this is the scene right now in denver, colorado, where that rally has just gotten under way. and you can see the mass of people that s assembled there as america s children continue to demand to be heard. people believe that the youth of this country are insignificant. people believe that the youths have no voice. when joan of arc fought back english forces, she was 17 years old! when mozart wrote his first symphony, he was 8 years old! to those people that tell us that teenagers can t do anything, i say that we were the only people that could have made this movement possible. you know what s awesome? gig-speed internet.
the mic, i m going to do something with it. eugene scott, kimberly atkins, always enjoy your perspective. thank you both for being with me today. keep it right here on msnbc for more live coverage of the march for our lives. as rallies continue across the country at this hour, again, a live look, be denver, colorado, where that crowd has clearly swelled in just the 20 minutes that we have been on the air. 30 minutes that we have been on the air here. this programming note, as well, right now. 50 years after the assassination of dr. martin luther king jr., a new documentary, hope & fury: mlk, the movement and the media. it looks at how social movements in the media have influenced each other, from the civil rights movement through today. you can watch that tonight 8:00 eastern on nbc.
now, again, that march just getting under way. a live look here above the scene in boston. i think we have that excuse me. this is denver. this is denver, colorado. just after 2:00 local there in denver. you can see a sea of people. similar to what we saw here, although in a smaller scale. but the march for our lives rally getting under way in denver, colorado. jacob soboroff has been on duty here in washington, d.c., for us today, as well. talking to marchers, talking to protesters. jacob, what have they been telling you? what have you been seeing? reporter: craig, you mentioned the number 800,000. 800,000 people will be an absolute force at the voting booth. and young people in this country, millennial generation in particular, has surpassed baby boomers as the largest potential voting block in the nation. and if they, the people out here today want to actually change gun laws, they re going to have to go out and move for marching down pennsylvania avenue and
you must hold your elected officials responsible, because what they re doing right now is trying to make it seem like they have done something when in reality they haven t even gotten started. and we have. reporter: again, a glimpse there at what organizers hope comes next. let s go out west again. again, the rally has wrapped up here in washington,a live look e scene in denver. and san francisco is where we go right now. nbc senior politics editor, beth fouhy, standing by for us as we look at the scene over denver. beth is in san francisco where the rally is. i understand beth is just getting under way there, correct? reporter: yeah, that s right, craig. it s just getting under way. it s a beautiful, sunny day here in san francisco. and first in california, notably very progressive state, has some of the strongest gun control laws in the country. assault weapons are banned here. there s a required ten-day waiting period before the purchase of a gun. many of the things that some of