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Our attorney general, loretta lynch, to discuss our options, because i get too many letters from parents and teacher s!$!s kids to sit around and do nothing. >> reporter: sources say president obama's expected to announce new executive action soon, expanding background checks on gun sales, aimed at closing the so-called gun show loophole which allows some gun sellers to avoid conducting a background check. advocates pushed the white house to tighten regulations on the reporting of lost and stolen guns, and want the president to report passengers on the no fly list from buying guns. before the...

>> a few weeks i directed staff to come up with any actions i can take. on monday i meet with loretta lynch to discuss our options. i get too many letters from parents and teachers and kids to sit around and do nothing. >> reporter: sources say president obama's expected to announce new executive action soon expanding background checks on gun sales aimed at closing the so-called gun show loophole which allows some gun sellers to avoid conducting a background check. gun control advocates have also pushed the white house to tighten regulations on the report of lost and stolen guns and want the p...

Attorney general. >> reporter: exactly right, fred. the president is kicking off the new year with an aggressive push for tighter gun control. sources say expanding background checks will be a keystone of the president's actions. >> a few months ago i directed my team at the white house to look into any new actions i can take to help reduce gun violence. and on monday i'll meet with our attorney general, loretta lynch, to discuss our options. because i get too many letters from parents and teachers and kids to sit around and do nothing. >> reporter: president obama's expected to soon announce ...

Chris frates joins us now. the timing of the town hall should be noted, quite significant. >> the president is kinging off the new year with an impressive push for gun control. sources say expanding background checks will be a keystone of the president's actions. >> a few months ago i directed my team at white house to look at any new actions i could take to help reduce gun violence. monday i'll meet with our attorney general loretta lynch to discuss our options, because i get too many lernts from parents and teachers and kids to sit around and do nothing. >> reporter: sources say president ob...

People who are on the no fly list. issues like that. in a way, that's the issue we're going to close. i think what research shows looking at background checks is states that enact background checks on average have about a 40% less lower rate than other states. not of mass shootings but of either day crimes. apropos of our earlier conversation, cops killed by guns. women killed by their partners. guns suicides. guns trafficking. two-thirds of gun violence in the united states is by gun suicide. i think the other issue that's important to address, the nra is trying to perpetuate this issue, that...