richard martinez, give us a feeling for what it's like. you went through this, a shooting at the school from your son goes to school. there are parents of every student there waiting for the phone call, just waiting, waiting, waiting for that phone kul there, hoping to hear from their son, their daughter as soon as possible. that they're okay. what is that day like for the people who don't get the call from their son or daughter? >> well, lucy mcbeth who lost her son jordan in florida once said, it's as if every fear that you ever had for your child comes crashing down on you in one moment. and i've said that when i got that call it took us down to a place we had never been before. you know it's bad to lose a child, but when you get that call, it's -- it takes you down to a place you've never been before. and we've got to do so much better in this country. and i know what those people are going through. you know, you send your kid off to school in the morning and they're livinger that lives and everything is fine. and then the next moment,

richard martinez, give us a feeling for what it's like. you went through this, a shooting at the school from your son goes to school. there are parents of every student there waiting for the phone call, just waiting, waiting, waiting for that phone kul there, hoping to hear from their son, their daughter as soon as possible. that they're okay. what is that day like for the people who don't get the call from their son or daughter? >> well, lucy mcbeth who lost her son jordan in florida once said, it's as if every fear that you ever had for your child comes crashing down on you in one moment. and i've said that when i got that call it took us down to a place we had never been before. you know it's bad to lose a child, but when you get that call, it's -- it takes you down to a place you've never been before. and we've got to do so much better in this country. and i know what those people are going through. you know, you send your kid off to school in the morning and they're livinger that lives and everything is fine. and then the next moment,

the daily thing we see from gun violence is most often associated with domestic violence. >> richard martinez, i know the conversation will continue. we will continue to see you out there spreading word about your son. richard, thank you for your time. >>> we are coming up on the 24 hour mark since the shooting happened on this campus, 10:38 when the original reporting first started. my colleague brian williams started with breaking news at 30 rock in new york, joins us now. brian, when we first got information on this it was limited to the shooter was down and one person, a female, had been struck in the chest. now here we are with gruesome details of the dead and injured and waiting to hear more about who the shooter is. >> that's right, thomas. remember, we were doing a special report on weather on the east coast, it was during your shift when this word came that we had a terrible mass casualty event perhaps in oregon and now we know so much more, and there you are. we're going to toss to this press conference we've been awaiting all day with the local sheriff, john hanlin, and assistant a

. >> richard martinez, andy parker.hanks both of you for joining me this morning. >>> still to come in the newsroom. students in a panic after watching a classmate get shot. we'll hear in a the witness to the oregon shooting and talk about campus safety. wifi, ee with a network that's now up to 5 times faster than before! so he can rapidly prepare his presentation. and when he perfects his pitch, do you know what chris can do? and that is my recommendation. let's see if he's ready. he can swim with the sharks! he's ready. la quinta inns & suites take care of you, so you can take care of business. book your next stay at lq.com! la quinta! >>> this classmate of mine went out to the door and she stepped outside to go see the classroom next door. when she came back in, the shooter shot her in the arm, the left arm and the lower abdomen and she collapsed in front of the doorway. the door is open and her friend over there, she pulls the door open, locks it, turned off the light and then she's trying to do cpr on her friend as

. >> that was richard martinez, his son was killed last year during a shooting rampage at uc santa barbarae made it his life's work to reform gun laws. he joins me live. sitting in that room with you, we all said there will be a next time. we have had the next time here in oregon. when you heard the news, as a father who has lost a child, where does your mind immediately go? >> you remember what it was like. you remember what it's like to get that phone call and another interviewer asked me if i was surprised. i'm not surprised that this happened. it can happen tomorrow. we haven't done enough in this country to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. one of the things that we can do to do that is universal background checks on all gun sales. that's something that's supported by the vast majority of people in this country and because of the lack of leadership in congress it hasn't happened. it's happened at the state levels just this past year oregon became the 18th state to adopt background checks. background checks will not prevent all gun violence. but in the states that have ba

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father richard smith, sarah hugheson, gloria davis, nelson rodriguez, mariam troy gan, kitsia martinez. public speaker: hi. good morning. thank you for taking the time to hear us today. my name is rose con, from the san francisco lawyers committee. where i founded the relief project that specializes in serving and advocating immigrants for criminal conviction. every time they are fingerprinted by law enforcement that is sent automatically to law ice. they have all the information to location and specifically target that individual. let us be clear there is nothing in today's resolution or the existing memo that will in any way alter ice's power to identify and report. even though we are on the fight to defend deportation, it's a swift process that happens everyday. what supervisor campos no on pep resolution just as recognized over again through the years that there is no reason for law enforcement to take on any additional role in ice's policing efforts. they have the ability to do it themselves. let us say that ice does not promote public safety. those who are in prison and finish th

father richard smith, sarah hugheson, gloria davis, nelson rodriguez, mariam troy gan, kitsia martinez. public speaker: hi. good morning. thank you for taking the time to hear us today. my name is rose con, from the san francisco lawyers committee. where i founded the relief project that specializes in serving and advocating immigrants for criminal conviction. every time they are fingerprinted by law enforcement that is sent automatically to law ice. they have all the information to location and specifically target that individual. let us be clear there is nothing in today's resolution or the existing memo that will in any way alter ice's power to identify and report. even though we are on the fight to defend deportation, it's a swift process that happens everyday. what supervisor campos no on pep resolution just as recognized over again through the years that there is no reason for law enforcement to take on any additional role in ice's policing efforts. they have the ability to do it themselves. let us say that ice does not promote public safety. those who are in prison and finish th