florida, in which 17 were killed, to try to impose tighter gun restrictions — as our north america editorjon sopelrida school shooting come to be seen as a landmark moment, when impotence gave way to rage, and rage led to action? never again! the vociferous students who have taken to the streets are bringing change. but not always in the way they wanted. the president, making clear that he thinks the way to make schools more secure is to train and arm more teachers. tweeting today, "if a potential sicko shooter knows that a school has a large number of very weapon—talented teachers and others who will be instantly shooting, the sicko will never attack at school. cowards won't go there. problem solved." he first floated the idea at an emotional white house meeting last night, with victims‘ families. one of those in attendance was a pupil at the parklands school, sam zeif. how is it that easy to buy this type of weapon? afterwards, he was dismissive about the president's plan. arming teachers is just not what we need. you know? this is a problem because guns were brought into our school. why would i

here's our north america editorjon sopel.e florida school shooting come to be seen as a landmark moment, when impotence gave way to rage and rage led to action? schools more secure is to train and arm more teachers, tweeting today: he first floated the idea at an emotional white house meeting last night with victims‘ families. one of those in attendance was a pupil at the parklands school, sam zeif. how is it that easy to buy this type of weapon? afterwards, he was dismissive about the president's plan. arming teachers is just not what we need, you know? this is a problem because guns were brought into our school. why would it make sense to bring more guns into school? and the president has held another white house meeting today to discuss the issue, promising action that will win the support of many of the students. i think we are making a lot of progress, and i can tell you there are — it is a tremendous feeling that we want to get something done. he wants increased background checks on those seeking to purchase weapons, ba

youth—led anti—gun movement — which was set—up following the attack last week. 0ur north america editorjon sopeltheir classrooms and have gathered in front of state capitol to destand change to gun laws. in the corridors of power, young people from the school are meeting the law makers and later today donald trump at the white house is going to meet representatives from the college. it might add up to nothing, but it may be that on the subject of gun control a wind of change is blowing across america. a school trip like no other. these students from marjorie stoneman douglas haven't come to the florida state capital to listen. they have come to speak and demand change after 17 of their classmates and teachers were killed last week. and they're determined to be heard. no one needs these weapons that are taking children's lives, and they should just ban them, because all they are used for is destruction. and they're just not needed. you should go to school feeling safe and be confident that you are there for an education and a bright future. you're not here to worry about getting shot. these young

our north america editorjon sopel has the story. there's probably not a person anywhere in the world who doesn't know who won the 2016 presidential election. but how it was won and who influenced the result is still the subject of rancorous dispute. today in a dramatic development, charges were brought against a number of russians for their efforts to affect the outcome. the defendants allegedly conducted what they called information warfare against the united states. with the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general. they used stolen or fictitious american identities, fraudulent bank accounts and false identification documents. the indictment says they had a strategic goal to sow discord in the us political system, including the 2016 us presidential election. it says operations included supporting the presidential campaign of then—candidate donald] trump and disparaging hillary clinton. from that famous night of his election victory onwards, donald trump has always sought to play

for tougher gun laws of exploiting last week's shooting for political gain. 0ur north america editorjon sopeler this. yes, if you are in britain and hearing the idea teachers could be harmed you would think that most crazy idea you've ever heard but donald trump said if the potential sicko shooter knows a school has a large number of very weapons talented teachers and others who will be instantly shooting, the sicko will never attacked the school. that has received strong support from the national rifle association and it's been a debate going on in the us for some time but of course probably horrifies the young students protesting in florida yesterday because what they want to seek is comprehensive gun control measures being taken. donald trump has also tweeted today that he favours improving background checks on those buying weapons, banning bull stocks, the semiautomatic rifles that can suddenly be turned into machine guns via this device, and also wants to raise to 21 the age at which people can buy a rifle. they may seem like baby steps to people who want massive gun control but in the c

florida, in which 17 were killed, to try to impose tighter gun restrictions, as our north america editorjon sopell shooting come to be seen as a landmark moment, when impotence gave way to rage, and rage led to action? never again! the vociferous students who have taken to the streets are bringing change. but not always in the way they wanted. the president, making clear that he thinks the way to make schools more secure is to train and arm more teachers. tweeting today, "if a potential sicko shooter knows that a school has a large number of very weapon—talented teachers and others who will be instantly shooting, the sicko will never attack at school. cowards won't go there. problem solved." he first floated the idea at an emotional white house meeting last night, with victims‘ families. one of those in attendance was a pupil at the parklands school, sam zeif. how is it that easy to buy this type of weapon? afterwards, he was dismissive about the president's plan. arming teachers is just not what we need. you know? this is a problem because guns were brought into our school. why would it make sen

our north america editorjon sopel is in washington. he is monitoring events for us. the latest you have? let me start with a statistic. this is the 19th school shooting so far in 2018, we are in the middle of february. the president is monitoring by far the worst shooting and yet again the terrified pictures of children running for their lives as an active shooter is on school premises, and running as fast as they can to try to get to safety. we understand the shooter himself is in custody. he is believed to be an 18—year—old former student of this school. he is now under arrest. the authorities are saying a number of fatalities and a number of people have been injured. donald trump has treated in the last hour or so: donald trump has treated in the last hourorso: mike donald trump has treated in the last hour or so: mike prez and condolences of the victims of the terrible florida shooting. no child, pa rent terrible florida shooting. no child, parent or teacher should feel unsafe ina parent or teacher should feel unsafe in a school. __ my in a school. —— my prayers

lets talk to our north america editorjon sopel. jon, what more do we know?stigation has been going on for some time about russian interference and this is a dramatic move to suddenly bring charges against these 13 named individuals, and in one of the indictment it speaks about early to mid—2016, operations including supporting the presidential campaign of their candidate, donald j trump, presidential campaign of their candidate, donaldj trump, and disparaging hillary clinton. it also goes on and says they want to sow discord and post derogatory information in the election. so the mueller investigation has now cranked up a gear with the charge that these —— information that these are being brought against 13 individuals and these organisations, as you say. donald trump has insisted there has been no collusion, but in this document it shows there certainly was interference. that is explosive. if the charge of collusion is made, thatis the charge of collusion is made, that is nuclear. thank you for that, jon sopel, live from washington. the manchester city boss

here's the bbc‘s north america editorjon sopel. a school trip like no other.om marjorie stoneman douglas haven't come to the florida state capital to listen. they have come to speak and demand change after 17 of their classmates and teachers were killed last week. and they're determined to be heard. no one needs these weapons that are taking children's lives, and they should just ban them because all they are used for is destruction. and they're just not needed. you should go to school feeling safe and be confident that you are there for an education and a bright future. you're not here to worry about getting shot. these youngsters will be heard politely and given a warm reception by florida lawmakers. but last night those same people voted against even reopening a debate on semiautomatic weapons. the battle for gun control is going to be an uphill struggle. you're not up here to give suggestions, you are up here to demand. but that decision not even to debate guns in the state assembly has infuriated pupils, teachers and community leaders alike. i buried pers