reid epstein covers politics in general for politico joining us in studio. it's been awhile since you have been in. >> great to see you bill. >> you have been taking a look at the issue, particularly the issue of guns lately. in several different dimensions. the most recent vice president joe biden saying he has all kinds of plans for a whole new initiative on the issue of gun safety. >> that's right. he had a meeting on thursday with law enforcement, heads of law enforcement groups and he basically rolled out to them what the white house plan is that biden is going to travel the country, especially to states represented by senators who voted against the background checks. biden was very familiar with the polling in a lot of those states. he ticked through approval ratings that had dropped for senators like kelly ayott, mark bag i want ch in alaska. heidi heitkamp. he had information at his fingertips, talked about traveling to those places and putting heat on those senators and made it clear that they are not going to drop this. >> this is not unusual he wo