now, wmur news 9 tonight. tom: a new hampshire woman took the story of her step-daughter s life and death to capitol hill. tonight, her mission to help curb the heroin crisis moved from the granite state to a good evening, i shelley: i m shelley walcott. kriss blevens was invited to the bi-partisan event targeting the opioid epidemic. jean mackin joins us live with what happened there just a few hours ago. jean: lawmakers held what s known as a special order sharing real solutions and real stories including amber s story. , lawmakers joined together on capitol hill to consider a bi-partisan battle against opioid addiction. congresswoman annie kuster hosted the session called putting a face on heroin standing next to a photograph of amber s face. the drug had consumed her found dead in an alley from a heroin overdose. she was 22-years-old. jean in 2014, amber lost her : life to a heroin overdose in manchester. her step-mother, make-up artist kriss blevens, shares amber
good evening, i m tom griffith. shelley: i m shelley walcott. kriss blevens was invited to the house of representatives for a bi-partisan event targeting the opioid epidemic. jean mackin joins us live with what happened there just a few hours ago. jean: lawmakers held what s known as a special order sharing real solutions and real stories including amber s story. , lawmakers joined together on capitol hill to consider a bi-partisan battle against opioid addiction. congresswoman annie kuster hosted the session called putting a face on heroin standing next to a photograph of amber s face. the drug had consumed her soul and 3 days later she was found dead in an alley from a heroin overdose. she was 22-years-old. jean in 2014, amber lost her : life to a heroin overdose in manchester. her step-mother, make-up artist kriss blevens, shares amber story with presidential candidates who sit in her chair determined to catapult the crisis to a national stage while making changes
new york where people are also gathering. jason. looks like we ve lost that signal with jason. here in the nation s capitol, this really is the nucleus, the center point of this movement that is gathering today on what s being called the march for our lives. so many families have come from across the country to ascend here right on pennsylvania avenue. we re hearing the stage right now where it is very celebratory. there s a lot of music. then the rally gets under way with a number of keynote addresses coming from something like 20 speakers, many of whom are under the age of 18. then of course they have a star-suddstar star-studded list of performance. our renee marsh is in the crowd there. give me an idea of who you ve been talking to. what are they saying and what s drawing them here? reporter: fred, i can tell you it s warming up but it wasn t terribly warm the last couple of hours. it s their spring break, and all these young people are here in washington d.c. for somet
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