we are columbine?t spirit that, yeah, we're all members of this community. it behooves us to help one another and assist one another, yeah. >> he told us that no one in littleton, including the executives at lockheed, could figure out why the boys at columbine resorted to violence. >> why would kids do this? some of the root of that probably has to do with their anger about various issues. and we became aware of a program that provides anger management training. we made a $100,000 contribution to the jefferson county schools to use this training in the schools, we hope, to help both teachers and students learn alternative ways to deal with anger. >> so you don't think our kids say to themselves, gee, dad goes off to the factory every day and, you know, he built missiles. these are weapons of mass destruction. what's the difference between that mass destruction and the mass destruction at columbine high school? >> i guess i don't see that connection. that specific connection. the missiles you're talking

he grew up in littleton and has fond memories of columbine. >> columbine, a crappy school, a bunch ofa way to take out their anger of being different in littleton and turn it not into carnage but into a cartoon. ♪ just another sunday morning in my quiet mountain town ♪ ♪ you can see your breath hanging in the air you see homeless people but you just don't care ♪ ♪ it's a sea of smiles in which we'd be glad to drown ♪ ♪ it's sunday morning in a quiet little whitebread redneck mountain town ♪ >> columbine is a normal high school in a normal suburb. >> painfully, painfully, painfully normal. absolutely, painfully, horribly average. littleton in general is -- i remember being in sixth grade. and i -- i had to take the math test to get into honors math in seventh grade. and they were like, don't screw this up, because if you screw this up, you won't get into honors math in seventh grade. if you don't get into honors math in eighth grade, ninth grade, eleventh grade, then you'll die poor and lonely. and that's it. you believe, in high school, and a lot of the kids, but the teachers and coun

i was born after columbine and i was 9-years-old when sandy hook occurred. so for most of my life i have been force fed the importance of school security. i still remember the first week back-to-school after the sandy hook shooting took place. i was in 4th grade. i remember spending the first hour of school watching my teacher's shoes on the rainbow carpet as she tried to no avail what a code red was to a room of rowdy 4th graders. as lectureing the new security measures was, i never thought twice about them until four years later when my friend alena posed a question about why we were having the drills in the first place. in 8th grade, alena petty sat in front of me in our american history class. to be honest, we never talked about school security in the context of preventing mass shootings until one day when our friend austin returned to school after surviving the ft. lauderdale shooting that previous week. together our little friend group contemplated the effectiveness of our school safety procedures while standing in an ad giant corner of our classroom e

as i said, was born after columbine. we learned those little lines. the nursery rhyme things that are supposed to teach you how to survive when somebody comes into your school to murder you. additionally i think there are many things that can be done that i addressed. but i think of course, i will always say this but the first although it may be difficult is to address the nonviolence academics. initially like i said, we must invest money in a school mental health resources. and that we cannot just say again or hear again on my perspective members of congress say that they're going to do something about mental health because i completely agree with that but then they do absolutely nothing. i've seen what it is like. i am still in school. i think for many people and many legislatures like yourselves, school is different these days the menu at school. there are so many extended pressures. we have to deal with this every single day. so i would really push mental health. i think you need to have those conversations mental health professionals themselves.

as i said, i was born after columbine. and we learned those little rhymes. rhymes that are supposed today teach you how to survive when somebody comes into your school to murder you. i think there are many things that can be done that i addressed in my testimony. but i think, to address the gun violence especially epidemic. we must invest money into school, mental health resources and we cannot just say again or hear again on my perspective members of congress say they're going to do something about mental health because i agree with that, but then do nothing. i've seen what it's like. i am still in school. and i think for many people, many legislators like yourselves, school is different these days, probably, then when you went to school. there are so many extra pressures we deal with with every single day, so i would really push mental health and i think you need to have those conversations with mental health professionals themselves to see what works best. yeah, i think like i said with that video, all i saw was myself. growing up because that was me and

you will be able to see as mentioned the entire "bowling for columbine" documentary, 9:00 p.m.astern. afterward this new interview, longer, totally separate from what we just did with michael moore. and if you want, what some people say you can do about it. i'm thrilled to play a role in it. >>> when we come back, there's new legal peril for trump as he invites world leaders to come pay him at his golf resort. and now some surprising voices accusing him of rank corruption. >> this is about as direct and profound a violation of the emoluments clause as one could create. clause as one c ould create whyou should be mad that airports are complicated... he's my emotional support snake. ...but you're not, because you have e*trade, whose tech isn't complicated. it helps you understand the risk and reward potential on an options trade. don't get mad. get e*trade. you see clear skin. cosentyx can help people with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis find clear skin that can last. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of

. >>> 20 years after columbine, ari has a special documentary "bowling for columbine," and watch thery followed by ari's interview with michael moore, tonight on msnbc. >>> now to the loss of a giant in congress. elijah cummings. the late congressman and civil rights leader will lie in state in the capitol on thursday, a formal ceremony will be held in the morning, and a public viewing will follow. his soaring oratory underlines his legacy from the first speech on the house floor to the passionate fight as the chairman of the oversight committee. >> it is a very simple point but it's one that i live by, it says i only have a minute, 60 seconds in it, forced upon me, i did not choose, it but i know that i must use it, give account if i abuse it, suffer if i lose it, only a tiny little minute, but eternity is in it. >> it grew out of pain. it grew out of pain of young african-american males in the neighborhood where i live blown away because they can get a gun just as fast as they can get a cigarette. grow out of pain. and out of pain, young people comes your passion. and your passion

lead writer for the team that won the pulitzer prize for "the denver post" for covering the tragic columbine high school shooting in april of 2005. he had been covering the political scene for "the post" on candidates running for senate and other environmental stories and things get pretty ugly with some of those things. he was exhausted from working the graveyard shift when a colleague suggested he write a feature story for a notable retiring law professor at the university of denver, dr. thompson marsh who was an enthusiastic, avid ornithologist. mark himself had always been interested in birds, but it was the birders who fascinated him. thus he wrote a book about the people who had the time and wherewithal to spend a year tracking down sightings of rare birds. this book titled "the big year" was turned into a movie starring steve martin, jack black, and owen wilson. [ laughter ] >> i think the idea of that kind of quest was something that many people try but few succeed was the inspiration for his second book, "halfway to heaven," a personal determination to climb all of 54 of colorado's

the third issue was less than a year from columbine, since everything was talk but gun thursday that election year, 2000, was school safety. i had a plan, i had some suggestions which i made on all three of those issues, but after what happened with -- after i became the first school bordes candidate in u.s. history to be endorsed by in the nra, it nationalized -- i'm serious -- nationalized the rails and i was called all kind do basically ruined my career, political career, burt it kept come back-here's the point. i had kids in the school in the montgomery county school district, like being a good nra member, taught them things like that, but basically what i'm saying, do you all have any other -- here's the question, suggestions other than what you already mentioned -- to sort of -- well, let me ask you thinks in our school district what they were doing back then was they were -- i think it's still the policy, to mainstream mentally ill, however defined, kids, disciplinary problems, and they had a stream of lawyers to cover up for and you won't so it because they're juveniles. thei

the, i ran for school board in the year 2000, less than a year after columbine. i ran on, my platform was three issues. the first one, you know, usual waste, fraud and abuse even in a very rich system like montgomery county which also has some of the best defense lawyers in the country. defending the school system and torts that are committed. the second issue was the problem of drugs, prescription drugs, overmeld candidated -- overmedicated kids, ritalin, in the school system. and gangs. regardless of immigration status. the third issue was less than a year from columbine since everybody was talking about guns in that year, in that election year, 2000, was school safety. i had a plan, i had some suggestions which i made on all three of those issues. but after what happened, after i became the first school board candidate in u.s. history to be endorsed by the nra, it nationalized -- [laughter] i'm serious. it nationalized the race, and i was called all kinds of -- it basically ruined my career, political career, though i kept coming back. but here's the point. i

assortment of dvds and books about assassins, serial murderers and mass killings, ranging from the columbine massacre to the oklahoma city bombing. >> if used, these bombs could have caused catastrophic damage and harm to hundreds, even thousands of people. >> reporter: police say when she was arrested koats said she wanted to, quote, "hurt people." but this story comes with a tragic and simultaneously noble twist. kolts was turned in by her own parents, who discovered the arsenal and called police. if found guilty, she could face up to 15 years in prison. her parents must be devastated. tom? >> pierre, thank you. >>> to politics and breaking news from the campaign trail concerning bernie sanders. the presidential candidate leaving desert springs hospital in las vegas a short time ago. you see him right there. doctors revealing he suffered a heart attack. let's get right to terry moran. this is big news. >> reporter: it sure is. and as you saw, bernie sanders left the hospital, saying he's feeling great. heading home to vermont for a few days. a short time off, but as you point out doctors c

. >> the anniversary of columbine, which is freaky and kind of scary-- very scary. >> reporter: the journal chilling detail. he would detonate pipe bombs and use multiple firearms to blast anyone in sight, and execute survivors. how does that make you feel as a mom? >> like i've done something wrong. no reporter: police believe she ind everything right. >> she's very courageous. it's clearly very emotional for her. ce loves her son. >> reporter: you really wrestled with making the call to the police. >> yeah. my son told them that it was only creative writing, it was just a story. >> well, he's plotting to attack and kill people. that's beyond creative writing. that's beyond normal. >> reporter: this angelic looking toddler is now 17. his mom says he'd been battling depression. >> i'm worried about his mental health, and he needs help. >> reporter: so you think he's safer right now in jail? >> yeah, i do. >> reporter: and you're safer right now, with him in jail. >> yes, ma'am. y reporter: that's a hard thing to admit. >> yeah. truth hurts sometimes. >> reporter: do you still love your son?

. >> reporter: investigators say kolts was obsessed with the oklahoma city bombing and the columbines shooting. last year, police went to the kolts' home after they received a tip that she had placed an online order for materiel on pipe bomb construction, but they determined she was not a threat. today, her parents told police ehat she has been undergoing mental health care treatment. she is now in the county jail. norah. g o'donnell: all right, courtney, thank you. at this hour, an emergency directive is going into effect in hong kong. anti-government protesters will no longer be allowed to wear masks. hours earlier, they were out in the street en masse setting fires and blocking streets. police responded with tear gas. nge protestors are demanding more autonomy from mainland china. actress diahann carroll died of cancer today in los angeles, and she was a tv pioneer. >> guess what, mister? >> what? >> o'donnell: in 1968, carol started "julia," playing a nurse and a single mom. rse was the first black woman in a leading role who didn't play into racial stereotypes. >> it was very co

columbine had two shooters but he also is missing one shooter cases. so we put our list together if you look at the number of people killed with the gun ownership rate then there is a negative relationship with more guns and fewer people killed in mass public shootings if we look at the rate of mass public shootings and to remove the most extreme cases that show a negative relationship there are a lot of other myths that are out there and one is how many guns to americans own cracks look at the new york times that gun ownership is falling over time now 3 percent of households own a gun. what they are relying on is the job general social service. i will give you a story a few years ago i got a call from a producer at abc news about the risk of guns in the home i was talking to them for an hour and a half and for the end of the conversation she made the comment at least this will be too much of a problem in the future because fewer and fewer households are having guns. i said you are assuming you're relying on the general social survey cracks i said you

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. >> the anniversary of columbine, which is freaky and kind of scary. very scary. >> the journal went into chilling detail. he would detonate pipe bombs and use firearms to blast anyone in sight and execute survivor as mom?does that make >> like i have done something wrong. >> reporter: police believe she did everything right. >> she's very courageous. it's clearly emotional for her. she loves her son. >> you wrestled with making the call to the police. >> yeah, my son told them he was into creative writing and it was just a story. >> he's the plotting to attack to kill people. that beyond creative writing. >> reporter: this angelic looking toddler is now 17. his mom says he had been battling depression. >> i'm worried about his mental health and he needs help. >> do you think he's safer in chijail? >> i do. >> and you're safer right now with him in jail. >> i am. >> that's a hard thing to admit. >> yeah, truth hurts sometimes. >> you still love r your son? >> of course, i do. itak ies t a did. it wasn't easy. >> she's parenting ando w t so . >> did she

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. >> columbine, right? >> wanted to revisit his documentary looking at the gun policy issues.that documentary airs. michael moore joins me on the beat tonight. we're going talk about that. >> oh, great. i know i saw you somewhere with michael moore. >> so we're going to dig into that tonight and saturday night on msnbc where that airing of the documentary. >> i'm just going to say this is personal. you should work harder. thank you, ari melber for coming. >> thank you, chris jansing. >> sunday, ari hosts "trump in ukraine impeachment crisis." i don't think he sold it that great. it's not all about johnson. it's really something you should look at about the impeachment inquiry and where it's headed. dvr it. we've got that breaking news. trump has just tweeted as -- about a new nominee for energy secretary. it reads i want to thank secretary of energy rick perry for the outstanding job he has done. he will be leaving at the end of the year to pursue other interests. rick was a great governor of texas and a great secretary of energy. he is also my friend. at the same time, i am p

of the supreme court or whatever, i ran for school board in the year 2000, less than a year after columbine i ran on my platform it was three issues the first one usual waste fraud and abuse even in a very rich place like a montgomery, county. in some of the best defense lawyers in the country. defending the school system and the second issue was the problem of drugs prescription drugs overmedicated kids. in the school system. and against. regardless of immigration status. the third issue was less than a year from trilobites is everybody was argued by guns in that year and that election year. in 2000 was school safety. i had some suggestions which i made on all three of those issues but after what happened and i became the first school board candidate in u.s. history to be endorsed by the nra, and nationalized i am serious. it nationalized the race and i was called all kinds of and i was basically eroded my political career. here's the point. i guess in that school. in the montgomery school system being a i'm going nra member i taught them things like that. basically do you all have some ot

you know, i was in high school when the columbine shooting happened and since then, we've generated ave seen these assault rifles you were in afghanistan. >> yeah. >> jimmy: what is your take on everything with syria and turkey and - >> i got to tell you it's just a bad day for america when our country can't be relied on to keep its word. you know, i really felt when i was deployed that in addition to my bo armor and the weapons i was carrying that one of the things that protected me was that the flag on my shoulder represented a country that was seen as credible. that our allies and our enemies knew that when we said we would do something, we would do it so when you got these kurdish fighters, they put their lives on the line to be at our side fighting against isis, and you betrayed them, which is what this president has done. not only is it undermining stability in syria, it's undermining the honor of american soldiers who feel now that their honor has been taken away and when you take away a a soldier's honor, you're taking away the most important thing. and it's taking away our co

a woman with the columbine and oklahoma city killing arrested with two dozen pipe bombs plus an arsenals. police said the bombs could have caused catastrophic damage to the bombs could have caused catastrophic damage to hundreds if not thousands of people. >>> a great day for baseball fans with full slate of playoff games today. in the late games, the yankees came out on top of the twins 10-4 the two teams led the majors hit 5 homers combined. out of los angeles, the nationals leaned on pitching aces for a 4-2 win to even that series. >> they beat kershaw in the process. good series. >> i like when you talk sports >> did i sell it for you i hope you understood it. >> you did great >>> to the weekend morning boost. an honor for a brave dog hurricane was ordered a merit of honor on friday. back in 2014, you may remember this hurricane stopped an intruder who climbed over the white house fence. the man punched and kicked hurricane. the dog never gave up. he was forced to retire two years later because of his injuries and now lives with his handler and nice prize >> well deserved. >>> still

msnbc's ari melber host as special airing of michael moore's oscar-winning documentary e bowling for columbiney as it was some 20 years ago. >> why us as americans? the film gets into this. and i basically end up agreeing half way with the nra when they say guns don't kill people. people kill people. the movie says, guns don't kill me. americans kill people. >> you can watch the documentary followed by ari's interview with michael moore starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern time here on msnbc. 300 miles an hour, that's where i feel normal. having an annuity tells me my retirement is protected. learn more at retire your risk dot org. it's what gives audible themembers an edge.listening; it opens our minds, changes our perspective, connects us, and pushes us further. the most inspiring minds, the most compelling stories: audible. (kickstart my heart by motley crue)) (truck honks) (wheels screeching) (clapping) (sound of can hitting bag and bowl) (clapping) always there in crunch time. i was on the fence about changing from a manual to an electric toothbrush. but my hygienist said going electric could le

south carolina that, by the way, is the common thread, there's also the woman whose child died in columbine >> you know why, because it's not human, it's supernatural, it is, to be able to forgive, so far and above what i think we're cae of. >> you're supposed to yell in that victim's moment, i hope you go to jail, you took my brother. and for him to exude so much grace, the spirit takes over that's it. that's it. >> brandt's mother says i'm not there yet. i'm absolutely not there i ought to be there, but i'm not there. >> which is an amazingly honest emotion as well. >> god is patient with our journeys you know. >> we better hope so >> exactly. >> harry, that was awesome. >> harry hasn't been back to church since that story. >> harry, you're the most experienced broadcaster here, how do we go from that to the mighty pop start. >> let's go. >> you know what, take a beat. >> weather first. >> think of me as an - >> buffer. >> by the way, your voice, i know you have a little something going on, but there's a barry white thing going on. >> baby baby. >> i love to love your mama. >>> anyway, le

officer and special agent in part as a first responder in the metropolitan police department in the columbine attacks is making a uniquely postured to be a witness today. my first-hand experience has shaped my approach to deal with this type of violence. organizations remain a core priority of the dhs counterterrorism efforts if we continue to make progress in our ability to detect and mitigate the threats they pose. isis, al qaeda insiders represents the second, persistent long-term national security threats. cyber threats and emerging technologies remain a significant risk for the united states threatening the national security, economic prosperity and safety. nationstates in the cyber criminals increase the frequency and sophistication of the attacks and other malicious cyber activity regarding the foreign influence, the influence evolved into one of the most significant threats in decades. u.s. adversaries including russia, china, iran and north korea and other competitors use online influence operations to try to weaken the democratic institutions, undermined u.s. alliances, threaten our

officer and special agent and part of the first responder metropolitan police department through the columbine attack has made me uniquely postured to be a witness today. it's shaped my approach to dealing with this violence. we continue to make substantial progress in our ability to detect the threats these groups pose. isis, al qaeda, and returning foreign fighters represent long-term security threats. cyberthreats remain a significant risk for the united states, threatening our national security, economic prosperity and safety. nation states and cyber criminals are increasing the frequency and sophistication of their attacks and other malicious cyber activity. foreign influence threat has evolved into one of our most significant threats. u.s. adversaries, including russia, china, iran and north korea and other strategic competitors will use influence operations to try to weaken democratic institutions, undermine u.s. alliances, threaten our economic security, and shape our policy outcome. regarding transnational organized crime. criminal organizations have a destabilizing effect on the west

columbine, colorado, 13 lives. these are some of the darkest days in our country's history, madam president. none of us will ever forget the terror, the tears, and the devastation that these and other communities have felt. for the parents and relatives of these affected, it's a nightmare that many will never wake up from. this can't be allowed to continue. there's an implicit agreement that when we drop our children off at a school, we want to know that they are going to be kept safe. in many cases today we're not fulfilling that agreement. there are a lot of steps we must take in order to face this crisis. i'm confident that if we come together in a bipartisan fashion and focus on doing what actually works, we can make our schools safer. the united states senate has a chance to get this started right now. last month in a bipartisan effort senator collins, and tillis joined me in the school safety clearinghouse act. this will protect students and faculty in our public schools in america. the school safety clearing

and a woman said to be obsessed with columbine around after stockpiling a massive and deadly arsenalmichelle colts calling 911 after finding two dozen pipe bombs in her room. >> if used, these bombs could have caused catastrophic damage and harm to hundreds. even thousands of people. >> police also finding several gun gun and other weapons. and 73 catholic schools in washington state will no longer allow religious vaccine exemptions. the archdiocese of seattle's new policy allows students claim exemptions only for medical reasons. the new policy goes into effect next year but students have until the end of the school year to get vaccinated. the move comes after the u.s. saw a spike in measles. according to the cdc there have been over 1200 cases this year. the most since 1992 and those are your headlines. jedediah: wow. pete: this is your weather. we have rick reichmuth on the line with us this morning. rick, how are you doing? rick: hey, how is it going? pete: i guess it's not online it's on air. rick: cold chill is coming not across the central plains yet. going to be really cold l