kriti: congressman stephen lynch, we thank you as always for your time. let's get a check on the markets before we head off. the s&p 500 hovering your session highs, over 2% gains. look at the nasdaq, almost 3% on that level as well. if you look at the 10-year yield, it is unchanged. what is driving this momentous growth? you look at the russell 2000, 2.4% gains. when you see the nasdaq higher, the russell higher, both outperforming the s&p 500, to me, that screams a momentum trade. we are looking at a vix that has dropped to a 27 handle. we are going to stick to the market story, hovering at session highs. our conversation coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: welcome to the audience. i'm mark crumpton with the first word news. democrats first attempts at responding to the back to back mass shootings in buffalo and uvalde, texas failed in the senate today as republicans blocked a terrorism bill that would confront questions surrounding hate crimes and gun safety. >> if the slaughter of schoolchildren cannot convince republicans to blunt the nra, what c