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This week and unlikely we'll see that because the house is only in session two days. when do you think realistically based on your conversations we could see any vote? >> remind you, kristin, this is the congress that hasn't had a vote on bump stocks. after the october 1st shooting in las vegas, that seemed to have bipartisan agreement, but it has not come up to a vote. and we're more than five months later after that incident. so, whether the house can actually put that forward, paul ryan in the house has already indicated they're not going to take up any legislation till the senate does. as ...

Rock, bank of america and black rock group are taking it a step further and reevaluating their relationships with the gun manufacturers themselves. for more i'm joined by brian sullivan. great to see you. what is the take away from sending this type of pressure directly to the source, to gun manufacturers? does that mean -- does it stand a better chance of actually achieving results for these companies? >> you know, kristin, that is i guess the trillion dollar question. it is an important one as well. thank you for having me on. the two stories are similar but separate. on one hand you have co...

Known as passive investors, they don't pick stocks, they index. they are actually the single biggest stockholders in two of the three publicly traded gun companies. not because they're saying let's invest in gun companies, rather kristin, that because these gun stocks are in these indexes, indirectly they are investing in this. and by the way, pension funds, including the teachers pension funds of new york, kentucky, texas and many other states, they are also invested in the gun companies because their pension funds own some of these index funds. so, you've got the partnership deals that are e...