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Events and protests around this issue over the years since the tragedy that occurred in your family. this one was unusual. no adults speaking on the stage. you would have been one of the adults that would speak on stage like this normally. what did you make of that particular choice today? >> i think it was really powerful. i dont think there was anybody under -- over 18 on that stage. the con tetent, i think it was powerful. so impactful. they got an amazing message across. we are in the midst ...

Honest, mainly republicans blocked the most mild reforms. so the cynicism rose up. what i liked hearing today in all the speeches was the anger. but it was no anger tied to cynicism. it was anger tied to energizing and lets do something about it. anger can be positive or negative. in this instance theyre channelling it in a positive way and, you know, weve all become cynical here in washington. its easy for a teen-ager to be cynical. i remember how cynical i was. but their ability to rise about ...

The question is always why they did it. id say the last five years thats really changed to how are we going to get out of this. ive got several ideas i would say like i dont really know. we havent figured it out yet. we might know when we see it and i sure was not expecting this. once this started, when i first saw david the morning after, im like, this is it. i didnt know it was going to be them. i can see david as a policy walk coming to d.c. emma is going to be like the next oprah. co cameron...

All around the country, including the demonstration in parkland, boston, washington, los angeles, all across the country? >> the message that needs to be heard is change is going to happen and the declaration of independence supports change to it. thats whats going to happen. >> how supportive have your teachers been in your response to this? s >> i came down here by myself so i havent talked to many teachers about it. i have one teacher thats very supportive. he just saw a picture of me here to...

Authenticity and ive really been inspired and blown away and it comes from their leadership from these kids. >> yeah. the first one, the first washington protest i was at, i was in high school. i was in the car driving down with my brother. vietnam war protest. i met some kids who rode down from boston on a bus at midnight. riding back to a bus. i met kids from texas, colorado, everywhere. no one knows more about this phenomenon of school shootings than you do of having written the book about co...

Really left it up to you. you, the speakers on the stage to tlideliver that message toda. did you feel that kind of responsibility when youre up there? >> yeah, most definitely. this movement alone is already youth led. thats something that like something you have never ever seen. the fact that so many young people were given this opportunity to speak and vocalize their thoughts and their demands. vocalize their voice. its just so inspiring and so empowering. i cant stress that word enough. its ...

Alyssa would never. meadow pollock would never. >> leading off our discussion this evening, edna chaves. a 17-year-old student in los angeles. she also spoke at todays march in washington. they both marched in washington today. from parkland, florida is another of their fellow students, junior adam bookwall who spoke in parkland, florida. edna, you were up on that stage today. >> i was really nervous.

Taken money from the nra. you better bring that check to the bank and put it in your retirement fund because were going to vote you out. >> jackson middlemon joins us now. also joining us two high school students from maryland. jackson, what grade were you in at sandy hook elementary when the murder came in? >> i was not at sandy hook elementary. i was at reid intermediate school. i was in sixth grade. >> all the schools were lockeddown that day? >> yes. we were in lock down for about five and a...

♪ out of shadows ♪ the story of us >> heres the way it looked around the country. in new york city there were 175,000 people marching today. we dont have crowd estimates for most of the other cities but thousands marched in los angeles, san francisco, chicago, boston, raleigh, north carolina boise, idaho. one of the speakers in washington today was jackson midd middlemon who was a survivor of sandy hook in 2012 when 20 children and six educators were murdered. >> mr. trump, congress, the sen...

>> i think its important to remember that as the youth, we are the future. were the next generation. were the future of this country and once the current generation is gone, were up next. >> jackson, when this shooting occurred on valentines day, its one thing for us adults in the news media we have to react so we think about it a lot. one of the things i wonder about is what is it like to be a high school student in america on the day when these shootings occur? it doesnt happen in your school ...