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what, if anything, will they do? will anything actually change in this moment as we've asked every single time before. the parents of these 19 children, the loved ones of all 21 deserve answers to these questions and they deserve action. we're talking about people like stephen garcia and jennifer lugo. their daughter ellie was killed in gold blood, a little girl so excited about the pool party she was going to have for her tenth birthday next week. >> sweetest girl you've ever had the chance to meet. told her we were going to have a party and her face just lit up. that was the last t...

And straw purchasing laws to deal with the issues they face. >> not to minimize what is being done in the house. as you know, there are on going conversations led by fellow democrat chris murphy who is trying to see what is possible here. i know you talked to people. i'm sure you're in touch with folks on the senate side as well. give me a reality check here from your perspective as someone who is deeply involved in this issue. is anything going to get done this time? >> i hope so. that's all i can say. >> we always say that, though. we always say that, congresswoman, and i know the frustratio...

Background checks. the majority of americans want red flag laws. the majority of americans want us to invest in communities and kids so things like this don't happen. we have the public on our side, but the public has to rise up, also, and contact their senators and tell them what they want to see or they will not vote for them. >> there is, in fact, new polling. we'll show it a little bit from now. but you're right. it's overwhelming, the support for the things you're talking about. i want to go back to something you just said. you know the argument from republicans including the governor of ...

We would brace for the numbers to spike as far as shootings are concerned. what needs to be done as it relates to some of these young black men in particular, who choose this path of violence? >> you know, i don't think it's any one thing like what the superintendent alluded to. we need federal trafficking laws and federal straw purchasing laws because that creates the illegal guns but someone made a comment, nothing stops a bullet like a job and we need to look at that too. at a young age work with men on other choices, alternative choices and jobs, after school programs, mentoring and things...

Shotgun that he used to shoot his way into the facility or shoot his way into where he could get the other guns. let's say his two previous police incidents or mental health background check had prevented him from buying the initial weapons that he bought in virginia. that's at least one chance that you might have had to stop an incident like that. because you have some states, several in the south, there are almost supermarkets for weapons, even if you fail a background check. we also don't have decent straw purchasing laws. someone else could purchase them and sell them out of the trunk of t...