for gun dealers who will fully violate the key existing laws and regulation. if you will fully ...