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You have a way with words. puppies and rainbows in the white house. hallie jackson at the white house. amid the chaos, gun violence in schools is another issue the president has been focused on. earlier the president held a private meeting with students and parents and law enforcement experiencing the worst mass shootings, including the most recent at majory stoneman douglas high school. one of the parents was mark barten who was also at a similar listening session the president held last week...

Barden from sandy hook promise. mark lost his 7-year-old son daniel in the sandy hook massacre. you were making a point, yesterday, 24 hours ago the president met with bipartisan members of congress and certainly i thought -- other didnts share my opinion but i thought it sounds like a more productive conversation than weve otherwise had. the president talking about maybe making a bigger bill than the toomey and manchin bill that looks into back ground checks and putting other things in. obvious...

Of the american people want to see the background check system enforced and bolstered. loopholes closed. and better reporting through the fix nics bill. we can do all of that right away. >> mark, thanks very much for joining us. mark barden the founder of sandy hook promise. it started after the shooting at sandy hook school. public pressure is pushing more and more companies to disentangle themselves from the gun industry embedded in americas culture. as weve been talking about, dozens of com...