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The events that transpired so, they outline the events by mr. peterson. he said he thought they were firecrackers, not gunshots. so when he heard the gunshot, he believed they were happening from outside. he sought cover and assessed the situation. then further radio transmission alerted him of a gunshot victim near the football field, so that was confirmation of his belief that shooter was outside the school building as opposed to inside. peterson further defended his actions to say he was the ...

Mass shootings in the united states. it seems also not ancillary for those interesting in more gun control. its perhaps one step forward. may be an easy get on the part of the president. its not something that the nra has said theyre against. they want them regulated, not eliminated, somewhere in there, some legislation or some finding maybe gotten. but its not going to get at the more politically divisive issues of how to control weapons in the united states or whether to have additional contro...

Have people in the schools with weapons this could turn into a situation like the wild west. what would you say to parents out there that are worried about faculty members, coaches, administrators packing heat in school? >> thats why were having this conversation. theres a lot of parents -- we heard from one of them whose daughter was tragically murdered last week. one of the parents that advocated for personnel having gun. theres a lot of people on both sides. thats why were continuing to have ...

Process. >> -- parents are worried if you have a lot of people inside of the schools with weapons that this could turn into a situation like the wild west. what would you say to parents out there who are worried about faculty members and coaches and administrators packing heat in school. >> that is why weve having this conversation. there are a lost parents -- and we heard from one of them whose daughter was tragically murdered last week. one of the parents from parkland who advocated for person...

>> actually i went back to school for the first time on thursday. i was the only one who was there. there were administrators, but i felt like it was really important for me to go back and stand in my classroom and sort of deal with whatever feelings i had about that. so, today was actually the third time ive been in my room since this happened. >> and were you there with your students today? what was the atmosphere like with the community at the high school? >> i think everyone is sort of uncer...

It is important to keep in mind. >> today students were allowed to return to marjory stoneman douglas high school for the first time since the mass shooting there. parents also joined for what was called an open house before the official start of classes on wednesday. melissa is a teacher at marjory stoneman douglas. during the shooting she hid 19 students and herself in the closet of her classroom for over half an hour. she joins me now from parkland, florida. melissa, thank you so much for bei...

We are with you, we support you, and we stand with you in this movement. >> thats beautiful. you know, what did you guys learn? i mean, you guys came out of no where, you werent the established womens organization, you were just some people found each other and made this massive thing. what did you learn that you think the young people should keep in mind? >> i think itsds important that what bob said, first of all continuation of movement, that young people are not out there alone. we are there...

Will be an enhanced law enforcement on campus as well. you can see the gate behind me here, they had to show stoneman douglas i.d. to prove they belonged on this campus today. the superintendent also telling us though he wants to be flexible and accommodating to each individual students and teachers needs at this time. this process of course about more than just making them feel safe but of course helping the heeling process as well and now administrators and teachers have conversations they nee...

Young people should keep in mind? >> i think its important what bob said. first of all, a continuation of movement. the young people are not out there alone. that we are there to support them because there will be some tough moments. of course , its exciting theye going to do a walkout. but what do you do after the walkout to keep this moment going? >> people may not know all the details. >> our young people are leading a walkout for 17 minutes on march 14th, really, to signify the 17 lives that...

And were going to start this class tomorrow. and were going to have 100 -- probably 140 trained by the end of the week and then were going to train another 60 the following week and -- but we had to cut it off. were doing this because the schools -- weve got four minutes, you guys, thats all we have before the shooting stops. the police get there in six to eight minutes. its all you have. we cant stop the school shootings. we cant stop guns from being manufactured. but weve got to do something. ...