And what happens after demonstrators flood the streets in many other cities you can see here around the country today, san francisco, dallas, boston, atlanta, miami and l. A. , just some of the places where crowds were even larger than expected. In washington this was of course led not by an interest group, not by a long planned political process, but led by people who became activists because they were survivors, students from parkland, from the massacre that left 17 murdered and is now spreading around the country. I would like to not worry about dying and focus on math and science and playing basketball with my friends. [ cheers ]. Dont i deserve to grow up . For far too long, these names, these black girls and women have been just numbers. Im here to say never again for those girls, too. Its time for the nation to realize gun violence is more than a chicago problem or parkland problem, its an american problem. I have lived in south l. A. My entire life and have lost many loved ones to gun violence. This is normal. Normal to the point that i have learned to duck from bullets before i learned how to read it was a movement that went global today. The marches ranged across Six Continents and here in america across all 50 states. Another important number is five. Thats how many School Shootings we have seen since the parkland massacre just 38 days ago. Now, the Mission Statement of this march was pretty clear. Organizers saying theyre demanding a comprehensive and effective bill immediately before congress to address all of these gun issues. What does that legislation look like . After today are we closer to it becoming a reality . We want to take our live coverage here and go forward into what comes next. Christine linenin is with me. Her son was killed in the Pulse Night Club shooting in orlando and our other two guests survived a mass shooting and also joined by our democratic strategist who has an eye on what will go down in congress. Across the table today, what did today mean to you . It was epic. It was epic highs and epic lows. I couldnt believe the number of speakers that touched me emotionally and the support in the community. Its endearing to know that so many people are taking gun violence seriously now. This has been brewing, i know since my sons murder ive been vocal but it hasnt reached the level of parkland, and i think its because there were three Hurricane Force shootings in four and a half months. So these kids grow up with active shooter drills and then they get hit bam, bam, bam, one category i hurricane after another, vegas, sullivan springs and then them. How do you rebound from that psychologically . These kids are rebounding in the only way they know and thats to speak out and they speak out in social media and they rallied the world. It was so inspiring to see the students today, their courage, their initiative. Most cant even vote yet but it will be a tidal wave when they can, i think. And its just its amazing. And i know christine just mentioned the active shoot aer drills. Theyve grown up with this in their schools and they are demanding change and we are there to support them as the other survivors of shootings and the other tragedies. Jason . These kids today just amazing. The air around everyone there, when it was silent, it was so silent and when it got loud, it was so loud. Such a great feeling. The vegas shooting, we survived along with 20 other people, it just took these 14 kids to start a revolution. It was unbelievable to see finally something happening. Yeah, these young people have taken a really tragic moment and turned it into a global movement. This is not going to go away any time soon. If you look across history, every movement thats been powerful has been started by young people, 18yearolds, 19yearolds and 20yearolds. I think were seeing that now. And whats also awesome to me, the undertone was highly political, even though it want partisan. We have Carlos Guillermo smith in the pulse district elected there. We are see mothers and these young people planning to run for office to get rid of these elected officials who do nothing on both sides of the aisle for that matter. I think the power for the political moment and the democracy in action is whats going to resonate for decades to come. Lets take a listen to a few democrats talking about what they saw today and perhaps being more vocal on this issue than they have been at other times in recent history. A. R. 15s dont belong in our streets. These kids are holding us accountable. The young people who were out there in the street today, they are not going to settle for the same old same old. They want change and they have the energy. Theyre teaching us. Im not giving them a message, theyre giving as you message. Jason, how do you test that against what politicians also do, certainly in both party, which is say the right things on the right day and then move along . I think its a matter of creating this moment and turning it into this movement. We need to keep pushing and keep making sure they do more. We see small pieces happening, but we really need comprehensive reform. I think this is what starts today. I think we started with a million in d. C. It going to grow. This is just the beginning. You see them empowered. They want to go out and do more. Theyre young kids with a long life ahead of them and a lot of time on their hands to make sure something happens. Did either of you who lived through a similar type of mass shooting have strong views on gun control before hand or do you feel this was a process where you got more engaged afterward . I certainly got more engaged. Now 40 of americans know someone who has died by gun violence and more and more people every day sadly, and those people are going to get their families involved, their friends involved, their communities involved to make sure that this comprehensive change happens. And im certainly one of them. I grew up in suburban florida, not that far from both pulse and parkland. Many of my friends owned guns back then and i just thought it was normal, thought it was a normal part of life. I moved up to the northeast and a lot of my more conservative friends would tell me how fine it was. At that time i didnt know the issue until i was under gun fire. Thats the moment that i woke up. This is not acceptable. Change needs to happen. It wasnt an issue for me and now its the only issue for me. Well, im hopeful and optimistic but cautiously optimistic because, like you say, people, politicians put the spin on it, say the right words, get elected and do nothing. And thats been historical. And even though young people have been the voice or power to change historically as well, im cautiously optimistic because im going to wait until november. And november will be telling. It will we will know whether this march was effective. I totally agree with you. You know, what has me really fired up and jazzed up and hopeful about today, the energy was just infectious. Even out in the green room here the energy is awesome. But i am really hopeful because the politicians arent the power. The people are the power. And we saw that on display today. And i think that, you know, just listening to these young folks talk about their movement that theyre creating, it is inclusive. It compassionate. This issue is not one thats about any single group. Its actually about us all collectively and the diversity that was on display, the many voices raised up, i thought that was exactly who we want to be as a nation and where were going and thats the power. I think that will demonstrate and play out in our politics. It makes me hopeful these are the people who are leading us right now and we have so much to learn from them. Im certainly inspired. You know that one of the reasons this is a tough issue is people tend to respond a lot more intensely to having something taken away. So the people who care deeply their guns are the ones to tend to get upset either because they think it will affect them or they are wrongly told that because of these groups, a lot of them affect a small subset responsible for so much damage. What do you think about the politics of that, knowing how hard thats been, specifically for democrats . A lot of democrats felt they lost seats in the 94 race after the assault weapons ban . Were decades away from that. I think were a different america. This idea that we dont want something taken from us. So many young peoples lives have been taken from us and they are so much more profound and meaningful than somebody as gun that i dont even think the two go hand in hand. Lets be real. The nra spend a ton of money. I love the labels people were wearing today, marco rubio, calling him out for the fact that hes taken over 3. 3 million by the nra. If you divide that by the number of students in the state of fla florida, technically the value is 1. 05 per student, right . The fact that marco rubio doesnt really value students is real. We have to talk about those lives, those lives matter. They cant be taken away from us. Forget the guns. Thank you to each of you. We have a bit more on some of what you just mentioned later in the hour. I also want to share something from a speech from the granddaughter of dr. Martin luther king jr. Were also going to look at how the parkland generation is using social media to galvanize and organize and a woman who received backlash for destroying her own gun. All that next. You wont find th. Ill take you there. Take this left. If you listen real hard you can hear the whales. Oop. You hear that . vo our Subaru Outback lets us see the world. Sometimes in ways we never imagined. avo get 0 apr financing on allnew 2018 Subaru Outback models. Now through april 2nd. Oh very nice. Now im turning into my dad. I text in full sentences. I refer to every child as chief. This hat was free. What am i supposed to do, not wear it . Next thing you know, im telling strangers defense wins championships. Well, it does. Right . Why is the door open . Are we trying to air condition the whole neighborhood . At least i bundled home and auto on an internet website, progressive. Com. Progressive cant save you from becoming your parents, but we can save you money when you bundle home and auto. I mean, why would i replace this . Its not broken. Welcome to the revolution. [ cheers and applause ] it is a powerful and peaceful one because it is of, by and for the young people of this country. Americans are being attacked in churches, night clubs, movie theaters and on the streets, but we the people can fix this. One big feature of this particular event today that was different than many in the past was social media. It stitched together the march in washington and many events as we were just discussing around the country and the world, starting with the first moments of the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman douglas high school, which themselves were shared on social media. I want to warn you before we play this, although its part of the reality, but it also may be distressing. [ gunshot ] my god. That was social media showing what was happening. Since then many students have parkland, florida have made their voices heard pro actively and theyve used social media to call people out, to criticize what they want to change and to organize each other under hash tags like never again. That is part of what led up to todays event organized by those same students. Many took the opportunity today to talk to their fellow classmates about being voters. At some point we have to stop and realize enough is enough we are here because our voices matter. We are here because we know we can make a change. Weve already seen what we can do. Our voices do matter. March, rally and register to vote. Never let anybody tell you what you can or cant do. We are the change we wish to see in the world. We are the future. Enough is enough a colleague of mine who has been looking at so long media not only as content but also as part of democracy, as part of civic organizer is nbcs savannah sellers and she was right by many peoples sides as she took it in today. We were there the first time they saw the stage and them just saying i cant believe my school made something this big. Other students are coming up to them telling them thank you for starting this, im 17, youre 17, the same age at me and youre my role model now. Savannah joins me. Thanks for being here. Absolutely. Thanks for having me. A long day. One of the things that we saw today that youve been looking at up close is what happens online doesnt always stay online, it goes off line. Talk to us about how these communications and this organizing online helped build what looked like bigger events. Absolutely. So from the first moment of that video you just played when the shooting was taking place, ive been down in parkland a couple times and talking to kids about stuff like that. They just said it was my first reaction, i took my phone out and snapchatted it because ive done it a thousand times. Thats what this age does. Theyre using those same tools theyre so used to using to communicate with their friends to communicate about Something Like this. As these kids gain traction, Emma Gonzalez with millions of twitter signs now. How many signs did you see with Emma Gonzalezs face on there . Kids are being so inspired by kids that look like them because theyre their age. There are little girl as young as 6 years old saying she inspired them. Theyre 6. After i was walking out of the march, this sounds like i was making it up, it was too perfect. There were little girls on bicycles saying i met Emma Gonzalez today. They want to rally around kid that look just like them and these are kid that have platforms of literally millions at a time when theyre coming of voting age. I want to talk about david, very well spoken obviously. Lets take a listen. For the first time voters show up 18 of time in midterm elections. Not anymore. And to thol politic those polit support the nra that allow them to threaten our future, you say get your resumes ready. Some my question the more we put on these students and they start to pick up the mannerisms, you come into the studio often enough, put on makeup often enough, it could happen to anyone. They pick up some of the ticks and habits of older professional organizers, is the movement be professionalized and how did you see the folks balancing the many roles theyre being asked to play about something thats so near and dear to them, they lost so many of their fellow students. Thats an interesting question. Ive run the gamut of knowing the kids, i have a show on snapchat as well as kids in the classrooms who havent been all over doing speeches and stuff like that. I this its a balancing act. I will say david speaks now like he could be a politician right now. I think that a couple things. I think that, you know, if you agree with these kids, theyre 17 and 18 years old, i dont even want to call them kids because what theyre doing is so powerful. Theyre 17 and 18 years old and theyre your heros. If you disagree with them, i heard a lot today theres a possibility that youre scared of them and that either way is power. And i talked to a bunch of people out there volunteering to get kids, young people who are about to be 18, about to be 18, encouraging them to register to vote. I asked did you get a lot to register . We did but more surprising was how many people we went up to and they said we already have registered because of this. And its fine, thats the process. You figure what grows out of what has moved a lot of people today, a very big gathering led by what are untraditional or novice, in the best sense of the word, novice activists. Donald trump was in florida today. He went quiet as hundreds of thousands marched around the country. The president is irrelevant. Hes just going to do what the nra tells them to do. But these young people standing up, registering to vote and voting, this should be the ultimate bipartisan issue. Theres nothing republican or democratic about reducing gun violence and letting kids have their childhoods. And if there is no Supreme Court stated right to assaultstyle weapons, why do you hear that argument so much . I have a special guest, a woman who posted her own video destroying her own a. R. 15 when we continue. We lost a president , president kennedy. We lost a leader by the name of Martin Luther king jr. Because of gun violence. 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