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Students from d.c. schools, maryland, virginia. these kids around me have been taking public transportation throughout the morning to make their way here in front of the white house. this is where that 17-minute moment of silence will take place. stephanie, organizers have asked students here to turn their backs to the white house. i just want to pan over here to set the scene for you of what will happen starting at 10:00 a.m. today. then after that, these kids will walk to capitol hill where they will meet lawmakers including chuck schumer, speaker nancy pelosi, veteran civil rights leader john lewis as well as congressman ted deutch. student speakers will be paired with lawmakers in solidarity during that event. we re expecting visual, powerful moments here at the nation s capital as students across the nation, stephanie, say enough. but do they have a specific ask? reporter: most students we ve spoken to here say that after so ....
1500 students. they ended up getting almost 4,000 according to one police officer i spoke to. after they gave their backs to the white house, they all started marching toward capitol hill, behind me, demanding change from lawmakers. they heard from senator bernie sanders and from veteran civil rights leader john lewis, which provided that inner-generational dialog that motivated a lot of kids today and saw senator elizabeth warren. i asked what was it about parkland that ignited these change and she said it is the kids that kept the momentum and that is a wrap up here on the nation s capitol. and we ll see more action here on the 24th. so not an issue that is going away at all. thank you. marianna here in washington. let s go to jacob soberoff on the ground in los angeles. a little quiet now but a busy ....