casey stegall is in santa fe. the governor -- casey, stand by. we have governor greg abbott returning. we were told senator cruz was coming. but here's the governor. >> i'm the county judge of galveston county, texas. we're unfortunately here because of a tragic event that occurred this morning at santa fe high school. fortunately for us, we did have a rapid response from a lot of state and u.s. leaders. they're down here now. we spent time briefing the governor, the lieutenant governor, senator cruz and other elected officials this morning. at this time i'll pass it off to governor abbott. >> judge, first, i want to thank you for your tireless efforts the past few hours to help your county respond to this. we appreciate you and your entire team stepping up and showing way to respond to what has to be probably the worst disaster ever to strike this community. also want to express my gratitude to the other officials that are gathering with us here today. this is just the beginning of what will be robust response by both local, state and federal of

casey stegall, thank you.resident trump has been offering his support since news of the shirting for shooting fe today. >> in the east room, a somber president trump reacting to yet another school shooting. >> president trump: unfortunately i have to begin by expressing our sadness and heartbreak over the deadly shooting at santa fe high school in texas. this has been going on too long in our country. too many years, too many decades now. we grieve for the terrible loss of life and to send our support and love to everyone affected by this absolutely horrific attack. >> reporter: in the wake of the last major school shooting, marjory stoneman douglas high and florida, president trump held meetings with victims families, gun and school safety groups. he proposed several safety reforms including army qualified teachers and school staff but backed off the call to raise the minimum age to buy a rifle from 18-21. today president trump found himself right back where he was the day of the parkland shooting. speak to m

that seems to be the debate right now. >> dana: we started the hour with a call from casey stegall, our reporter that has been on the move. he has finally arrived in santa fe. casey, do we have up and ready to go? there you are. what is your update? >> we are positioned outside the agriculture center here at the independent school district where we are. we understand just moments away from that press conference that is scheduled to begin that will be featuring governor greg abbott. the governor of texas and republican senator ted cruz. we saw them arrive not long ago. we are only a couple of miles or so from the high school, itself, where this shooting happened this morning just before 8:00 local time. the students had just started first period when reports from some of those students that a kid walked in, also a student at that school, who remains unidentified right now. and he had a sawed-off shotgun according to eyewitnesses and he began opening fire. as we know, dana, this is fluid. a lot of unanswered questions at this point. so it is a very active investigation. we hope to learn a

casey stegall. the suspect talked about targets that he had? >> yeah, that chilling information comes from the probable cause affidavit that not only outlined the admission that you spoke of but it also outlines how he went into he went into further detail with police. he wanted people to tell his story. that adds up with electronic journals after the shooting and told how he would commit suicide instead of getting caught. instead, he surrendered. he was charged with capital murder an aggravated assault. over the weekend, the accused gunman's family released a written statement where they said they were shocked as everyone else and that this was not the boy they knew and loved. rick? >> rick: how is the community holding up, casey? frankly, they're doing as every other community that has faced such violence in their back yards. they're doing just as they all have done. they're leaning on their faith and each other for the emotional support and for answers. multiple prayer vigils as you can imagine have been held since friday's tragedy. people h

back to you. >> casey stegall live for us in texas. casey, thank you. signs at all of any mental illness, no threats, no vendettas. now back to tucker carlson. >> tucker: despite many campaign promises and a majority in both houses, congressional republicans have continued to fund planned parenthood to the tune of billions and billions of tax dollars every year, amazingly. now the trump administration is taking unilateral action. issue new guidelines that would bar any facility that receives federal title 10 funding from performing abortions in the same building. the move obviously is aimed at planned parenthood which performs 40% of all the abortions in america. founder of the anti-abortion group lila. >> thanks for having me, tucker. >> tucker: is this a big step? >> a slush fund of $60 million a year for planned parenthood coming right from taxpayers going right to the biggest abortion chain. so to cut that money, you still have over 400 million they are getting through medicaid reimbursement big step in the right direction. big question now is enfor

julie: casey stegall thank you. the trump administration announcing major progress on trade with china. just weeks after back-and-forth that sparked fears of all art -- all-out trade work with the two nations saying china will import more from the u.s. in an effort to close the printed 35 billion-dollar trade gap that they stop short of accepting president trump demand for a 200 billion-dollar reduction in their bilateral trade surplus. allison barber joins us from the white house. >> according to the joint statement from the u.s. and china they have agreed in some form or fashion to some changes in regards to intellectual property protections as well as reducing the trade deficit. the statement comes after two days of meetings with u.s. officials and top administration officials in the chinese delegation. president trump met with the chinese vice premier at the white house the very same day. both parties agreed unquote taking effective measures to substantially reduce the united states trade deficit with china. he

casey stegall is live where a milestone to mark the event took place last night. casey?former president opened the program saying his biggest fear, one of them, is that people have forgotten about the program altogether or they have never heard of it. when in reality some of the top medical professionals in the world said pepfar the president's emergency plan for aids relief and the $600 million initial grant it infused was unprecedented. remember 20 years ago hiv/aids was killing millions across the globe. the continent of africa was ground 0 owe, -- ground zero, if you will. 25 million had died. 75% of pregnant women infected in certain regions. so president bush said he lived by the motto "all life was precious" and he directed people to develop a plan. and in 2003, it was realized when he signed pepfar into law. now the program is fighting for its funding. but since its inception, child infection rates dropped more than half in parts of africa. overall infections plummeted according to world health organization data. the organization continues providing the sick with

. >> melissa: casey stegall is live in santa fe, texas with the latest. casey? >> melissa, just heart-breaking when you hear a student saying that they feared it was just a matter of time before it happened at their school and it did. they were just two weeks away from finishing the school year up here in santa fe. as you know the end of the school year, everyone is excited, talking about their summer vacations. of course, this was a high school. so, you also had graduation and commencement right around the corner. but, everything, all of it changed this morning during first period when authorities say just before 8:00 local time this morning 17-year-old dimitrios pagourtzis, a student at santa fe high walked into a morning art class and opened fire, killing 10 people, seriously injuring 10 others including the school resource officer. credited with helping stop the shooter. he was shot and rushed into surgery. now critical but stable. authorities do have the teen in custody as well as two other persons of interest who are also being questioned to see if they we

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the latest now from casey stegall on where they're going now. casey? neil, the name of the suspect in custody, the 17-year-old is the only name being released right now. you mentioned police have two others in custody. how, they're being classified as persons of interest at this points. not clear if they are involved with this didly shooting that happened here this morning. they're being questioned by authorities. let's give you a timeline here. eye witnesses say the gun fire erupted in the middle of first period at santa fe high school. witnesses say the fire alarm went off. it's not clear in the shooter may have activated the fire alarm to draw people out and make them targets or if somebody pulled it to alert the emergency and gets students and faculty evacuated quickly. police have identified the suspect as this kid, 17-year-old dimitrois pagourtzis. he's in custody. investigators say he had two weapons with him. both belonged to his father and both were acquired legally. police also say pagourtzis had planted explosive devices like molotov cocktai

. >> jesse: casey stegall is standing by in santa fe with the latest. casey? >> and, jesse, the students here were just about two weeks away from the end of their school year. everyone knows how that goes. folks, we have heard from, say they were excited about their upcoming summer break that everyone had been working for. remember this happened at a high school. so, graduation, commencement ceremonies around the corner. it's an exciting time of year, but everything changed this friday morning when authorities say 17-year-old dimitrios pagourtzis, a student at santa fe high walked into that art class and opened fire, killing 10 people. seriously injuring 10 others including the school resource officer credited with helping stop the shooter. he is in surgery, listed in critical condition. authorities now have the teen in custody as well as two other persons of interest who are being questioned to see if they were connected. texas governor greg abbott meantime says while a motive here is not clear, police have found journals in the gunman's computer and cell pho

casey stegall joins us. catch me up to speed since you are back on air today after friday. >> a lot has happened over the weekend. a lot of vigils, a lot of church services as this community is trying to heal and come to terms with what happened. this morning, a moment of silence. it was very powerful. it was held across the state of texas as ordered by governor greg abbott. it started at 10:00 local time. all over, people stopped what they were doing in other schools, at businesses, pausing to honor the memory of those ten lives cut short on this campus last friday. during the first period art class. yesterday, another big moment as the santa fe high school seniors went ahead and held their baccalaureate ceremony at a baptist church down the road from the crime scene. the class of 2018 two weeks away from the end of their school year and graduation. and now they are preparing to bury eight of their classmates and two teachers. substitute teacher cynthia tisdale had been looking forward to retirement and bec

casey stegall has the story from dallas. >> think you all very much. >> in 2003 when george w.signed the president's emergency action plan for relief or pet far into law, he himself, the program's visionary had no idea of the full impact to that it would have. >> once i was convinced that there was a pandemic. we put a strategy together to do something about it. >> pet far with a $600 million grant to hiv/aids research. much of the relieved hitting hardest parts of africa where the disease had killed more than 25 million by 2002 and another 30 million were infected. infectious disease experts, doctors, and life-saving medication started pouring in. giving life and hope to millions who would otherwise be given a death sentence. >> people like you, back on the future of people following. you were right. you have made history. >> the former rwandan minister of health along with a long list of distinguished guests on wednesday celebrating 15 years of the program and looking towards the next 15. >> you spend now or spend later. >> the program may be in jeopardy as federal budgets ar

casey stegall with the latest.>> as they do that, you have lawmakers in austin with roundtable discussions. more on that in a second. first, we want to tell you an update from out here. students are being let back inside santa fe high school today at least portions of it, if they are guided by a police officer, no cameras, no cell phones allowed inside. only in parts of the school that are open to retrieve things like keys, valuables, cell phones, things that would have been left behind in the middle of the chaos of friday morning's shooting. clearly large areas of the campus remain a crime scene and off limits. in austin, at the texas state capitol today, governor greg abbott convening special roundtable discussions. the first of three days. a mix of republican and democratic lawmakers, educators, supporters of the second amendment to brain storm and develop what abbott calls swift solutions for making sure this is not repeated at any other texas school. ten were killed here on friday. two teachers and eight stude

casey stegall is live in santa fe. there is some activity at the school today?> yeah, dana, some students are being let back inside, at least certain areas of santa fe high school back here to retrievallables, keys, cell phones, things that may have been -- retrieve valuables, keys, cell phones, things that may have been left behind. the middle of the school is a crime scene and they are off-limits but they are escorting the students one on one. no cameras or cell phones allowed to be brought in. as this happens here, in austin now 160 miles away at the texas state capital, governor greg abbott is convening special round table discussions. we heard him talk about those. mix of the republican and the democratic lawmakers, educators, supporters of the second amendment to even brainstorm and develop what abbott calls "swift solutions" for making sure this is not repeated at any other texas school. remember ten were killed here last friday. eight students, two teachers. 13 more were hurt. >> dana: since you have been on the ground there, casey, give us a sense, how

. >> bret: casey stegall live in santa fe. thank you.ent will be on long island margie doc about gangs. the president has come under fire for referring to members of the notorious ms-13 gang as animals, and you may remember some in the media at left out the ms-13 ms-13 referencing the original coverage. correspondent bryan llenas tells us you will likely hear that description again. >> over the last year, i.c.e. raids targeting ms-13 gang members have increased. in 2017, i.c.e. arrested gang members nationwide, the highest total scene in nine years. it is all part of president trump's initiative to defeat the broody brutally viog from el salvador. estimating ms-13 has 10,000 members in the u.s. los angeles to virginia to long island. on wednesday, president trump will host an ms-13 roundtable on long island to discuss progress made and what more needs to be done. >> when the ms-13 comes in, when the other gang members come into our country, i referred to them as animals. guess what. i always will. >> it is trump's insistence on referring

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