cruz brought his ar-15 assault rifle with him. the family's lawyer telling us he kept it locked in a gun safe. this is the neighborhood where the alleged shooter grew up. it's a nice neighborhood, the homes are big, the lawns are well-maintained. neighbors say it's such a normal place that someone like nikolas cruz really stood out. >> aggressive, crazy weird psycho. >> reporter: brody speno spent nearly a decade a few doors down from cruz. he remembers cruz having a violent side, even at a young age. >> he like cornered a squirrel and throwing rocks at it, trying to kill it. it was just weird. >> reporter: former classmates also paint a twisted picture. they say cruz was obsessed with guns and was disciplined for bringing bullet casings to school. >> about a year ago, i saw him upset in the morning and i was like, what's wrong with you? he's like, i swear to god, i'll shoot up this school. >> reporter: he was ultimately expelled. and there were other signs of trouble. in september, video blogger ben bennight saw a disturbing comm

investigators answered some questions about the gunman, 19-year-old nikolas cruz. >> cruz made his firstourt appearance this morning, charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. a judge denied him bail. investigators say cruz took an uber to the school and went to an mcdonald's before he was arrested. >> a white nationalist group today said cruz had done paramilitary drills with the organization. tonight, thousands attended a vigil at parkland, florida, just one of a dozen or so planned to honor the victims. >> the victims include 14-year-old alex schachter who won a state championship for playing trombone in the school marching band last year. his dad called him a sweetheart of a kid. >> 14-year-old alaina petty was a church volunteer who helped the victims of hurricane irma last year. >> 15-year-old luke hoyer was described by his cousin as an amazing individual with a contagious smile. >> other students among the victims, 18-year-old meadow pollack, 17-year-old helena ramsey, 15-year-old peter wang, and

a 16-year-old junior, josh charo, who was in jrotc with cruz said cruz often expressed racistst beliefscharo told the daily beast -- "he would always talk about how he felt whites were a bit higher than everyone. he'd be like, 'my people are over here industrializing the world and starting new things, while your people are just taking up space.'" in a comment you posted to a comment posted to youtube video, nikolas cruz also singled out antifascist protesters to threaten mass murder. his, read -- "i'm going to watch those sheep fall. f antifa. i'm going to kill as many as i can." we are joined now by tow guests. george ciccariello-maher visiting scholar at the , a hemispheric institute at new york university and the author of "decolonizing dialectics." trevor aaronson is the executive director and co-founder of the florida center for investigative reporting, a nonprofit journalism organization. also a conservative writer to the intercepept. trevor, what needs to be understood right now about what took place in florida? >> that we would be having much more up-to-date of nikolas cruz's na

anteriormente estuvo casado con linda cruz.taque y ahora se encuentra bajo custodia policial. el joven sufriÓ heridas, pero no quedo hospitalizado. las autoridades escolares anteriormente habÍan enviado un correo electrÓnico informando de que el joven habrÍa amenazado a otros estudiantes, nosotros en "noticiero univisiÓn" estuvimos aquÍ tratando de captar la reacciÓn de los vecinos, pero nadie quiso hacer declaraciones sobre lo ocurrido. es toda la informaciÓn que tengo desde new york, soy enny pichardo. jorge: personas en una situaciÓn familiar muy compleja. ilia: alguno de los compaÑeros, inclusive algo extraÑo, jorge. para muchos no fue raro encontrar que Él hubiera cometido esta masacre. habÍa manifestado que le gustaban las armas y habÍa manifestado varias veces que querÍa matar personas. jorge: desde el 2013 han tenido lugar casi 300 tiroteos en los planteles escolares este paÍs. es el promedio de uno a la semana. no todos los tiroteos han resultado en vÍctimas mortales. ilia: nosotros vamos a continuar con esta ediciÓn e

says cruz purchased that ar-15 rifle one year ago.f, 2,000 people have been interviewed about this investigation. >> glor: i know the sheriff was animated what more could have been now or in the future if they know more information. >> reporter: that's right. >> glor: manny, thank you very much. i did sit down today with a group of stoneman douglas h udents who felt compelled, they said, to talk to us on behalf of the friends they lost. from left to right on your screen now, they are sierra, ariana, kelce, and jack. they told us that just minutes before the dismissal bell yesterday, the fire alarms went off. fere had been a fire drill earlier in the day. they thought this might be another one. edey quickly learned it was not. st so we went downstairs, and they were screaming, "code red! code red! just keep on going. go back up." it was a very scary moment, but it was hard to believe that someone, an individual, would have this type of power. >> we didn't know what was happening until our parents, who we didn't tell anything to, ngarte

19-year-old nikolas cruz didn't appear to have many friends. former classmate vanessa burton says he was a loaner, but she hung out with him a few times. >> he liked just hurting things. >> reporter: burton says as a kid, cruz jumped in front of a moving car and he liked to hurt animals. she said he was kicked out of at least two schools before expelled from the marjory stoneman douglas high school which he terrorized on valentine's day. >> he wasn't allowed back in school because he was over the age of 18 and that's why he hated the school. >> reporter: cruz had no police record and he seemed obsessed with firearms. >> he kind of fantasized about the other things like columbine and hitler. he fant sized about those types of stuff. >> reporter: officials say cruz left warning signs on social media, posting these photos on instagram posing with knives and guns. >> he'd joke about being-- not really being a klan member, but it's the stuff that he was into. >> reporter: today, local authorities say they are not aware of any ties cruz had to militi

this is new video of cruz fighting with classmates. that's him in the white shirt in a brawl with several students last year. the 19-year-old is pictured here at his mother's funeral. a student who knew cruz said he likely waited for valentine's day to carry out his plan. >> love was something nick never really understood. if you look at valentine's day might have been a trigger as to why that day was the day he chose to do this. >> this morning cruz has invoked his right to remain silent. he's being held in solitary confinement and on suicide watch. jessica castro joins us with an abc7 news exclusive with the family that took in nikolas cruz. >> the family that took in nik cruz say they are devastated by what happened. cruz also told them he was sorry after the shooting. kimberly and james snead spoke on "good morning america" this morning. they say they've seen cruz once since the shooting, briefly at the police station. the snead's son was friends with cruz that's why they took him in after his mother's death. they said he was polit

the family said cruz was not related to them. they took him in three months ago after his adopted mother passed away. his adopted father also died. >> maybe he was a little depressed because of his mother. they're shocked. there were problems aet the school earlier, some fighting, but nobody saw this coming. >> reporter: law enforcement confirms cruz had been expelled from the high school for, quote, disciplinary republicans. one said she spoke to cruz as she was evacuating schools. >> he was trouble in middle school. i joked and said, i'm surprised you did it. he just looked at me and said, huh. they sent out a message saying the student had shown signs on social media he owned a gun and was skpiktding vie lend tendencies. they're reminding parents if you ever see something, say something. laura podesta. >> we're going to talk a little bit more about that. thank you very much, laura. the shooting suspect nikolas cruz is being described as a vie lend troubled teenager. police say he posed some disturbing material on social media.

cruz ises crazy about guns and kind of an outcast. ba campus while carrying a backpk e about cruz. becoming more common. has more. >> reporter: january 23rd,nm opa small crowded school atrium kil and wound 14g others. >> i saw a lot of bldre >> reporter: december 7th at an aztec school, another student november 14th, a gunman in califonds iato an elementary school as children hide beneat tne of the children afterward they discovered he murdered five le his wife. >> we loaded her dead body concealed under the floor of the residence. we believe that's what started >> reporter: what starts these events is always the work o detective work, community gathering, and fa agonizing. this year there have been 18 school shootings. choo shootings n last year. has steadily risen except for h. only as if that was in any way acceptable or normal.he times, schools prepare their students for gun two-thirds of the districts require active shooting drills require them. > this is something so y rehearsed, part of the curriculum across the united states, making sure we kno prop safely minimize the situ

that's nikolas cruz in the white shirt. the family who welcomed cruz into their home, saying, we had this monster living under our roof and we didn't know. kimberly snead and her husband telling the "sun sentinel," "everything everybody seems to know, we didn't know." cruz, pictured here at his mother's funeral. the alleged killer moved in with the sneads after her death. they say, "he followed every rule" of their home to the "t," but that he was battling depression, and days before the shooting, took him to a therapist. the day of the massacre, kimberly snead says she left home to run errands. by the time she returned, cruz was gone. the next and last time they saw him, he was in custody. they say he apologized. the sneads, gun owners themselves, say they allowed cruz to keep a handful of weapons, including the ar-15 he owned, in a locked gun cabinet. they thought they had the only key. one classmate tells abc he ended any communication with cruz as his behavior spiraled downward. >> he started going after one of my frien

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the instagram views of cruz arm armed was taken down.ed out to youtube, but we still have not heard back. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," a closer look at the role social media companies can play in preventing gun violence. we'll talk with "wired" editor in chief nick thompson. >>> and gold champion, red gerrard, the youngest in history, joins us in studio 57. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. >> the community of park planned florida gather to remember the victims of a deadly school shooting. >> this morning we're hearing from the police office here managed to catch the suspected gunman. >>> crime, a selfie and the fb i. bizarre story surrounding this priceless statue in the franklin institute. >> still not done with the rain, storm scan3 shows a lot of it moving through our region, when it moves out and when a chance for snow. today i

the instagram views of cruz armed was taken down.ed out to youtube, but we still have not heard back. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," a closer look at the role social media companies can play in preventing gun violence. we'll talk with "wired" editor in chief nick thompson. >>> and gold medalist red gerard, the youngest snowboarding champion in history, joins us in studio 57. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i'm kenny choi. >>> a live look this morning at coit tower. the beautifully lit coit tower on telegraph hill in san francisco. the weekend is on the horizon. so it's all good. >> yes! >> it is friday february 16th, 2018. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. >> we made it. >> it was a short week. you were sick for part of it. >> i'll still take it. yeah. [ laughter ] >> gianna, hi! how are you doing? >> don't mind me. i'm messing with my cord right now. [ laughter ] >>> it'

cruz. it was his gun and his cabinet. >> reporter: and the family let the gun into the house because? >> because it was part of his possessions. >> reporter: that lawyer jim lewis said that the family had no idea that cruz was going to do this or what his motive was. law enforcement sources are telling nbc news that cruz is being held her in an isolation cell on a suicide watch. lester? >> all right. kerry sanders with us tonight. thank you, kerry. >>> president trump says he plans to visit the site of this horrifying massacre in the coming days. today he addressed a grieving nation while many are calling on the president and congress to finally address guns and mental health. we get more from nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: the president's efforts to comfort the nation tonight striking for what he didn't say. >> answer hate with love. answer cruelty with kindness. >> reporter: president trump in a nearly seven-minute statement not once mentioning the word "guns." instead again signals

james and kimberly snead's son was friends with cruz. they say they were aware cruz had weapons and kept them in a gun safe. james snead said he thought he had the only key to the safe. the couple has a message for the families of the victims. >> i can't imagine the pain they must be feeling. like he said, nothing that we can say is going to be any kind of help. but we're very sorry that they had this experience. never should have happened. >> you can hear their full interview coming up at 7:00 right here on gma after abc 7 mornings. >>> good morning everyone. a fire at an apartment complex in martinez overnight. unfortunately, a bit of a deja vu for folks there. this was the second fire in less than 24 hours at the same building. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in martinez with more. amy? >> reporter: hi, good morning, jessica. look behind me at the aftermath from the latest fire. a lot of foam from what the firefighters use to put out this fire. firefighters have left, which shows that they feel confident that this won't hap

what would grassley cruz have done? one of the things grassley cruz did is substantially increase the funding for school safety to put in place things like armed police officers and security guards, to put in place things like metal detectors that might have helped prevent this crazed madman. president obama during his administration cut the funding for school safety and that's why grassley cruz sought to restore the funding that the obama administration had cut. i think it was a serious mistake for senate democrats to filibuster funding for school safety. another thing grassley cruz did, it directed the attorney general and the department of justice to assess every federal agency that has criminal convictions and make sure they're reporting those convictions to the national background check database because a great many agencies and for that matter a great many states have been failing to report convictions to the database. the reason that matters is the database, background checks don't work in the convictions aren't

photos from suspected gunman nikolas cruz's instagram page with cruz bragging about target practice ands on social media. authorities say the 19-year-old legally bought that semi automatic weapon he used in the attack and bought it about a year ago from a dealer. they recognized him from instagram picture of him posing with a gun in front of his face. stay with fox 29 and fox29.com 24/7 as more details emerge on this developing story. >>> live look at your health news at 5:00. could your phone actually be aging you? the light coming from your electronics iphone and tablet and laptop could actually give you dark spots otherwise known as age spots. a british study shows the high energy light those devices emit could decrease the antioxidants that help protect your skin. good news, though, the same light that could give you the age spots could also help treat acne and scars and alopecia. i'm not sure what you're supposed to do with this information f you're having a bad day, you've got company. new study says the average american has about 60 bad days every year. that's six-zero. work rela

nikolas cruz in court for a preliminary hearing today.nd this video now emerging, allegedly fighting at school. tonight, we're learning more about what that fight might have centered around with cruz. and for the first time, the family that took him in after his mother died from the flu now breaking their silence. abc's victor oquendo reporting from florida tonight. >> reporter: nikolas cruz appearing in court, flanked by police officers, head bowed, eyes trained on the ground. tonight, investigators are piecing together clues from his past, including this video obtained by abc affiliate wplg, allegedly showing cruz, in a white shirt, fighting at school. student ariana lopez says the fight was over a girl cruz briefly dated. >> he would hit her. he would threaten her. >> reporter: cruz expelled after the fight, but lopez says she and her friends had made multiple reports to school officials before the fight, alerting them to disturbing behavior from cruz. >> he texted them, threatening them, saying he was going to kill them and their frie

james and kimberly snead's son was friends with cruz.re cruz had weapons and kept them in a gun safe. james snead thought he was the only one with a key to that safe. the couple has a message for the families of the victims. >> i can't imagine the pain they must be feeling and like you said, nothing that we can say is going to be any kind of help. but we're very sorry that they had this experience and never should have happened. >> you can hear their full interview coming up at 7:00 on gma here on abc 7. >>> marjory stoneman douglas high school will remain closed through wednesday. the district says the goal is to allow staff to return to campus by the end of the week. >>> another teenager is facing a felony charge for threatening to attack schools in the same florida county where marjory stoneman douglas high is located. the broward sheriff county office says the threat was on social media. authorities say he was i can taken into -- he said it was a joke to scare his cousin. >>> according to berkeley police, at cafe strad a. two men gra

what did grassley-cruz do? it created a gun crime task force in the doj, it said that you are prosecute or put him in jail. that law would have been on the books, the conviction would have been in the database and the women prosecuted and in federal prison -- he would have been in the database and prosecuted in federal prison. we can stop these by going after criminals. [applause] >> the new york times this past week had a piece about people who were squeezed by all gone -- by obamacare. one of the things they were talking about were, on the one hand, we have these people who cannot afford the premiums because they are making too much money to be on medicaid and then we have these people on medicaid who are forced to go to the equivalent of nick riviera. [laughter] you have tried the best, now tried the rest. what can be done in the circumstance to actually provide some relief to the families given that apparently, the republican promise about repealing and replacing obamacare is not something they are interest

nikolas cruz is accused of killing 17 people. cbs reporter chris martinez says the 19-year-old has a long history of disturbing behavior. >> reporter: nikolas cruz returned to court monday. he kept his head down and did not speak. a troubling picture of the 19- year-old has emerged since last wednesday. a law enforcement source tells cbs news cruz bought seven rifles within the last year including the ar15 he allegedly used in last week's massacre. since 2011 broward county sheriff's deputies were called to cruz's home 39 times. in september, 2016 florida's department of children and families visited cruz and his mother following a report of medical neglect. an investigator determined cruz suffered from depression, adhd and autism. he'd cut his arms in a snapchat post and placed hate messages on his backpack. cruz even said he was planning to buy a gun, but the agency found no evidence of neck. in a statement the -- neglect. in a statement the report said mental health services were in place when the case was closed. after the de

reportera: serÁ que nicolás cruz es un inmigrante indocumentado?es de lo que pasÓ y ellos tienen mi informaciÓn. reportera: uno es nicolÁs con k y el otro con c. ademÁs, el segundo nombre no es el mismo para ninguno, en lo que sÍ coincide es el aÑo en que nacieron ambos, 1998. ademÁs de la localidad dÓnde residan, es relativamente cerca. el telÉfono no deja de sonar para esta familia colombiana, que ha perdido la paz desde los asesinatos en la escuela secundaria. >> eso yo no lo acepto, eso no es asÍ. ahora si llaman por telÉfono y anoche no nos dejaban tranquilos. la gente molestando y molestando. no saben el daÑo que estÁn haciendo Él. reportera: sin el menor cuidado, publicaron su telÉfono, su direcciÓn y el telÉfono de sus padres. para colmo, ni este nicolÁs es dreamer mi extranjero. su madre muestra la prueba. >> Él es americano, él naciÓ aquÍ. reportera: el acoso que ha sufrido esta familia ha sido tal, que le dijeron a este encargado del condominio que no dejen pasar a nadie. jorge: con esto nos vamos. ilia: gracias por su atenciÓn, buenas n

none of those conditions applied to cruz. tom. >> thank you. >>> there in parkland and across the country, more tributes to the lives lost in the attack. honoring the 14 students who tide and the 3 adults who gave their own lives trying to protect them. but for some, the shock and mourning is turning to outrage. students leading the way, calling for change. abc's victor oquendo is in parkland again for us tonight. >> reporter: young survivors of that shooting rampage. >> our innocence has been taken from us. >> reporter: one by one, sounding the call for gun control. >> we know that they're claiming that there are mental health issues, and i'm not a psychologist, but we need to pay attention to the fact that this isn't just a mental health issue. he wouldn't have hurt that many students with a knife. >> reporter: hundreds gathering at a rally not far from where the massacre unfolded. >> if all our government and president can do is send thoughts and prayers, then it's time for victims to be the change that we need to see. >>

cruz had his first appearance. you can tell he's a slight young man. what he's accused of doing is unwielding a rampage of terror and destruction not only destroying lives but destroying families, parents, children, boyfriends, girlfriends, loved ones who last night realized the person they perhaps saw that morning they'll never see again. that was the court wrapping up very quickly and the judge did have some brief commentary in the courtroom. take a listen. >> i find probable cause. i further find the proof of guilt to be evident. mr. cruz, you'll be held without bond until further order of the court, this order is without prejudice for you to feel a motion to set bond with your assigned division judge and request a hearing. >> this morning at the 10:45 a.m. rough time presser, daily briefing by the broward county sheriff's department, governor scott and attorney general pam bondi and the school's superintendent, they all continued to express the devastating grief that they're still victim too. the second day after this tragedy is not any better than

who's to say that cruz would have availed himself to these services an? getting back to putting people in voluntarily into mental health services, in new york involuntaryhours commitment, but then they have to let you go. host: good morning. caller: i was feeling sorry for the young man because i know most of the time there is a problem. i'm going to think that there was a problem before the gun. the fact that he was in this world, all alone by himself, even the children i'm hearing on the tv know that there is more that could be done in supporting people like him who have fallen through the cracks. i am hoping that someone looks into the bullying and has a hotline for that. i don't know if he was bullied or not, but i do know that the young man looked like he was disturbed. host: you have any thoughts about bullying? online, social media, how social media is being used in our society and the impact that that has on criminal activity or crimes being committed? guest: in my opinion, i think gives peopleedia the capability of being a keyboard hero. people c

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days down fl cruz. he had a violent side at a young age. >> he cornered a squirrel. just weird. >> former classmates paint a twisted picture. they say he was obsessed with guns and disciplined for bringing bullet casings to school. >> i sought saw him ultimates. >> i swear to foodly shoot up this school. >> he was ultimately expel. other signs in trouble. and ben bennight saw a troubling video on his youtube page where he claimed he wanted to be a professional school shooter. >> i thought that odd and disturbing. i forwarded that screen shot to the fbi. >> the fbi tonight saying they tried but couldn't track down who the user was. >> our reporter reporting. we have the names of 17 students and teachers who loots lives. 15 ears injured some fighting for lives. here is abc news anchor david muir >> the names of those lost beginning to emerge five students in their first year of high school. luke hoyer, cara will you have run and alyssa ahladeff. . gina montalto saying her daughter brightening any room. st

suspect nikolas cruz is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. surveillance video shows him walking to a mcdonald's shortly after the attack, after dropping his ar-15 trying to blend in with the other students leaving the school. tom llamas leads us off from florida again tonight. >> reporter: tonight a stunning admission from the fbi. the agency admits they were warned about nikolas cruz six weeks ago but they dropped the ball. >> we are part of this community. as this community hurts, so do we. >> reporter: the bureau revealing that on january 5th, a person close to nikolas cruz called the fbi tip line with "information about cruz's gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior and disturbing social media posts." and this, the potential of him conducting a school shooting. the fbi says the information should have been assessed as a potential threat to life, but no further investigation was conducted at the time. >> we truly regret field office, we truly regret any additional pain that this has caused. >> reporter: the news sending a sh

. >> cruz was expelled after the fight. she and her friends made multiple reports to school officials before the fight. alerting them to behavior from cruz. >> he said he was going kill them and friends and family. he was going to use the guns he owned. >> the couple who took cruz in hast november after his mother died of the flu. breaking their silence. >> he was polite. he seemed normal. >> reporter: james and kim never saw what his former neighbors did. cruelty and killing of animals. or the posts showing cruz holding a pistol. and another a large knife. >> as far as the animal killings. he never did that at our house. >> if we knew anything. he wouldn't have been in our home. >> reporter: they say the guns were locked away. >> one of the stipulations he had to get a gun safe. and we got a safe. >> he didn't have free access? >> i thought i had the only key, . >> reporter: he legally purchased seven guns. >> i still can't process it. what he's done. this wasn't the person that we knew. not at all. >> candle light vigils

it was a comment from someone named nikolas cruz. and it was so disturbing to benight, he alerted the f.b.i. the f.b.i. came to him. they talked to him about 20 minutes, and today they revealed even though they investigated that, they couldn't make the link, they said, at the time to nikolas cruz. so we're going to see what they say now. we are getting some indications from the f.b.i. that they may have more information on what happened six months ago. that was in september. so there were indications from this mississippi man that nikolas cruz may have been the one behind that comment, that disturbing comment, on his youtube channel. >> glor: all right, jeff, thanks very much. we have-- our discussions with-- as we continue to wait for this news conference from the broward county sheriff and others, again, we're expecting a more-detailed timeline of what they've learned about what happened yesterday, as we've also gotten more information from some of these court documents today, and after we saw the appearance by nikolas cruz in cour

and tonight, a new glimpse of cruz from the minutes after the massacre. abc news obtaining this surveillance video showing cruz walking into a mcdonald's shortly before he was later g to law enforcement urces, cruz told investigators he heard voices in his head, telling him to conduct the attack. in the community where he grew up, neighbors like shelby speno describe a history of violence. >> you remember seeing police there at his house often when he lived near you guys? >> the police were in the driveway a lot. >> reporter: police today revealed they received 20 calls about cruz over the past few years. several people telling us how he tried to hurt and kill animals. >> they first thing was the incident where he had the gun and shooting the chickens. that was concerning to me. i thought oh my god, of all people i wish didn't have a gun. >> really alarming to hear about those warnings inside that neighborhood. tom llamas with us again tonight outside the jail where nikolas cruz is being held, and you're hearing about a possible guilty plea? >> reporter:

admitted to receiving a tip last month from someone close to cruz who claimed cruz had spoken about committing a school shooting. >> the potential of the f.b.i. to miss something is always there. we do our best. we have protocols to prevent these things. we will be looking into where and how if something it's protocol broke down. >> reporter: cruz was no stranger to law enforcement. broward county sheriffs records reveal 20 calls for service during the past few years over disturbances involving cruz and his younger brother. the report obtained by cbs news, shows that on september 28, 2016, police were on the scene with a department of children and families to check on the health and well-being of nikolas cruz. the report said nicholas suffers from mental illness. he has been cutting his arms, his mother said, to get attention. it goes on to say, "he has mentioned in the past that he would like to purchase a firearm." classmates say they were well aware that cruz was a danger. >> you didn't know this kid! okay. we did! this isn't just a mental health issue! he wouldn't have harmed that many stu

this is what they say about the shooter, nic lazarus cruz.'s watch. >> he definitely had just some things a little off about him. it was just more or less that he was aggressive and quiet and shy about when he got aggressive. >> his personality was like very different. >> he was a bit off. he would like curse randomly in the middle of lunch. you know, he would just like scream out random curse words. he always seemed a little bit off, you know. just something was wrong with him. >> a lot of like crazy stuff that he did. just not -- he got kicked out of school most of the time. honestly people were saying it was going to be him. joked like that that he would be the one to shoot up the school. it turns out everyone predicted it. that's crazy. >> sean: just like with other mass shooters. there were signs, there were warnings of mental, social, emotional problems. but all the pieces were never put together to prevent this tragedy from happening. and like with many other shootings and terrorist attacks, nikolas cruz was telegraphing his attentions

police caught cruz about a mile away from the school. around 3:30, he was taken into custody without incident, briefly taken to the hospital for evaluation, and then down to police headquarters to be interviewed in this morning he's in jail. the school district superintendent spoke about this tragedy last night. >> no parent should ever have to send their kids to school, and have them not return. >> the good thing the door is lock, the shooter shot through the door, poke in, shot couple of people next to movement i was is the g right behind the cabinet. the bullet passed my ear. >> you hear this on you never think it will happen and it happened. >> i saw what guns he had. he showed mey. and a lot of times kids would pick on him, they new what could go on, theyhis tragedy president trump tweeted this out. his prayers and condolances saying no anyone should even ever feel unsafe in an american sa tweet e president. so here's what we know about the gunman once again, his cruz, 19 years old, expelled from school as a junior for disciplinary

"the washington post" says problems with cruz started in middle school. they cite outbursts and drawings of stick figure was guns and threatening statements on his homework. including references to killing president obama. >> the family who took in cruz last year did not know they had a monster living under their roof. cnn's martin savidge has more. >> reporter: there is information that cnn has been able to obtain from the department of children and families. the state welfare group. they became aware of problems with nikolas cruz in september of 2016 on snapchat. showing him cutting his arms and getting a gun. investigators were disturbed and talked to his mother who was alive at the time. talked to nikolas at the time and mental health experts. after all of that, they came out and essentially made the assessment he was a low risk of doing any harm to himself or anyone else. that was 18 months before he carried out the attack at the high school here. then lastly, there is kimberly and james sneed. the family cruz was living with up until the day he carr

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did anybody else follow up with this cruz? >> we don't know if they were actually able to identify him from, you know, it is a common name. could they interview him? did they understand he had other social media accounts that might have triggered more concern? >> thank you, fran. >> president trump broke his silence on domestic violence a week after an aide resigned amid spousal abuse allegations. ahead, how the botched handling of rob porter's scandal is creating turmoil inside the white house. >>> more than a quarter o >>> more than a quarter of americans reportedly admit showing up to work when they're kick is. >> ahead, the disturbing results of tests we carried out to learn the host common breeding grounds in offices for the flu virus. >> you're watching cbs this morning. this is food made to sit down for. slow down for. put the phone away, and use a knife and fork for. and with panera catering, it's food worth sharing. panera. food as it should be. afrom the moment you met you wantecomfort and protection that's why pampe

a transcript reveals the caller said she feared cruz was going explode. with the type of massacre that unfolded just weeks later. why didn't officials act on the tip? >>> and offscript? president trump gives a free-wealing, 80-minute speech at a gathering. reprising claims from his campaign. why did the president toss out his prepared remarks. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." breaking news tonight. the russia investigation heating up. a third former trump associate entering into a plea bargain with robert mueller. rick gates, a top official in the trump presidential campaign. while gates is agrees to cooperate with mueller's investigation, manafort is vowing to fight. including new charges filed against him. our correspondents and analysts are standing by. >>>let get details of the breaking news with cnn's political correspondent sara murray. sara, critical developments emerging now in the special prosecutor's investigation. >> reporter: that's right. five new crimi