virginia on this issue. the president also tonight wrote this op-ed for the "new york times," just posted tonight, about how we all have a responsibility to reduce gun violence. and in advance of these new provisions he's rolled out and the op-ed and the town hall tonight, the administration also put out the -- basically the highest-level surrogates they've got in the form of white house senior adviser valerie jarrett and also vice president biden, specifically to go to places that have been the sites of high-profile egregious acts of gun violence in this country and talk about this issue. and that included vice president biden going not just to virginia but to roanoke, virginia and specifically to wdbj to do an interview with alison and adam's station. the station where reporter alison parker and cameraman adam ward worked. watch. >> today wdbj 7's justin ward sat down with vice president joe biden and senior adviser valerie jarrett. he is live now from the white house. >> valerie jarrett says all of