after all the speeches today, our politicians heard our voices about gun reform that we want change. rebecca, has your journalism turned up where and how the decision was made, that there would be no adult speakers on the stage in washington today had can i have to say was absolutely brilliant. for me, a lot of my friends were on the stages. i think it was also really empowering for me. we asked george clooney like the eagle eye newspaper if we could interview him and he sent us back a letter saying i think you should be interviewing only the kids.
this new student movement comes as there is support for tougher gun laws soaring, you think about the conversation we were just debating. we can show you where a lot of americans are on it, 69% of americans say they want tougher gun laws. up 18 points in the last 18 months. 50% of gun owners and 50% of republicans say they favor at least some form of tightening gun control laws. when we come back, the defining moment today. and a powerful reaction in washington. mercedes-benz glc. .with its high-tech cameras and radar. .contemporary cockpit. .three hundred and sixty degree network of driver-assist technologies.
stay there? i had a discussion with with my advisor of my newspaper and we made the decision that it was best for me to use my skills as a journalist and my pagds as an actress and someone who wants to create change to come here where the action was and we had some people stay back and report in parkland because we knew that was important as well to talk about. what was your day today as a journalist? i pretty much spent the entire time in the student area. i wouanted to be with my friend. i walked around. i took interviews of people who came from los angeles, chicago, people that came from new town and i got a lot of people s stories and i waulked around on the side and met with this woman who had lost her dotter to gun violence and it was an amazing
you better bring that check to the bank because we re going to vote you out. jackson middleman joins us now. and a sophomore at chevy chase high school and a junior at montgomery blair high school in silver spring. and jackson, what grade were you in at sandy hook elementary? are i was at reed intermediate school. i was in sixth grade. but all the schools with were locked down that day. we were in lock down for about five 1/2 hours. and here you are in high school. a lot of people believed that sandy hook was going to pbe the thing that made this town, washington, finally react. that didn t happen. here we are again. do you see something different now than after sandy hook?
creating this moment and turning it into this movement. we need to keep pushing and keep making sure they do more. we see small pieces happening, but we really need comprehensive reform. i think this is what starts today. i think we started with a million in d.c. it going to grow. this is just the beginning. you see them empowered. they want to go out and do more. they re young kids with a long life ahead of them and a lot of time on their hands to make sure something happens. did either of you who lived through a similar type of mass shooting have strong views on gun control before hand or do you feel this was a process where you got more engaged afterward? i certainly got more engaged. now 40% of americans know someone who has died by gun violence and more and more people every day sadly, and those people are going to get their families involved, their friends involved, their communities involved to make sure that this comprehensive change happens. and i m certainly one of them.