the victim s friend abdula omar and henderson pinned if man down pinning him in a sleeper man hold. they not only practiced self- defense but they defended everyone who was at that party. these guys who were there just for good times found themselves embroiled in a life and death situation. reporter: brown points out the gunman s extensive criminal history is evidence he was a serious threat. woodland has been in and out of court for multiple drug and other illegal drug charges. how many of us are confronted with a machine gun toting person at any given time. reporter: the men who beat him went beyond this is a big gun this guy carried around for who knows how long that night. and takes it into a birthday party, we need people to get angry at that and do something about it. reporter: if and when the gunman is released from the hospital he will face attempted murder charges, as for the two men who are accused of beating him, a judge released them on their own rec
reporter: in harford county a group of parents and students were upset because they couldn t see the speech live in school. a spokesperson says they are waiting because they didn t have time to review the speech and put together activities to go along with it. a spokesperson says the speech will be available to air tomorrow and thursday. for some the reasoning wasn t good enough. harford county is a conservative is a conservative district. it s a conservative place. i feel they are caving to the pressure made by parents that, to make this to make this speech political, it s sad we can t watch that in school. as a student body instead of making it into a classroom activity, one that is not what it is. i m here because i want to talk with you about your education, and what s expected of all of you in this new school year. reporter: in baltimore city classes were able to watch the speech live, sort of. you ll need the insight and critical thinking skills you gained