last week for about 20 seconds everything thought he was being open to basically background checks, an hour and press people put on the a statement saying, not really. completely. all of these bills are at thinks doorstep. the waiting periods, the background check and the entire violence against women act, which includes my provision that i wrote that now has passed the house on closing this loophole. i think he s going to have to account for this. he s running his own race, of course, against a fighter pilot, amy mcgrath, and at the same time you re going to have people from all over the country wanting to see a change. so change doesn t always happen. i ve never seen a moment where it does not cry out for gun safety rules more than this one? in the last election, the 2018 election, there was real progress with gun safety candidates. the momentum off the parkland
put on the a statement saying, not really. completely. all of these bills are at thinks doorstep. the waiting periods, the background check and the entire violence against women act, which includes my provision that i wrote that now has passed the house on closing this loophole. i think he s going to have to account for this. he s running his own race, of course, against a fighter pilot, amy mcgrath, and at the same time you re going to have people from all over the country wanting to see a change. so change doesn t always happen. i ve never seen a moment where it does not cry out for gun safety rules more than this one? in the last election, the 2018 election, there was real progress with gun safety candidates. the momentum off the parkland did actually seem to help.
have a lot of opposition. but that has changed. whether it s the money now coming in on behalf of gun violence prevention, gun safety candidates, the grassroots movement with the students at march for our lives or moms demand action. we re seeing a shift at the grassroots level, political spending level. that s what politicians listen to. americans are demanding change. they re going to have to stay up on this issue for politicians to know it matters and it counts and they re going to have to do something. i think you re going to see change in this next election cycle. sadly, these mass shootings are having ever one stay on this issue. robyn thomas, executive director of the giffords law center. thank you. joining us now, democratic governor of the state of new york, andrew cuomo. governor, thank you for joining us. first, new york has passed multiple gun laws this year alone including the red flag law. we heard the president call for it today on a federal level. that law would