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Really left it up to you. you, the speakers on the stage to tlideliver that message toda. did you feel that kind of responsibility when you're up there? >> yeah, most definitely. this movement alone is already youth led. that's something that like something you have never ever seen. the fact that so many young people were given this opportunity to speak and vocalize their thoughts and their demands. vocalize their voice. it's just so inspiring and so empowering. i can't stress that word enough. it's just so empowering and just so beautiful to see that. >> we'll have to take break here. thank y...

Alyssa would never. meadow pollock would never. >> leading off our discussion this evening, edna chaves. a 17-year-old student in los angeles. she also spoke at today's march in washington. they both marched in washington today. from parkland, florida is another of their fellow students, junior adam bookwall who spoke in parkland, florida. edna, you were up on that stage today. >> i was really nervous.

Taken money from the nra. you better bring that check to the bank and put it in your retirement fund because we're going to vote you out. >> jackson middlemon joins us now. also joining us two high school students from maryland. jackson, what grade were you in at sandy hook elementary when the murder came in? >> i was not at sandy hook elementary. i was at reid intermediate school. i was in sixth grade. >> all the schools were lockeddown that day? >> yes. we were in lock down for about five and a half hours. >> here you are in high school. a lot of people believe that sandy hook was going to b...

♪ out of shadows ♪ the story of us >> here's the way it looked around the country. in new york city there were 175,000 people marching today. we don't have crowd estimates for most of the other cities but thousands marched in los angeles, san francisco, chicago, boston, raleigh, north carolina boise, idaho. one of the speakers in washington today was jackson midd middlemon who was a survivor of sandy hook in 2012 when 20 children and six educators were murdered. >> mr. trump, congress, the senate and all elect eed leader of america, you have failed us. we have had enough of your nra agenda...

>> i think it's important to remember that as the youth, we are the future. we're the next generation. we're the future of this country and once the current generation is gone, we're up next. >> jackson, when this shooting occurred on valentine's day, it's one thing for us adults in the news media we have to react so we think about it a lot. one of the things i wonder about is what is it like to be a high school student in america on the day when these shootings occur? it doesn't happen in your school but does it feel like it could? >> yes. feel like being a high school student today we are sc...