themselves, committed suicide at the scene. over the next two hours, a look back at reaction to the shooting, and the views of authors who wrote about the tragedy. speakers include columbine students, parents, members of congress, vice president al gore, and first lady hillary clinton. we begin with president clinton, speaking one day after the shooting at an event honoring white house volunteers. mr. clinton: we want to thank you for being here. and we look forward to this day we want to thank you for what you do. this day, it turns out to be a very sad day for america. since, in my mind, you represent the best of american citizenship, what you do here every day as volunteers. i think it is important that we take a little time to ponder how we, as american citizens, should respond to what has occurred in colorado. first of all, i think it s important that we remember that we must come together, and pray together, but we must also commit to act together. in littleton, we sa
at columbine high school in littleton colorado. according to the post, at least 143 children, educators, and others have lost their lives during the 20 years since columbine. on that day, 12 students and one teacher died when eric harris and dylan klebold entered the high school with guns and homemade bombs. the shooters, who were students themselves, committed suicide at the scene. over the next two hours, a look back at reaction to the shooting and the views of authors who wrote about the tragedy. speakers include columbine students and parents, members of congress, vice president al gore, and first lady hillary clinton. we begin with president clinton, speaking one day after the shooting at an event honoring white house volunteers. mr. clinton: hillary and i look forward to this day so much. we want to thank you for what you do. america, weay to cannot run the white house without you. it happens that this day was scheduled on what has turned out to be a very sad day for am
c-span s big idea is more relevant than ever today. on television and online, c-span is your unfiltered view. you can make up your own mind. the 1999 columbine shooting remains one of the deadliest attacks at an american school. years to the20 reaction from the clinton administration and congress in the days that followed the tragedy. we will show portions of a , and didn tvice with and an interview one of the mothers of the columbine shooters. according to the post, at least 143 children, educators, and others have lost their lives in the 20 years since columbine. 12 students and one teacher died when dylan harris and eric lee enterederic kliebold the school with weapons. over the next few hours, a look at reactions to the shootings and the views of authors who wrote about the tragedy. include members of congress, vice president al gore, and hillary clinton. we begin with president clinton honoring white house volunteers. pres. clinton: hillary and i look forward to this
for people buying guns, according to his spokeswoman. since the deadly high school shootings in florida last week, the president has largely focused on mental health issues and criticising the fbi for missing warning signs about the gunman. but a campaign led by school students, survivors of the parkland attack, seems to be gathering pace. demonstrators held a lie in today, outside the white house, in support of gun control. laura westbrook reports. cassie bernall, 17. steven curnow, 1a. this was a message to those in power. 17 students laid down in front of the white house, the same number of children murdered in the school in florida last week. they are demanding congress take action on gun control. one of the survivors of the shooting had this to say to donald trump. he is going to see in our eyes that we re not going to back down, no matter what. we are not going to stop until this country changes. it appears the president is listening. the white house says donald trump
an end to the targeting of civilians in syria as government forces intensify their bombardment of eastern ghouta. syrian activists say that dozens of civilians have been killed over the past 2a hours, in the rebel held enclave on the outskirts of damascus. there was no comment from the syrian military but the syrian government says that it targets militants. a warning, lina sinjab‘s report contains some distressing images. cd s cd s war is intensifying in eastern ghouta. syria. scores more debt, hundreds more injured. another desperate search talk survivors here. it is hell. activists have told us. the state the final stages in the battle for eastern ghouta is underway. it is one of the last rebel held areas. houses reduced to rebel, children terrified. i want my mum this girl cries, this is what is left of their home. finally they are out. people say barrel bombs and surface to surface missiles were used to target them. today was a very miserable day for eastern ghouta.