background. but here is what we know right now. the shooter is 19-year-old nikolaus cruz, a former student of douglas high school. current students say cruz was expelled some time last year. as school was letting out today, law enforcement sources say the suspect pulled a school fire alarm shortly after that, witnesses say that they started to hear gunshots. somehow the suspect managed to elude police at the school but was picked up later in nearby coral springs, florida. he was handcuffed and at first loaded into this police cruiser, then taken out and put on a stretcher, before being transported to a hospital. investigators believe he carried out the school shooting alone. but authorities will examine his

social media and any electronic devices for clues. some students said that he posted pictures of guns on his instagram account. jeff, a couple other things. the suspect was heavily armed. the sheriff just saying that he had, countless magazines, and was armed with an ar-15-style rifle. that's what he used in that attack. >> we are back in just a moment.

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earlier today the man in charge of the six largest school district in the country, broward runcee was at another school presenting a new car to teacher of the yteposting photos, of that celebration online he was racing to the scene of the

tragedy.om giving the teacher of the year a car and celebrating our teachers and our district, to, to where i am right now. it is a day that you -- you pray every day, i get up that we will never have to prayers, your support, for these children and their families, we to come together as a community to pull through this.ill. we do have more now on somen place, both at schools and elsewhere in the past, in the past few years as we have reported on and don dahler has more on this. >> reportean

crowded school atrium in kentucky killing two students wounding 14 others. >> i saw there was a lot of blood everywhere. people were getting shoved down. >> reporter: december 7, high young gunman shoots and kills as >> feel bad for all right kids that got hurt. for the kids who werin shooting.

>> reporter: november 14th, gunman in tahoma county, california fires 30 rounds into an elementary school. te police, they discovered earlier he murdered five people unseale residence. we believe that's probably what started this whole event. >> reporter: what starts these events is always the subject of detective work, community secondssest question why is this happening more frequently. this year, 18 school shootings. there were seven by this time last year. since 2013 the school shootings 16s risen with exception being acceptable or normal. as a sign of the times more scs 3 of sool districts conduct active shooter drills. though 19 states require them. cbs news law enforcement analyst, paul violas. >> this is something so prevalent, rehearsed part of curriculum. making sure we minimize the ar inhappening at a rate of one a week. some are accidental or suicide where the only victim was the shooter. jeff. >> done dahmer, thank you very much. we will continue to watch what is hatch penning in parkland, .g the investigation with jeff pegues. more on the shooting later in the broadcast. up next here, president trump weighs in on domestic violence.

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with more on this. chip. >> reporter: good evening. white house officials tell cbs news the rob porter situation is "a mess" that keeps getting worse. and that it is creating new divisions among white house staff. it took a full week after the b in on domestic violence. >> i am totally owe -- owe posed to domestic violence of any kind. everybody knows that it wouldn't >> reporter: of allegations that former senior adviser porter one top white house adviser told cbs news the west wing staff is coming apart at the seams. a senior official criticized top white house staff saying they'r porter. adding that it has become evident that multiple white house officials knew for somsom.

>> thank you. kelly's job safe? >> president trump did not respond.secu ty remains uncertain. vice president pence disagreed. oh remarkable job as chief of staff for president of the united states. and i look forward to continuing to work with him. >> kelly's defenders argue he is taking the fall for white house counsel don mcgann who they argue was closer to the porter investigation and should have responded more forcefully. >> d mut whahe knew when he knew it what he di with information. >> the chairman of the house oversight committeunhite hse

clearance procedures with a focus on rob porter and he intends to get to the bottom of it. >> hate to say i don't give a damn about the politics of it. i really don't. >> he wants to understand w olce in his past could hold one of the top white house job for more than a year. jeff. >> chip reid at the white house. thank you very much. questions are also being raise ns abut the travel practice of thairs secretary stave it sholkin. with his wife on the department's dime. nancy cordes is following the >> done on our dollar. >> for months va secretary david shulkin defend his ten day european trip. inspector general outlined a number of serious derelictions saying shulkin, improperly accepted wimbledon tickets and travel concierge to plan high tea and roman baths. the report ps different picture than shulkin did when he speck to cbs this

morning in novem >> it was a business trip. we did the business that was always our top priority. >> reporter: investigatorsteinef aide to make it appear that shulkin would receive an award in denmark so his wife's 4300 airline ticket would be paid by the governmenteepl offended. >> mike kauffman chairs the house veterans affair committee and calling on shulkin to step down. >> really part of the culture of corruption that too often defines this orgizthority to cl up. >> shulkin, fifth trump cabinet practices scrutinized. >> like a do in the back of the the decision was made by security personnel. as for shulkin he continues to say he did nothing wrong but did tell the military times today he will be writing a check to the u.s. goverto.

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more now on the school shooting in florida where police say at least 17 are dead after a shooting at, in parkland, florida this afternoon. joined by arib sediki, who saw part of the attack, a senior at the school. arib tell us what you saw and what you did? >> well, today we already had one fire drill. didn't think much of the second one. the second one was when the shooting was happening. so, while we were walking outside. we heard gunshots, and fire alarm, heard pop, pop. realized this is serious got to

gout of here the my mood changed. i started running from one side of the school to the other. met up with my best friend hector started running through the bushes, through west glades across the street. across the street didn't see any cop cars on the road. one ambulance. we are lake crazy, maybe a drill. running through the bushes to get around pine island down the road. and we got in the bushes like the streets were flooded with cars, cop cars, helicopters in the air. that's when we knew it was serious. getting messages are you okay? something crazy definitely happened. saying our friend had been shot. a lot to take in now. >> areeb, quickly, this happened around the time around the time of dismissal? >> yeah, like around 2. 30. 2:20. get out 2:40. >> when the alarm was pulled? >> can you say that again? >> when an alarm was pulled. yeah. yeah. >> all right. areeb sidiqqui, happ you are safe and your friend are safe.hank y.

broward county sheriff, scott israel calls i unbelievably catastrophic day. 17 are dead in a high school shooting in parkland, florida. manuel bojorquez is back at the school now.nny. >> that's right, the sheriff so details about what was found at 12 of the victims we're told were inside the building. another victim on the street area. anotr hospital. what its interesting about that, if you think about it gives yo indication of how long this shooting may have happened. and how you saw some of the video there where student were already hiding. hear more shots.ly ts was the sg that went on for quite some time.

and not only, got to people who were hiding inside classrooms and in the school hall ways, and people outside. again the information from law enforcement sources is that an, sources, had some degree of planninge fire alarm at the school to create that chaos. and then, opening fire. as the you just heard from one it really was chaos after those shots rang out. with people running not only through the halls of the building trying to get away from it but also on the outside running through bushes, trying right now identities of the deceased have not been released. jeff. >> manny, thank you very much.t you the latest on the treeming news service, cbsn after the shooting in parkland, florida. i'm jeff glor. good night. ♪ ♪

>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm don dahler. a horrific school shooting in south florida. former student who entered the marjory stoneman douglas high school around dismissal time and started shooting. mu many injured. so far no motive. manuel bojorquez begins our coverage. las to have pulled the school's fire alarm to create chaos and then began firing. those wh hiding in classrooms, even closets. while the shooting continued. [ gunfire ] >> just as the the school day was ending the shooting started.

this cell phone video captured and the screams of the high school student apeir classrooms. >> the site of what has become students fleeing, hands raised in single file matched by the images of armed tactical police racing into the building looking from the air, emergency crews could be seen tending to the wounded. their wounds. broward county sheriff, scott israel. >> we had approximately 14 people transported to area spitals with varying degrees of injuries. >> the sheriff says the alleged. seen surrounded by police being placed into custody. >> he was take known custody i believe about an hour nemar dou committed this horrific homicidal deab >> i don't know how we are alive.

>> marjory stoneman douglas high school freshman, bruna alavera said the gunman was outside >> for 30 minutes we were just like, like praying, and, and -- came.g and, and then the police and we just got out.>>ut your h. >> when the lockdown was over, distraught parents raced to the scene. relieved to be outside. school superintendent, robert runsee. it is just, it is a horrible day for us. >> reporter: 12 of the victims we are told were inside the building. another victim on the street area. another two people died in the hospital. ifou think about it, it gives you indication of exactly how

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of douglas high school. expelled some time last year. as school was letting out today, law enforcement sources say the alarm shortly after that, witnesses say that they started to somehow the suspect managed to elude police at the school bcke coral springs, florida. as loaded into this police cruiser, then taken out and put on a stretcher, before being transported to a hospital. investigators believe he carried out the school shooting alone.os social media and any electronic some students said that he posted pictures of instagram account. jeff, a couple other things. the suspect was heavily armed. the sheriff just saying that he had, countless magazines, and was armed with an ar-15-styl

that's what he used in that attack. s giving the teacher of the year a car and celebrating our teachers and our district, to, to w righ. it is a day that you -- you pray never have to see. and i ask the community for your prayers, your support, for thed are going to do whatever we can to come together as a community to pull through this. and we will. >> well, today we already had one fire drill.one. the second one was when the shooting was happening. so, while we were walking we heard gunshots, and fire alarm, heard pop, pop. realized this is serious got to gout of here the my mood changed.i arted running from on of the school to the other. met up with my best friehe or s

the bushes, through west glades across the street. cop cars on the road. one ambulance. drill. running through the bushes to get around pine island dowe road. and we got in the bushes like the streets were flooded with the air. that's when we knew it was serious. something crazy definitely happened. saying our fd a lot to take in now. >> reporter: january 23rd, a e a crowded school atrium in kentucky killing two students d. people were getting shoved down. >> reporter: december 7, high school in aztec, new mexico, a young gunman shoots and kills two classmates. >> feel bad for all right kids

that got hurt. for the kids who were in the shooting. >> reporter: november 14th, gunman in tahoma county, california fires 30 rounds into an elementary school. after the gunman was killed by police, they discovered earlier he murdered five people including his wife. >> we located her dead body unsealed under the floor of the residence. we believe that's probably what started this whole event. >> reporter: what starts these events is always the subject of detective work, community second-guessing and familial agonizing. perhaps the biggest question why is this happening more frequently. this year, 18 school shootings. there were seven by this time last year. since 2013 the school shootings has risen with exception being

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oversight and government reform launched an investigation into how a top white house aide acsed of domestic abuse got and kept his position. white house issued conflicting stories about rob porter's employment. one senator that hasn't changed her tune on domestic abuse and sexual misconduct is the ve. i can't have a conversation. you don't grab women. you >> senator kirst 6 gillibrand told us al franken is a friend. him of sexual misconduct sunny was the first to publicly say he need to go. after allegation. they were credible allegations.

>> franken hoped a congressional investigation would clear him. i tior trust. >> enough its enough. >> but gillibrand was in welling to wait. >> you are a lawyer you believe in due process. >>e process. he doesn't have to resign. that's his choice.its to speak . >> it feels like to be accused if to be convicted >> one of my colleagues was accused not only did he call the police, th in what its the harm in, in, waiting and letting, all of the facts come out a invnd to tigat. where is the harm in that? i can't speak out because i like someone just because they're my friend.

it is okay to be a harasser as long as you are my friend. >> furious democrats called her but on this subject, gillibrand is unapologetic. she took on democratic icon, bill clinton. told us why she now believes clinton should have resigned amid the monica lewinsky scandal.l sawhat is going on here? she took senator clinton's seat. campaigned with bill clinton. hillary in and now all of a sudden, she is saying he should have resigned. >> because i wasn't focused on it in the we i >> what do you mean hand the lens? >> all ous how many of us are having this we are learning. i think we are all learning.

>> have you spoken to the clintons since you said this? >> well, i don't want to talk about that. but i can tell you one thing. i can tell you that, clinton is still my greatest role model in politics. >> gillibrand also called out president donaldal misconduct. aret new against him. hollywood tape. and voted for him anyway. so why now? >> once president trump was thk changed. i think it changed for women. >> do you think he will be held accountable? he is unwilling to do that.

i assume. congress should hold him accountable. we are obligated to have hearings. >> president trump responded to gillibrand's criticism by trolling her on twitter. he for contributions and would "do anything for them." how did you interpret that? >> as being a sexist smear. there are ways to undermine women. and bep littom to minimize them and silence them. >> she tweeted back you. can not, silence me about the u brought to the oval office. t gillibrand drew six times more retweets than the president. >> ou said you think congress d. >> definitely. we have 21 women in the u.s. . we have 51. nation. >> why do you think more women haven't run in the past? else will take care of it. i think it is hard to run for office. you know a lot of wichl don't like the negative campaign don't like the aggressiveness of it. >> gillibrand entered the or having moral n 2006 whe f cows than democarts. surprisingly she won. in early 2009, another surprise. >> then new york governor, david

patterson, named litkn gillibrand to finish hillary in became secretary of state. >> just that everybody wanted. andrew cuomo wanted it. you got it.nnedy wanted it. >> yeah. >> how? >> did you ever ask him why did you choose me? i just said thank you. >> welcome, senator. >> nick named the accidental senator.ioas a hard worker.veby her pep year determination, called her some the name of the overachieving, high school student in elections. >> hi, tracy. >> what did you thing of being tracy flick? >> i like reese witherspoon. i know they were trying to say.

to be mean. were overly ambitious. >> of course. >> gillibrand is am bsh us always has been. married to jonathan gillibra >> go pick one out. she is one of only two female senators with young children.ba. >> this is where i grew up. my house. >> part of a deeply connected political family.n 40 yrs, her grandmother was a back room powerbroker at the state house. my property a long time age this is the pond where i learned to canoe an her father was a lawyer and powerful lobbyist. her mother, also named polly nicknamed gillibrand foghorn as a child. >> she was loud. she was so loud.y husband, i said, god she has got to have a hearing problem. i think we, better take her to so we did. we had her tested. the doctor said, her hearis

fine. >> gillibrand's mother was a trail blazer too. la karate. she was also a dead eye hunter, proudably put a turkey on the k year. as a congresswoman, gillibrand of hunting to appeal to nra, gillibrand supports the second amendment. >> a few years ago you said it has nothin to do with hunting, nothing to d amendment. why the 180? >> after i w ato brooklyn to me with families who had suffered. from gun violence in their communs. and you immediately experience the feeling that i couldn't have been more wrong. the lens of upstate new york. y city. traveled abroad. >> i was wrong.of the nra and the greed of that

industry, let's be clear. it is about money. opportunism. >> as is their right.ay wt they. >> reporter: it wasn't just her position on gun control ed. as congress woman her stance on immigration was closer to donald trump than today senator kiren gillibrand. trump's stance on immigration? >> no, i think his positions are against amnesty. sanctuary city. you become senator, why the >> i came from a district that was 98% white. we had immigrants not a lot of immigrants, i hadn't spent the time to hear s look to worry your dad could be

take any way at any moment.the paper. >> yeah, i didn't t mattered.t front if me. that was my fault. notery oftenu hear a politician say, i was wrong. i am ashamed. >> uh-huh. uh-huh. i just think as i have g older i learned more about life. some times you are wring you go. move on. >> with nine years in the senate. the 51-year-old, has emerged as the a political faf prompting talk about her taking on president trump in 2020. it is an ambition, she denies. against sexual assault has the always been at the top of her political agenda. sexual assault its reported to post-traumatic stress dised orrer among women veterans. >> i have been working for five years trying to end sexual

violence in the military. working on trying to clean up sexual assault on college campuses. too many universities shove this i am trying to clean up congress. >> see the full report on our web site. cbs news.com. the "overnight news" w

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