i wish i were as smart as katherine clark and had a toothbrush. smart people who are wearing their blankets. we just made a comment, maybe they are trying to freeze us out of here. i don't know. you know, i think we all come here from unique perspectives. we heard story after story from our moms who serve here, our dad, grandma's and grandpa's. what i would like to talk a little bit about is my own family history with guns. the kind of district that i represent and what this means to me and how i have come to this point where i am here at 6:45 a.m. going into full day two of this discussion on guns. by grandmother was a nurse. she was a nurse at a gun company in upstate new york. my first interaction with guns would have been a .22 that my grandmother for this gun company gave it to my father. we always kept it in our basement will stop did not know that much about it. my dad would go hunting. that was about the extent of it growing up. my brother was a baseball player and ended up being a baseball coach and all of that, so he wasn't so much into

>> congressman john lewis and katherine clark.tually her idea that they try this sit in strategy with. she brought the idea to john lewis. he recognized the power instantly and agreed to move it but the reason why john lewis was walking out is he wanted to make sure that massachusetts congresswoman katherine clark gets credit for much of what you've seen today, this historic day in the house of representatives and this historic night in the house of representatives which continues now as the democrats -- let's listen to more of what they're saying. this is outside the capitol building. >> we can do this. we can win a great victory for the american people. so let's continue. and never give up. >> never give up! >> never! >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. [ cheering ] >> no bill, no break. no bill, no break. no bill, no break. >> do we have live images from the house floor? let's go back to the house floor now. >> you do not need to be a scientist to know that universal background checks with no exception for i

katherine clark and all of their work. [applause] for emphasis, say this is the beginning of a movement. done is what we have not to be seen in isolation. this is the beginning of a movement and the american people know it. i'm getting e-mails and tweets and you are as well. people are out on the plaza joining with us in solidarity. this is the beginning of a movement. mass shootings must come to an end in this country. the american people really understand the depth and breath of the mass shootings we are having. they have seen the evening news. 136 is -- there have been mass shootings and america this year. what is a mass shooting? a mass shooting is defined by killingas one killer four or more victims. there have been 136 mass shootings in this country since the beginning of this year. we were told it was going to be 8:00 that were heard it was good to be not clock and now we are hearing 9:30. politico had breaking news that they would come to the floor and confront us, that we are ready. -- but we are ready. no bills,

. -- katherine clark, nice to see. i have been struck by how many of you have such personal stories of loss. all so much more real. after a number that week come back to the places in which these terrible times have taken place. a movie theater where any of us can imagine being. a workplace where we want our daughters and sons to go off and get jobs. in a church when so many spend sunday mornings. .n school i don't think there is a person in this room that can't have the heart to lose their 60. the lgbt community was having fun at a nightclub. we have heard over and over lost on aple are daily basis. my constituents get this and see this and are so dismayed that we do not act. when they ask me for that is the case, i hesitate to give any hope. it is a wonderful and to be here today and i would be able to say we are standing up and demand in action. i remember john lewis as we were reform anealth care important vote that we were taking and mr. lewis got up in front and said to all of us in the room, or many still strugg

katherine clark of massachusetts reached out to john lewis over the weekend. representative from that state. she said look, we got to do something. he agreed that. group grew larger. they had a meeting last night where they came up with this idea to do this sit-in. that was then blessed by the leadership and that's how we are now. it's really taken social media by storm as well as the capitol building. democrats view this as a very important issue. they also view this as a very important political winner for them. tammy duckworth running in a competitive seat in illinois for senate, she's a house member, she took part in this, a combat wounded veteran from iraq. here's what she had to say about why she participated. >> look at all these names. these are all of the chicagoans who have been killed by gun violence. you know, their constituency that i represent just want a vote. they just want common sense gun legislation. things like universal background checks. you shouldn't be able to buy a gun on the internet without going through a background check. you shoul

representative katherine clark of massachusetts reached at two john lewis civil rights icon and do somethingohe inability to get a gun control vote moving toward the house. and theyem went down wanted to see what they could pull off in the house. with a larger group last night and they came up with this idea of staging a sit down on the house floor. it was last by the leadership and this is a political insider show, there's no filibuster mechanism. the party in the majority controls the happenings of the floor, so what ended up occurring was when the house bangingo recess after gavel and saying the pledge of allegiance, john lewis went to the floor and said we need to do something bold, something that rings attention to the cause and horny or 50 members of the houston credit caucus sat in the well loved the house, in the have been there since 11:30 a.m. this morning. disrupted isey this the majority wanted to get done or is this all symbolic? luke: there were votes scheduled, the usual house votes that have not been able to go forward. house gop will meet as a conference coming up to figure o

we heard that john lewis and katherine clark and a few others gathered and were trying to make some statementsso we went down to show our support. when the microphones and cameras were cut, the decision was made to remain and to move this into more of a sit-in protest mode, and member after member started streaming to the floor. thankfully, some of our younger members who are very tech savvy figured out there were applications that could continue broadcasting these statements, even after the microphones were cut. the sergeant at arms normally shut down cell phone camera use on the floor. that had to become, unfortunately, another part of this civil disobedience, because we thought the world needed to see and hear what was happening. vonnie: congressman jared huffman, democrat of california, thank you. david: steve brown with american century tells us whether he things commercial real estate is headed for a long-term downturn. ♪ david: this is bloomberg markets. policy,now to china where policymakers are grappling with the debt problem. a snapshot shows the growing debt pile is growing, and the

clark to thank katherine because we are trying. e're trying. [applause] i guess i just ask the speaker and my friends from the other side of the aisle, what good are we if we can't cast a simple vote to say people who are suspected terrorists can't buy a gun to kill innocent americans? what good are we? i'm here for two reasons. sophie and tess. and i'm here for every child and every parent who has been a victim of gun violence and i'm here to make sure it doesn't happen again. [applause] mr. larson: we want to again say to -- we want to thank everybody who has been in the gallery. but i also want the members to know that there are people gathering outside the capitol in support of what you're doing. [applause] >> point of personal privilege. mr. larson: you have one. >> i would like to thank john arson. john larson. [applause] mr. graham: thank you, john. i am from the northern part of florida. i was in orlando when the shootings occurred. i woke up, i have a really bad habit. i look at my phone all through the night. i know. but this night i

>> we heard about it this morning as john lewis and katherine clark and others organized the sit-in and pretty quickly the majority of democrats came to the floor and stood together to demand action. >> i want to be clear because a lot of people are watching this you're telling me this plan came together live today, you hadn't heard about this yesterday or last week or any planning? >> i had not heard about it before today, but the momentum certainly building after the horrific tragedy in orlando is palatable. we heard from our constituents and heard from the people that we represent, that standing around in moments of silence is not enough and we need to take action to keep our communities safe. we're not talking about radical measures here. we're talking about things that not only the vast majority of americans support but the majority of nra members support. i've heard from republicans tonight that the reason they won't call a vote on these bills is because nra leadership is opposed and they campaign to try to kick republicans out of office who don't vote the way they want is too muc

over the weekend representative , katherine clark of massachusetts reached at two to john lewis, thed , we had to do something regarding the inability to get a gun control vote moving toward the house. two of them went down and they wanted to see what they could pull off in the house. they met with a larger group last night and they came up with this idea of staging a sit down -- a sit in on the house floor. blessed by the leadership, and as you guys know on this political insider show there's no filibuster mechanism. , the party in the majority controls the happenings of the floor, so what ended up occurring was when the house went into recess after this sort of mourning banging gavel and saying the pledge of allegiance, john lewis went to the floor and said we need to do something bold, something that brings attention to the cause and horny -- to cause the members of the house to sit in. mark: have they disrupted is this the majority wanted to get done or is this all symbolic? luke: there were votes scheduled, the usual house votes that have not been able to go forward. the house g

there is a member named katherine clark of massachusetts who reached tout john lewis, lewis and clarkopularly called. and said we need to do something about gun legislation in the house of representatives, our constituents want us to do something. and they came up with an idea to do something on the house floor that would cause consternation with the republicans. and their group that wanted to participate grew larger. they met last night and they ended up winning the blessing of leadership. they moved to do it around 11:00 a.m. and they have been there since. they are surprised how it took off on social media. a lot of celebrities have talked about it. it's been the a-1 top of the block tv story. and it's taken on a life of its own. which shows the hunger throughout with this type of action, the mass shootings that have plagued the united states for the last few years. and john lewis, such a civil rights icon, who has helped steer this effort, they think they're in a right place. now, the republicans don't want to see the house floor vie jacks. they move forward after a 6:00 p.m. meet

the satisfaction that democrats have in, again, working with john lewis, with the actions of katherine clarkd sicilini, with the management of it all all day and all night. with the periscope to give the outside world access to us. dr. o'rork. scott and mark ducano. so our members were very resourceful. that turned us up to a tree that has fallen in the wilderness that no one could hear. we'd just be taking to ourselves in the chamber to something -- i think it was 2.6 billion -- what was the figure? contacts one way or another. so technology has enabled us to communicate and social media. all of this would not have been possible without the activism of the outside groups whether it's every town, whether it's moms against guns, the -- of course the brady camp, the brady campaign the really leader of all us in this. gabby gifford's group. i was on the phone with 100 of the groups last sunday in preparation for the communication and activism we needed. so with that, i'd be pleased to take any questions you may have. yes. if i don't associate your voice in your direction, it's because i haven't

that's why you saw the action of john lewis, and david and katherine clark to sit on the house floor,o sit in to get the attention of speaker ryan and the republicans in the house. and in addition to that, speaker ryan shut down the cameras and cut off the mics to keep the american people out of the house -- out of the people's house. that's just awful. so absolutely, this is justified. to sit down, to be able to bring a voice to the voiceless. and even though speaker paul ryan had the audacity earlier to call this a publicity stunt, he ought to go out and reach out to the people of orlando, the victims and the families and tell them this is a publicity stunt. shame on him for saying that. the people across the country deserve more respect. >> with relationships so fractured, who has the clout to broker a deal here? >> well, i certainly think that the american people have the clout to broker a deal. if the american people speak up, if they can call in to the numbers that we've been sharing with them, to call the capitol operator and reach out to speaker ryan, ask him for a vote. but w

katherine clark is a congresswoman from massachusetts. she decided the house had to do something. she participated in the walk out last week. she felt she wanted to do something more than that. she contacted congressman john lewis from georgia to try to work with him to come up with some other way they could dramatize the problem to force some kind of action and together the two of them apparently hatched this plan. as for how long it's going to go we don't know. it's been ten hours. when nancy pelosi when asked how long she would continue sheened until we get a bill and another said until hell freezes over. hell is still apparently hot because the democrats are still there right now as i speak and that is all because of this idea and this action started by our next two guests. joining us live from the capital. thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much for having us. >> thank you rachel. >> congressman lewis, let me start with you. i know what you've said today about what your aim is here and what moved you to do this. what specifically do you want in order to consider this a

john lewis, katherine clark, dated the sweeney, bringing us together for this debate. this debate is not a new debate. some of us have been involved for a long time. i chaired the subcommittee on gun control in new york state. not much has changed. we were then the capital of gun violence. no other country in the world, other than those involved in active wars, have done deaths more than three digits. we have 33,000 a year. it's insanity. thousands of mentally ill people. we know what we have to do. ago, andbout 14 hours i didn't anticipate speaking again. i have listened all day to emotional appeals, and the factss -- but i heard the , we aren't going to get done, not as long as the politics are as they are, not as long as the republicans are the majority. we're not going to pass, unfortunately, an assault weapons ban. we will continue letting anybody have access to military weapons designed to kill as many people as possible. that's a political reality . the not going to change clips, prohibit large capacity clips. but we can do minor things. buy.y, know ago?do you s

all those who have made this important -- katherine clark. all those who have made this important time possible. i am proud to serve with all of you. thank you. [applause] mr. bera: you know, when i talked to my daughter last night she said, dad, where are you? and i said, honey, i'm sitting with mr. john lewis and we're going to change the trajectory of our country. we're going to change the trajectory of our nation. we're going to save that next flight. it may not be easy but when morality calls, you answer that morality and we have the moral high ground. and when i was talking to my media back home and talking to the reporters, aren't you going to be tired? isn't it going to be uncomfortable staying up all night? what i said was, that isn't discomfort. what is discomfort is listening to the agony of that mother who is never going to see their son or daughter. that is discomfort. listening to that son or daughter that is never going to see their father or mother again, that is discomfort. that is what this is all about. and i can't go back

our members are inspired by john with the instruction of clark,- and katherine plotting and planning and then orchestrated by john weston, this whole city in started and made it a success. it is a success s because of the leadership and the determination of our colleagues to make a change, with just having one when we had another example of carnage. but not a substitute for action. not a suits to for action. that is really what i think drove our members to a place where we will not stop until our job is done. and that job will not be done we honor our old of office that we take to protect the american people. that means until we have a for sensible gun legislation. not ifus has been on left to fly on a plane you shouldn't be able to buy a gun. on sensibles been background checks. both of these have the support of 85-90% of the american people, democrats and republicans. ,un owners, independents everybody supports this. it isbipartisan, nonpartisan. the legislation that we have here in the house is i partisan in authorship and in sponsorship. yet the speaker will not give us the vote.

just and worthy movements to do that again but to do it in part what he has learned upon you and katherine clark and to see our caucus come together, that was moving. that i think reaffirmed why we all do this job. why we make the sacrifices, why e take the long slide. because we still think that this is a place where you can make bold changes and help a lot of people. that after all is why we were sent here. thank you for the colloquy. i know that we have our leader and the gentleman from new york up next so thank you again and i will yield back. > thank you. >> i thank all the members still here what we've learned is it is very cold in this chamber. but nothing is as cold as what happens to a family when they lose a child. i just wanted to take a moment to inject a couple more op eds but not the whole op ed just some pieces of it. first i want to read from an op 2012 oseph december 16, following newtown. he wrote in part in the aftermath of the assassination of robert f. kennedy just weeks after the fatal shooting of reverend martin luther king, jr., and only a few years after president john f

the satisfaction that democrats have p and, again, working with john lewis, with the actions of katherine clark with the management of it all by john larson all day and steve israel all night, with the periscope to give us access to the outside world or give them access to us, to o'rourke. let's see. scott and mark tacano. so our members were very resourceful and that just turned us up to a tree that has fallin in the wilderness that no one ka hear. we would just be talking to ourselves in the chamber. 2.6 billion? what was the figure. contacts in one way or another. technology has enabled us to communicate in social media. all of this would not have been possible without the activism of the outside groups, whether it is every towns, whether it is moms against guns. of course, the brady campaign, the leader of all of us in this, gabby gifford's group, the list goes on and on. i was on the phone with 100 of the groups on last sunday in preparation. >> leader pelosi, she has been up all night, she and many of her democratic colleagues on the house side. they staged the sit-in. 26 some hours. she

today today john lewis, katherine clark led a group onto this floor determined that we would get a vote. determined, as john lewis said, that if we have to get in the ay to get a vote, we will. you all got spine. y'all prepared to stay? you all prepared to stand with john lewis? [cheers and applause] where were you? we were standing with

conceal the cannot satisfaction that democrats have in working with john lewis with the actions of katherine clark and david cicilline with the management of it all, by john larson all day, steve israel all night. with the periscope to give us access to the outside world or the access -- give them access to us. eto o'rourke, let's see. scott and mark takano. yeah, mark takano. our members were very turned us and that up from a tree fallen in the wilderness that no one could hear, we'd just be talking to ourselves in the chamber, to 2.6 million contacts one way or another. technology has enabled us to communicate in social media. all of this would not have been possible without the activism of the outside groups, whether it's every town whether it's moms the st guns, the of course really, aign, the, leader of all of this, gabby giffords' group. i was on the phone with a hundred of the groups last sunday in the preparation for the communication and activism we needed. so with that, i'd be pleased to take any questions you may have. if i don't associate your voice in your direction it's because i hav

katherine clark of massachusetts was one of the first to read a portion of the stanford rape victim'setter. [video clip] >> on the way there i joked that undergrad guys would have braces. teased me about wearing a beige cardigan. i called myself big mama because i knew i would be the oldest one there. i let my guard down and drink liquor too fast, not factoring in that my tolerance had significantly lowered since college. i remembered i was in a gurney in a hallway. i have dried blood and bandages on the backs of my hands and elbow. i thought maybe i had fallen and admin office on campus. i was very calm and wondering where my sister was. a deputy explained i had been assaulted. call him, assured he was speaking to the wrong person. i knew no one at this party. when i was finally allowed to use the restroom, i pulled down the hospital pants they had given me. went to pull down my underwear and felt nothing. handser the feeling of my touching my skin and grabbing nothing. i looked down and there was nothing. the thin piece of fabric, the only thing between my vagina and anything else,

god bless katherine clark and john lewis. bobby rush. and god bless all of you. but most importantly, god bless the families in orlando and the families in aurora, families in sandy hook, the families of all these tragedies across the country. god bless them for their grief, for their perseverance, for their hope, that we will do something here. colleagues that they call this the people's house. and yet it's been a long time since the voice of the people has been heard in this place. the n.r.a. has a voice here. the gun manufacturers. have a voice in this place. but for some reason, that the republicans can't explain, the voice of the people is locked out and left out and left ehind. this icrophone -- motorcycle phone doesn't belong -- host: video froze up for a moment there. john sarbanes of maryland speaking to his fellow member thopes house floor. video looks good now, live coverage continues on c-span. mr. sarbanes: this microphone they've cut off belongs to the american people. [applause] his is their microphone. all we are trying to do, mr. speaker is get a

you, david cicilline, katherine clark, your examples. my mom sent me a tweet a few minutes ago st. kitts praying for us. -- sent me a tweet praying for us. a lot of our moms are out there praying for us to do the right thing. i just want you to know so that you have some comfort. cnn reported that 92% of american people are in favor of expanded background checks. [applause] cnn reported that 85% are in favor of banning people on the federal terrorist watch list from buying firearms. this might surprise you. that 90% of republicans are in favor of banning people on the federal terrorism watchlist from buying firearms. [applause] let's do the right thing. ask for the boat -- vote. no bill, no break. did the right thing, everybody. -- do the right thing, everybody. >> thank you all. i have been in congress for 22 years and i'm retiring and i've never been more proud for this house. the minority in this house. the democratic party demonstrating how we need to take back this congress. so the voice of the people can be heard on the floor. to shut off the cameras and microphones because o

cannot conceal the satisfaction that democrats have in working with john lewis with the actions of katherine clark and david cicilline with the management of it all, by john larson all day, steve israel all night. with the periscope to give us access to the outside world or the access -- give them access to us. beto o'rourke, let's see. scott and mark takano. yeah, mark takano. so our members were very resourceful and that turned us up from a tree fallen in the wilderness that no one could hear, we'd just be talking to ourselves in the chamber, to 2.6 million contacts one way or another. technology has enabled us to communicate in social media. all of this would not have been possible without the activism of the outside groups, whether it's every town whether it's moms against guns, the of course the brady campaign, the, really, leader of all of this, gabby giffords' group. i was on the phone with a hundred of the groups last sunday in the preparation for the communication and activism we needed. so with that, i'd be pleased to take any questions you may have. if i don't associate your voice in yo

john larson of connecticut and katherine clark from massachusetts and john lewis started reaching out to members they thought might want to participate, and we actually had a meeting last night to kind of play out the scenario and figure out the logistics, so it -- it's pretty much an organic thing. this morning in our democratic caucus meeting leader pelosi talked about what we were doing and gave her implicit blessing to it and this encouraged a lot of other members to join in, so at one point i think we probably had about 70, 75 democrats sitting and standing in the well of the house and with the passion that you heard from john lewis. that was reflected in -- throughout the caucus, so we're prepared to be there for the duration. we go on break supposedly friday afternoon for next week, and -- and we're prepared to -- to do this until friday, and that's -- that's the derivation. no bill, no break chant. >> all right. so you're prepared to continue sitting. dozens have joined in as you pointed out. congressman jolley, before we get to the substance and i think you two are sort of on

this was john lewis and john larson and katherine clark and david sicilini.'t leadership-led. this was led by the members. that's what made it so true and so honest to the american people. >> i can tell you that millions of americans applaud what you guys did and hope you guys keep it going. we will watch july 5 and see how you keep it going. great to see you guys. glad you got some rest. >>> up next, should bernie sanders endorse hillary clinton? ? thanks for the ride around norfolk! and i just wanted to say, geico is proud to have served the military for over 75 years! roger that. captain's waiting to give you a tour of the wisconsin now. could've parked a little bit closer... it's gonna be dark by the time i get there. geico®. proudly serving the military for over 75 years. new mirafiber from the makers of miralax. fall in love with a new daily fiber. it's the only fiber that supports regularity with dailycomfort fiber. so unlike others, mirafiber is less likely to cause unwanted gas. love your fiber. new mirafiber. be the you who doesn't cover your modera