javier: pasamos a tallahassee, hemos tenido o los pasos de este movimiento. danae: muy buenas tardes, dio mente me encuentro en tallahassee, frente del capitolio. como pueden ver, hay cientos de personas que decidieron marchar hoy, no solamente desde aquÍ es tallahassee, tambiÉn de otras partes del paÍs. hay carteles por todas partes. uno dice, nunca mÁs armas de fuego. primero nuestros hijos, no las armas de fuego. vamos a caminar un poco, si el camarÓgrafo me ayuda. >> estamos apoyando los estudiantes, porque ellos son el futuro de nuestro paÍs. esta es mi hija, es estÁ en la preparatoria. es el apoyo porque se lo merecen ellas.. danay: vamos a caminar un poco mÁs, si mi camarÓgrafo me ayuda. vamos a buscar mÁs testimonios. querÍa saber por quÉ estÁs acá y quÉ estas apoyando. >> yo estoy aquÍ con todos los jÓvenes. danay: estas apoyando leyes mÁs fuertes para las armas de fuego? >> sÍ. danay: vamos a hacer un recorrido para que vean quÉ estÁ pasando. la avenida fue cerrada, la policÍa estÁ activa. hay apoyo de la comunidad lgbt. puede

with legislators in tallahassee. giuliana matamoros is among those making the trip and she spoke to me right before she left. tell me what you're doing today, how many people you are travelling with, what your expectations are? we are going to tallahassee. we're going to get there around eight o'clock. i'm going with about 100 kids. and our expectations for tomorrow, because that is when all the meetings are, is to be able to talk to these representatives, people who have authority, and for them to listen to us. for them to consider a change so nothing like this can happen again. we really want our voices to be heard. to have an opportunity to be able to talk to them is amazing. we are making history, we are doing this for our angels that we gained. and i'm so very proud of my school that we're doing this. i'm proud of my nation

we want to go back to tallahassee, joining me is rachel catangna a sophomore. you can't see the pictures i'm looking at right now but what's happening is that students in high schools from high schools across florida are walking out right now to show their solidarity with you. how does that make you feel? >> that makes me feel great. i mean, just knowing that not only my -- my friends but the whole entire state and really the whole world with us makes me feel so amazing and that just drives me more to know that things are going to change. >> you've been in tallahassee since yesterday, meeting with lawmakers, do you feel you're making a difference? >> oh, yes, definitely, for sure. we woke up early yesterday and spent all day meeting with legislators and everything and talking to them and really getting our point across that there needs to be change and to make america safer. >> what are you pushing them on specifically? i understand that you've been challenging lawmakers on ar-15s, what questions have you been asking? >> yes, well, see my thing is i don't -- th

diane gallagher in tallahassee, thanks so much for that report. i do want to go live now to the site of tonight's cnn town hall. we're bringing shooting survivors face to face with florida politicians and the nra on a national stage for stand-up. the students of stoneman douglas demand action. kaylee, tell us about the plan for this. >> reporter: well, brianna, in of the students with diane in tallahassee and many more will be bringing passion and outrage here to the bbt center tonight. more than 5,000 people confirmed they will attend. cnn's production staff conducting an audio check to get ready for the 9:00 p.m. event behind me. but what you can expect to see here tonight, those students and those survivors from stoneman douglas as well as their parents and teachers and administerers having the opportunity to begin a conversation with elected officials and even a spokesperson from the nra. on that stage tonight, i mentioned elected officials but most notably, senator marco rubio, a man who has taken more money from the nra than any other politi

live pictures right now of tallahassee, florida. students who survived the parkland school shooting bringing their fight to lawmakers at the state capitol. they're demanding, some of them are, tougher gun control laws. others want other restrictions. among those facing pressure, florida's united states senator marco rubio. he'll participate tonight in a cnn town hall with these students, parents, and community members. help us set the stage. what do the survivors most expect this evening? >> well, john, that emotion and passion and outrage you hear in tallahassee today, many of those survivors of stoneman douglas will bring it here that the bb&t center tonight. more than 5,000 people have already confirmed they will attend this town hall, an opportunity for the students of stoneman douglas, their parents, teachers, and administrators to sit face to face with lawmakers, even a spokeswoman from the nra, and ask very pointed questions. you can expect that spotlight to be brightest, though, on republican senator of florida, marco rubio.

and also some survivors headed here to washington and tallahassee. we'll talk about what that could really mean. >>> plus that security clearance crack down. new rules about to go into effect. what does that mean with jared kushner who still does not have his permanent clearance. >>> foreign policy and a secret meeting between the vice president and koreans that was scrapped at the last minute. >>> remembering billy graham. the pastor to presidents going back to harry truman. much more on the life and death of graham and part of my conversation with his son about his father's legacy and impact on the world of politics. >>> we'll start in with what's happening in florida and washington. that surge we've been talking been on that program on student activism, the fight against gun violence. intel at the warehouse and in florida in tallahassee. i want to again with kristin welker. you have some support on the listening session that's going to happen this afternoon. >> reporter: that's right, halle. according to white house officials two dozen student and

heading out to tallahassee. why are you going there. >> we are going there because we are trying to spark change. we have seen the same cycle happen over and over again the past few years. a tragedy happened. people fight for it and then within two weeks it's gone. as you can see we are not backing down. we are going to go talk to legislators and try to reform at least some of the current bills. we are not allowed to introduce any of our own bills right now. at least that will be a start for us starting to talk about change what weapons people can get their hands on, mental health reform, everything. >> charlotte, i know a lot of people are wondering how are the students doing? you are very composed now very articulate but emotionally, how are you doing? >> it's been really hard honestly, spending a lot of time with my friends as a group has been really helpful. putting most of our energy towards trying to change everything is helping a lot. we know there is going to be something positive that comes out of trage

kimberly, we're watching these scenes out of tallahassee. there are giant crowds going to the state capitol demanding something from lawmakers down there. there's ocala, florida, on the upper right. not to be cynical, but the news hasn't moved away from this. is this sort of pressure we're seeing on tv enough to not only convince donald trump, but convince lawmakers that something needs to be done and not just something little or incremental, but something substantial when you have young people who are so scared, young people who are so angry, young people who are posing the question, what do you value more, me or your rights as a gun owner? >> i think that's the difference we've seen here. yes, it's just been a week. in most of these cases of mass shootings that are really horrifying, by the time seven days have passed it was not even in the headlines at all anymore. these are young people that are not only motivated, they're media savvy and politically savvy and they're using that to keep this issue in the forefront. if they're able to mai

thank you, tallahassee. thank you all. i yield my time. >> and that was andre santos, a student at stoneman douglas high school. one of many survivors of gun massacres who took to the podium there in tallahassee to essentially call on the legislature there to pass common sense gun laws or vote them out. that was what they were chanting. you're also look iing at live pictures are from parkland, florida, where students have taken to the streets to march in solidarity with all those who are in tallahassee right now and frankly those at the white house here in washington as well. a very powerful message as we continue to monitor these live pictures and these live protests. i want to welcome now mela baxter who are is a teacher in florida. thank you so much for joining us on this historic day. i think we have really never seen anything like this. students of this age let iting their voices be heard all across the country, calling for change, calling for change in florida where they voted against considering legislation. i want

diane gallagher, our correspondent on the ground in tallahassee. the students, i take it, diane, they were pretty disappointed, discouraged by their meetings with lawmakers. is that right? diane, i don't know if you can hear me. can you hear me, diane? we're going to try to reconnect. we're going to try to connect with diane. unfortunately, we lost her. she's on the scene. she's been covering all of these dramatic moments and very, very powerful words from these students who survived that massacre just the other day. tonight's town hall, cnn's town hall comes hours after florida's republican controlled house refused to debate a ban on assault weapons, like the ar-15 rifle that was used to kill 17 students and teachers in parkland, florida. today students from parkland, they're demanding answers. >> i know i've been walking into office after office after office, and i've maybe only spoken to three representatives, two of which already agreed with me. i want to see those people who have spoken out against this. i want to see those people who shot dow

that's students in tallahassee moments ago inside the state capitol. they're trying to get to the governor's office. students coming out in force. among them, students from marjory stoneman douglas. police say the gunman pulled a fire alarm, waited for his former classmates and teachers and others to gather and then he gunned them down. >> i'm here to demand change. the laws should be used for a catalyst of change in our country today. we will make change and if not today, tomorrow. and if not tomorrow, the day after that and the day after that until we achieve the change that we want in this country. >> no one should ever have to go through what we went through. 17 of our classmates and teachers were murdered at the hands of a mentally unstable monster. something that easily could have been prevented by a proper background check and a mental health exam. an evil board with a weapon of war took 17 people from their families. >> i don't know exactly what needs to be done. i know what we're doing now is nowhere near enough. if i have to keep seeing neigh

we saw three buses leave a short time ago for the state capitol in tallahassee. more than 100 students got on board the buses beforehand. they're with their parents and many carrying pillows or sleeping bags for the trip. it about a 400-mile ride. they'll ride there on buses and meet with state legislators and also they're going to push for a major anti-gun rally tomorrow. we talked to some of the students about after such a harrowing week, why were they going to tallahassee? here's what one said. >> these are people. people with real lives that have been affected by this in the grand scheme of things. it's something that we're going to be affected by our entire life. nothing is going to change that. the way we come out of this will shape the rest of our lives. >> there's three more weeks in the legislative session in tallahassee. these students are pushing for concrete change. the pressure for change is really building. we've seen rallies across the state a cross the country. not just the students but their parents are involved as well. interestingly we've heard

and now up in tallahassee. it looks like in washington, d.c. in march. neil: steve you mentioned washington, d.c., it might be before march. do you know whether any of these students are among those who might make it to the white house tomorrow for this summit the president is having with those affected, directly or indirectly bit shooting? >> i don't know. i know that, that there are students planning to be up in tallahassee but i'm not sure if any of them are are going up there for that tomorrow. neil: finally, it wasn't just exclusively your reporting but reports have gotten out that the gunman, nikolas cruz, had multiple guns that he bought up to 10 rifles over the past year. all without incident. in other words, he was approved for each and every purchase. do we know much more on that or where he presumably kept the other nine guns because the people who were sharinging their home with him had no idea, certainly about those other ones? >> yeah, we don't. in terms of the total, yeah, we haven't been able to independently confirm that number but it do

students and survivors of last week's high school shooting a fellow florida -- in florida head to tallahassee. this as also make the move to ban gun devices like the rapidfire bump stocks used in last year's massacre in las vegas. the french government steps up its plan to control immigration today, introducing new measures for the ministry's council. it will speed of asylum applications and makes it easier to deport people. this hour, who is afraid of artificial intelligence? the hugeort highlights risks posed by this rapidly developing technology. we will have the details in our business update. and the latest in our focus on poland series this week. view onage citizen's the wave of nationalism that is growing across the country. first, though, our top story live from paris. ♪ genie: we start first and eastern ghouta, the suburb just outside the syrian capital of damascus. that area held by rebels has been pounded by those russian and syrian airstrikes with devastating consequences. at least 250 people have been killed in two full days of bombings, with half the when aies tuesday hospital

descending on tallahassee. they are demanding some kind of gun control legislation out of their state leaders there. these are shooting survivors from parkland high school. the terrible scene of the events last wednesday when a former student is accused of marching back to school and gunning down 17 people. >> molly: remarkable pictures as we shift back to washington this session with gun violence victims comes a day after the president ordered attorney general jeff sessions to craft new gun control regulations. joining me now daniel halper, contributing editor for"the weekly standard" and free beacon. as we see pictures of the students in tallahassee i want to talk about what the president can do. he has talked about background checks and now he is calling for action on bump stocks, which did not happen successfully in congress following the las vegas shootings. how effective can the president be? >> well, in a weird way one of the things because the president is seen as such a staunch ally of second amendment

we talked to the senate president's office here in tallahassee. they say they are still going to try to consider a number of gun control measures. florida has a system where they meet annually here at the legislature. it's not a full-time legislature so they are only in session for a couple more weeks. the senate president's office said they still want to try to get some legislation through the committee process and get something to governor rick scott's desk before they leave on march 9th. on the federal level, you mentioned it, president trump has already directed the justice department to address bob starks, and there are even a number of folks and republicans in the u.s. congress were saying that the federal congress should pass something on gun control. >> a lot of americans rightly asked why it is an 18-year-old, 19-year-old able to acquire these powerful weapons when they can't buy alcohol, when they can't buy back a handgun? i think we have to do more. >> the students from parkland, florida, arrived just a couple of hours ago here in talla

this here, you're going to see there are three of us buses going up to tallahassee here. i've got senior sammy, who goes to msd. talk to me a little bit about why you're going to tallahassee. >> for reform, for change. this is not going to happen again. not at my school, not at any school. i don't want anyone to feel how i feel or how any of my fellow classmates and schoolmates feel. one of my closest friends was a victim but he's going to be okay. but another one of my close friends was a victim and he's not going to be okay. he's going to be looking down on us, but no one should have to go through this. it's tough but don't worry, everyone, it's not going to happen again. it really isn't. >> what are you going to ask those lawmakers when you get to tallahassee? >> i'm going to ask those lawmakers to do so much. we're going to have to not only do extensive checks but for these people to get guns but we're going to have to do more than that. i'm not exactly sure -- i don't have a certain plan of attack yet but i'm going to. i have a lot to tell them about that i don't wan

next month they're not going anywhere anytime soon and the alligator from tallahassee in florida and they thank you. hundreds of villages have been destroyed and more than six hundred thirty thousand people forced to leave their homes after a surge in violence in the macwrite ic republic of congo the un's refugee agency has warned that fighting in southeastern province could lead to a humanitarian disaster of extraordinary proportions charlotte bellis reports. the eastern border of the democratic republic of congo is and who morrow reports of violence to reach one thousand kilometers north to south. clashes between a ugandan rebel group and seize military in the north east has pushed civilians to make the dangerous crossing into and some are attempting to roll across lake albert one of africa's great lakes and attain a pedal when you know some died of hunger some drowned and the like there's no one to help you there's nothing to eight surviving in the bush like animals. now the south east is reaching a tipping point where humanitarian disaster extraordinary proportions is about to hi

to -- will lobby lawmakers in tallahassee to tighten gun laws. activists and parkland students and teachers will rally on the front lawn of the skate ctate c. the students already getting a quick lesson that demanding change is easier than persuading someone to vote for it. >> last night florida's republican-led state housejected a ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. the bill was defeated 37-71. of the 71 voting against it, all but four had strong ratings from the nra. the florida house vote came as some stoneman douglas students watched from the gallery, emotions ran high during the vote and after. >> the next death of someone with an assault rifle here in

nbc's maya rodriguez joins me now from tallahassee. maya? >> reporter: we just had a round of applause a few seconds ago. solve of the students are at the rally that started at noon. it has to do with gun control. a lot of students are out here, both from local high schools and florida state university. joining us is karina richardson, a high school student in leon county, leon county has given you huge access to come here. why is this important for you to come? >> it's important because my generation we now have to do active shooter drills in our school to ensure we know what to do. past generations haven't had to do that. so now we're here to make our voices heard. >>. >> reporter: karina, thank you for joining us. as you can see, there are hundreds of people out here at this rally. >> i know there's a lot of noise out there, maya. thank you for bringing those voices. we'll be checking back with you throughout the show. president trump sig flalg he might consider some modest new gun regulations. he's already stepping on his own message tod

rich edson is reporting live from tallahassee this morning for us. good morning. >> good morning, sandra. there are several events converging here on florida's state capitol in tallahassee. they have filtered through this plaza where the house and senate are and entered the door and are now lobbying their lawmakers here in florida because they say they want stronger gun control, different gun control measures here. a group of students from parkland last night arrived at a local high school here and received by hundreds of applauding and cheering members of that school, students along with faculty and family members here welcomed three bus loads of them. they had dinner, talked legislative strategy and said they were looking forward to today where they were hoping to get results. >> it's my personal message that there is a good side and there is a bad side to every issue in history. you are either with us or you are against us. >> they only have a couple weeks to do it. florida state legislature only meets once a year. this session ends in a little mo

certainly got the world listening to them right now and the many thanks and you got to go to live in tallahassee florida. it while the us president has agreed that more needs to be done to protect children in the wake of last week's shooting in florida donald trump has called for a battle of so-called bump stocks those are devices that allow a semiautomatic rifle to fire at the speed of a machine gun he's expected to speak to survivors of several mass shootings in the coming hours in what's being called a listing session heidi joe castro reports from washington. the bomb stocks a deadly threat was witnessed in october when a gunman used them to rain down bullets on a crowd in las vegas killing fifty eight people the call to ban bomb stocks was swift. but it took until now four months later for president donald trump to take action. after the deadly shooting in las vegas i directed the attorney general to clarify whether certain bob stock devices like the one used in las vegas are illegal under current law that process began in december and just a few moments ago i saied a memorandum directing th

mia rodriguez is following the action in tallahassee, florida. and kelly o'donnell is live at the white house. mia, let me start with you. a lot of movement around the state house. the students were inside and they got all of the way into governor rick scott's office and they wanted to meet with him. strangely we seem to get a response from the office that said he's too busy to meet with them or that is the response they got but then we found out the governor was at a funeral. >> reporter: so i just came out of the governor's office just a few minutes ago and it had been packed with students. they were demanding to meet with the governor rick scott of florida. they had boxes upon boxes of petition in there calling for more gun control in the state of florida. our understanding is they were told the governor would be here later today. but he was not available at that moment. we have heard previously that he planned to meet with students who had come up from parkland florida, from stoneman douglas between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. and meeting with groups

live pictures from tallahassee florida where survivors of the florida school shooting a marching to the state capitol to convince politicians to block the sale of assault style rifles the u.s. president has already called for a ban on devices that allow a semi automatic rifle to fire up much faster. canada's prime minister has emphasized that he backs a one united india during his first visit to the country just intrude on his family on an eight day talk some though in india have accused members of his cabinet of supporting sikh separatists in test reports. justin trudeau was greeted warmly as he visited the golden temple the shrine which is in india's western punjab state is the sikh faith holiest site but the canadian prime minister's visit was sensitively organized he was careful not to meet anyone openly connected to the procol is done movement alliston is what sikh separatists want to rename punjab state if it separates from india. months before trudeau's first state visit some indian politicians accused him of being sympathetic to. separatists all four of trudeau's indian canadian

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lightbulbs began going off to the south around tallahassee when people there saw his photo on tv. the search for gary hilton was about to widen. the mystery man person of interest in the meredith emerson case looked familiar to people who thought they'd seen him just about the time they'd learned about the case of another women who'd done missing, cheryl dunlap, a nurse and mother. when cheryl didn't turn up for church one december sunday in 2007 and then missed her send school class, red flags went up. next door neighbor and friend tanya land. >> i turned around in church and looked at her usual spot and she wasn't there. >> immediately we knew something was wrong, because that's just not like her. >> everyone who knew her agreed. 46-year-old cheryl was reliable. a woman solid in her faith and set in her habits. her fellow nurse friend and prayer partner laura walker. >> she always liked to hear what we call our praise reports, something good that happened with a patient or coworker. >> when monday morning rolled around and tanya still hadn't been able to retch cheryl, she walked

florida high school where seventeen people were killed last week are rallying in the state capital tallahassee they're calling for a ban on assault style weapons and stricter controls on firearms will either gallagher is at that rally in tallahassee for us you know i mean this is just the latest school shooting in the u.s. to have been around eight hundred since the start of the year countless in decades past so are the students demonstrating their own optimistic that actually their demand will be metal partially met. well they have a lot of momentum they have a lot of energy the world is listening to them right now remember these are students that over the past seven days have been attending friends' funerals going through a grieving process themselves and having covered mass shootings over the last fifteen years it does feel like this has the potential to be a tipping point but i say that with a huge dose of skepticism because of course five years ago after the sandy hook shooting in which someone walked into a school of six year olds and killed them with a nail fifteen assault rifle nothing

this is a live picture of a bus that's taking a group from parkland to tallahassee. the rally is in response to last week's deadly shooting. this morning we're learning what administrators at the accused gunman's previous school knew about him. >> reporter: from survivors to activists. >> going to tallahassee, try doing something about it. that's helping a lot. >> reporter: students from marjory stoneman douglas are bussing the 400 miles from parkland to tallahassee spreading the message of their new movement, never again. >> i'm committed to making sure no child is going to be scared going to a classroom. that's what they'll after chooefr. >> reporter: demanding lawmakers take action after their classmates were killed in wednesday's mass shooting. >> focusing on gun rite rights mental health. >> reporter: as they fight to change the future, now more questions about the suspected school shooter's past. new documents show school am tra administrators were aware of his obsession with guns. a so-called education plan from a school he attended before marjory stoneman dou

cnn's dianne gallagher is live in tallahassee with our top story. >> reporter: we're outside the tallahassee civic center right now. in just a few moments, about 100 of those students, survivors from stoneman douglas will be coming through the lobby. they slept on the floor in sleeping bags, pillows and blankets inside the civic center. then they'll come back out here and march to the capital. they have lists of demands. each student is hoping they'll get a chance to talk to these lawmakers about what it is they want to see happen so they don't have school shootings at other schools like what happened at their school one week ago today. they're setting it up sort of like this. they have a roughly 70 meetings with republicans and democrats, about ten students per meeting because they say they want the one-on-one feel. they feel they'll be more effective that way. it's a more personal feel to these meetings. they're also going to meet with the republican attorney general, pam bondi, and they're also going to meet with republican governor rick scott. they're walking out. they've got their pillo

pedir un mayor control de armas mientras sobrevivientes de a la masacre despliegan intensa actividad de tallahassee con legisladores de la florida para el control. >> televisa es salpicada por gran escÁndalo luego que una actriz denuncia que fue arrestada por un director. >> las fuertes lluvias han causado inundaciones. >> gÉrmenes de todo tipo a los que estamos expuestos en centros comerciales a los que vamos a diario, en minutos les vamos a platicar en noticias mediodÍa. >> ♪ (mÚsica) ♪ >> ¿quÉ tal? muy buenas tardes gracias por acompaÑarnos, el dÍa de hoy se cumple una semana de la masacre en la escuela de parkland florida donde 17 personas caÍan bajo las balas del tristemente nicolÁs cruz, en Últimas horas miles de estudiantes han salido a la calle desde sus colegios o institutos en todo el paÍs, esto para exigir que haya un mayor control sobre la venta y el uso de armas. ahÍ tiene las imÁgenes son niÑos que se estÁn convirtiendo en activistas que estÁn peleando por tener una seguridad dentro de sus escuelas y las mismas calles del paÍs, por cierto algunas personalidades f

right here on the steps of the old state capitol here in tallahassee. what we're expecting are more 100 students from marjory stoneman douglas high school here to meet with state length lay tors. they will meet with about 70 of them, both republican and democrats. respect you mentioned the potential ban on assault weapons that failed in the house yesterday. s vo the vote wasn't even close. the students saying this is their first lesson in the process. they have concerned about that, but they say even though the vote didn't go the way they expected, they do want to have their voices heard. take a listen 20 dto daniel bis a student at stoneman douglas. >> we're asking you to -- we elected you to represent the people. we're the people. we're asking you to do something. that is why we elected you. and we cannot have people roaming the streets with semi automatic weapons. i'm not saying the second amendment is all bad, but people roaming the streets and killing innocent people is just not right. it has never been right and never will be. >> reporter: in addi

they're going to make a difference, i think, up here in tallahassee. i hope their meetings go well, and i hope we see some action here. >> democratic representative there, thanks for joining us. quite an energetic rally. >> i believe the children are our future. someone said that. i believe it was whitney houston. joining us now is shannon watts, the founder of moms demand action for gun sense in america. a group she started the day after the massacre at sandy hook elementary school. shannon, let's start with what your mission and your message is. because right now, there is so much energy behind the movement, but there's a lot of movements. there's mom demands action. there's every town. there's the brady group. there's gabby gifford's group. thousa now, there are these students. do you have a unified message of what you want? >> absolutely. so moms demand action is the grassroots arm of every town for gun safety. we are the only organization that has a chapter in every single state of the country and has 4 million members. we can show up not just to

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well, let's get more reaction from republican florida state representative randy fine — he's in tallahassee. -- 2.3 —— 2.3 million. just talk to us about marco rubio there. he is talking about maybe being able to ban high—capacity magazines. there's anything that you would accept in terms of restrictions on gun sales? i would like to clear one thing up. everyone talks about the legislator being bought and paid for by the nra. as faras being bought and paid for by the nra. as far as i know, the nra has not given a single dollar to a candid running for florida in at least 16 years. those of us to be lead in the right to keep and bear arms, we believe it because we believe it, not because anybody is paying us too. but do they put the money in congress, where the big bullet scars that are taken?” money in congress, where the big bullet scars that are taken? i am just a small representative in florida. i think we are going to have a comprehensive package of

greater energy and power behind it, the kids are very articulate and gotten on the bus and gone to tallahassee and at 5:00 today they're going to meet with the governor of florida who has an a-rating with the nra. others are meeting with the president who has said that he is going to return the favor to the nra for helping him to get elected. what hope do these students have of actually affecting change? >> well i'm very optimistic this time. i thi i think -- their voices permeating through the nation and i think people are listening and that 80% of the citizens of this country are on their side.

three bus loads of students who survived the florida massacre have now arrived in tallahassee. president trump is also hosting a listening session with people impacted by school shootings. >>> a down day on wall street blamed largely on shares of walmart. the company posted disappointed earnings. then shares lost about 10% of their value. that's walmart's worst one-day drop in more than 30 years. >>> and today is the deadline for the pentagon to announce its new policy on transgender policy for troops. it comes after six months of legal battles sparked by president trump tweeting he was banning transgender service members. >>> and what may be lindsey vonn's final olympic run settled for bronze instead of had her second gold medal. those are some of our top stories this wednesday, february 21st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> a good morning to you all. we're going to start this half hour off with that renewed push for tougher gun laws driven by the survivors of the florida school shooting. >> students from stoneman douglas high arrived in tallahassee.

en las calles de tallahassee, sigue creciendo la lucha por reformar las leyes sobre el control de armas. [cÁnticos] cientos de estudiantes, maestros y padres estÁn convirtiendo su enojo en un movimiento nacional, llamado " nunca mÁs". " necesitamos una ley para evitar que las armas caigan en manos equivocada", dijo una joven. [cÁnticos] estos adolescentes ahora son los formidables enemigos de la asociaciÓn nacional de rifle. el movimiento buscaba organizar una marcha multitudinaria el 4 de marzo. han donado dinero celebridades como steven spielberg, oprah y george clooney. tambiÉn se aboga por aumentar a 21 la edad mÍnima para comprar armas. empresas como delta airlines y otras compaÑÍas de vuelos y seguros, terminaron sus convenios con la asociaciÓn del rifle. [habla en inglÉs] en otros estados, en california las autoridades se unen a la misma causa. [habla en inglÉs] funcionarios del condado orange, anunciaron una coaliciÓn de seguridad para proteger mejor los centros educativos. el comitÉ de reglas del senado de florida, sÍ aprobÓ un programa para los maestros. muchos

then again, they did have a front-row seat in tallahassee,fl ida, to the state house voting down by a 2-1 margin taking down the n.sault weapon while they have a voice, the roadblocks are still there even at the state level. jane: as you say, nothing can be done without congress, the very polarized congress. are there signs that they are ready to take action? anthony: thereeems to be some vement for bipartisan legislation that would streamline the background-check process, sharing information between the military and the background-check database, between states and the background-check database. that is something floating around for a while now. we will have to see if they make real progres like you said, this is a congress that does not want to act on gun control, and i'm not sure any of that will change. it will have to wait and see. the nra does not want any sort of coalition or comppamise, isan consensus forming on gun-control proposals, because you can pass a background check or conceivably do it down the line on something bigger. jane: of course, we still have trump's listening

they are heading to tallahassee. how are they changing the debate? anthony: they're providingicn authentic people directly affected by school gun violence. particularly in the time of social media, you aring directly from these people. if you look on the twitter feed, they are replying tod trump, they are replying to nra advocates who are criticizing them. and the fact that they are gettg pushback from some people, saying why do they have this much time to advocate for gun control,re they just a front for liberal groups -- that shows that they e having an impact. then again, they did have a front-row seat in tallahassee, florida, to the state house voting down by a 2-1argin taking down the assault weapon ban. while they have a voble, the roadocks are still there even at the state level. jane as you say, nothing can be doneer without congress, the polarized congress. are there signs that theyak are ready toaction? anthony: there seems to be some movement for bipartisan legislation that would streamline the background-check ryocess, sharing information

school shooting survivors arriving at the state capitol for today's rally camping overnight at the tallahassee civic center, but already this morning a setback in their push for gun control. the rejection at the statehouse and the fierce response to claims that some of the students are paid actors. >>> weather extremes from floods in the midwest to tornadoes in texas. and today record warmth in the east. the city that saw a 72-degree temperature change in just hours. >>> a potential breakthrough for peanut allergy sufferers. the first treatment to prevent allergic reactions gets a big boost. >>> plus, the wild police chase overnight with a suspect driving into a train tunnel. >> at the olympics, lindsey vonn makes news after her emotional race while team usa suffers an overtime disappointment in hockey. >>> and this morning, the new olympic fan catching all the action from this porch. >>> and we do say good morning, everybody. at this hour the survivors of the florida school massacre are on a mission taking their demand for tougher gun laws to the state capitol. >> 100 students from stoneman d

they say they want to go back to tallahassee more times. there's only about two weeks left in the legislative session there. also, action right here in south florida. just last night where i am, classmates of the ones you just heard, they were taking federal lawmakers to task, including senator marco rubio, taking him to task specifically over his donations from the nra, asking him if he was willing to perhaps decline those donations. these are fired up students. and they won't give up. they say they're fighting for every student in america. >> marco rubio's answer to that was he wasn't because an organization like the nra support his platform. >> and that's how important money is in politics. it taints the process. >> and that's part of the argument for taking money out of politics. thank you. >>> let's bring in meteorologist bill karins is going to try to explain to us what happened yesterday because it really felt like it was a nice, summer day. i have to keep looking down and be like, wait, it's february, guys. >> i the thought at any m

this is a rally in tallahassee, florida. young kids and people act like they don't want to call them children. they are. they are very young. they are coming out and maybe acting like adults and using big words and being out there out in front. but they are little ones to us. and they are gathering on the state capital to express themselves. juan? juan juan i just wanted to say even as we have differences about mental health or the types of guns and potential gun bans, we should also remember in the spirit of these young people that americans overwhelmingly agree yes, we should have stricter background checks. president trump has said he is open to considering that. president trump is now pushing the bump stock ban. >> harris: i'm going to get to that. >> juan: that we talked about with this type of weapon that can make it fire more rapidly there are other things. for example, instead of talking about gun control, we could talk about gun safety and innovations that would limit who can pick up a gun or an illegally obtained g

kids speaking out, rallies being planned, going to tallahassee today. that stuff matters. i'm still skeptical to knee why's point. i'm still skeptical about federal stuff. i feel like there is just very little incentive. remember before the sandy hook, though, i went back and read on this, that there were basically four different options in the senate. the parents of the children, these were 6-year-olds, who had been murdered, went in and individually sat down with senators and said, we have to have your vote, and it didn't even get to the point where there was a final vote. >> so there are actually -- you are forgetting a big one, virginia tech. that is the last time something actually happened in congress when they did something. however, it added 2 million people to the background check system who were felons, or mentally ill. now, did that get funded on the state level? it did not. >> and nia, this is really important, if you look at -- let's say, from columbine to today, right, when these mass casualty, school shootings became a thing in our culture, if you look at th

jake, i mean, so far listening to all these students, having spoken with these lawmakers in tallahassee, you know, while you of course admire them for getting on those buses and going, i'm hearing a lot of disappointments, that these lawmakers are dodging their questions. >> they have an opportunity to ask questions directly this evening. we'll be hosting the students of the high school this evening. here along with faculty and parents of some of the children who were killed one week ago today and they'll have an opportunity to directly ask questions of lawmakers, congressmen ted deutsche as well as two the senators from florida, bill nelson and marco rubio. they'll have an opportunity to talk about what's on their minds, whether it's expanding background checks, gun restrictions, school security, whatever they have on their mind they'll be able to put directly to the lawmakers that will be here tonight. >> before you host this town hall, we know in about an hour, the president will be holding his own listening session, listening to people from douglas, sandy hook, from columbine, what

and they'll be headed to the state capital tallahassee. lisa boothe? >> lisa: i was going to say i was out of the democrat earlier today and she presented the argument that if we just remove the ar-15, we are not going to see some of these mass casualties. to katie's point, that is a completely disingenuous argument. after we go back and look at virginia tech which i mention this yesterday, i am from virginia, and friends from high school who attended virginia tech at the time. two handguns killed 32 people. you look at nice, france, a truck and kill 96 people i believe, solicit completely disingenuous argument and there's also this argument of congress needs to do more, government needs to do more but you look at the failures of the system with the florida shooting whether it's the fact that the police went to the house 39 times, this was alerted to the fbi twice, he was reviewed by a mental health institute in florida. again, right down after breakdown of the system in plac place. >> harris: i have to ask you because in addition to your secret servic

this comes as hundreds of other students are preparing to head to florida's state capitol in tallahassee where they will meet with state lawmakers later today. they are rallying for tougher gun laws and school safety. hours before they arrived, florida lawmakers voted down an assault rifle bill that would have also banned the purchases of large capacity magazines statewide. the students say they are not backing down. >> we're going to continue to fighting. the way i like to see us is we're kind of like that thorn that you have in your foot that you can't take out. we're going to be that thorn until the changes that we want are implemented or at least one step. >> many of the students boarded buses for tallahassee after attending funerals for the victims. the school's athletic director christopher hixon will be laid to rest in south florida today. hixon was an easton, northampton county native. >>> the fight over gun control is also taking center stage closer to home. pennsylvania state senator daylin leach says he plans to introduce legislation that would allow courts to temporarily take

this is the latest from tallahassee. this new video we got moments ago, i am going to keep my eye on things there and have updates for you throughout the newscast. reggie, natasha, back to you. >> the u.s. military is honoring three shooting victims for their heroism. all members of the junior rotc program of stoneman douglas high school. one of them, peter wang has received a -- the 15-year-old dreamed of attending that academy. he was buried with a metal pin p. >>> students at several high schools around the bay area are planning walkouts to pressure congress to enact stricter gun laws. the walkouts are planned for march 14th. that would be one months after the shooting. from oakland to orinda to palo alto to mountain view. the mars will last seven minutes in honor of of the people killed. >>> it can happen to anyone. they were shot in the head during a robbery. 26-year-old alex mahdi arizona remains in critical condition. someone behind him yelled give me your money. he didn't know the guy had a gun. he kept walking.