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School massacre. >> connecticut, this is not about me. this is not about politics. this is about doing the right thing for all the families who are here that have been tore apart by gun violence. its about them and all the families going forward so we can prevent this from happening again! thats what its about! >> the president is now working with some of those sandy hook parents to fight for gun control legislation on capitol hill. brianna keilar is following that for us. >> reporter: if he can...

Scene of the sandy hook massacre. cnns brianna keilar is live from the white house for us. and he had some powerful partners in trying to deliver this messing. >> he sure did christine. this is going to be a very tough sell for congress as we watch to see if they are able to come up with some sort of gun legislation that can make it through the senate. and the fact is, president obama can use all of the help that he can get. if he cant convince congress to take up gun legislation, perhaps they c...

>> it goes further than practically any other state in the country and breaks new ground, certainly for connecticut and as a national model. >> we ask ourselves every day, every minute if those magazines had held ten rounds, forcing the shooter to reload at least six more times, would our children be alive today? >> reporter: the proposed bill would ban the sale of magazines that could hold more than ten bullets. adam lanza used high-capacity magazines that held up to 30 bullets to kill 20 first...

I was reading today that a person 20 years old walked into a store and bought an ar-15 in five minutes with an expired i.d. how is it that easy to buy this type of weapon? how are we not stopping this after columbine, after sandy hook? im sitting with a mother that lost her son. >> reporter: then the president heard from nicole hockley, whose 6-year-old son dylan was among the 20 children murdered in sandy hook. >> this is not difficult. these deaths are preventable. and i implore you, consider ...

Children have died. its time for us to stand up and take action and hold our elected officials responsible. and if our elected officials are not willing to stand up and say im not going to continue to take money from the nra because children are dying, they shouldnt be in office and they wont be in office. because this is a midterm year, and that is the change that we need. >> were going to be facing this with trepidation and determination and we have an incredible support system around us. and ...

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The money do dominate legislation. do you remember, dylan, back in 2008 when senator kennedy steered a minimum wage increase through the congress, we got the minimum wage increase, they didnt think we could get it, because president bush was president, but there were amendments put in by the special interests. congressmen put in amendments for the special interests that cost us $8.3 million in tax breaks, mostly for corporate and special interests. thats whats wrong with washington. >> lets be c...

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