by what happened. we also have to stay principled to what we as freedom loving americans really believe. this is really where it is going to take to us double down and say you know what? we do think we should have mental health checks but shouldn t sacrifice second amendment rights. securing these schools, we heard the father who lost his daughter in sound bite. when 9/11 happened guess what we secured our airports. it should have taken one of these not several. i want to point out darryl scott, i sent on the board of rachel s challenge who lost his daughter. rachel who lost his daughter in the columbine massacre he has been working on solutions for 20 years. when tomi talks abou talks about cultural change she is spot on there. we have lost respect for one another. your classmate is your friend that needs to be im34re789ed more than anything. sean: we sit there around the table is this. it s crazy, right? it s awareness issue. beyond that whether we are talking about terrorism a
each other but they are not looking at each other. they are communicating on the internet. and i think the adults have got to catch up with a lot of that because that s where a lot of their communication comes from. but a lot of things that have changed since then have been more exposure to violence. i think by young people because they have access to so much information. but, i really believe the solution is long term. i believe it didn t come overnight. the problem didn t come overnight. the solutions won t come overnight. but we have got to look at every facet of this not just one facet. steve: darrell scott, the founder of rachel s challenge. ainsley: good morning, jillian. jillian: get you caught up on some of the other stories we are following. police release heart-stopping video showing officers killing an armed suspect. we do want to warn you though you may find it disturbing. gunfire]
two of his friends were murdered beside him. he lay there covered in their blood looking down the barrel of two guns aimed at him. and he knew he was going to die. and the split second before eric and dylan pulled the trigger, the alarm system went off and they distracted them and they never came back to the table where craig was at or i would have lost two children that day at columbine. so my heart goes out to you, circumstance and everyone in this room that has experienced the trauma that you are going through at parkland. our focus has been my beautiful wife and the beefautil laid in the blue and white, we started a program called rachel s challenge. it started a year after rachel died. and we have worked with some wonderful partners over the last few years. we worked closely with a program they call kick start for kids. we are working with cal ripken jr., his brother bill and have
co-sponsored the latest background check bill. he said if this is all the white house is willing to do, it s wholly insufficient. team fox coverage continues with john roberts on the north lawn. john? the president will have the meeting this afternoon and he will likely hear the same pleas for change that we heard from tallahassee and those students. here s who will be attending. 15 to 20 students, teachers and parents from marjory stoneman douglas high school, davis hogg who you have seen on the air and many programs was invited. he wanted to go to the tallahassee rally so he s not coming to the white house. there will be members of sandy hog promise. this san efficacy group created by parents whose children were killed in sandy hook, connecticut several years ago as well as representatives from rachel s challenge who aims to lower violence in schools.
north lawn. john, the president is expected to hear these stories first hand from people who were affected by the florida shooting and possibly other shootings across the country. reporter: we saw the compelling statements from the students in tallahassee. the president is going to hear a lot of that today. 4:15 in the state dining room, which will hold a significant number of people, the president will be engaging students, parents and teachers. among the people who will be there, we re told 15 to 20 students, parents and teachers of marjory stoneman douglas school where that horrific shooting was last week. there will also be people representing sandy hook, family members of some of the victims of the sandy hook school shooting in connecticut as well. people from rachel s challenge, an organization dedicated to reducing school violence. and other parents, teachers and school students from the local area here in d.c., who have all had some sort of experience with school violence wil