let's don't let what happened at marjory stoneman douglas high fade into a memory like so many other tragedies. let's take this tragedy and make it a pivotal moment in our nation's history. let's don't have to go through these massacres again. let's let this be the last one. let's come together as a senate and do what needs to be done. let's do what so many before us have been unable to do. let's take action. let this massacre be the last massacre. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: mr. president, i appreciate the senior senator from florida and the grief that he represents through the state coming to the floor and speaking about the lives that were lost and the clarion call for us to act. i come to the floor today because two weeks ago, a weapon of mass murder was once again used to commit mass murder in an american school. and once again, our hearts are heavy with a grief that has become too routine. and once again, the gun lobby says that we are powerless to do anything about it. but this ti

some 3,000 students and teachers waiting for the final bell of the school day at marjory stoneman douglas high school when a 19-year-old gunman

the first of the funerals being held for the 17 victims marjory stoneman douglas high school. following a candle light vigil on thursday night. many students urging their parents to support new gun control measures, a sentiment also shared by families of the victims. >> don't tell me there's no such thing as gun violence. it happened in parkland. >> reporter: meanwhile authorities are releasing more details about the shooting, saying nikolas cruz was only in the building for six minutes before blending in with other students who were evacuating. they're also focusing on a clue from a social media post made months ago, commenting, quote, i'm going to be a professional

a former student at marjory stoneman douglas high school. authorities say cruz was recently expelled for disciplinary reasons. he's believed to have used an ar-15 rifle in the attack. >>> deadly mass shootings like this one don't just impact those directly involved. these tragedies are also a trigger for mass shooting survivors. nbc 10's brandon hudson spoke to a south philadelphia man tonight who was in the middle of the las vegas shooting massacre last fall. i am sure it brings back terrible memories. >> reporter: yes, it does, jim. billy says he met a lot of families in south philly today talking about the florida school shooting. while most of them couldn't imagine being in that scary situation, he lived through one just as terrifying. armed s.w.a.t. teams running into a school on lockdown, victims into ambulances. surviving students led outside in droves. these images drum up flashbacks for billy. >> had an absolute queasy feeling in my stomach watching this. >> reporter: he was visiting las vegas when a shooter killed more than 50 peop

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. >>> students from marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland florida will be allowed to return to their school today for counseling and as laura podesta shows us there is more new questions this morning about the initial response, to the shooting by some deputies. >>> broward county sheriff's office is investigating claims that three deputies did not go into marjory stoneman douglas high school when they should have. police officers say they arrived shortly after the shooting and found deputies outside, with guns drawn. a fourth deputy school resource officer scott peterson resigned this week. sheriff said peterson took a defensive position outside the school touring the shooting. nineteen year-old nikolas cruz is suspect of shooting and killing 17 students and teachers in under 10 minutes on valentines day. on sunday students can return to school for counseling and a orientation. >> we're going to try and get back to as normal as possible and really take care of the kids that is the bottom line. >> reporter: shooting spark intense debate about gun laws and school safety. presi

let me go to the scene now at parkland at marjory stoneman douglas high school. that's where gabe gutierrez is. we got a lot of updates, but fill in some blanks here. think we now know that all the victims's families have been -- have been talked to, but fill in some of the blanks that we now have learned throughout the last hour. >> well, hi there, chuck. well, the big tees piece of news that we just found out from the fbi is that they did receive that report back in september of 2017. now, filling in some of the blanks here, some of the questions that we often have after these school shootings there's warning signs. so a mississippi bail bondsman back in september saw a comment on his youtube channel saying i'm going to be, quote, a professional school shooter. he says that he reported that to the fbi. and that news conference you just heard an fbi sporks penn says that they weren't able to positively identify the commenter there. i spoke with the school superintendent this morning. he says he does not believe that the school missed any warning signs. there was

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school return to the scene of the crime.dimitri hoth/student, marjory stoneman douglas high school"nervous and anxious about going back to school, going back to classes, yet at the same time feeling glad that we're all going to be together."lorenzo prado/student, marjory stoneman douglas high school "it's like the first step to moving on from the tragedy that happened."florida governor rick scott announced plans to spend 500-million dollars toward school safety. gov. rick scott/r-florida "we've got to invest in metal detectors, we've got to invest in bulletproof glass, we've got to invest in steel doors." florida lawmakers failed to pass a ban on assault-style rifles on monday.... but another gun-related bill moved forward tuesday.the bill would forbid gun sales to people under 21 years old -- but an amendment to ban the sale of bump-stocks failed. gov. rick scott/r-florida"we've got to do everything we can to make sure somebody that wants to harm anyone of our students can never do it again." congress is also working toward gun legislation.sen. chuck (robin) coming up on th

marjory stoneman douglas high school in florida. 17 pronounced dead. more wounded. innocent children. sending terrified texts and good-byes to their parents. we thank god for the heroism of the teachers, the school leaders, and our first responders going into harm's way to save lives. once again we see the urgency of congress to take true commonsense action to prevent gun violence. everyone is saying we need more information. and we do. and that's why i'm very pleased to be join here this morning by congressman mike thompson, he's the chair of the gun violence prevention task force. he has served in the military. knows how to use guns. he's a hunter. he's a believer in the second amendment. well, he'll speak to his own credentials. i just want at that to say how proud we are of him for taking the lead on this issue. and he has in recognizing that we have to have the facts and calls for egislation a select committee on gun violence. his bipartisan legislation to pass the thompson-king bill, to strengthen background checks. it's bipartisan. and of course how can you g

and just never looked back. >> reporter: marjorie stoneman douglas high school jared block on video chat with group of students from the lower merion high school. jared, a cherry hill native told of his harrowing or deal hiding in a closet before swat team members broke down the door. the 16-year-old's message one of survival, hope and encouragement >> i'm still alive, i'm the lucky one and i'm going to be the voice to the 17 people who can't. >> reporter: the teen appearing alongside his parents sunday morning. audience filled with kids his age, who see a bit of themselves in this survivor. now, motivated to help him create change, people like 17-year-old hannah. >> we need to speak up for those who don't have a voice. that's what jared said and that's what everybody need to do >> what i took away, it can happen in anybody's community. feels abstract >> she watched coverage of the shooting but video chatting with jared is what brought the horror home >> i already feel motivated to write letters and get out and go to marches after hearing that >> i'm extremely proud of my nephew >> leani

. >>> it was a sad scene outside of marjory stoneman douglas high school, stay tuned returned to pick up things they left behind in the deadly rampage. >> we tried meeting with some people even in florida, with our state legislation, and meeting with them, sadly they wouldn't. really what they are trying to do there is trying to make us forget and we're not going to let that happen. >> in a bitter sweet moment, the marjory stoneman douglas high school hockey team celebrated a state championship last night. players said the championship is dedicated to the 17 people they lost. classes resumed this wednesday. >>> cleanup continues after a deadly tornado outbreak in the heartland, five twisters touched down by the tennessee kentucky "dateline." crews worked to rescue this dog buried by the rubble. there's widespread flooding in michigan and ohio and western pennsylvania. speaking of which, new video shows a home in pittsburgh crumbling from a landslide. the home was evacuated on friday, the situation worsened yesterday. the landslide crossed the street and knocked down utility poles caus

it happened about two and a half hours ago at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland. that is 20 miles northwest of fort lauderdale about an hour north of miami. the broward county sheriff voterring multiple deaths. 14 people, they say, again, transported to the hospital, the suspect is in custody. the sheriff said it is his understanding that the suspect is a former student and about 18 years old. the sheriff just said he had spoken to president trump. the president tweeted this afternoon, "my prayers and condolences to the families of the victims of the terrible florida shooting. no child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an american school ." jeff pegues is with us from washington. he's been watching all of this. jeff, what else do you know? >> to add to what you reported there, jeff, i think one of the important points that the sheriff brought up is they're still clearing that building. they think they have all the students outside of the building, but they just want to make sure and that's protocol here. they will go from room to room making sure

. >> this morning, students at marjory stoneman douglas high school return to class for the first time since gunman killed 17 people. >>> on the same day as students staged a walk out at cherry hill high school east hundreds packed a school board meeting demanding answers on school safety and, one teacher 's future. >> i want to be heard f we want to be heard we need to speak up. >> here's your question, rang the following celebrity chefs from best to worse? >>> of course, james corden and celebrity chef gordon ramsey playing your game of fill your guts, ramsey thought wolfgang puck was the best chef. >> katie, it should be a nice forecast but, after that things are changing. >> they are changing going downhill in the tail even of the week and beginning of the march, the old pro verb of march coming in like a lion will hold tree. we will talk about the impact later in the show with that storm but i want to get you outside the door right now. it is cool outside. we have more clouds thickening up here right on coup here but you are still going to end up with a nice sunrise out of this we

chris hickson was the athletic director on the marjory stoneman douglas high school and attended pleasant valley high school in broad heads ville monroe county in the pocono area hickson graduated from there in 1986. >> natasha brownies in the satellite center with more on what we are learning tonight, natasha. >> reporter: we are certainly learning more about the time line surrounding the suspect's movements at this point. he was dropped off in a uber at the high school and left in the kay uses of the students fleeing the scene. he also went to the wal-mart, purchased a drink at a subway and sat down at a mcdonald's for a bit. about an hour or so after the shooting took place police say they caught up with him in carol springs where he was arrested without incident. >> are you nick laws jacob cruz. >> reporter: yes i am. >> reporter: cruz arrived for his first court experience in broward county as a profile emerges of a troubled past. >> you will be held without one until further order of the court. >> reporter: classmates recalled the 19 year-old threatening other students and bragging

. >> marjory stoneman douglas high school loaded busses, going to tallahassee. and vowing that washington is next. >> don't want guns to go away, just make sure we minimize the amount of people killed by guns. >> reporter: white house is feeling pressure after string of shootings. 17 dead in florida, 58 in las vegas, 26 in sutherland springs, texas. >> can you explain? >> i was trying to before you interrupted me. >> reporter: president with this announcement. taking action on bump stocks used last year by the las vegas shooter. >> i signed memorandum directing the attorney general to propose regulations to be regulation ban all devices turning weapons into machine guns. >> reporter: students say it wasn't a bump stock but ar-15 rifle and they want the president to do more. >> now is time for change. >> reporter: students watched as florida house voted against bringing a bill to floor to ban assault weapons. maggie rulli, abc7 news new york. >>> a few survivors witnessed the decision by florida house of representatives and showed their emotions. cheryl sobbed an

events today in tallahassee. >> reporter: this is a really big day for the students of plac marjory stoneman douglas high school. this is the one-week anniversary of the shooting at their high school that claimed 17 of their classmates, teachers, and coaches. they are marking that anniversary by demanding change here in the state capitol. when they got off the buses last night after our seven-hour journey or so from parkland to tallahass tallahassee, they were greeted by other students who said they were encouraged by what they consider a movement here. they have 70 meetings, they're breaking off into really small groups of ten students so they can address these lawmakers. both republicans and democrats individually. they're going to sit in on different committees. they're going to listen to different lawmakers talk about things, they're meeting with the attorney general, and at the end of the day, governor rick scott, a man who many had been waiting to have words with, they want to make sure that he knows what they're after. they are talking about gun control, mental health, and ways that they can preve

according to investigators armed with a ar15, cruz took a , uber to marjory stoneman douglas high school fired for three men and then tried to blend in with students running for their lives. he then went to a subway restaurant for a drink and for a mcdonald's where he sat for a period of time. >>> we invite to you keep it here on "good day philadelphia" for continuing coverage of the deadly florida shooting, we will also have a live report coming up in just a few minutes. >>> another news we are following this morning a man in camden county loses control of his car hits a curb and flips over on the sidewalk, it was a man and little girl in his path, steve keeley at police headquarters trying to piece this one together, steve >> reporter: we have been talking about this weather roller coaster how it changes, constantly here we are pouring out right now 12 hours after it was beautiful out, and that made a life or death difference in this poor little girl's life because you see how awful the weather is right now and i will show you how 12 hours later, five blocks from here and this is an aw

these are weapons of war. >> that was sam zeif student at marjory stoneman douglas high school today.oining us now is a science teacher and marjory stoneman douglas and paula reed, a teacher at columbine high school, she's been a teacher there since 1996. shawn simpson, i want to start with you. feel free, i mean this to both of you, to share any thoughts you have about this, i don't mean to control what you have to say about this, but we are interested in your reaction to the president's idea of arming teachers, that that's the solution, that's how to deal with assault weapons coming into the schools, senator rubio, florida republican senator, has opposed that. but shawn simpson, your reaction to that, especially since he cited the coach, not sure which coach since three were killed at your school, the president believes if one of them had a gun, it would have ended right there. >> larry, i don't know if that's even possible, to be true. i know aaron and christopher and mr. biegel were heroes in what they did. i'm not sure having a firearm would have changed that for those three. i h

. >> marjory stoneman douglas high school loaded busses, going to tallahassee.owing that washington is next. >> don't want guns to go away, just make sure we minimize the amount of people killed by guns. >> reporter: white house is feeling pressure after string of shootings. 17 dead in florida, 58 in las vegas, 26 in sutherland springs, texas. >> can you explain? >> i was trying to before you interrupted me. >> reporter: president with this announcement. taking action on bump stocks used last year by the las vegas shooter. >> i signed memorandum directing the attorney general to propose regulations to be regulation ban all devices turning weapons into machine guns. >> reporter: students say it wasn't a bump stock but ar-15 rifle and they want the president to do more. >> now is time for change. >> reporter: students watched as florida house voted against bringing a bill to floor to ban assault weapons. maggie rulli, abc7 news new york. >>> a few survivors witnessed the decision by florida house of representatives and showed their emotions. cheryl sobbed and shoo

this is marjorie stoneman douglas high school. again, hearing from the broward county sheriff's department as we stay on these pictures. we don't know a lot. again, they're saying deputies are responding to reports of a shooting at this high school. there are reports of victims and public information officer should be there momentarily to help us out. you see these children. these are children, young people in high school. some of them able to get out. others, as you just heard, the guidance to stay barricaded in place in the high school. we saw some of the members of the s.w.a.t. team enter the building. i've got art roderick on the phone with me here. art, tell me what they're doing with the students. you see a number of the students streaming out of the school but then the guidance is to stay put. art, are you with me? >> yeah, i'm sorry, brooke. yeah, that is a good sign to me where they're evacuating children out of the school. usually the threat is still active, it's still major, they'll fwaed and have these kids shelter in p

located in broward county a little bit north of miami florida there at the school of marjorie stoneman douglas high school you have a bit of a sure bourbon type area a lot of the kids going there there would be in a better i would say it's better standpoint to be to be not fearing about their neighborhood this is a good neighborhood this is a good school special trick this is not something that they see regularly if there is a low violence in the neighborhood this is something that's caught everyone off guard and want to thank you very much for bringing us up to date nicholas snyder as we mentioned we're looking at live pictures there from marjorie stoneman douglas high school in florida in broward county where authorities are responding to reports of an active shooter at a high school in the town of parkland that's according to a spokeswoman for the sheriff's department speaking a short while ago nicholas thank you for reporting on that incident for us. up to date now on g.w. news i'm sarah kelly in her leg thanks for watching up to say you're going to. learn german with. anytime anyplace. with or