please welcome march for our livers activist emma gonzalez and matt deitsch.> trevor: so good to have you here, is that the first thing will you do is go to my water, just check. >> no, it's the mug. >> trevor: what if it was a fake mug and you would expose the fact i don't have any real things in my cup. welcome to the show. thank so much for being here. what is fascinating in wamping your journey, many people get ang disng-- angry when bad people happen in their world, not just in america, everywhere. some people do something but you continue to work at it to make change. what do you think keeps driving you? >> i definitely know that in the very beginning of all this we met way bunch of kids from chicago who, the peace warriors mainly who we are still friends with today. and they 208d us about the six principles of nonviolence, martin luther king and principle number five is, no, principle number four is accept suffering without retaliation for the sake of the cause to achieve the goal. which means basically doesn't matter what you face as an individual, the

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emma gonzalez has reached out and spoken about, yes, how we need to both be in this together, both communities. how does that sit with you, brie? >> i think it's important to recognize, anger is often a secondary emotion to hurt. i think that what many of the black lives matter protesters have been expressing is a deep sense of hurt. what has been expressed by young people, not only black lives matter protests, but even black youth have been protesting over the issue of gun violence in their communities, protesting over this issue for years, has nothing to do with the students in parkland. they completely empathize with the students in parkland. what they are speaking to is how pervasive racism is, that racism is so pervasive it man fiifestsr how people show empathy. another example is the bombings in austin. we had a white terrorist sending bombs through packages in the mail. there seemed to be as much or maybe even more empathy for the terrorist than for the black victims. again, it's really just highlighting the pervasive really insidious nature of racism in america. >> and if i could chime

emma gonzalez was in my class as a junior. i know these kids. to see them have a voice, so see them have a platform knowing that we as their teachers support them and encourage them and work with them, it's important for all teachers to do that. whethert a huge issue like this or just something small happening at your school. this is what we are trained to do. >> good answer. changing the subject a bit, we talked about the fact that social media sea driver of change that wasn't available to some of us back in the day. but it's here. and you said, rain, you know, you were very active on social media both in that horrible classroom at that horrible moment that evening and since. so this question is about the reverse side. what about backlash on social media? how does somebody like you deal with that? i assume there are people out there who, you know, have countermessaging that's personal to you. i don't want put words in your mouth, but how do you deal with that? >> as we were talking about earlier, social media is a double-edged sword. i've recei

delaney carr ate lunch in my classroom -- was in my classroom every morning and emma gonzalez was in my class as a junior. like, i know these kids, and -- and to see them have a voice, to see them have this platform knowing, that you know, we as their teachers support them and encourage them and work with them, it's -- it's important for all teachers to do that, whether there's a huge issue like this or just something small happening at your school. this is what we're trained to do. >> good answer. >> so we talked about how social media is a driver that is a change that wasn't available back in the day but it's here, and you said, rain, that you were very active on social media, both in that horrible classroom at that horrible moment that evening and since, so this quell is -- what about back psh on several we'dia. >> and i'm sure there are people have countermeasuring that are very important -- i don't want to put word in your mouth, but how do you deal with that? >> as were you talking about earlier, social media is a double-edged sword. i've received a lot more support than i have

here at today's rally were marjory stoneman douglas high school students including david hogg and emma gonzalez have become young activists in the wake of that shooting just six months ago. another thing to note about the timing here today, frederica, about three months until the midterm elections and there is an active effort among these young people to get people registered to vote and have their voices heard. >> karin caifa, thank you so much. appreciate that. >>> ten months after the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history, the motive remains a mystery. investigators say they were never able to determine why the las vegas shooter opened fire on a music festival from the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel in october. 58 people were killed and hundreds were injured. the investigators' final report released just yesterday does conclude the shooter acted alone. >>> still to come, nba super star lebron james fulfills a promise to his hometown. details on his plan to offer at-risk kids free tuition and meals next. ahh... summer is coming. and it's time to get outside. pack in even more adventur