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welcome back and it appears this morning the fate of the so-called dreamers is in limbo. >> the senate failed to move forward on four separate immigration reform proposals. although the protections under the obama era daca program are due to start expiring on march 5th. federal judges have stopped them from happening. and party planner and friend of first lady melania trump was paid $26 million by the trump inaugural committee to manage the inaugural event production. stephanie's personal share of that fee was $1.6 million. the committee spent more than $90 million total on inaugural events. mitt romney is likely to make his utah senate run official this morning.

the 2012 republican presidential nominee is expected to release an online video declaring himself a candidate. romney's name recognition and personal wealth make him a favorite to replace senator orrin hatch who is retiring. and now on to the olympics and the party's on right now in south korea because today is new year's day on the lunar calendar. >> all right. >> but there was no celebration for mikaela shiffrin. not today. >> she wound up in fourth, fourth in the slalom. it's normally her best event. she was apparently sick before her first run. >> she was trying to win her second gold of these games to go alisteni along with her win in the giant slalom. alex stone has more from what is happening at the games. >> reporter: lindsey jacob ellis is still seeking her first olympic gold. she dominated the sport in every other competition. jacob ellis, off to good, early

starts with the runs in the men's figure skating short program, victor zhou was the first to take the ice. alex stone, abc news, pyeongchang. and there's plenty of drama surrounding the jamaican women bobsled team. >> oh, you bet. they are hours away from starting practice runs at the games, but their coach has reportedly quit. >> drama. >> she says she owns the team's sled and she's threatened to leave the games and take her sled with her had. >> so not only did the coach quit, she wants to take the sled too. >> jamaican officials say that's not the case and the women will race when the competition begins. >> i just have this image of the tug of war going on -- >> my sled. all right. let's check the medal count, shall we? >> do we have to? >> norway's doing so good. 18. they're doing so great kevin

durant is going to sign with him for it next olympics. >> germany is next. they are leading in gold medals with nine. canada comes in third and to the netherlands. thanks to their domination in speed skating and there we are fifth with eight medals overall. we're now in third, tied for third. >> slow but steady. we're getting there. >> are we though? >> not really. we have like a week to make it up. >> steady, come on. let's think positive. >> we'll see. when we come back, "black panther." first reviews are in. >> that's coming up next, stick around. okay - let's try this. it says you apply the blue one to me.

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>> we're all rooting for you. we were all rooting for you, as tyra would say. >> kendis is very upset. >> jennifer is on the cover of architectural digest and said i look around at my husband, my dogs and my home and there's nowhere else i'd rather be. >> in a statement about their split, they say, quote, this decision was mutual and lovingly made at the end of last year. we are two best friend who is have decided to part ways as a couple but look forward to continuing our cherished friendship. and a lot of people hoping for a reunion with her ex-brad pitt. who is single. >> not quite. >> not quite. he wasn't quite single when he got together with angelina. >> that's also true. there was hope that perhaps brangelina would reunite. i'm still hoping for a justin/jen reunion. let's try to cheer ourselves up with love. last night was the second round

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you know a lot did happen this week, but there is one news story that over shadows all the others. >> here now your friday rewind. >> we begin with the many questions surrounding the deadly attack on stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. >> 17 people have been killed and more than a dozen wounded. >> we have a shooter in custody. he was taken into custody i believe about an hour after he left stoneman douglas. >> over to the white house now getting pushback from the fbi on the departure of staff secretary, rob porter, amid allegations of domestic violence. the fbi chief directly contradicted a claim by the white house and said the bureau had been updating the white house on porter for nearly a

year. >> and does the president believe the women? >> again the president takes all of these accusations very seriously. >> reporter: a daring rescue attempt playing out on the top of oregon's highest peak, mt. hood. one performing chest compressions on a climber who had fallen some 700 feet. he later died. some 10,000 climbers come to mt. hood every year. it's the most visited snow covered peek in america but can be especially dangerous this time of year. >> american snowboarder, shaun white making history. but now facing new questions over past sexual misconduct allegations. >> are you concerned that they're going to tarnish your legacy? >> i'm here to talk about the olympics, not gossip. i'm really sorry i chose the word gossip, it was a poor choice of words to describe such a sensitive subject in the world today.

>> and best in show at the westminster kennel club will be bichon frise. >> i have to ask the owners, but i think i can drop the mike and say he's retired. the official portraits for president obama and the former first lady unveiled. they are anything but garden variety. >> i tried to negotiate less gray hair. i tried to negotiate smaller ears. struck out on that as well. >> president didn't do very well negotiating that painting at all, did he? >> let's hope he can negotiate other things as well. busy weekend ahead, the daytona 500 is coming up. the nba all-star is back in los angeles. >> and president's day monday. >> it's a holiday. that's it for this half hour. announcer: this is abc's "world news now."

good friday morning i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm diane macedo. here are some of the top headlines we are following on "world news now." a devastated florida community pays tribute to the 17 lives lost in that school tragedy as new details emerge about the alleged shooter. investigators tell abc news, he was hearing voices. now they're trying to figure out why so many red flags were missed. we have full coverage, coming up. later this morning former republican presidential candidate, mitt romney is set to launch his run for senate utah seat. it's now held by the retiring orrin hatch. that announcement was postponed in the wake of the school shooting. and mikaela shiffrin failed to medal today in what is considered her strongest event. she finished fourth. she was trying to become the first woman to defend the olympic title in that event.

she calls her finish a big bummer. and the nba's all-star weekend gets under way today in los angeles. in a twist, lebron james and steph curry got to pick the teams they will captain on sunday. that replaces the usual east verses west format. those are some of our top stories on this friday, february 16th. from abc news, this is "world news now." and a good morning to you all. we're going to start off with the names and faces of the 17 lives taken by a crazed gunman. >> the youngest victims were just 14 years old, while others were making plans for college. there was a popular coach who died shielding students and the geography teacher who pulled kids into his classroom, only to be shot in the doorway. as thousands gather in parkland overnight to remember the lives lost, we're learning more about how the attack unfolded.

victor is there. >> reporter: that steady stream of gunfire breaking out at 2:21 p.m. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: a school employee immediately calling a code red. students were supposed to be going home, instead some would stay huddled together on lock down for hours. they say 19-year-old nikolas cruz has confessed to being the gunman and the former student arrived in an uber, carrying an ar-15 inside a black case. >> he pulled the rifle out of the case. >> reporter: then he began shooting into at least five different classrooms on two floors. >> he went from the third floor to the second floor. >> reporter: the suspect is believed to have pulled the fire alarm. >> the fire alarm got pulled and kids were evacuating. i heard five shots. >> reporter: many finding shelter wherever they could, hiding under desks, barricaded in classrooms.

>> it's not a drill. everyone got shot. >> reporter: first responders on the scene desperately trying to track down the suspect. nearly an hour after the first shots rang out, some students still hunkered down. >> we believe the person has been neutralized, but we are currently on lockdown. >> reporter: but the school managed to slip out of the school with evacuating students. >> white male burgundy shirt wearing a black hat and either long black pants or shirts. mixed with a group of students running westbound. >> reporter: with a suspect on the loose, students told to put their hands over their heads. first responders breaking glass to get into one locked classroom. some students begging for help. as the wounded are carried away. >> as fast as they're taken out of the environment, we get them to the hospital.

>> put your hands up. >> everybody had to put their hands up. >> reporter: one by one each student led from the horrifying scene. >> let's go. stop looking and keep walking. keep walking. >> reporter: the evacuation still underway when police tracked down the suspect in town wearing that burgundy shirt. more than 90 minutes after the rampage started, the sheriff announcing the shooter was in custody. we're learning more about how the suspect was able to escape. police say after he allegedly shot his last victim he ran to the stairwell on the third floor, he dropped the rifle and his bag, making his way to the tennis courts. from there he was able to blend in with other students. victor oquendo, abc news, parkland, florida. >> our thanks to victor and police say he confessed to shooting and was hearing voices. >> the 19-year-old is now on suicide watch. his public defender describes him as a broken human being who

is remorsable. a family of a friend took him in after his adoptive moth died unexpectedly in november. they say he moved in with the ar-15 rifle, kept it locked away, and bought it legally about a year ago. and the students who made it out alive are still reliving everything that happened to them. >> some sat down with david to share the details of the ordeal. helpless in that school as the shots were fired. >> i wasn't able to sleep. i saw his face in my head. >> reporter: the moments many feared would be their last. replaying over and over in their minds. >> you never think what will happen to you in your school until it really does then it still doesn't seem real. >> reporter: she was with her twin sister moments before the shooting began. >> i was in the restroom when i heard 10 or 15 gun shots and i ran out of the stall and grabbed two people said we need get to

the classroom right away. >> reporter: you were in the bathroom on the second floor and hear the gunfire and your twin sister is in the classroom? she saw the shooter down the hall, heading down the stairs. >> and that's the moment i panicked and the girl next to me hyperventilated because she had asthma. we were sitting down. icon tacted my sister and then -- >> reporter: she described the heart breaking moments separated from her own children. >> we heard screaming and crying. all the kids who were shot in the rooms over, they lost so much blood. we heard no gunshots for like ten minutes. 40 minutes later, i had no messages from my sister. >> reporter: junior, jonathan blank. >> there's a glass panel on our door. it's like a rectangular glass window.

he opened fire from inside the hallway, through the door and started spewing through the door. >> reporter: and in this chilling video the deafening shots ringing out and you can actually see jonathan. he was on the floor along with so many of his friends. you can see his sneakers, right there. a junior fled to a closet where she hid for hours with other students in what she thought were her last moments. she texted her mother. >> i said mom, i love you so much. i think i'm going die. >> reporter: trying to keep everyone hiding in the closet. >> i knew she wanted to be emotional, but she couldn't for us because if she was, so many people would have broken down. >> they're told not to look around, to keep their hands in the air. >> i saw my security guard stand on the ground. i saw people, blood everywhere. i just couldn't take it all in.

then i saw my sister. >> reporter: what was that like? >> it was the best feeling. if she would have died, i don't know what i would have done. >> reporter: these students feeling blessed to be alive. now, trying to send a message to the nation to help them keep this from happening ever again. what do you all want to hear from the people who we elect to solve these problems. what do you want to hear from them? >> gun control. >> how they're going to stop this from happening. it's obviously happened way too often. it's a recurring trend. >> any person should be able to obtain an ak-15. >> i know this is a wake up call. realize that we can make this the last time that something like this ever happens.

>> a suspect spoesed a photo along with the words, round two of florida, tomorrow. that person was located in south carolina and arrested. authorities from broward county, florida, assisted in that case. and a 14-year-old boy in baltimore was arrested after police said he brought a pellet gun to school. another school in montgomery county maryland was arrested for bringing a handgun control. police everywhere are saying if you see something, say something. they are worried about copy cats after a case like this. >> and for the fourth time since he took office, president trump faced the nation after a mass shooting. the president plans to visit the devastated community of parkland, florida, perhaps as early as this weekend. in an address from the white house, the president spoke directly to the families who lost loved wins and promised children to do whatever is necessary to protect them. >> your suffering is our burden. we are committed to working with

state and local leaders to help secure our schools and take l the difficult issue of mental health. >> the president not mentioning guns at that point. krissics are questioning, as well, that commitment to kids, noting that trump's budget plans severely cut funding for mental health treatment and the school safety programs. and florida's democratic senator, bill nelson will meet with federal and local officials at the scene of the shooting rampage. marco rubio is planning to visit this weekend. and donations are pouring in to an official gofundme page set up to provide relief and support to the victims and families of of the shooting.. >> the stoneman douglas victims fund already raised more than $600,000 less than a day after being set up. >> people trying to do whatever they can to feel like they are

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don't you dare let anyone say it's too soon to be talking about it. you said it after vegas, after sandy hook. you say that after every one of these, eight now, fatal shootings we had in this country. children are being murdered. >> you heard that woman screaming out from the audience, do something now. jimmy kimmel addressing it calling outlaw makers for not acting. but we turn now to the remarkable way that florida community is responding to the tragedy. >> including one student who has bandages over her bullet wounds, who has a message of forgiveness

from her attacker. get more now from the miami station. told my friend. i think this is a drill. don't worry about it and she's like, i don't think it's a drill. >> reporter: she realized that terrifying truth when bullets came flying into the classroom. >> i was hurt. i didn't know i was shot. i didn't know what i had, and then i didn't think it was real until i saw all the blood. >> reporter: this, as she hid behind a cabinet, with two of her classmates life lsz on the ground. >> she kept on asking me what's wrong with my face and i was trying to keep everyone calm. >> reporter: social studies teacher, greg pitman rushed his students to safety. several of his colleagues lost their lives trying to protect others. >> at that time of day, normally

they would be where they were supposed to be for the buses to leave, no weapons, nothing to defend themselves. >> reporter: all of those injured by bullets rushed to hospital rooms. >> i've seen, i've done two/three gun shot wounds but not on a mass casualty event like this. >> reporter: bandaged with metal from the bullets still inside her. her message to the accused gunman. >> i forgive him and i know that he needs love. >> the young lady saying he needs love. our thanks to her for that. and so interesting to see the reaction from many of these people to the incident. >> to hear young students say i was trying to keep everybody calm. >> yeah. >> the fact they have that composure when dealing with a situation like that. >> many of those kids are still in shock, at this point. coming up we're going to

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this morning on "world news now" the accused shooter said he heard voices. >> police say he confessed to the massacre as his former high school. this morning we have new details about the students and teachers who never made it out. >> i saw two kids laying in the middle of the hallway dead. >> the gripping stories. the students describe what they saw and what they heard and the moment their lives changed forever. we're live in parkland. and there is other news this morning. several injures after a train derailed and caught fire. we have the latest on that. and as world records go, this one is pretty adorable. a school tries to gather the most abe lincolns ever in one place. we'll see if they did it this friday, february 16th. announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now."

>> a good morning to you all. we begin this half hour with the overwhelming grief and a call to action following that school massacre in florida. >> mourners gathered in the city of parkland for a candlelight vigil to honor the students, teachers and coach killed at the hands of a shooter with a semiautomatic weapon. hours after they say the suspect confessed. names of all 17 victims were read out loud over the sobs of friends and family members while many chanted, no more guns. >> as one speaker put it, we mourn for the potential that was lost. maggie rulli has the latest from parkland, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's been just one day and now since one of the worst mass shootings in modern u.s. history and the community of parkland is left leaning on each other for support. >> this is our home and where we will not be intimidated by evil.

>> reporter: a community in mourning. 17 lives lost, many of them teenage students. >> i can't imagine going to biology class and not seeing her there next to me. it's crazy. >> reporter: one in the school's marching band, another on his way to college on a swim scholarship. some in their first year of high school. other victims, teachers and staff. junior, alexi survived the attack. >> honestly, i'm in shock. i'm an emotional wreck. i just don't know how to take this and i'm just -- i'm thankful to be here but at the same time, i'm so hurt to know a lot of people i know are gone. >> reporter: the alleged gunman now in custody, charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. >> are you nikolas jacob cruz? >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: nikolas cruz was expelled from this high school more than a year ago. he returned wednesday afternoon in an uber, armed with an ar-15

rifle, which was purchased legally. the rampage all over in a matter of minutes. according to authorities, cruz was found and arrested about an hour and a half later and told police he heard voices that told him to plan the attack. authorities are combing through his social media accounts. >> some of the things that came to mind are very, very disturbing. >> reporter: sources say this was his instagram account holding a pistol. in another, holding a knife. a gofundme page has been set up for the victim's families. it's already raised more than $500,000 and only continuing to grow. >> you can see how many people want to do their small part to help the community anyway you can. maggie, you are there on the ground and have been since shortly after this happened. what's it like to be there right now? >> reporter: you know, diane, it is so raw here right now. we say these words practically after every mass shooting of shock and disbelief and heart break and raw emotion. it's true. it's what people are feeling.

we've spoken to many students here. some that were survivors. some who saw their friends die right in front of them and say the same thing. they're in shock, disbelief. one girl telling abc, she is wasn't able to sleep last night. she kept seeing the shooter's face in her dreams. this is something that hit the community hard. it's going to be with them for quite some time. you saw the images of the vigil, of the community coming together. this is where the vigil happened just a few hours ago. there were thousands of people crowded the amphitheater. now there's a growing memorial behind us. even overnight we've seen a steady stream of people coming to pay their respects. there are people here praying now, leaving pictures, candles and balloons. one photo that stuck out to me was of a prom date. kind of reminds you that these are high school students and someone in that photo was a victim and lost their lives after going to the prom. >> that speaker said so much potential lost there. maggie rulli, in parkland.

thank you. >> so there were plenty of signs of trouble. a man in mississippi reported this, take a look, to the fbi last fall. a youtube comment posted by a user named nikolas cruz saying i want to be a professional school shooter. the fbi said they couldn't track down the user. >> let's bring in steve gomez. when things like this happen, you try to look for any signs that could have been missed. how does something like this get missed? >> the problem is this posting about the going to be a professional school shooter was initially reported to the jackson, mississippi fbi office and they conducted an investigation and, it looks like it's a limited investigation. and there's some discussion amongst fbi folks as to what could have been done under those type of circumstances. the problem i have with this is the fact that these types of situations, these school

shootings are so prevalent around the country that you have to make sure that you're doing everything. i heard somebody earlier talk about the fbi manual that limits the amount you can do in these investigations. this is a very clear statement of basically a threat to any school. the problem is it doesn't state which school, when and so on. that's the difficulty. >> how common is it to see a comment like this? does this happen all the time? it seems unusual to us now. what does it feel like from your perspective? >> you do see comments like this. these types of blogs where people post something and they say something that could be interpreted as a threat. so that usually has to go to law enforcement and they typically engage with a service provider. in this case it's youtube. and they try to get the person subscribed with that name. it says nikolas cruz. don't know if it's this nikolas cruz that committed this attack or someone using his name, but it's essential to this

investigation. it would have been essential when they first learned of this. >> steve, there have been at least three arrests of possible copy cats, including one who posted on social media, this message. round two of florida tomorrow. what should schools or parents look for? >> they have to look for anything like that post there. that indicates a threat, just like we just talked about. anything that's threatening and in this case you got somebody holding a gun, talking about round two. i mean we all know what round two of florida means. that means another school shooting or any kind of shooting and so parents are made aware of this and kids see this kind of information, they need to say something right away whether the parents, faculty member, a school. need to alert people right away. we have to take that serious. there's no longer an environment where we think that's not going to happen in my neighborhood and my community.

they have to alert somebody and they have to get over to the law enforcement agencies so they can take a swift action as they can. >> it does look as though there are red flags that could be missed. some people were alerting the authorities, but nothing happened. our steve gomez from l.a., thank you. president trump is saying he will improve school security and take on the difficult issue of mental health. >> critics point out the latest budget severely reduces funding for mental health treatment and cuts school safety programs by more than a third. in addition, one of his first moves, as president, was to sign a bill making it easier for people with mental health illness to buy guns. >> and this is the fourth time since his inauguration, he's had to address the nation about a shooting. >> and president obama had to do it nearly two dozen times. coming up, we're going to have some of the headlines we're

following this morning, including the good news for the thousands of people in puerto rico without electricity. and we're going to hear more from the students who survived the shooting and text messages they were sent by their parents while that school was under attack. you are watching "world news now." ng "world news now."

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this is the scene after a norfolk southern freight train carrying a load of new cars jumped the tracks and crashed outside buffalo, new york. the train's engineer and conductor were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. the cause of the derailment is under investigation. here in new york twin brothers were arrested for allegedly stock piling bomb making materials inside their home. >> a former prep school teacher and his brother have been forging explosive devices at home with help from local high school students. christian allegedly met the students through his job as a teacher and offered to pay them $50 an hour to break apart fireworks and store the gun powder. president trump's travel ban has been declared unconstitutional. the ban on travellers from six largely muslim countries second guesses our nation's religious freedom and tolerance. the legality of the ban will be argued before the supreme court.

and steve bannon could be held in contempt of congress after his latest appearance on capitol hill. the former white house strategist refused to answer questions from the house intelligence committee as part of its russia probe. bannon did answer some 25 questions that had been preapproved by the white house. bannon was also interviewed for more than 20 hours this week by special counsel robert mueller's investigators. >> nearly five months after hurricane maria slammed into puerto rico, the island could finally have nearly all its electricity restored by next month. >> the governor tells abc news that 95% of customers could have power back by the end of march. >> he a says that should have happened in december, but he blames the army corps of engineers for a, quote, lack of urgency. it is remarkable it has taken this long and they are still not all with power. coming up a sit down with students in florida. >> grief stricken teenagers

described the moment they knew something was wrong. that's coming up next on "world news now." students in florida. >> grief stricken teenagers described the moment they knew something was wrong.

we're back now. a look at images from parkland, florida, where the community has come together overnight to pay tribute to the victims of the high school shooting and try to wrap their heads around how this happened in their community. >> we're told thousands gathered in parkland for that candlelight vigil. they never expected their community would be the scene of such utter violence and those children witnesses to an unimaginable horror. many of them now sharing their stories. david sat down with a group of students. >> reporter: what was the first sign that you all knew something was going wrong? >> it was the second fire drill

of the day. and we don't have two fire drills ever. >> reporter: so you had gone outside the building for the alarm, which was the second of the day? >> yeah. >> reporter: then you went back into the building? >> we heard gun shots and we locked in the door, took in some kids who weren't in our class, hid in the corner, lights were off, like we practiced. >> reporter: and what were you doing? >> staying silent, texting our parents. >> reporter: what were you texting them? >> saying that we're on lockdown and, like, i love them. >> reporter: i can only imagine what the texts back were. did your parents text you back? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: what did they say? >> stay safe. >> reporter: and that's when you knew the whole thing was real? jonathan blank was in a classroom on the first floor. the gunman began to fire in the room. you can see his shoes in this

video captured during the chaos. >> i went under a desk. we stayed there, i was laying down. four kids in my class got shot. two of them i believe passed away. i saw them on the ground after they were shot. there was blood everywhere and it was just horrible. >> reporter: and that video that we have all seen, you can see your shoes, right? >> yes. and i was laying down, trying to just get as far away from the door to hide as possible and take cover. we didn't know what was going on kids were bleeding out everywhere and we didn't know what to do with them and finally, the cops, we hear them screaming. we had to put our hands up. they came in with assault rifles, pointing them to make sure that the shooter wasn't in our class and they directed us to line up and they said just make a right out of this class

and run as fast as you can to the street and get away and as i was making the right turn out of the class, i saw two kids laying in the middle of the hallway dead. they were just dead. >> reporter: two more kids? >> just two kids that weren't in my class. >> reporter: mckenzie hill had gone to the restroom leaving behind her twin sister in the classroom. she would see the gunman down the hall. she had no choice but to run in another room. she sent a text to her twin. >> when we get in the classroom, we were sitting down. i had contacted my sister and then -- >> reporter: she would only learn later that her twin had survived. jayden bear, a junior, told us about hiding in a classroom closet and texted her mom. >> i just said i love you so much and i think i'm going to die. >> reporter: how many of you know someone who did not get out alive?

really? so all of you knew someone? >> we had a friend until about 2:00 a.m. last night that it was confirmed. >> reporter: she shows me a picture of her friend, joaquin. and other friends pull out their phones, pictures of the friends they lost. jonathan shows me nick. >> this is my classmate nick. he was on the national team for swimming. he committed to the university of indianapolis a couple two weeks before this happened. great classmate, great person, always so nice. >> reporter: how terrifying was the whole thing? >> it was the most scariest moment of my life. i've never experienced anything like that. >> reporter: and i'm sure you think now about all the other shootings in this country. >> you never think it will happen to you and your school until it really does and then it doesn't feel real.

>> keep hearing those words over and over again from so many communities. >> it was so chilling to see the camera pan over the room and seeing every single one of their hands going up when asked if they knew somebody that was lost. >> that girl talking about her twin sister, she said she texted her from the bathroom. her sister said i love you, then didn't hear from her again. it wasn't until she was outside that she found out her sister survived. what these kids have gone through, losing people they knew and the fear they had to experience while in that building is unimaginable. >> they will need a lot of help and help is already getting there. family and friends now getting a very special kind of support. >> meet jacob. he as been to las vegas, orlando and has arrived in parkland to soothe and comfort. >> comfort dogs like jacob have been shown to lower anxiety and blood pressure. the charity plans to bring a dozen dogs to parkland.

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it is time for the mix. we have another school record for you. this time, a kentucky elementary school announced it broke the world record for the number of people dressed as abraham lincoln. they got 556 people to come out dressed as old abe. this is lincoln elementary school in louisville. get it? they said students, faculty, all got together. they dawned stove pipe hats, chinstraped beards and set the record for the number of people dressed as lincoln in one place. >> of course this is president's holiday weekend. >> they want to honor the month of lincoln's birth and give him love on valentine's day. there you go. >> i want to show what caused a passerby hiccup.

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this morning on "world news now" overwhelming grief and a call for action after that horrific school massacre in florida. the community gathered for an emotional candlelight vigil to honor students, teachers and coaches killed. this, as the suspect has his first court appearance. >> the anger in parkland. students and parents voicing frustration. saying they don't want prayers, they want action. as florida's senators travel there today. is this the tragedy that gets congress to act? and new this half hour, the superhero movie, unlike any other. >> "black panther" debuts tonight. we went to harlem to get the first real reviews. and back in florida we'll introduce you to some of the most comforting faces in this crisis and they happen to be covered in fur. it's friday, february 16th.

announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we're going to say good morning on this friday and start with this heart breaking news in florida. as we get a clearer picture of the time line surrounding the school shooting that claimed so many lives. >> thousands gathered in parkland to remember the people killed by the gunman who was in the building for just six minutes. many students who survived the shooting are joining the call for tougher gun control and they warned politicians there will be consequences if there is no action. >> if you're an elected official and you want to keep things the way they are and not do things differently, if you want to keep the gun laws as they are now, you will not get re-elected in broward county. >> so you can just imagine the reaction later today when florida's two senators, marco rubio and bill nelson visit the school today and the president,

president trump is also expected to travel to parkland as early as this weekend. and officials have released the names all of 17 victims who range in age 14 to 49. >> most of them were teenagers, full of life. they died along with three adults who put their student's safety above their own. you see many of their faces right there. david is here with more. >> reporter: the names of those lost beginning to emerge. five students in their first year of high school. luke hoyer, cara loughran. a soccer player. gina's mother calling her a smart, loving, caring and strong girl who brightened any room she entered. she will be missed by her family for all eternity. also lost, martin duque. his older brother saying, words cannot describe my pain. you'll be missed, buddy. jaime guttenberg's father. writing on facebook, we lost our daughter and our son lost his

sister. i am broken. hugs to all and hold your children tight. joaquin oliver just became a u.s. citizen a year ago. alex, a member of the marching band here. seniors were making plans for college and remembering the teachers, the staff who put their students first. >> those heroes gave their lives for our kids and probably helped prevent this from being a worst tragedy than it is today. >> scott beigel shot in the doorway as he rushed his students in the classroom. and beloved athletics director, chris hickson, running to the scene to help others to safety, then the assistant football coach, aaron feis. >> i heard the shots, then i saw the shooter run after mr. feis and he got shot. >> reporter: the coach using his body to shield students from the shooter. >> when he was killed, tragically, inhumanely, he did it protecting others, you can guarantee that. that's who he was. >> the sheriff is speaking

personally because he knew that coach as a good friend of his. our thanks to david there. we are getting disturbing details of the suspect charged with 17 counts of pre-meditated murder. >> the 19-year-old is being held without bond after making a brief court appearance. police say he confessed to the shooting, telling them he heard voices directing him to carry out the attack. >> we now know he took an uber to the school and went to mcdonald's after the shooting. >> we heard a lot about this case but many questions are still left to be answered, including just how he was able to get his hands on the weapon that he used and if there were any missed signs that someone may have been able to pick up on. >> there were so many missed signs. if you look at the social media account, you see things you probably would have alerted the authorities about. one difference i wanted to tell you about in parkland in the aftermath, the community seems to be coming together with one voice, that they want no more

guns and they want action as a result of this. >> we heard that from some of the student who is survived the attack, some of the parents and we heard from the sheriff, himself, who was directly connected to this attack. it's affecting his family and knowing several other victims as well. a strong reaction from the community tonight and abc's maggie rulli is there in parkland, florida. maggie, what more can you tell us about what we were talking about a while ago, the suspects troubling past. people are wondering, is there something that was missed here? >> reporter: it's so easy to look back in hindsight and pinpoint things people should have noticed. we have heard from neighbors who lived next to him their whole lives and looking back, there were troubling signs, stories of throwing rocks at squirrels, trying to kill them. he was a loner, didn't have many friends, he was obsessed with guns. but at the same time we heard from people who said they would never have expected something like this to happen in their

town, never expected someone like cruz to go through with this. so while we're hearing rumors from the past, we're hearing this conflict. i think what's interesting is looking back at social media in hindsight and seeing the posts as we have seen tonight, holding guns and knives. many investigators are saying this is very disturbing for them. so moving forward that's going to be a main focus for them. what he did in the past. and if they can try to piece together some type of motive for why he went through with this attack. >> maggie, people want more than prayers and thoughts. they want action, don't they? >> reporter: exactly. behind me there's a memorial with the sign our kids don't need guns, no guns before 21. a reminder that cruz at age 19 was able to legally buy that weapon here in the state of florida. he was over 18 years old. people are pinpointing things from this case, saying how could we let this happen?

if we knew there were problems in the past, that he had been expelled, how could he still get this gun? yes, tonight, we heard emotional pleas from parents and friends and chants of no more guns. people saying they want to call law makers and make real change after suffering so much yesterday. >> so much pain for those people. they're going to see if there's any action but if the past is pro-logged, there won't be. >> it will be interesting to see, given the tone there, what the reaction will be as president trump is now reaching out, talking about the event, reaching out to america's children, and promising to do everything possible to protect them. >> and the comments from former president obama who saw so many of these tragedies. he said, until we can honestly say that we're doing enough to keep them safe from harm, including long overdue common sense gun safety laws, that most americans want, then we have to change. >> like president trump,

president obama had to deal with shootings in his time in the white house, most notable was his speech shortly after the sandy hook massacre when he was unable to hold back tears as he announced the executive actions to curb gun violence. >> and he said every day he thinks about those kids and choked up thinking about them and talk about them. senator dianne feinstein is among those calling to ban assault weapons. finestein and other democrats are pushing plans to outlaw so-called bump stocks. devices that allowed semiautomatic weapons to fire more quickly. her proposal would upgrade the background check system and she says that a bill is ready for a vote. >> let's take some action. we cannot see this continue on. you can pass the fixed nix bill and the bump stocks. nobody likes these devices. you can't have automatic weapons on the streets.

it's easy to fix. why don't we do it? >> she was talking to chuck grassley who now says he's willing to sit down with feinstein and republican whip to see if they can work out a bipartisan deal to tighten gun laws. and family and friends of the shooting victims are getting a very special, furry, kind of support. >> his name is jacob. he's been to las vegas, orlando and has now arrived to parkland to soothe and comfort. >> that's right. jacob works as part of a charity. they have 100 golden retrievers on staff. they say the dogs have been shown to lower anxiety and blood pressure. so the charity has jacob there at the moment. they're planning to bring nearly a dozen other dogs as well. they say at times children can have a hard time talking to adults about a tragedy like this. with dogs, they seem to be a little more comfortable. >> understandably. coming up the other news of

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welcome back and it appears this morning the fate of the so-called dreamers is in limbo. >> the senate failed to move forward on four separate immigration reform proposals. although the protections under the obama era daca program are due to start expiring on march 5th. federal judges have now blocked that from happening. a new york party planner and friend of first lady, melania trump was paid $26 million by the trump inaugural committee to manage the inaugural event production. stephanie's personal share of that fee was $1.6 million. the committee spent more than $90 million total on inaugural events. mitt romney is likely to make his utah senate run official this morning. the 2012 republican presidential nominee is expected

to release an online video declaring himself a candidate. romney's name recognition and personal wealth make him a favorite to replace senator orrin hatch who is retiring. it's believed that romney will not seek any financial aid for his campaign. and now on to the olympics and the party's on right now in south korea because today is new year's day on the lunar calendar. >> all right. >> yes! but there was no celebration for the american skier, mikaela shiffrin. not today. >> she wound up in fourth, fourth in the slalom. it's normally her best event. she was apparently sick before her first run. >> she was trying to win her second gold of these games to go along with her win in the giant slalom. alex stone has more from what is happening at the games. >> reporter: in women's snow board cross, lindsey jacob ellis is still seeking her first olympic gold.

she dominated the sport in every other competition. jacob ellis, off to good, early starts with the runs in the men's figure skating short program, victor zhou was the first to take the ice. alex stone, abc news, pyeongchang. and there's plenty of drama surrounding the jamaican women bobsled team. >> oh, you bet. they are hours away from starting practice runs at the games, but their coach has reportedly quit. >> drama. >> she says she owns the team's sled and she's threatened to leave the games and take her sled with her. >> so not only did the coach quit, she wants to take the sled too. >> jamaican olympic officials say that's not the case and the women will be racing when the competition begins. >> i just have this image of the tug of war going on -- >> my sled. all right. let's check the medal count, shall we? >> do we have to? >> norway's doing so good. 18. they're doing so great kevin durant is going to sign with him

for the next olympics. >> germany is next. they are leading in gold medals with nine. overall medal count, canada comes in third and to the netherlands. thanks to their domination in speed skating and there we are fifth with eight medals overall. we're now in third, tied for third. >> slow but steady. we're getting there. >> are we though? >> not really. we have like a week to make it up. >> steady, come on. let's think positive. >> we'll see. when we come back, "black panther." first reviews are in. >> that's coming up next, stick around. panther." first reviews are in. >> that's coming up next, stick around. okay - let's try this. it says you apply the blue one to me.

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and some hearts in hollywood are broken this morning after jennifer aniston and, justin theroux announced they split up. >> love is dead. >> the two got married two and a half years ago. they were one of those couples everybody was rooting for. >> we're all rooting for you.

we were all rooting for you, as tyra would say. >> kendis is very upset. >> jennifer is on the cover of architectural digest and said i look around at my husband, my dogs and my home and there's nowhere else i'd rather be. >> in a statement about their split, they say, quote, this decision was mutual and lovingly made at the end of last year. we are two best friend who is have decided to part ways as a couple but look forward to continuing our cherished friendship. >> twitter has a lot to say about it, as you guessed, with a lot of people hoping for a reunion with her ex-husband, brad pitt, who is single. >> not quite. >> not quite. he wasn't quite single when he got together with angelina. >> that's also true. there was hope that perhaps brangelina would reunite. i'm still hoping for a justin/jen reunion. let's try to cheer ourselves up with love. last night was the second round of the "bachelor" winter games. to be honest, we're already

bored with it. >> so let's meet a real bachelor and true gentleman. easton mckay of north ogden, utah, made sure that no girls at his middle school went home without a rose on valentine's day. >> he got the idea from his older sister's battle with depression. he knew a small gesture could go a long way. so he saved up since this summer to save up 500 roses to every single young lady in his school. that's expensive. >> i love that kid. and the highly anticipated new marvel film "black panther" has officially been released. you may recall the excitement on the face of these kids in atlanta as they learned they were going to see the new movie. they were pretty excited about it. >> they were pumped about it. there are grown adults that were pretty pumped about it as well. going to see the movie. >> so disney, our parent company for abc and marvel expects "black panther" to break records

and barriers. seen as a watershed moment for blacks in film. except for two white characters, it's an all black cast and features not one, but several female heroes. what do the fans think? >> i thought it was absolutely amazing. honestly, two minutes and i was about to cry. it was really just a beautiful portrayal of a lot of intricate aspects of african-american life. >> you can tell love was put into it, the costumes, music, all the performances. it was really important to everyone and it showed a lot of fun to watch. >> i think it's very cool and i want to be a king just like him. >> and i definitely think it was really good for little girls because there were so many strong women of color in the movie. i think it's awesome and long overdue. >> absolutely. i saw it a couple days ago. that was one of the striking things. it wasn't necessarily a strong black movie. it was a strong women's movie.

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>> you know a lot did happen this week, but there is one news story that overshadows all the others. >> here now your friday rewind. >> we begin with the many questions surrounding the deadly attack on stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. >> 17 people have been killed and more than a dozen wounded. >> we have a shooter in custody. he was taken into custody i believe about an hour after he left stoneman douglas. >> over to the white hse now getting pushback from the fbi on the events leading to the departure of staff secretary, rob porter, amid allegations of domestic violence. the fbi chief directly contradicted a claim by the white house and said the bureau had been updating the white

house on porter for nearly a year. >> and does the president believe the women? >> again the president takes all of these accusations very seriously. >> reporter: a daring rescue attempt playing out on the top of oregon's highest peak, mt. hood. two climbers waving blankets and jackets, another performing chest compressions on a climber who had fallen some 700 feet. he later died. some 10,000 climbers come to mt. hood every year. it's the most visited snow covered peak in america, but it can be especially dangerous this time of year. >> american snowboarder, shaun white making history. but now facing new questions over past sexual misconduct allegations. >> are you concerned that they're going to tarnish your legacy? >> i'm here to talk about the olympics, not gossip. i'm really sorry i chose the word gossip, it was a poor choice of words to describe such a sensitive subject in the world today. >> and best in show at the

142nd annual westminster kennel club will be the bichon frise. >> i have to ask the owners, but i think i can drop the mike and say he's retired. the official portraits for president obama and the former first lady unveiled. they are anything but garden variety. >> i tried to negotiate less gray hair. i tried to negotiate smaller ears. struck out on that as well. >> president didn't do very well negotiating that painting at all, did he? >> let's hope he can negotiate other things as well. busy weekend ahead, the daytona 500 is coming up. the nba all-star is back in los angeles. >> and president's day monday. >> it's a holiday. that's it for this half hour. announcer: this is abc's "world news now." informing insome knee aks for two decades. policewoman

making news in america this morning. thousands come together to mourn the florida school shooting victims as the fbi investigates a warning it received last year about the suspect. plus, new images appear to show him conducting target practice. this morning the investigation and the show of support for the victims and their families. bombmaking scheme busted. authorities arrest two brothers, one a former teacher, in connection with an alleged explosives operation in new york. the questions about their plans. new information about the flu vaccine and its effectiveness especially for children. the message this morning for parents. plus, a bombshell in college basketball. will the entire sport be consumed by a corruption scandal. over night in south korea new frustration for