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Room when vice-president biden spoke those words. her son dylan was murdered at sandy hook, elementary, nicole, thank you for being with us again, appreciate it. having witnessed that speech firsthand when he was vice-president, now ten years, almost ten years later, hearing the same message without any big legislative changes in between, what did you think of what the president said tonight? >> you know, president biden is just as passionate and emotional as he was today as he was ten years ago but i do think things are different. i hear more voices, more surprising voices leaning in than bef...

Have the likely impact? not 'ust have the likely impact? not just what — have the likely impact? iirrt just what president biden is saying what other members of both parties are saying in response to these shootings that are happening, it is great to hear republicans coming out in support of policies but we have seen in some states republican governors coming out in support of raising the minimum age for semiautomatic rifles, for example. many of the policies president biden outlined have a strong evidence base. we know that strengthening background checks is an effective way to screen out i...

>> what do you think is possible, then? >> i think more is possible than i thought about in the last several years. i think background checks is being discussed. red flag laws, protection orders being discussed, safe storage, age restrictions, everything is on the table right now. and there is energy around it. we're not going to get everything through, but i think this is where we're seeing two parties really working together who want to create solutions. not every senator is going to go for it, i'll be perfectly honest with that but all we need is enough to get the vote passed so we can cont...

Not that hard. and i just want to say regarding my friend joe, i give him all the credit in the world. he took the first step towards me last year around father's day when i started an initiative and amazingly we just started talking about this. not yelling at each other. not going off into sides and we agree on a lot of things and i'll let joe talk to this, but joe may even go further than me on some things because i just really desire to start somewhere to get things done. but he and i both agree, background checks, let's do it. i can't speak for joe, but i think he would probably agree, let...

President biden was out there talking about possibly banning certain handguns. these are nonstarters, john. and, fred, i would say, if you want to get something done right now. >> fred? >> listen, i have a list of things that i want to do, that's -- i would call that on a wish list, even though it is the weapon used to kill my daughter, an ar-15, the reality is i would rather see background checks, not just on weapons, but extended to ammunition, raising the age, repeal -- extreme risk protection orders, things that can pass and have the support of the american people right now to get done, th...