and today, moms demand action is the largest grassroots women—led movement in the nation. the last year or more, you've stepped away from leadership of moms demand action, and you talk very publicly about the need to make more time and space for yourself and for your family. and yet now, here we are. and one reason we're interviewing you today is because you've stepped right back into the arena and you've just done something pretty extraordinary. you were the sort of co—organiser of an amazing zoom call for women to get involved and back kamala harris�*s new presidential campaign. and as i understand it, within hours of setting up the call, the call took place. you had almost 200,000 women who wanted to be part of it, and you raised more than $8 million injust a couple of hours. what prompted you to come back into the arena? you know, i stepped away from moms demand action at the end of 2023 because i never imagined it would be an infinite position, and i really wanted to hand the reins over to someone with a different perspective so the organisation would evolve. the leade

happened in 2013, everyone was afraid of the gun lobby, in 2022, they were afraid of volunteers, moms demand actionsurvivors. republicans said i want to support this because i am getting seven to one calls in support of this. these are red districts. we were in the hall when the senate votes, and i watched mitch mcconnell high-five mitt romney. they wanted to do something. they wanted to take action. what is exciting is not only did you have this movement, you also saw a bill that brought so many ideas from both sides to the table. folks like tom taylor, who was the biggest -- from north carolina, but is the biggest champion of under 21 background checks. this is his thing. it's like when it comes to investing in 988, that is something republicans brought forward. we think about the gridlock. if you look at different parts of the country, it is a whole different story. in florida, red flag law was a republican effort. they have used it 12,000 times. this is how they address violence. any of you go to virginia or arizona, we don't want that progressive policy. woah, florida, this is their thing. tex

. >> lucy mcbath. [ applause ] >> when i worked for every town for gun safety and moms demand action of telling our stories. you just heard mine. but there are many more to tell. >> on december 14th, 2012, i walked in to sandy hook school. i stopped at the office, chatted with my principal, then started my day with my second graders. suddenly, a loud crash, like metal folding chairs falling. 154 gunshots blaring. hiding in the coats, trying to sing with my students, trying to read to them, trying to drown out the sounds. terror, crying, running. i carry that horrific day with me. 20 beautiful first-grade children and six of my beautiful colleagues were killed. they should still be here. >> it's 10:30 a.m. in uvalde. the school is recognizing my 10-year-old daughter lexi for receiving all as. she receives a good citizen award and we pose for photos. she wears a st. mary's sweatshirt and a smile that lights up the room. 30 minutes later, a gunman murders her, 18 classmates and two teachers. we are taken to a private room where police tell us she isn't coming home. uvalde is national ne

. >> when i worked for every town for gun safety and moms demand action for gun sense in america, i saward mine, but there are many more to tell. on december 14, 2012 i walked into sandy hook school. i stopped at the office, chatted with my principal, then started my day with my second graders. suddenly a loud crash like metal folding chairs falling. 154 gun shots blaring. hiding in the coast, trying to sing with my students, trying to read to them, trying to drown out the sounds, terror, crying, running. i carry that horrific day with me, 20 beautiful first grade children and six of my beautiful colleagues were killed. they should still be here. [cheers and applause] at 10:30 a.m. at robb elementary school in uvalde, the school is recognizing my 10-year-old daughter for all a's. she received the good citizen award and we psoed for photos. she wears a st. mary's sweathshirt and a smile that lights up the room. 30 minutes later a gunman murdered her. uvalde is national news. i reach out for the daughter i will never hold again. [applause] >> my name -- my niece cindy patrice was 22. she

representative lucy mcbath. [ applause ] >> when i worked for every town for gun safety and moms demand actionnd the power of telling our stories. you've just heard mine. but there are many more to tell. >> on december 14th, 2012, i walked into sandy hook school. i stopped at the office, chatted with my principal, then started my day with my second graders. suddenly, a loud crash like metal folding chairs falling. 154 gunshots blaring, hiding in the coats, trying to sing with my students, trying to read to them, trying to drown out the sounds, terror, crying, i carry that horrific day with me. 20 beautiful first grade children and 6 of my beautiful colleagues were killed. they should still be here. [ cheers and applause ] >> 10:30 a.m. at robb elementary, the school is recognizing my 10-year-old daughter for lexi for receiving all as. she receives a good citizen award and we pose for photos. she wears a st. mary's sweatshirt and a smile that lights up the room. 30 minutes later, a gunman murders her, 18 classmates and two teachers. we are taken to a private room where police tell us she isn't

>gianna>now at nine, a mom demanding answers in action after a disturbing school attack here. her story just ahead. plus, former president trump hit with a new indictment on the same election interference charges. so what changed? well, good morning. i'm gianna franco developing news right now. there's new security. and parents and students in the east bay are demanding answers. this after a student was attacked inside the dublin high school locker room the teen is now recovering from a broken nose and a concussion. and as our julia goodrich reports, his mother is calling on the school to keep students safe on campus >>>>these guys come in the locker room and they ask are you the sonny? are you the sonny? and they wanted to do sucker punches me. i'll stand up. i start fighting back and they all start jumping me i'm hurting for him because i don't know how it's going to affect him lifelong. the trauma that he ensued. >>>sherry barfield and her 14 year old son, dasani are both shaken up and concerned for the future after he was jumped inside the locker room at dublin high school

. >> when i worked for every town for gun safety and moms demand action for gun sense in america , i telling our stories. you've just heard mine. but, there are many more to tell. on december 14th, 2012, i walked into sandy hook school. i stopped at the office, chatted with my principal, then started my day with my second graders. suddenly, a loud crash, like metal folding chairs falling. 154 gunshots blaring. hiding in the coats, trying to sing with my students, trying to read to them, trying to drown out the sounds -- terror, crying, running. i carry that horrific day with me. 20 beautiful first grade children and six of my beautiful colleagues were killed . they should still be here. >> it is 10:30 a.m. at rob elementary in uvalde. the school is recognizing my 10- year-old daughter, lexi, for receiving all a's. she receives a good citizen award and we pose for photos. she wears a st. marys sweatshirt and a smile that lights up the room. 30 minutes later, a gunman murders her, 18 classmates, and two teachers. we are taken to a private room where police tell us she is not coming hom

gun safety georgia representative lucy mcbath when i worked for everytown for gun safety and moms demand action gun sense in america i saw firsthand the power of telling our stories you've just heard mine but there are many more to tell on december 14th, 2012, i walked into sandy hook school. >> i stopped at the office, chatted with my principal, then started my day with my second graders. suddenly a loud crash like metal folding chairs falling 154 gunshots blaring hiding in the coats trying to sing with my students trying to read to them, trying to drown out the sounds terror crying running i carry that horrific day with me 20 beautiful first grade children and six of my beautiful colleagues were killed they should still be here it's 10:30 a.m. at robb elementary in uvalde. >> the school is recognizing my 10-year-old daughter, lexi, for receiving all a's she receives a good citizen award, and we pose for photos she wears a saint mary's sweatshirt and a smile that lights up the room 30 minutes later, a gunman murders her 18 classmates and two teachers. we are taken to a private room where polic

not to mention this push from groups like moms demanding action, post the school shootings. think he's really kind of decided he wants to push forward with that. so he has advocated for and try to push forward different measures of gun control as governor. so i think some have been successful and some not. >> host: we will take calls now and start with eileen in drexel hill pennsylvania. good morning. >> i have a question for mr. olson about something i saw on twitter it might be true or a rumor. but that in minnesota governor walz signed a bill that changed the definition of pedophilia. and said that it was under the umbrella of sexual orientation. guest: the bill you referred to, i think one way to frame it was it maybe change the definition of pedophilia, what i believe it did was it made it so folks who have not committed pedophilia but who identified that way couldn't be wrongly charged or discriminated against. it was controversial, it was part of a larger bill and that's one of the polarizing issues here is the progressiveness on some of the transgender issues. that i

. >> when i worked for every town for gun safety and moms demand action for gun sense in america, i sawoffice, chatted with my principal, then started my day with my second graders. suddenly a loud crash like metal folding chairs falling. 154 gun shots blaring. hiding in the coast, trying to sing with my students, trying to read to them, trying to drown out the sounds, terror, crying, running. i carry that horrific day with me, 20 beautiful first grade children and six of my beautiful colleagues were killed. they should still be here. [cheers and applause] at 10:30 a.m. at robb elementary school in uvalde, the school is recognizing my 10-year-old daughter for all a's. she received the good citizen award and we psoed for photos. she wears a st. mary's sweathshirt and a smile that lights up the room. 30 minutes later a gunman murdered her. uvalde is national news. i reach out for the daughter i will never hold again. [applause] >> my name -- my niece cindy patrice was 22. she drove to myrtle beach for a motorcycle parade. hours later my phone rang, shooting on the beach. no one can find s