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Here by foot. 200 to 300 students coming this way and again, it was sort of the show of the fact that were all in this together as kids. we may not be old enough to vote but as the students at marjorie stoneman douglas have proven, their voices do carry weight. with scott signing the safety bill just about three weeks after the shooting happened. they plan on taking it to washington to the march later this month but this was about solidarity they said and making sure that no other student has to...

Massacre. who you are t how are the students doing? >> you know, they have their ups and downs. this has been about a week since theyve returned to a full schedule. we continue to provide grief counselors. we provide therapy dogs at the school. we have provided flexible schedules and supports for students and faculty. but its still a very rough time. they have their moments. this grieving process is going to be with us, you know, into the foreseeable future. but coming together and getting the m...

Like. you werent hiding under a desk or in the closet, you dont know what it felt like. if this helps them in their grieving process, let them get on a bus, plane, train, or automobile and go to tallahassee -- >> im all for their ability and their right -- >> jack, have you ever been to a pro-life rally? >> yes. >> have you ever heard a young person get up there and talk about abortion, somebody who recently has been affected by it, maybe because she had a classmate who had an abortion? >> no. n...

But why did the democrats -- >> should they have? >> i would say they should have if thats the belief of their party. >> should they have? >> no. >> then what difference does it make? >> im saying they didnt have the opportunity -- >> lets not talk over each other. van, what did you have to say? >> we have the great recession of two wars. everything you guys criticize us not doing in the 18 months we had to control the government -- >> of all the things -- we could sit here and argue all day lon...

Speaking about the need for gun reform. sarah chadwick and sophie survived last week. theyre both part of the never again movement and they join me now. i want to sk start by asking you, ill start with you, sophie, first, how youre doing and how youre processing all of this. >> well, thats kind of a hard question because obviously none of us are really okay. but now that were putting all of our energy into the movement, were feeling really motived to make a change. >> how about you, sarah? >> we...

Theyre both part of the never again movement and they join me now. i want to sk start by asking you, ill start with you, sophie, first, how youre doing and how youre processing all of this. >> well, thats kind of a hard question because obviously none of us are really okay. but now that were putting all of our energy into the movement, were feeling really motived to make a change. >> how about you, sarah? >> well, everyone has a different grieving process. i think for us this is our grieving pro...

Enacting stricter gun laws. im joined by one of the organizers of that trip, a junior at marjory stoneman douglas high school. jacqueline, thank you for being with us. let me ask you, you guys have gone from being students to i hope aspiring politicians in a couple days, but you witnessed one of the worst things i hope you ever have to witness. how are you? >> honestly, the first few days after the shooting i was a mess. but my grieving process is political action, and alongside emma gonzalez an...

Mayor, did anything on this call make you more confident that the administration is going to be taking steps to this? and, also, more importantly, what was discussed on that call? >> the conversation was mainly about giving condolences and generally offering support. our community, right now, is in a grieving process and everybody grieves here differently and on a different pace. and our focus now here is to make sure that there is tolerance and that people reserve judgment about themselves and ...

This grieving process, through this healing process. my office, once a month they will be there first thing in the morning to provide any assistance we can, but there are some students that will not show up at school tomorrow and were going to be talking to the schools and see what we can help the schools with. its a community that just never expected this type of situation to happen in their community. >> its a most sacred place an affront to god and humanity that this would happen in the house...

And if trump had lost, we would be hearing from him every single day. but i dont think she or anybody else that was involved in the campaign are inclined to dwell on what ifs. >> shes writing a book, so i assume shes going to be covering some what ifs. but do you buy that up until october 27 they were going to win and it was only in the final stretch that she lost it? >> no, not at all. but i do have to take my hat of. this is something that political candidates do after every presidential elect...