president trump holding a meeting with republican and democratic lawmakers at the white house to see if they can reach a concensus on gun legislation. i want to you listen this this exchange with elizabeth esty whose district includes sandy hook. >> and i was sitting with new member training when i got calls and texts about a school shooting what turned out to be 20, 6 and 7-year-olds. i haven't had a day i don't think about that, chris and i don't think about tp. that's been our nightmare for the people we represent it's now ted's knierim and now yours. >> why didn't they do something about it when that happened? i mean when you look at columbine, you look at so many horrible events why didn't they do something about it? why didn't this group of people plus others and some have gone and some will be here. >> we tried. i think people tried. but i think your point is this