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You have a way with words. puppies and rainbows in the white house. hallie jackson at the white house. amid the chaos, gun violence in schools is another issue the president has been focused on. earlier the president held a private meeting with students and parents and law enforcement experiencing the worst mass shootings, including the most recent at majory stoneman douglas high school. one of the parents was mark barten who was also at a similar listening session the president held last week with survivors. mark lost his youngest son daniel who was 7 years old when he was killed in the san...

Barden from sandy hook promise. mark lost his 7-year-old son daniel in the sandy hook massacre. you were making a point, yesterday, 24 hours ago the president met with bipartisan members of congress and certainly i thought -- other didn'ts share my opinion but i thought it sounds like a more productive conversation than we've otherwise had. the president talking about maybe making a bigger bill than the toomey and manchin bill that looks into back ground checks and putting other things in. obviously people who want greater gun control are not going to get everything they want out of this. but ...

Of the american people want to see the background check system enforced and bolstered. loopholes closed. and better reporting through the fix nics bill. we can do all of that right away. >> mark, thanks very much for joining us. mark barden the founder of sandy hook promise. it started after the shooting at sandy hook school. public pressure is pushing more and more companies to disentangle themselves from the gun industry embedded in america's culture. as we've been talking about, dozens of companies from various industries are halting discounts with national rifle association members. now ...