and we re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this regardless of the politics. meaningful action. well, today s tragedy in connecticut brings the issue of guns to the forefront of america s minds tonight, and president obama pledged to take that meaningful action at his white house statement earlier this afternoon. with me are two people with personal experience with gun violence u.s. congress won karl lynn mccarthy of new york, lost her husband in a 1993 mass shooting on that commuter train and collin godard is a sur jiver of the virginia tech shootings. he worked for the brady campaign. we called the nra hoping to get someone from that organization on tonight they said they re not commenting until more information is thoroughly known in this case. they re putting off any kind of comment. it s obvious. congresswoman, thank you four coming on. i any this must bring it all back. i thought it was great, i said we have to get carolyn