good day. i'm chris jansing live in msnbc head equarters in new york city. right now waiting for paul

pelosi's attacker to appear in court as tensions escalate over the brutal beating ranging from questionable to downright dangerous. >> he is just some semblance of humanity. like to see every republican candidate and elected official say that you condemn this attack. that's really basic. say you condemn the attack. >> plus, with just a week to go until the midterms, a new poll shows skyrocketing pessimism from voters. the impact and the challenge for the big named surrogates blanketing the campaign trail. and devastated family members who wanted to face the gunman got theirs chance today as he faces the death penalty. they wanted him, many of them, sentenced to life in prison. widow of football coach chris hixon joins me later in the hour. the first to speak today calling her husband a hero and telling the gunman that after today he

will "cease to exist." but we start with the arraignment for david depape. the man accused of attacking paul pelosi with a hammer set to face a jump in san francisco. the brutal assault is sickening and sobering for a nation that's become seemingly numb to toxic political speech. today depape faces up to life in prison on a laundry list of charges plus up to 50 from federal charges. the d.a. says the incident could have been much worse. >> what welearned hi brought a second hammer as well as zip ties, rope and a roll of tape. what is clear based on the evidence that we have thus far is that this house and the speaker herself were specifically targets of the defendant. >> in the criminal complaint filed last night police say depape wanted to hold the

speaker hostage and interrogate her. if he lied, something depape was sure to do, he would break her kneecaps. depape said he saw pelosi as leader of pack of lies told by democrats and said hurting her would serve to warning to other congress member there's were consequences to actions. bring? correspondent ben dilanian, and ben collins covering the dark web and luke broadwater, a "new york times" congressional reporter covering the attack and joyce vance u.s. attorney professor at university of alabama law school and msnbc legal analyst. reading this, frankly, ken, is chilling. what are we expecting to happen today? >> reporter: this is an arraignment, chris, on the state charges. so the first thing we'll learn is whether this defendant is actually going to show up depending on his physical or mental health. if he does the judge will read the charges against him and give

him an opportunity to have a lawyer appointed for him, assuming he can't afford one. he's living in a garage, after all. and we may learn a little bit more about the, how the state plans to handle this prosecution and juxtaposing and juggling it with the federal prosecution, totally separate, and he hasn't had a first appearance on the federal charges yet. as i talk to justice department officials why they decided to bring that federal case, even though, you mentioned, facing life in prison on the state charges, they emphasize they see this as an important case, deterrent value and message-sending value. a case politically motivated and his actions placed on vile conspiracy theories corresponding through social media and through american politics and want to send a message this cannot be tolerated. political violence of any kind met with the maximum response that criminal justice system can afford. why the doj brought particularly

this case, this charge that makes it illegal to assault a relative of a federal official with the intention of intimidating or impeding that official's duties. inherent in that charge a political motive and carries up to 30 years in prison, chris. >> we want to keep politics out of it, right? this is the law. but politics, seems, an integral part of this case. how do you see it? >> this is about the politics, and it's not for nothing that there's a very specific federal crime that addresses this situation. an assault on a family member of an elected official or other designated official is treated very seriously in our criminal code. i think it's not surprising that we have federal charges. i think it's very likely we'll see them go first, simply because the federal system is equipped to move a little bit more quickly, and although here we're looking at a statutory

maximum of 30 years as opposed for potential of life in prison in the state system, this is a very serious charge with serious consequences. nancy pelosi is third in line for the presidency, and the federal government is going to have to stand up and say, enough is enough. we have to walk back from this dangerous political rhetoric which clearly radicalized the defendant in this case. when you read the federal complaint, he was radicalized in much the same way that we saw with jihadists saying he decided to stick around at the residence even after mr. pelosi made the 911 call because he was a patriot fighting for freedom. since no one on the political right will stand up and condemn this language unequivocally, since we haven't seen that from the former president or officially from the republican party on their twitter account, it's important that someone stand up and deliver that message, and here it's going to be doj. >> well, i think one of the things we've seen, luke, right?

republicans have tried to argue, you can't draw a line from incendiary or violent or insightful speech. read statistics since 2018 republicans spents nearly a quarter billion dollars on advertisements featuring pelosi according to data provided by ad impact. aired more than 500,000 times this year alone republicans poured more than $61 million into advertisements that feature ms. pelosi aired about 143,000 times. so clearly, luke, many republicans have tried to make her the face of the enemy. any indication the attack on her husband is even -- having a dent in having members of the party think twice about that strategy? >> you know, i don't think so. the republican party, at least the leaders of it, that we've heard from so far, have doubled

down on attacking nancy pelosi as key to their midterm message. you know, there have been some suggestions by some more of moderate actors in the party emphasize things like fire nancy pelosi giving her a pink slip instead of having ads where people walk out with rifles and shoot guns and that sort of thing, as they condemn nancy pelosi. some of the really vile issant imagery we see. unfortunately we saw today just from donald trump and from others in the republican party is either joking about what happened. embracing more conspiracy theories about what happened. if this guy was driven to attack paul pelosi and trying to tie up nancy pelosi because of conspiracy theories, the answer is facts and the truth. trying to eliminate these conspiracy theories. not more conspiracy theories, but that's exactly what we saw

today from donald trump. so, you know, this environment is getting really ugly, really heated. it is out of control. it does affect republicans, too, as victims, and we're just seeing the threats explode and it's only going to get worse ahead of the midterms. and, you know, without -- there are calls now positive spend millions and millions more on security. really this all comes from this heightened rhetoric and the lies that are being spread. >> can we talk about the lies, ben collins? literally donald trump was just on conservative radio and he is spewing some of these conspiracy theories. he says, it's weird things going on in that household in the last couple of weeks. you know, i probably -- you and i are better not talking about it, of course, he then goes on to talk about it, but it seems glass was broken from inside to the out and, you know, that was so what it was. a break-in?

was a break-out? you hear the same things i do. that's what he said. >> yeah. you know where he hears those things, through the grapevine of lies on the internet. i've heard this since saturday morning on websites spewing conspiracy theories. >> i want to be really, really clear about this. there is absolutely nothing to indicate any part of that is true? >> yep. >> it is fabricated? >> exactly right. he must maintain this with his base. he walked himself into this position, the party has, too, where they cannot be a party that takes credit for anything that has ever gone wrong. they have to -- they've won every election. none of his supporters ever done an attack of any kind. you know, it's always democrats had it coming. democrats were separately doing some sort of false flag operation. that's what this is. it's the only way they can win

the narrative. right? and the only -- the truth does not matter. unity does not matter. the thing that matters is donald trump is still in the race. still hero in the situation, and while -- look, i know it's shocking to a lot of people that he would go down this path. it is not shocking to me. marjorie taylor greene down this path yesterday, donald trump jr., down this path yesterday. entire fox lineup alluded to this path yesterday. we are really in dangerous territory with this stuff, if this guy can't even admit that terror attacks are happening in the united states. >> that someone broke into the house of the speaker of the house and beat her husband with a hammer in the head, and then some people apparently think maybe, luke, it's funny. i want to play what kari lake had to say. >> it is not impossible to protect our kids at school. they act like it is. nancy pelosi -- well she's got protection -- apparently her

house doesn't have a lot of protection. >> i'm asking you essentially the same question i just asked you but i'm going to ask you again, luke. is anybody saying, this isn't funny. this is not something we laugh about. this is not something we make a side remark against. anyone who thinks about a relative being attacked in their own home wouldn't think it was funny. where -- where does the republican party, where does the adam kinzinger, about to leave congress, go with that point of view? >> right. and you know we have seen adam kinzinger speak out. a few other of the more moderate members, more responsible members, who are condemning this. i think mitch mcconnell condemned the violence pretty quickly. you know, this is an 82-year-old man with his head fractured -- >> sorry to, you know -- mitch mcconnell has also been somebody

whose home i believe was vanzal vanzal -- vandalized. he understands what can happen when this comes to your doorstep. or you hope he does. >> yeah. we've heard a few strong condemnation of the violence and taking it seriously. unfortunately far louder voices like we just saw where kari lake is, the whole room is laughing about this. i mean, this is a senior citizen still in the icu with a head fracture. i mean i don't know what to say about that. >> and nancy pelosi in her statement, maybe you have the exact wording, but in her statement said he has a long process of recovery ahead of him. it wasn't even just -- i mean "just." he had, of course, damage and a fractured skull but other injury as well. >> yes. it's very serious. you know, this is going to be a long path to recovery for paul

pelosi. it's not something that's funny. it's not something to lie about. it's not something to spread conspiracy theories about and make jokes over the internet. you know, unfortunately this is the politics we have on the right, right now. those are the voices leading the party and getting the most backing, raising the most money. winning in the polls. winning the primaries, and the more moderate voices, like a mitch mcconnell who no one would have said was moderate a couple years ago are being drowned out. >> luke broadwater, ken dilanian, joyce vance. ben, you're staking around. appreciate that. and the fight over donald trump's tax returns escalated. in this hour yesterday we told of a blocking of the order to force the irs to hand over

documents by thursday. judge roberts asked the committee to make its arguments by next thursday, november 10th. trump had argued the only reason the committee wants his returns is to release them to the public. as we brace for a midterms now just a week away, israel is in the middle of a hugely consequential election right now. one that voters admit is "all about bibi." benjamin netanyahu, one of the most influential and polarizing political figures in israeli history is trying to stage a huge political comeback seeking his third stint as prime minister. even as he stands trial for charges that cost him his job just a little over a year ago. nbc's raf sanchez is in israel. how is it even possible netanyahu has even a chance regaining power? set the stage. what's going on there? >> reporter: yeah, chris. that is the question we've heard over and over again from liberal

israeli voters over the course of this campaign. people hoop thought they'd seen the back of benjamin netanyahu after 15 years of him being in office. a year ago, only to find that he may very well be back in in a couple of weeks' time, but, chris, we also ahead from voters who said they cannot imagine this country being led by anyone else other than benjamin netanyahu. one of the real animating factors among his right-wing supporters is the fact first time in israeli history there was an arab party in the israeli government over the last year. a party that just collapsed. that really is turning out netanyahu's voters, and also appears to be what partly, at least, behind the surge in support for the far right. far-right parties look like they may win. about 10% of the seats in israeli parliament. an unprecedented number. and netanyahu has made an election deal with them in return for their support in parliament says he is prepared to put far right mps in his

cabinet, and, chris that is something that has a lot of israelis alarmed, but it is really alarming people in the u.s. also. the state department is saying it's not commenting on this, but the u.s. may have to decide, is it going to meet with these far-right members of israel's cabinet? >> raf sanchez, you'll keep us up to date. thank you for that. midterm republican momentum. why a new poll says the gop could have a upper hand one week out from election day. so what are democrats doing to respond? and nothing magical about this. thousands trapped inside shanghai disney. we'll explain what happened there. plus, an emotional sentencing hearing today at the parkland school shooter who is heading to prison for life. i'll speak with a widow who just faced down the killer in court. you're watching "chris jansing reports" only on msnbc. for twice the goodness, twice the flavor, and twice the choice. sirloin salisbury steak and all-natural salmon. perfect for lunch or dinner.

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with one week to go the midterm forecast cloudier than

ever with already tight races getting even tighter, plus new polling shows economic concerns are moving voters towards republicans. there's a new "wall street journal" poll that finds pessimism about the economy and the direction of the country jumping to their highest levels of the year. 71% say the economy is on the wrong track. this tracks with what i heard from voters in ohio this week. >> very worried. i'm a former child care director, and that field is at the bottom of the salary wages. so as we look at our economy and talk about inflation, i hear my family, my community say, eggs are $4. that's a problem. >> eggs are $4, people. >> and we can't -- you know, we can't seem to fix that. >> this is absolute madness. the economy is first, certified -- second and third talking about this election, and so

something has to change. >> the result of all of that pessimism, a tightening in key races. latest "new york times" sienna college polls show the nevada race tied at 47. georgia, raphael warnock and herschel walker within the poll's margin of error. time running out, big-named surrogates spreadingous nationwide and we're out in force covering it all. in las vegas, also in georgia. joining the conversation also a democratic strategist who served as national deputy director of african american outreach for barack obama's 2008 campaign. good to see you all. tell us more ash the state of that race. who's coming into town and how much of an impact do democrats think surrogates can make at this late date? >> reporter: chris, well, former president barack obama is coming into las vegas today to speak at an early voting rally joined by john legend. of course, all of the democrats

of nevada. they're hoping to get that boost from obama. when you think about what obama has done and the support he's had in nevada he flipped this state back in 2008. a state that voted for george bush. obama came in won by 12%, came back won it again in 2012 when democrats didn't do very well. now barack obama is returning to good support, the boost they need. they need turnout by democrats. latest poll in "new york times" senate race practically tied in the polls. other polls like the nevada that do show a slight lead by democrats, but within the margin of error. this is a very tight race that could decide the future of the u.s. senate. incumbent catherine cortez needs the latina vote and obama had strong support from latinos in the state of nevada, he came here to make the daca

announcement years ago. it is expected for latinos to maybe possibly swing the election one way or another. one in five voters in midterms here in nevada is expected to be latino. democrats need that turnout from their base and they also want to win over folks of the non-partisan voters. about one-third of the state here has registered non-partisan. these are the undecided voters. a huge working-class group of voters here that still have to decide, chris. >> that brings me, throw a wrench into this with the control room. go to the graphic with question four, if you can. elena bring that to you that touches on what vlad just said. 68% black voters and 64% hispanic voters groups that favor deaths guad just talked about rate highest motivation, but far below the 83% of white voters and 79% of voters overall.

what do you think is going on there? and what strategy can be usd to win back those latino, those black voters? >> seeing that strategy in part with former president barack obama getting out on the stump again. as gaud mentioned, he has tremendous reach, both the african american and latino community, winning a significant portion of the latino community in nevada during his campaign as well as going to arizona where i believe in 2008, 60% of the latino voting population? and then over 70% in 2012. this is a man who knows how to motivate the base, and expand the electorate. both which are going to be important in these battleground states that have a history, where in arizona's case, going for trump and then going for biden. in nevada's case going from

biden but by a very narrow margin. so you're getting the closer into the person who's best able to expand the electorate to get those votes who are both part of our community, african american community, get the latino community and also expand to independent white voters who might have voted for trump at one point but now are coming back, going for a local elected or a member of congress who is representing their interests. >> so, blaine, meantime georgia has a key surkitt former vice president mike pence campaigning with governor brian kemp. interesting's that race also tightened. what exactly is the state of that race and are we experiencing record turnout. >> reporter: the answer is, yes, chris. seen every day since early voting period began record-breaking turnout here in georgia. get to that in a minute. as for what we're going in

georgia, in less than an hour now, we'll see the former vice president mike pence stumping alongside governor brian kemp. the latest polling numbers from the "new york times" show governor brian kemp is leading stacey abrams by about five percentage points. it's important to point out that is just outside, rather just outside of the margin of error, and both candidates realize that there's a lot of distance between now and election day. why you're seeing both stacey abrams and brian kemp stacking the campaign trail, beating it hard, multiple events a day and trying to get voters to take out, take advantage of early voting. as for the appearance of mike pence later today, the second time we've seen him on the trail here in georgia with governor kemp. he did the same thing back in the closing hours of the primary race and helped carry hum across the finish line with a decisive victory over david perdue. as for stacey abrams, her camp is really pointing to turnout of black voters. talking about black voters. numbers here in georgia show

turnout among black voters is slightly higher now than this point back in 2018 and stacey abrams team saying a good thing for their campaign and they're leaning into that and also by seeing her really trying to get the message out urging people to vote early. now, about those record-breaking early voting numbers. more than 1.6 million georgia voters have cast an in-person early ballot. much higher than we saw back in 2018. and certainly the variable in all of this. that people are still voting and still living to those messages on the trail. >> so interesting. elena, a lot of argument going on forever about the value of surrogates. right? we've been paying a lot of close attention to liz cheney. in cleveland today and i want to play for you a little bit of what she had to say. >> who do you prefer in this race? >>. >> i would not vote for j.d. vance. [ applause ] >> so if you were a buckeye,

buckeye state mother you'd be voting for -- >> i would. >> so, look, she's not going to win over staunch republicans, but i do wonder what you think as she's carefully chosen races to, you know, support a democratic candidate. with that suburban woman, with that true swing voter. i met a lot of them while there over the weekend in ohio. could someone like her make a difference? does she have the credibility to swing someone? >> absolutely, chris. look, this is unprecedented. i take small issue with the idea that she wouldn't win over just the average republican. i think that she -- probably she does not resonate does not have resonance with trumpists. right? folks who she's never going to speak to, but i think when speaking to women, particularly in the suburbs who may see themselves as republican but not see themselves as trumpists.

i think her voice becomes, comes out rationally and speaking in common sense terms and saying, in this instance she would vote for the democratic candidate. i think that people will think she's brave for speaking the truth. i think they will think she's brave for her role in the january 6th commission. and i think she is a very powerful surrogate. i'm from the midwest and i know people she's speaking to in the ohio region when she goes to michigan and so on. i think that she is a powerful surrogate. >> it's going to be interesting to see. that's another race too close to call. thank you both. wherever you're watching this broadcast today, you'll have something historic in common on your midterm ballot, because for the first time in u.s. history, lgbtq americans will be up for election in all 50 states, plus washington, d.c. that includes a record-breaking 678 candidates running for office, up 18.1% since the 2020

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we literally just got into the newsroom during the break a statement from the new hid of capitol police saying friday's attack against paul pelosi is an alarming reminder of what elected officials face during the tense political climate and goes on to say they are going to put additional measures into place after reviewing friday's incident. during this time of heightened political tension, we continue to monitor thousands of cases across the country in an effort to stop potential threats before they make headlines, and adds, during the past five years roughly 12% of cases identifying people making threats have been prosecuted. now, there have already been memos that have gone out to congress saying additional steps they're taking, but he acknowledges that many of the things they are going to do now, they are not going to reveal,

because, he says, it just makes it easier for people to get around them, but clearly, a quick response from the new head of the capitol police. meantime, it's been less than 96 hours, but since elon musk took over twitter he's already reportedly blocked the company's trust and safety team from doing its job. he may start charging users for that verified blue check mark. that's what shows users are, who they actually say they are. and used some saudi arabian money to finance the deal. a decision that democrats in congress want to be reviewed for national security purposes. it's all raising questions and concerns about the platform's potential spread of misinformation and disinformation especially this close to the midterms. ben collins is back with me. also with us, national political correspondent at politico meredith mcgraw. so thinking about what elon musk has done just since he took over. what's the impact we're already

seeing, and what are the major concerns moving forward? >> sure. so the impact we're already searing is the guy at the top tweeted something objectively false about a political terror attack basically. >> how long take him to take it down? >> and never apologized or said anything about it. the other thing, people pressing their luck from other web web sites challenging to put racial slurs on the day increase those by 500% in a day. the guy who runs safety over there said, its bots will take care of it. the problem is, by the way, it's a bad thing. first of all. straight up. second of all, they just cut the ability for a lot of the staff who does take care of it to be able to do that. they limited internally that ability to do it. look, people in this company are horrified where this is all going to end up. this is a site that is not very

well created as it is. infrastructure of the site is not meant to handle this level of attack constantly. i don't think he knows that. but he might find out the hard way. >> so meredith, look at former president trump who wapgs at the center of misinformation and could be back on twitter soon. a democratic strategist told you that trump back on twitter would be an earthquake. how do you see it? >> well, the former president has said so far that he wouldn't come back on twitter. he's been asked about it. says he wants to remain on truth social for now, but he's found that to be a really good megaphone for his messages to mostly his supporters and fans on the site. he has over 4 million followers on truth social. now, a lot of the people who regularly use that website are conservative right-leaning, and so, you know, he has felt like he wants to promote his own social media platform.

at the same time, twitter really was a crucial instrument for him in terms of amplifying his own ideas, his own messages, and in a lot of ways gaining political power, and without that, that immense audience, vast audience that twitter provides, you know, that's been, i think, a politically weakening force for him. a lot of people are bracing for trump to get back on twitter and have this sort of broad audience that he once had. >> i want to get a quick reaction from both of you and i'm running out of time, but i want to point out an op-ed doug hyde, former member of the rnc wrote. he admits part of the early "fire nancy pelosi" movement but writes this. just as warming waters create nor difficult hurricanes toxic

actions can -- our political emotions are running hotter than ever. as the world grapples with rising disinformation, and start with you, ben what is the impact on the political world? >> it only takes one person. what we're seeing over and over again. january 6th was a very compounded situation where everyone knew where to go because one guy told them to go there and then things got out of hand because three militias there trying to make that get out of hand. that's a special circumstance. we've now got little acts of political violence that exist that are not being condemned in the way they used to be condemned. that is the democratic back-sliding definitionally. if we don't start taking some responsibility for this stuff and start looking at it as if these words on the internet really do lead to realized action, we're going to constantly see this in this country. >> meredith what concerns are you hearing? >> you know, i thought it was really striking how quickly

misinformation about the attack on pelosi spread particularly among conservatives and right-wing influencers and commentators on twitter just hours after it happened. one of those falsehoods was tweeted out by elon musk himself and he deleted that tweet, but it just shows how quickly some of these ideas are able to spread and former president trump was interviewed this morning for a radio show, and suggested one of the same conspiracy theories himself. so it really -- some of these falsehoods are able to spread like wildfire on that site. >> it's scary. thank you both very much. and an emotional sentencing in florida. wife of the rehoareic athletic director who died trying to stop the parkland school shooter joins me to talk about what she said to the killer's face.

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and some more breaking news. just getting word that david depape who is, of course, the suspect in the break-in at nancy pelosi's house and suspected of beating her husband paul pelosi in the head with a hammer has himself been released from the hospital. we are told he is now in the county jail. there was some question about whether he would make an appearance today in court. his arraignment is scheduled for 4:30 eastern time. so a little less than three hours from now in san francisco, but, again, he is now out of the hospital. right now families are facing down the man who killed their loved ones in a gut-wrenching hearing in a florida courtroom. the families are the 17 people killed in the massacre at marjory stoneman douglas having their say to the killer's face before he is officially sentence it's and put away for life in prison. i bring in incomes's sam brock outside the courthouse for us. take us inside that room, sam. >> reporter: well, certainly

emotions on all ends of the spectrum. so much anger, sorrow, infuriation, chris, with the verdict of this jur high did not find enough to instill the death penalty. the mitigating circumstances stronger than the aggravating circumstances, there is no death poll. you needed unanimity. they did thought want to address the shooter as a human being, because there is no humanity there. described him in words as animal, creature. monster. also trying to sort of conceptualize in their own minds how they got to this point without seeing what they thought would be justice. so many discussing the fact their loved ones were on the ground dieing and the shooter came up and shot them again just to ensure they did not survive. so trying to understand their circumstances like this. how this jury could have come to this decision. you see them hugging in court. almost like a group of people with a shared experience they would never want but consolation among one another trying to get

through this ordeal and worth noting the very first opportunity to directly confront the shooter because victim impact statements were restricted what they could say. loved ones reeling, and here's what they said in court. >> i have emptiness. i have sadness. and i have grief. i -- am -- broken. i -- am -- broken. >> i wish no peace for you. i wish -- nothing but pain. and i hope that every breath you take you remember that that's a breath you stole. >> i hope your maker sends you directly to hell to burn for the rest of your eternity. >> reporter: chris, there is more testimony that's going on right now. then expecting brief testimony tomorrow and then tomorrow sentencing.

34 life sentences, 17 for murder. 17 for attempted murder without possibility of parole. chris? >> sam brock, thank you for that. our next guest is debbie hixon. the wife of chris hixon, school's athletic director killed after he ran into the building to try to stop the shooter. this is what she had to say earlier today. >> you were given a gift, a gift of grace and mercy. something you did not show to any of your victims. i wish nothing for you today. you have taken enough from me and my family and today we close this chapter on this part of our nightmare and only remember chris for the hero he was to us every day. >> and debbie joins us now. thank you for your time and for being with us again. we spoke 24 hours after the verdict and you were still debating then whether or not you were going to speak at the hearing today. why was it important? because i can only imagine how

difficult it was to be heard? >> thank you for having me today. it's important, because i want to leave the sound bite that as a community, as the media goes forward, that he doesn't exist anymore. that we are closing this chapter. he will become a number in a prison and honestly i don't care what happened to him. i can't continue to hold that anger inside of me and ever have the chance of grieving and being able to move forward in a positive way. so for me and my family, it was really important to shut that door and show him that he doesn't have the last say. he isn't going to watch us suffer forever. that we're going to remember chris and the bright light that he shined as well as the other 16 in ways that will make parkland community better. >> hearing the comments today and yours as well it is impossible to quantify the

collective grief, but you have said you would turn this pain you've been feeling into purpose. and first of all i don't know how you do that, but i know you are committed to it. tell us about that. >> so the family started an organization called stand with parkland. the three main things that we work on with both local, state and national legislators is safer schools, more responsible firearm ownership and better mental health for everyone. so we've been doing that pretty much since, not too long after the shooting, and we also started the chris hixon foundation raising money to give scholarships to student athletes to help them to be to be successful like chris did while he was here on earth with us. >> correct me if i'm misremembering, but i think you guys were really young when you and chris met. i think you were like 20 and 21. look at -- >> yes.

>> yeah. the picture is amazing. and so what, you were together from the time you met 30, 40 years, somewhere in there. i wonder, i hear from a lot of people after they've lost a loved one, particularly in a shocking way. that no matter how long they've been together, that they learn from other people things about the person they lost and i wonder what you've learned about chris. what have people told you about the difference he made in their lives. >> we've had so many students and other peers he had come and tell us the one story that really sits with me is when we were at march for our lives, there was a student there and she said she had a heart condition and she had called her mom to bring her medicine and she said mr. hixon sat down there with me. and she said, i'm fine, my mom's coming. he said, my son has a heart condition and i would never want hem to wait by himself so i will stay right here until your mom

comes. that's just who he was. sometimes people think we make up these story, but he was just that person that always made people feel like family. i can't even tell you he'd say, yeah, there's five people coming over for dinner. because he was just chatting with them and said come on over. so our house was always full of people, of love, of good times and we struggle with that now, but we have to be able to get back to that. >> he showed on that day who he was and admiration and our thanks to you for keeping his memory alive. thank you so much. we'll be right back. >> thank you. l be right back. >> thank you this week is your chance to try any subway footlong for free. like the subway series menu. just buy any footlong in the app, and get one free. free monsters, free bosses, any footlong for free! this guy loves a great offer. so let's see some hustle! for people living with h-i-v, keep being you.

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