Page 3 - David Hog News Today

Organizing those town halls and invite their elected officials. if they dont come, invite their opponent. >> what does progress mean to you? what specifically do you want to see different from all of this in those town halls, from these marches? what kind of change? what would that look like to you? >> i want to see the nra get out of funding so many corrupt politicians where they put their lobbyists and their special interests first. we want to make sure that were still able to protect the seco...

They wanted to open that up. are you trying to do the same to make sure that some of these other movements that the media and the country hasnt paid attention to in the same way are going to be uplifted? >> were tired of sitting around and let government make our decisions. so yes, i think that when i do come to perform, im going to let everyone know that im tired of this, im not going to sit around and wait for something to happen, im going to make it happen. >> reporter: fred, weve seen very d...

In just moments from now. at the top of the hour, noon hour, diane gallagher is in the midst of crowd there with one of the students who lived through the school shooting in parkland, florida. diane. >> reporter: thats right, fredricka. david hog is here with me and maia middleton. maia, you go to school in chicago. youre going to come on stage today and talk. talk to us and our viewers about what you plan to say. how do you plan to address this crowd of people? >> i think i dont want my voice t...

Sam size, david hog, alex wind, and samantha fuentes in the house. [ applause ] i know history when i see it. i know history when i see it. and i got a chance to watch something i never thought i would see in my lifetime. something that was emotionally as impactful as the march on washington. and i want to on behalf of a whole bunch of people thank you one more time for all your courage and leadership after all youve been through.

What change do you think should be made? >> we should see more marches and i want people to share their stories. their voices count too. its not just me. its a lot of people who do things like me. i wanted to see people like get out of their comfort zone and yell and scream and say look at me, were hurt too. its not just about you. >> david, thats kind of what you and your classmates did. you guys decided you wanted people to get together for this cause. talk to our viewers, talk to me about wha...

Average americans, sort of kitchen table. >> right. >> you have members of the parkland members, you had david hog came out and said 25% of our school are black. it is the media thats ignoring those students. this is a movement that the media may not be catching up with it. >> the white house certainly have not caught up with it. i see a lot of working class white people here. this is all that america is concerned about this kind of issue. i like the fact that these young people said there are k...

The love we are getting is surreal. >> zoey, do you feel that because of so many parkland student that is we have seen. david hog and others were already involved in things like media and in things like theater at the school. is that the secret element why you guys are effective? >> i think they have strong voice and they are so powerful with their words so like them being so use to that and being in drama and debate and other things they are, they know how to do these kinds of things and talk t...

By the parkland students and their parents is a rare victory for advocates of gun reform and was unimaginable just three weeks ago when the legislature coward before marian hammer and the nra and refused to even take up an assault weapons ban. its a victory described by parkland survivor david hog as a small step in a huge movement and only the beginning. joining me now, mark caputo, nadine smith, former republican congressman david jolly, and brandon wolf, a survivor of the pulse nightclub shoo...

The mountain is moving. an inch at a time the kids from marjory stoneman douglas high school are doing the impossible. they are moving the mountain. the mountain that has stood in the way of gun safety. and that mountain is the national rifle association. today the nations privately owned bank cut ties with the nra, the first national bank of omaha said it cut its contract to issue credit cards. the card was the official credit card of the nra and provided benefits to members. a spokesman from t...

Benefits to members. a spokesman from the bank said customer feedback has caused us to review our relationship with the nra. joining the discussion now, david hog. he is a senior at stoneman douglas high school. thank you for joining us, i know youve done a lot of this and it is a burden and this is late at night and i appreciate you taking the time and continuing this discussion with us. so there you have it. youve already achieved things in a week, david, that we have never seen in the afterma...