>>> I HAVE A 6 AND 3-YEAR-OLD BOY.

BOY. I WAS IMAGINING -- I WAS

I WAS IMAGINING -- I WAS IMAGINING IT WAS ONE OF THEM

IMAGINING IT WAS ONE OF THEM THAT GOT SHOT AND THE OTHER SAW

THAT GOT SHOT AND THE OTHER SAW IT.

IT. I'M SO SORRY.

I'M SO SORRY. >> THAT WAS ANDREW YANG

>> THAT WAS ANDREW YANG OVERWHELMED WITH EMOTION WHILE

OVERWHELMED WITH EMOTION WHILE HEARING ONE VICTIM'S PERSONAL

HEARING ONE VICTIM'S PERSONAL STORY OF BEING IMPACTED BY GUN

STORY OF BEING IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE AND THE DEMOCRATIC

VIOLENCE AND THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOINING

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOINING US NOW.

US NOW. ANDREW, OBVIOUSLY A VERY MOVING

ANDREW, OBVIOUSLY A VERY MOVING MOMENT FOR YOU.

MOMENT FOR YOU. TALK ABOUT BEING OUT ON THE

TALK ABOUT BEING OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND GETTING TO

CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND GETTING TO MEET SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE

MEET SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE HAVING SO MANY CHALLENGES AND

HAVING SO MANY CHALLENGES AND OBVIOUSLY THAT THE GREATEST OF

OBVIOUSLY THAT THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL.

THEM ALL. TALK ABOUT HOW THAT'S CHANGED

TALK ABOUT HOW THAT'S CHANGED YOU AND HOW IT'S IMPACTING YOU

YOU AND HOW IT'S IMPACTING YOU IN THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

IN THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. >> WELL, THAT MOMENT WAS JUST A

>> WELL, THAT MOMENT WAS JUST A VERY HUMAN MOMENT AS A PARENT

VERY HUMAN MOMENT AS A PARENT LISTENING TO THIS MOTHER'S STORY

LISTENING TO THIS MOTHER'S STORY ABOUT HOW ONE OF HER CHILDREN

ABOUT HOW ONE OF HER CHILDREN WAS SHOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER

WAS SHOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER AND JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT

AND JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN FOR THE FAMILY

THAT WOULD MEAN FOR THE FAMILY AND THAT FOOTAGE IS ONLY TWO

AND THAT FOOTAGE IS ONLY TWO DAYS OLD.

DAYS OLD. SO THAT MOMENT IS STILL FRESH.

SO THAT MOMENT IS STILL FRESH. I WAS JUST WITH MY KIDS AND I

I WAS JUST WITH MY KIDS AND I HUGGED THEM A LITTLE EXTRA TIGHT

HUGGED THEM A LITTLE EXTRA TIGHT YESTERDAY.

YESTERDAY. JUST -- IT'S JUST A HUMAN

JUST -- IT'S JUST A HUMAN RESPONSE AND THIS SORT OF

RESPONSE AND THIS SORT OF PHENOMENON CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO

PHENOMENON CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO BE POSSIBLE IN THIS COUNTRY.

BE POSSIBLE IN THIS COUNTRY. >> YEAH.

>> YEAH. SO HOW HAS THIS CAMPAIGN --

SO HOW HAS THIS CAMPAIGN -- MOMENTS LIKE THAT TALKING TO

MOMENTS LIKE THAT TALKING TO OTHER AMERICANS WHO WERE

OTHER AMERICANS WHO WERE STRUGGLING TO GET BY EVERY DAY,

STRUGGLING TO GET BY EVERY DAY, TO -- IF THEY HAVE A SMALL

TO -- IF THEY HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS TO MAKE PAYROLL EVERY

BUSINESS TO MAKE PAYROLL EVERY TWO WEEKS, IF THEY HAVE GOT KIDS

TWO WEEKS, IF THEY HAVE GOT KIDS THAT THEY WANT TO GET TO COLLEGE

THAT THEY WANT TO GET TO COLLEGE BUT THEY CAN'T AFFORD THAT OR IF

BUT THEY CAN'T AFFORD THAT OR IF THEY'RE YOUNG KIDS -- YOUNG

THEY'RE YOUNG KIDS -- YOUNG STUDENTS THAT ARE WORRIED ABOUT

STUDENTS THAT ARE WORRIED ABOUT PAYING OFF THEIR DEBT, HOW HAS

PAYING OFF THEIR DEBT, HOW HAS THAT IMPACTED YOU AS A PERSON

THAT IMPACTED YOU AS A PERSON AND AS A CANDIDATE?

AND AS A CANDIDATE? >> WELL, IT'S AN INCREDIBLE

>> WELL, IT'S AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT

JOURNEY RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE YOU MEET THOUSANDS OF

BECAUSE YOU MEET THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND

AMERICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ALL SORTS OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

ALL SORTS OF CIRCUMSTANCES. AND MANY OF THEM BRING TO YOU

AND MANY OF THEM BRING TO YOU THEIR STORIES OF LOSS, THEIR

THEIR STORIES OF LOSS, THEIR STORIES OF STRUGGLE AND IF

STORIES OF STRUGGLE AND IF YOU'RE ANY KIND OF -- FRANKLY

YOU'RE ANY KIND OF -- FRANKLY ANY KIND OF DECENT HUMAN BEING

ANY KIND OF DECENT HUMAN BEING YOU CAN'T HELP BUT GROW THROUGH

YOU CAN'T HELP BUT GROW THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

THAT PROCESS. I KNEW THERE WERE DEEP PROBLEMS

I KNEW THERE WERE DEEP PROBLEMS IN OUR COUNTRY, BUT THE DEEPER

IN OUR COUNTRY, BUT THE DEEPER YOU GO UNFORTUNATELY THE MORE

YOU GO UNFORTUNATELY THE MORE SERIOUS THE PROBLEMS BECOME.

SERIOUS THE PROBLEMS BECOME. WE HAVE TO START TO FOCUS ON

WE HAVE TO START TO FOCUS ON SOLUTIONS AND HOW TO IMPROVE THE

SOLUTIONS AND HOW TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF SO MANY AMERICANS.

LIVES OF SO MANY AMERICANS. >> IT WAS INTERESTING ON THE

>> IT WAS INTERESTING ON THE SMALL LEVEL WHEN I KNOCKED ON

SMALL LEVEL WHEN I KNOCKED ON DOORS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS YEARS

DOORS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS YEARS AND YEARS AGO IT DIDN'T TAKE

AND YEARS AGO IT DIDN'T TAKE KNOCKING ON TOO MANY DOORS TO

KNOCKING ON TOO MANY DOORS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ISSUES WERE THE

FIGURE OUT WHAT ISSUES WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE AFTER

MOST IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE AFTER FOUR OR FIVE DOORS AND FOUR OR

FOUR OR FIVE DOORS AND FOUR OR FIVE -- FOUR OF THE FIVE PEOPLE

FIVE -- FOUR OF THE FIVE PEOPLE SAYING THE SAME THING.

SAYING THE SAME THING. I KNEW PRETTY QUICKLY, I DIDN'T

I KNEW PRETTY QUICKLY, I DIDN'T NEED TO TAKE A POLL TO FIGURE

NEED TO TAKE A POLL TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MATTERED TO WORKING

OUT WHAT MATTERED TO WORKING CLASS AMERICANS.

CLASS AMERICANS. WHAT IS THAT ONE ISSUE THAT YOU

WHAT IS THAT ONE ISSUE THAT YOU KEEP HEARING COMING UP WHEN

KEEP HEARING COMING UP WHEN YOU'RE MEETING VOTERS?

YOU'RE MEETING VOTERS? WHEN YOU'RE MEETING AMERICAN

WHEN YOU'RE MEETING AMERICAN CITIZENS, WHAT IS THE TOP ISSUE

CITIZENS, WHAT IS THE TOP ISSUE ON THEIR MIND IN THE SUMMER OF

ON THEIR MIND IN THE SUMMER OF 2019?

2019? >> WELL, I THINK THE ISSUE ON

>> WELL, I THINK THE ISSUE ON THEIR MINDS IS WHY DOES IT FEEL

THEIR MINDS IS WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE THEIR WORKING HARDER AND

LIKE THEIR WORKING HARDER AND HARDER AND THEY'RE NEVER GETTING

HARDER AND THEY'RE NEVER GETTING AHEAD.

AHEAD. WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE THE FUTURE

WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE THE FUTURE THEY'RE GIVING TO THEIR KIDS IS

THEY'RE GIVING TO THEIR KIDS IS NOT AS BRIGHT AS THE FUTURE THEY

NOT AS BRIGHT AS THE FUTURE THEY HAD EXPERIENCED WHEN THEY WERE

HAD EXPERIENCED WHEN THEY WERE GROWING UP IN THIS COUNTRY.

GROWING UP IN THIS COUNTRY. THAT TO ME IS A CENTRAL ISSUE

THAT TO ME IS A CENTRAL ISSUE THAT GOT DONALD TRUMP ELECTED

THAT GOT DONALD TRUMP ELECTED AND IT'S STILL WITH US.

AND IT'S STILL WITH US. UNFORTUNATELY, WE NEED TO START

UNFORTUNATELY, WE NEED TO START GETTING INTO THE ROOTS OF THESE

GETTING INTO THE ROOTS OF THESE PROBLEMS BECAUSE EVEN IF THE

PROBLEMS BECAUSE EVEN IF THE DEMOCRATS SUCCESSFULLY DEFEAT

DEMOCRATS SUCCESSFULLY DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP IN 2020 WHICH WE'RE

DONALD TRUMP IN 2020 WHICH WE'RE GOING TO DO, THE PROBLEMS WILL

GOING TO DO, THE PROBLEMS WILL STILL BE WITH US.

STILL BE WITH US. WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE

WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO

SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE THE PEOPLE'S LIVES ON

IMPROVE THE PEOPLE'S LIVES ON THE GROUND, BECAUSE THEY DON'T

THE GROUND, BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEIR WORK IS GETTING

FEEL LIKE THEIR WORK IS GETTING THEM WHERE THEY WANT TO GO.

THEM WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. >> JEFFREY GREENFIELD IS WITH

>> JEFFREY GREENFIELD IS WITH US.

US. AND HE HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.

AND HE HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU. JEFFREY?

JEFFREY? >> OKAY.

>> OKAY. SO YOU WERE -- ANYONE WHO SAW

SO YOU WERE -- ANYONE WHO SAW WHAT YOU SAW AND HEARD WHAT YOU

WHAT YOU SAW AND HEARD WHAT YOU HEARD WOULD BE AFFECTED AND YOU

HEARD WOULD BE AFFECTED AND YOU HAVE SEEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN

HAVE SEEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHEN IT'S PERSONAL, THERE'S A

WHEN IT'S PERSONAL, THERE'S A MASSIVE RESPONSE.

MASSIVE RESPONSE. BUT THE CONDITIONS THAT YOU

BUT THE CONDITIONS THAT YOU DESCRIBE IT SEEMS TO ME ARE A

DESCRIBE IT SEEMS TO ME ARE A RESULT OF MANY, MANY YEARS OF

RESULT OF MANY, MANY YEARS OF MACRO POLICIES.

MACRO POLICIES. RANGING FROM THE UNIONS TO THE

RANGING FROM THE UNIONS TO THE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES YOU HAVE

TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES YOU HAVE BEEN A BIG PART.

BEEN A BIG PART. SO WHEN YOU MOVE FROM THE

SO WHEN YOU MOVE FROM THE DRAMATIC MOMENTS TO PUBLIC

DRAMATIC MOMENTS TO PUBLIC POLICY IT SEEMS THAT BOTH

POLICY IT SEEMS THAT BOTH PARTIES BEAR A HUGE

PARTIES BEAR A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE IT'S

RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENED UNDER BOTH PARTIES AND

HAPPENED UNDER BOTH PARTIES AND IT'S EASIER TO SAY FOCUS ON THE

IT'S EASIER TO SAY FOCUS ON THE MACRO CHANGES THAN THINK OF WHAT

MACRO CHANGES THAN THINK OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT POOR YOUNG

HAPPENED TO THAT POOR YOUNG GIRL.

GIRL. >> THERE ARE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE

>> THERE ARE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE MACRO AND, YOU KNOW, I AGREE

MACRO AND, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY.

WITH YOU COMPLETELY. BOTH PARTIES SHARE

BOTH PARTIES SHARE RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT THE

RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT THE ISSUES HAVE BEEN DECADES IN THE

ISSUES HAVE BEEN DECADES IN THE MAKING.

MAKING. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SHARE

I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SHARE OF WEALTH AND INCOME THAT'S

OF WEALTH AND INCOME THAT'S ACCRUED TO THE TOP OF OUR

ACCRUED TO THE TOP OF OUR SOCIETY AND IT'S GONE ON THROUGH

SOCIETY AND IT'S GONE ON THROUGH THE DEMOCRATIC AND THE

THE DEMOCRATIC AND THE REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATIONS AND

REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATIONS AND AMERICANS DO MISTRUST NOW THAT

AMERICANS DO MISTRUST NOW THAT THE SYSTEM IS WORKING FOR THEM.

THE SYSTEM IS WORKING FOR THEM. THAT'S VERY, VERY HARD TO GET

THAT'S VERY, VERY HARD TO GET BACK.

BACK. LIKE YOU CAN'T MAGICALLY

LIKE YOU CAN'T MAGICALLY RECONSTITUTE TRUST.

RECONSTITUTE TRUST. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A MASSIVE

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A MASSIVE SET OF CHALLENGES FOR US FOR

SET OF CHALLENGES FOR US FOR YEARS TO COME REGARDLESS OF

YEARS TO COME REGARDLESS OF WHO'S IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

WHO'S IN THE WHITE HOUSE. >> SO YOU SPOKE OBVIOUSLY VERY

>> SO YOU SPOKE OBVIOUSLY VERY EMOTIONALLY ABOUT THE AFTERMATH

EMOTIONALLY ABOUT THE AFTERMATH OF GUN VIOLENCE.

OF GUN VIOLENCE. WHAT ARE SOME POLICIES YOU WANT

WHAT ARE SOME POLICIES YOU WANT TO SEE?

TO SEE? I WANT TO -- TO CONTROL GUNS AN

I WANT TO -- TO CONTROL GUNS AN I WANT TO ZERO IN ON ONE IN

I WANT TO ZERO IN ON ONE IN PARTICULAR.

PARTICULAR. YOU WANT TO UPGRADE TO HAVE GUN

YOU WANT TO UPGRADE TO HAVE GUN OWNERS PERSONALIZE THEIR

OWNERS PERSONALIZE THEIR WEAPONS.

WEAPONS. EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS AND HOW

EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS AND HOW POSSIBLY YOU'LL GET IT DONE AND

POSSIBLY YOU'LL GET IT DONE AND PAY FOR IT.

PAY FOR IT. >> I'M IN LINE WITH DEMOCRATS IN

>> I'M IN LINE WITH DEMOCRATS IN TERMS OF THE BIG LEGISLATIVE

TERMS OF THE BIG LEGISLATIVE GOALS.

GOALS. WE NEED TO HAVE UNIVERSAL

WE NEED TO HAVE UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AND BAN

BACKGROUND CHECKS AND BAN AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BUT THE

AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BUT THE REALITY IS WE HAVE OVER 300

REALITY IS WE HAVE OVER 300 MILLION FIREARMS IN THIS

MILLION FIREARMS IN THIS COUNTRY, ONE FOR EVERY MAN,

COUNTRY, ONE FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD AND IF WE PASS A

WOMAN AND CHILD AND IF WE PASS A LAW THE GUNS ARE STILL OUT

LAW THE GUNS ARE STILL OUT THERE.

THERE. WE SHOULD HAVE A PERPETUAL BUY

WE SHOULD HAVE A PERPETUAL BUY BACK THAT ANYONE WHO WANTS TO

BACK THAT ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SELL THEIR GUN GETS THE MONEY

SELL THEIR GUN GETS THE MONEY AND YOU CAN START REDUCING

AND YOU CAN START REDUCING SUPPLY BUT THE OTHER THING YOU

SUPPLY BUT THE OTHER THING YOU CAN DO IN THIS PERSONALIZATION

CAN DO IN THIS PERSONALIZATION OF GUNS YOU CAN MAKE A GRIP

OF GUNS YOU CAN MAKE A GRIP THAT'S ESSENTIALLY KNOWS IT'S

THAT'S ESSENTIALLY KNOWS IT'S THE OWNER, BASED ON THE SIZE OF

THE OWNER, BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE HAND, THE PRESSURE, IT'S NOT

THE HAND, THE PRESSURE, IT'S NOT A FINGERPRINT THING, BUT THE

A FINGERPRINT THING, BUT THE DIMENSIONS OF YOUR HAND.

DIMENSIONS OF YOUR HAND. THEN IF SOMEONE TRIES TO FIRE

THEN IF SOMEONE TRIES TO FIRE THAT GUN THEN IT DOESN'T WORK.

THAT GUN THEN IT DOESN'T WORK. THIS SOUNDS VERY JAMES BONDISH,

THIS SOUNDS VERY JAMES BONDISH, BUT THE TECHNOLOGY IS VERY MUCH

BUT THE TECHNOLOGY IS VERY MUCH AVAILABLE IT'S JUST THE GUN

AVAILABLE IT'S JUST THE GUN MANUFACTURERS HAVEN'T FELT LIKE