. >> i'm john berman live in parkland, florida. scene of the deadliest mass shooting in november since november which was the deadliest since october. behind me today a high school filled with fbi agents and police officers. it should be filled with students and teachers, nearly 3,000 of them. they were inside marjory stoneman douglas high school when a former student pulled a fire alarm, killing 17 people, injuring more than a dozen others t. breaking news this morning, the shooting suspect is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. a new report from buzzfeed says the fbi was warned about a school shooting threat made online by a user with the same name as the suspect months ago. we're also learning the identity of one of the victims. assistant football coach aaron feis, acted as a human shield, threw himself in front of students when the suspect started shooting. in just a moment, i'm going to speak with a student who spent the morning with him before this coach lost his life. next hour we expect an update from broward cou

john berman joins me. here's the breaking news. president trump is again accusing top law enforcement leaders of being biased. this is a new tweet. he claims they are the ones politicizing this investigative process rather than the partisan politicians in congress who are doing so. the president is set to approve the release of that controversial gop memo alleging surveillance pwaoutsz despite strong objections from the fbi and the justice the department. sources tell cnn that president trump wants the memo to discredit the russia investigation. >>> a new report in the "washington post" says president trump was convinced that the memo needed to go public even before he read it for the first time, which happened just two daysing ago. a source tells cnn the fbi still has grave concerns, grave concerns about this memo being released. white house aides are now worried that the new fbi director christopher wray could resign over this. the bigger question is what it means for the deputy owner general rod rosenstein. could this be used as

john berman, sorry for your loss. it was an incredible game and storied game. >> philadelphia was better. they were just better over the 60 minutes. and jake will wear that with his football pants and nothing else like he likes to do. >> on his show today? that is a tease right there. that's great. coy, thank you very much. >>> all right. president trump claims he has been totally vindicated by the republican memo. lawmakers on both sides see it a little bit differently. we'll discuss next. ♪ when heartburn hits... fight back fast with tums smoothies. it starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue... and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum tum tum tum... smoothies... only from tums at holiday inn express, we can't guarantee that you'll be able to contain yourself at our breakfast bar. morning, egg white omelet. sup lady bacon! fruit, there it is! but we can guarantee that you'll get the best price when you book with us. holiday inn express. be the readiest. won't replace the full value of your total

this is our super bowl commentator who wants to call in to talk to john berman.e you. >> i'm here. can you hear me? >> do you possibly do a 4:00 p.m. show here on on cnn? >> that's correct. >> jake tapper is joining us right now. >> jake tapper, it's john berman. congratulations. it was an incredible game. i can't believe you were there. and i can't believe how good your team was, to be completely honest. and i can't believe how bad i feel this morning. >> well, you're gracious in your loss, john. i appreciate it. it was an incredible game. brady kept it alive. 14 second left and everyone was still out of their seats. it was incredible. but i have to say, we won and you lost. i just wanted to call in and make sure in case you missed it. >> that is the lead. >> just so you know, that was previously sourced. i knew that coming into the broadcast today. be honest. you were convinced with 2:15 that the eagles were going to lose. you had given up hope completely. you left the stadium and were cowering in the corner? >> that's not the case. i was confident in the proce

john berman here. something changed. right before our eyes, it changed. the national discussion on guns is different this morning. it might not be big change, lasting change, the kind that will satisfy everyone, but it happened. it is worthy of note and it happened largely because of the voices of the students of stoneman douglas high school. breaking news, just moments ago, the president declared unambiguously that he supports raising the age you can buy a rifle from 18 to 21. this is a move flatly opposed by the nra. the president wrote, i will be strongly pushing comprehensive background checks with an emphasis on mental health, raise age to 21 and end sale of bump stocks. congress is in a mood to finally do something on the issue i hope. this son top of a significant shift from marco rubio, a republican with an a-plus rating from the nra during the cnn town hall overnight. >> i traditionally have not supported looking at magazine clip size, and after this and some of the details i've learned about

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm john berman. brace yourselves, folks, for what could be a cascade of developments in the standoff between the white house and the fbi, the likes of which we really have never seen. any hour, maybe any minute now the president could release the republican memo accusing the fbi of bias and malpractice in the russia investigation. brace yourselves for that. but what also might be the fallout for the new fbi director christopher wray appointed by the president himself after he fired james comey. and for the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, the man overseeing the special investigation. >> this could be a huge morning. brand new developments just into us. the fbi under wray released an extraordinary public statement expressing grave concern, their words, grave concern about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo's accuracy. so what does the director of the fbi do when the president releases this memo regardless of that warning? in a new, another development overnight, adam

john berman joins me. >> memo day and groundhog day. can't be a coincidence. >> president trump is set to release the controversial gop memo despite strong objections from the fbi and justice department. sources tell cnn that the president believes they could discredit by exposing bias in the top ranks of the fbi. a new report in the "washington post" said president trump never had any hesitation about the need for the memo to go public even before he had read it for the first time two days ago. we'll tell you about the role cable news played in shaping the president's decision. >>> sources tell cnn the fbi still has grave concerns about this memo being released. it is unclear what changes, if anything, the house intelligence will make before it goes forward. but they insist there are serious omissions of fact. they are worried that christopher wray could resign over this. an even bigger question what it means for rod rosenstein. will this be used as justification to fire him? amid all of this, a new concern this morning, some fox in th

john berman here. swirling controversies this morning surrounding the white house concerning the deficit and infrastructure. now, not the budget deficit and national infrastructure, though those will both come up today. we're talking about a moral deficit and crumbling systems of trust within the white house itself. the president has not as far as we can tell, will not publicly speak out against two white house staffers accused of domestic abuse. the president has not and as far as we can tell will not offer any empathy to the women involved here. the president has not and as far as we can tell will not fire his chief-of-staff john kelly who it seems knew about the allegations of abuse for some time but did nothing. this despite the fact that white house staffers are freely contradicting the kelly timeline of events pinting fingers every which way. caitlin collins is at the white house this morning with new developments. you describe a sense of confusion? >> reporter: that's right. it's been six days s

i'm john berman. there is breaking news in the russia investigation.rges from the special counsel robert mueller. this time, charges on a man named alex vanderswan charged with lying to investigators, specifically about his contacts with former trump campaign official rick gates and someone named person a. vanderswan expected to plead guilty in federal court this afternoon. this came as a big surprise this morning. jessica schneider outside the courthouse with more. what have you

john berman here.erious surprising questions of credibility overnight about two of the people closest to the president. serious surprising questions being asked about some of the issues most sensitive to the president. executive time might be a bit awkward this morning. the president's communications director admits she sometimes lies. his son-in-law and senior adviser has been barred from top secret intelligence, and four countries believed him to be so compromised, that they thought they could play him. the special counsel now asking questions about the president's business and finances from before they announced his candidacy. the president has declared this a no-go area. rob mert mueller not just crossing into the red zone but jumping up and down on it. this morning the president's former campaign chair will be in federal court on a new slate of charges from the special counsel. he arrived moments ago. news breaking out all over the place. we are all over it. let's begin with cnn's abby phillip liv

i'm john berman. the breaking news this morning, a giant of american religious life, giant of american life, period, is gone. billy graham died just about an hour ago at his home in north carolina. he was 99 years old. cnn's kyra phillips on a remarkable century of influence. >> reporter: he was america's pastor. in times of tragedy, billy graham was there to comfort the nation. >> we come together today to refirm our conviction that god cares for us. >> now, jesus was a man -- >> reporter: but his calling was to convert. >> there is no other way. man cannot be saved by bread alone. >> reporter: in his nearly seven decades of ministry, 215 million people heard reverend graham preach in person, more than any other evangelist in history. according to his ministry, more than 3 million people who flocked to the crusades became born-again christians. billy graham, like most of the people whose lives he's touched, came from simple beginnings. >> i think my father is a very ordinary man. but got leaned out o

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this morning john berman joins me. asian and european markets rattled by the steep losses on wall street. the dow suffering its percentage decline in more than six years and the largest single-day point drop ever. u.s. markets have now erased this year's gains in just the past two days. >> we've been watching all the numbers come in and all signs point to a rocky day when u.s. markets open in just a few hours. one big question is how will president trump handle this? he bragged all over the markets when it was booming, taking credit for nearly every day of gains. he wanted to own the gains, so will he own the losses, especially if they continue today. our christine romans with the latest. what are we seeing? >> you have global markets continuing the decline. the plunge really rippling around the world. look at asia here? asia markets closed a lot lower. europe all lower and dow futures are swinging wildly, john. they fell as much as 700 point. they were up 200 and down again. there's really no way to know what's going

time for cnn "newsroom" with john berman. >> things the president wants this morning, a conversation with robert mueller, a shutdown and a parade, not necessarily in that order. things that key white house advisers and senior republicans don't waseem to want this morni, a conversation with robert mueller a shutdown and a parade, not necessarily on that order. on a morning that republicans and democrats say they're very close to what would be a major spending deal to keep the government running and fund the military for two years, an eternity in washington terms, the president is still talking anti a government shutdown. on a morning when the president's lawyers and friends say he should not sit down with investigators from the special counsel's office because he might get caught lying, the president is saying he can handle the truth. also, the president wants a parade, a big one with tanks and troops. in a nutshell, he likes parades and wants one. much more on that coming up. first, words we don't speak very often because it's a thing that doesn't happen very often. we're getting whi

john berman here. in just a few minutes we might find out whether president trump's position last week on new gun laws is president trump's position this week. he is due to address the nation's governors at the white house. he made clear we'll be talking about parkland. less clear exactly what he will push for, what does it mean that he supports stricter background checks. the president seems to have split from the nra on the issue of whether to raise the age to buy a rifle to 21. and may be split from his daughter on the issue of arming teachers. our new questions this morning and severe criticism for the law enforcement response to the shooting. the governor of florida wants and investigation into broward county sheriffs department. many lawmakers in florida want sheriff scott israel gone all together for not doing more in response to calls, tips and warnings about the shooter dating back years. the sheriff offering a controversial and at times confusing defense to cnn's jake tapper. our kaylee hartu

john berman joins me. it's been a wild night here in the u.s. >> we survived a grueling shutdown. >> yes, we did. we begin with breaking news for you. the house passing a massive best of my knowledge budget deal moments ago to reopen the federal government which did shut down six hours while americans were sleeping. this is the second time in just three weeks. a few hours ago the senate advanced a $400 billion bill, two-year, that gives a boost in defense spending and billions for domestic programs. major sticking points remain, including including what happens with immigration. >>> a growing fallout over when white house officials knew about abuse allegations of a key aide, rob porter. hope hicks and don mcgann under scrutiny as well. did he know a lot about a lot of abuse? a lot about a little abuse? kelly knew something and now we know that mcgahn did as well. let's begin with phil mattingly. 36 straight hours, phil, of reporting. but this shutdown is over. >> reporter: yeah. you nailed it. just six hou

i'm erica hill in for john berman and poppy harlow. this morning a president who claims he's totally vindicated in the russian investigation is demanding the leading democrat on the house intelligence committee be stopped. a skalding attack called adam schiff and i'm quoting here one of the biggest liars and leakers in washington and claims schiff leaves closed committee hearings to yell illegally confidential information. the intel committee is supposed to decide on whether to release the dems memo. and that is where it begins. >> reporter: the house intelligence committee meets tonight at 5:00 p.m. where top on the agenda will be whether to release that democratic memo, this rebuttal memo that you referenced, that ten page memo. democrats on the committee have been arguing since last week since the release of that republican memo from devin nunes that it mischaracterized everything, took too much out of context and was too partisan in nature and they want this democratic memo to in essence correct the record, give a actualer picture

i'm john berman. "at this hour" starts now. >>> i'm brianna keilar.ington time and money are running out. at 37 hours, the federal government runs out of funding and faces a shutdown. lawmakers are racing to clear a number of hurdles before midnight tomorrow, not the least of which the threat of republican defections and growing importance of winning votes from democrats. i want to begin on capitol hill, that's where suzanne malveaux is. the house is in session. we just saw nancy pelosi on the floor and the senate will gavel into session in a matter of

i'm john berman. ential adviser has resigned following accusations of domestic abuse from two former wives. this is what white house chief of staff john kelly first said about these accusations yesterday. rob porter is a man of true integrity and honor and i can't say enough good things about him. overnight, kelly did amend that some, i was shocked by the new allegations released today against rob porter. no place for domestic violence in our society. i stand by my previous comments of the rob porter i have come to know. so why

john berman joins me. we have a big two hours ahead.evelopment in the investigation of the florida high school massacre. broward county sheriff said he's, quote, devastated and sick to his stomach after learning the only armed deputy failed to

chris is off, john berman joins me.reat to have you. >> a bunch of new developments overnight. >> here is the investigation into the florida high school massacre. broward county sheriff says he's devastated and sick to his stomach after learning that the only armed deputy at the school failed to act by never going into the building to even try to stop the gunman. we or also learning authorities have many repeated warnings about the gunman for years. his family, his guardians, counselor, they all tried to alert authorities that he was violent and that he posed a threat and that he was a potential school shooter. >> will the president address this systemic failure when he speaks to his staunchest supporters this morning. president trump proposed giving bonuses to teachers. give teachers guns, he says. the nra likes that, but doesn't like the president's plan to raise the age level to buy a gun. the nra is focusing most of its eyre and political power on the fbi and media. i want to bring in cnn political analyst john avlo

. >>> time for cnn "newsroom" with john berman. >>> good morning, everyone. skrb here this morning. president trump has a message for jiks, no he can't handle the truth, at least not the truth as determined by the intelligence agency, the special counsel and his own national security adviser, the truth that russia meddled and attempted to disrupt the 2016 election. the evidence that the president can handle it, a tring of official statements lashing out about just any one and anything after robert mueller handed up indictments for 13 russian individuals and three companies for ultimately trying to help donald trump win the white house. the president is now at his florida estate held up with his cell phone and outrage. before he get to the russia outrage, the president, the white house, in fact, making some news this morning on possible gun control actions. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. we just got a statement from the deputy press secretary rod shah and i'm going to read it to you. the president spoke to senator cornyn on friday about the bipartisan bill that cornyn and senator m

let's go outfront. >>> good evening i'm john berman in for erin burnett. welcome to our viewers in the tan around the world. >> outfront demanding action. anger president trump face-to-face with students and parents who lost loved one including last year massacre killed 17 in parkland, florida. one father asking how many children have to get shot. and here on cnn many of the tonight's participants have been deeply and personally affected by last week's mass shooting in parkland. looking at live pictures from the bbt center in sunrise, florida where several thousand sand people are expected to fill that arena for the two hour cnn houn hall. senators have agreed to participate t along with congressman whose district includes parkland. national sparks mandan na russia will represent nra. they'll offer the opportunity to participate tonight and take questions from students both decline cnn invitation to appear. while the president will not be in florida at the town hall, he did hear from shooting survivors and families inside the white house. andrew pollock to

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm john berman.de of developments in the standoff between the white house and the fbi, the likes of which we really have never seen. any hour, maybe any minute now the president could release the republican memo accusing the fbi of bias and malpractice in the

. ♪ john berman here.he president claims he would run into a school unarmed to stop a shooter, but this morning he is already walking away from a new gun law that would have made it harder for the killer to get a weapon. also today, new cnn reporting on the growing number of warnings missed, twice as many calls to the sheriff's office as the sheriff actually says. but we begin with big testimony in the russia investigation. one of the president's closest aides in the inner most ring of the inner circle, hope hicks, will appear before congress. who knows if that was the impetus for the president to wake up shouting on the russia probes. look at that, all caps and an exclamation point. let's go to cnn's manu, all caps, raju, exclamation point on capitol hill to preview this big intelligence committee hearing. >> the big question is whether or not hope hicks will answer the committee's questions. democrats want to ask her not just about topics that happened during the campaign but during the transition period

john berman joins me. what a night. it has been a roller coaster. >> we had a shutdown. >> we did have a shutdown. if you are just breaking up, while you were sleeping the federal government shutdown. the house voted to reopen the government. it was shut down for about seven hours. it is still awaiting president trump's signature. both chambers are now advancing this two-year, $400 billion bill that gives republicans a big boost in defense spending and democrats billions for domestic programs. but there are major sticking points including how much this adds to the nation's debt and what happens to immigration. >>> growing fallout over when top white house officials knew about abuse allegations against top aide rob porter. much focus has been on chief of staff john kelly. but don mcgahn and hope hicks, they are under scrutiny now also. the white house is insisting that kelly only became fully aware of the allegations after a photo of porter's first ex-wife with a black eye came out. what does that mean? does that mean he

time for cnn "newsroom" with john berman. >> good morning everyone. john berman here. away from what could be high drama on capitol hill and a rare public update on aspects of the russia investigation. you're looking at live pictures right here from the senate intelligence committee hearing. in just moments we'll hear from three intelligence chiefs who have already been interviewed by special counsel robert

john berman is in new york this morning. chris is off. and i'm here in parkland, florida. just the latest american city grieving over another deadly school shooting. thousands of people here gathered last night at this candlelight vigil to remember the 17 students and teachers who were killed on wednesday behind me at the school here marjory stoneman douglas high school. we now know more about their identities. we know their names. we know some of their stories about their lives. so let me give you just a little glimpse is into who some of these people were. among those killed, 14-year-old alaina petty. she volunteered to clean up after hurricane irma hit this state in september. she was part of something called helping hands at her church. she liked to give back to others. nicholas dworet was a star swimmer at this high school. he was a 17-year-old. and he was planning to attend the university of indianapolis in the fall. the football coach that we've heard so much about, aaron feis, he's remembered as a hero. he was killed

john berman here.inutes we might find out whether president trump's position last week on new gun laws is president trump's position this week. he is due to address the nation's governors at the white house. he made clear we'll be talking about parkland. less clear exactly what he will push for, what does it mean that he supports stricter background checks. the president seems to have split from the nra on the issue of whether to raise the age to buy a rifle to

i'm erica hill in for john berman and poppy harlow.g a president who claims he's totally vindicated in the russian investigation is demanding the leading democrat on the house intelligence committee be stopped. a skalding attack called adam schiff and i'm quoting here one of the biggest liars and leakers in washington and claims schiff leaves closed committee hearings to yell illegally confidential information.

we'll be with cnn "newsroom" and john berman right now. >>> good morning everyone.ething changed. right before our eyes, it changed. the national discussion on

john berman here. it's obama's fault. that's what the president is saying this morning. a version of that almost every morning. but this morning it concerns russia and the attempt to disrupt the 2016 election. in his series of statements, president trump blamed president obama for allowing the russian meddling to happen. he blamed obama for saying it wasn't happening, and then blamed democrats for saying that it did happen. now, you might be forgetting and getting lost in

i'm john berman. >> i'm poppy harlow. we expect to see the president minutes from now, departing the white house, heading for a republican retreat in west virginia. >> we have breaking news. he is expected at some point to make the decision on releasing that republican memo, which alleges abuses by the fbi and the russia investigation. and now we know why. new reporting that the president believes this memo will discredit the entire russia investigation. cnn's kaitlan collins at the white house with this breaking development. kaitlan? >> reporter: that's right, john and poppy. the cnn white house team learned that the president believes the release of this highly controversial republican memo could serve to further discredit the entire russia investigation and he spent the past few days calling his allies and friends telling them he believes the release of this memo will serve to expose bias at the top ranks of the fbi and show these investigations have been biased against the president. now, this is very revealing becaus

i'm john berman. key presidential adviser has resigned following accusations of domestic abuse from two former wives. this is what white house chief of staff john kelly first said about these accusations yesterday. rob porter is a man of true integrity and honor and i can't say enough good things about him. overnight, kelly did amend that some, i was shocked by the new allegations released today against rob porter. no place for domestic violence in our society. i stand by my previous comments of the rob porter i have come to know. so why was kelly shocked when our sources say he knew about these allegations for months. abby phillip at the white house with these growing questions. abby? >> reporter: good morning, john. this story continues to be disturbing and questions are swirling about what exactly john kelly did know about rob porter and these accusations against him. our sources are telling us that he was aware that the allegations existed for months, but apparently did nothing. the question is did

i'm john berman.s morning, a giant of american religious life, giant of american life, period, is gone. billy graham died just about an hour ago at his home in north carolina. he was 99 years old. cnn's kyra phillips on a remarkable century of influence. >> reporter: he was america's pastor. in times of tragedy, billy graham was there to comfort the nation. >> we come together today to

i'm erica hill in for john berman and poppy harlow.hutdown ended just moments ago. the spending bill made its way through congress a few hours after the midnight deadline. plus a historic moment at the olympics. you see there on the right side of your screen, vice president pence at the opening ceremonies for the winter games. the woman who is also highlighted in this picture sitting behind him to his right, that's the sister of north korean

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john berman joins me. chris is off.uckle-biter for investors. >> good to be here. >> 90 minutes until the opening bell. invaefters bracing for another wild day on wall street. all the gains from 2018 wiped out by this record setting 1,175-point plunge on monday. >> how will the president handle all this, especially if there is an ugly open. the president has been taking credit for market gains whenever he can, will he take credit or try to own these losses? don't count on it. chief business correspondent christine romans live with the latest look. i see a lot of down arrows. >> it's not good. it looks like the market selloff is not over yet. here is what the markets look like around the world. wall street's plunge is spreading around the globe. asia markets closed sharply lower, europe all lower and worsening paris and frankfurt. dow futures are swinging wildly. depending on when you take a snapshot, you could be talking three to 500 points lower at the opening bell. down as much as 700 points overnight. here is what ha

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time for cnn "newsroom" with john berman. >> good morning everyone. john berman here. we are minutes away from what could be high drama on capitol hill and a rare public update on aspects of the russia investigation. you're looking at live pictures right here from the senate intelligence committee hearing. in just moments we'll hear from three intelligence chiefs who have already been interviewed by special counsel robert mueller's team and perhaps even more importantly, we will hear from the new fbi director christopher wray who has been in the middle of several washington fire storms, plural, fire storms with an s. this is his first real public appearance since the release of the memo alleging fbi abuses in the russia investigation over his objections. what will he say about that and about the holdup in releasing the democratic response? will he reveal new information about why he pushed out former deputy director andy mccabe. >>> then the brand new controversy, the claim from the white house that his people, the fbi people, are the reason that dozens of west wing st

john berman here.controversies this morning surrounding the white house concerning the deficit and infrastructure. now, not the budget deficit and national infrastructure, though those will both come up today. we're talking about a moral deficit and crumbling systems of trust within the white house itself. the president has not as far as we can tell, will not publicly speak out against two white house staffers accused of domestic abuse. the president has not and as far as we can tell will not off

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i'm john berman. "at this hour" starts now. >>> hi there. i'm brianna keilar in for kate bolduan. we have two major stories in washington now. one on capitol hill, where congress is expected to vote today on a giant budget deal that would keep the federal government running, but also add billions in spending. all eyes on the house. are the votes going to be there? >>> and update from the house speaker himself, paul ryan will appear before reporters later this hour. now, the other major story invokes that classic washington question of what did he know and when did he know it? one of president trump's top aides, ron porter, a key member of his inner circle, resigning after two of his ex-wives claim he physically and emotionally abused them. porter expected to be out the door for good by today. but the story is not going to end there. there is now a lot of criticism being aimed at chief of staff john kelly. cnn learning that he knew about the allegations for months, but apparently let them slide, even praised porter's honor and integrity as he put it, until the disturbing pictures c

. >> all right, john berman here in parkland, florida. behind me, of course, the high school where 17 people were killed yesterday, also behind me now, you can see the beginning of a setup here, we're expecting to hear from the county sheriff very shortly for an update on the investigation. there are so many new questions right now arising in this investigation. so many questions about signs that might have existed over the last year, signs that if they were noticed, if they were heeded, maybe, perhaps, this would not have happened. there is also so many stories of heroism which we'll get to. the suspect accused of killing 17 people and wounding more than a dozen others now charged with premeditated murder. we learned one of those killed was assistant football coach aaron fise who acted as a human shield to protect students and we're learning the fbi was warned about a school shooting threat made online by a user with the same name as the suspect months ago. let's get the latest on all of these developments. i'm joined by rosa flores. ros

i'm john berman in for john king. president trump holed up and fired up during a weekend in mar-a-lago after special counsel robert mueller charged 13 russians with a plot to interfere in the u.s. election. and students beg lawmakers to act after that deadly school massacre in florida. the other white house says the president supports approving federal background checks. >>> plus, heartbroken and blindsided, the family who opened their home and hearts to the shooter before the rampage speaks out. >> everybody seems to know we didn't know. we had rules and he followed every rule to a t. >> and before he moved into your home, how well did you know him? >> i had met him a couple times before. he had spent a night at the house, and he was very polite. he seemed normal. >> cnn has learned that the parkland, florida school shooter had obtained at least 10 firearms, all of them rifles, according to law enforcement officials in the year prior to the shooting. meanwhile, president trump may have found an opening to take action

. >> i feel badly for john berman. what are the reviews from the halftime show from justin timberlake? >> reporter: inside the stadium, people loved it. he sang the hit songs and tribute to prince in the middle. going into the stands and singing in the stands and saying that selfie with the young kid. i thought it was good. people around me thought it was good. you cannot make everyone happy. social media had mixed reviews. some people were not happy there were no cameos or surprises from the past. that is the knock of the performance. >> social media is a breeding ground for negativity. that will be slanted toward complainers. thanks. nice to see you. >>> thousands of eagles fans marching to city hall to celebrate the first title. police used hydrolic fluid on light poles to keep people from climbing them. that did not work. a car was overturned in center city. people seen jumping off the ritz carlton awning until it collapsed. >> stay safe. >>> our own dave briggs is on assignment covering the game. while he is not h

this morning john berman joins me.uropean markets rattled by the steep losses on wall street. the dow suffering its percentage decline in more than six years

i'm john berman in for john king.a school massacre that killed 17 people, including a 14-year-old girl. president trump says he's headed to florida today to meet with, quote, some of the bravest people on earth all while survivors and family members of victims beg for action from politicians. >> this isn't a good time to talk about guns. thoughts and prayers are appreciated, and everyone who is thinking about us and sen