it to us jer on fnc. that's it for this week's show. thanks to my panel. thanks to you for watching. hope to see you here next week. hundreds of thousands of people joining march for our lives rallies across the nation demanding action in congress to address gun violence and school safety. hello, welcome america's news headquarters. i'm rick le>> this comes after n killed 17 people at a florida high school last month. survivors of the parkland massacre organized today's demonstration. >> the politicians have been speaking and not taking action. now it's time for them to listen to us. >> i think this will be a moment of change in this country. i think there will be a decision on gun control that will be made. >> we have fox team coverage. alicia is in sacramento. we begin with peter duesy in washington where hundreds of thousands of people gathered for

today's rally. who were the protesters up there most upset with? >> reporter: until about an hour and-a-half ago people were coming from every direction, trying to get to pennsylvania avenue where there is a stage in the shadow of the capitol to vent frustrations with the nra, congress and president trump and the students were sharing the stage today with some celebrity guests. they suggested this might not be a one and done event. >> this is more than just a march. this is more than just one day, one event and a moving on. this is not a mere publicity stunt, a single day in the span of history. this is a movement. this is a movement relying on the persistence and passion of its people. >> reporter: the tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of protesters who descended on d.c. are not satisfied with the measures signed into law yesterday, like

the ban on bump stocks and beefed up background checks. if there was a policy proposal that protesters seemed the most concerned about, it's anything that has to do with arming teachers in the classroom. >> there was a lot said today. was there anything that organizers were trying to clarify while they were up there? >> yes, students from marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland florida who have become very famous for being outspoken about gun violence over the last month and-a-half want to make sure that everybody who is watching today knows that they are not trying to eradicate guns from the country. >> they've made it seem like i'm trying to take people's guns and i'm against the second amendment. i have guns in my house. i'm not going against the second amendment. i'm trying to push for common sense gun reform and mental illness reform so we can make sure that individuals who have a criminal background, that are

mentally unstable and have a history of domestic violence are no longer able to get a gun. i don't understand what is so hard to understand about this. we simply want to save lives and save our democracy. >> reporter: you can see the rally's been done for about an hour but there's a lot of people milling about. many came from very far away. there was a group from chicago, there were groups of people that camdrove a couple hours to get here. they are taking it in, soaking it up as police begin the process of clearing the roads so things can get back to normal by tonight. laura. >> peter, live in washington, d.c., thanks so much. rick. >> rick: now let's head to sacramento. thousands of people took part in a rally at that city. they started in a park and they are making their way to the state capitol where we have a live report. alicia? hi, rick. we're here at the steps of the state capitol. you can see that rally that started here a couple hours ago, about two, two and-a-half hours

ago, the folks started marching from the park, came up the capitol mall and have been listening to speakers, some of them speaking and cheering throughout the day. you can take a look at the video from earlier today that our photographer shot. for the most part, very peaceful, same type of things you've seen at other rallies around the country. no really big problems here. there has been a heavy police presence here. they've got spotters on the roofs as you can imagine, quite a bit here, that they're concerned about because there is also another issue that's been happening here in the city of sacramento over this past week and fortunately today so far they have not had any incidents like what they had last night. take a look. >> [crowd noise] >> reporter: this is what the city of sacramento has seen in its downtown area for the past two nights, folks taking to the

streets, closing streets, some even trying to go up onto the freeway here, protesting the shooting death of 22-year-old stefan clark. he is a young black man from sacramento who was shot by two police officers last sunday. and people here are adamant that justice needs to be served here in the city. right now those two officers are not out, they're suspended but they're not serving right now because there are death threats against them. an investigation is under way. the police chief is saying that they need to change a policy because there was this body cam video that many people have seen that showed not only the moments when stefan clark was shot and killed but also is shows that the microphone on the body cam was muted by one of the officers right after he was shot. the police chief says that does not help people trust the officers here and they're probably going to need to change the policy so people can't mute. one thing i will tell you about

what's been happening here, you do have some protesters who are still policing in effect, trying to keep things down to a minimum when it comes to the confrontation with police. we saw some people going up to police officers, standing guard, and getting in their face and then other protesters coming at that person, saying get away, let the officer breathe and have some space. so they didn't lose sight of the message they're trying to get across right now. >> rick: alicia, are they expecting more protests again tonight? not sure if she can hear me. thank you, alicia. >> gun control protests not just happening across the country but also around the world. dozens of major cities including london, tokyo, madrid, a paris and sydney holding marchs in a show of support for the students in parkland, florida i think. >> what the students have done

from park lapped is amazing. they've come together and raised their voices and taking control and changed the narrative around gun control in the usa. this is the beginning of a wide movement. it's global. there's 800 events around the world. we're here, all standing with them. >> the conversation is a big one so where does the gun control debate currently stand in d.c.? garrett penny is live in washington with that part of the story. hi, garrett. >> reporter: hey, laura. congress has been feeling the pressure to do something on gun control. that was evident in the negotiations for the $1.3 trillion spending bill that was just passed. in that legislation there were were a number of gun control and school safety reforms. it strengthened background checks for gun sales p it provided funding and training for schools to identify students who may be prone to violence and it authorized the cdc to do research on gun violence. it didn't address some of the major reforms demonstrators are calling for today, universal

background checks, banning assault weapons and restricting the sale of high capacity magazines. this week, florida senator marco rubio says the legislation that congress just passed is an important first step and an encouraging sign that both parties may be more willing to work together on this issue. >> i think now what you're seeing is a willingness on both sides of the aisle to check off the things that we agree on and get those out of the way, knowing there are some other issues involving gun regulations where there is a divide here. >> reporter: congress isn't the only one taking action on gun control, though. on friday, the department of justice announced it's moving ahead with a new regulation for a nationwide ban on the so-called bump stock devices. jeff sessions said in part after the senseless attack in las vegas this proposed rule is a critical step in our effort to reduce the threat of gun violence that is in keeping with the constitution and the laws passed by congress.

now, the ban on bump stocks is one of a number of gun control reforms that president trump has been calling for but it's the first real big one his administration has taken action on unilaterally while they wait for congress to take additional action. >> garrett, thanks so much. >> rick: for more on the politics surrounding the gun control debate, brad blakeman and dave brown, former senior advisor and committee council to patty murray. thanks to both of you for being with us. >> thanks for having us. >> rick: we heard a lot of passionate voices today. there are questions about who is backing some of those kids. >> there's no doubt about it. the kids didn't get their lunch money together and spend multimillions of dollars it took to produce these rallies all across the country. so somebody's bank rolling them. it's not like the nra doing an event which is veteran very transparent.

the kids are pawns in a bigger game and what troubles me with parkland is that this is as much of a local failure as it was a gun issue. the police were called to this kid's house 30 times. they had a occurre a coward whos guarding the children, who refused to enter the school when shots were being fired. the government did nothing when people said something and they did nothing. i would march on the school board and the city and the sheriff's department. this was avoidable at the local level. we can't lose sight of the responsibility with regard to this shooting. >> rick: is it fair to say the kids are being used as pawns by anti-gun lobbyists here? >> it's not fair. i think it's dismy siev dismissf the fact that these children are survivors from a horrible

incident. two-thirds of americans have said this is going to be a single important issue for them when they go to the bat lol balx in november. 94% of people support comprehensive background checks. there are common sense solutions that are on the table that we could act onon. it's not just about parkland. it's about the fact that 200,000 students have been exposed to gun violence in this country. it's 200 people who have been killed since 1999 when columbine happened. for us to point to one thing and say had a marshall gone into a single classroom we could have avoided this. >> rick: what's wrong with stricter background checks? what's wrong with trying harder to prevent mentally ill people from owning weapons? >> first of all, i'm not dismissing these kids. we have to put things in

perspective. all the laws that washington will pass, it's not going to solve the problem in its totality. tto think otherwise is foolish. i think we should have a conversation about mental health, background checks and registration of guns. we can come up with reasonable bipartisan solutions. that is not going to solve the problem in and of itself. we can only solve the problem in my opinion with, yes, laws but also action at the local level. this is where the kids have been let down. the schools have not been hardened. there are lots of things that the parents could have done. when parents are not voting school board elections, but they'll come to washington, washington is not where all the answers are we'v. >> rick: we've heard the outrage before. today was a powerful statement and i'm wondering if you think the pressure is greater now for change and whether we will actually see a change in laws. >> i think we are going to see a

sustained momentum. traditionally gun control advocates have been at a disadvantage. the nra has a significant war chest. it has been interesting to see the shift, not only in the public conversation and focus from media and from other advocates but also to politicians. congressman mamast in florida ce out and said he supports a ban on assault weapons and he specifically referenced the rf-15. the fact you're seeing republicans shift towards common sense bipartisan solutions, i think that is a mark in favor of progress. i agree with brad that there are opportunities where i think we should come to the table as democrats a and republicans ande able to have a discussion in a good debate on these issues. but for us to not address this, i mean, keep in mind congress just lifted the ban on the cdc researching gun violence this week. that's incredible that in 2018 our scientists will for the first time be able to look at this as a public health issue. where is congress in this issue?

>> rick: good question. i guess we'll find out. thanthank you for being with us. these young people say they will continue to make sure their voices are heard. so we'll keep hearing from them. thank you both. significant changes expected at the national security council as john bolton is set to replace h.r. mcmaster as the president's national security advisor and more on the massive anti-gun rallies sweeping the country today. how pro gun groups are reacting to the movement. we'll ask a director of campusreform.org about that next. everyone wants the same exact thing. we're all getting together to march for it and, i mean, i was told there was going to be a bunch of people but this is just -- seeing it is insane.

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they cared about. it was peaceful. it was encouraging to see people doing that. everyone said we want to see action. we want to see ledg legislation passed. when i asked people what do you want to see? there was little knowledge of what they were advocating for, whether it was banning semiautomatic weapons or saying we need to get assault weapons out of people's hands and more regulations here. people didn't know what they wanted. i think a lot of that is because of the environment where people want to take action. they want to show that they care enough to come out but we need to make sure we're advocating for policy based on knowledge, logic, sound policy and not just based on emotion and anger. >> laura: there were a lot of people out there and obviously we did hear from a lot of them. i also spoke with one of the teachers from marjory stoneman douglas high school who helped pull students into her classroom while the active shooter was loose. i asked what she hoped would come of today's rally.

let's listen. >> republicans, democrats, it doesn't matter, you know, something has to change to make our schools better. it's a multifaceted problem that we have to take head-on and it's just one step in many that are going to push for better reform and better laws that are going to be put into place to make us a safer, more protected community and in the same regard, still securing our life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. everybody deserves the right to be alive and to pursue that. >> laura: she sounded pretty specific about things she is hoping would come from this. your reaction to that? >> i wouldn't say there were specifics there on what legislation. we did see specifics on the website for march for our lives. there's a petition, them saying they wanted to ban the selling of semi-- of assault weapons moving forward. i asked people, do you want to ban assault weapons across the board. everyone said yes. when i asked what is an assault weapon, there was little knowledge there.

it's disappointing to see how the environment has become, either you support restrictive gun control measures or you don't care about children dying. that's really disappointing to see how polarizing it's become where people can'ts disagree on the second amendment without being accused of having blood on their hands from the nra or wanting children to die in schools. i think as americans we can have discussions without going into that terry. >> laura: you think it's the language at the rallies need to change and we want to mention there were students that were on our air, asked by our reporters beyond the gun debate, talking about the mental health, talking about things that should happen in the schools. so there was talk about all of that today as well. but specifically about the language of the rallies, you said this isn't all about managing who is allowed to have access to assault rifles. what more is it you're hoping to hear. you said you didn't necessarily love what they had to say. what is it that you had hoped to hear them say? >> i think myself and other people around the country with different views would have liked

to see a little more diversity of thought and opinion on stage today. there are plenty of high school students who have different opinions on what is the best action going forward many i was with one of them this morning. he's been on the show. he was denied a spot on the stage because he has a differing opinion than many of the people that were speaking. diversity of opinion would be helpful moving forward. it's interesting talking with young people, i always talk to them on college campuses, and many young gun owners feel as if they're put in a box and they are a gun nut and they don't care about violence if they stand for second aa mendment rights moving forward. it's interesting to talk about the view of the second amendment that people have. there's a messaging problem where many young people don't understand the second amend machined, they don't understand why it's there. i think as conservatives it's up to us to begin to educate people on why it's so important and why the constitutional right to self

preservation is so important. >> laura: it's not fair necessarily to lump everybody in that same bubble because we've heard from a lot of different people today but i understand where you're coming from. we have heard of a variety of opinions and statements today that came from those rallies. one last question for you. you noted there has been action from lawmakers many we know that money is what will fund real change. so where and how do you think funds should be applied to help stopping another ugly act of aggression with a gun? >> i think we saw a good start this week with congress passing the bipartisan stop violence in schools act which is going to give extra funding to local law enforcement, high schools, middle schools, elementary school administrations so they can prevent the shootings before they happen and they can have resources to begin to look into people when they're being reported. i think that's a good start, giving funding to preventative measures whether it's mental health, whether it's looking at extra -- keeping guns out of the hands of people we should all agree should not have them. i think that's a good start.

president trump talked about banning bump stocks, florida raising the age to purchase a rifle. there is action that's being taken. it's not right to say there hasn't been any action. moving forward, i think that's a good spot to start. >> laura: thanks for being with us today, giving us your perspective. >> rick: the nation hearing the call of students across the country on stricter gun control. but will congress hear them? >> my concern from the beginning has been after every mass shooting, after every school shooting we head down the path of an argument over the second amendment and gun control and it's a legislative road to nowhere, in my opinion. ♪ gas, bloating, constipation and diarrhea can start in the colon and may be signs of an imbalance of good bacteria. only phillips' colon health has this unique combination of probiotics. it helps replenish good bacteria. get four-in-one symptom defense.

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there. >> reporter: a sea of people flooded into downtown los angeles as we've been walking along with them. they say they want to change thoughts and prayers into policy and change. one woman told me this is an active voter drill. while this is in los angeles, people here tell us their hearts are with the families in parkland, florida. take a listen. >> i feel incredibly for them and more deeply for their parents, the kind of suffering they're going through it absolutely ridiculous. >> it's getting tiring, every week in the news there's another gun shooting. there's a massacre in texas where 20 were killed in a church. there's many people killed in las vegas. every single week, it's getting ridiculous. >> reporter: when we talk to the people, they say they want to spark a conversation that creates action. they want a ban on ar-15s, a ban on high capacity magazines and they want to strengthen

background checks. >> laura: we go back to washington now. incoming national security advisor john bolton is expected to make major staff changes at the national security council. the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations is set to officially replace general h.r. mcmaster next month. kevin cork is live in west palm beach, florida where the president is spending the weekend. how soon do we expect ambassador bolton to join the president's team? >> reporter: you made a good point, sometime next month. it's safe to say this is a an interesting position. the transition for this job is a delicate one. we talked about this previously. it's very high level. but i would also add that given the ambassador's experience on the job, certainly he should be able to move into the position without issue, although i should also point out we expect some additional attrition over there at the team at the nsc in the coming days, so be sure to keep an eye out for that. now, as for h.r. mcmaster, his

departure has been rumored for some time. there were a number of people who felt like what the white house is trying to do is ensure he had a nice, soft landing spot to go for his next star. there was criticism that he didn't have the president's ear and a ru rum bell rumble about f leaking. >> i knew h.r. before he took the position. i read his excellent study, dereliction of duty on the role of the joint chiefs of staff during the vietnam war. i would recommend it to anybody who is interested in vietnam or civil military relations. it will be an honor to work with him in the transition, with him and his team and i look forward to that. >> reporter: looking forward to the transition and working with the team, ambassador bolton a former fox news contributor. he joked yesterday, he said i still feel like one.

to which we said, well, you are for now but not for very long. >> laura: i saw that interview. they had a good back and forth about what his role was at the moment. more fallout over russian spying in the u.k. this time with domestic implications. what can you tell us about the nsc's recommendation at this point? >> reporter: something will happen, in particular if it's a major ally, the u.k. would certainly qualify. there is a trans-atlantic conversation about what to do to demonstrate vocal support but also substantive support and the u.s. is obviously prepared to do just that, although nothing to announce specifically at the moment. let me share just a bit of what we've gotten from the state department and from the white house today. first, at the state department, a statement was issued that reads in part this way. the united states is considering a range of options to respond to russia's outrageous actions in the u.k., both to demonstrate solidarity with oura ally and to hold russia accountable for its

breach of international norms and agreements. of course, this in relation to that devastating and awful poisoning attack. meanwhile, the white house with a statement out today saying this, united states stands firmly with the united kingdom in condemning russia's outrageous action. the president is always considering options to hold russia accountable in response to its activities. both statements obviously adding that there is nothing to announce at this moment. i also think it plays out this way. there may be a bit of disagreement about how exactly to punish the russians for what happened over in the u.k. just par for the course in washington, as you can imagine. >> laura: an interesting road ahead for sure. thank you so much. rick? >> rick: sean spicer sharing his thoughts on the president's choice for the news national security advisor, john bolton. >> the end of the day, this is

less about individual's views than their understanding of what the president wants to implement and their belief in how to implement that. this is more of a relationship that the president's trying to establish with key staff to make sure they understand his strategy and that they have the tools to implement it. that's it, plain and simple. >> rick: van hiff is a former deputy assistant secretary of the army. van, good to see you. >> good to be with you. >> rick: what say you about the choice of john bolton. >> i think it's president trump's best picks. this is the right man for these times. i look back at history, i look at president eisenhower. he gave us the idea of having a national security advisor. he was somebody who knew something about national security. i went back, rick, and looked at the four national security advisors that eisenhower had. i call it the eisenhower test. he never had anyone in a narrow lane. he wanted someone who saw the broader view, who knew foreign

policy, national security and intelligence and who was savvy politically, who could navigate the federal landscape. you had to coordinate different agencies so he could carry out the president's national security policy and keep america safe. john bolton best meets the eisenhower test with flying colors. >> rick: what should we expect from the former ambassador? >> i think you're going to have someone who thinks outside the box. a lot of times we're responding to that last national security threat. john bolton is the kind of person that i know who is going to think outside the box and say what can we be doing right now to prevent that next threat. that's the kind of person you want there. sure, he and the president will have disagreements. but i think they gel well and with that team of bolton and pompeo, they'll have those discussions with the president but you won't be reading about them in the new york times and when they come out, they'll be united and they will execute

that policy for this president. >> rick: we're hearing there are a lot of folks at the national security council looking over their shoulders right about now. >> well, if they're folks who have been leaking in the past i would be too. the john bolton i know won't put up with that. >> rick: how much of this move was about stopping leaks? >> i think it was more about -- there was some talk that h.r. mcmaster was going to get a fourth star and move on. i think that process was already in the works. so look, what we've got going on in north korea right now and everything else, this is the man you want. >> rick: we saw a tweet from ed markee who said with the appointments of mike pompeo and john bolton donald trump is lining up his war cabinet. bolton played a key role in plighpoliticizing the intel thae lethatmisled the u.s. in the ir. we can't let him bring into

another conflict. is that fair? >> they've got daily talking points. they won't let things like facts get in the way. i would say john bolton is a peace through strength reagan conservative. we know about the upcoming summit with north korea. the main nuclear test site, it hasn't been reported much in the united states but it is in asia out of the news there, satellite imagery today compared right before the announcement when kim jong un and the president would meet, the activity there in terms of personnel is way down. the tunneling that was taking place, and bear in mind this is where so many of those underground satellite tests occur i mean underground nuclear tests occurred, it has come to a stop. this could change tomorrow. but let me tell you. it tells me that ronald reagan was right when he said peace through strength works. >> rick: the president's sending

a message to north korea, apparently, with this choice. and also perhaps to iran. we're hearing the nuclear deal could be toast now. >> well, you know, i don't think -- my gut feeling is they won't look at the iran deal until after the north korean meeting, the meeting with kim jong un. the reason is this. america -- iran has basically outsourced its nuclear development to north korea. we've known that. they were laundering money through chinese banks after they signed the nuclear deal and the only reason it stopped was because this administration worked the united nations and got sanctions through that china did actually comply with but this only happened a few months ago. so john bolton and president trump understand that iran has been a great enabler of that threat we've got in north korea right now. my gut feeling is let's see what happens with that president

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>> laura: very raw emotions spilling onto the streets of sacramento, california.

demonstrators demanding justice in the police shooting death of an unarmed black man. protesters blocked busy downtown areas on friday, one day before the city joined in on the nationwide anti-gun rally. sacramento's mayor calling for peaceful protests. >> i don't think it is appropriate or fair, frankly, to render a conclusive judgment until the video evidence is combined with other information. >> laura: steve burmeister joins me. a former fbi agent and criminal profiler. this man was seen on infrared cameras, he was jumping over fences and he went to his grandmother's home. he was in his grandmother's backyard when officers approached and opened fire after saying show us your hands. they thought he had a gun. and that is when they opened fire. there were 20 shots that were fired on that incident. let's start with your general

assessment of the facts as we know them so far. we don't have everything yet. there's a lot of outrage. if the suspect doesn't show you his or her hands right away, how long do you let it go before you use force against a suspect? >> well, the police officers in this situation were under extreme pressure. they had only seconds to make a decision. the other hard part is that they knew that they were in pursuit of an individual who met that particular description and they saw the individual in the alleyway. they pursued the individual. they asked for him to raise his hands. he then fled the scene and proceeded to the rear of the housing complex. at that point, they turned the corner, observed the suspect, and within a matter of a few seconds ended up firing the shots that fatally wounded this individual. the problem that we have here is that it all happened within very few time frame, it was a matter of seconds and so they were processing a lot of day a take

quickly and the low light situation compounded the problem. >> laura: a lot of this has to do with, what we're talking about, about body cams. i want to say his name, stefan clark. we have seen the body cam footage from the officers. there's a lot of questions about one of the officers apparently mutes his mic after clark was shot. i talked with a retired law enforcement official today in sacramento who notes the spirit of the camera was designed so the public can see and hear what all of an officer's observations are when interacting with the public. let's listen to what the city's police chief had to say about that. >> it doesn't help with the issue of trust in our community. so there is potential that our policy needs to be you can't leave your camera. >> laura: right now apparently it those be on and there isn't a specific piece of language in this policy. is that something that we need to get in and fine-tune across the country? >> i think every single department will have to draw lessons learned from this

particular event and every officer is probably reviewing these policies themselves to understand and obviously turning off the microphone is probably not something that one would want to do in a situation where you're recording everything accurately. the whole point of the body cam is to record everything from the start to the end and not have any gaps in between. and so i find it troubling that it was turned off. again, this is an early investigation. until we find out all the facts, why did they turn out off, were there certain reasons for it, did the button get expressed accidentally, there could be a number of reasons for that. we don't know right now. i think it's early into the investigation. we only have parts and pieces of the entire profile and until we have that, it really is premature for us to make any conclusions whatsoever on what happened in this event. >> laura: i was going to ask you if you know if the microphones can be accidentally muted. i guess we'll have to wait for the investigation on that. and as we keep looking at the tape and you can hear the shots,

it is very dark in that backyard. there's been many policy changes for quicker transparency within police departments across the country to address what we've all been seeing as a nation. do you think that there has been enough? >> well, certainly the wor word enough is a questionable statement. there could always be more, more training, more active shooter type situations where somebody is encountering somebody in a very low light situation. just like this scenario. these individuals were using their flashlights to illuminate the area. they had moments. they saw an object in the hand. and they had to respond to it immediately. in fact, the individual according to the aerial surveillance was actually coming at -- coming towards him, one of the officers, and that's one of the reasons why i'm presuming they fired the shots. >> laura: steve, we've got to leave it there. thank you for joining us today. there's more to come on this story and we'll bring it to you as more develops.

thank you so much. >> rick: france is mourning a hero who died after taking the place of a hostage in a terror attack. how the nation is remembering the fallen officer. plus, we continue to monitor the march for our lives rallies taking place across the nation today with students calling for tighter gun control. [thud] [screaming & crying] ♪ [screaming & crying] [phone ping]

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>> rick: people in a small town in sout southwestern france turd out to pay respect to a police officer. brian shulkow is live in london with more on this. brian. >> reporter: lots of people in france mourning the death of four individuals in that attack. but lots of people are paying tribute to that policeman who as you were pointing out there you effectively offered to replace a female hostage who was serving as a human shield for the terrorist. the policeman ran into the supermarket unarmed. however, unbeknownst to the terrorist he kept his cell phone on so the police outside of the building could listen in to understand what was going on.

when they heard shots, they stormed in and as a result, the policeman was shot and stabbed numerous times, later succumbing to those wounds. it effectively ended there. the president of france said everybody in france should be proud of this policeman, that he is their hero. the policeman's mother before he succumbed to his wounds spoke with reporters and she said when she heard that a policeman ran into the building and offered to swap with one of the hostages, she knew it was her son. >> i'm not surprised. this is how he lived. he did the work in the most noble way possible. >> reporter: she now has to live with the pain of outliving her son. another 15 people were injured in the attack. the woman the place of whom the policeman took, well, she is said to be very distraught and

in shock. >> rick: tremendous bravery. i'm not sure how many people would have done wit what that officer did. >> laura: that does it for us. the news continues at the top of the hour, as we reflect on today's events. >> rick: powerful message being spread across the country and whether or not you agree with these kids, you have to be impressed with their poise and determination. >> laura: emma gonzales one of the speakers and organizers, keeping america in silence to show how quickly 17 people died, she held her stance for six minutes and 20 seconds on that stage today. >> rick: continuing coverage on this and the rest of the day's news coming up. i was a c130 mechanic in the corps, so i'm not happy unless my hands are dirty. between running a business and four kids, we're busy. auto insurance, homeowner's insurance, life insurance policies. knowing that usaa will always have my back... that's just one less thing you have to worry about. i couldn't imagine going anywhere else.

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