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Case something like this had happened at your school? >> yeah, we have had a lockdown drill earlier in the year. we go through it as if someone were going to do it, and rico in the classroom and lock the doors and turn off the lights and if you can get off it campus, what actually happened, totally forgot all of that and just ran >> dana: we are glad that you are safe and we are sorry for what you've been through this morning, we appreciate you joining us, michael romero, thank you. let's bring in former new york antiterrorism task force and school security advisor. while we wait for the press...

There's going to be a lockdown drill next week. talk to your kid. and it's about imminent threat. if something happens this is what they should do. you know, go in a corner, i mean, this is what parents are getting day after day, week after week and this is really real for people. schools are not safe. schools are not safe. malls are not safe. theaters are not safe. movies are not safe, if you go to a movie it's not safe and so it is a real, real issue and so what we need now is a movement. and i think that's what beto is trying to lean into. it's like we need a movement. the parkland students...

If you operate a retail store or if you operate a movie theater, or if you operate a restaurant, places that have historically been safe for us as a society are no longer safe. i'm a parent, and anybody who is a parent has to deal with their child coming home from school the day or the afternoon of a lockdown drill and has to deal with the conversation at the dinner table about the possibility of a shooter coming into their school. and they know older children know that this is a reality, that this has happened. and so when they practice these drills, it has an impact on them. gun violence is ...

There's going to be a lockdown drill next week, talk to your kid. and it's about imminent threat. twhas parents are getting day after day, week after week. this is really real for people. schools are not safe. schools are not safe. malls are not safe. theaters are not safe. movies are not safe. if you go to a movie it's not safe. so it is a real issue. so what we need now is a movement. and i think that's what beto is trying to lean into. he's like we need a movement. the parkland students tried to do it with march for our lives and they got a lot of young people out in 2018. we need to build ...

A lockdown drill. there is worry about the fact that we or our friends could get shot at school. can you tells what will be done about these acceptsless tragedies? >> as a kid and as a parent, there is nothing that could be more terrifying for a kid to go to school and not feel safe. i'm sorry that you feel that way. this administration takes his seriously. and the school safety commission that the president convened is meeting this week. again, an official meeting, to discuss the best ways forward and how we can do every single thing within our power to protect kids in our schools. >> that wa...