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Matt Beringer: Welcome to
the first West Wing Week

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episode of 2016
-- it's 2016?

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It is.

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Yes it is.

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Welcome.

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Narrator: Welcome to
the West Wing Week.

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Your guide to everything
that's happening at

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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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This week, the White House
was buzzing as the President

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prepared to deliver his
final

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State of the Union Address.

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He also announced new steps
that he's taking to reduce

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gun violence, and keep guns
out of the wrong hands.

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And he discussed these
actions during a live Town

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Hall Meeting with CNN.

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This January 1st to January
7th, or: "Too many."

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The President: Fort
Hood, Binghamton, Aurora,

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Oak Creek, Newtown, the
Navy Yard, Santa Barbara,

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Charleston, San Bernardino.

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Too many.

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Narrator: On Sunday, the
First Family landed on the

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South Lawn of the White
House after some quality

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time with family in the
Aloha state over the holidays.

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Monday morning kicked off
the new year at the White

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House, and it was time to
hit the ground running to

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prep for next week's SOTU.

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That's short for
State of the Union.

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The President made a video
about the address for all

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you on Facebook.

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The President: Since I took
office seven years ago,

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in the midst of crisis, I
don't think I have ever been

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more optimistic about a year
ahead than I am right now.

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Narrator: On Tuesday, the
President took to the podium

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in the East Room to announce
a series of common-sense

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executive actions designed
to keep guns out of the

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wrong hands through
more background checks,

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expanded mental health
treatment and reporting to

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the background check system,
and efforts to shape the

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future of gun
safety technology.

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The President: Our
unalienable right to life,

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and liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness -- those rights

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were stripped from college
students in Blacksburg and

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Santa Barbara, and from
high schoolers at Columbine,

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and from first-graders
in Newtown.

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Every time I think about
those kids it gets me mad.

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And by the way, it happens
on the streets of Chicago

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every day.

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(applause)

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Narrator: Meanwhile, on
Wednesday and throughout the

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week, White House Senior
Staff called people across

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the country to invite them
to sit in the First Lady's

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box in the United
States Capitol,

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and watch President Obama's
final State of the Union Address

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in person.

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Valerie Jarrett: -- to
attend the State of the

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Union next week
as his guest,

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and sit in the box
with the First Lady.

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Male Speaker: Oh,
Valerie, I'm so honored.

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Narrator: On
Thursday evening,

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the President joined CNN's
Anderson Cooper at

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George Mason University in suburban Virginia for a live

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Town Hall meeting on reducing
gun violence in America.

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The President: Right now,
Congress prohibits us even

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studying, through the
Center for Disease control,

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ways in which we can
reduce gun violence.

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That's how crazy this
thing has become.

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Let's at least figure
out what works.

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And some of the proposals
that I'm making,

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may turn out, are not
as effective as others.

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But at least let's
figure it out.

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Let's try some things.

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Narrator: So stay
engaged with us online,

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and remember to catch the
President's final State of

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the Union Address live at
WhiteHouse.gov on Tuesday night.

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Thanks so much for checking
out this very first 2016

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edition of your
West Wing Week.

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The President: Hey, you.

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(laughter)

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Female Speaker: Ready?

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There you go.

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The President:
That was good!

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Female Speaker:
Say thank you.