promise. there s a lot more information on their website. they both run foundations in the name of their children they lost. again, they want common ground. they are looking for it. i asked about bipartisanship. they feel we are getting close to a tipping point in terms of gun control, but in terms of mentality health reform and legislation. they feel there is momentum helping people. you talk about bipartisanship. do they feel any issue can become less of a political issue and more of a human issue? they certainly hope so. you sense their frustration when you talk to them. it s understandable. here we are three years later and they ve really tried. you remember in the months after newtown people remember the spring afterward, they were in washington. they were lobbying. they were on capitol hill. they were working with vice president biden to try to pass
talking about the primary. we would be on to the general talking about him and hillary in a head-to-head matchup. i think everybody s sort of buckling down and realizing there is a very strong chance that donald trump is the republican nominee. as long as we have been saying that, i don t think that people really, really bought it. the crazier he got, the easier it was to say this is going to collapse. iowa is around the corner and he hasn t collapsed yet. even if cruz goes, new hampshire loves to go the other way. he would probably take new hampshire. i can t imagine south carolina is the place to stop him. i think we are really looking at this. one thing interesting is donald trump has been able to very effectively capitalize on the growing concern among the american public when it comes to terrorism, when it comes to fear in general, when it comes to national security. the new nbc news wall street journal poll out in just the last hour finding that national security and terroris
before the two met up which adds further fuel to that fire. outside new numbers and some names today, was there much else coming out of this or was this more of, to your point, posturing more of a photo op in response to many of the president s critics? to give the president credit, he went into detail and detail in a way we haven t heard him articulate since the iran deal showing he knew who we killed. he knew what was happening with various players. he talked about squeezing the heart of isil so that it wouldn t pump terrorism. it was postured, but he showed a dexterity and familiarity with things many americans have been waiting to see. i wouldn t discount the importance of the posture in this case. it s one thing for the american public to hear that. it s another thing for the global stage. does this help on an international effort? it can help. i don t think dramatically. i think there is a tremendous
restrictions in terms of background checks. it was a small measure and that didn t pass. it felt like a real setback. they tried at state level and had a lot of success at the state level. whether it can ever be bipartisan, i don t know. they are certainly hopeful it can be. there was a lot made of the fact this year the anniversary will fall on a school day certain things were planned in sandy hook. there are events every year. to say it s a tough day for the parents is a gross understatement. how do they deal with this day on the day? it s so interesting. they don t even think about it as an anniversary. they don t like the word anniversary. they said in the past it s like any other day waking up without their child. they go away. they re not in newtown right now. they leave town. those two families go away
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