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Wednesday, December 16, 2020 Barton: ‘I decided we needed something positive’ Addiction isn’t an issue of social class or location, instead, it finds its way into the hearts and homes of every region, culture and tax bracket. Locally, the leaders of Celebrate Recovery have been working for more than 11 years to help community members celebrate some of the hardest things they will ever overcome — addiction. Addiction isn’t always clear on the outside. It isn’t solely an issue with drugs or...

>> these colored pencils too >> these socks can be a lifesaver. >> i want to bring in mark barton, co-founder and managing director of sandy hook promise and his 7-year-old daniel was killed in a massacre sorry, mark. its a psa that is dramatic by design, it grabs you by the collar what was the purpose, what was the thinking here? >> it is disturbing, craig, for sure and that is by intent, because its meant to jar the viewer this is what our kids are having to think about now, and shouldnt be an...

Every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad. >> president obama in the east room today announcing new executive actions on gun safety and doing so with some uncharacteristic display of presidential emotion. joining us now for the interview is mark barden, who is a member of sandy hook promise who is the father of 7-year-old daniel barden who was killed at newtown. mark, its nice to see you again. thank you for being here. how did it feel to be back in washington today introducing the pre...

There are different roads we can take in this space and i think weve all been instrumental on having these conversations with our elected officials and hopefully guiding them in some of the directions they can take. >> your ability to be so constructive in the face of what youve been going through is a real inspiration. >> thanks. got to do something. mark barton, member of sandy hook promise. mark, its again, as you say, a real honor to introduce the president. its an honor to have you here. we...

And every day as more people are killed in this country because of gun violence, our determination grows stronger. >> you could hear the emotion that day in the voice of daniel barden who had lost his son the previous december at sandy hook. daniel bardens father mark introduced president obama that day to explain that even background checks for gun sales was too much to ask even after sandy hook and how the nation felt about that. and when president obama spoke that day in the rose garden, it w...

Kids, it gets me mad. >> president obama in the east room today announcing new executive actions on gun safety and doing so with some uncharacteristic display of presidential emotion. joining us now for the interview is mark barden, who is a member of sandy hook promise who is the father of 7-year-old daniel barden who was killed at newtown. mark, its nice to see you again. thank you for being here. how did it feel to be back in washington today introducing the president again for ultimately wha...

Be here because we have no other choice. we are not going away. and every day as more people are killed in this country because of gun violence, our determination grows stronger. >> you could hear the emotion that day in the voice of daniel barden who had lost his son the previous december at sandy hook. daniel bardens father mark introduced president obama that day to explain that even background checks for gun sales was too much to ask even after sandy hook and how the nation felt about that. ...

Weve all been instrumental on having these conversations with our elected officials and hopefully guiding them in some of the directions they can take. >> your ability to be so constructive in the face of what youve been going through is a real inspiration. >> thanks. got to do something. mark barton, member of sandy hook promise. mark, its again, as you say, a real honor to introduce the president. its an honor to have you here. well be right back.

Do something about it. >> mark, nicole, thank you so much for being with us again. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you, kate. i want to turn now to matt miller, he is former aide to attorney general eric holder. department of justice. matt, thank you for being with us. lets talk a little bit more about what these measures will do and put a number up on the screen, from harvard university, a research survey shortly going to be released. they did a survey of just over 2,000 gun owners and ...

Would fade away. this is a nationwide affect. its a nationwide problem and the momentum continues to grow. i dont know that well necessarily seeive changes as w hope to see. we feel kus on the communities and state by state level and the president is taking action when other members of congress have refused to take action so we have to commend him for being the leader of our country and doing whats right for the constituents of his country. >> mark, clearly so moved today and it was with referen...