to keep that global alliance together. the president has a lot of work to do on capitol hill, he floated the idea of have i trying to get assault weapons bans in the lame duck session of congress unlikely to happen but a slew of other items on agenda be president needs complete funded the in reference several weeks priority number one as the president prepares for a republican take over of the house next year needs to get it through before that happens. jeremy diamond, cnn the white house. as we just heard, president biden has vowed to work on getting support to pass an assault weapons ban through congress. this after a space of recent deadly shootings across the u.s., in virginia, warmer employee shot six coworkers before killing himself on tuesday. they will hold a special meeting to confirm an emergency declaration they don t help fund
i think you have to understand that communities that go through a mass shooting like this, sandy hook, uvalde, now colorado springs, they re never the same. new town will never be the same. yes, it brings some measure of peace that we have passed legislation now that will at least provide a little bit downward pressure on the number of shootings in this country. but every single holiday when there s an empty seat at the table for families in sandy hook, or hartford, bridgeport, those who have lost members to gun violence, it s a reminder of how unique this epidemic is in the united states. this is a choice to allow this to continue to happen. the laws we re talking about passing, red flag laws, assault weapons bans. they re wildly popular, not that controversial outside washington. i hope this year or next year we ll finally be able to do something. i want to ask you a couple of questions on the world stage,
of your efforts, i think it s fair to say, combating gun violence. what s going through your mind? i think you have to understand that communities that go through a mass shooting like this, sandy hook, uvalde, now colorado springs, they re never the same. newtown will never, ever be the same. yes, it brings some measure of peace that we have passed legislation now that will at least provide a little bit downward pressure on the number of shootings in this country. but every single holiday when there s an em the seat at the table for families in sandy hook, or hartford, bridgeport, it s a reminder of how unique this epidemic is in the united states. this is a choice to allow this to continue to happen. the laws we re talking about passing, red flag laws, assault weapons bans. they re wildly popular, not that controversial outside washington. i hope this year or next year we ll finally be able to do
checks, red flag laws, and assault weapons bans. and nothing. what does change look like? well, i m glad you led into this and i m glad how you ve led on this, led into this with the 40,000 plus empty seats at the table. all of us who have lost a daughter, not to gun violence, or a sister, or someone else, knowing right before thanksgiving, anyone that has that, knows the pain is incredibly fierce and deep that will exist. they re not going to be able to share a meal, they re not going to be able to watch a football game, they re not going to be able to watch the world cup, not going to be able to laugh over the holidays, they re not going to be able to tell stories, they re gone. and that s a huge missing piece in this, which ought to tug at the heartstrings and minds of everybody that s been in the way of this. you know, i thought about this, you know, the election was very successful in defeating any a number of people that were going to cause our democracy to fail in some states.
that this would happen, and it s a complete public safety crisis. so you can believe that the second amendment exists and protects your rights to own a firearm, but still at the same time want to address what is very clearly a crisis, and unfortunately i think it s taking tragedies in these members of congress s districts to actually get them to act, and you see legislators saying that as they found out about a shooting in their district, they talked to a family, and that s what s taking them closer to moving on this issue. it shouldn t be that way. joyce, you talked about political will. i think that s right, but it s not for lack of public support. you ve got 85% of the public who supports a whole host of issues, 85 to 90% supports everything from assault weapons bans to universal background checks, measures that go much farther than the bipartisan legislation passed earlier this year. what do you 57% of all