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Government to study the intersection of mental health and criminality. and when president trump meets with our nation's governors in just a few short weeks, he will make the safety of our nation's schools our top administration priority. >> that was vice president mike pence in dallas addressing the shooting in parkland, florida. joining me now, eric millgram, his son and daughter survived the shooting at sandy hook elementary school. he's now the spokesman for the newtown action alliance. and, dr. joshua wooiner, adult and child psychiatrist joining us from d.c. eric, start with you. you hear...

Imagine your daughter lying on the floor bleeding out and having to put her down or having to have her buried in the ground where your son who just got his braces off is now his head is so badly mangled that you can't even have an open casket ceremony. it is going to happen. and keep happening without change. and the people who today think, well, that's tragic but they're not doing anything about it, vote out these terrible politicians and vote in people who are real leaders who will solve this problem. >> all right then. we will leave it there. dr. joshua weiner, eric, we appreciate your time...

They're closed they could lead to some benefit here. of course you don't know unless you try. the flip side of that is that that may then turn some people away from seeking the help that they need because they would be afraid of losing their access to their guns. and we could end up seeing some repercussions from that as well. >> so we have to look for some sort of pathway or middle ground here to get to some real solutions. eric, i want to ask you last thing here, if the needle hasn't substantially, substantively moved on gun legislation, how does the strategy need to change for organizations...

Perspective. it just means that you must address the mental illness issue while also addressing the gun issue. >> eric, i want to play a piece of sound here from a student at a rally today at a gun safety legislation protest that happened in ft. lauderdale. listen to this. >> maybe the adults have gotten used to saying, it is what it is, but if us students have learned anything it's that if you don't study you will fail. in this case if you actively do nothing, people continually end up dead. so it's time to start doing something! [ cheers and applause ] >> just a passionate statement there. i...