sheriff scott israel says he has spoken to governor scott and he is on the way to south florida. he has also spoken to president trump. >> we are getting reaction from congressional lawmakers and others. >> like you mentioned, from the national leaders down to state and local, we have a lot of reaction communion, as our leaders assess this ongoing situation, the school shooting and parkland. president donald trump tweeting out sympathies to the victims and families. governor scott is on his way to south florida. he's been briefed. senator marco rubio tweeting he has been briefed by broward county sheriff scott israel. we are getting on camera sound from senator bill nelson washington talking about the situation. he has also been briefed on the latest developments coming out of parkland. >> this is a bad day for florida and the country. you can imagine the grief of parents right now not knowing, as well as the students not knowing. >> that was senator bill nelson. tweet from the president : my prayers and condolences to the families of the victims at the terrible florida shooting.

this is broward county sheriff scott israel. we are going to get this audio for you momentarily. >> florida department of law enforcement and countless local public safety entities. i want to think everyone from public safety from the bottom of my heart for your efforts today. the fbi and broward sheriff's office will be doing the crime scene investigation and the follow-up to this horrific, horrific incident. as i said before, this incident truly makes me sick to my stomach. it's horrible, catastrophic. we are saddened to say 17 people lost their lives. 12 people in the building, two people just outside the building, one person on pine island road in two people lost their lives in the hospital. there are people who are still undergoing surgery and just pray for the city. pray for the school, the parents, the folks who lost their lives. it's a horrific, horrific day. as i said before, my triplets graduated from stoneman douglas high school. it's just horrible, absolutely horrible. we continually ask you in the media to continual

tonight we are asking, when will broward county sheriff, scott israel, take responsibility? when will he release the cam footage so that you, the american people, can see how the deputies acted during the shooting? we have so much breaking news in our opening monologue. all right, major developments tonight in the fisa abuse scandal. we'll start there. we are getting one step closer to holding top level obama, f.b.i., doj, deep state officia officials accountable for what is a severe constitutional abuse. they've completely shredded the fourth amendment rights of the american people, and people could and should end up behind bars. the attorney general jeff sessions thankfully is saying tonight the department of justice will be investigating these fisa abuses. let's watch. >> we believe the department of justice must adhere to the high standards in the fisa court. yes, it will be investigated. and i think that's just the appropriate thing. the inspector general will take that as one of the matters he will deal with >> hannity: finally, we've been unpealing this story for over

their families been notified scott israel speaking live there. little bit of new information. he says it's a former student who knew the lay of the land there. that the student, n this former student the gunman was both inside and outside of school. now, we don't know whether that means he shot at people inside and outside. but we know there are multiple fatalities. the sheriff repeat wagon we had been told earlier by the school superintendent and by senator bill nelson, and just a horrible and tragic day in south florida. he was found off campus the suspect and we saw that happen live here on fox news through the facilities of wsv7 in south florida. there are news stations joining us across america. we're live on fox news channel and on fox televisions stations my network television stations from coast to coast. another tragic school shooting has happened this time in south florida in broward county. happened about 2:30 this afternoon. we now know that the suspect is

charles: we just listened to the broward county sheriff scott israel. he began his press conference by saying the entire thing made hick sick to his stomach. he talked about nikolas cruz having been expelled. the shooting began outside and moved inside the school. he talked about searching social media. the fbi doing an on scene investigation. i want to bring back our familiar. bernard kerik. , commissioner, this is a student who was a known troublemaker. he's also known to have a fascination with guns. he had countless magazines along with pane ar-15. this is not a gun question. this is a question how does a trouble kid like this, a known threat at a school carry these weapons and magazines around like this. >> you have to ask a bunch of questions here. he was expelled from school. never the school evidently knew he was a problem. the kids in the school knew he was a problem. his parents had to know if he was a problem when he got expelled. charles: if someone said i saw nikolas on instagram with a couple rifles in his hand. are there actions that can

people in florida know about scott israel, but they will know a lot more about him and i suspect scott israel may be called upon for higher office in florida. but what he just said about how when the lord meets aaron feis in heaven, he will say well done, you saw the cartoon. i don't know if we have it because i didn't know he was going to say this, but there was a cartoon drawn the other day about aaron feis going to heaven and there being a crowd of children and people because he had defended these children, and a child taking him by the hand and saying coach feis, we've all been looking to meet you. is this a guy who snood fronttot of a gunman and took those bullets. well done. >> well done indeed. >>> time for our monumental american where we honor someone who may be deserving of more recognition. and today it is anthony borgeo suchlt. he is credited with saving lives of 20. >> he was shot five times while attempting to close and lock the door to a classroom where 20 other students were hiding. his best friend says when nobody else knew what to do, anthony took the initial differen

county sheriff scott israel says the suspect is now in custody. as wolf mentioned, we believe that's the suspect being transported in that vehicle you see there. aerial footage from earlier today showed a man who law enforcement officials say was the suspect being placed inside a police vehicle. here's the sheriff discussing how the suspect was apprehended after campus without incident. >> he was taken into custody about an hour after he left stoneman douglas, after he committed this horrific, homicidal, detestable act. the fbi and our crime scene people will begin processing this horrific scene as soon as the buildings are cleared. >> the sheriff says the suspect is not a current student but is believed to be a former student. current students tell cnn there was a lot of confusion as the shooting began. they say a fire alarm went off. students started to leave the school fairly deliberately as if evacuating for a fire alarm. then students and teachers realized it was not a fire alarm and they started acting franticly. some kids ran outside. some

that everything was not done perfectly. >> reporter: scott israel,'s sparking outrage while defending his department's response to the shooting in parkland, florida. new claims that at least three deputies waited outside marjory stoneman douglas high school while a shooter killed multiple people inside. >> deputies make mistakes, police officers make mistakes, we all make mistakes. >> reporter: those who live in the community are calling for governor rick scott to remove israel from his post, claiming the top cop is guilty of neglect of duty, and incompetence. >> it was a shameful letter, it was politically motivated, i never met that man, he does not know anything about me. and, the letter was full of misinformation. >> reporter: on thursday, the resource officer, scott peterson, resigned after accusations he did nothing to stop the massacre. as the investigation into even more officer neglect gets underway, for the governor rick scott is now focused on preventing another tragedy. >> we have to make sure that our schools are safe, and harden the schools. we have to make sure that we

i'm talking about sheriff scott israel from broward county, florida.re 17 high school students and teachers were shot dead on valentine's day. state officials want the governor of florida to remove the sheriff, saying his department knew the 19-year-old gunman was a danger to the community, knew the gunman had weapons, knew he was planning to shoot up the school, and on the day of the massacre, broward county sheriff's deputies waited outside the school while those kids and teachers died inside. sheriff israel was on cnn earlier today and he told jake tapper that none of that is his fault. >> you don't measure a person's leadership by a deputy not going into a -- these deputies received the training they needed. of course i won't resign. it was a shameful letter. it was politically motivated. i never met that man. he doesn't know anything about me. and the letter was full of misinformation. i wrote a letter back to the governor. i talked about all the mistakes that hager made in his letter. it was a shameful, politically motivated letter that had no fa

and, yet, the facts suggest that scott israel should not be in charge of anything and yet he is. richard corcoran the speaker of the florida house he sipsd a letter calling for the suspension of israel broward county. thanks for come on. >> thanks for having me on. i appreciate it, tucker. >> tucker: tell us what your letter said and why. >> first it wasn't just a letter from me. it was a letter from me and 73 of my colleagues basically representatives accountable for 13-plus million people in the state of florida. and what we sent a letter to the governor saying under the constitution, he has the right to remove any local government official suspend them, and take them out of office. and we said basically your authority to do so if malfeasance. misfees sans, incompetence, neglect of duty in which we feel sheriff israel scores high on all four counts. we asked him to suspend him and go down there and take over the investigation and find a replacement. so 74 of us signed it the governor immediately to his credit, called on fdlr state law enforcement agency to go down there and sei

broward county sheriff scott israel addressed the accusations on cnn's "state of the union." >> while this killer was inside the school there was only one law enforcement person, period, and that was former deputy scot peterson. >> reporter: nra spokesman dana loesch was on nbc this week and says the gun group supports a measure to arm teachers in the classroom. >> this is something parents and educators are going to have to determine for their schools. our resources are at their disposal. >> reporter: but some lawmakers are proposing change. florida republican congressman brian mast says he'd support the idea of raising the age to buy a rifle to 21. the army veteran also says he'd support a ban on the ar-15, a weapon the former soldier says he's familiar with. >> it pains me to know that i went out there willing to defend my country, willing to give everything with almost the exact same weapon that's used to go out there and unfortunately kill children here in parkland. and i think there's a very real opportunity here for response. >> reporter: 74 florida republican state lawmakers a

broward county sheriff scott israel on sunday says he has displayed amazing leadership. >> deputies make mistakes. we all make mistakes. >> reporter: israel says his office is looking into claims that at least three other deputies failed to confront the alleged gunman during the shooting. the department is also accused of mishandling some of the 18 phone tips involving the suspected shooter. >> 16 of them we believe were handled exactly the way they should. two of them, we're not sure if our deputies did everything they could have or should have. >> reporter: more than 70 republican state lawmakers on sunday demanded florida governor rick scott suspend israel. the same day scott announced a state-run investigation into the law enforcement response to the shooting. >> who was called? what was their process? how was it broken? give us the facts. >> reporter: according to an internal investigation, sheriff israel insists that only one of his deputies was present on campus while the gunman was there. his office says it will cooperate with the state's investigation and sheriff israel says he

broward county sheriff scott israel, he flat out refusing to take any responsibility. stead, he is blaming pretty much everybody else. according to reports,rd this is almost unconscionable, four of sheriff israel's deputies not enter the building while the school shooting was happening. one deputy, a school resource officer on the scene, his name is scott peterson, he was armed with a gun and a bulletproof vest. he took up a position outside the building while the shooting was taking place. one student described peterson is standing still as he heard shot after shot being fired. peterson is defending his actions and ended up resigning. but we are now learning is that the first member of law enforcement to enterer the schom a coral springs police department. those officers rushed right in. broward county deputies, they took up a defensive posture and position outside. also new tonight, fox news reporting and broward county sheriff's department also preventedtmen the emts from entering the school and there are questions about, well, would it be proper protocol? students a

i also spoke with the florida attorney general pam bondi, and broward county sheriff scott israel. i'm making plans to visit parkland, to meet with families and local officials and to continue coordinating the federal response. in these moments of heartache and darkness, we hold onto god's word in scripture, i have heard your prayer and seen your tears, i will heal you. we trust in that promise and we hold fast to our fellow americans in their time of sorrow. i want to speak now directly to america's children, especially those who feel lost, alone, confused, or even scared. i want you to know that you are never alone and you never will be. you have people who care about you, who love you, and who will do anything at all to protect you. if you need help, turn to a teacher, a family member, a local police officer, or a faith leader. answer hate with love, answer cruelty with kindness. we must also work together to create a culture in our country that embraces the dignity of life that creates deep and meaningful human connections and that turns classmates and colleagues into friends a

this comes amid growing demand that broward county sheriff scott israel step down. as florida governor rick scott orders an investigation into how israel's department handled all of this, which is getting murkier by the moment. could this catastrophe have been prevented? >> when did your deputies, not peterson, but the others. when did they arrive on scene because coral springs sources say when coral springs police arrived, there were broward deputies there in addition to peterson. >> and i don't think dispute that but that is an active investigation. we have not taken statements yet from the coral springs officers. >> i really believe i would run, into even if i didn't have a weapon, and i think most of the people in this room would have done that, too. because i know most of you. but the way they performed was really a disgrace. >> martha: trace gallagher joins us live in the west coast newsroom. trace? >> scott israel thinks his leadership has been, quote, amazing. governor rick scott will leave that assessment up to the florida department of law enforcement. the

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their wounds. >>> broward county sheriff, scott israel. >> we had approximately 14 people transportedarea spitals with varying degrees of injuries. >> the sheriff says the alleged. seen surrounded by police being placed into custody. >> he was take known custody i believe about an hour nemar dou committed this horrific homicidal deab >> i don't know how we are alive. >> marjory stoneman douglas high school freshman, bruna alavera said the gunman was outside >> for 30 minutes we were just like, like praying, and, and -- came.g and, and then the police and we just got out.>>ut your h. >> when the lockdown was over, distraught parents raced to the scene. relieved to be outside. school superintendent, robert runsee. it is just, it is a horrible day for us. >> reporter: 12 of the victims we are told were inside the building. another victim on the street area. another two people died in the hospital. ifou think about it, it gives you indication of exactly how long this shooting may have ffen areas, you saw some of that video there where students were already hiding.. clearly this was a shoo

their lives after witnessing classmates cut down by bullets. ( gunfire ) broward county sheriff scott israel: >> at 2:21:33, the suspect readed his rifle and began shooting into rooms. >> reporter: the sheriff said nikolas cruz began firing at four classrooms on the first floor. the suspected shooter then made his way to the second floor, shot one victim, then went to the third floor, where he dropped his dispriefl backpack. >> the suspect crossed fields and ran west, along with others who were fleeing and tried to mix in with the group that were running away fearing for their lives. >> reporter: cruz turned up at a walmart and bought a drink at a subway sandwich shop. after a brief stop at mcdonald's, he left at 3:01 p.m. as bullets rang out, students quietly hid wherever they could. >> hands, hands! >> reporter: as police raced to their rescue. coconut creek officer michael leonard was the first to spot cruz one hour and 20 minutes after the first shot was fired, about two miles away. >> i discovered an individual walking on the sidewalk that was wearing the clothing description that had b

legislators are calling for sheriff scott israel to be suspended immediately. the aftermath of what some are calling a total breakdown as it relates to law enforcement. israel is praising his own leadership. >> jake, i can only take responsibility or what i knew about. i exercised my cue diligence. i have given amazing leadership to this agency. >> amatzs leadership? >> yes. jake. there is a lot of things we have done throughout. you don't measure a american person's leadership by a deputy not going in. >> sean: as you probably noticed in the wake of one of the worst mass shootings sheriff israel has been quick to get in front of a camera with multiple appearances al over tv and everywhere. you probably noticed during his tv appearances israel has been quick to blame the shooting from the lack of police funding, the nra. what you won't see israel do is take the responsibility for his department's failures during this horrific mass shooting where his department's response was anything but quick. i think it's time for sheriff israel to take responsibility. here wi

state lawmakers sunday demanded florida governor rick scott suspend israel, the same day scott announced state-run investigation into the law enforcement response to the shooting. >> are you really not taking any responsibility for the multiple red flags that were brought to the attention of the broward sheriff's office about this shooter before the incident, whether it was people near him, close to him, calling the police -- >> jake -- jake, i could only take responsibility for what i knew about. i exercised my due diligence. i've given amazing leadership to this agency -- >> amazing leadership? >> -- i've worked -- yes, jake. >> trevor: amazing leadership. jake did a take in his mind -- what? amazing leadership? no. denzel washington in the titans, that was amazing leadership. denzel in malcolm x, that was amazing leadership. ( applause ) denzel in "coach carter," that was samuel l. jackson. you're racist. ( laughter ) look, it's clear that the deputy didn't do his job. he was armed. he was at the school and he didn't help. now, for some people, this shows exactly why there's no point

described as a young white male about it teen years of age in fact i'll just read what the sheriff scott israel of broward county who give a press conference around thirty minutes ago said he was not a current student he was previously a student but i don't know the circumstances i was in there but i was told there was no confrontation and he was taken into arrest without incident what you're seeing here there was a high school freshman at the school tweeting of their as the instant was on the folding he tweeted that he was locked inside and that he was scared and from the pictures we can see he was probably hiding under a desk in the classroom as authorities had been tweeting art for everybody to do he told everybody as well to pray for the victims families well let's take a look now at the history if we count of u.s. school shootings there have been two hundred seventy five incidents since twenty thirteen with an average of almost one week there of really being too shooting instance in schools in the first week of this year here's a look at some of the most serious cases. well let's discuss a

broward county sheriff, scott israel. 74 republicans are asking rick scott, governor of florida, to suspend him, saying that his department knew the 19-year-old gunman was dangerous, was armed. and had explicitly stated his plans to commit a massacre. on the day of the massacre, broward county sheriff deputies waited outside the school. at least some of them did. while the kids and teachers took their final breaths. one of them, scott peterson, school resource officer, deputy, now stepped down. sheriff israel was on cnn earlier today where he told my colleague jake tapper that none of that is his fault. >> you don't measure a person's leadership by a deputy not going into -- these deputies received the training they needed. of course i won't resign. it was a shameful letter, politically motivated. i never met that man. he doesn't know anything about me. and the letter was full of misinformation. i wrote a letter back to the governor. i talked about all the mistakes that haguer made in his letter. it was a shameful politically motivated letter that had no facts, and of course i won't resign.

sheriff scott israel, broward county, fl:"i couldn't disclose it then because there was no corroborationake. there was no confirmation."peterson attorney says any talk of his client not meeting the standards of police officers are patently untrue.(nats)fred guttenberg whose daughter jaime was murdered in the attack says peterson's statements and fury over israel's leadership as sheriff changes nothing.fred guttenberg, father of jaime guttenberg:"i don't have any sympathy for anybody right now that unfortunately didn't do what they needed to do to save my kid." (grant)peterson resigned from his job after sheriff scott israel suspended him.the broward county sheriff's office says it cannot discuss peterson's actions further because they are part of an internal investigation.the law enforcement response to the shooting is also under review by florida state officials. (grant) and today, as president trump was speaking with governors from across the country today...he discussed how he would have reacted in that harrowing situation. i really believe i'd run in there even if i didn't have a wea

also breaking tonight, growing callswa for broward county sherf scott israel to resign over new information about his department's repeated failures to stop and properly respond to the florida shooting. according to new reports, f a total of four officers did not enter the high school when they had an opportunity to confront the gunman and possibly save lives. we'll describe in complete detail the bureaucratic failure and how every sign was missed that could have prevented, definitely could have prevented this tragedy. t we'll have the very latest on that breaking news and a mini monologue. first, we get started with ever breaking news monologue tonight. a lot of breaking news. we'll go slow, a lot of details surrounding this democratic memo, put together by liberal, trump-hating congressman adam schiff. we'll dissect this thing point by point, i give you all the information the media want to tell you about. but before we get into all of those details, here is the biggest take away: everything from a year ago that we have been uncovering and telling you about involving rampant fisa abuses,

>> reporter: a lot of frustration now being aimed at sheriff scott israel. more than 70 republican lawmakers in this state have sent a letter to governor rick scott demanding the sheriff suspension for incompetence and dereliction of duty but the students and the teachers of stoneman douglas who i talked to they have a very different perspective here. they're calling their movement the never again movement. they say firing sheriff israel doesn't mean this won't ever happen again. they're not calling for anybody's job. they're focus remains on the change they want to see, a change in gun laws, that to them is the root of this problem. >> kaylee hartung in parkland, florida right now. >>> let's get over to the white house. katelyn is there. >> reporter: the president is certainly under a lot of pressure to act. he seems eager to do something and he says it will be at the top of the agenda today when he's meeting with those governors. the one person who's going to be there is governor rick scott who on friday backed a plan to raise the minimum age in florida to

broward county democrat, scott israel, sounds at the center of a national fire storm on what can be done to prevent more school shooting and the controversial reaction and the department's alleged inaction. jim jordan reacts to the rebuttal to the gop memo on the fbi handling of the dirty dossier, the fisa court as the democrats bolster their republican points and a new legal challenge to obama care. republican attorney generals from wisconsin roll out their new lawsuits exclusively here tonight and a public employee at the middle of the potentially landmark case today at the supreme court. should he and millions like him should be force to pay for unions on political activity he doesn't support? hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shannon bream in washington. new tonight, three high-ranking florida officials close to the law enforcement response at marjory stoneman douglas high school said there was a delay in emergency medical technicians getting into the school in those critical moments after nikolas cruz opened fire killing 17 people and wounding at least 14 others. question

this is from broward county sheriff scott israel. >> devastated. sick to my stomach. there are no words. i mean, these families lost their children. we lost coaches. i've been to the funerals, i've been to the homes where they sit and shiver. i've been to the vigils. there are no words. >> well, the deputy resigned today after he was suspended without pay. but this is another disgraceful failure to protect the students and teacher of stoneman douglas. a failure by the very people who were charged with keeping them safe. and the argument that the answer is more guns? well, this proves that that's just not true. there was more guns. there was another gun. no one did anything. let's go right to cnn's martin savage. he is live outside stoneman douglas high school. matt, good evening to you. the news tonight about the deputy outside stoneman douglas high school not going into the building as the shooting was going on inside. this is a big deal that cannot be understated. what can you tell us about this? >> reporter: it's a horrifying change to the narrative, don. thi think

republican state representative here in florida is demanding rick scott remove sheriff israel from his post. representative hager tweeted out that there the call for sheriff scott israel to be removed due to his gross incompetence and inaction is growing. the sheriff released a letter he wrote to the governor in response to representative hager's demand for him to be removed. the sheriff said on the date shooting there was only one deputy on campus during the attack. he said the other deputies were here after the shooter fled. he said 16 of the 1 state calls were handled correctly, but two of the 18 are currently under investigation. i would like to give you a look at growing memorial as hundreds of people continue to pour in to bring notes and balloons. today is the first time students will be invited back to campus beginning at 3:00 p.m. local time. there will be an orientation for students to ease themselves back into classes that will resume this week. the school district proposed to the state legislature that it would like to proceed with tearing down the building in which that sh

we'll tell you what the president has to say inchts plus, sheriff scott israel is grilled today over the misread flags about the stoneman douglas shooter. we'll go live and talk to one of the students who survived. >>> and the deadline to deal with daca is a week from tomorrow. and congress seems no closer to a deal. we'll talk to indiana congressman tom ra pit that who is a strong supporter of president trump ice agenda on reforming immigration. >>> we've promised you a slow news weekend. we're glad to have you. i'm lee land vitters en. >> and i'm ebb any kay williams. the long awaited democratic memo is public. the president waste nod time waiking in on what's inside of it. molly is live with the detail. reporter: president trump argues that the democrat's memo confirms the republicans' memo in quote a lot of bad things happened on the other side, regarding what was told to the court. and he had strong words for the top democrats on the house intelligence committee, congressman adam schiff who helped compile the democrats' memo. >> you see see this adam schiff, he has a meeting, le

bidding. >> reporter: 74 republican florida state lawmakers are calling for governor rick scott to suspend sheriff israel for "incompetence and dereliction of duty." >> we're saying enough is enough. i applaud governor scott. >> reporter: sheriff israel is under enormous pressure after what critics say is his failure to intervene after they received several calls washing of the violent behavior of nikolas cruz. sheriff israel's says his department is investigating toes calls but he defiantly told cnn's jake tapper he will not resign. >> i exercised my due diligence, i've given amazing leader this toip th -- leadership to this agency. >> reporter: at voice, david willford, the father of madeleine wilford who received multiple gunshot wounds, this father thanked the broward county sheriff's department and the coral springs police for going into the school, pulling his daughter out and saving her life. wolf? >> brian, thanks very much. brian todd reporting. >>> coming up, breaking news, president trump criticizes deputies who failed to confront the florida high school massacre, suggesting he might have done

and this is coming from the sheriff of broward county now, scott israel, who says that he first was going. we're going to play for you the news conference in which sheriff scott israel explains what peterson, who is the school resource officer -- this is an armed deputy, in uniform, assigned to this campus, who was on the school that day, as the gunfire breaks out. you could tell the sheriff was deeply distressedrelayed the information. there were a serious of questions asked. here's how the information is put together by the sheriff. >> scott peterson was absolutely on campus through this entire event. he was armed. he was in uniform. but what i saw was a deputy arrive at the west side of building 12, take up a position and he never went in. i think it was upwards -- i think he remained outside for upwards of four minutes. he went on his -- i think he got on his radio at a point in time and he took up a position where it looked like he could see the western-most entry into the building and stayed where he was. never went in. devastated. sick to my stomach. there are no words. i mean, the

>> scott israel addressing the media. >>> i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we're covering the shooting in parkland, florida, north of miami. the broward county school superintendent said there are numerous fatalities. a short time ago, we saw pictures of one young man in police custody. the sheriff's department confirms a suspect is now in custody. brian todd is monitoring the situation. >> the situation is very fluid. the broward county school system says this occurred sometime the in the afternoon dismissal. gun fire was heard. the school summit in broward county says there are numerous fatalities. we just heard the sheriff say more than one. law enforcement sources telling cnn there are at least two fatalities. sources telling us as well, the broward county sheriff saying there are at least 14 victims transported to local hospitals. the father of one student said his daughter told him there was blood all over the place. the sheriff says the shooter is in custody. he was a student, they believe and they do not believe as he current student there. there's a

you also have the republican speaker of the house here in florida calling on sheriff scott israel to resign because of incompetence. those are the words in a letter, it was something signed by 73 other republican state lawmakers here, so there are a lot of tentacles and developing news coming out of parkland here today. ayman? >> yeah, no doubt about that, maya. in fact, i was struck by the powerful words by mr. pittman saying these students are going to be the future leaders of this country and future voters. they've certainly demonstrated incredible leadership and resolve just since the deadly tragedy. maya rodriguez, thank you very much. and thank you to greg pittman for joining us, as well. >>> in less than two weeks he's indicted 13 russians and handed new charges to rick gates and paul manafort, so what's robert mueller's next move? we're going to discuss that next. stay with us. thank you. ♪ imagine if the things you bought every day... earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. with the united mileageplus explorer card, you'll get a free checked bag. two uni

not broward county sheriff scott israel. >> i don't believe teachers should be armed. i believe teachers should teach. >> on wednesday, the sheriff did order all deputies in broward county schools to carry rifles on school grounds. that move has the support of the broward school superintendent. as for the president, we get more from jeff zeleny from the white house as the president is not done with the issue. >> reporter: president trump will have another listening session at the white house today with state and local officials. this comes one day after the emotional session in the state dining room of the white house on wednesday. listening to stories from six students from florida from shooting one week ago. parents sitting alongside parents of sandy hook and columbi columbine. the president stood and watched as he heard the story from one father. andrew pollack. his 18-year-old daughter, meadow, died last week. >> all the school shootings -- it doesn't make sense. fix it. should have been one school shooting and we should have fixed it. and i'm pissed. my daughter i

ap >>> broward county sheriff, scott israel calls it unbelievably catastrophic day. 17 are dead in aigh school shooting in parkland, florida. manuel bojorquez is back at the school now. he has more details. manny. >> that's right, the sheriff also confirming some further details about what was found at the school. 12 of the victims we're told were inside the building. another victim on the street area. another two people died in the hospital. what its interesting about that, if you think about it gives you indication of how long this shooting may have happened. and how many different areas. you saw some of the video there where student were already hiding. hear more shots. so clearly this was the shooting that went on for quite some time. and not only, got to people who were hiding inside classrooms and in the school hall ways, and people outside. again the information from law enforcement sources is that the gunman, according to those sources, had some degree of planning here by pulling the fire alarm at the school to create that chaos. and then, opening fire. as the you just heard

sheriff scott israel said he has displayed amazing leadership. >> deputies make mistakes, police officersstakes, we all make mistakes. >> reporter: israel is looking into claims that at least three other officers failed to enter the building. there were at least 18 phone tips. >> 16 of them were handled exactly the way they should. two of them, we're not sure our deputies did everything they could have or should have. >> reporter: more than 17 lawmakers demanded florida governor rick scott suspend israel the same day scott announced an investigation in the law enforcement response to the shooting. >> who was called, how did they respond? how was it broken. give us the facts. >> reporter: the sheriff said only one of his deputies was on campus while the gunman was there. the officers said it will cooperate with the investigation and sheriff israel says he will not resign. john? >> manuel, thanks. >>> president trump says school shootings will be on the top of his agenda when he meet as group of governors. the president hosted a dinner for the governors last night. they'll discuss an older

. >> reporter: sheriff scott israel's two sons played for him. >> the kids in this community loved him. they adored him. he was one of the greatest people i knew. >> reporter: aaron feis leaves behind a wife and daughter. he was 37 years old. >> feis, you're a hero. you're an american hero. you literally risked your life for people to live. >> and as we leave you here tonight, we want to show you one more picture of this extraordinary vigil that is taking place as people pay tribute. that is the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a little later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from parkland, florida i'm jeff glor. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> hi, everyone and welcome to the "overnight news." i'm demarco morgan. the suspect in the valentine's day school massacre in florida 19-year-old nikolas cruz is being held without bail. he's charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. police say cruz is the lone gunman who opened fire inside the marjory stoneman douglas high school wednesday, leav

sheriff scott israel says he is not going anywhere amid reports that several sheriffs deputies waited outside during that shooting and did not rush in to confront the gunman. governor rick scott is ordering an investigation. >> they have to be completely transparent. we have to do a thorough investigation and whoever didn't do their job has to be held accountable. there is no one i talked to that isn't disgusted that the local sheriff's deputy that was there didn't go in and kill that individual. >> deputies make mistakes, we all make mistakes. it is not the responsibility of general or the president if you have a deserter. you look into it. we're looking into this aggressively and we'll take care of it. justice will be served. >> sandra: meanwhile the democrats f.b.i. memo finally unleashed on washington over the weekend and there is brand-new reaction coming in from the white house. >> bill: we have live team fox coverage in all this and so much of it ties together. phil keating the latest in florida but let's start at the white house with john roberts. what's the aim of the big mee

israel to resign. state representative jay fant signed a letter with colleagues calling on governor scott to suspend israel. good to see you. you're one of four republicans running for state attorney general. sheriff israel has said he's not resigning, and now that the florida department of law enforcement, fdle, is conducting an investigation, are you willing to wait until the findings of that investigation before the governor were to take action on the sheriff, if any action at all? >> we have seen enough from sheriff israel on this very network yesterday. he, in spite of all of the evidence they ignored numerous contacts warning about cruz, and the standing down of one to four deputies on site that could have prevented loss of life, sheriff israel yesterday said he's exhibited amazing leadership. but, with amazing leadership comes amazing responsibility and amazing accountability. none of which he has embraced since this tragedy. floridians are tired of the circus. it is time for him to resign. >> so the sheriff denies there was an order of any kind of stand down. he said he's not even sure why the firs

broward county sheriff scott israel denied those reports today on cnn's "state of the union," but pressure is mounting on the florida governor to take action. in just the last hour, cnn has learned that 74 republican members of the florida house have asked governor rick sco scott to suspend sheriff israel. sheriff israel is fighting back, defending his leadership and the department. >> you've listed 23 incidents before the shooting involving the shooter and still nothing was done to keep guns out of his hands, to make sure the school was protected, to make sure you were keeping an eye on him. your deputy at the school failed. i don't see how you can sit there and claim amazing leadership. >> jake, on 16 of those cases, our deputies did everything right. our deputies have done amazing things. we've taken this -- the five years i've been sheriff, we've taken the broward county's sheriffs to a new level. i'm working with the bravest people i've ever met. at this point one person didn't do what he should have done. it's horrific. the victims here, the families, i pray for them every night. it

that was scott israel there, the county sheriff, talking to reporters. going back to our reporters.lorida, patricia. you are saying we know the identity of the gunman. yes, indeed. his name is nicolas de jesus the gunman. yes, indeed. his name is nicolas dejesus cruz. the authorities pointed out he is probably between 18 and 19 years old and used to attend this high school, although, at the moment he is not a student. the death toll is rising all the time. 17, is that right? yes. that is what the official number is. it is at least 17 deaths after this attack. and, obviously, a number of wounded as well. we do not have figures for how many have been winded. we do not have figures yet. —— wounded. at first, the authorities said they have transported at least 1a wounded to the hospitals, and now we are learning there are 17 dead people, so we learning there are 17 dead people, so we need to confirm that information. patricia, again, stay with us. we can hear from information. patricia, again, stay with us. we can hearfrom one of information. patricia, again, stay with us. we can hear f

shocking details about the activity of the broward county police under the leadership of sheriff scott israel. we shared with you a department email asking officers to defend the sheriff. it read "at the moment we find our agency up against a flurry of media allegations and a personal attack against our sheriff, sheriff israel stood with us. now we must stand with him. it's important they know we stand as one." this shouldn't be not about saving anyone's backside but about transparency. not protecting the sheriff or anyone else. sheriff israel has endorsed gun control and for that he won praise from student activists and this is happening as his department's actions before, during, and after the horrific school shooting are now being investigated by a separate state commission. when challenged, israel -- don't forget, unelected democratic sheriff -- bragged about his amazing leadership. but it may not have been so amazing. last night we report exclusively that sources close to the broward sheriff's office are telling us that deputies on the scene of the shooting were told not to enter the sch