aidan, first of all, we're so glad that both of you are safe. you were in lockdown in your classroom. you took pictures. so tell us about what was happening and what you were thinking when you took these photos? >> really the first thing that popped into my mind is where's the shooter and where is he going next? as you know, we've all -- the entire school probably heard the pops and really nobody knew where it came from. as you know, there can be echoes left and right. and it was really hard to identify it. so everyone just wanted to know where he was, were you safe, is your friend safe, and it was chaos out there. >> how long, aidan, were you on lockdown, and what were you seeing and hearing? >> i was probably on lockdown for about an hour, maybe ten minutes. it started with a few pops in the beginning, maybe about two, and i didn't really think much of it, as we normally have, you know, pops of chick bags opening at lunch or someone throwing something on the floor. and i actually had one of my friends, xavier, run into the classroom from using

she took in aidan when he was nine months old, and made sure that his contact with his birth mothther never broke off. kate explains how it is when drug-addicted parents suddenly take a sober view of their own lives. kakate: to keep that momentum going, day in and day out, when you're s sober for maybe the fit time in your life, and you're confronting all sorts of -- it always chokes me up. when you think about what they have to go through day-to-day, reporter: a court gave aidan's mother one year to get her life in order after she had overdosed on heroin. katherinine: since i hadad a background of drug use, and my other two children aren't in my custody because of my drug use, that's it. so, i wasn't'toing to lolose another child into the system because i wanted to go and use drugs. reporter: katherine has made it. after eight months, she got her child back. but she fears her past might destroy her children's future. katherine: yeah, i'm very scared of that because it's more likely for an addict's children to become addictsts. and, i know that i've struggled with it for a while, and

his younger brother aidan was inside the school. aidan, what did you first see and experience? >> so i was wrapping up in math class. as you know, it was at the end of the day. we were pretty much just packing up. we period a few pops. and at the time we didn't really think much of it, as it could have been, you know, a kid throwing something or maybe a chip bag opening in the hallway. until one of my friends who was previously in the bathroom came in running, frantically screaming that there's a shooter, he heard gunshots. we were all a little suspicious until the fire alarm was pulled shortly thereafter and we heard a bunch of other shots. and that's when the lights were turned off, door was locked, and we went into hiding. >> have you accounted for all of your friends at school? is everybody okay that you know? >> yes, i do. and everyone in my classroom that i was in is okay, including the teacher and the administrator that was spectating us. >> all right, thank you. brandon, tell us about this guy, fellow students call nick, 19-year-old nicholas cruz? >> i had two classes w

when you think about what they have to go through day-to-day, reporter: a court gave aidan's mother one year to get her life in order after she had overdosed on heroin. katherine: since i had a background of drug use, and my other two children aren't in my custody because of my drug use, that's it. so, i wasn't going to lose another child into the system because i wanted to go and use drugs. reporter: katherine has made it. after eight months, she got her child back. but she fears her past might destroy her children's future. katherine: yeah, i'm very scared of that because it's more likely for an addict's children to become addicts. and, i know that i've struggled with it for a while, and that would absolutely kill me to watch my child go through it. reporter: in maryland, the gregory family are picking up their youngest from the school bus stop. for years, big sister athena was the only reliable parent-substitute for anthony, who suffers from autism and epilepsy. his mother even used drugs while she was pregnant with him. now, she is plagued with a guilty conscience. mutter: i'll neve

aidan aguilar just turned 13 years old.erty, autism and trying to fit in at school have all made for a rough year for aiden. so she asked people on facebook to send him birthday cards. the response overwhelmed them both. cards began arriving in mail by the hundreds. some from as far away as ireland, italy, australia. <"and now this kind of cheers me up. this cheers me up."mike teselle/reporter"makes you feel like you fit in, right?" aidan aguilar/student"yes.""so thankful so many people out there that's caring and loving. it just restores faith that the world is a great place.>( darya ) aiden received almost 15-hundred cards in 10 days. the elk grove police department also hand delivered young aiden a giant happy birthday sign. ( darya ) coming up after the break... it's the mistake that sent people in hawaii into a panic. now... the man behind the false missile alert is suing the alhoa state. and here's a live look outside... bay bridge. (ácommercialá) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze

sot aidan minoff, freshman, marjory stoneman douglas high school"the first thing that popped into my mind was where is the shooter and where is he going next."at least 17 are dead and more than a dozen others injured after police say shooting suspect and former 19-year-old student, nikolas cruz, opened fired, as school was close to being dismissed for the day.sot marjory stoneman douglas high school student"he knows the school layout. he knows where everyone would be at as of right now. he's been at the fire drills. he's prepared for this stuff."investigators believe the suspect pulled the fire alarm to draw people out of school in order to kill as many as possible.cruz is expected in court today...as investigators look into the teen's troubled past and variety of gun and violence- related posts on social media. sot jonathan guimaraes, marjory stoneman douglas high school student"valentine's day everyone was happy spreading love and it crashed down so quick. no one deserves this." this entire community in parkland, florida will

aidan foster clark, thank you for that.ng on at the olympics. let's join lizzie greenwood sport going on at the olympics. let'sjoin lizzie greenwood hughes. tea m team gb are hoping to break their record of four medals. the target is anywhere between four and ten. lizzy yarnold flew the flag at the opening ceremony. she is hoping to become the first briton to successfully defend an olympic title but she has had a poor season. the team have lost snowboarder katie 0rmerod who potentially could have won two medals. she fractured her heel in training. but this is britain's biggest ever winter olympic team with 59 athletes in pyeongchang. the target is five and the middle range is four to ten so we have a lot of potential across different sports. she was one of our great medal contenders which is white as a loss for many reasons that she is not with us. but we still believe the rest of the team can perform. it is weak two of the six nations this weekend and a huge match at twickenham tomorrow between england and wales. eddie jon

one of the guy, aidan menses goes whipping and swinging all the way around the other side. >> 360, look at that. what happened? why did it nose in like that? >> pushing the boat full speed 50 kilometers an hour and we came a little unstuck there for a while. >> technically, oli, they came a little unstuck. whatever that means. no injuries to the people, no injuries to the boat and you got a great piece of video out of it. watch it again. >> he's flying! >>> suburban wildlife was called in illinois to a house that has an intruder. >> hi. >> hey. >> i'm katie. nice to meet you. >> hey, you're the camera gal. >> yeah i'm the camera one. >> they show up to this house in question and they are allowed in and immediately they get to work. the fierce, ferocious thing is in the closet of their bedroom, so they closed the door of the bedroom, they open the closet door and get to work. >> roar! i want to see some bear jump out. >> that's what they're expecting. >> he's not knowing what it is, because these guys like the only thing that will make me nervous -- >> hands a flashlight to shine a light

sot aidan minoff, freshman, marjory stoneman douglas high school"the first thing that popped into my mind was where is the shooter and where is he going next."at least 17 are dead and more than a dozen others injured after police say shooting suspect and former 19-year-old student, nikolas cruz, opened fired, as school was close to being dismissed for the day.sot marjory stoneman douglas high school student"he knows the school layout. he knows where everyone would be at as of right now. he's been at the fire drills. he's prepared for this stuff."investigators believe the suspect pulled the fire alarm to draw people out of school in order to kill as many as possible.cruz is expected in court today...as investigators look into the teen's troubled past and variety of gun and violence- related posts on social media. sot jonathan guimaraes, marjory stoneman douglas high school student"valentine's day everyone was happy spreading love and it crashed down so quick. no one deserves this." this entire community in parkland, florida will need more of that love and support for the foreseeable f

up to 19% of the kids had to drop out from the study, because of these side effects. >> still, aidan to worry less about his peanut allergy. especially on one day in particular. >> it's been hard because half of my halloween candy is gone. all of the peanut stuff is out the window. >> we can empathize with that. this isn't an all-out cure. we're still far from letting kids with severe allergies eat all their peanut filled halloween candy. the company plans to file for approval by the fda administration by the end of the year. >> promising? >> it does look promising. i'm hearing cautiously optimistic. for parents, can you imagine the relief? it's a nightmare for them. >> a huge relief. plus a snickers bar is something to behold. >> and be held. and be eaten. >> well done. well done. >> now i'm hungry. thanks, john. up next, a look at this morning's other headlines, including a new study on whether low carb or low fat diets are more effective. plus how big name celebrities are writing large checks to support next month's student-led gun control rally in >> announcer: this portion of "c

but they all skeptical that it's that we're going to see any improvements in the coming days alan aidan from save the children based in amman jordan with us this morning thanks very much and and all the best of luck to you with your efforts in the eastern ghouta area thank you we're turning now to russia and a story the kremlin would prefer to keep under wraps according to russian media reports about three thousand russian mercenaries have fought over the course of the war in syria they were employed by a contractor called the wagner group now a u.s. air strike earlier this month reportedly killed a number of russians paid by that group this comes as a couple and says it is pulling its troops out of syria w.'s emily sure when traveled to a tiny town in the urals which reportedly saw a number of local men joining a private military company she has this exclusive report. it's about as far as you can get from syria and yet here in the russian town of kid the people are waiting for news about seven locals who reportedly went to fight in syria they allegedly worked as mercenaries which is il

how much danger is the aidan grant for 0xfam ? priti how much danger is the aidan grant for 0xfam?sessments. she lost the job before christmas. blunt on her assessments. she lost thejob before christmas. she blunt on her assessments. she lost the job before christmas. she was blunt at a un meeting, trying to push this. british officials downplayed the broader issue. there have been warnings in the sector for several years that creditors have been targeting disaster relief agencies. so penny mordaunt as well as talking to oxfam to question theirfunding, may as talking to oxfam to question their funding, may have a few questions for her own officials in terms of what priti patel has been saying, if it is true and could they have done more. 0thers saying, if it is true and could they have done more. others will be concerned they have to come up with good strong and sellers. across the sector, 0xfam is not alone. 0ther agencies, like save the children volunteered the information they have had sexual complaints in the last year or so. ten people had their cases handed over to the author

we're joined by salon bought a cot his for those institute very good to have you with us mr sammy's aidan so you know talking about some of the biggest challenges that iraq is facing right now post eisel they need something like one hundred billion dollars in aid and they still have to day in world security challenges bug security challenges in the region even after the defeat of i so how far do you think that this conference in kuwait and the pledges that have been made so far go to words addressing those huge challenges i think it really goes very short distance really in terms of addressing the global challenges in the whole region one big mistake has been made again and that is not approaching the easier as a region you can't just reconstruct our to iraq's in the hope that that will kill off isis and radicalization and so i think this should have been a regional conference that takes everything from gaza in the west all the way to northern iraq in the east including syria the pressure that's on jordan lebanon etc and then you can really talk sense in terms of long term recovery of the

were before this conference began all right sammy thank you very much for that for now that sam is aidan joining us live from kuwait city frank you are we are going to get more on this we're joined by a professor of political science at the university very good to have you with us thank you on al-jazeera so sam is a town was reporting on the absolutely terrible situation for millions of people whose lives have been completely destroyed of course by the conflict in iraq and have only had a few very few billion dollars of the one hundred billion needed to reconstruct the country yes so where it is a disappointment i think this is a disappointment for everybody. the danger for the sunni is who were destroyed their houses were destroyed if they were refugees in their own country it's disappointment for the only body and i think with rebuilding iraq finding some kind of solution political stability for for iraq it's a dilemma for the whole word about fighting terrorism was going to happen in these areas that were the routes for increased terrorism because we know the conditions there were a f

aidan said love each other, you may never know when the last day you see someone. and nat tweeted this video of the massive police response, she tweeted i never thought i would see this in my city. house minority leader nancy pelosi of san francisco tweets, too many families have lost someone to the senseless epidemic of gun violence. and kamala harris tweets, just awful, gut-wrenching news, my heart breaks for the victims and families of the victims. and melania trump tweets, my heart is heavy over the school shooting in florida, keeping all affected in my thoughts and prayers. >> according to a record by cnn, pa pa parkland, florida was named the safest city in florida. now as mentioned, this is the 18th school shooting in 45 days, 18 in 45 days. according to a gun control advocacy group. that includes one that occurred just two weeks ago at a middle school in los angeles, two students were shot and injured. a 12-year-old girl was arrested there, she said the gun went off accidentally while in her backpack. on january 23, 16 people were shot, two of them fatality

is unbelievable that aidan, my son, was actually able to sit here. he's a shy guy.t of nowhere he said does god open up the flowers? and i was pleasantly surprised by the question, one by his curiosity but also his ability to make the connection and decided if he can do that as a toddler as a 2-year-old then other kids can and so why not bring this meaningful and gentle introduction of toddlers to god and just the world around them. kind of married to nature and the little things that excite kids every day. >> you said it's important also for children to see themselves in these stories as well. >> i read an unbelievable essay about windows -- window, mirrors and sliding glass door, the idea it is essential for every children's book to have a mirror so the child can see themselves reflected in the book, a window so they can peer out in an unfamiliar world and when that window is effective it's able to become a sliding glass door and transport them into this other world so it's so important for kids to see kids that look like them, kids that don't look like them and r

." >> i'm aidan. >> i'm humiliated. >> it's my fault.at, a rom-com called "serendipity." >> can we do this later? >> yeah. >> she doesn't mind. >> with less than a week before shooting was to begin, they still hadn't cast the role of ian. and that's when fate or "serendipity" stepped in, to a bar where nia and a producer were having drinks. >> well, in walks john corbett, right into the bar. apparently he was there filming a movie, which we knew, and the bartender said, so, what's up next for you? and john said, i don't know, but i just read this script in my room, "my big fat greek wedding" and i'm going to be in it. and i went, "what just happened?" >> once shooting began, it was clear that nia and john's characters came together tzatziki and souvlaki. >> we were doing the proposal scene and john and i filmed it several times in the morning, the scene doesn't feel right, it feels stilted. >> on the dvd extras, you can see takes of the proposal scene. >> what are you doing? >> you can have this. >> now you can have this. >> i realized,

nine guests were forced off the ship near aidan. >> horrifying like people screaming, running around,ing glasses. everything, like nightmare. >> blood everywhere. people with faces getting smashed in. >> yes, there were full-on attacks. >> reporter: some blamed one group of 23 people who were traveling to the. >> scum bags. they were just run the decks looking to pick on anybody they could find. >> reporter: others blamed the ship's security guards. >> they put handcuffs around their hands, used them as knuckle busters, and punching women, 16-year-old kids. everything. >> they were on the ground in handcuffs begging for them to stop, and then the security just kept punching them. >> reporter: some of the ejected passengers arrived at melbourne airport last night. one family member told 7 news they're meeting with a lawyer on monday to discuss their next move. >> the security had no choice at the end but to grab them, and rough them up as they did. >> reporter: a ten-day cruise like this, through the south pacific, should just have brought happy memories for the 2100 passengers but thi

the explosions targeted a military camp used by counterterrorism forces as well as the residence of aidan's former governor hospital officials say three of the dead are soldiers and sri are civilians at least forty three others are being treated for their injuries nigeria's president is the blowing extra soldiers to search for more than one hundred girls kidnapped from their school in the town of mohamedou bihari has called monday's abduction by boko haram a national disaster parents of the missing girls plan to join the bring back our girls campaign which was launched after book of harm kidnapped more than two hundred and seventy schoolgirls from the town of chibok in two thousand and fourteen many of them are still missing after an interest says more now from the capital of. the more you start off shock and anger anger because the nigerian government has failed to properly explain how many kids or how many students have been taken from that college and what exactly happened there now shock in the sense that many people expected nigeria and the security agencies to learn from the mistakes

aidan aguilar just turned 13 years old. his mom admits that puberty, autism and trying to fit in at school have all made for a rough year for aiden. so she asked people on facebook to send him birthday cards. the response overwhelmed them both. cards began arriving in mail by the hundreds. some from as far away as ireland, italy, australia. (rebecca) tracking your morning forecast... legend has it, the first voyagers arrived on canoes, sailing the seas day and night. they knew where they were going, by watching the clouds move in the sky or the way their boats rocked. that's how the waves and stars would speak to them. guide them. sometimes, you can find your way in the world, by getting lost in it. let your legend begin at aulani, a one-of-a-kind disney resort in hawaii (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) ( james )( darya ) welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. let's get a check of the forecast. rebecca:high pressure continues through the weekend with record or near record highs forecast. the ridge will stay in place through next