in the senate, house speaker nancy pelosi and chuck schumer put out a statement saying let's come off summer vacation for the senate. let's pass background check legislation. the person who has been silent is mitch mcconnell. why do you think he is not stepping up right now? >> because he and his party have been walking lock step with the nra for years. and i was asked this on the cnn debate stage. and i made it clear that we can talk policy all you want. i think we all know things that would help here, everything from the bill to close the boyfriend loop hole to going after domestic abusers. mitch mcconnell won't let these bills come up for a vote. and the president never pushes them. he just says he's for them and then goes back to his job and goes out to these rallies and foments hate.