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Our journey is not complete until all our children from the streets of detroit to the hills of appalachia to the quiet lanes of newtown know that they are cared for and cherished and always safe from harm. >> president obama yesterday during his second inaugural speech addressing gun violence and today, congress officially begins to tackle the issue of gun control as they return to washington. joining me now is senator chris murphy, a democrat from connecticut. sir, its great to have you with me...

Our journey is not complete until all of our children, from the streets of detroit to the hills of appalachia to the quiet lanes of newtown know that they are cared for and cherished and always safe from harm. that is our generations task. to make these words, these rights, these values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness real for every american. >> joy, there he is, as if it needs to be sold again and again with these generations, the declaration. life, liberty and the pursuit of h...

This is our first task, caring for our children. its our first job. if we dont get that right we dont get anything right. thats how, as a society, we will be judged. and by that measure, can we truly say as a nation that were meeting our obligations. can we honestly say that were doing enough to keep our childr children, all of them, safe from harm? can we claim as a nation that were altogether there, letting them know that theyre loved and teaching them to love in return?

Martha: in the town this morning. and the president, much the united states, we watched him last night. he vowed to take action as well. he pointed out that as president he has been down this road too many times. he has grieved with families of four different mass shootings in this country. more must be done to protect our children. >> can we honestly say were doing enough to keep our children. all of them, safe from harm? were all together there letting them know that theyre loved and teaching ...

>> we have another piece of sound from the president that id like to play for you, michael. lets listen. >> this is our first task, caring for our children. its our first job. if we dont get that right, we dont get anything right. thats how as a society, we will be judged. and by that measure, can we truly say as a nation that were meeting our obligations? can we honestly say that were doing enough to keep our children, all of them, safe from harm? >> michael when youre talking about such a divi...

For our children. its our first job. if we dont get that right, we dont get anything right. thats how as a society we will be judged. and by that measure, can we truly say as a nation that were meeting our obligations? can we honestly say that were doing enough to keep our children, all of them, safe from harm? can we claim as a nation that were all together there, letting them know that theyre loved and teaching them to love in return? can we say were truly doing enough to give all the children

America. >> a lot of strong words from chris wray. he also responded to this tweet from president trump on sunday in which the president claimed the fbis reputation is in tatters. listen. >> it is no shortage of opinions out there. what i can tell you is that the fbi that i see is tens of thousands of agents and analysts and staff working their tails off to keep americans safe from the next terrorist attack, gang violence, child predators, spies from russia, china, north korea, and iran. the fbi...

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Who are working as hard as they can to keep people that they will never know safe from harm. >> we recognize we have employees with political opinions and its our responsibility to make sure those opinions do not influence their actions. pardon me. so i believe the director mueller understands that and he is running that office appropriately. >> so, is this now -- i feel like im saying once again, the president versus everyone else on this? >> well, look, we see the president versus everyone els...

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