gabe gutierrez with nbc news. one refused to speak to us. >> no comment. >> reporter: the other declined to go on camera but the owner told us she thought the congressional report was misleading. she said the family-run business served not just williamson but a large surrounding area, and that it fills legal prescriptions. >> everybody's addiction. they've got to be getting it somewhere. >> reporter: now in treatment, she has hope that shining a light on an epidemic can help her and this town. tonight there is frustration here as to how this community was flooded with pills. the congressional committee says it will continue to investigate and attorney general jeff sessions has just launched a crackdown in the coming weeks to try to stop the oversupply of opioids across the country. lester? >> absolutely stunning revelation. gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> tonight with the opening ceremony, the olympic game just eight days away, athletes from around the world are beginning to arrive in pyeongchang. that now includes

nbc's gabe gutierrez is there with the latest. >> reporter: tonight a dramatic finish. >> teachers will go back to work on thursday. we'll use tomorrow as like a cooling-off day. >> reporter: for four days across west virginia's 55 counties, more than 30,000 school employees went on strike. third grade teacher tamatha richardson was fighting for better pay to take care of her son with special needs. >> we're just fighting for our rights. if that's illegal, here we r. >> reporter: their teacher pay ranks 48th in the country. an average salary of $45,000, compared to $58,000 nationwide. >> what's at stake here is public education and the future of west virginia. >> reporter: last week the governor signed off on a 4% pay raise over three years, but these teachers say that's not enough and won't keep up with rising health insurance costs. >> we need our kids back in school and we need our teachers back in school. >> reporter: more than 270,000 students can now get back to class. just a short time ago the governor announced teachers would get a 5% pay raise next year. hundreds have gathered

gabe gutierrez sat down with some of them to hear their message for washington. >> reporter: another broward county school outrage. dozens of students protesting in wake of the massacre at nearby marjory stoneman douglas high school. >> waents e want to send a message to politicians that they cannot allow to continue this happening. >> reporter: frustrating boiling over from teenagers. >> how many of you feel school shootings feel much more normal than ten years ago. they are shocked as they are angry. >> we're at that age where we're mature enough to know how to use our voices and we also have felt the pain of what it's like. >> it's just so incredibly frustrating seeing how torn these families are and how horrified our community is. >> reporter: charlotte hid in the school's auditor yo auditorium for two hour, terrified. >> they can create laws that will not allow anyone whether you're mentally ill or not to purchase these guns that kill hundreds in a matter of minutes. >> something needs to be done. >> reporter: the pain is still raw for 17-year-old welcomes welcomes -- lexi who w

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>> gabe gutierrez at the crash scene for us. thank you. >>> there are new concerns this evening, and something important to be aware of as the flu emergency continues to sweep through schools, homes and offices, perhaps yours. doctors are warning just because you've gotten the flu once this season doesn't mean you can't get it again. and as nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torres tells us, the flu season is only half way done. ♪ o, say can you see >> reporter: even pink had the power through the flu posting she was trying to practice the flu away to sing the national anthem at the super bowl. ♪ was still there >> reporter: now, as the flu kills more children, like 7-year-old savannah jesse, new fears that people are getting the flu more than once. it happened to melissa's 4-year-old son. >> he had the flu right before the christmas break and then after the winter break, came back, went to school. he had the flu again. >> reporter: it's because there are at least four types of flu virus classified at type a, the predominan

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, parkland, florida. >>> this is kerry sanders. 19-year-old nikolas cruz today was right where many of his one-time classmates thought he'd end up in, custody after a school shooting. >> a lot of kids predicted that he'd be the one to shoot up the school. >> reporter: tonight many asking were warning signs missed. back in september, ben bennight alerted the fbi after cruz left this chilling comment on his youtube page. "i'm going to be a professional school shooter." >> i just felt that it was important to get it to the proper authorities so they could do an investigation. >> reporter: the fbi says agents tried to track him down, but it was a dead end even though cruz used his real name. >> the fbi conducted database reviews, checks, but was unable to further identify the person who actually made the comment. >> reporter: cruz had an obsession with guns showing them off on an instagram account. neighbors say he shot their animals. >> he's like in our backyard shooting our neighbor's chickens like try to kill squirrels with rocks one time. >> reporter: he was exp

here is nbc's gabe gutierrez with the story. >> reporter: as she watched the horrifying images of the parkland shooting, gunowner amanda meyer of connecticut says she needed to do something. so she destroyed her handgun. >> i hope that some people are inspired by at least that they would go out and do the same thing. >> reporter: in north carolina, mike russell handed over his ar-15 to law enforcement. he bought it as a hobby, but -- >> as i see more and more ar-15s being part of mass shootings, i don't want to be a part of that. >> reporter: on social media, some gunowners are getting rid of their rifles and posting pictures under the #onelessgun. >> i want to make sure this weapon will never be able to take a life. >> reporter: it all started with a facebook video viewed more than 17 million times of a self-described responsible gunowner with a fade tattoo with the right to bear arms. so moved by the florida shooting that he slice d his ar-15. >> now one less. >> reporter: the nra has called the ar-15 the most popular rifle in the u.s., owned by eight million americans. enthusiasts

chuck. >> gabe gutierrez in parkland, florida. thanks very much and before we go, let me bo to tom costello one more time. i know you're looking at the gunman and we heard the fbi, the lead agent in charge down there is a, you know, they looked into this comment but they couldn't really confirm it, they couldn't find the identity. some folks have pointed out the comment apparently had his name on there. so. >> yeah. >> i guess we're not sure -- it's not clear how the fbi goes about looking into these warnings. we don't know that, do we? >> that's right. let's also be clear. nikolas cruz say rather common name in america. you can imagine that would be difficult to track down. we'll be asking the fbi about that. chick, i would tell you i've been talking to former police chiefs and fbi profilers who say when you look at what has happened across the country, very often in the wake of these school shootings you find that the shooter very often a teenage boy or 20 something young that person has been almost alw brings them to columbine

nbc's gabe gutierrez explains how to save on these medicines that could save your life. >> reporter: heather holland's husband says she turned down the generic version of tamiflu her doctor prescribed at first, because it cost too much, $116. when her symptoms got worse, he bought it for her anyway, but it was too lay. days later the school teacher and mother of two from texas died. >> she is gone. it was so rapid. >> reporter: over a decade, the price of brand name tamiflu more than doubled from about $80 for a ten-pack to almost $172. >> that's not abnormal. you see many medications like really spike in price as they're ending their patent exclusivity. >> reporter: the cdc says most children and adults with weather the flu without medication. but recommends it for high risk groups like elder people and pregnant women. >> if people haven't taken tamiflu within the first 72 hours, don't bother. >> it's a waste of money. it will not make your illness better. >> reporter: how can you get the best price? request generic tamiflu which usually costs about $100. with insurance you may only

nbc's gabe gutierrez is here with the very latest from parkland, florida. gabe?er: megyn, just a heart-breaking scene. the school superintendent tells me that the gunman showed up here by taking an uber car, shot three people outside the school, then went inside t

and we'll start with nbc's gabe gutierrez. gabe, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. the 19-year-old nikolas cruz confessed to police that he was the gunman who shot up marjory stoneman douglas high school here, killing 17 people. and now, questions are swirling about whether warning signs are missed. we're hearing about the details about the timeline and one student came face-to-face with cruz just moments before the massacre. the gunfire lasted less than ten minutes. but this morning, new details are emerging about how the rampage unfolded. one student says he encountered the shooter loading up his weapon before the attack began. >> he said, things are going to get messy. >> reporter: he says, nikolas cruz was loaded with a bullet-proof vest, and an ar-15. at 2:06 p.m., an uber car picked him up, dropping him off at the school at 2:19. at 2:21. the suspect enters the east stairwell of the building. and then, begins shooting at several classrooms before heading to the second and third floors. at first, da

>> gabe gutierrez.f the international olympic committee is weighing in on the sex scl questions are being raised whether the fbi could have stopped larry nassar sooner. stephanie gosk is in pyeongchang, south korea, for . that's right. the president of the international olympic committee gave his first press conference in pyeongchang. and he opened up his remarks by saying he was shocked by the larry nassar scandal. and he applauded the accusers who have come forward. in the u.s., many are asking the sooner?stion, why wasn't nassar 15-year-old erin says she is still afraid of the former gymnastics doctor, larry nassar. >> i have scarring on my arm that will never match the internal scarring. >> reporter: the abuse started in 2015, after larry nas wfired doctor for usa gymnastics, after that organization says it notified the fbi. but for nearly a year, nassar stayed on the job at michigan state university, seeing patients, including 15-year-old emma ann miller. >> for us. be honest, try and help us. tell

we will begin, though, with nbc's gabe gutierrez. he is at the scene in parkland, florida. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. it is so difficult to watch that video. just a short time ago the suspect was booked into jail and he is now facing 17 counts of premeditated murder. authorities say the young gunman began his rampage here outside the school killing three people before going inside through school security killing 12 more, two later died at the hospital. students and teachers huddled inside classrooms, recording some of the carnage on social media. some of them didn't know what to make of this at first because they had a fire drill earlier in the day. but unfortunately, this time it was no drill. >> let's go! >> reporter: these are the unforgettable images of the horror inside the nation's latest school massacre. authorities say the lone gunman, 19-year-old nikolas cruz, was a former student at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. just after 2:30 wednesday afternoon, investigators say he stormed in with an ar-15 rifle and magazin

gabe gutierrez, minding his own business. yeah.>> he made a joke. he said he came two days early. roker. >> anyway. i love you, but in the meantime, i love the weather, too. let's look at what's going on. we have cold air. it's brutal here. we're inside. it's about 30 degrees. 6 below. a windchill of 19 in minneapolis. 10 below in chicago. 14 in allentown. that cold air just continues to funnel in here. high temperatures today. 12 in minneapolis, 30 in portland, 38 in memphis and gree greens bay area. in fact, we're actually above average in terms of our temperatures. right now in san jose, 50 degrees, beautiful calm weather, clear skies overall. right now the temperatures remain in the 40s and 50s, 50 degrees for san jose, 54 for san francisco. believe it or not, our daytime highs, well, they are going to be warming up into those 70s, upper 70s in some spots, palo alto reaching a high of 72 by 2:00 and then by 3:00, 72 again. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> i'm taking the fifth. al, thank you. >>> coming up next, t

we have it all covered beginning with nbc's gabe gutierrez [ chanting ] >> reporter: in broward county, florida, today, a focus fury. >> it's important we come together now since adults are not doing it for us. >> reporter: a rally for tougher gun laws led by teenagers who say they're fed up with being the mass shooting generation. >> i remember the first time i heard about sandy hook, talking about virginia tech. >> reporter: since late last week, the never again movement exploded on social media. >> they say tougher gun law doss not degree keys gun violence, we call. >> all: b.s.! >> reporter: douglas high school junior is one of the organizers. >> this time it will be different because those deeply affected are the people speaking out. >> reporter: today students pro test ed in california, new jersey. >> we don't want it to be us. >> reporter: she's going to the capitol to meet with lawmakers tomorrow. >> we've grown up with this. we were born after columbine and are basically tired of it and don't want to see our kids and the generation after us to grow up like we have. >> reporter

gabe gutierrez is there. gabe good morning. >> reporter: hoda good morning. this stretch of amtrak is extremely popular, carrying three-times as many passengers as the airlines between washington and new york. now, the causes of all these recent incidents are different. but they're putting train travel back in the spotlight. this morning, amtrak is trying to reassure passengers amid growing concerns following several high-profile accidents. >> i think about it all the time. >> i don't really have a choice. >> reporter: the latest an excel excela express, speeding to boston. amtrak calling it a mechanical issue. there were no reported injuries in this incident. but there's been four fatal accidents involving amtrak trains in two months. >> everybody flew to the front of the train. >> reporter: on sunday an amtrak train barreled into a parked freight train in south carolina. the engineer and conductor were killed. last week a train carrying republican members of congress hit a truck, killing the driver. in january, a pastor and wife were killed when their suv s

gabe gutierrez, party of one. >> gabe, thank you. >>> we'll switch gears. wonderful person, meteorologist, intelligent, good-looking. a great guy. >> you're zinging everybody. gabe own business. yeah. like fish in a barrel. >> no. >> what's going on with you? >> he made a joke. he said he came two days early. roker. >> anyway. i love you, but in the meantime, i love the weather, too. let's look at what's going on. we have cold air. it's brutal here. we're inside. it's about 30 degrees. 6 below. a windchill of 19 in minneapolis. 10 below in chicago. 14 in allentown. that colir connues to funnel in here. high temperatures today. 12 in minneapolis, 30 in portland, 38 in memphis and gree >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. get ready for a cold day today and windy, too. we'll see more and more sunshine. the clouds will clear out, with 29 degrees in philadelphia. with the winds blowing it's going to feel like it's in the teens. sunshine will take over, but those winds will keep the cold air coming into play. delaware and south jersey will see the num

rage on in washington videos showing gun owners destroying their firearms are going viral online gabe gutierrezas this report >> reporter: as she watched the horrifying images of the parkland shooting, amanda higher of connecticut said she needed to do something. so she destroyed her handgun >> i hope some people are inspired that they would go out and do the same thing. >> reporter: in north carolina mike russell handed over his ar-15 to law enforcement he bought it as a hobby but -- >> as i see more and more ar-15s being a part of mass shootings, i don't want to be a part of that. >> reporter: on social media some gun owners are getting rid of rifles and posting pictures under the #onelessgun. >> i will make sure this weapon will never take a life >> reporter: it all started with a facebook video, viewed more than 17 million times of a self described responsible fun owner, so moved by the florida shooting he sliced his ar-15. >> now there's one less. >> reporter: the nra called the a. >> reporter:-15 the most popular rifle in the u.s., owned by 8 million americans. it's customizable, accurate

here's what the head of the ntsb told my colleague gabe gutierrez, as well as what a witness said theyuring this terrible crash yesterday. take a listen. >> for us, as accident investigators, the very frustrating to see the same type of accident that can be prevented. >> it was breathtaking when we first got there. there wasn't a word said. we were all just taking it in. it was a lot worst than what i thought it was going to be. i thought it was at first maybe, like, something exploded. but it was -- it was a whole train off the rails. >> this is as close as investigators will let us get to the crash scene. the just beyond these barricades. the csx freight train is just beyond that tree line there. the other thing the ntsb is looking for is the event data recorder. it's basically the black box of the train. in order to figure out exactly what the conditions might have been when this terrible tragedy happened. stephanie. >> all right, thanks so much. >>> we have breaking news on a different kind of tragedy. former usa gymnastics dr. larry nassar has just been sentenced in his third and

my colleague tammy litner, gabe gutierrez all join me from florida.ommy, you arrived in parkland right after the shooting took place. explain what you saw. >> a very different scene right now than what i arrived and saw yesterday. yesterday there were parents standing out of their cars lining the road, trying to get to the school. obviously they could not get there because the roads were blocked off. frantic parents desperate to see their children, hug their children, know that they were okay. i can tell you some of those parents had texted and talked with their kids but a lot of them still didn't know if their children were okay and this went on nows. stephanie, this scene played out. parents coming to the school not knowing if their kids were okay hour after hour after hour. the reason this went on for so long, keep in mind, after a school shooting like this happens, you know they have to go through and they have to talk to each of those kids because they're witnesses. they have to find out what they know. they do this before they let the kids go ho

"today" show's gabe gutierrez is in parkland, florida, with more. >> reporter: good morning.w court documents reveal that 19-year-old nikolas cruz confessed to police that he was the gunman that shot up marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida, killing 17 people. questions are swirling about whether warning signs were missed. as we learn new details about the timeline we're also hearing from one student who says he came face-to-face with cruz just moments before the massacre. this student says that he ran into cruz just a few moments before cruz opened fire. he says that he was warned and he says, quote, things were about to get messy and that's when he bolted in the other direction. authorities are releasing a new timeline that lays out how this massacre unfolded. they say that cruz came to this school in an uber that afternoon and then went floor to floor shooting at several classrooms and then going to a nearby walmart after he ditched his weapon and blended in with some of the students. authorities say he went to a walmart and stopped for a drink inside a

nbc's gabe gutierrez is in parkland, florida, with the latest. gabe. >> reporter: good morning. this memorial has been growing throughout the weekend and so have those calls for action. what's different in the aftermath of this shooting is that we're hearing a very loud voice from student survivors. they're upset with missed warning signs and frustrated with politicians for what they see as inaction. >> douglas strong. >> douglas strong. >> reporter: anger is boiling over in the wake of the nation's latest school massacre. >> we're not shy. >> reporter: teenagers born after the 1999 columbine shooting -- >> the heart is in this movement -- >> reporter: calling on tougher gun laws and a march on washington. >> we're not going to let the 17 bullets we just took take us down. if anything, we're going to keep running and leave the rest of the nation behind us. >> they say that tougher gun laws do not decrease gun violence. we call b.s. they say a good guy with a gun stops a bad guy with a gun. we call, b.s. they say guns are tools like knives and are

gabe gutierrez has the overnight developments in the investigation. >> reporter: good morning.s crash happened while many of the passengers were sleeping. two people were killed. 116 others were injured. most of them are out of the hospital. questions are swirling about who is to blame and whether new technology could have prevented this. this morning, investigators are looking through the mangled wreckage of amtrak train 91, working to found out whether human error was to blame for the violent crash. >> i have never seen anything in my entire life like this. bodies everywhere. people on top of one another. i couldn't move. the seats were on my legs. >> reporter: the train was en route from new york to miami, with 136 passengers and 9 crew members onboard. near columbia, south carolina, it slammed into a csx freight train. passengers describe a terrifying jolt. >> you wake up bouncing off of chairs. >> reporter: amtrak's president pointed the finger at csx. csx dispatchers were manually routing trains. the national transportation safety board says it's working to confirm that.

gabe gutierrez is in charleston, west virginia, with the latest on all this. hey, gabe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the cdc and drug manufacturers say there is enough supply of tamiflu overall, but around the country, some spot being reported. here at this pharmacy in west virginia there are a few boxes of the anti-viral drug left, but it's been difficult to reorder because of a surge in demand. this morning, the heartbreak not letting up. >> we lost a good firefighter. funeral in north carolina for 43-year-old don harrison, a volunteer firefighter and mother who died from flu complications. age no pairier to this deadly bug. 9-month-old isaac last week a happy baby, now in a coma. >> it just got worse. >> reporter: this vicious virus leaves many people unsure what to do. researchers say this year's flu shot may be only 30% effective, but it's still worth getting. >> the shot is not perfect, but it is our best defense against the flu. >> reporter: for people who get sick, doctors often prescribe tamiflu, an anti-viral drug that will reduce the flu'