marty walsh is the newly minted mayor of boston. he joins us from dallas and the mayors conference. ning. i had the privilege of standing in the middle of the rose kennedy garden, the southeast expressway. and the northeast expressway through boston. i would suggest that you are the living personification of the benefits of infrastructure. how do we jumpstart infrastructure in america? >> thank you very much. first of all, boston is a good story to talk about that. we are looking now at the publicrtation system, transportation and roadways around the city of boston. boston is an old city. of makingtter chance the rounds. overe raging debate minimum wage -- it turns out the income inequality, boston boom of technology -- you have to confront inequality. how are you doing that? >> in boston we have a living wage. the massachusetts legislature just increased the minimum wage i am going to sign the bill but here at the mayors -- i am on the mayors task force sio and other bla mayors around the country, we will take a strong look at this and other cities to see what we can do. ofre has be

special interest myself, mayor bloomberg has and marty walsh, everyone for public safety. that's a group of regular americans who want a demand from the government that we do something about guns at schools and streets of america. and why doesn't congress listen? why is congress solely own the subsidy of the nra? that's wrong and that's illegal. >> that's a pretty bold claim and you make other bold claims in this piece. you say the gun lobby is more interested in advancing its ideology than in protecting the lives of students. that's quite bold. you stand by that claim, right? >> let me tell you, we're not being bold. they are being bold. we're there doing what's right by the american constitution, protecting people's rights and also having guns doesn't make it that way. i know the right to bear arms. i understand if you need it for public safety if you're a hunter, but too many young people have the veilability of guns so easily. the gun show loophole and background checks, all of those things, uniform policy throughout america, we're the only industrialized country in th