the centerpiece of the adam walsh act is the national sex offender notification act. the goal is to create a seamless national sex offender registry to detect and track offenders. it provides minimum standards for state sex offender registries and created the drew national sex offender website which allows law enforcement officials and the general public to search for sex offenders nationwide from just one website. .r. this re-authorizes two key programs from the original adam walsh act, grants to the states and other jurisdictions to implement the adam walsh section offender recommendation requirments and u.s. marshals to apprehend sex offenders. these are crucial to efforts to complete and enforce the national network of sex offender registries particularly in the already past deadline for states to come into compliance. combeased on feedback from the . ates they can petition to be removed from the sex offender registry from 25 to 15 years and provides the juveniles do not need to be included on publicly viewed sex offender registries. it is sufficient for juveniles

. >> reporter: in 1981, it was a heart-wrenching discovery for callahan walsh's parents after their 6-year-old son adam a abducted from a florida mall and brutally murdered. from their tragedy and frustration, the walshs created the national center for missing and exploited children. this room shows the files of more than 230,000 kids the center has helped recover since 1984. >> we want to make sure kids don't go missing in the first place, and we think education is a big part of that. >> you should tell an adult. >> a trusted adult. >> reporter: walsh says technology has been key. the kid smartz program has helped. >> we understand it's most likely somebody the c that is going to harm the child. that should be parents. >> reporter: there's research-based tips for parents on subjects like when and where an attempted abduction is likely to happen. >> kids, teens, parents, and teachers, quicko the mike with today's main feature. >> reporter: net smartz used a series of videos and games to teach kids about all the dangers they can find online. but what if your child goes missing? the center's safety centr

walsh. a child advocate for missing or exploited children. >> my parents were quick to realize that there was very little help. >> reporter: his parents started the center in 1984 after his brother, adam never knew, was kidnapped from a florida shopping mall and brutally murdered. shocked to learn there was no national crime system for missing kids, the walshs helped pass a missing children's act in 1948 which led to the creation. >> i always grew up with my parents telling me we need to make sure adam didn't die in vain. that's what they were doing. >> reporter: down in the basement of this five story building, you'll find this room, a door with no marker, a lot of people know about the rarely visit. in fact, this is the first time that any video cameras have been allowed in me. hundreds of thousands of files, each of them a different case. each of them representing a child that's been recovered over the last 33 years. >> and we're not going to stop looking until we know what happened to every single child. >> reporter: michelle, the chief operating officer aet knickknack says to date, the center helped recover more than 232,000 children, or about 19 kids a day. she says their 24 hou

walsh. "san francisco chronicle" politics reporter joe garafoli, welcome. something we heard adam schiff talk about, that is the california penalty. noting that a lot of the president's policies on the environment, health care, immigration, the new tax plan, seem to be singling out california for additional punishment. sean, what do you think of that notion? >> i don't think it's singling out california for punishment, but california always wants to have it kind of my way. they almost act like they're an independent state. so i remember when governor wilson was governor, you had a number of folks who said, well, california can't have its own immigration policy, the federal government has that exclusive right and responsibility. now it's 180 degrees different. so the truth of the matter is california wants a lot and asks for a lot and acts like it's its own independent state but it's not being punished, it just has policies out of the mainstream and policies donald trump articulated when he was running for office. >> is there an element of payback to any of this in terms of, you ga

his brother adam, a brother he never knew, was kidnapped from a florida shopping mall and brutally murdered. shocked to learn there was no national crime system for missing kids. the walshs helped pass the missing children's assistant act of 1984 which led to the creation of nicnac. >> i always grew up with parents telling we need to make sure adam didn't die in vain. >> reporter: down in the building, you'll find this room, a door with no marker. but a place that a lot of people know about, but rarely visit. in fact, this is the first time that any video cameras have been allowed in to film what's around me. hundreds of thousands of files, each of them a different case. each of them with a child that's been recovered over the last 33 years. >> and we're not going to stop looking until we know what happened to every single child. >> reporter: michelle, the chief operating officer at nicnac says to date, the center helped recover more than 232,000 children, or about 19 kids a day. she says their 24 hour call center and social media have been instrumental that they could do more. >> we've seen tense of thousands of cases, but for the family that's going through it today, t

the walshs helped pass the missing children act of 1984 which led to the creation. >> i always grew up with my parents telling me we need to make sure adam didn't die in vein. >> reporter: in the basement of this five story building you will find this room, a door with no marker. a place that a lot of people know about but rarely visit. this is the first time that any video cameras have been around in. hundreds of thousands of files each a different case, each of them representing a child that has been recovered over the last 33 years. >> we have seen tens of thousands of cases. for the family that is going through it today that matters. >> cursed with my dad's nose. >> reporter: with the help of the forensics imaging lab now a new picture of hope. >> you get really attached to these cases that you work on. >> reporter: for the first time in 43 yooers they get a chance to see what brenda sue davidson could look like today. >> i think it is the best example of hope not only for the searching families out there but these images can be effective but to law enforcement that is doing the investigations dally. >> thank you so much. >> of cours

these parents after their six-year-old son adam was abd t abducted from a florida mall and brutally murdered. from their tragedy and frustration, the walsh's the national center for missing and exploited children. this room show's the files of center has helped recover since 1984. >> we to want make sure these kids don't go missing in the first place and we think session a big part of that. >> you should tell an adult. a trusted adult. >> reporter: walshs says in recent years, technology's been key. this is an online tool helps kids and parents understand the updated rule was personal safety, things like rethinking stranger danger. >> we understand that it's mostly likely that someone that the child knows is that's the person that's going harm the child. that should be a main focus of parents. >> reporter: there is research-based tips for parents too on subjects like when and where an attempted abduction is likely to happen. ♪ ♪ another program tackles real internet problems in a relatable way. clicky the rapid robot uses a series of videos and games to teach kids about all dangers they can find online. but what if your child goes could be