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Life, and new opportunities. it was for the american dream. i think the american dream is a fractured and broken. it is no longer real. so many people come to this country seeking safety, because of what is going on in their countries, and now kids have to fear going to school. kids have to be afraid that their community might be next. i remember i came here in third grade. in fourth grade i did my first lockdown drill. i was confused. in my country, we did not practice. i still had a security t...

News of shootings can be scary for children. Heres some advice to guide conversations at home.

Of the second amendment that puts every other right in american life including the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness at risk. their version of the second amendment, sadly is that everyone, all of us should be carrying a gun everywhere all the time and thats not the kind of environment or world that allows us to have americas safest place as the national rifle association says. its a scary place and thats why in arlington, virginia, the same day as in arlington, texas, where that sh...

About 95% of schools practice what to do in case a shooter enters their facility: Colorado, school shooting drills, education.

Kids prepare for fires, tornados, and bomb threats. But it’s the severity of some of today’s active shooter drills, and the different ways that kids are taught to respond that leads to confusion and can add to a student’s stress.

Case something like this had happened at your school? >> yeah, we have had a lockdown drill earlier in the year. we go through it as if someone were going to do it, and rico in the classroom and lock the doors and turn off the lights and if you can get off it campus, what actually happened, totally forgot all of that and just ran >> dana: we are glad that you are safe and we are sorry for what youve been through this morning, we appreciate you joining us, michael romero, thank you. lets bring in...

Theres going to be a lockdown drill next week. talk to your kid. and its about imminent threat. if something happens this is what they should do. you know, go in a corner, i mean, this is what parents are getting day after day, week after week and this is really real for people. schools are not safe. schools are not safe. malls are not safe. theaters are not safe. movies are not safe, if you go to a movie its not safe and so it is a real, real issue and so what we need now is a movement. and i t...

If you operate a retail store or if you operate a movie theater, or if you operate a restaurant, places that have historically been safe for us as a society are no longer safe. im a parent, and anybody who is a parent has to deal with their child coming home from school the day or the afternoon of a lockdown drill and has to deal with the conversation at the dinner table about the possibility of a shooter coming into their school. and they know older children know that this is a reality, that th...

Theres going to be a lockdown drill next week, talk to your kid. and its about imminent threat. twhas parents are getting day after day, week after week. this is really real for people. schools are not safe. schools are not safe. malls are not safe. theaters are not safe. movies are not safe. if you go to a movie its not safe. so it is a real issue. so what we need now is a movement. and i think thats what beto is trying to lean into. hes like we need a movement. the parkland students tried to d...

A lockdown drill. there is worry about the fact that we or our friends could get shot at school. can you tells what will be done about these acceptsless tragedies? >> as a kid and as a parent, there is nothing that could be more terrifying for a kid to go to school and not feel safe. im sorry that you feel that way. this administration takes his seriously. and the school safety commission that the president convened is meeting this week. again, an official meeting, to discuss the best ways forwa...