Tearful, Grieving, Mother Delivers Obama's Weekly Address




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Summary: You can't watch this without tearing up. You can see the gut-wrenching emotions on Francine Wheeler's face as she talks about her six-year-old son Ben who was gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary. She delivers President Obama's weekly address with a plea to Congress to pass gun responsibility laws. About this address, the White House writes: This week's Presidential address is delivered by Francine Wheeler, whose six year old son, Ben, was murdered alongside nineteen other children and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut, four months ago. Now, Francine -- joined by her husband David -- is asking the American people to help prevent this type of tragedy from happening to more families like hers. Since that terrible day in December, thousands more Americans have died, and thousands more families have suffered the pain of losing a loved one to violence. Now that the Senate has agreed that commonsense gun safety reforms deserve a vote, she says they must finish the job and pass those reforms to protect our children and our communities. She says now is the time for all Americans to help make this a moment of real change.