maggie rulli, abc 7 news. reggie? >>> maggie, thank you. it appears a hero during the shooting has died. according to the sun sentinel, the football coach protected a student by jumping between her and the gunman and pushing the student out of the line of fire. he was shot. there were conflicting reports his condition but the head football coach says his family was notified late last night that he had died. in addition to being an sis t t assistant coach, he had a role as a security guard. >> this is the 18th school shooting in 45 days. authorities say the weapon used was an ar-15 military-style rifle. ar-15's have been used in vegas, newtown, connecticut, aurora, colorado and san bernardino. the rifle became legal when the assault weapons bans lapsed in 2004. >>> we have posted this badge on our facebook page with caption, sending love. if you'd like to shar it to express your support with the victims in florida this morning, it is available to you. >>> a school bus driver is under arrest accused of physically abusing a special needs secon

that's maggie rulli for us live in parkland, florida. maggie, thank you. and many of those who know the suspect are painting a dark picture of a young man obsessed with weapons. >> new video shows a s.w.a.t. team taking him into custody about a mile from the school. one classmate says years ago when they were in the seventh grade, the suspected shooter punched a window and said, quote, i'm going to cause karma one day. >> he's prepared for this stuff. >> reporter: students at the school say it's no surprise he's been named the gunman describing him as a troubled young man. the 19-year-old was known to show off knives and guns on his social media account. >> a lot of people were saying that it was going to be him so that we actually -- all the kids said jokes like that saying he's the one that would shoot up the school but turns out everyone predicted it. that's crazy. >> reporter: students say he was also known to make threats about shooting up the school. >> he said, i swear to god i'll shoot up this school, and then i was like, yo, watch what you're sayi

maggie rulli has the latest developments. >> reporter: teachers have found themselves on the frontlines in america's battle over guns. >> if i can carry a gun in school and protect anyone in my classroom, then i will. >> this is not stoneman prison. this is a high school. >> the president weighing in. >> this school has no guns. we are gun-free. let the people know the opposite. you come into our schools, you're going to be dead and it's going to be fast. >> he suggests about 20% of teachers should have training and guns. >> they have to go to training, i would say every six months or every year, they have to have a fairly -- a rigorous course in what they're doing. they should be paid extra money. >> the president's push comes as new details emerge about last week's school shooting. when the gunfire began, there was one person on campus with a gun. school resource deputy scott peterson. the sheriff says peterson arrived as the shooting was occurring and stood outside for four minutes. >> what i saw was a deputy arrive at the west side of building 12, take up a position and he never wen

maggie rulli live in parkland, florida. ank you, maggie. >>> and there have now been more than 300 mass shootings in just the last three years in this country. >> let's get some perspective from law enforcement. steve gomez is there, our former fbi special agent. steve, we are hearing when that student was there, in the school, as maggie was mentioning, he was barred from wearing that backpack. should that have been a red flag? >> not necessarily the banning of the backpack on its own but there are other indicators that when you combine that with the issue of the backpack should have set alarms with the faculty at the school and should have alerted law enforcement to take a real hard look at this suspect, whether they had a probable cause to go to his house and do a search or go and knock on the door and let the suspect know that he was on the radar of law enforcement. that might give him pause to think maybe he shouldn't be going down this path. >> i's always a delicate dance. we look back in hindsight and say, look, there

. >> maggie rulli has the latest. >> reporter: the president and first lady are grieving with parkland this friday night. >> very sad something like that could happen. >> reporter: offering their support to a community still raw after wednesday's school shooting took the lives of 17 people. two of them, both teenagers, laid to rest today. >> what if that was your child that was shot three times in th% heart, in the head, in the hand? think about it. >> reporter: their alleged killer now offering to plead guilty in order to avoid the death penalty. no word yet if the state will accept the deal. >> we are part of this community. as this community hurts, so do we. >> reporter: the fbi has now at mitted they were warned about the alleged shooter six weeks ago. the agency reveals on january 5g9, a person close to nikolas cruz called the tip line with information about cruz's gun ownership, his 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 pote

. >> maggie rulli has the latest. >> reporter: the president and first lady are grieving with parklandht. >> very sad something like that could happen. >> reporter: offering their support to a community still raw after wednesday's school shooting took the lives of 17 people. two of them, both teenagers, laid to rest today. >> what if that was your child that was shot three times in th% heart, in the head, in the hand? think about it. >> reporter: their alleged killer now offering to plead guilty in order to avoid the death penalty. no word yet if the state will accept the deal. >> we are part of this community. as this community hurts, so do we. >> reporter: the fbi has now at mitted they were warned about the alleged shooter six weeks ago. the agency reveals on january 5g9, a person close to nikolas cruz called the tip line with information about cruz's gun ownership, his 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

maggie rulli, abc7 news new york. >>> a few survivors witnessed the decision by florida house of representatives and showed their emotions. cheryl sobbed and shook, disappointment obvious while votes came in. shared her outrage following the vote. >> next death of someone with assault rifle here in florida is going to be on them. >> florida's lower house debated another bill to call pornography a public health risk. republicans hold both houses by wide margins in florida. >>> honored shooting victims members of the junior rotc program at marjory stoneman douglas high school. peter wang received posthumous appointment to the army. buried with medal pinned to cadet uniform. held a door open for people to escape the gunfire. >>> a congressman with access to intelligence information about the russia investigation is in san francisco tonight. kate larson sat down with adam schiff. what did he have to say? >> spoke extensively about the threat that russia poses but first addressed the names that president trump recently called him on twitter. >> first reaction is it's pretty funny. then you think my g

parkland, florida, maggie rulli, abc 7 news. reggie, natasha. >>> a maggie. you for that report. >>> some are calling for new gun measures. president trump says this is a mental health issue. >> a new tweet where he says so many signs that he was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school. neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. must always report such instances to authorities again and again. it appears a hero during the shooting has died. football coach aaron feis protected a student by jumping fween her and the gunman and pushing the student out of the line of fire. feis was shot in the process. there were conflicting reports about his condition. but the school's head football coach says feis' family was notified late last night that he had died. the miami herald reports that in addition to being an assistant coach, he worked as a school security guard and took his role very seriously. >> this is the 18th school shooting 45 days. the weapon used was an ar-15 mill stair i they were used in newtown, connecticut, aurora colorado and san bernard

abc7 news reporter maggie rulli has the story. >> reporter: authorities are relewis leasing new details about what happened in the months leading up to last week's school shooting including a full transcript of the tip the fbi received the month before the shooting. in the call a female warns the alleged shooter was going to explode saying he was threatening to kill people on social media. she clims she told the parkland plenty and was telling the fbi just in case he quote starts shooting places up. the phish admitted to failing to follow up on the continue and sharing with it the fbi's field office. also released a 911 call from someone who appears to be the alleged shooter about three months before the shooting happened. >> the thing is i lost my mother a couple days ago so i'm dealing with a bunch of thing right now. >> reporter: the broward county sheriff's office says they were called to the allege shooter's former parkland home 23 times. two of those calls were directly related to concerns this person could potentially shoot up a school. students across the country are standing be

maggie rulli, abc7 news new york. >>> a few survivors witnessed the decision by florida house of representativeshowed their emotions. cheryl sobbed and shook, disappointment obvious while votes came in. shared her outrage following the vote. >> next death of someone with assault rifle here in florida is going to be on them. >> florida's lower house debated another bill to call pornography a public health risk. republicans hold both houses by wide margins in florida. >>> honored shooting victims members of the junior rotc program at marjory stoneman douglas high school. peter wang received posthumous appointment to the army. buried with medal pinned to cadet uniform. held a door open for people to escape the gunfire. >>> a congressman with access to intelligence information about the russia investigation is in san francisco tonight. kate larson sat down with adam schiff. what did he have to say? >> spoke extensively about the threat that russia poses but first addressed the names that president trump recently called him on twitter. >> first reaction is it's pretty funny. then you think my god thi

maggie rulli, abc news, parkland, florida. >>> a local lawmaker is reintroducing a proposal to modify a law called the gun violent restraining order. currently only family members and law enforcement can request it. it prohibits a person from owning a gun or ammunition. the proposal from the assembly man would add high school choorn and school employees to those who could request it. >> this tool could have been used in florida. there were so many signs this individual was dangerous. law enforcement saw signs. teachers saw signs. these are exactly the people that could -- can uses the tool. and in the future i would hope could use the tool. >> a similar measure was proposed in 2016, but was vetoed by the govern jerry brown. >>> california already has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation. it's illegal to buy or possess military-style assault rifles like the ar-15. the same goes for magazines that hold more than ten bullets. also, gun magazines cannot have what's called a bullet button that allows a person to with quickly reload the weapon. supporters of tougher gun laws say it i

maggie rulli, abc news, new york. >>> meantime, an overnight snow also brought at least two inches ofw to the vatican city area. this is the most snow rome has seen in six years. it was enough to grind the city to a halt, temporarily closing schools and public transportation. but no one seemed to mind. >>> now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. >> we've got some pretty unusual weather here in the bay area. a line of stormy weather reaching from north bay eastward, from san rafael to the cochran area, discovery bay, tracy and stockton. isolated downpours, reports of hailstones. so this storm as we get into the evening hours ranks one on the storm impact scale. we have isolated spots of more intense weather happening. scattered showers as i mentioned, small hail, lightning is possible. a mix of rain and snow in the higher elevations. very cold in the inland valleys where low temperatures will drop down to about the freezing level. tomorrow will be a bright, sunny day, breezy, but milder than today with high temperatures up around 62 degrees. here's the accuweather seven-d

maggie rulli, in parkland. thank you. >> so there were plenty of signs of trouble.rted this, take a look, to the fbi last fall. a youtube comment posted by a user named nikolas cruz saying i want to be a professional school shooter. the fbi said they couldn't track down the user. >> let's bring in steve gomez. when things like this happen, you try to look for any signs that could have been missed. how does something like this get missed? >> the problem is this posting about the going to be a professional school shooter was initially reported to the jackson, mississippi fbi office and they conducted an investigation and, it looks like it's a limited investigation. and there's some discussion amongst fbi folks as to what could have been done under those type of circumstances. the problem i have with this is the fact that these types of situations, these school shootings are so prevalent around the country that you have to make sure that you're doing everything. i heard somebody earlier talk about the fbi manual that limits the amount you can do in these investigations

. >> let's begin with maggie rulli in parkland. >> what if that was your child that was shot three times in the heart n the head n the hand? think about it. >> reporter: the first of 17 funerals begins today for the victims of wednesday's mass shooting. >> my home away from home was attacked brutally and tragically. >> reporter: just hours ago president trump landed in florida, visiting parkland to meet with first responders, survivors, and the parents who lost their children. >>, the job they have done is incredible and i want to congratulate everyone. >> reporter: as the president grieves with the community the fbi is admitting it made a huge mistake how it handled a tip about the suspected gunman last month. the fbi stays a person close to nikolas cruz contacted the fbi's tip line with specific concerns about husband gun ownership, erratic behavior, and his desire to kill people. the fbi had been alerted in september by a video blogger concerned that nikolas cruz left a troubling comment. jeff sessions ordered a review. and a senator, marco rubio said it was unacceptable that the fbi

abc news reporter maggie rulli is live in parkland, florida, with the late thes morning. maggie? >> reporter: jessica, good morning. this is one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent u.s. history. now investigators here in parkland are questioning students trying to learn more about the suspect and his possible motive. overnight, suspected shooter, nikolas cruz was booked into the broward county jail as police searched his home looking for any clues as to why just hours earlier the 19-year-old opened fire inside his former high school. this video showing the terror inside the school. the sound of gunshots, too disturbing to broadcast. >> i heard the shots and then i saw the shooter run after mr. feis. i saw mr. feis get shot. >> students, some barely teenagers, hiding under desks, fearing for their lives. >> we were just like praying and crying. >> somebody down the hall was screaming, like help me, save me. >> s.w.a.t. teams swarmed the school. >> he went from the third floor to the second floor. he may have a gas mask on now. >> reporter: in the chaos, the shooter walked ri

maggie rulli has the latest. >> reporter: the president and first lady grieving with parkland friday night. >> very sad something like that could happen. >> reporter: offering their support to a community still raw after wednesday's school shooting took the lives of 17 people. two of them, both teenagers laid to rest. >> what if that was your child that was shot three times, in the heart, in the hand, in the head. think about it. >> reporter: the alleged killer now offering to plead guilty in order to avoid the death penalty. no word yet if the state will accept the deal. >> we are part of this community. as the community hurts so do we. >> reporter: the fbi admitted they were warned about the alleged shooter six weeks ago. the agency reveals on january 5th a person close to nikolas cruz called the fib tip line with information about cruz's gun ownership, his desire to kill people, erratic behavior, and disturbing social media posts. the fbi says the information should be assessed as a potential threat the life but no further investigation was conducted at that time. students here ar

in new york maggie rulli channel6 "action news." >> such a strong community maggie. thank you. >>> it is time for a first check on the "action news" traffic report today. >> let's go live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center this friday. hi, matt. >> yeah, another dreary afternoon out there brian and sharrie, but it is friday so that's making it a little more manageable i suppose but still a couple things to watch out for as you try and head home on this friday afternoon including this situation in bucks county. it's an accident involving a vehicle that that went off the southbound side of route one, the super highway right here by the pennsylvania turnpike as you can see. they're trying to tow the vehicle out of the grassy area where it landed. you can see the tow truck there on the scene and police are still out here as well. so, right lane blocked. traffic at a crawl coming south of langhorne along route one. i think i'd stay on 95. don't try and use the super highway which is not so super this afternoon. hey visibility is not so super either. as we

in new york, maggie rulli channel6 "action news." rick. >> maggie thank you for that report. >>> and world news tonight with david muir will have much more on the wild week on wall street. you can watch that tonight at 6:30 following "action "action " at 6:00. >> roosevelt boulevard will soon be safer for pedestrians. state senator christine tartaglione got a million dollar grant to improve adams and somerdale avenue at route one. the highway is considered one of the most dangerous in the country. it carries 78,000 vehicles a day through dense neighborhoods. there were 222 applications for a total of $41 million in state money. >> all right. well, it is friday night so let's get a check of your "action news" traffic report. >> allall right, we're live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. t.g.i.f. to you matt. >> we made it after a wild week, a great week around here and we're going to wrapping things up with a crash unfortunately here on 422, rick and monica, westbound side approaching the oaks, the egypt road exit. we

maggie rulli is there, was there for the game. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: good morning, diane and kendis. it's a little bit chilly here. that has not stopped the celebrations. analysts are calling what happened last night a shocking victory. but, every single philly fan we talked to told us they never doubted their team for a second. >> all: e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles! >> reporter: overnight, thousands of philly fans packed the streets of downtown philadelphia. >> i'm so happy. i've been waiting for this all my life. >> reporter: and yes, they climbed on just about everything. it's a celebration decades in the making. >> and for the philadelphia eagles, the long drought is over. finally. >> reporter: against the odds and with backup qb nick foles, the eagles soared over the patriots,41-33. >> you work so hard your whole life to get here. everything culminates. >> reporter: bringing home the vince lombardi trophy for the first time in franchise history. >> this championship means more to the city than a lot of championships mean to

. >> kenneth moton is in washington with lawmakers' reaction but first maggie rulli at the shooting scene. ma good morning. this is one of the deadliest mass shootings in modern u.s. history and now investigators here in parkland are speaking with students trying to learnis possible motive. overnight, police searched the home of suspected shooter nikolas cruz looking for any clues as to why just hours earlier the 19-year-old opened fire inside ace former high school. this video shows the terror inside the school. the audio too disturbing to broadcast. >> i took my headphones off, the alarm was going off and i heard the shots and then i saw the shooter run and i saw him get shot. >> reporter: students hiding under desks fearing for their lives. >> we were just likeraying and crying and i don't know how we're alive. >> somebody down the hall was screaming like help me, come save me. >> reporter: s.w.a.t. teams swarmed the school. >> he went from the third floor to the second floor. he may have a gas mask on. >> reporter: parents desperate to contact their children. students still looking fo

. >> our thanks to maggie rulli there. i wonder how gronk feels about that interaction. >> i'm sure it was a mutual reaction. >> one inch from his face. >> gronk has been cleared to play. >> rob gronkowski suffered a concussion in the afc championship game against the jaguars. he had been sidelined but he's past the concussion protocol and says he's ready for the eagles. >> just did every step by step every day and everything went smooth and officially got the word today i was cleared. so super nice to hear and ready to roll. >> gronk was tom brady's favorite target during the season. making 68 catches and eight for touchdowns. he missed last year's super bowl after having back surgery. you could tell nothing was going to stop him. >> not having a lot of luck around the super bowl. >> not at all. >>> meanwhile, the star of the half-time show justin timberlake spoke to reporters. >> jokingly said he's ready to suit up for the patriots if needed. then a reporter asked if h his-year-old son silas would be allowed on the field

here's abc's maggie rulli with the details. >> reporter: rob porter is officially out at the white househe allegations are serious and deeply troubling. >> reporter: now, new questions about the former white house staff secretary's domestic violence allegations. >> he was terminated yesterday -- his last day was yesterday. i know he came in earlier today to clear out all of his stuff. he offered his resignation and it was expected. >> will he still be on the job? >> reporter: sources tell abc news high level aides knew about the accusations for months. one of his exwives spoke on camera to the washington post. >> he came and grabbed me by the shoulders here and pulled me out of the shower in a rage. >> reporter: both of porter's exs spoke to the fbi as part of his background check and porter never gave up security clearance. >> he was operating on an interim security clearance. his clearance was never denied and he resigned. >> reporter: lawmakers still have questions. >> the fact that he had a year without a security clearance, i didn't understand that, i still don't. >> reporter: after

. >> let's begin with maggie rulli in parkland. >> what if that was your child that was shot three timese heart n the head n the hand? think about it. >> reporter: the first of 17 funerals begins today for the victims of wednesday's mass shooting. >> my home away from home was attacked brutally and tragically. >> reporter: just hours ago president trump landed in florida, visiting parkland to meet with first responders, survivors, and the parents who lost their

. >> our thanks to maggie rulli there. i wonder how gronk feels about that interaction? inch from his face. rob gronkowski suffered a concussion in the afc championship game against the jaguars. he had been sidelined but he's past the concussion protocol and says he's ready for the eagles. >> just did every step by step every day and everything went smooth and officially got the word i was cleared. so super nice to hear and ready to roll. >> gronk was tom brady's favorite target, making 69 catches, eight for touchdowns. he missed last year's super bowl after having back surgery. >> not having a lot of luck around the super bowl. meanwhile the star of the half time show, justin timberlake spoke to reporters. >> jokingly said he's ready to suit up for the patriots if needed. then a reporter asked if the 2-year-old son siylas would be allowed on the field. >> he will never play football. my main objective is that he become a good person and if he wants to get if had to the arts or sports, yeah, i would fully support that. >> was it a joke or back tracking? >> he forgot wher

abc news reporter maggie rulli has the story. >> reporter: authorities are releasing new details about what happened this the months leading up to last week's school shooting, including a full transcript of the tip the fbi received a month before the shooting. in the call, the he female caller warns the shooter was about to explode. she said she told the parkland police department and the fbi just in case he quote, blows up. the fbi admitted failing to act on the tip. also released, a 911 call from someone who appears to be the alleged shooter about three months before the shooting happened. >> the thing is, i lost my mother a couple weeks ago so i'm dealing with a budge of thing right now. >> reporter: the broward county sheriff's office says they were called to the alleged shooter's parkland home 23 times. two of the calls were directly related to concerns that this person could potentially shoot up a school. students across the country are standing behind stoneman douglas. many met with officials there week including florida governor rick scott? my message has been very simple, you

maggie rulli, abc news 7. >>> what bay area religious leaders are saying tonight. >>> an update on the health of san francisco giants ledge erred orlando cepeda. he remains in the hospital and he is in critical condition. he suffered what the team called a cardiac incident on monday night. there may have also been a head injury involved. the giants are asking to keep orlando and his family in their thoughts and prayers. the slugger known as the baby bull played for the giants from 1958 when he was rookie of the year to 1966. the giants retired his number in 1999, the same year that he was voted into the baseball hall of fame. you can offer your prayers for orlando cepeda on our facebook page. go to facebook.com/abc 7 news to share this badge. >>> more sports news, mark cuban in trouble for speaking his mind and being too honest frankly. the nba fined cuban $600,000 for saying his team should tank this season. basically, losing intentionally to improve your draft position. commissioner adam silver called the statements detrimental to the nba. cuban made the comments on sunday during a p

in parkland florida, maggie rulli channel6 "action news." >> the new yorker published the account ofymate who claimed she had a nine month affair with donald trump before he became president. the national inquirer brought the story for $150,000 months before the election but never published it. according to handwritten notes obtained by the new yorker, karen mcmcdougle says on their first date they had sex at a bungalow at the beverly hills hotel. a white house spokesperson says the president nice the affair. the inquirer says they didn't publish the article because they found the story not credible that's according to the new yorker but the owner of the national inquirer is reported to be friends with president trump. >> these dirty stories about high profile individuals would be used as leverage over those individuals. obviously national security implications here when that hap >> the company that owns the enquirer calling those allegationsnal attorney revealed he paid a female porn star $130,000 of his own money to sign a nondisclosure agreement about an alleged affair with trump.

a strong reaction from the community and abc's maggie rulli is there. what more can you tell us? something that was missed here? >> reporter: it's so easy to look back in hindsight and pinpoint things people should have noticed. we heard had from neighbors and looking back there were troubling signs. stories of throwing rocks at squirrels, trying to kill them. that he was loaner, obsess would guns. but at the same time weheard from people who said they would never have expected something like this to happen in their town, never expected someone like kroouds to go through with this. so while we're hearing rumors from the past, we're hearing that the conflict -- and seeing some off the posts as we've seen tonight of him holding guns, knives and many of the investigators are saying this is very disturbing for them. so moving forward that's going to bea main focus for imhad. and if they can try to piece together some type of motive for why he went through with this attack. >> people want more than prayers and thoughts. they want action, don't they e? >> reporter: exactly. behind me t

maggie rulli has the latest. >> reporter: survivors have become activists. week after a gunman opened fire in their high school, students from majory stoneman douglas taking their fight to tallahassee and they're vowing washington is next. the white house is feeling the pressure after a string of recent mass shootings. 17 in florida, 58 in las vegas, 26 dead in texas. >> can you explain? >> well, i was trying to before you interrupted me. >> reporter: metrodomes after a contentious white house briefing, the president with this announcement, taking action on bump stocks used last year by the las vegas shooter. >> i signed a memorandum to the attorney general to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns. >> reporter: students in parkland say it was not a bump stock, but an ar-15 that killed 17 people at their school. >> we're here to hope to get them to change their minds. >> reporter: in their home state, people remain divided. students watched as the florida house voted against bringing a bill to the floor that would have banned assault weapo

maggie rulli has the latest. >> reporter: teachers have found themselves on the front lines in america's can carry a gun in school and protect anyone in my classroom, then i will. >> this is not stoneman prison. this is a high school. >> reporter: the president is weighing in. >> instead off advertising this school has no guns. we are gun free. you let the people know the opposite. you come into our schools, you're going to be dead and it's going to be fast. >> reporter: he suggests 20% of teachers should have training and guns. >> they have to go to training, i would say every six months or every year. they have to have a fairly -- you know really a rigorous course in what they're doing and they should be paid extra money. >> reporter: the president's push comes as new details emerge from last week's shooting. when the gunfire began, there was one person on campus with a gun, school resource deputy, scott peterson. he arrived as the shooting was occurring and stood outside for four minutes. >> what i saw was a deputy arrive at the west side of building 12, take up a position and he neve