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Public wants, and the time has come. >> well, the nra gives directly to members of congress. do you see yourself directly challenging those contributions with your own money? >> well, i gave $100 million, stephanie, in 2018 to elect the 21 candidates who were good on guns and the environment, and basically replaced nra a-rated republicans. i'm not sure what i'm going to do this time, but i certainly think i've shown my capabilities and my interests, and we're here to des moines to pull together all of the democratic candidates and make sure they're on the record, because you want unity in the ...

Idea, he falls in love with it, and then after he gets advice from others or thinks about it himself, many, many times he's changed. and my hope is that's exactly what will happen here. >> then have you called him this week? when you invited the 2020 candidates to iowa, did you call donald trump and ask him to come? did you ask him to talk about gun safety? >> i did not, but if he ever wants to talk about it, i'd be happy to do it. >> i do want to talk about those democratic candidates. you watched the debates. when you did, were you sorry you weren't up there? >> no, i made a decision, stepha...

Things can get out of control very quickly and we've got so stop and say, let's take a deep breath and start pulling together. >> then before we go, in terms of pulling together, what is your take this week? when you see a new york businessman like yourself, stephen ross, wanted a fundraiser for president trump and the backlash he got. and the explanation, i'm not crazy about the president's rhetoric or what he says, but i like some of his policies. what do you think of that? >> look, stephanie, the president was elected by the public, and his supporters have a right to their opinion and to ex...

Are, especially given the fact we're coming off two mass shootings. >> stephanie, in 2018, we had afternoan election, and there were 24 congressional candidates that we supported that were good on guns and good on the environment. 21 of them won, and they won against nra a-rated members. so the gun debate has shifted. the public really says enough is enough, you got to stop this craziness. and that's true if you ask nra members, gun owners. they all want you to stop this craziness, because they're worried that if it keeps going, somebody is going to try to take away all their guns and nobody r...

Were they every hour? were they every three hours? again, often when someone is on suicide watch, bureau officials can put him with a roommate to help keep an eye on him, but in the previous ichncident, that w another reason why this sex offender was put in isolation in his own cell, not with another roommate. again, these are questions that it's going to take some time to get answers to. we don't know how often, how regularly he was being checked on. >> more and more questions and the more we learn as well. jonathan dietz, thank you so much. appreciate your reporting. we're going to stephanie...