wheeler. this is my wife francine lobas wheeler. and this is our son ben.we are parents, just two of 149 million american parents. parent is also defined as a point of origin. my wife and i have spent much of the past month rededicating ourselves to the task of being the best possible parents for our surviving son nate. what we have recently come to realize is that we are not done being the best possible parents we can be for ben. not by a very long measure. if there is something in our society that needs to be fixed, clearly healed or resolved, that resolution needs a point of origin. it needs parents. i would respectfully request that every parent in this country who hears these words simply pause for a moment and think. ask yourself what is it worth doing to keep your children safe. what is it worth to you? what is it worth doing? what is worth doing? >> one month after the mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school, today some of the parents who lost their children that day spoke publicly for the first time. they announced the formation of a new grou