i spoke not long ago to a prominent local attorney, mark o'meara, a defense attorney who has represented a lot of high-profile cases. i asked him what would happen here and he said, look, the judge will probably tell the defendant, nikolas cruz, he has probable cause to hold him over for charges. that may be several weeks away, anderson, but he will hold him over for charges. he probably will not give him any bond and he will tell him there is probable cause to believe a crime has been committed here. he may ask him how he pleads but he may not ask him that. o'meara said the judge may try to limit the amount that nikolas cruz actually speaks in court. this will be a first appearance. he will probably be told he has probable cause to hold him over for charges, that he probably will not get bond, and he may or may not ask him how he pleads in this case, anderson. we know he was charged by police with 17 counts of premeditated murder. >> what do we know about the suspect's family history, his mental state? >> we are told by friends who knew this suspect that his adoptive mother died in nove

we're told, and that the judge -- we spoke to a local -- very prominent, local defense attorney, mark o'meara. he said that he expected -- this is before the hearing. he expected the judge to either limit or not allow the suspect to speak at all. and that seems to be what came to pass. he said that the judge may or may not have asked him how he intended to plead in this case but that the judge may not ask him that because the judge really wanted to limit him to either saying something very few words or no words at all. and the judge elected to not have him say any words at all. we were expecting the judge to appoint an interim defense attorney for him, possibly a public defender. there was an attorney standing next to him as he stood there in an orange jump suit and shackles in the courtroom, a very brief court appearance. he is being held without bond until further notice. brooke? >> all right. brian, thank you so much. if you get more, let us know. meantime, did you know that parkland, florida, right here, was actually ranked the number one safest city in all of florida for 2017? the number