thouzs gather to remember this week's victims in the shooting in florida. >> including the suspect's whereabouts before and after the shooting. >> plus, president trump speaks to the shooting in the aftermath of the shooting and emphasizes mental health over gun control. >> good morning, everyone. it is friday, february 16th. we begin this morning in parkland, florida, a community grooefzing after 17 lives stolen

by a gunman who opened fire on wednesday. last night thousands of people attended a candle light vigil for those that were slain. each of the 17 victims has now been identified by authorities. >> reporter: faces of tragedy, grief, and disbelief. as we learn more about 17 lives cut short. a hopeful teenage girl, a college bound swimmer, a beloved football coach, aaron also a school security guard gave his life protecting his students using himself as a human shield. >> he died saving his students. he died saving us. without him some kids wouldn't be able to hug their parents. >> reporter: so many kids did not make it home, like hoyer who

loved basketball. active in rotc was seen holding a door so others could escape. oliver, also lo lost his life. he was born in venezuela and had just become a u.s. citizen. >> i had him beside me always, but he'll still be there. >> reporter: i heard two shots. >> reporter: samantha grady was in class with her best friend who died when the bullets began to fly. >> it hit a few people behind me. >> reporter: gunned down in all, 14 children and three adults including accomplished athletic director. scott beagle, also a fun loving camp counselor. tammie was texting her daughter as she hid from the gunman. >> it's hard when she texts me i love you and you're sitting there helpless, like what do i do? >> i spent the last two hours.

>> reporter: turning into rage. >> president trump, you say what can you do? you can stop the guns from getting into these children's hands. >> reporter: a school shattered begun fire. students holding on to each other and to hope they will heal. >> just absolutely heart breaking to see there. that was katy beck reporting for us. authorities providing details on what happened the day of the shooting. authorities have released a timeline of events on what unfolded wednesday afternoon. the broward county sheriff's office, crews arrived at the

school at 2:19 p.m. after being dropped offensively by an uber. he began shooting into several classrooms. by 2:38 p.m. he was running away from the school with other students trying to flee according to the sheriff's office he went inside of a walmart, bought a drink at a subway sandwich shop. he then went to mcdonald's and sat down for a short time there. at 3:41 in the afternoon he was detained and taken into custody by police. right now cruz is being held without bond on 17 counts of first degree premed dated murder. he has reportedly been placed on suicide watch at the jail. the ar-15 assault rifle used in the attack was bought legally back in february of 2017. the new york times points out it is easier to buy an ar-15 than it is to buy a handgun. anyone without a felony record, domestic abuse conviction or a handful of other exceptions such

as commitment to a mental health inspection can walk into a gun store and walk out with an ar-15 rifle, magazine and ammunition. under federal law you must be 21 to buy a handgun but 18-year-olds can buy semiautomatic rifle. >> totally mind boggling. >> let's bring in our correspondent this morning. obviously communities still very much in shock, still reeling from all of this. talk to us about the investigation, piecing together the timeline we just heard and now more information about the weapons and how he bought it. >> reporter: yeah, we are learning some new details about the investigation, what happened before cruz got to the school and what happened after wards and of course you did mention that he was brought here by an uber.

investigators saying that that uber driver had no idea what cruz was up to that day. uber has put out a statement saying they are cooperating with investigators and plan to help in any way that they can. he was on the run, cruz was, for about an hour after the shooting. he had fled with the students out of the school and ended up at a nearby walmart, a nearby mcdonald's. a police officer was able to spot cruz, brought him in without incident. according to court documents released yesterday, cruz confessed to the shooting. there's been a number of vigils in this community over the last two days. there were several yesterday alone. one of them was about the victims and of course a mother who lost her daughter was at one of the vigils. she spoke about that loss and she had a message for president trump. take a listen. >> president trump, we need change now. we need to make our schools safe now for all the children that

are here. she's gone but there's all these children that still have to go to school. we need metal detectors at every school entry into the schools. there needs to be armed guards with -- with guns on them so they can protect our children. we need to take these crazy guns out of these kids' hands and off the streets. we need help. >> reporter: the school remains closed for now. it's not really clear at this point when it might reopen. school officials said to me yesterday they are going to discuss that over the weekend. >> all right. so heart breaking to hear that mother once again. and so incredible that she as you were saying off camera how composed she can still be despite the fact she lost her daughter but obviously you're angry as well and you just want to get your emotions out there and yell at someone and blame someone for the death of your

child. >> and 17 of your life invested in this child and gone in an instant and politicians not being able to do anything about it. >> president trump has announced he plans to visit parkland, florida in the wake of the school shooting. speaking yesterday about the tragedy he announced he's making plans to visit that community. he's scheduled to head to florida later today. it's not clear if he will make time to visit then. during his speech the president plans to once again step into the role of comforter in chief. >> to every parent, teacher and child who is hurting so badly, we are here for you, whatever you need, whatever we can do to ease your pain. we are all joined together as one american family. and your suffering is our burden

also. we are committed to working with state and local leaders who help secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of mental health. >> it should be noted that during his nearly 7-minute speech the president did not once mention the word gun. he said he and his administration will take steps to tackle the issue of mental health but the policy suggests otherwise. the budget proposal does call for $13 billion in mental health but that same proposal calls for massive cuts to medicaid which experts say would devastate this country's mental health system. had the law been fully implemented it would have had about 75,000 more names to the national background check database. meanwhile, the president is being criticized for his initial response to the shooting which

some saw as suggesting the community of parkland is partially to blame. he tweeted yesterday before his speech, so many signs that the florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad behavior. neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. must always report such instances to authorities again and again. >> all right. still ahead, a major blow to president trump, three immigration proposals failed to pass in the senate and one of them was based on the president's plan for immigration reform. >> plus, we're following the report that former campaign advisor is finalizing a plea deal with robert mueller's office. those stories and a check on your weather when we come back. people would stare.

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welcome back, everybody. congress is no closer to coming up for a solution for the young immigrants brought here known as

dreamers. the senate blocked multiple immigration related amendments yesterday with four different proposals. failing to secure the necessary 60 votes to move on. shortly before the senate voted president trump tweeted about one of the major compromises, the immigration bill would be a total catastrophe claiming it provides a giant amnesty and does not build the wall expands chain migration and other things he opposes. mitch mcconnell blames the other side of the aisle. >> instead spent the better part of the week objecting to any votes in the senate. but once again when the hour came to actually make law instead of just making political points, our friends across the aisle were either unable or unwilling to get something done. after all the talk, all the

talk. the order came to the table at all. >> so minority leader chuck schumer pointed his finger at the president tweeting quote, this is proof that president trump's plan will never become law. if he would stop torpedoing bipartisan efforts a good bill would pass. he suggested that it was not trump but others in the white house, namely steven miller with extreme views on immigration who were to blame to fail to reach a immigration deal. >> so there's potential -- a potential major development in the legal case of an indicted former aide to president trump's campaign in transition. cnn reports that gates is finalizing a plea deal with special counsel robert mueller's office. according to the report not confirmed by nbc news, gates is poised to cooperate in the

investigation. sources tell cnn that gates has been in plea negotiations for about a month now. nbc news reported last week that gates lawyers requested to withdraw from the case over irreconcilable differences with the former deputy paul manafort. if the report is accurate gates would join two other trump advisors who are cooperating with the mueller investigation and putting pressure on manafort who pleaded not guilty alongside gates back in october. gates continued to serve the trump campaign after manafort's ouster and he was reportedly a frequent visitor in the first month of the trump's white house. gates declined to comment for the story. >> joining us from washington, molly hooper. so i want to go back to the story obviously out of parkland, florida because it is on the minds of so many americans. so much emotion coming out of that city and around this country especially when it comes to gun laws and can things

actually change. so we have in the wake of this florida shooting republican chuck grassley saying he wants to discuss gun laws so they can actually reach some sort of agreement on legislation. i'm asking this question without a very optimistic outlook, but do you think there could be some bipartisan action taken on gun issues in congress? >> reporter: well, if the bipartisan action is that a bill is introduced, perhaps, but that a bill actually makes it to the president's desk to sign, it seems unlikely especially since grassley has been working on these issues since 2013. he wants to meet with john cornyn who represents texas and is a number two republican in the senate who introduced a bill for more stringent background checks and data sharing among the various agencies after that shooting at the texas church last year and that hasn't moved

anywhere. we have diane fienstein's bill and republican bills on the house side following the las vegas shooting. >> like a layup. >> and sadly, it hasn't moved anywhere. >> let me ask you about another, since you were talking so optimistically about bipartisanship on the gun issue. let's talk about immigration and see if there's any hope on that front because yesterday we saw four different measures fail in the senate. where does the immigration debate go from here? are we likely to see something come out of the house next and you know, what is your outlook on seeing an immigration bill that can actually pass both the house and the senate? >> reporter: well, several things are going on right now. number one, we have these court cases that basically put a stay on president trump's decision to -- to end the daca program by the 5th of march so essentially the way that lawmakers look at this and i've talked to

republicans and some democrats, they say we have a little bit more time to work with here until june, perhaps january. these court cases take a long time to litigate. also the house is actually trying to move forward. house republicans are whipping, rallying votes for this bill that addresses president trump's four pillars that has to do with border security, the daca fix, ending change/family vmigration and the visa lottery program. senator cornen said there may be room for optimism in that okay, so maybe the senate wasn't able to address all four of those pillars, perhaps they can move a bill that would specifically address the daca recipients and border security and that's it. >> again, you have you can't reach bipartisan on gun laws.

these are people's lives that are being affected and they don't have -- >> hanging in the balance. >> totally hanging in the balance. we'll talk to you at the bottom of the hour. >> let's get a check on your weather with bill karins. it's been so warm it doesn't seem logical that we would have a storm coming. >> it's almost like amar'e type thing. march can be warm and then snow tomorrow. it is 64 degrees in washington, d.c. when you walk outside the door, unbelievably warm for this time of year. but negative 1 in bismarck so almost a 70 degree swing from bismarck all the way down to the southeast. this weekend we have a winter storm watch from boston, providence, new york city, long island, northern new jersey and areas of eastern pennsylvania. 29 million people under a winter storm watch. so as we go throughout the day today this cold front sinks to the south. that will be the beginning of the end of the very warm period we've had. areas in the mid-atlantic back through the ohio valley but it's

starting to wrap up. there also was a potential tornado last night in areas of pennsylvania. there was some damage. we'll bring you those pictures a little later and if it does get confirmed for a tornado it will be pennsylvania's first ever february tornado on record. how rare is that? so here's the storm for the weekend. this is as we go through saturday. rainy as we go throughout the morning into the afternoon. all of a sudden the blue blossoms, that's the colder air. that's the snow falling from the clouds. snow, d.c., philly, new york, moving into boston as we go throughout saturday evening and ending as we go throughout sunday morning and as far as snowfall totals go it's going to be a heavier wet snow. this is 4 inches in the pink. this is around 2 to 3 in the blue. so about a 2 to 4-inch snowfall just to the north of i-95. this is a question of who gets the worst of it. stay tuned as we go throughout the weekend. 60s to snow. >> what happened a few days ago with bill telling us it was going to be a nice ride into

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welcome back, everybody. it is the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top stories. authorities are providing new details about what happened the day of the shooting. 19-year-old nikolas cruz appeared in court for the first time yesterday after allegedly confessing to the shooting at the high school. authorities have released a time line of events for what unfolded wednesday afternoon. crews arrived at the school at 2:19 p.m. after being dropped off by an uber. about two minutes later he was inside the school and began shooting into several

classrooms. by 2:28 he was running from the school with other students trying to flee. >> and according to the sheriff's office cruz went inside a walmart and bought a drink at a subway sandwich shot. he then went on to mcdonald's and sat down for a short time. he was detained and taken into custody by police and right now cruz is being held without bond on 17 counts of premeditated murder. he has reportedly been placed on suicide watch at the jail. >> now to the victims. last night the community gathered to remember the 17 students and phafaculty killed. people came to pay their respects all day and through the night. the bow ard county sheriff reading all 17 names aloud. >> i'm going to do my best to pronounce the names accurately. please forgive me if i don't pronounce the names exactly how the families do.

but i thought it very important i want to pay homage to these families and to the victims. may they rest in peace and may god comfort their families. >> so we're also learning more about some of the victims. peter wang was remembered as

funny, caring and selfless by his cousin. she tells a local paper that peter was born in brooklyn, new york, and was wearing a gray rotc shirt when he was gunned down. >> the family of a 14-year-old described her as a vibrant and determined young woman who loved to serve. we're told she was among the hundreds of volunteers who rushed to help those devastated by hurricane irma. >> hixon always found his way to the scene to deal with any altercations on campus. >> we're told she loved to dance and wanted to be an occupational therapist. >> oliver, 17 years old according to his facebook page, he had several musical artists. baseball as his favorite sport and the miami heat as his favorite sports team.

>> and 35-year-old beagle was a beloved geography teacher. he was found shielding his students when he was gunned down. >> everyone should know how great she was, beautiful inside and out. she was baby of the family who everyone wanted to protect. we're told she was a good student who planned to attend a university in boca raton. >> and she's been remembered as a very competitive soccer player with an outgoing personality. yesterday her mother made this emotional plea. >> how? how do we allow a gunman to come into our children's school? how do they get through security? what security is there? there's no metal dedetech doors. a crazy person walked right into the school, knocked down the window of my child's door and started shooting shooting her. and killing her. president trump, you say what

can you do? you can stop the guns from getting into these churnildren' hands. put metal detectors at every entrance to the schools. what can you do? you can do a lot. this is not fair to our families. our children go to school and have to get killed. i just spent the last two hours putting the burial arrangements for my daughter's funeral who is 14. president trump, please do something. do something. action. we need it now. these kids need safety now. >> the powerful words of a mother suffering an unimaginable loss and i hope our leaders take note of that, what she's saying. since the shooting a pattern of

disturbing behavior has emerged about the troubled gunman. a person identifying himself by the shooter's name left the comment i'm going to be a professional shooter on a youtube video. the fbi briefly investigated the comment but concluded they could not identify the person behind it. two instagram accounts that classmates say belonged to the 19-year-old suspect showed him posing with guns and using anti muslim slurs. he purchased the ar used in the shooting a year ago after he turned 18. a lawyer says he kept the weapon in a locked cabinet. the suspect posed with both real and fake guns in photos and that he had an arsenal in his room. another told nbc news that the suspect had threatened to bring the gun to school multiple times. the gunman's classmates told the los angeles times that they were concerned with his fixation with

weapons. >> good to talk to you. talk to us about what authorities are saying about what the gunman -- his trail on instagram and sort of the clues that may have led one to believe he could carry something like this out. >> reporter: well, investigators say just within two minutes of arriving at the school, cruz basically opened up fire with that ar-15, that he had additional magazines hidden inside a backpack. one that he kept hidden until he actually got to the school. of course, police caught up about an hour later after the shooting with him. they arrested him without incident. he is now behind bars at this point. he faces 17 counts of premeditated first degree murder. even with all that though, the investigation continues. broward county sheriff scott israel has this to say yesterday. take a listen. >> today we've interviewed between the fbi, the broward

sheriff's office and a significant amount of investigators from many other agencies, a lot of local law enforcement, so over 2,000 people were interviewed and we continue. this is a fluid investigation. we have so many facts coming in, some true, some unsubstantiated, some rumors. it's going to take a lot of time to sift through what was true, what's accurate and what's not. >> reporter: as for those that were injured, nine remain in the hospital at this point. one in critical condition. seven in fair condition and one in good condition so that is an improvement over the initial 14 people that were in the hospital yesterday. >> thank you. florida's republican governor rick scott also made a call to action after wednesday's deadly shooting saying quote, everything is on the table when considering tightening gun laws many the state. >> if somebody's mentally ill they should not have access to a

gun. i've already spoken to the speaker of the house and the senate president and they're receptive to have these conversations about school safety. >> everything's on the table. all right. i'm going to look at every way that we can make sure our kids are safe. we cannot let this pass without making something happen that hopefully -- and it is my goal that this will never happen again in my state. >> scott is nearing the end of his second term and is rumored to run for the senate. >> following the 17th school shooting in just the first two months of this year, house speaker paul ryan says now is not the time for a political battle on guns. >> this is not the time to jump to some conclusion not knowing the full facts. we've got a lot more information we need to know, but if someone who is mentally ill is slipping through the cracks and getting a gun because we have laws on the

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welcome back, everyone. nbc news reports steve bannon was interviewed by robert mueller over multiple days this week. in fact, two sources familiar with the proceedings say that bannon spent a total of about 20 hours in conversations with the special counsel's office. bannon returned to capitol hill yesterday to resume his stalled interview with the house intelligence committee. he left after four hours answering 25 questions at the white house. preapproved negotiations with the house's lead counsel but the republican leading the house investigation is unsatisfied and considering holding bannon in contempt of the subpoena. >> interview with mr. bannon has been completed and we're now moving on to the next steps to complete the investigation. he did not answer all the questions we'd like answered and

so a little frustration among the committee members with respect to that. we have to have some discussion as to whether or not those are appropriate and would in effect shield him from having to answer our questions and that's an ongoing conversation we'll have among an awful lot of lawyers. >> do you feel like he should be held in contempt? >> i think he should answer our questions. >> so bannon has reportedly not limited the topics of discussion with the special counsel bob mueller's office. so top white house officials seeking security clearance are being asked if they could be blackmailed. now according to an excerpt from a questionnaire, they're being asked with as much detail as possible, please provide any other information including information about other members of your family which could suggest a conflict of interest, be a possible source of embarrassment or be used to coerce or blackmail you. as of november over 130 white house aides lack permanent

security clearances like rob porter who has been accused of domestic violence and had a temporary protective order against him back in 2010. officials asked if there is currently a protective order or restraining order issued against you. >> back on capitol hill, molly, good to have you back with us. in the past week alone we have seen the exit of a top white house aide of spousal abuse allegations. that ballooned into inquiry over why so many white house officials lack a permanent security clearance, perhaps most notably, jared kushner. the president acknowledges that a payment to a porn star, stormy daniels and the ongoing russia investigation just to mention one other i guess -- >> little thing? >> little thing that's unfolding in washington. i mean, what is your take on what this week has been for the white house? >> reporter: well, you know, up

on capitol hill it seems par for the course with this white house and it's interesting because you'd think that with all these different potentially scandalous stories coming out that more members would be moved by them, but they're not and i think it's because this is something that's happened on a fairly regular basis with this white house. there's always something going on, and really i think that after the first few months of the president trump's administration, a lot of members just kind of learned to keep their head down and sort of focus on what's in front of them immediately. i mean, you'll see members of congress now refusing to respond to whatever president trump tweets that day, and basically just focusing on getting re-elected. i mean, these people are up for re-election every two years, every six years in the senate and really if they're not hearing about it at home, then it just kind of, you know, goes over their head and they keep moving forward. >> wondering if the focus should

be getting re-elected or getting things down. what has been the reactions to reports that rick gates is finalizing a plea deal with bob mueller's team? >> reporter: we haven't heard that much because it's pretty fresh. but we've talked to lawmakers in the past they really point to the fact that these two are linked and paul manafort is indicted but does not have a deal yet. so it's sort of -- it sort of looks like rick gates may be giving more information on a potential, you know, conviction of paul manafort, but again, members are trying to get -- they'd like to get immigration done, they'd like to get some other items passed but really are focused more on what's going on up on capitol hill as opposed to what's going on downtown. >> thank you, molly.

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welcome back. the president's inaugural committee paid nearly $26 million to an event planning company held by a friend and senior adviser of the first lady in what critics are calling a case of fiscal mismanagement. the nonprofit group that oversaw

the trump inauguration last year received pressure on how it spent the record breaking $1.7 million it raised. of the money raised almost one-quarter went to the event company founded by stephanie winston wallkof, unpaid senior adviser to mrs. trump. it was formed 45 days before the inauguration according to corporate filings. "the new york times" citing a source who worked with the inaugural committee reports that the company handled everything from security venues to arranging instagram and satellite feeds. the trump team raised and spent about twice what former president barack obama did on the 2009 inauguration, which was a more event filled production. while obama had ten official inaugural balls, trump only held three, according to the filing. millions were split between the company and three other firms. of the leftover fund the committee gave $5 million to various charities. >> what is an instagram filter?

i'm trying to figure out what kind of service -- >> how much that costs? >> yeah. >> because it's free for me. >> i think it's free for anyone who uses instagram. all right. lewis is an expert on instagram filters. >> oh, yeah. let's get a check on the weather with meteorologist bill karins. we have a winter storm coming. >> it's kind of crazy because it's 64 degrees in washington, d.c. and it will be snowing saturday afternoon. big changes coming as we go through the next 24, 48 hours. rain from areas of southern illinois right through southern ohio through pennsylvania and it's a dreary morning on i-95 from new york to d.c. now, the winter storm portion is saturday afternoon. saturday evening into sunday morning. 30 million people right now under winter storm watches, all of southern new england. the exception is cape cod, mostly rain there. but even long island, into areas around allentown, and trenton, notice philadelphia you're not in the winter storm watch. looks like you'll be too warm with this storm system for heavy snow. you may get a little bit.

so here's the snowfall forecast map. again, when we get up to the dark blue that is three inches. boston through rhode island and through connecticut, hudson valley. back through southern new york and into maryland and southern and southeastern corner there of pennsylvania. notice the mountains of west virginia the higher elevations will get some of this snow too. i-95 again, a heavy, wet snow. treated roads should be just fine. but once you get to the secondary roads and bridges that's where the trouble will be. three to four, at most six inches. the fact that it's, you know, 60 degrees in d.c. today, then you're getting snow, then as we go throughout next week, 70, to 75 degrees this snow won't be around for very long. the cold air returning to the great lakes. as we look at your weekend forecast there's that overnight snow saturday into sunday. a rainy saturday morning into the afternoon.

and the tennessee valley, by the time we get to sunday it warms up in a hurry so you get snow in d.c. on saturday afternoon, evening, then sunday it's 52 degrees. again, the fact that it's going to snow is not a huge ordeal. it's the middle of winter, but sandwiched between 60 degree days is unusual. >> going back to the instagram filters -- >> she didn't pay attention to anything you said. >> when it's cold and rainy, in new york, you just use valencia. it looks like arizona. >> thanks for that. appreciate that. >> i just want to give everybody an instagram tip. i'm also not social media savvy. >> thanks for the education. all right, coming up next, the florida community still very much in mourning over the latest school shooting. searching for answers as we learn more about the 17-year-old shooter. >> and what can help curb the kind of violence. he weighs in on the view by some of the republican colleagues that it's too soon to take action.

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welcome back, everybody. before we toss it over to "morning joe" let's get a check of the stories you'll hear in the days ahead. president trump is set to scheduled to attend an infrastructure event in florida today and spend the weekend at his mar-a-lago resort. in his address to the nation yesterday he's announced he's making plans to visit parkland, but no indication if that will take place this weekend. and florida's two senators are set to meet with the victims' families and officials from the shooting. both men remain on opposite ends on new fun -- gun laws in the wake of the shooting. and vice president pence will take part in a roundtable discussion on immigration with customs and border protection officials. he'll attend a fund-raiser in dallas for republican lawmakers.

that does it for us this morning. "morning joe" starts right now. in times of tragedy, the bonds that sustain us are those of family, faith, community and country. these bonds are stronger than the forces of hatred and evil and these bonds grow even stronger in the hours of our greatest need. and so always but especially today let us hold our loved ones close, let us pray for healing and for peace and let us come together as one nation to wipe away the tears and strive for a much better tomorrow. >> good morning. it's friday, february 16. welcome to "morning joe." president trump yesterday addressing the nation after wednesday's school shooting in