i m sorry to tell you. the average cost of gas now topping $5 a gallon this morning. this is not just everyday drivers, obviously, being impacted. how emergency crews now are trying to save as well. plus, a new saudi-backed golf league luring some big names and reportedly handing out even bigger payments. the controversy surrounding the new league. it is saturday, june 11th. good morning, christi. good morning, boris. let s talk about this national call for gun reform this morning. hundreds are marching for our lives rallies. they re planning nearly all 50 u.s. states today demanding lawmakers address the epidemic of gun violence in the country. series of high profile mass shootings from uvalde, texas, to buffalo, new york, have reignited outrage and put renewed pressure on lawmakers on capitol hill to take some form of action. washington, d.c., new york and parkland, florida, among the more than 300 cities where protests are going to be held. they, of course, follo
shootings from uvalde, texas, to buffalo, new york, have reignited outrage and put renewed pressure on lawmakers on capitol hill to take some form of action. washington, d.c., new york and parkland, florida, among the more than 300 cities where protests are going to be held. they, of course, follow the 2018 march that was organized by former students at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland. you ll recall in february of 2018 a former student entered the school near ft. lauderdale and opened fire. killing 14 students and 3 staff members. we have cnn s whitney wild standing by on the national mall, but first we want to go to nadia romero in parkland for us. the shooting there was the driving force behind the first march in 2018. what are we expecting to see in parkland today? reporter: yeah, good morning, boris. that s exactly right. it was about a month after that valentine s day shooting at
so, more than 300 marches are scheduled worldwide throughout the weekend, calling for new gun safety laws. the anti-gun violence organization marching for our lives was formed by survivors of the marjory stoneman douglas high school shooting in parkland, florida. the local chapter is led by students in the community, including our next guest. zoe weissman attended the middle school next door to stoneman douglas but was on campus working on a project when the attack happened. zoe s mom heather is also joining us. we appreciate you both sharing part of your saturday with us. i imagine it s going to be a very busy day for you. zoe, i m wondering what you re hoping will come out of the marches this weekend. yeah. so i think what i and march for a lives as a whole are politicians listen to us. for four years we have been continuing the fight and we re still here and we re not going to stop until our politicians realize we re being killed every single day and we re not going
marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida, back in 2018. so here we are more than four years later. many are asking what has changed and what more could be done. so today you ll have another march for our lives here in parkland and really all across the country. what we saw four years ago were people having this moment of solidarity we saw high school students doing walk-outs in solidarity with students here in parkland. now we re doing it again because of those recent shootings in buffalo, new york, and most recently in uvalde in that elementary school in texas. so here in parkland, we will have a big rally that will happen. you can see people still setting up behind me. that happens in an hour outside here at the amphitheater and then there will be a march for about a mile. now, this has been organized by students who are leading the charge yet again, asking for gun reform. asking for change. and you ll hear from some of those students. you ll also hear from local law
i just hope that those politicians listen to what i have to say today and realize that if i was their child they would think much differently. our blood continues to be on their hands. the more they claim their rights are being infridged by our right to life. i would say to those politicians we will not stop fighting and we will not stop until we get comprehensive gun violence prevention. what are you hearing from other young people that are in your organization that are helping to put this together? how are they feeling about this? we re all feeling hopeful, but we re also all really angry. after uvalde and buffalo, it struck a cord in parkland. we are hopeful but that s powering us right now. heather, i m wondering how you feel about the work that your daughter is doing. she s a very young activist but clearly very passionate about this. very passionate. you know, she was next door at west glades when this all