Obama is going to hold a televised town hall on gun violence
President Obama is set to host a televised town hall about guns Thursday on CNN, the network announced Sunday.
In the coming days, after meeting Monday with Attorney General Loretta Lynch, he is also expected to announce executive action to expand background checks on guns.
Anderson Cooper will host the hour-long "Guns in America" at 8 p.m. ET. Obama will also take audience questions.
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.
