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Class. allows him back in class. is there any reason why you can see a school official doing that? >> no, certainly not in hindsight. so let's just be clear here, not in hindsight. right? so we know -- so i am not going to defend the school district. but at the moment, they have a kid -- >> but we live in a world, juliette, of we know of school shootings and the threats. i mean, we live in the post-columbine, post-parkland, post-sandy hook world. >> right. so what i am saying is i want to separate what the school -- the -- our anger at the school district with our anger with the parents. in ot...

Them to get them how to pressure lawmakers to take action? >> that's a terrific question. when i look at those short life of gen post, post-parkland, post-george floyd's murder, post-insurrection and post-climate change. now i see some of the same things as well. and now the whistle-blower and congress, hopefully that will be the case. >> so interesting to what's happening in the country. john della volpe. you will be speaking at the youth 4 youth summit. tell us about that. >> i will be there talking about this poll and other things. i know governor deval patrick will be there doing a town ha...

Vegas, and nothing really has changed. so on the outside, from ceos to moms to students, we're going to march on tounlhe town halls ande with our wallets. >> when you look at the polling on this issue, the voters are on the side of common sense gun legislation. they're on the side of background checks, red flag laws. the majority wants the ban on the sale of semiautomatic assault guns. do these not tell the whole story, congressman? it would seem the majority of people that support this says that's what congress would be mandated to do. >> the numbers have certainly changed dramatically, espec...

>> dana: after the deadly mass shooting in parkland, florida earlier this year, the governor has signed the high school public safety act into law. it lets officials arm school personnel under a voluntary program. but there is some controversy. phil keating is live in polk county, florida. phil, tell me about the reluctance. >> in a word, dana, guns. it's a national issue and controversial issue and the same is true in school districts in florida. in about a month, summer ends and the kids go back and the new law requires every school to have one adult on site all day armed with a gun. post pa...

Convention, guns as an issue. you understand these issues better than a lot of us. you're down there in texas at the nra. what's the point they are trying to make post parkland and that extraordinary out pouring of public feeling. why are both the president and the vice president there today? >> we're just as strong as we have been. we don't compromise, we don't back off. we double down. the president pushed back a bit post-parkland shooting and here he comes and he's backed off those sort of amended positions that he began to take off the shooting and now he's back in the nra boat. i'm sure h...