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>> reporter: the president as well as white house officials over here and on the ground with the president and texas lashed out at ohio. senator sherrod brown and the mayor of dayton accusing the two elected leaders of, quote, disgusting behavior for not acknowledging the reception mr. trump received at a hospital in ohio. senator brown told reporters, the president was, quote, received well and did the right thing at the hospital in comforting the survivors there. as for whether the president will take action on gun violence, a source says mr. trump is looking at executive action at some poin...

We begin 2019, we're taking a look back at the top ten story that is defined this year. here's nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson. >> reporter: one of the ten biggest stories of 2018 happened just six six weeks into it. >> students could be seen filing out of building. >> reporter: the parkland shooting sparked a student movement. >> they say a good guy with a gun stops a bad guy with a gun, we call bs. >> reporter: after that a ban on bump stops and a bill closing loopholes in the background system. a small step but not enough. >> we'll have a 25% tariff on foreign steel. >>...

Fixing, president trump said it himself, making sure we commit to fixing the background system. >> dana: in this case in particular. >> it wouldn't have solved it and i think the other thing that makes this even more sobering for me is that this weekend for these young people is graduation weekend. and so some -- and a we are going to hear more stories as we go into this weekend about some of these young people and i'm pretty sure some of them should have been wearing a cap and gown this weekend and they won't be. >> kimberly: remember those days when we used to do earthquake drills that was t...

Continue to report, the background system -- the background check system that uber set up is private. it doesn't go through a government entity. it doesn't allow for fingerprinting. and there are a lot of these drivers who slip through the cracks. now, background checks don't solve everything, but they are a part of what makes it safe to drive in a stranger's car, which is effectively what you're doing. uber, according to many state regulators, not doing enough, we'll stay on it. >> drew, thank you for what you and your entire team did on this, it makes a difference. appreciate the reporting. ...

Control issues in it. we talked about the one that basically streamlines and improves the background system, but that's really as far as this congress goes. it's really whether the gun control of activists can mobilize in these districts and make it anie l electoral issue, they span out saying this is going to be a voting issue. >> we've seen this in the past decade where every time there is an effort or the sense there might be an effort in washington to restrict gun rights and the ability to get a gun, you see gun owners come out to the polls. we saw this in efforts by cities and local gover...