and i m bianna golodryga. the fight for every vote under way with just five days until election day. so far more than 30 million voters have already cast their ballots in 46 states with the most seen in texas and florida. that s a pace that looks like if may exceed the historic turnout of 2018. both president biden and former president trump are making those closing arguments for their parties from the campaign trail. trump is planning four rallies in five days starting in iowa today to slam democrats over inflation and crime. president biden head west. soon lands in new mexico. may echo his consistent call to voters to eject election deniers and preserve democracy. our phil mattingly is covering president biden and jeb bellamy in iowa. why is president biden in new mexico? reporter: the two events he s attending. one a speech about student loans pap clear effort. we ve seen the white house pursuing this over the course of the last several weeks directed at trying to
harris gives money to incentivize and implement red flag laws. we need states like virginia and colorado and all of the other states, there are about 19 now, that have red flag laws, to use that money and make sure those laws are being used. but also to encourage other states to pass these laws. ultimately, we need a senate that has a gun sense majority that can pass laws like red flag laws and the assault weapons ban, like background checks, that will make all americans safe. congressman, to shannon s point, if we can t get something done on the federal level, look at the states. virginia governor glenn youngkin calling this a mental health crisis but never mentioned the gun violence. do they really think americans are not listening, that they re not paying attention when they
u.s. house to be a gun sense majority and we passed sweeping gun reform through the u.s. house. we need mitch mcconnell to act on those laws we know will save american lives. this momentum is not going to go away. they either act or there will be hell to pay in 2019 and 2020. and to that point, our commander in chief has been trying to frame this conversation. let me play you a sound bite from how he s been framing this debate about guns. we are working very hard to make sure we keep guns out of hands of insane people and those who are mentally sick and shouldn t have guns. it s not the gun that pulls the trigger, it s the person holding the gun. shannon, what do you make of the way the president is framing that to his base? that is political rally. that is president talking to his base. he s not talking to the country. when he comes out and talks to the country, it s a slightly