mr. peterson saying? >> his lawyer says there are unfounded criticism on mr. terson on that day and unfounded comments on his characteristics. the claim here is that the sheriff's statement at best was a gross oversimplification of the events that transpired so, they outline the events by mr. peterson. he said he thought they were firecrackers, not gunshots. so when he heard the gunshot, he believed they were happening from outside. he sought cover and assessed the situation. then further radio transmission alerted him of a gunshot victim near the football field, so that was confirmation of his belief that shooter was outside the school building as opposed to inside. peterson further defended his actions to say he was the first officer to advise he heard shots fired. he then initiated a code red which allowed the school to be locked down. he instructed administrators to review security cameras to locate the shooter and provided the swat team with keys to the building so they could go inside. he also provided the swat team with hand-drawn die grams of the campus

mr. peterson was a coward and failed to meet the standards of police officers are patently untrue. mr. s confident his actions on that day were appropriate. >> he has a detailed explanation of why he was outside of the building. he said he was the first to call for the code red lockdown and he was the one who let the sheriff's county office. he has a detailed account. >> i'm sure the 17 families would not call the actions appropriate. >>> melania trump says she is encouraged after the students are speaking up after the shooting in florida. the first lady addressing the spouses of nation's governors. she urged them to help america's young people find their voice. >> it is important as adults we take the lead and the responsibility in helping our children. manage the many issues they are facing today. this means encouraging positive habits with social media and technology even limiting time online and understanding the content they are exposed to on a daily basis. >> the public comments from the first lady were the first since intense scrutiny of her marriage began. >>> the white house is

mr. peterson was a coward and that his performance under the circumstances failed to meet the standards of police officers are patently untrue." schools across the country are reviewing their own safety procedures in the wake of parkland. today "nightline" was outside st. louis, where the o'fallon police department has set up a special training room to drill for active shooters. >> show me your hands! >> you get that adrenaline dump in this because it's as real as it can get. >> this scenario was a response to an active shooter in a school. we methodically went through the school. we were taking out suspects as we went until eventually we ended up with a hostage situation at the end. >> put the gun down! >> he was shot, and as he was shot he also shot the hostage. >> reporter: the authorities here designed this simulation with the company vertra. >> show me your hands. >> reporter: they've made modifications after what happened in parkland. >> it's horrible timing but it was good timing to do this. because everybody, all police officers right now and law enforcement is in that mindset of t

mr. peterson's belief that the shooter or shooters were outside. planation back up peterson's thinking, that the shooter was outside? >> don, in my opinion, i think chris would agree with me, it's a pathetic excuse. anybody who's been around firearms, there is a distinct difference between a gunshot that is heard outside versus gunshots that are heard within a structure. clearly this guy, for whatever reason -- and by the way, i have the standard operating procedure in my possession for the broward county sheriff's office. they had a sound active shooter policy in place. they had the appropriate training and the right resources. it says do the deputy that if, in fact, you are encountered with an active shooter situation, you may enter the area or the structure to preserve life. and i can tell you, and again i would defer to chris, when i executed search warrants or arrest war rants, the thing that you learn quickly is a threshold of a doorway can be a kill zone. the last thing you want is to have someone who balks or pauses at that threshold. i can

mr. peterson took up a tactical position between two buildings. a radio transmission about a possible victim by the football field "served to confirm mr. peterson's belief that the shooter or shooters were outside." ( gunfire ) ort with over 100 rounds fired over six minutes, jeff bell questions peterson's claims. >> with that information, you know where those rounds are being fired from, you better get your butt inside that building. because it doesn't matter if you engage that shooter, there are plenty of circumstances and past scenarios where shooters have simply just given up because they saw a uniformed police officer making entry. >> reporter: the sheriff's office said it was also r:vestigating unconfirmed reports that three other deputies stayed outside and whether two of 16 calls about suspect nikolas cruz's behavior before the shooting were properly handled. governor rick scott has now called for a state investigation, and more than 70 republican state lawmakers signed a letter urging the governor to suspend sheriff scott israel. the sher

mr. peterson took a tactical position between two buildings. victim by the football needle, field, served to confirm mr. peterson's belief that the shooter, or shooters were outside. but with more than 100 rounds fired over six minutes, jeff bell, president of the union for broward county deputies questions peterson's claims. >> with that information you know where the rounds are being fired from. you better get your butt inside that building. because the it doesn't matter if you engage that shooter and you actually kill the shooter, there are plenty of circumstances and past scenarios where shooters have simply given of they saw a uniformed police officer making entry. >> the sheriff's office said it was investigating unconfirmed reports that three other deputies stayed outside. and whether two of 16 calls about suspect nikolas' cruz's behavior before the shooting were properly handled. governor rick scott called for a state investigation. 70 state lawmakers signed a letter urging the governor to suspend scott israel. the sheriff refuses to st

mr. peterson was a coward are patently untrue.he sheriff's office is one of several agencies taking heat for missing warning signs about the shooter's mental health as well. >> in terms of the fbi and things they missed. thank you very much. taking a look at those repeated failures kelly was talking about at the florida high school massacre sheriff is real is trying to blame the organization that was not at fault, that being the nra. >> you told this group of people you're standing up for them. you are not standing up for them. >> nra spokesperson dana lash firing back saying the sheriff is trying to shift blame to other people other than himself. >> this is where the failure took place, with this man and his leadership as broward county sheriff. he was allowed to go out and give a rally style speech in which he railed against special interests, naming the nra and setting the stage up to go after 5 million law-abiding innocent americans who didn't get the 45 tips his office received, they didn't have the murderer calling his offic

mr. peterson was a coward are patently untrue.have the sheriff's office is one of several agencies taking heat, throughout the shooter after mental health problems. rob: we will see if there are any lawsuits. jillian: sheriff is real blasting everyone but himself including the nra. rob: a columnist says it is time for the media to press the sheriff on what he knew and when he knew it. >> a flippant analogy on national television, not even accurate because it is in record books. i hope next time israel goes in front of a report or host, that they ask did you know during that cnn town hall last week that three of your deputies did not go in and if so why didn't you share that? why did you grandstand during that town hall and go after dana lash knowing this? seems to be a guy seeking higher office but i don't doubt that will happen. jillian: rick scott directing the department of law enforcement to investigate sheriff's relapse handling of the massacre. >> us marshall shot and served an arrest warrant leading to a police standoff, a

mr. peterson was a coward and failed to neat standards of police officers are patently untrue.ll it was fire crackers. then he heard gun shots outside. calling uncalled for attacks on his character. >> i've given amazing leadership to this agency. >> reporter: israel now investigating nearby reports from coral springs officer that said several waited before. and they responded to 18 calls related to cruz. two fd review, including one in november saying cruz could be a school shooter in the making. >> the caller as you know came from massachusetts. she said the eventual killer was somewhere in palm beach county. >> and asked did the person who received that call follow up? >> he disagrees with the president when it comes to arming teachers and focus on making sure law enforcement with proper training is in place. parkland, florida. >>> as he met with governors from across it the country. he called their performance disgusting. now the president went on to suggest that if he was athere, he would have acted heroically. >> i really believe -- you don't know until you tets it -- but

mr. peterson took a tactical position between the 700 and 800 building corridor corner. peterson's attorney said his client did take action saying he was the first to notify the sheriff's office and initiated a code red blockdown of the entire campus. let there be no mistake, mr. peterson wishes he could have prevented the untimely passing of the 17 victims on that day. fred guttenburg's daughter was murdered. he said peeterson's words changd nothing for him. >> nothing he said changes anything. he failed my kid. i know he didn't try. i'm not in the mood for sympathy. >> reporter: scott peterson is saying he looks forward to testifying and working the fdle. that's the florida department of law enforcement. the governor has now charged with launching an investigation into how authorities responded to the shooting. peterson clearly believes at some point he's going to be exonerated. erin. >> martin, thank you. i want to go to the u.s. senator from florida. thank you for your time. you heard the school resource officer there, his claims that he acted properly. he thought it

mr. peterson was a coward are untrue.arning signs about the shooter's mental health all throughout many months and they never followed up on that. we will follow developments of the story. a lot of follow taking place. trade jewish areas. thank you, kelly wright. lauren: moving on. attention pet owners. two more companies are recalling dog food over concerns of contamination. lea: tracee carrasco joins us with that in another headlines. good morning. >> good morning. the truetype brand recalling it crunchy beef delight treats after salmonella was found in a sample. there is a sample in your screen right there in recalling its five-pound bags of frozen chicken and salmon after listeria was found in a sample. if you have either of these take it back to where you got it. they play it. thankfully no pets have gotten sick units because that can be pretty dangerous if they do. lauren: michelob vulture has gone organic. you're already drinking beer. this is called michelob vulture pierpont made with organic grains and artificial

mr. peterson took up a tactical position between the 700-800 buildings corridor-corner." attorney also says his client did take action, saying he was the first to notify the sheriff's office of shots fired and that peterson "initiated a code red, lockdown of the entire campus." the attorney also says former school resource officer had the "presence of mind" to tell authorities to review the schools security cameras to locate the gunman.let there be no mistake mr. peterson wishes that he could have prevented the untimely passing of the seventeen victims that day. sheriff israel told jake tapper on state of the union he's investigating reports that other deputies also declined to go in. he was pressed on why the sheriff didn't tell families sooner. jake tapper, host, cnn's "state of the union"" the families were at the cnn town hall. they were at the cnn town hall and you could have disclosed."sheriff scott israel, broward county, fl:"i couldn't disclose it then because there was no corroboration, jake. there was no confirmation."peterson attorney says any talk of his clien

mr. peterson was a coward and that his performance, under the circumstances, failed to meet the standards of police officers are patently untrue. this is now a huge part of the follow-up to this story. >> yes, of course, and there are a lot of existing systems that could stand to be fortified. we talked about the cornyn bill. that is also about tightening the existing background check system because there are, especially in this case, a lot of instances in which the existing system broke down. how do you translate that into policy? is there any way to encourage this kind of thing nationally, whether it's, you know, sheriff's departments like this that are apparently falling down on the job, and of course this is preliminary. we don't know what we're going to find out as this investigation goes on. >> and the investigation will play out in the middle of a very tight election year in florida as well. we'll keep an eye on that, we'll keep an eye on the entire conversation. we'll see you back here tomorrow. thank you for joining us. wolf starts after a quick break. have a great day. our healt

mr. peterson was a coward and failed to meet the standards of police officers are patently untrue." former deputy scot peterson claims he initially received a call of firecrackers, and that once he arrived at the building, he heard gunshots, but believed that those gunshots were originating from outside of any of the buildings. peterson, calling the sheriff's strong statements about him -- >> devastated. sick to my stomach. >> reporter: quote, uncalled for attacks upon his character. this, as sheriff scott israel is on the defensive himself. >> i have given amazing leadership to this agency. >> amazing leadership? >> reporter: israel now investigating reports from nearby coral springs police officers who also responded to the school that several other broward county deputies waited instead of rushing into the school during the shooting, but israel says the tapes he has reviewed don't back up this claim. and now, calls from 74 florida republicans for the sheriff, a democrat who has spoken out against arming teachers, to be suspended for his department's kwl ignoring repeated warning

mr. peterson took up a tactical position between the 700-800 buildings corridor-corner."the attorney also says his client did take action, saying he was the first to notify the sheriff's office of shots fired and that peterson "initiated a code red, lockdown of the entire campus." the attorney also says former school resource officer had the "presence of mind" to tell authorities to review the schools security cameras to locate the gunman.let there be no mistake mr. peterson wishes that he could have prevented the untimely passing of the seventeen victims that day. sheriff israel told jake tapper on state of the union he's investigating reports that other deputies also declined to go in. he was pressed on why the sheriff didn't tell families sooner. jake tapper, host, cnn's "state of the union"" the families were at the cnn town hall. they were at the cnn town hall and you could have disclosed."sheriff scott israel, broward county, fl:"i couldn't disclose it then because there was no corroboration, jake. there was no confirmation."peterson attorney says any talk of his cl

mr. peterson was a coward and failed to meet the standard police officers are untrue. >> what should he haveson's statement, he received a call of firecrackers, when he heard gunshots. but he believed the gunshots from originating from outside. in the event of outdoor gunfire, one is to seek cover and assess the situation. nbc news asked the broward county sheriff's office to clarify their policy. this is the procedures, that says, if real-time intelligence exists, a sole deputy or team of deputies may enter the area or structure to preserve life. it makes no distinction between indoor or outdoor incidents. both the sheriff's office and the florida department of law enforcement are now investigating how authorities responded to the shooting. students returned to the marjory stoneman douglas high school here tomorrow. when they return, the freshman building that was shot up, it has now been sealed up. the windows that were shattered have boards over them. the pock marks from bullet holes have been covered to try to protect students from reliving what they have gone through. meantime, there is

mr. peterson was a coward and failed to neat standards of police officers are patently untrue. >> what should have done? >> went in. addressed the killer. killed the killer. >> reporter: to his statement he received a call of firecrackers when he heard gunshots but believed they were originating from outside. adding deputies are train that had in the event of outdoor gunfire, one is to seek cover and assess the situation. nbc news asked the broward sheriff's office to clarify its active shooter policy. these are their procedures which they in part, if real-time intelligence exists, the sole deputy or a team of deputies may enter the area or structure to preserve life. it makes no distinction between indoor or outdoor incidents and makes no comment about assessing the situation. both the sheriff's department and the almighlaw enforcement a investigating. >> we'll continue to follow that tomorrow morning on today in the bay. >> coming up, we investigate. >> that was a decision i made at the time to try in my life. >> students on the brink of suicide. why aren't some students tracking valuable i

mr. peterson was a coward and his performance under the circumstances failed to meet standard of the police officer are patently untree. peterson's attorney say inform deputy had presence of mind to have school an mid straightors go to the video room to help locate shooter and give a description to the police. so once again peterson says he is very confident that surveillance video testimony will show he did everything mike and alex, by the book, so we will have more to come. >> oh, my gosh. >> there is always two sides to every story, of course. >> president trump looking at congress to move on school safety, he says he would have charged the stoneman douglas high school during shooting even if he wasn't armed. president made a comment during a meeting with the nation's governors while pushing for tougher laws and arming educators. >> you don't know unless you are tested but do i believe would i run in even if i didn't have a weapon. >> president trump is continuing his push to beef up background checks, arm some teachers and increase access to mental health resources and ban bump stocks.

mr. peterson took up a tactical position at a corridor or corner between two nearby buildings.adio transmissions about a possible victim by the football field serve to confirm mr. peterson's belief that the shooter or shooters were outside. >> when there's over 100 rounds being fired from inside of one building, you know where they're coming from. >> reporter: jeff bell is critical of peterson's claims and points to the 1999 columbine massacre that changed how law enforcement respond to active shooters. >> with columbine, it was a long time before the s.w.a.t. teams got there. and we lost innocent lives because of that delay. we are now trained that we can't wait for s.w.a.t. anymore, so the first arriving units on scene, you've got to make the decision to go in. >> reporter: peterson's attorney said peterson is the one who initiated a code-red lockdown at the school and told administrators to review camera footage to identify the shooter. the sheriff's office declined to comment on peterson's claim saying his conduct are part of an ongoing internal investigation. john? >> than

mr. peterson was a coward and failed to meet the standards of police officers are patently untrue.efense himself. investigating reports several broward county deputies failed to act. israel says the tapes he's reviewed don't back up that call. now a democrat who has spoken out about arming teachers calling to be suspended for his ignoring repeated warning signs. and in a rare move, florida governor rick scott who rarely disagreed with the president but saying he'd rather see teachers teach and law enforcement with proper training. >>> white house communications director hope hicks expected to be interviewed today. this all part of the russia investigation. it's not clear how much hicks will say. committee democrats say it's unclear whether she will seek to limit her testimony. that like former white house strategist, steve bannon. hicks had key roles on president trump's campaign and during the transition before her current job in the administration. >>> and the program protecting dreamers remains in place now that the supreme court has denied a white house appeal for immediate act

mr. peterson with us a coward are pat tent i untrue.ions on that day were appropriate under the circumstances and that the video together with the eyewitness testimony of those on the scene will kpan rate him of any subpar performance. in announcing peterson's rez -- resignation, i think we all need to wait. >> you've been saying wait, don't pass judgment of the depp advertise that was waiting outside. certainly the officers that showed up were waiting i think many others were agast that the president claims he would run in without weapons when he had a chance to actually fight for this country and he chose. >> reporter: like a lot of people did to have five deferments on the day that he graduated from an ivy league school, the new york times reports that 40 american troops were killed in action. today he walked across the stage and later said that his own personal vietnam was having a lot of sex in new york city avoiding aids. so would donald trump have run in there? nobody ever knows for sure, but he certainly knows that given his his

mr. peterson was a coward and that his performance under the circumstances failed to meet standard of thers are patently untrue. peterson's attorney says the. he also said school administrators go to the school video room to electricity the shooter and, police. peterson said the video and testimony will show he did everything by the book. >> of course, i thought sheriff said he watched the video. >> i think he is saying in the time, you know, he was saying that is how he located. it is a big school, big campus he helped them locate where shooter was but separately from the outside cameras and things, that is where sheriff noticed that and said go inside. >> there has to be an independent investigation to look at all of the tapes. >>> we are getting our first look at jay-z's trayvon martin documentary series, documentary series in a newly released 20 tease kid. >> i don't want it to be swept under a rug. >> he was standing his snapped. >> they say time heels all wounds, it does based on a book written by trayvon's parents. seventeen year-old was sho neigd watchman george zimmerman back in

mr. peterson didn't go inside is there is word that there might have been a stand down order.side the school until the swat team gets there. so is that what was going on? the sheriff, mr. israel, scott israel said yesterday, if that happened i didn't hear about it. ainsley: governor says we are going to probe this and investigate it suspicious why you would have, if it's true, why you would have four officers, including that school resource officer at minimum outside of the school ant didn't rush in when they heard bullets flying inside the school when these guys are trained to go in, when they are trained to defend. when that's the whole purpose they are supposed to be on the school property to protect these kids, and they are wearing bullet proof vests it does seem a little odd. brian: biggest surprise maybe is that this guy, this shooter, waited until the 14th to actually shoot up the school. all indications were this guy was ready to explode for years. now it turns out buzzfeed has a report. additional, as well as the 23 times over 10 years in which cops were called to his

mr. lurie and doug peterson allowing me to be part of a team and journey that did something special for the philadelphia eagles. >> today is a new chapter. and i cannot be more excited. >> tough news for the flyers they are without brian elliot after having core muscle surgery. and they host the i'llers tonight and they won four in a right. both the flyers and sixers have yet to lose since the eagles won the super bowl. the first sixer in history to have a triple-double off the bench. they got a water bath less sticky than gatorade. 108-92. he is goinging to beat up joel embiid? >> no. >> he can probably catch him. >> that is funny. >>> prince harry and his fiance meghan markle spent the day shaking hands today during the trip to scotland. while meeting the royal regiment the shetland pony tried to take a bite at his land. he pulled his hand away and gave a lighthearted scolding. still to come on "action news" the accuweather forecast. >> taking a look sky 6 hd tonight. maybe. lets go back to prince harry -- meteorologist adam joseph a nice evening. meteorologist has the details when we com

mr. pollack: it one deputy that worked there, peterson. he worked there and he's a coward.stood by the door. i know is a fact he could have made it to the third floor and saved all six victims if he wasn't -- words can't even describe the way i think about him, but i'm not trying to think about that stuff because that is just negative and is just going to make me toxic. i just want to get the word out to the governors of every state that they have to do something now, today. get together, they can call me, i have other dead parents here, we all want to help them, and let's make the school safe. >> chris: delaney, when you hear that -- and it's not just the sheriff's or the deputies that didn't come in -- >> mr. pollack: a lot of failures, a lot of incompetence all around. i could write you a book on all the incompetence that happened at that school. but that's not going to fix it or bring any of our dead kids back. i just don't want any more dead kids. and all that stuff is going to come out and i don't want to focus on that. i'm on with you, chris, today to tell the americ

this room would have done that, too. >> the attorney for scott peterson the deposit deputy assigned to protect the school. the allegations that mrr the circumstances, failed to meet the standards of police officers are patently untrue. peterson has resigned. in the calls for scott israel to resign are growing louder as florida lawmakers investigate all the agencies that responded. accused of blocking mayor midwest dicks from entering to treat victims as florida speaker of the house weighs in. >> what we have here is a poorly run agency. he has got every single person under investigation but he just want doesn't want to involved himself accountable. he has done none. the height of arrogance. >> shooter nic lazarus cruz is due back in court today, guys. according to the "new york post" we are now learning that just prior 209 shooting he tried to access his mother's $800,000 inheritance. ainsley: of course he did. of course he did. steve: thank you very much. laura ingraham had last night on her program, she had a story how she has got sources in law enforcement down there and they said apparently the deputies were told not to ente

scot peterson insisted he had "taken up a tactical position" outside a school building because he believed the shots were originating from outside. at a meeting on gun control at the white house, mrnts at stoneman douglas high have something to raise their spirits. their hockey players have just become state champions. it is a bittersweet victory for a school still struggling with the aftermath to the shooting. this was not for us, it was for the 17 victims. we played for them. so passionate and emotional. it is all for them. since the shooting, the mood in america over gun control appears to have changed. students have taken to the streets to demand tougher laws and the president has gone on the offensive. at a meeting with state governors, he rounded on police officers who he believed did not do enough to help. i got to watch some deputy sheriffs performing this weekend. they were not exactly medal of honour winners, all right? how they performed was, frankly, disgusting. scot peterson, a 32 year veteran officer who had been assigned to guard the school, resigned last week after it emerged he remained outside the building where most of the pupils were killed. he issued a statem