a high school here in new york. today they think this is a teaching moment, craig. back to you. >> rehema ellis there on the ground with the young people. rehe rehema, thank you. some of the signs i've seen so far for this rally are absolutely fantastic. let's go to washington, d.c., the nation's capital. demonstrators there set to take their protest straight to lawmakers on capitol hill. msnbc's mariana atencio is there. are lawmakers expected to address the crowd at all? >> reporter: craig, we are expecting to hear from representative aoc, alexandria ocasio-cortez, and ayanna pressley as well as representative ilhan omar according to organizers. i can tell you thousands of people led by these young climate activists are out here on the streets of the nation's capital. we just walked from john marshall park to the capital.