>> Announcer: LOCAL 4 NEWS BEGINS RIGHT NOW WITH A BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
>>> 17 MINUTES, 17 LIVES.
ACROSS THE EAST COAST THIS MORNING AND HERE AT HOME WAVES OF STUDENTS MARCH OUT OF CLASS TO DEMAND STRICTER GUN LAWS AND AN END TO SCHOOL MASSACRES AND
PARKLAND STUDENTS ARE MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD INJECTED WITH A CALL TO ACTIVISM.
>> WE SEEM TO FORGET THAT SO MANY OF THE REVOLUTIONS AND MOVEMENTS THAT HAPPENED IN AMERICA HAVE STARTED WITH, YOU KNOW, NOT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BUT COLLEGE
STUDENTS.
>> IT DOESN'T JUST HAVE TO STOP WITH US YOU KNOW WE'RE THE STEPPING STONE FOR A MUCH GREATER PURPOSE.
>> A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HERE AT HOME.
>>> A STEPPING STONE FOR A GREATER PURPOSE.
WHAT PROFOUND WORDS.
THIS DOES TOP OUR NEWS THIS NOON ACROSS METRO DETROIT.
YOUNG PROTESTORS AND ADULTS MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD.
LET'S TAKE YOU ON A TOUR THIS IS ACROSS THE EAST COAST OF THE COUNTRY THIS MORNING.
YOU CAN SEE VIDEO OF A WALKOUT TAKING PLACE AT THE U.S. CAPITOL, RHODE ISLAND AND DOWN TO OUR SOUTH IN PARKLAND, FLORIDA.
THE SIGHT OF THAT MASSACRE THAT STARTED IT ALL.
HERE'S A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW THIS IS TO OUR WEST IN COLORADO WHERE IT IS NOW 10:00 A.M. MOUNTAIN TIME AND STUDENTS ARE JUST BEGINNING THEIR PROTESTS.
LET'S NOW SEND THINGS OVER TO SANDRA ALI WHO IS COVERING THE PROTESTS FOR US RIGHT HERE AT HOME RIGHT OUTSIDE OF CASS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, THAT WALKED OUT
EARLIER THIS MORNING AS WELL.
SANDRA, A VERY EMOTIONAL AND POWERFUL MORNING.
>> ABSOLUTELY, RHONDA.
GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU.
YOU SAID IT WHAT A HISTORIC MORNING.
WE SAW THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS OUT HERE TODAY.
BUT NOT ONLY DID WE SEE STUDENTS WE SAW FACULTY MEMBERS, ADMINISTRATORS, PARENTS, TEACHERS AND VOLUNTEERS ALL STANDING TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY.
THEY SAY, IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO TURN THEIR GRIEF INTO ACTIVISM.
>> WHAT DO WE WANT GUN CONTROL?
WHEN DO WE WANT IT?
NOW.
>> WE WANT IT TO BE SAID THAT OUR FOCUS WAS ON GUN VIOLENCE AND HOW WE WANTED TO STRIVE FOR GUN REFORM AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GUN CONTROL LAWS TO ENSURE THAT,
YOU KNOW, GUN VIOLENCE.
>> OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TAKING A STAND.
THEY ARE MAKING A MOVEMENT, THEY ARE CREATING A LEGACY, THEY ARE CREATING HISTORY, AND I AM ALL FOR IT >> THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT DEFINITELY AFFECTS ALL OF US
THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO EXTEND TO ALL THE STUDENT BODY.
OUR PURPOSE WAS ACTUALLY TO LET THEM KNOW THEY KNOW IT EVERY DAY BECAUSE THEY LIVE IT EVERY DAY.
WE'RE VICTIMS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE VICTIMS IF NOTHING IS DONE BY THE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO EXTEND AWARENESS AND ACTION.
>> IT'S GREAT TO BE DOWN HERE WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WHO TRULY APPRECIATE THAT THEY'RE THE VOICE THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
AND I APPLAUD THEM COMING OUT AND DOING THIS TODAY.
>> AND, OF COURSE, WE SAW SIMILAR WALKOUTS ALL ACROSS METRO DETROIT TODAY.
AT LAST CHECK, ACCORDING TO NBC NEWS, SOME 3100 SCHOOLS DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAD PLANNED TO TAKE PART IN TODAY'S WALKOUT.
RHONDA.
>> WELL, CERTAINLY YOU CAN SEE THE PRIDE IN THE PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY TO SEE THESE KIDS TAKE STAND LIKE THIS.
SANDRA, AS YOU WERE TALKING TO THOSE KIDS, TALK ABOUT THE DETERMINATION THAT YOU WITNESS IN TERMS OF REALLY WANTING TO SEE CHANGE AND REALLY CONTINUING THIS
FIGHT.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, RHONDA, THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES WE HEARD OUT HERE THIS MORNING.
STUDENTS OUT HERE FOR SO MANY VARIOUS REASONS.
BUT ONE YOUNG LADY WE TALKED TO IN PARTICULAR, SHE STRUCK ME.
SHE SAID SHE WAS NOT ONLY OUT HERE WALKING FOR HERSELF, BECAUSE SHE BELIEVES STRONGLY IN STRICTER GUN LAWS BUT SHE'S WORRIED FOR HER YOUNGER SIBLINGS.
SHE SAID SHE HAS YOUNGER BROTHERS AND YOUNGER SISTERS AT HOME.
HER THOUGHTS LATELY HAVE TURNED TO WHAT IS THE WORLD GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR THEM AND HOW IS IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR THEM COMING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.
SHE SAID THAT'S WHY I'M WALKING TODAY, I'M WALKING FOR THEM WHICH DEFINITELY STRUCK ME AND IT CERTAINLY SOUNDS LIKE WORDS THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE MOUTH OF A
PARENT.
IT'S SAD TO SEE THAT IT COMES OUT OF THE CHILDREN AS WELL.
THEY'RE CERTAINLY GETTING A GREAT LESSON IN GOVERNMENT AND HOW LAWS ARE MADE.
THEY'RE MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE.
SANDRA, THANK YOU.
WE DO WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT OTHER PROTESTS HAPPENING.
DEARBORN FORTSON HIGH SCHOOL, 2700 STUDENTS TOOK PART IN THE WALKOUT THERE.
IT WAS PEACEFUL, IT WAS STUDENT-LED AND IT HAD THE FULL SUPPORT OF ITS ADMINISTRATION.
>> THIS MOVEMENT, OUR MOVEMENT THE STUDENTS WE STAND NATIONALLY WE STAND WITH THE VICTIMS, WE STAND WITH THE VICTIMS OF ANY GUN VIOLENCE.
>> THAT WAS IN DEARBORN OVER IN GROSSE POINTE, GROSSE POINTE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL, GROSSE POINTE FARMS, I SHOULD SAY, THEY WALKED OUT ONTO THE FOOTBALL FIELD THIS
MORNING AS A GROUP TO SUPPORT THE 17 VICTIMS AS WELL AS PROTESTS FOR NEW GUN LAWS.
AND OVER IN BERKLEY, STUDENTS ALSO WALKED OUT THERE AS WELL IN SUPPORT AND THEY GATHERED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL.
A HUGE CROWD THERE.
SEVERAL OF THE STUDENTS WERE SEEN HOLDING UP SIGNS AND SOME OF THE STUDENTS AND SHARED SOME OF THEIR THOUGHTS AND VIEWS.
STUDENTS AT WARREN MOTT HIGH SCHOOL ALSO JOINED IN THIS NATIONAL WALKOUT.
YOU CAN SEE THEM FROM SKY 4.
YOU CAN SEE THEM STANDING IN A LARGE GROUP OUT IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL WITH SEVERAL WEARING THE ORANGE AND THAT ORANGE IS THE COLOR THAT WAS PICKED AS THE COLOR OF THIS
#ENOUGH MOVEMENT TODAY.
AS WE HAVE SHOWED YOU THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY STAGED THESE WALKOUTS AS WELL.
THE PROTESTS IS TO GUN VIOLENCE AND ONE MONTH AFTER THAT DEADLY MASSACRE IN PARKLAND, FLORIDA, HERE'S SARAH DALLOF WHO IS TAKING A CLOSER LOOK.
>> Reporter: AT 10:00 A.M.
STUDENTS HERE AT STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH WALKED OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL FOR 17 MINUTES, ONE MINUTE TO HONOR EACH OF THOSE KILLED IN THE GUN
ATTACK ONE MONTH AGO TODAY.
AT THIS SAME TIME, SIMILAR PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AN ESTIMATED 3100 SCHOOLS FROM ELEMENTARY TO COLLEGES ALL OF THEM CALLING FOR GUN LAW REFORM,
INCLUDING ALLOWING COURTS TO TAKE AWAY WEAPONS FROM THOSE EXHIBITING VIOLENT BEHAVIOR.
NOW SOME SCHOOLS WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THESE DEMONSTRATIONS WORKING WITH STUDENTS TO ENSURE SECURITY, AND TO SHAPE THEM, OTHERS OUTRIGHT AGAINST THEM
THREATENING DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED.
AND NEXT UP FOR STUDENT ADVOCATES IS THE MARCH FOR OUR LIVES IN WASHINGTON, D.C. LATER THIS MONTH WITH SIMILAR EVENTS SCHEDULED ACROSS THE W