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[ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. its the presidents job to promote a plan that fixes -- that satisfies the needs of the country. he is the commander in chief. hes the consoler in chief. but hes the commander in chief. and whether the legislation that he proposes gets passed or not, thats not -- that shouldnt be his first consideration. >> one day after new york mayor michael bloomberg stood in a room flanked b...

May he bless and watch over this community and the united states of america. >> . >> bret: president obama speaking just under 18 minutes in the role of consoler in chief, saying newtown, you are not alone. the president mentioned teachers who didnt make it out of sandy hook school, and just as he read the names the sound of weeping in the auditorium. the president said decisions lie ahead and not doing enough, and he steered clear of policy prescriptions, but said we need to change. tonight he ...

Nation tonight. >> and he was delayed, as we saw, in beating with those families. im sure it must have been incredibly difficult and hes had to do it in the shootings, we talked about earlier, in the arizona case and recently in the aurora, colorado theater shooting, but, yeah, thats a part of his job as our consoler in chief tonight is to personally console the families and to personally tell them that we, as a nation, grieve with them, as well as stepping to the podium. >> bret: one of the of ...

Country. but hes the commander in chief as well as the consoler in chief. and he calls for action, but he called for action two years ago. and every time there is a disaster like this, a tragedy like this, everybody says, well, now is not the time. or if you had fixed the problem, you cant guarantee that this particular event would have been prevented. all of that is true. its time for the president, i think, to stand up and lead. and tell this country what we should do. not just congress and sa...

Country. but hes the commandener chief as well as consoler in chief. and he calls for action, but he called for action two years ago. and every time there is a disaster like this, a tragedy like this, everybody says now is not the time. or if you had fixed the problem, you cant guarantee that this particular event would have been prevented. all of that is true. its time for the president, i think, to stand up and lead. and tell this country, what we should do. not go to congress and say, what yo...

President should console the country. but hes the commander in chief as well as the consoler in chief. and he calls for action, but he called for action two years ago. and every time there is a disaster like this, a tragedy like this, everybody says, well, now is not the time. or if you had fixed the problem, you cant guarantee that this particular event would have been prevented. all of that is true. its time for the president, i think, to stand up and lead. and tell this country what we should...

Like this, regardless of the polit politics. >> a significant statement as far as it goes. youre calling for immediate action. what precisely? >> number one, i think the president should console the country. but hes the commander in chief as well as the consoler in chief and he calls for action. did he call for action two years ago? and every time theres a disaster like this, a tragedy like this, everybody says, well, now is not the time. or if you had fixed the problem, you cant guarantee that ...

Of innocents. describe your reaction when you saw this unfold. >> its so unbelievable, and it only happens in america, and it happens again and again. there was another shooting yesterday. three people killed i think in a hospital. we kill people in schools. weve killed them in hospitals. we kill them in religious organizations. we kill them when they are young. we kill them when they are old, and weve just got to stop this. >> there is in this country incredible sadness, empathy, anger and a se...

Molly, what do you expect to come out this have as a result of the tragedy? >> i expect the president to be consoler in chief. thats what he says. he said, quote, our hearts are broken today. thats what the president said in his saturday radio and internet address and he devo devoted the entire address and nation grieves for loss of loved ones. >> this weekend michelle and i are doing what parents rp doing, holding our children as close as we can and reminding them how much we love them. and the...

Have great consequences a someone makes a decision like the killer did, that is so heinous and so evil that it affects innocent people and we live in a place thats not perfect and bad things happen to good people and gods very straight forward about that in his scriptures. >> im glad you mentioned the scriptures, the president, the commander-in-chief acted as a consoler in chief. psalm 147, he heals and binds up their wounds. how did that affect you to hear it from the president. >> for him to q...