joined the president today for his speech at the white house. the entire country was shattered. the entire country pledged we would do something about and it this time it would be different. shame on us if we ve forgotten. shepard: you saw republican senator mike lee responded: it s deeply unfortunate that president obama tones to use the tragedy of newtown as a brown for pushing legislation that would have doning in to prevent that horrible crime. wendell, the president spoke the same day that a couple of political groups rallied for tougher gun laws. not a coins dense. his former campaign group, now called organizing for actions, and a group of mayors led my michael bloomberg, held day of action today, targeting lawmakers who voice oxes to the d s call for background checks, ban of all the rifles and high capacity magazines and straw buyers. the president said none of those