By — Erica R. Hendry Erica R. Hendry Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-gun-violence-survivors-speak-out-at-hearing-with-senate-democrats Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH: Gun violence survivors speak out at hearing with Senate Democrats Politics Mar 7, 2018 4:53 PM EDT Senate Democrats will hear from survivors of gun violence Wednesday as they host a hearing on how to better protect children. Sens. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Bill Nelson, D-Fla., are hosting a hearing on gun violence Wednesday afternoon. Watch live in the player above. The event, called “America Speaks Out: Protecting Our Children From Gun Violence,” will feature testimony from survivors of the February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, along with educators, activists, police officers and family members of victims of other mass shootings, including those at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, and Virginia Tech. The hearing comes hours after a grand jury indicted Parkland school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz on 17 counts of first-degree murder. If he’s convicted, Cruz could face the death penalty, the Associated Press reported. PBS NewsHour will update this story as it develops. By — Erica R. Hendry Erica R. Hendry Erica R. Hendry is the managing editor for digital at PBS NewsHour. @ericarhendry
Senate Democrats will hear from survivors of gun violence Wednesday as they host a hearing on how to better protect children. Sens. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Bill Nelson, D-Fla., are hosting a hearing on gun violence Wednesday afternoon. Watch live in the player above. The event, called “America Speaks Out: Protecting Our Children From Gun Violence,” will feature testimony from survivors of the February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, along with educators, activists, police officers and family members of victims of other mass shootings, including those at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, and Virginia Tech. The hearing comes hours after a grand jury indicted Parkland school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz on 17 counts of first-degree murder. If he’s convicted, Cruz could face the death penalty, the Associated Press reported. PBS NewsHour will update this story as it develops.