he was released later in the day, and he is now with us. he is the founder of the change the ref.org. man well, thank you so much for being with us. tell us how you decided you were going to do this. thank you again. and sorry that i didn t show yesterday. that s okay. first off, i do just want to say, it was lovely to see your wife. right. and yesterday, everyday really, but especially yesterday on the anniversary of your son s death, you re very much on my heart and in my thoughts. i can t imagine what it has been like for you to go through this each year. it s been hard. well, basically while i was there in december, i saw many things happening. and not doing enough to get the attention of the white house to call this an emergency and a priority. so between those things i saw this crane just to be clear, you spent 15 days outside the white house trying to get a meeting with president biden. kregt. you did not get one. you got one with obviously a top official.
comcast business powering possibilities. there is an update to a story we have been following here. the father of a parkland shooting victim has been standing outside the white house demanding a meeting with president biden. in an effort to urge action on gun violence. joining us now is the father of the parkland shooting victim, joaquin oliver, and the founder of change the ref.org, manuel oliver. tell us, you know, you re finally going to get to the white house. but there is no meeting with president biden yet, right? no, not yet. i was actually advised by some friends and members of senate and congress to go ahead and
right now this morning without bond. john? just goes to show the difference that two students can make, just by paying attention. got to tell somebody when you seeing some like that. nick valencia, thank you very much. you got it, john. today will be the ninth day that the father of a parkland shooting victim stands outside of the white house demanding a meeting with president biden. manuel oliver and his supporters say the biden administration needs to take unilateral urgent action to address gun violence. oliver says he ll go to the white house every day until the president agrees to meet with him and he s now with us. this father of parkland shooting victim joaquin oliver, the founder of change the ref.org. thank you for being with us again. we spoke with you in the beginning of this effort out in front of the white house last week. you have not had a meeting with the president. you did meet with a senior adviser cedric richmond. tell us about that conversation. i had a call
that ar-15s, to name a make of weapon, are too easy to obtain. tomorrow sam will be joined by his classmates and other survivors as they lead the way in more ways than one in an enormous event that they brought about, the march for our lives. crowd size is always hard to predict, but the associated press puts it this way tonight. organizers are hoping to draw 500,000 protesters. that would match last year s women s march and make this one of the largest washington protests since the vietnam era. with us here tonight is our old friend sam zeif, a senior at marjory stoneman douglas high school, and manuel oliver, the father of sam s close friend joaquin who was lost in the shooting. he is also the father of change the ref.org and as we mentioned coach of the basketball team. welcome to you both. somebody got accepted at college. so very happy to hear your news.