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>> as you mentioned, nathaniel, it has been almost four years. what do you tell people, whether it be in your community, there in chicago or across the country, other families who have been touched, who have been pained by this same level of violence that your family has experienced? >> there is nothing really that i can tell them. the only thing i can do is sit with them. i know the pain that they are feeling. we are both very familiar with the pain. that pain does not go away. it is here. it stays. you just have to learn how to live with an open wound. >> right. we are not a product of what ...

Pendleton, become one of the most recognizable faces of the effort to con bmbat gun violenc. she was mistakenly targeted and killed by a gang member near president barack obama's home in chicago. days earlier, she had performed at his second inauguration. her parents were at the white house in january when the president announced executive actions on gun control. i asked the parents if these extraordinary numbers heightened the trauma of losing their daughter. >> i have a very difficult time watching the news. my heart goes out to the families that have to endure the same pain that we have had...

Effort to combat gun violence in chicago. almost four years ago the 15-year-old honor student was mistakenly targeted and killed by a gang member near president obama's chicago home. days earlier, she had performed at his second inauguration. hadiya's parents were at the white house in january when the president announced executive actions on gun control. nathaniel pendleton and cleopatra pendleton join me from chicago. good to see you aunder such sad circumstances. how does hearing these extraordinary numbers make you feel? does it heighten the trauma that your family is still feeling? cleopa...

Same pain that we've had to endure. i mean, it's -- it is absolutely heartbreaking. it just is. >> and nathaniel, how do you place blame on this? what are the sources of blame? what should be tackled? why this spate of violence, in your view? >> well, i do believe that this state of violence is a lot of kids out near have no direction. they're living on the streets, they're practically raising themselves. and if you commit a crime, the crime should -- the punishment should be just for the crime. and the thing is, a lot of these people that are committing these crimes, they are not being held a...

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