joined by montel williams, who served for 22 years in the marine corps and the navy. u are so right to talk about the next, the fire next time as james baldwin called it. it's coming. isn't it so predictable that somebody is going to get an ar-15 and do the same thing in a matter of months? >> it's absolutely ridiculous. and chris there for a second, chris, one of the things that his generations is going to do is with a lot of these congressmen and senators today don't recognize, 19 years ago, 3.9 million people were born in the united states. that means that chris has 3.9 million voters in two years. 3.9 million voters make a difference in any election. so get this straight. if we don't want to listen to these children tonight, you will be listening to them directly in two years when they vote. and that young man chris, i can't applaud him, look, i was the president of my class, chris, when i was in high school. junior, senior year i was a student elected to the board of education. i was trying my best to do as much as i could then. look at the leader i became. take a

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let's do it. >> okay. >> joe, are you in. >> montel williams. >> yes, and i tell you what, the thing erful because you're a gun owner. you believe in the second amendment. like me, you believe that americans do have the right to keep and bear arms, but you can also read headlines and read the constitution and read the supreme court decisions that show that this is not some fundamental right for us to be crazy when it comes to this issue, but anyway, montel, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> we great lly appreciate it a always. please read the column. it's going to be online this morning at nbcnews.com's opinion page. think. >>> now just moments ago, former republican presidential candidate massachusetts governor mitt romney announced that he would be running for utah's united state's senate seat. that is going to be interesting. he also released this video highlighting some of his past leadership experience, adding, quote, utah is a better model for washington than washington is for utah. the 70-year-old former governor is viewed as early favorite to win the seat that's been vacated