that and explain it to the students without traumatizing them with a scenario supposed to be image nairyhave more on that tonight on abc 7 news at 6:00 in union city, abc 7 news. >> that is an excellent question. we do have more now about how parents should talk to their children about the violence and images they're seeing on tv today. >> in this saturday difficult situation today. >> it s nick, these[5cgs days is hard to escape it with tv, internet, everything. children have access to everything. how do you begin to talk to your kids tonight about what happened? >> the first thing to do is recognize what is going on inside of yourself, kids model how parents are reacting. if you feel anxious, scared, the first step is to calm yourself, work through what you can before talking to them. second step is to begin to listen to them. and fully listen, try not to jump in too quickly to fix the situation. third thing is÷sá emphasize and normalize reactions whether it's fear, or anger, be there, be able to listen to what is going on for them. and last thing, explain what is going on to them in

direct officials are also aware the image nairy scenario could be traumatizing to students given whatned in connecticut. >> how do you have an active shooter drill and not alarm students? >> exactly. right. and with younger children, it's a -- it's a fire drill like earthquake drill like maneuver. where you reassuring the children z you're moving children around. and adults need to know what is going on. you're right. children, little ones don't need to know what is going on. >> and again, that is coming up near union city n a few months in the meantime, oakland sent out a letter, other districts throughout the bay area sent either letters home with students today, or sent e mails home to parents about how to talk to their kids and hear in -- here in union city on monday, there will be more counselors available to kids because administrator knows that if they didn't know about it today, many more students will know about exactly what happened on monday. in unionin city, abc 7 news. >> let's explore this question of talking to kids a little more. this mass shooting is emotional for par

. >> david, we heard city college president tell us this is precaution nairy. a gunman but no one spoke to that person. no one heard shots fired. so they're taking all precaution autos they are. this is a case where word can spread like wildfire. we know in this age of social media word can spread quickly. information can be inaccurate. and that is maybe the case in this situation. people started hearing this, that shots may have been fired we've been told by the president that no, no shots have been fired. you have to take this one step at a time. >> and this is a back drop given what happened in connecticut. this heightens concern and fear and response on this campus. do you have a sense how many police officers have descended on this campus?cl%p >> yes. it's both city college, police and san jose police. the metro unit patrolling and doingz=+ç a call for events are all on this campus now. so numbers are large. i don't have an accurate figure but it's got to be in the dozens. anyone on duty coming in this direction. we saw units with their -- going code three

if you look at the federal budget and it's a pie discretion nairy spending we have to spend is shrinkingto fix that is fix the entitlement programs. i blame democrats. >> sean: long island, jerry shore, 85,000ses today replace immigration and custom enforcement, law enforcement vehicles. this is been -- we've within told a lie. you can have all of this spending just make the rich pay a little bit more, they will pay for it. we can afford it. that is a lie. you cannot. >> basement. >> a smile on your face, you know we cannot afford it. every extra $100 billion borrowed at $40 billion worth of interest. >> borrowing 46 cents of every dollar we're stealing from our kids. you told me last week can i say this? >> yes. i don't know. >> you know beckel does this. he says something on the green room, on air. it's called being beckel. >> sean: i don't want to beckel you. >> i'm comfortable. >> you said get over it. it doesn't map. >> well, it is. >> no. no. wait a minute. wait a minute. >> and this is something to get involved nchl i'm looking into the future, who is leading us into the future. a