students at stoneman douglas had not planned to do anything to walkout for 17 minutes. as crowds swelled nationwide, some students decided to continue rallying. at laguardia high in new york, students filled building to building during the 17-minute walkout. they held up names of the parkland victims. protesters turned their backs on the white house. students in burlington, vermont participated in the walkout and not even heavy snow could stop them. students in granada hills spelled out enough on the football field. from israel to london, students around the world walked out in solidarity with american students. in littleton, colorado, students walked out at columbine high school. they were not even born when the
laura: okay. look, you heard like take your child to workday. for the anti-trump, anti-second amendment crowd, this was make your student protest day. like there s nothing worse than people that use their kids to advance a political agenda. like many school districts, teachers and administrators and local politicians supported this walk-out. the demonstrations were supposed to last 17 minutes to honor each of the parkland victims. but some of these things went on for hours and sometimes they took on a festival, kind of party atmosphere. in new york, students marched on the, of course, trump international hotel and at the brooklyn borough hall. in d.c., you saw the clip. they gathered at the capitol and the white house. we will accept nothing less than comprehensive gun control. if it is what it takes, we will shame our national policy makers
faces of parkland victims but reverses back to the previously held position of the people and the money that put him in office. he hasn t been so negotiable on that much since he s been in office. let me be clear on the gun situation, you think he is a pragmatist in terms of knowing the congress and the republican party the votes aren t there for any sort of age increase on ar-15. they are just not there. so why go out on a limb and have some egg on his face because, yes, he s concerned about his image. this just in. and do that, katy. so the point is that he s not going to go there for now. that is the dot, dot, dot. for now. because everything is negotiable. and this is the thing about donald trump and what i ve learned about him in following him. when he decides he wants do to something, people supporters are convinced he decided not to be tough on russia and the gop voting block doesn t care so much about being tough on russia. that is a big swing that donald trump was able t
line-item veto power to veto the $67 million in this bill that was set aside for the program. he chose not to do that. he said instead he wants to talk with the legislature to make sure that any of that $67 million that doesn t end up getting used for these programs can instead be redirected to increase law enforcement presence on school campuses. the families of parkland victims, several of whom spoke to the press after the bill signing, said that they see this as a good first step on the journey to making schools safer, and they urged states across the country to follow florida s lead to harden schools to increase security, to try to prevent another incidence of mass violence. back to you. thank you. 180 british troops trained in chemical warfare are deployed to investigate the chemical warfare attack that happened this week. a former russian spy and his daughter are in serious
am still not persuaded. i am glad, however, the plan in this bill is not mandatory. reporter: that revision to arm teachers is by far, the most controversial in the bill, one the governor has consistently opposed. he says teachers should teach. in fact, the florida teacher association that represents 140,000 teachers and school staff across the state of florida had been urging the governor to veto the $67 million in this bill set aside for the program. he chose not to do that. instead, he wants to talk with the legislature to make sure any of that $67 million doesn t end up getting used for the programs can be redistricted to increase law enforcement presence on school campuses. the families of parkland victims, several of whom spoke to the press after the bill signing said they see this as a good first step on the journey to making schools safer.