my name is dan kowalski, i've been on polk street as a resident for 28 years, i've had a business on the corner of polk street and green stree for 7 years. my family has been in san francisco for five generations. in my lifetime i have seen the city change in a few strong directions. never before have i seen something so robust come forth from the sf mta, with a great deal of hubris, whether seem to have lost the idea of the city family which we seem to have had in this town. to repeat what stephen said, as retailers we are on the frontline; we meet everybody every day and we are part of the appeal i think of this town. we are crazy enough to be in retail , but we like it so much that i think we are going to stick with it and we are fearful that our way of life what we i have a passion for and really end rather abruptly if some of these changes are made. -- having to eliminate employees and through loans from family and friends, i was able to stay in business. still in my residence, we have not received one piece of mail from the sf mta saying anything about these proposals. my busin

i want to be the voice for charlotte bacon and dan yan barden and olivia engle and josephine gaye and madeline shoe and kathryn hubbard and chase kowalski and jesse lewis and james and grace mcdonnell and emily parker and jack pinto and noah pause ner and careline and jessica and benjamin wheeler and allison wyatt and their siblings, moms and dads. >> meantime, in a close vote, maryland's house of delegates passed new gun legislation that's expected to pass the senate including a measure to fingerprint gun buyers. the president made the case new gun laws are common sense for the nation. >> we are not gonna wait for the next newtown or the next aurora before we act. i genuinely believe that's what the overwhelming amount of americans, i don't care what party they belong to, they want to see progress. i want to bring in jose and neah maleeka henderson, good morning. >> good morning. >> to the president's point, jose, there's a brand-new poll out showing 91% support background checks, 88% of gun owners support it. i know you are a gun owner. we have talked about it before. how does a lawmaker say this isn't what the american people want? >