all right very interesting to hear like a human labor and labor rights lawyer in the united states unfortunately we have to speak out of these tragic circumstances but it's certainly interesting to hear your thoughts thank you very much i will be back with more on this developing story after a short break you're watching international. it is hard coded. the world as we know it and those trying to get their way

will be destroyed but those who want to come on board like a friendly regulator that's ok. a bit wary though you know it's the classic good cop bad cop so there you go you know when regular. with the gift you have to be a little leery. welcome back you're watching are to internationals continuing coverage of breaking news from southern florida there are now reports coming in from police that at least seventeen people have been killed in that school shooting in the florida school earlier reports were that about fourteen to twenty people were injured the

suspect is now in custody and has been reported that he is a nineteen year old former student of the school the school is marjorie stoneman douglas high in park linda florida. now police have detained the suspected gunman and identified him as we mentioned as nicholas cruz one thousand years old and a former student of the school who was expelled for disciplinary reasons. you know we have video now showing the swat team as it evacuated students from their classroom harrowing situation take a look. if you wish. and you can see their images of the kids visibly shaken as that was unfolding earlier we discussed the issue of gun politics in the united states with david lindorff the founding editor of the online outlet this can't be happening and dominic is though a former police officer here's what they have to say. so over three hundred million

guns is enough for every person in the united states to have a gun it's insane and you know we license cars you can't just get in a car and drive it but you can get a gun and shoot it you don't need any training you don't need any licensing. and a lot of states now you can carry them. undercover legally there's a lot of nutty miss in this country about how guns make you safer and the evidence is all to the contrary when the guns are so readily available we get these shootings every week. but if we can't get rid of them after the cindy hook massacre of all those first graders i don't think we're ever going to get rid of them this is an ultimate cry for attention and i'd like to see the media for the first time not look at this is a gun issue and to shy away from the anathema to object war or start start to look away from why or how these individuals are getting the guns and start looking at

the intent behind it why are they doing this what's the mental health of this person what's their personal individual issue if there's one thing that we do know it's been proven time and time again that the gun itself does not do any damage but the issue is the person behind it their intent their motives their means we have to start looking at accountability of the human being and make this an issue more focused towards them in mental health i don't know one sane one healthy one compassionate human being on the planet who takes such a massive cry for attention that they have to take a life or several lives of others this is got to stop being a gun issue this has to start being a mental health and human issue and let's now take a look at the history of us school shootings there have been two hundred seventy five incidents since two thousand and thirteen with an average of nearly one in a week and there have already been eighteen shootings in schools so far this year and here's a look at some of the most serious cases in the past decade. and

it just to wrap things up and keep you informed on the latest information we have reports from police that at least seventeen people have been killed in this shooting at this florida high school. many more are reported to be injured as well it has been reported that many have been hospitalized and at least three of them

are in critical condition the suspect is now in custody and has been reported that he is nineteen year old former student of the high school the school is marjorie stoneman douglas high school in parkland florida now as people start wondering how something like this can happen maybe they look at the community for crime but there are no markers for this in fact this particular school the motto is be positive be passionate be proud to be an eagle which is their mascot in two thousand and fifteen and newsweek's national ranking of high schools that rated the school as number three hundred fifty eight in the nation number thirteen in the entire state of florida and has the highest ranking of any in the county where it resides. and. in fact it's a community that is low in crime one of the lowest crime rate communities in the entire state of florida so as this community. reacts to this tragedy as of the

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elliston is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos i'm in bill fit to finish it before you like it if this isn't my cup of tea is going up so phil saviano may be a bit yeah old shot without a doubt. the only palestinians is who gets the most help from his jerusalem counterparts i don't think there's some of those who in the world under the oak bush could not only could give us. and the earth his office knowledge to have this lady of the messiah which he had i not going to compete in the doesn't seem to do more commitments last time piss off. mr reback i'll be honest with you russia is baffled and this is how people see the

story first the i.o.c. bans a group of russian athletes from competing ever again then your court says no the sanctions must be lifted but then n.p.r. and chang cass rejects the appeals so i thought that the sanctions were about competing in the first place how is that possible maybe to summarize this without being too legalistic we call the first case the sochi case and the second is the case such a case was a disciplinary case initiated by the international olympic committee versus many athletes many russian athletes and we had that case that we heard in geneva two weeks before the start of the games involving thirty nine russian athletes. this was a totally unusual case i think in the history of class because it was not

a classic doping case where you have a positive test by an athlete in the athlete has to establish is innocence here it was the national olympic committee which had to prove to establish the guilt of these athletes so it had to show evidence and we decided i mean the cast determined that on eleven cases there was sufficient evidence to confirm that there was an anti-doping rule violation but for twenty eight cases there was not enough evidence therefore these twenty eight athletes were no longer sanctioned so the were not suspended anymore after decisions on the first of february. so that's the first part it was disciplinary the second case which i called the pure junk case which was involving the this issue of the i.o.c. not to invite some russian athletes so these twenty eight at leats who were no longer suspended applied to be eligible to compete in junction but some of them

some of them sort of fifteen i think thirteen that lead plus two coaches these athletes applied but were denied access to the games because the i.o.c. decided not to invite them so it was not a sanction it was an eligibility issue that's a legal difference for us understand the reaction of the public in russia because it doesn't seem logical exactly the russian side doesn't see the logic here so please let me just go back to something you read out on the opening day the process created by the i.o.c. to establish an invitation list of russian athletes to compete as a lump of athletes from russia could not be described as a sanction but rather as an eligibility decision so how is stripping an athlete of his or her right to compete at the olympics not a sanction technically it's not a sanction it's a selection issue because the russian olympic committee is suspended but the i.o.c.

nevertheless wanted to invite some russian at least they believe they were eligible to compete and this is. a special procedure because the created a special commission for that i don't remember the exact name but they had two commissions i think to evaluate the status of these athletes and they determined i think with seventeen criteria which i should be eligible to compete in juncture and so the cast by the here reviewed these criteria and said they were fair and there was no discrimination against any of these athletes but i understand the reaction of these athletes who have not been selected and of the public because it's not very obvious for them to see the difference but please let me get this straight you have named two cases as you're calling them the saudi case and the chain case you're saying that there are absolutely no contradictions between the two decisions

yes. the invitation case if i can say that is not on the related to these fifteen athletes there were many other athletes with being turned down because they were denied access to the games they have but not been involved in this trial in geneva with the first cast panel but they have not been selected either please let me give you a quote from mr adams he said the following at a press conference the cast secretary-general obviously referring to you insisted that the court of arbitration for sport decision does not mean that these twenty eight athletes are declared innocent does that mean that presumption of innocence doesn't work with cas again i repeat the duty of the i.o.c. was to show that the athletes involved in this case were guilty of and i don't think would violation the fact that you cannot establish the give evidence of that of guilt doesn't mean that you have established the innocence of the athlete you

see what i mean if you have an athlete's or anyone committing a dope infraction if you have a classic doping case you have a positive test then you have a presumption of. guilt of the athlete this is the other way around with the sochi case because the i.o.c. had to show that the athletes were guilty the fact that the unable to show the guilt of an athlete doesn't mean that the athlete has nothing to do other with the case is totally innocence this is a logical consequence and this is nothing bad about it well it's definitely bad for some people mr reed the athletes from the groups that your court had to deal with haven't been explained their wrongdoings by the i.o.c. but did the international olympic committee at least provide cas with proof of their.