st. gregory elementary school and serra high schoo san mateo and later from st. patrick semi in menlo park. he was ordained to the priesthood in 1968 and served as a young priest in number of san francisco and san mateo couy parishes. since then bishop justice h been pastor of st. peter and mission dos parishes in san francisco and all souls parh in south san francisco. he has also had >>> since this, bishop justice has been pastor of st. peter in san francisco and also a parish in south san francisco. he's had various administrative appointments. in 2008 he was named auxiliary bishop. welcome bishop justice. it's a pleasure to have you here. >> thank you it's good fobb here. >> so this is the year of mercy. pope francis' words were so inspiring to us. you've said god's mother cisco endures for of. when you heard pope francis declare this has the year of mercy was there anything that stood out for you and anything that you were inspired by? >> yes, i think the thing that was most inspiration montrezl to me was the pope calling us to remember was that was the core

gregory meeks. and with a welcome to you, we saw you right there in the middmid st of things. behind john lewis has that whole thing got under way. tell me what you achieved. >> well, i think that the message is clear, that there will not be business as usual, that we must have a vote on gun -- you know, making sure if you're on the no-fly list that you can't buy a gun. we want that vote. as well as closing the gun show loophole and buying a gun over the internet. and that you can't silence our voices, that we're not going to a allow the nra, a small segment of the united states population, to stymie the voices of over 90% of americans. both democrats and republicans who want these bills voted on. >> representative meeks, where does that disconnect come? you're stating correctly, 80%, 90% of americans want something to be done. how is it that it doesn't translate to the florida of congre -- floor of congress? >> you have to ask the republican leadership that. that's the frustration that we had and why this was an unprecedented moment and why almost this was not something that

st. but the compromise which added diet drinks to the mix was supported by all but the county critical's three republicans. gregory from sherman oaks, california is calling in support of the measure. hello gregory? caller: i think people need to understand we live in a world that is diminishing and our bodies are diminishing and we need taxes to acquire the means to do such things as fund pre-k. our infrastructure is rotting and we need to tax gas to the hilt that is creating climate instability. we do a lot of things in our daily lives. i mean, look at the gun situation. this country is full of people that think they have right to live in every destructionible way passage narrow and don't think they need toe help keep the country afloat. all they complain about is a few pennies here on a sugar tax gasoline enies on but we should be taxing guns to the hilt. host: gregory, the question is not whether or not governments do you revenue but why think the taxes should be levied on sugar as opposed to anything else? caller: because we have a tidal wave of diabetes in this country and a tidal wave of gun violence and car