that distinguishes america from other countries that have the same mental health crises that we have across the country and across the globe. >> your own views on guns have evolved from the time that you were a congresswoman to the time that you were a senator. i want to read you a part of a letter that you wrote to the nra in -- >> can i stop you? i have been an advocate for common sense gun reform for a decade. i went from an a-rating to the nra to an f in a minute. >> i want to ask you about that. it's a valid point you have moved forward on, but the question is a lot of people on the outside say that is because of politics and i wanted to put that question to you -- >> it's more than politics -- >> what is the reason for that evolution? >> because my job as senator from new york is to listen to families across my state, about the real human crises they're in. i've met a mother, a mother, who literally was on a park bench with her 4-year-old who was shot and died in her arms. i've met with parents who lost their teenage daughter who was just at a party with her