it went on and on and on. we want to be safe at school, we don't want to have to worry about the potential of an armed intruder. >> the students remembered the 17 students who were shot and killed in florida with their pictures and names. several teachers got emotional as they watched the kids speak out for change. >> this is a generation that i have been fearful that they would not know how to step up, and they're stepping up in a political, powerful, peaceful way and i'm so proud of them. >> the rain did not stop the gun violence protest at berkeley high school. sky 7 was overhead as a big crowd of students left class to join the remembrance there of the victims of the florida school shooting. david louie joined students on the campus of la clara university. >> reporter: hundreds of

students gathered to remember the visibilities. >> joaquin oliver, age 17. >> reporter: but the intent was larger in scope. unlike high school students, these are college students of voting age. they say they need momentum for gun control laws. >> you see that things are not working and something needs to change and we want to be the people who help to change that. >> reporter: they march across the campus to encourage -- >> we're standing in solidarity with the students of parkland and with every other student who's experienced violence in their school, we are are telling national leaders that enough is enough. >> reporter: their hope is that

this display of activism will help shed light on the parkland shooting like dozens of other incidents. just like a flash mob, once the walkout was over, everyone disappeared. however campus leaders here say this movement is not going to disappear. in santa clara, david louie, abc7 news. in menlo park, a large group of students from the high school also walked out of class to protest gun violence. the long line of teenagers represented several schools. at el camino park, more than 1,000 students listened as classmates expressed sadness and frustration. >> you think every victim of the

school shootings in the last 20 years. >> one teacher said she has seen students walk out of class for other callings, but it felt like they just wanted to get out of class. >> students gathered on the football field in parkland, florida, they were hugging and chanting while the school chorus played inspirational sto stoneman douglas students are planning another march on washington. nicholas cruz appeared in court again today, the 19-year-old refused to enter a plea, so the judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. cruz is charged with 17 17 17 17 of murder and 13 counts of attempted murder. the defense said that cruz would

plead guilty but only if the death penalty was taken off the table. nationthe together to secure or schools and stop school violence at #defendthesecond. and #defendnra. here are some of the posts you've shared with us, post pictures of your experience on social media, using ba back -- #walkoutbayarea. district officials put the school on lockdown ataround 9:30 this morning after kbrgraffiti warning of an attack was found in the restroom. >> we went into any unlocked

area that we had access to, including the bathrooms, looking for anything suspicious, any weapons, anything out of the ordinary, and we found absolutely nothing. >> even though nothing was found, administrators allowed students to go home early. they cancelled school tomorrow out of an abundance of caution. and to our weather, we are on storm watch with another round of wet weather moving through the bay area. >> hail has been falling, this is a picture from brentwood, looks more like a snowstorm blew through, it's changing minute by minute, isn't it, spencer? >> it is changing minute by minute, but its getting calmer. you can see right now, there's not much green showing up on the screen, but we have some scattered showers, down in the south bay, east of san jose now moving out into the mt. hamilton area, we have some scattered showers, and up in the north bay, we have some showers around

yountville, and this is just light precipitation. earlier in the day we had some lightning strikes near petaluma and napa. we will see showers at times, brief heavy downpours, some isolated hail still has the atmosphere is rather unstable. but notice going into the evening hours, our temperature and rain animation shows partial clearing into the late night and overnight hours, ahead of the nec stor next storm which moves in tomorrow. i'll give you a closer look at that one in a few minutes. there are new developments with the deadly veterans home shooting in yountville. the pathway home is suspending operations indefinitely. the pathway home provides

support for veterans who have post-traumatic stress disorder. the three san francisco police may finally get tasers after years and years of debate and rejection. >> the police commission is expected to vote on the one thing holding back police on a less lethal weapon. a policy for the use of tasers. >> reporter: tasers, the police commission finally approved them last november after a decade of lobbying by police and four chiefs, in opposition by critics. tonight the commissioners are poised to debate on a policy that will set the guidelines for the use of these devices. commissioner joe marshall expects approval. >> there's a agreement on the majority of it. there's several sticking points that they have come to an agreement on. p>> reporter: the police officer's association put its own taser policy on the ballot for this june's elections,

saying the commission was dragging its feet on approving a policy last november that had already been vetted by stake holders. >> we believe it's consistent, it's practical, it's reasonable. >> reporter: p.o.a. chief marty halloran says that the policy may hinder officers in the field. >> it is a little more restriction than the language that's in there and that's where we have concerns. >> board of supervisors president and mayoral candidate london breed says it's -- >> you have to go back to the voters and that's why i think it's important to keep the conversation around the policy at the commission level. >> reporter: it will take some time before police are actually armed with tasers. the commission's policy still needs to go through bargaining with the police union and then officers need to be trained.

vic lee. abc7 nudews. san francisco police arrested two suspects after a wild pursuit. take a look at the scene. the cruisers drove around the park and on the promenade, along the backside of the stadium, i mean this is crazy. sfpd canvassed the area around yancy and cannon street. police say at this time there are no other suspects on the loose. he was considered a rock star scientist, the tributes coming in for steven hawking and how he's being remembered. do you like pie? we aren't talking about the food, it's the map number, a little more insight into 3.14 and one of the bay area celebrations taking place. mike finney taking your questions on facebook and

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a san francisco woman is the first to file suit over the storage malfunction that compromised embryos and eggs at the pacific fertility center. the plaintiff identified the initials s.m. is seeking $5 million citing breach of

contract and negligence. the lawsuit alleges thousands of frozen destroyed. reports are coming in about steven hawking, who died at the age of 76. >> hawking's lengthy battle with als or lou gehrig's disease was well documented. how hawking beat the odds to become a rock star scientist. >> reporter: steven hawking will be remembered as a genius who didn't let his -- >> i have had als for much of my adult life, yet it has not prevented me from having a very attractive family and being successful in my work. >> reporter: his best selling book "a brief history of time" tackles black holes and the big bang theory, subjects he spent

his life exploring. >> we can be sure of the past and we can predict the future. >> reporter: in his 20s, all right a physics phenom, hawking was first diagnosed with als, also known as lou gehrigs disease, defying the odds with that fatal disease confining him to a wheelwheelchair, b. >> science may explain the mysteries of the universe. >> reporter: his life story portrayed in the 2014 film "the theory of everything." asked many times if his disable held him back, hawking simply said, it gave him more time to think. >> and many have been taking to twitter to remember steven hawking, president obama posted this picture of when he gave

hawking the president's medal of freedom in 2012. . let's keep the science theme, we're joined by chris flank, the executive director of the exploratorium. because this is pi day, where we celebrate the number 3.14. the circumference of any circle divided by it's diameter. why do we celebrate this? >> that's a great question, larry. of course pi day is a great excuse to revel in the joyful learning of science and math topics. science and math topics inform our understanding of the world around us and allow people intellectually and creatively to change the world that's changing faster than ever. >> i didn't realize until today that you folks at the exploratorium actually created

pi day, and i nimagine the marketing team saying, okay, we have to find a way to celebrate pi day. >> pi day, the delightfully nerdy holiday was born right here in san francisco. because like everything we design at the exploratorium, engages in the topics of science and math in a playful way. it so you can eat your pi, and play with its circumference and diameter and engage in these topics with young people that i think starts an important learning journey. >> we do have a basketball. oh, nice steal there, chris, i didn't realize that. >> you should know, larry, it's also steph curry's birthday today, on pi day. >> and albert einstein. >> and albert einstein, not to be outdone by our local

basketball star. >> steph is out unfortunately tonight. and you're going to be at the warriors game tonight? >> the exploratorium, which normally you can see on pier 15 will be present at the game tonight against the los angeles lakers. and we're really excited that steph curry's birthday shared by albert einstein who shares in the celebration of pi day. and whether you're talking about a circle the size of a basketball or the size of a planet, the same ratio holds true, relating the circumference around the exterior of the state, and the line through and across its center. so if you wanted to calculate the volume of this basketball, you could do so only with pi easily. that's the way you would do it. and so, you know, we're really -- you know, enjoying this as an excuse to give people a chance to make sense of the world around them using these

concepts that arcimeded. >> thanks, and you obviously have some good hands here, and we'll see you tonight at the warriors game. >> thanks and happy pi day. if you want to know how to measure using pi and you don't have a basketball or a real pi, we have another way, you can go to our website at abc7news.com and click on the link there and you can explore all things pi. now let's get over to spencer christian to find out how much more rain is coming our way. spencer? >> this is not a pie in the sky forecast, but we do have some clouds in the sky and a little bit of precipitation in the bay area, not so widespread as it was earlier today. this is the view from our surfer tower camera, under partly cloudy skies. 56 degrees in san francisco, and

mid 50s in every other location, this is the view of those same skies from a different perspective, from the east bay hills camera, looking westward, you can see the reflection of the sun off the bay waters there. temps are in the narrow range, mid 50s in most locations from napa to santa rosa, concord and livermore. one more view from mt. tam where it's a bit more cloudy. we'll see partial clearing tonight. next storm, cold storm arrives friday bringing mixed precipitation and we'll be drying out a little bit over the weekend with mixed precipitation. going into tomorrow, our storm still ranks 1 on the storm impact scale. maybe some occasional showers, some brief downpours and occasionally some hail. our inland valley locations will seedropping into the upper

30s. and then tomorrow, going into the evening hours, partial clearing go into the late night ho hours, but we'll see the arrival of that system moving into the north bay and then moving south. it will be a fairly wet day tomorrow, similar to today, but the rainfall will last longer. the rainfall estimates range from a third inch to a half-inch. highs generally in the mid 50s. we have a winter storm winter still in effect for the sierra above 11,000 feet, and another winter storm warning goes into effect for our areas above 3,500 feet from 5:00 p.m. thursday to 5:00 a.m. saturday and snowfall totals going into saturday morning, will generally range from about 1 to about 3 feet. so this is going to be a substantial snowfall. in fact our three-data hoe forecast looks like this, heavy snow on friday, mixed

precipitation on friday morning, clearing in the afternoon and then partly cloudy on saturday and sunday. a cold storm arriving tomorrow which rank s 1 on the storm impact scale, that will produce chilly mixed precipitation on friday. maybe some early morning showers on saturday, which is by the way st. patrick's day. some irish eyes will be smelling. milder and sunnier on monday. more storms come in on tuesday and wednesday. by the way, spring begins tuesday at 9:15 p.m. pacific daylight time. >> i just want to say one thing, it was pure sunshine, back in our newsroom after -- >> five months i believe, it felt longer than that. >> i do have a five-month old baby now, and she's adore essential and i love her and i miss her. it's good to see you guys.

>> every day, right? you're being here every day? >> a little vacation here and there. we all have vacation days larry. >> alma is back. well, the list is out, see which bay area restaurants landed nominations for the oscars of the food world. and we have more coverage of national walkout day, we're going to take you around the country to see how students made their voices heard. at 4:22, well, these cars are just stacked up. this is the macarthur maze, oncoming traffic is eastbound and that is bumper to bumper, right-hand side a little bit better especially for folks making the turn it's the ross spring dress event. where you'll find the perfect dress at the perfect price. if you want to save big on dresses for every occasion, you've gotta get to the ross spring dress event. on now! ♪ you gotta go to ross.

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here to tell us about it. >> if you look at the james beard award nominees. you'll see the bay area is well represented. the outstanding chef c ing christopher kastale. he has earned a michilin three star five timed. but he's even more grateful to be up for best new restaurant for the charter oak, which opened last year in st. helenea. we talked yesterday afternoon via skype. >> grilled meat, great vegetables, salad, burgers, the cocktails, the space, it's the complete package. >> other nominees from the bay area, san francisco's quints, and zooney scafe for outstandin

service. also worthy of note, benu in san francisco for best wine program. and cory lee's other restaurant in situ, nominated for outstanding restaurant design. the james beard award will be announced on that 7 in chicago. to see the complete list go to our website, abc7news.com. . >> i'm getting hungry just looking at all those pictures. and in a galaxy not so far away, they have broken ground on the george lucas museum of art, it will be set to open in 2021. san francisco was one of the cities vying to be the host. initially chicago was chosen, but after that fell through, l.a. emerged as the new home. the museum will feature plenty of "star wars" memorabilia, but will give plenty of other visual

offerings. your steering wheel might fall off. 1.4 million vehicles are being recalled, they include ford fusions and lincoln mkzs made between 2014 and 2018. a bolt on the steering wheel could come loose and cause it to detach while driving causing an accident. you could see splatters on the ceiling. like splatters of the fragments on the ceiling. >> one of the students reveals what happened during a public safety training class, plus what happened to the teacher. is it a sign of what's to come in november, with a pivotal race for a congressional seat stands tonight.

and here are the cities making headlines at 4:30. the yountville veterans home where three employees were killed last friday has suspended operations indefinitely. the board of directors made the decision early in morning.

coming up at 5:00, cornel bernard will tell us why they really had no choice. dan noise tweeted that the napa county coroner is expected to release information on the cause of death tomorrow in the veterans home shooting. but the full coroner's report will likely take much longer while toxicology and microscopic analysis wraps up. student protesters were getting soaked outside of san francisco city hall speaking out for gun control. coming up on abc7 news at 5:00, we'll tell you more about that. there was a demonstration in denver, as you can see, it was packed. student activists say they are just getting started. >> reporter: at 10:00 a.m. sharp in every time zone across the country -- students walked out of class today. and for 17 minutes, they rallied, demanded change.

>> we're tired of feeling unsafe in our streets and in our schools. we want change in action right now. >> and took a moment to honor the 17 people who lost their lives in last month's shooting at marjorie ston marjorie ston n high school in parkland, florida. >> it's been a month, we're still here. >> reporter: an entire country pledging to stand by them. >> we need to hear from people all over the country, and we need to make it a national issue, not like just a state issue. >> columbine and newtown, schools forever bonded by tragedy. students marching on our nation's capitol, going silent in times square, calling out the nra outside the trump international hotel in new york. in michigan, arkansas, colorado and all up and down california.

>> it's time to wake up. >> yeah. >> you don't want your brother, your sister, your daughter to be the next victims of a mass shooting. >> no more gun violence! >> no more gun violence! >> we want peace! >> we want peace! >> even in the virgin islands, students from 3,000 schools turning their anger into action. historians say this could be the largest youth movement in history, and organizers insist they're only getting started. next up is the march for oururur lives on march 24 and there is another nationwide walkout planned. we are hearing more 911 calls from the shooting that killed 17 people in florida. we're hearing from one young woman who tried to stay as quiet as possible while she urged a dispatcher to send help to stoneman douglas high school. >> i'm in stoneman douglas high

school. please, please, please, please. >> man that, student also told the dispatcher that there were bullet holes in the walls near her. >> so about the proposal to arm teachers in classrooms, a central coast teacher who's also a reserve police officer is now on administrative leave after an accidental shooting in class. this happened yesterday during a public safety class at seaside high school in monterrey county. three students were injured by falling debris. reporter sierra sparks spoke to one of the students about what happened there. >> furman gonzalez was one of the ones injured when his teacher was checking to see if the gun he brought to his class was loaded. that's when it accidentally went off. >> you could see splatters on the ceiling.

>> reporter: some of those fragmentes ended up in furman's neck. >> i looked down my neck, and there was blood on my neck, and i widen my shirt and a bullet fragment comes off my neck. >> reporter: mr. alexander excused himself for a moment and came back and apologized, but class continued. >> i left school to make sure the metal was out of my neck. >> reporter: that's when he called his dad. >> i couldn't believe it. i couldn't believe it. i just kept saying what? on the phone, i just couldn't believe it. it's just so crazy that the teacher teaching them about gun safety shootig one off and hits the ceiling and then hearing that he got hit was just, i mean, just crazy. >> reporter: firearms are forbidden around the schools in the monterrey county school district. >> we want to make things safe for our kids and in this case,

protocols were not followed. >> reporter: mr. alexander has been a reserve police officer for sand city for more than a decade. this incident at seaside high comes at a time when the national debate about arming teachers now hitting close to home for this seaside family. >> this was an incident with a trained professional. if it is given to everybody, a teacher at the school, this could happen again and again. and it could be a lot worse. >> that was reporter sierra starks. the teacher was placed on administrative leave by the police department where he serves as reserve officer. police are asking for the public's help to find a hit-and-run driver. a warning you may find the video we're about to show you disturbing. it's surveillance video shared by a neighbor. you can see a girl get hit by a car right there. incredibly, she was dazed by she was able to get up. the car then just drives away. the girl was taken to the hospital, she is expected to be

okay. if you know anything about this, call san jose police. the trial is now under way for the widow of the pulse nightclub shooter. salman grew up in the east bay city of rodeo and returned there following the massacre in 2016 that left 49 people dead. a spokeswoman says salman is actually retrieved her case is finally going to trial. >> she said that she was really looking forward to the jury hearing the evidence because she knows that a lot of things that have been reported and leaked to the media have been untrue. >> reporter: the trial is taking place in orlando, florida where that pulse shooting happened. salman faces life in prison if convicted. top republicans are privately expressing concern following the results in a congressional special election that took place outside of pittsburgh, pennsylvania last night. with just a few ballots left to count, democrat conor lamb

appears to have defeated rick ss seccone. 33-year-old lamb claimed victory early this morning. >> we sought to find common ground and we found it almost every, democrats, republicans, independents, each of us americans. >> reports out of washington say house speaker paul ryan is telling republican lawmakers to get to work and start fundraising. the family of a democratic national committee staffer shot and killed two years ago is now suing fox news and a texas businessman over a baseless conspiracy theory about his death. dnc staffer seth rich was shot and killed in washington, d.c. in july of 2016. the lawsuit claims a fox

reporter worked with a businessman on the story that claimed rich was murdered as retribution for leaking dnc emails to wikileaks. fox reported that story without any real evidence. rich's parents say they're filing suit because they say no parent should ever have to live through what they are forced to endure. how some of the top women in sports are looking to raise their game. >> and after 61 years, toys are us is no more. the latest on today's official announcement by the toy store giant. the storm is weakening, but it has left behind some beautiful cloud formations against some blue sky. it. we can see some of those clouds, that looks a little dark and ominous in this shot, 101 is your traffic on the right. 880 appears to be moving quite well in

in the south bay, a special county hall meeting that was hosted by san francisco state university bringing together top of the top female athletes, coach coaches and others. >> reporter: inside the hammer theater in downtown san jose, discuss -- >> i think there will be change, it's the best time right now to be a female athlete.

>> reporter: hosted by the society for sports and social change. activists and speakers took the stage to face -- katie sours of the 49ders, the first female coach in the nfl and an olympic basketball champion, herself a survivor of the domestic abuse. >> i'm thankful a lot of the students are here and i think it's important we can inspire them and they can inspire others, like paying it forward. >> reporter: the audience also heard from civil rights attorney nancy hogshead maybar. >> how important it is to get the guys on board with helping half the population, not just with sexual harassment and sexual assault but with job opportunities and with educational opportunities and right there's so much that the really good guys can help with. >> reporter: students at san jose state drawing a sense of

empowerment. >> and all of these women that are huge trail blazers in the sport so the more we can get the word out that this is an actual thing, that's the biggest part is just talking about it. >> reporter: advancing with dialogue in hopes of meaningful change. >> in s . over a nor'easter and boston ice are no match for queen elsa, actually it was a man dressed as elsa, a popular disney princess, he was a boston attorney who was in the right place at the right time who helped to push a police wagon when it got stuck in a snow bank. when asked why he was dressed as elsa, he just said he wanted to make his friends laugh. >> we're lawy we're laughing, today's storm is winding down a bit, we still have isolated pockets of rain, but this storm still ranks 1 on the storm impact scale, as

will the storm that arrives tomorrow, maybe some occasional showers, brief downpours. maybe some hail. in the early morning hours, we'll see the best chance of rain up in the north bay, but rain will be much more widespread across the bay area by noon. going into the afternoonhours, we'll see scattered showers, little peeks of sunshine showing through, and into the evening hours, still a chance of more showers, so it will be a pretty stormy day. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast, we have got a lot of active weather coming our way. the cold storm tomorrow which could produce some mixed wintry precipitation, that pattern will continue into friday. saturday is st. patrick's day and we'll see partial clearing later in the day and sunnier skies on sunday and monday, but on tuesday, as spring arrives, so will some spring showers and there will be more showers lingering into wednesday. at least we have a couple of dry days in the middle of it all. netflix and news?

details on what could be the next big expansion for the streaming company. and walmart is moving forward with its own expansion. the delivery service that could be coming to the bay area. what do

it appears netflix is poised to get into the tv news business. bring it netflix. market watch reports that the los gatos based company is in the early stages of producing a weekly news magazine show similar to 20/20 or 60 minutes. this move is part of the streaming service's expansion into different programming generas including documentaries and talk shows. walmart expanding it's same-day online grocery delivery service to an additional 100 metropolitan areas. the extension means that more than 40% of u.s. households will be available by the end of the year. it's currently available in six markets, shoppers pay a flat fee of $9.95. they're also required to spend at least $30 per order.

google announced today it's what banning ads for crypto currency like bitcoin and etherium. google says it's also limiting scam sites. as of 2017, google owned almost half of the online advertising markets. and bitcoin prices down as a result. michael finney is here answering questions sent in from facebook, twitter and, mail. catherine says, what if an identity theft files on my tax return. >> if you and the irs -- you don't have a deal, they would probably hold on to the cash. the best thing to do is to contact the internal revenue service, tell them what's going

on, it can take about four to six months for the irs to straighten out your situation if identity thieves are involved. i'll post a link that you'll need on our website, just go to abc7news.com. this is a very common problem now. if they file your irs forms before you do, they often get the refund. eileen asked hypothetically speaking, what would i do if my local dry-cleaners goes out of business without notice and my clothes are still inside? >> that's frustrating. i have worked on this type of story before, once in alameda, customers could look through the window and see their clothes but they couldn't get them. all you can really do is ask the dry-cleaners or the building owner and make arrangements to get your clothing. that's probably not going to work. you can contact police and local distribute attorneys, that's probably not going to work. finally contact the trustee handling the bankruptcy, that almost never happens.

it was months before we got people's clothes back. rowena says my granddaughter lives in a nonsmoking apartment paying $2,400 a month. whenever she turns on the heater, she smells smoke. >> she needs to contact her landlord and let them know that she smells this tohe odor comin from this heater and they probably won't give you any guff and if they do, give me a call, we'll jump in. if you have a consumer question for me, you can record a 10 to 15-second long video. you can also reach me on my facebook page and through abc7news.com. well, it's the end of an era. toys "r" us closing all of its u.s. stores. what that could mean for thousands of employees. and dan is here with what's

ahead on abc7 news at 5:00. a once high flying startup crashes to the ground, charges of massive fraud for a woman once billed as the next steve jobs. plus intel talks about it's close connection to stephen hawking. and a close-up at

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>> shoppers are saddened, but cashing out on the loss while they can. >> reporter: outside this emeryville toys "r" us, babies are us, the writings are are are windows, store loclosing signs, with half off deals. >> let's go buy some clottoys. >> reporter: and clothes. the news catching some offguard. >> i'm a little shocked and surprised. >> reporter: partly because toys are us has been in business for six decades. today's toys "r" us parents were yesterday's toys "r" us kids. >> i've known it since i was a kid so it's fascinating to see all these huge stores closing. >> reporter: the retailer filed for bankruptcy in september, with big box and online competitors taking over. >> i used to work for a private label that sold on amazon, so i can see why this is happening. >> reporter: customers worry about employees losesing their

job, as many as 33,000. >> a lot of people do and that's kind of sad. >> reporter: a spokesperson for toys "r" us said the retailer had no comment at this time. in emeryville, abc7 news. a reminder you can get the latest news any time with our upgraded abc7 news app, it now has enhanced live features, and customized push alerts to get more of the news you want delivered to your phone in real time. thank you so much for joining us for abc7 news at 4:00. >> abc7 news at 5:00 starts right now. grades up guns down! grades up guns down! >> walking out, students joining a national movement against gun violence. also ahead -- from moments of silence to breaking through locked gates, students say

enough is enough. this is something we can't joke about right now. people are losing their lives. >> while others walked out, these students were locked down, the threat that brought these parents to an east bay high school. and charges of massive fraud for a bay area woman billed as the next steve jobs. and the security footage that helped catch a peeping tom. their right to own an assault rifle does not outweigh our right to live. >> students across the country leave their classrooms today in washington, d.c. they are protesting the mass shooting in parkland, florida exactly one month ago. and students at stoneman douglas high school where the tragedy occurred also walked out. the protests lasted 17 minutes, one for every victim of the shooting. >> and in st. louis, 17 empty chairs represented each of those students. and students at c

and. >> thank you for joining us. steps forward and backward on this issue today. >> in washington, the house of representatives passed the first school safety measure since the parkland massacre. >> lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the stop school violence act by a vote of 407 to 10. the bill authorizes $75 million a year to fund security training and purchase items like metal detect detectors, stronger locks and new surveillance technology. >> in concord, students at mt. diablo high school slipped through locks gates in order to take the protest out on to city streets. our media partner the bay area news group provided these photos. students marched down grant street shouting enough is enough before returning to campus. hundreds of students in san francisco marched down the