>> WE NEED TO PASS REFORMS TO
MAKE IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR
ANYONE WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS OR
DANGER TO THEMSELVES EVER TO USE
A GUN.
WE NEED TO INCREASE
COLLABORATION WITH YOUR LOCAL
SHERIFFS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS,
SCHOOLS.
WE GOT TO INVEST IN METAL
DETECTORS.
WE GOT TO INVESTABLE BULLETPROOF
GLASS.
>> WERE NOT THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
WERE NOT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
WHERE THE HUMAN PARTY.
WE ALL NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND
DISCUSS SCHOOL SAFETY.
>> Martha: IS SO TRUE.
THAT WAS A PLEA TO PUT POLITICS
ASIDE FROM THE FATHER OF MEADOW
POLLICK, ONE OF THE 17 VICTIMS
OF THE PARKLAND SCHOOL
SHOOTING AS RICK SCOTT LAID OUT
A $500 MILLION PLAN THAT HE SAYS
HE WILL WORK ON EVERY SINGLE DAY
HE WILL WORK ON EVERY SINGLE DAT
HE WILL WORK ON EVERY SINGLE DAA
HE WILL WORK ON EVERY SINGLE DA
HE WILL WORK ON EVERY SINGLE DAE
HE WILL WORK ON EVERY SINGLE DAI
HE WILL WORK ON EVERY SINGLE DAS
HE WILL WORK ON EVERY SINGLE DAI
HE WILL WORK ON EVERY SINGLE DA
HE WILL WORK ON EVERY SINGLE DAF
HE WILL WORK ON EVERY SINGLE DAI
HE WILL WORK ON EVERY SINGLE DAE
HE WILL WORK ON EVERY SINGLE DAT
HE WILL WORK ON EVERY SINGLE DAO
HE WILL WORK ON EVERY SINGLE DAM
HE WILL WORK ON EVERY SINGLE DAK
HE WILL WORK ON EVERY SINGLE DAE
THE SCHOOLS IN FLORIDA SAFE.
MY NEXT GUEST SAYS SEEDS TO MAKE
THESE SAFETY MEASURES ARE WORTH
DISCUSSING BUT THEY'RE NOT
GETTING TO THE HEART OF THE
PROBLEM, OR PERHAPS THEY ARE IN
ADDITION TO THE PROBLEM.
HE LAID OUT DIRECTLY FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHEN THE
GOVERNORS GATHERED YESTERDAY AT
THE WHITE HOUSE.
WATCH THIS.
>> WHEN WE MOCK AND RIDICULE THE
VERY FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF
THIS NATION WAS BUILT UPON, WHEN
YOU TREAT PEOPLE THE WAY YOU
WANT TO BE TREATED, WHEN YOU
RESPECT HUMAN LIFE, WHEN YOU
RESPECT THE DIGNITY OF WOMEN AND
OF CHILDREN AND OF PEOPLE WHO WE
HAVE INCREASINGLY DEGRADED IN
OUR SOCIETY, THIS CULTURE OF
DEATH IS BECOMING PERVASIVE, AND
IF IT'S NOT ADDRESSED BY ALL THE
IMPERFECT PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM
WITH A SENSE OF PURPOSE AND A
SENSE OF ASPIRATION, I THINK
WE'RE GOING TO SEE A CONTINUED
TRAJECTORY THAT'S NOT GOOD.
>> Martha: FLORIDA SHOOTING
HITTING PARTICULARLY CLOSE TO
HIM FOR THE KENTUCKY GOVERNOR
JUST LAST MONTH IN HIS STATE A
15-YEAR-OLD WALKED INTO EIGHT
HIGH SCHOOL AND KILLED TWO OF
HIS CLASSMATES.
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR MATT BEVIN
FROM KENTUCKY, WELCOME BACK TO
"THE STORY," GOOD TO SEE YOU
TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU, MARTHA.
>> Martha: YOU BELIEVE THAT IN
ORDER TO GET TO THE HEART OF
THIS MATTER, A LOT OF DISCUSSION
ABOUT GUN-CONTROL, MENTAL
HEALTH, THAT WE NEED TO REALLY
REGROUP AND WHERE WE ARE HEADED
AS A SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.
HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
>> IS NOT EASILY DONE.
I'LL TELL YOU, THERE IS NO EASY
FIX.
THAT'S THE MOST DIFFICULT THING.
IT'S WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE
QUICK TO RIDICULE AND DISREGARD
THIS CONVERSATION.
BUT HOW DO YOU DO IT?
YOU DO WITH ONE PERSON AT A
TIME.
THIS IS LITERALLY A CALL OUT TO
EVERY SINGLE PARENT IN AMERICA,
EVERY TEACHER IN AMERICA, TO
EVERY COACH, TO EVERY SUNDAY
SCHOOL, TO EVERY ORGANIZATION,
EVERY SINGLE SCOUT LEADER.
I'M ASKING EVERY ADULT IN
PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE, AND IF
YOU'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO
PROTECT THEM, TO PROTECT THEIR
PHYSICAL SECURITY, THEIR
EMOTIONAL SECURITY, TO PROTECT
THEIR INNOCENCE, AND I'M ASKING
YOU TO STEP UP AND DO MORE,
BECAUSE SOCIETALLY, IT IS THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ADULTS,
THOSE OF US WHO ARE IN A
POSITION TO DO MORE, TO PROTECT
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, WE'RE NOT
DOING A GOOD JOB OF IT.
>> Martha: YOU TALK ABOUT THE
FACT THAT THERE'VE ALWAYS BEEN
GUNS IN AMERICA BUT THERE
HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN THESE
HORRIFIC VICIOUS AND POSSIBLE
UNDERSTAND KILLINGS BY
CHILDREN OF OTHER CHILDREN.
WHAT HAS CHANGED?
>> WE HAVE BECOME RUDDERLESS AS
A SOCIETY.
YOU TAKE THE CULTURE OF LIFE OR
DEATH HOWEVER YOU WANT TO LOOK
AT IT, DO WE CELEBRATE LIFE?
OR DO WE CELEBRATE DEATH IN THIS
CULTURE?
AGAIN, THIS IS A HEAVY, HEAVY
TOPIC.
YOU LOOK AT MUSICAL LYRICS, YOU
LOOK AT VIDEO GAMES, YOU LOOK AT
THE TELEVISION PROGRAMMING AND
THE MOVIES AND HOW INCREASINGLY
VIOLATED HOW INCREASINGLY
REALISTIC THEY ARE DESENSITIZING
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THERE WERE
ADULTS, FOR THAT MATTER, TO THE
VALUE AND THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN
LIFE.
AGAIN, WITHOUT GOING OFF ON A
TOPIC THAT WILL GET PEOPLE'S
HAIR ON END, WE IN THIS SOCIETY,
FOR THE LAST 40 YEAR YEARS, HAVE
TOLD PEOPLE IT'S OKAY TO KILL A
CHILD IF IT'S NOT YET BORN.
50 PLUS MILLION CHILDREN HAVE
BEEN KILLED.
IN MULTIPLE STATES, WE ALLOW
DOCTORS TO ASSIST PEOPLE
MEDICALLY, DOCTORS HAVE TAKEN A
HIPPOCRATIC OATH, TO HELP PEOPLE
TAKE THEIR LIVES, ASSISTED
SUICIDE BY DOCTORS.
THAT, COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT
SO MANY PEOPLE IN AMERICA,
INCLUDING OUR YOUTH, ARE ON
PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS WHICH
LITERALLY ARE ALTERING THEIR
METRONOMIC MENTAL STATE, THE
SIDE EFFECT OF WIDTH IS, ON SO
MANY MEAT, DEPRESSION AND
SUICIDAL THOUGHTS.
YOU MIX ALL THAT TOGETHER, YOU
LOOK AT THE STUDIES THAT HAVE
BEEN DONE ONE AFTER THE NEXT,
THE IMPACT OF A PERSONAL DEVICE
ON THE SCREEN TIME AND WHAT THAT
DOES TO THE PSYCHE, ALL OF THESE
THINGS ARE CRUSHING THE SPIRIT
AND THE PSYCHE OF OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE.
AS PARENTS, TURN THE TV OFF.
YOU DON'T NEED YOUR CHILDREN TO
HAVE CELL PHONES.
POUR INTO YOUR CHILDREN.
AMERICA HAS GOT TO WAKE UP.
GOVERNORS AND PRESIDENTS AND
EVERYBODY IN POLITICAL OFFICE
AND THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE THE
POWER OF THE MEDIA TO WAKE UP
AND PROTECT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE,
BECAUSE WE ARE REAPING WHAT WE
HAVE SOWN.
>> Martha: I THINK YOU MAKE
EXCELLENT POINTS ABOUT PHONES
AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE IMPACT.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE EVEN BEGUN
TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF
THAT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS KID, HE
HAD FOUR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS AND
HE WAS PUTTING PICTURES OF HIS
GUNS -- WHICH I SEE IS A CRY FOR
HELP.
I MEAN, HE WANTED SOMEBODY TO
STOP HIM.
HE EVEN CALLED 911 AND SAID, I
LOST MY MOTHER RECENTLY AND I AM
AND THE FACT THAT -- WE'VE
TALKED TOO MUCH ABOUT ALL THE
SIGNS THAT WERE THERE.
IT'S JUST MIND-BLOWING.
>> AND YOU KNOW THIS.
WHEN WE LOOK IN THE REARVIEW
MIRROR, IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO HAVE
FOUND A PATH WE MIGHT HAVE
TAKEN.
WHAT WE ARE NOT DOING IS LOOKING
OUT THE WINDSHIELD AT THE
PROBLEM RIGHT BEFORE US WITH OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE ATLANTIC PUBLISHED AN
ARTICLE ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE
AND THE IMPACT OF SCREEN TIME ON
OUR CHILDREN, AND PEOPLE WOULD
BE WELL SERVED TO LOOK AT IT.