President Obama couldn't hold back tears as he discussed some of the victims of gun violence during his announcement on executive actions to tighten gun control.
One of the people who joined the president for his speech at the White House Tuesday was Chris Hurst. Hurst is the boyfriend of Alison Parker, a reporter killed on television with a photographer in Roanoke, Va. during the summer of 2015.
"When the president invites you to come to the White House, you accept the invitation," said Hurst.
"It was emotional for all of us," he said, "one of the most poignant things he said was that it was a room full of stories."
"That's what we forget. Sometimes we try to reduce this issue down to numbers and statistics. But behind every statistic, there's a traumatic story."