they need not just to look us in the eyes but our children and the lost ones and see those faces and see what s gone. it s going to happen, again. it is going to happen, again. and every time, you know, it s somebody else s school. it s somebody else s town. it s somebody else s community until one day you wake up and it s not. powerful stuff from 60 minutes. the white house is trying to use that emotion to move votes in congress, trying to keep the storyline focused on gop obstruction rather than the red state democrats that aren t running the get behind bill. by the way, newtown families some expected to fly back with the president on air force one and they re going to begin a week-long lobbying effort of congress as well with the white house giving them support. reminded members both parties applauded when the president called for a vote on guns in his state of the union.
joe mancion. 13 neerts have signed on to hold up any new gun legislation. you see that right will. senator john mccain did not get it. i don t understand it. the purpose the united states senate is to debate and to vote and to let the people know where we stand. so you would encourage republicans not to filibuster. i would not only encourage it, i don t understand it. what are we afraid of? tonight the president will deliver a speech in connecticut trying to recapture the emotions after the tragedy in newtown and he ll meet privately with the vikt maniey ies so say they wil dedicate their lives to passing gun laws. it s going to happen again. it is going to happen again. and every time, you know, it s somebody else s school. it s somebody else s town. it s somebody else s community until one day you wake up and is it s not. we don t get to move on. we don t have the benefit of turning the page to another
somebody else s school. somebody else s town. it is somebody else s community. until one day, you wake up and it is not. newtown families will be in attendance at today s presidential remarks. some will fly back to washington with the air force to begin a week-long lobbying push on capitol hill. just last hour, harry reid took to the senate floor pushing for an open debate and admonishing more than a dozen gop congressmen who are threatening to filibuster. this comes as senators pat toomey and joe manchin work on an expand bill. it is a big week in the gun debate. joining us now, rob cox, co-founder of the sandy hook promise. he will be alongside the newtown family members urging action on the hill. thank you for joining us again. my pleasure. thank you for having me. i want to start with the politics. we ve got manchin and toomey now
another debate and playing politics the same way we ve been doing. we don t have that benefit. we re going to live with this for the rest of our lives, so our legislators need to hear us. it s going to happen again. it is going to happen again. and every time, you know, it s somebody else s school. it s somebody else s town. it s somebody else s community. until one day, you wake up and it s not. it s not somebody else s. chuck, we cover politics, but i think this is deeper than just the usual, you know, spending bill, or tax bill. this is about the american heart. and whether it s open to the horror that happened. it s not just going back to the usual battle stations and play the game of the nra. reporter: well, and it s that last sentence to me that s the most haunting. from david wheeler. that was, who was speaking just then. because you would hate to think that you need another tragedy before something gets done, or, you know, it takes another
size of the magazine placed in that weapon is a direct contributor to that factor. i would like every parent in this country, that is 150 million people, i would like them to look in the mirror and that is not a figure of speech, scott, i mean, literally find a mirror in your house and look in it and look in your eyes and say, this will never happen to me. this will never happen in my school. this will never happen in my community and see if you actually believe that and if there is a shadow, the slightest shadow of doubt what you said, think about what you can do to change that. it s going to happen to again. it is going to happen again. and every time, you know, it s somebody else s school. it s somebody else s town. it s somebody else s community until, one day, you wake up and it s not. back in washington, congress is set to take up gun reform this week. it s an issue met with a threat