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Bill but senate republicans blocked it. and moments later, literally minutes later, minutes after that vote or that nonvote, president obama was introduced in the rose garden by the father of one of the little boys who had been killed at sandy hook. daniel barden's father introduced president obama that day. mark barton. >> we will not be defeated. we are not defeated and we will not be defeated. we are here now, we will always 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...

Barton who was killed at newtown. mark, it's 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 what was a very different occasion? >> that's exactly right. and the honor is the same. the honor is incredible. but to be there to share in this moment of great progress was overwhelming. >> you say great progress. there's been a lot of talk today about what's possible without congress, about what the president can do. >> uh-huh. >>en 0 his own. obviously there's been reaction already from republicans saying...

>> this effort is not over. that was president obama in the rose garden, spring, 2013. today, more than two years later, mark barton, again introduced president obama in washington, but this time he was there to talk about something that was getting done, not thing is that congress was blocking but something that the president was able to do himself even if congress won't act. >> in april of 2013, i had the honor of introducing president obama in the rose garden. and unfortunately, that was to announce that a bill proposed to close the loophole in the federal background check system for firear...

He was joined by the father of daniel barton who died at sandy hook. >> as a nation we have to do better. we are better. we are better than this. >> this is not a community that people want to belong to. just leave it at that. you don't want to be invited into that club. >> the new executive action stopped short of mandating uniform background checks across the country. the president blamed nra and the republicans in congress for that. >> the gun lobby may be holding congress hostage right now, but they're not going to hold america hostage. >> speaker paul ryan said rather than focus on crimin...

That his mother, nancy, had grown increasingly frustrated with her son's isolation, trying and failing to get him to leave the room and interact with others, perhaps go to school or get a job. he was uncomfortable, unreachable and like a ghost, a friend says and nancy reached tout out to a psychiatrist for help. another report says, nancy had planned to have adam committed to a psychiatric institution and the boy found out about it and that's what set him off, the reason apparently that he killed his mother, according to the report and targeted the kids at sandy hook because he was jealous of ...