Things that have never happened on the stage of large protests like this. The most extraordinary and illuminating thing on that stage today was the simple rule that no adults were allowed to speak. There were no politicians on that stage, although many politicians requested speaking slots today. They were all turned down. The oldest speakers were high school seniors. The youngest was 9yearold yolanda rene king, the granddaughter of Martin Luther king jr. We saw things weve never seen from speakers on stage like this. Emma gonzales bravely and fiercely held the stage in the middle of her speech for six minutes and 20 seconds off silence in which she forced the odd kraudience to expeerience t passage off the exact amount of time a shooter used to kill 17 people in her high school. And we saw fuentes turn away from the it podium and throw up. She bent over and vomited repeatedly and then she, who survived multiple gun shots in the mass shooting at her school, pulled herself back up to the microphone and said this. I just threw up on International Television and it it feels great. Were not asking for a ban. Were asking for a compromise. Fordpet your size and colors, save each other. Close the cracks and loopholes it with thorough background check cans and psychological. Use security protocol methods that are efficient and one more request. Listen. Our mission is simple and our ambitions are unbeatable. Lets keep the guns out of the hands of of the wrong people and keep them in the hands of the safe and reasonable. So either you can can join us or be on the side of history that prioritized their guns over the lives of others. The only way we can do this is numbers. Lets have our law makers address our struggles. Lets stand. Kruni i unite one another. Now america, you will have to choose. Will you give up or is enough enough . Emma gonzales was the last speaker on the stage today and she brought everyone back to the moment that created todays event. 6 20 with an ar15 and my friend, carmen, would never complain to me about piano practice. Erin feiss would never call keira ms. Sunshine, allen would never walk in to school with his brother ryan. Scott beagle with would never joke around with cameron at camp, Helena Ramsey would never Joaquin Oliver would never play basketball with sam or dillen. Alaina patty would never, kara legn are would never, luke hoyer would never. Peter wang would never, alyssa would never, Jaime Guttenberg would never. Pollak would never. Leading off our discussion this evening, chavez, a 17yearold student in los angeles. She also spoke at todays march in washington about losing her brother to gun violence when he auz in high school. And were joined by two students from parkland high school. They both marched in washington today and with us from parkland florida is another of their fellow students who spoke at the rally in parkland, florida. Edna, start us off. What dedid it feel like up there . You flew here from los angeles today. Did it feel like Mission Accomplished . Yes, of course. I was really nervous. You did not appear to be nervous and none of these High School Speakers up there in front of 800,000 people in washington today appeared to be nervous and i got to tell you we were all standing there when you would be introduced with your ages and grades thinking when we were juniors in high school we couldnt possibly do this. You looked like you owned the place when you were up there. No, i was very nervous. I was like gasping for air and stuff, not knowing what to do. I did my little asking god to give me strength and make sure my voice is loud and now im here sitting with you. Rebecca, some of the people from parkland stayed in parkland. Obviously it was a big demonstration in parkland. How did you make the decision about whether to am can here or stay there . I had a discussion with with my advisor of my newspaper and we made the decision that it was best for me to use my skills as a journalist and my pagds as an actress and someone who wants to create change to come here where the action was and we had some people stay back and report in parkland because we knew that was important as well to talk about. What was your day today as a journalist . I pretty much spent the entire time in the student area. I wouanted to be with my friend. I walked around. I took interviews of people who came from los angeles, chicago, people that came from new town and i got a lot of peoples stories and i waulked around on the side and met with this woman who had lost her dotter to gun violence and it was an amazing experience. Julian, what were you hoping for today and what do you feel was accomplished . A big crowd and that was more than accomplished. It showed law makers were not going anywhere and were here to stay sfw stay. I want to go to parkland now. 800,000 people in washington. Theres so many things about this march we saw in washington today weve never seen before in other events like it in washington. Tell us about what happened in parkland today. The turnout was so unbelievable. We had about 30 thousand are rr people come today. It was so unbelievable. We had people all around town, other towns. It was so great. We had several students come canning up today. President and Michelle Obama tweeted today michelle and i are so inspired by all the young people who made todays marches happen. Keep that. Nothing can can stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change. What does it mean to you when the former president and first lady send that message to you . It means a lot. It really means a lot. Even people who didnt know my name until now, it meant a lot. It it showed me that my words do matter and my voice especially does matter and people like even got emotional about the words i was speaking, the truth i was speaking. Its something magical, empowering and something that makes me feel more resilient than i already am. Theres a lot of talk on the stage about how everyone involved in this, the younger students are on their way to being voters. Some of them will be voters this year but others within the next cup canal of years and certainly a lot of politicians were watching. None of them on that stage today. But what is your message to the politicians who this demonstration was trying to reach today . That if you dont change what you want and everybody else wants, were going to vote you out. And what theyve always been relying on is that these newly registered voters are the voters who very frequently dont show up in the polls. Do you feel a change in that now . 100 . After krv rr seen tive seen th of young people out there today, i think its going to be crazy in november when we vote sdplp h. How much off the talk was about voting them out. One of the speeches. After all the speeches today, our politicians heard our voices about gun reform that we want change. Rebecca, has your journalism turned up where and how the decision was made, that there would be no adult speakers on the stage in washington today had can i have to say was absolutely brilliant. For me, a lot of my friends were on the stages. I think it was also really empowering for me. We asked George Clooney like the eagle eye newspaper if we could interview him and he sent us back a letter saying i think you should be interviewing only the kids. That message coming from people that are adults, that they want the kids can to be that forefront of this is so empowering to me and i think all of us. Sometimes were dissolutioned whether our Voice Matters and were able to see that we do have a voice and able to make a change. And George Clooney was there and his wife was with with him, stephen speielberg was there. None of them trying to get on that stage and none of them trying to speak and all of them being very friendly with people wanting to take pictures with them but none of them seeking any of that attention. Thats a very unusual thing. Usually they use celebrities as a draw and there were celebrity singers up there helping with the spirit of the event but they left it up to you to deliver that message today. Did you feel a responsibility, that kind of responsibility when youre up there . Yeah, most definitely. This movement alone is already youth led and thats something that something you would never, ever seen and the fact that so many young people were given this opportunity to speak and vocalize thoughts its so inspiring. So empowering. I cant stress that word enough. Were going to have to take a break here. Coming up, we will be joined by a survivor that spoke from sandy hook today. And every law maker has to be ready for what was happening on that stage today. These kids are moving the mountain. No wuone thought could be moved. 30 savings for safe drivers. Coming at you with my brandnew vlog. Just making some ice in my freezer here. So check back for that followup vid. This is my cashew guy bruno. Holler at em, brun. Kicking it live and direct here at the fountain. Should i go habanero or maui onion . Should i buy a chinchilla . Comment below. Did i mention i save people 620 for switching . Chinchilla update got that chinchilla after all. Say what up, rocco. The dual adjustability of the sleep number bed allows each of you to adjust to your ideal level of firmness, comfort and support. Your sleep number setting. For your best. Sleep. Ever. In the morning, youll discover the amazing effects the bed is having on your sleep quality. 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And a sophomore at Chevy Chase High School and a junior at Montgomery Blair high school in silver spring. And jackson, what grade were you in at sandy hook elementary . Are i was at reed intermediate school. I was in sixth grade. But all the schools with were locked down that day. We were in lock down for about five 1 2 hours. And here you are in high school. A lot of people believed that sandy hook was going to pbe the thing that made this town, washington, finally react. That didnt happen. Here we are again. Do you see Something Different now than after sandy hook . I see that these students are older and they have the maturity and a different level of knowledge to use their voices and they took advantage of the mead cruthdia they have. When it happened in sandy hook, sixth gradearrs didnt know howo start foundations by themselves and these High Schoolers have lived through these shootings. Theyve already had enough and when it came to their town, they had the anger and the knowledge to start a movement. Rachel, the nra and most of the Republican Party says youre not old enough to talk about these things and think about these things and theres no reason for people to spend the day listening to High School Students as we did today in washington. There could cannant have been clearer proof of how wrong that is today. As the youth, we are the future. We are the next generation, 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 react. Put whats it like to be a Public School student anywhere in america can on the day when these shootings occur . It doesnt happen in krour school. But does it feel like it could . Kryes. I feel like we are scared. We dont know if the next shootings going to be at our school. I dont know where its going to happen and i dont want to be next and thats why this movement is happening. Jackson, one of the things about the stage today in washington is it wasnt just the kids from parkland. It was quite a wide geographic distribution and recognizing theres a variety of different ways to die from guns. There were kids from chicago talking about the kind of murder in the streets that can can occur there randomly and otherwise. So this seems to me today to be the event that really pulled all gun violence together and put the focus on where that violence am cans from, which is guns. You know and i think a lot of people when they think of gun violence, they think of the Mass Shootings we see so highly broadcast. Paddock with wihis bump stock a nickilous cruise with the ar15 but the majority do am can from handguns and some people may not have known that, some may have. But its not just about the Mass Shootings. 96 americans are killed every day. What the point of showing all the different gun violence, the chicago kids, the sandy hook kids and the parkland kids is while most of them were Mass Shootings, gun violence takes on so many more forms than the highly broadcasted Mass Shootings. Where were you on this issue before the shooting at stoneman douglas. I definitely knew that i wanted gun control. But i was nowhere near as passionate as today. Its sad it takes a tragedy to bring us to where we are now in terms of the discussion ca, the national dialogue. But im glad were coming to our senses and realizing this is an issue we cant stand by and let innocent people be killed just because were apathetic. Did february 14th change this issue for you . It emphasized the issue. It was the day i feel most people were like something really, really needs to change. People were scared this was going to happen after sandy hook and it didnt. 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But for you, one pill a day may provide symptom relief. Ask your doctor about xeljanz xr. An unjection™. Can you please repeat these words after me. Spread the word. Have you heard all across the nation. We are going to be a great generation. Our elected officials have seen american after american drop from a bullet and instead of waking up to protect us, they have been hitting the Snooze Button but were here to shake them awake. Each has a local office in their district. So pay them a vizt or organize a town hall. Theyll be home for the next two weeks for congressional recess. Have them hear you out because they work for us. Joining our discussion now. His youngest son daniel was killed five years ago in the sandy hook shooting in connecticut. And a student at Timber Creek High School in orlando. Hes here with his mother, jill. Everyone here marched in the march in washington today. Mark, youve been to a number of events and protests 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 un of the adults that would speak on a 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 over 18 on that stage. The content, the production value. I think it was so powerful, so impactful. They got an amazing message across. Were in the midst of 800,000 people all speaking the same language and the same message. It was incredible. Jordan, what made you want to be here in washington today . What made me want to be here is im tired of going to school and being afraid and i can could have just stayed in orlando but so could have the parkland can kids. So i needed to come up here and support my fellow epeers. Them living two hours away from me. And in orlando, youve been through this before in a mass shooting in a night club there. The School Shootings have a different feel and different vulnerability. But what made you want to support this today and make sure your son was here . Well, i have a son who goes to School Every Day and knowing when i send him to school not knowing whether hes going to come can a back, i feel as a parent we need to be there