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Forever. my administration is determined to do everything in our power to protect our students, secure our schools, and keep weapons out of the hands of those who pose a threat to themselves and to others. >> harris: that was the president talking about what has happened at santa fe high school, the outside of houston, the area here, in harris county. let's bring in now congressman randy weber, who represents the district in which the school sits. congressman, thank you for being with me. and i just want to press in a little bit, i talked with a student, a sophomore from the school moments ago...

Congressman, we have had this person described as a student as well. >> well, that's what i understand, too, again harris, this is unfolding. we are getting a lot of reports. i've been in contact, as i said, with a lot of the local law enforcement officials. some of it is unconfirmed. i heard your report of, i think, 8 of the 10 confirmed fatalities. the santa fe school district police officer was in a really bad way, they're trying to save that officer right now. so we're praying for that officer. so this is kind of the very fluid situation unfolding. but, again, our thoughts and prayers go o...

Of these cases that we see. >> harris: looking at the scene right now, and we haven't had a lot of live video in recent minutes. partially they're scouring that come bus looking for -- campus looking for explosive devices. we don't want to give anybody's positions away as they try to find the stuff, they are looking for the public's help. i'm curious to know how many device these found and what, we had it described earlier, what a bobby trap would have looked like. wouldn't that have taken some time to do this? >> absolutely takes time. remember, they aren't just committed to the school, they ...

Across the country have done it. more people have to do it. it takes resources, time, money. but it can be done. >> harris: one of the congressmen told me they have $63 billion, next week he'll talk with the secretary of education to spend some of that on hardening schools as target, resource officers and so on. bob strang, appreciate your time and expertise, thank you. >> thank you, har miss. >> harris: let me tell you how the dagen with this story. with these people, with our hearts now focused on an area outside of houston, texas. santa fe, texas this morning, believed that a student carryi...

Suchts, principals, superintendents, school boards, announce we're not going to leave our kids defenseless. we are going to defend our schools from crazy people with guns. >> harris: police officers have told me just in a broader sense that i've interviewed, you have to start to treat schools the same way that you would any other target m society. they are soft targets, you aren't protecting them like hard targets. >> we have such mass communication, everybody sees everything. there's always been a phenomenon of copycat killers. everybody sees everything. everyone is seeing mass shootings. we ...