I look forward to death with great anticipation, seeing god face to face. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor good evening. Were going to begin tonight with an outpouring of grief and anger at the white house. One week after the Deadly School shooting in florida, President Trump invited americans touched by gun violence to a listening session. What the president heard was emotion from parents who lost children and children who lost classmates. Also today, in washington and other spots, students held protests to demand tougher gun laws. We begin tonight with Major Garrett at the white house. Major. Reporter President Trump heard many voices, anguished voices, and said he would listen and then do something dispp he heard new ideas, including gun control measures he and congress, mostly on the republican side, have long resisted. There was one common theme students and parents at a breaking point. Im never going to see my kid again. I want you all to know that never, ever wi
Grateful that im here and we can try to work out something, maybe compromise on some solutions so that this never has to be another child, no person, in this world will to have go through something, so horrific and tragic and my thoughts and prayers get out to everyone. So thank you. President trump reiterated his call for ban on bump stocks and stronger background checks for gun buyers. He told group he will meet with state governors to discuss school safety. A sea of students took their demand for tighter gun laws directly to law makers in Florida State capitol. Group of students lobbied legislators privately while they made their voice the Capitol Building stairs. Never again, never again. Reporter students from Marjory Stoneman douglas rally led a high school outside state house in tallahassee, to change the states gun laws. We are trying to take away all of your guns, just the won being used to kill innocent children almost every year. Reporter inside capitol, students met with la
The rules. Oh, no. Breaking news animation. Exactly. Unfortunately it is nothing dramatic. But i have an Overdue Library book for the first time in i think 30something years. Oh, my goodness. Wow. I have to pay the fine 25 cents a day. Im looking at 1. 50. They should boost that a little bit for more revenue. Its funny that you say that. I dont feel bad paying because i support the public library. What about the person who went to get it and it is not there. My apologies to that person. What book. It is a good one. Coming to my senses by alice waters. She is the head of in berkeley and the school yard in berkeley. Not only is it overdue and i have to pay the fine, but somebody already has the book on hold. Im costing them five or six days of their delicious reading time. I love supporting my public library. I dont know if you go. Yeah. We go every week. I dont. I should probably go more. Wow. I know my children love to read and they love books. They have a library at school. So they br
Have rallied for stricter gun roll legislation. In washington, d. C. , hundreds marched to capitol hill to call for change. And minneapolis, students showed their solidarity with a walkout. And students at gilbert, arizona. 50 students in the bay area staged a walkout. This was the scene after alameda high just about 30 minutes ago. Lets take you now to florida where reporter Caroline Shively is standing by. Reporter hi there mike and gasia. The students who spoke called leaders out today. One teenager saying went to make change, not make excuses and the crowd shouted back, vote them out. Survivors of last weeks School Shooting take the antigun message to legislators. Busloads of students turned activists traveled 400 miles to tallahassee. No person should have to go through what i went through. How many more innocent people have to die before we make a change. Reporter the students met with senators from both parties. They were ready with specific questions. Will you vote to close the
Tactics to scare off the thieves. Jackie. Reporter michelle and anne, were outside the hall of justice where a press conference just finished minutes ago. San francisco District Attorney George Gascon says that he wants to reduce the number of car breakins by 20 by the end of the year and he has a plan to do it. So he said a lot of these are organized crimes, which makes quick arrests nearly impossible because they happen so fast. To try to solve this epidemic, gascon presented a threepoint plan, first a 24 7 auto burglary web reporting system and phone tip line now in place. Next up, the d. A. s office is going to ask the San Francisco board of supervisors for 1 million to secure funding for an Auto Burglary Task force. And lastly, gascon wants to republish the register your camera program. He hopes it will reduce the number of breakins drastically. This is really a way for all of us to come together and to make sure that we end this problem this year. That its our goal and its a goal