for their entire lives. and they're out here today trying to make sure that this is not a problem for students in the future. this is a student-led effort here today. i think it's striking both in a positive and kind of in a negative way that what we're going to see when they march from where we were to the capitol an entirely school-led speaker. it speectioaks to the strength e activism but also it speaks to the fact that washington while there's been a lot of discussion on gun control, improving background checks, addressing some of these issues that the students want, there has not been a lot of action on it. white house over my shoulder is empty of the president today. congress won't be on capitol hill, they're out for the weekend. so it speaks to the fact that these students have been able to keep this in the national spotlight even with a relative lack of action from the elected worve officials who they are trying to reach one against with this