let's show the students at stoneman douglas and across the country we hear them. i hope we show that reducing gun violence is a priority. a call on my republican colleagues to join the democrats in a bipartisan effort issued, effort, to treat the issue of gun safety with the same sense of urgency the american people believe is necessary. if republicans in a fraction of the effort to gun safety that they have two other issues we could get this done and done quickly. there are plenty of performs in the past that were completely consistent with second moment it would save lives even president trump for the time being said he supports so let's get started. not a giveaway to the gun lobby but work on closing loopholes let's have universal background checks. over 90% of the american people believe we should keep guns out of the hands of convicted felons and mentally unstable people. i also believe that we should have those who are subject to protective orders for the rest of violence should be disqualified from buying a gun. i would say that those who are on the terrori

the students from stoneman douglas. cnn town hall, students demanding action, starts now. ♪ >>> good evening and welcome to broward county, florida. i'm jake tapper. you're about to witness an historic exchange between survivors of a horrific school shooting and their elected leaders. in this arena are thousands of people whose lives were changed forever one week ago today, when a gunman opened fire inside marjory stoneman douglas high

i live right around the corner from marjory stoneman douglas. ery day i hear students marching from other schools all the way to douglas. i think itit is beautiful and incredible what they are doing on the ground. we need to complement that. we need to write letters. we need to march alongside them. we need to do whatever we can to support these students. amy: i want to thank youou, shaa rosenthal, for being with us, former intern peru public considered or marco rubio. by the way, did he respond to your letter to him in "the new york times"? you were his intern. >> i have not gotten a response yet, but that is why i'm going to great lengths to get a response, just mimicking what my community is doing. i think the town hall was a first step in that. i hope we can continue this conversation. shana rosenthal is a former student of marjory stoneman douglas high school. wewe will link to your keys, dos your piece "i interned for , senatotor rubio. now i'm m begging hihim to act n guns." when we come back, the horror that is syria. a roundtable discuss

marjory stoneman douglas high school where 2:30 eastern time. authorities got reports of a shooting in the school. multiple shots. one after the other. then there were reports of five people injured. broward sheriff's department converged on the scene as did the coral springs police department and the parkland police department. hospitals and and throughout the area were notified to be ready for multiple casualties being brought in.

it is at stoneman douglas high school. as you see more staff -- this looks like staff and teachers walking out of the school as of right now. as they continue to try to look and search for that gunman and this has been playing out now for more than an hour as they continue their search for the gunman. so we're continuing to stay on top of this and i'm going to try and gather more information for you. but chopper 6 over the scene, we'll stay locked on this. and also if you are listening or you can't get to a television or someone else wants to tune in, maybe a family frent -- friend or a parent concerned about the safety go online to nbc6.com or our app and tune in because we are live online. if you want to learn more information. but take a look. it looks like they are dropping off book bags here in this pile. that is what you are looking at now as they are trying to secure the area at the location there. we do know as again once again atf is headed to the scene. they're responding to the scene right now. which is again ve

rebecca bogard is a senior at marjory stoneman douglas high school. she was inside a classroom when the windows were shot out. she joins us tonight. thank you for joining us. what did you hear? >> i was in class in the freshman building, and i heard gunshots, and i did not want tow -- know how to react, because i was not sure what that was. and it was like, we just automatically knew when we heard that to go into hiding, because no one in my class had ever heard that before. w so we all went and hid under thh teacher's desk. >> tucker: what did your teacher do when the shots began? >> at first we thought it was a drill, and normally the teachers knew if it was a drill, and she looked concerned. so we were trying to stay calm hiding. most of the class tried to stay behind her desk and there were ten kids on the other side by the computer cart near the window. and the teacher had her phone. we were there for a while, she was on her walkie and talking to administration. she was on the phone with thee police and we all stayed calm and tried to relax, nobo

the students from stoneman douglas. the cnn town hall, students demanding action, starts now. ♪ >>> good evening and welcome to broward county, florida. i'm jake tapper. you're about to witness an historic exchange between survivors of a horrific school shooting and their elected leaders. in this arena are thousands of people whose lives were changed forever one week ago today, when a gunman opened fire inside marjory stoneman douglas high school and killed 17 students and teachers. four victims remain hospitalized. since this horrible day, we've seen this community come together and we have seen an amazing and eloquent group of students with various opinions talk about what they feel needs to change. we're here tonight to facilitate your desire to speak directly to your leaders. students and family members and faculty will get to ask questions to florida's two u.s. senators, republican marco rubio and democrat bill nelson as well as their congressman democrat ted deutsche. later tonight these students and their familie

a graduate of marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland florida come her name is francine brown pray she graduated in 2009 to choose currently a student at chicago college of law. she is one of dozens of stoneman douglas graduates in the chicago area to include incidentally the first baseman for the chicago cubs anthony rizzo. hundreds upon thousands nationwide who have joined together in the aftermath of the february 14 massft shooting that killed 14 stoneman douglas students and three staff. these young men and women have come together to speak up and urge their lawmakers to do somethingut about the nation's epidemic of gun violence. the message is starting to resonate. when francine was speaking muslims a students at schools across the chicagoland area for walking o out of class in solidarity with stoneman dug a students calling for common sense gun reform. the students don't have time or patience for political games in washington or springfield. they have seen their friends kids just like themselves shot in classrooms and neighborhoods. they have had enough. it's not suppose

does president trump have a unique opportunity to do something in the wake of stoneman douglas? l historian douglas brinkley and cnn political analyst ryan lizza. ryan, interesting moments that came out this townhall. senator rubio took tough questions, including stoneman douglas student cameron kassky. watch this. >> we can't boo people because they are democrats and because they are republicans. anyone willing to show change no matter where they are from. anybody starting to make a difference is somebody we he need. this is about people who are for making a difference to save us and people against it and prefer money. senator rub yes coupled right now that will you not accept a single donation from the nra in the future? >> the positions i hold on these issues on the second amendment i've held since the day i entered office in the city of west miami as an elected official. the answer to the question is that people buy into my agenda. >> what with do you make of the moment, ryan. >> first of all, these kid are amazing, to have the poise and the courage and to be as articulate an

marjory stoneman douglas high school has been closed since the mass shooting on wednesday. the broward county school district may reopen the campus later this week to staff. >>> the gun control debate is intensifying following the to school shooting. we have lawmakers on both sides giving their viewpoints. today, south carolina republican congressman trey gaudi said people should look at the bigger picture.>> i applaud their activism. i would encourage them to look at three components. the shooter himself, the instrumentality and any form of mitigation, whether it is magazine capacity, whether it is the speed with which the projectile is expelled. you have to look at all three.>> on the other side, democratic congressman erik caldwell met with constituents yesterday. he has a clear view of the policies he would like to see.>> i think we should ban assault weapons. every age, every street in our country should have a band.>> the white house says the president would support improving background checks following the florida school shooting. he is also scheduled to hold a liste

i'm a senior at marjory stoneman douglas high school. was killed in the shooting last wednesday. i'm supposed to go back to school in the upcoming week. my friends and i are worried that we are going to be murdered in our classrooms. what reassurances can you give me and what specifically are you going to do to make sure we don't have this fear? >> first of all, i offer my heart if he would condolences. i'm sorry for your loss. and i understand why you feel that way, because in our country today, what happened at stoneman douglas has tapped too many times. what am i going to do? well, as a starter, next week when we go back to washington, we're going to introduce legislation to make sure that assault weapons are illegal in every part of this country. [ cheers and applause ] but that's not -- that's not going to help you when you go back to school. all i can tell you is that we stand -- we stand with law enforcement in broward county. we stand with the administration and the teachers in your school to provide as much security, as much com

, after he left stoneman douglas, after he left stoneman douglas, after he committed this homicidaldal, detestable act. 0ur fbi and crime scene detestable act. 0ur fbi and crime scene people will begin processing this horrific scene as soon as the buildings are cleared. i have spoken to president trump and he has offered the full power of the united states of america to help us get through this. so that's the sheriff. back to our correspondent in florida, and clearly from what he was saying, the words he was using, he was shocked himself at the absolute horror and scale of the death in this shooting. unbelievably catastrophic, the words of the sheriff there. yes, and i have spoken with one of the students who evacuated this high school, and she told me that everybody was in a state of shock on the pretty much. they were just reuniting with their pa rents they were just reuniting with their parents and family members in a hotel that's actually nearby this school. and you can see it from images that we are getting from news agencies. we see that there is a state of shock and just sadn

to protest what happened at stoneman douglas last week.ng live coverage of that. stand by. in the meantime, president trump is now calling for an investigation -- a criminal investigation into the former president of the united states, barack obama, over russian meddling in the 2016 u.s. presidential election. here's the amazing tweet from the president earlier today. question, if all of the russian meddling took place during the obama administration, right up to january 20th, why aren't they the subject of the investigation? why didn't obama do something about the meddling? why aren't dem crimes under investigation? ask jeff sessions. jeff sessions, the attorney general of the united states. by the way, in the original tweet, the president misspelled the name of his attorney general. he left out the ""s" at the end. david gregory and gloria borger are still with me. it's pretty amazing, gloria, the president is recommending that his attorney general, who he clearly doesn't like because he recused himself from the russia investigation, go

in a needed boost to school spirit, the stoneman douglas high school hockey team won on sunday. the victory over the tournament's top seed. >> for the 17 that passed away out here. it has been a tough week. we came here to win. we all just came together and got the win. >> stoneman douglas will compete in the national championship next month in minnesota. >>> a agreein -- a growing numb companies are breaking up with the nra. they are not targeting weapons makers or manufacturers. they are targeting companies that offer discounts to nra members. symantec and metlife and car rental companies ending relationships with the nra. first national bank of omaha tweeting that customer feedback caused them to cancel the nra credit card. the delta and united airlines ends end s -- ending discounts for nra. the nra calling this a shameful display of political and civic cowardess. adding these brands will be replaced by others who value constitutional freedoms. for years, corporate america stayed away from controversial issues. now from climate change and gay rights and now gun control is no

i'm a junior at stoneman douglas.just want fto say this everybody right now is so stuck on what they believe that they are not even listening to what other people believe. we need to listen to other points of views. we all need to realize that we all have different points of views and that we need -- the solution is not going to be a singular thing. it will be multifaceted and it will be created by a collection of different people working together and we have to realize that we all have our opinions and together we'll be able to work to a solution. and this is not just parkland anymore. this is america. this is every student and everybody. it is not small. it is everything. so thank you for having us. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. >> my name is fred, i'm carson's dad. i'm going to pass the microphone along to some of the other students if we have a chance later on, perhaps i'll speak or other parents would speak, but i'd like the students to get their chance. >> very nice. >> i'm justin river and i was at the

students at marjory stoneman douglas high school douglas high stoneman marjory students at broke out.tudents at marjory stoneman douglas high school thought they another fire drill. authorities say cruz alarm... to flush the students out into the hallways. he then opened fire with a semi-automatic weapon. ( darya ) good morning i'm darya folsom..( robin ) marjory stoneman marjory stoneman marjory marjory marjory stoneman douglas high school, closed until further notice. the public school that some 3-thousand students, now a crime scene.sot aidan minoff, freshman, stoneman douglas high school"the first thing that popped into my mind was where is the shooter and next."at least 17 are dead and more than a dozen ( darya ) thanks natasha. ( darya ) one of the ( darya )( darya ) ( darya ) one of the first victims identified in first victims one of the one of the one of the first victims identified in this horrific shooting is a student ... this young girl named jaime guttenburg.her parents said she died in the shooting, while their son, jesse, made it home. ( darya ) 49 year old chris hixon

the students of stoneman douglas demand action. kaylee, tell us about the plan for this. >> reporter: well, brianna, in of the students with diane in tallahassee and many more will be bringing passion and outrage here to the bbt center tonight. more than 5,000 people confirmed they will attend. cnn's production staff conducting an audio check to get ready for the 9:00 p.m. event behind me. but what you can expect to see here tonight, those students and those survivors from stoneman douglas as well as their parents and teachers and administerers having the opportunity to begin a conversation with elected officials and even a spokesperson from the nra. on that stage tonight, i mentioned elected officials but most notably, senator marco rubio, a man who has taken more money from the nra than any other politician in the state of florida. also someone who in the last week has said he doubted that the proposed gun laws would have prevented the massacre at stoneman douglas. we've heard students with very strong words for him over the past

athletes from stoneman douglas rally to win a state title.re for the celebration. >>> new this morning, a reported plan by president trump to have his personal pilot appointed head of the faa. >>> a new look at the damage after a dozen tornadoes rip across the midwest. the death toll mounting. now the flood risks growing as rivers rise. >>> later,

now, yesterday i met with a group of survivors from the stoneman douglas high school in parkland florida. two weeks after losing classmates, friends, teachers, these kids have not given themselves over to grief or cynicism. they organization -- organized and resolved and are committed and inspiring. we just went to the observance of billy graham's death in the capitol rotunda, and he would have said, men of the cloth would have said, instead of cursing the darkness, these kids are lighting a candle, which is a beautiful thing to do. as i was sitting with them, i remember meeting with the young people who survived the shooting at the pulse nightclub. i remember sitting with the parents and kindergartens and first graders killed at sandy hook elementary. i still ache for them and their parents. parents who had presents stashed under the christmas tree that were never opened. all of them, the students of stoneman douglas, parents from newtown, the families of the victims of orlando, las vegas and columbine and every day gun violence across the country, all of them are calling on us to act.

marjory stoneman douglas high school, closed until further notice. the public school that was home to some 3-thousand students, now a crime scene. sot aidan minoff, freshman, marjory stoneman douglas high school"the first thing that popped into my mind was where is the shooter and where is he going next."at least 17 are dead and more than a dozen others injured after police say shooting suspect and former 19-year-old student, nikolas cruz, opened fired, as school was close to being dismissed for the day.sot marjory stoneman douglas high school student"he knows the school layout. he knows where everyone would be at as of right now. he's been at the fire drills. he's prepared for this stuff."investigators believe the suspect pulled the fire alarm to draw people out of school in order to kill as many as possible.cruz is expected in court today...as investigators look into the teen's troubled past and variety of gun and violence- related posts on social media. sot jonathan guimaraes, marjory stoneman douglas high school student"valentine's day everyone wa

i'll be joined by a teacher at stoneman douglas high school and a teacher from columbine, they'll talk to us about the experience with the assault weapons in their schools and what they might be able to do if they had guns. >> well done. thanks, lawrence. >>> yesterday when pressed if the president had any ideas of his own to make schools safer, the press secretary had no answer. and when asked if they favor newt gingrich's idea to have teachers have guns, the press secretary had no idea. she said she never discussed that with the president. now we know the answer to that question. >> it's called concealed carry. it works where you have people adept at using firearms, which you have many. it would be teachers, and coaches, if the coach had a firearm in his locker when he ran at this guy, that coach was very brave, saved a lot of lives i suspect. but if he had a firearm he wouldn't have had to run, that would have been the end of it. >> that would have been the end of it. that's donald trump's imagining of what might have been if one of the coaches at marjory stoneman douglas had a gun

>> reporter: sam zeif, a student at marjorie stoneman douglas high school.n i lot of a best friend, practically a brother. and i'm here to use my voice because i know he can't. >> reporter: zeif spoke of the eemiautomatic rifle used at the high school massacre, the ar-15. >> i turned 18 the day after, woke up to the news that my best friend was gone. and i don't understand why i can still go in a store and buy a weapon of war, an a.r. how is it that easy to buy this type of weapon? how do we not stop this after columbine, after sandy hook? i'm sitting with a mother that lost her son. ti's still happening. or reporter: the mother next to zeif, nicole hockley, whose son dylan was murdered in the sandy hook elementary school shooting in 2012. >> this is not difficult. these deaths are preventable. and i implore you, consider your own children. you don't want to be me. no parent does. >> reporter: the president said he would strengthen background checks and look to increase mental health services. mr. trump said he was open to all ideas on improving school safet

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

stoneman douglas is going to go through this as a family. parkland is going to go through this as a family. and together as a country, we will go together through this as a family. >> glor: do you think you will feel safe when you go back? >> through this whole ordeal we will be brave and fight. we're eagles. we're not puppies. >> glor: i don't know that i've ever seen a more remarkable, composed, and inspiring group of students than the ones we talked to earlier. they are a testament to this community. they are a testament to this school district. and they want the nation to know that tonight. we're going to move just a short way away from here now and talk to jericka duncan who has more on the students-- students talk about these warning signs that may have been missed. she has more on that parent of the story. >> reporter: that's right, jeff. here, you can see that the street is blocked off. this is the area where cruz was staying for the last three months with another family. investigators and people who say they know cruz asking the que

joining me is lizzy eat, a junior at marjory stoneman douglas. of the students who went all the way from parkland, florida, to tallahassee to speak with lawmakers. how are you doing to they? >> i'm good. how are you today? >> excellent. thank you very much. even with all of you there, even with more than 100 parkland students at the florida state house, the house voted against even debating a measure on assault weapons. how did that make you feel? >> it was really heartbreaking at first to hear that, and especially since we were there. we had been talking to the senators all day. we're not going to stop. we're going to keep fighting so that doesn't happen again. >> fighting for what, exactly, lizzy? what are you asking for? >> we want more background checks. we want people with mental illnesses to not have these weapons in their hands. we want our schools to be safer. i don't want to be afraid to go to school anymore. we want them to understand what we're feeling right now. >> you said after you met with some of the lawmakers. some are just not l

i'm a junior at marjory stoneman douglas. msd is not only my school but my home.14th, 2018, an intruder broke into my home and robbed 17 innocent souls of a chance to impact the world. these outstanding and compassionate eagles left us too soon due to the lack of gun control in our state and country. this atrocious act not only broke the hearts of our community but broke the hearts of the entire world. we cry, we mourn, and most importantly, we ask why. i've been asking that question a lot lately, and i haven't gotten an answer that's satisfied me. so we came up with a solution to the answer that we've never gotten. it has a name. never again. because never again should a child be afraid to go to school. never again should students have to protest for their lives. never again should an innocent life be taken while trying to gain an education. and never again should i feel guilty to be alive because peter, carmen, scott, feis, hickson, meadow, jamie, alyssa, joaquin, helena, nick, a la that, kara, martin, luke, gina, and alex are not. that is why we have organized

. >>> back to school this morning at stoneman douglas high. the new details on who will greet the students before classes resume today and the remarkable show of support and love from people across the country and around the world in the wake of the shooting. >>> also this morning, amazon pays a billion dollars for a smart doorbell. >>> a court decides whether this iconic nike logo of michael jordan copied this picture. see if you agree with the ruling. >>> i don't know. it looks pretty close as we say good morning on this hump day. we're going to start with the president's son-in-law and senior adviser denied access to the country's deepest secrets. >> jared kushner is no longer operating with the top secret security clearance that allowed him to view the highly classified intelligence and tara palmeri joins us from washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president's son-in-law has been denied access to the country's top secrets setting off speculation that his white house days may be numbered. the president's top adviser and

no solamente es marjory stoneman douglas, sino que es a las comunidades alrededor. ahora vamos contigo, javi. javier: en medio del caos, las noticias falsas se filtraron en las redes sociales. fueron compartidas fotos de supuesto pistolero vestido de negro y sosteniendo armas de fuego que no eran. una cuenta falsa de Él un ex presentador de fox news compartiÓ información errÓnea sobre un segundo pistolero en custodia. un artÍculo falso de buzzfeed sobre por quÉ quitarle las armas a las personas blancas. algunos que usted de facebook que se compartieron ayer y que claramente eran falsos. seguimos con esta cobertura especial sobre la tragedia escolar que enluta al paÍs. estamos desde florida con carolina y desde aquÍ en los estudios. javier: esta trending el hashtag #control de armas ahora. los republicanos deben alejar su base electoral y la sucesiÓn nacional del rifle que contribuye a sus campaÑas electorales, no sÓlo cup o republicanos. algunos han recibido dinero de esta asociaciÓn. lÍderes del partido como john mcc de arizona y republicano, muchos estÁn precisame

numerous emergency personnel is outside of marjory stoneman douglas high school. this is taken from 15 minutes ago with students making their way into the streets with a lot of ambulances on the scene and police are telling teachers and students to remain barricaded. as you can see in the video they are getting out of the high school as soon as possible. the report of a school shooting and you can see there are people who do appear to be injured and are being transported to area hospitals. we will continue to monitor the situation taking place in parkland , florida. as we get more information we will bring it to you. >>> today a couple suspected of killing a young woman and leaving her on a road east of livermore will make their first court appearance. >> daniel gross and melissa leonardo will be charged with murder this afternoon. fox 2 crime reporter henry the is right outside the courthouse. >> reporter: in a couple hours they will make the first court appearance here at the hall of justice. at this hour prosecutors have not yet filed formal murder charges. tho

stoneman douglas high school. they must feel confident enough to most children and the teachers out as they are under protection by what you see there. police officers as well as s.w.a.t. team members who are heavily, heavily armed. but the last we had heard, folks is that the shooter is quote, still at large and as soon as we get anything more on this, we will bring it to you. we just so happen to have fox news strategic analyst lieutenant colonel ralph peters in the chair. i would like to say, ralph, the white house and the president is aware of the situation and watching what is going down. we'll keep the pictures up. the activity is calmer at the site but we're hearing there is an active shooter out there. what can you glean from this? >> my remarks will be very unpopular with a lot of viewers, sorry. i grew up around deer hunters. my father was a big hunter. i own guns, i believe in the 2nd amendment. the founding fathers did not have every methedup psycho have a machine gun. you are just not going to stop th

it's calmed "stand up: the students of stoneman douglas demand action." officials attending the town hall include senator marco rubio who will be taking questions. that's tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >>> jared kushner and white house chief of staff john kelly refeuding over the presidential son-in-law's access to -- are feuding over the presidential son-in-law's access to confidential information. he's been in his role as a senior white house adviser for more than a year. the white house says kushner is resisting giving up access and is concerned he's a specific target of kelly's directive overhauling the white house clearance system. >> this guy has an enormous portfolio and doesn't have access to -- permanent three classified information. -- permanently to classified information. the order cancels top-level clearances at the end of this week for any staffer whose background investigation has been pending since last june. the white house process has been under scrutiny since staff secretary rob porter was forced to resign after both of his ex-wives accu

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stand up, the students of stoneman douglas demand action. cnn's caylee hart tong. >> reporter: the students and survivors of stoneman douglas along with their parents and teachers and administrators will have the opportunity to confront elected officials even a spokesperson from the nra and begin a conversation that they hope will affect change. among those on the stage you'll see tonight, ted doich, the democratic representative for the district, that includes parkland and many students telling me he's been a tremendous resource to them. the state's two senators bill nelson and marco rubio, who comes with a very bright spotlight on him because these students, teenagers have not been shy about calling him out for millions he's accepted from the nra. i wouldn't expect students to take it easy on him tonight with their questions and i don't think they will either on the nra national spokeswoman who will be here as well. president trump as well as florida's governor rick scott were also extended invitations and both declined the opportunity to

this as classmates prepare to travel to the capitol today pushing for gun control and stoneman douglas high school sets a date to re-open. >>> weather alert for millions. just in time for this morning's commute. snow and ice, a dangerous combo in the nation's midsection, as much of the rest of the country prepares for springtime warmth. >>> at the olympics, the ice dancers steal the show. results this morning for the american brother and sister team, plus the world record just broken. >>> also this morning, a possible blood test that could detect autism earlier. >>> new research on the one thing you should have each day to live past 90. >>> and a popular children's cereal getting a magical addition. >>> good tuesday morning to you all. we begin with the florida school shooting, survivors leading the charge against gun violence. >> students from stoneman douglas high school are taking their demands for tougher gun control directly to state lawmakers today. authorities also are now saying the suspect had access to more guns than previously reported. abc's arlette saenz begins our coverag

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again because of the high school students from stoneman douglas that have led this effort. one of the students is named david hogg and he was here again wanting to have his voice heard. take a listen to what he had to say regarding the state house here in florida not taking up a potential ban on assault weapons. take a listen. >> tell me what went through your mind when the assault ban did not make it out of the house yesterday. >> i wasn't surprised but it is okay. these people won't get re-elected. the people here today are the people that democracy is founded on. not the people in there. their supposed to be representing our views. and each person that is here today is not going to vote for those people. we're about -- we have a revolution on our hands. >> reporter: now again the students from stoneman douglas have been here all day. they got here very early this morning. up at the crack of down here at the state capitol by about 8:30 this morning and since then meeting with 70 lawmakers, both republicans and democrats, some of the lawmakers were the ones that voted agai

neil: you are looking live at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida where now we're learning that the deputy who failed to go after shooter nikolas cruz well he might not have been the only one our students reacting one of them who just met with president donald trump and you're looking live at this conservative combat known as cpac going on in national harbor, maryland where the president renewed calls forearming teachers and beefing up background checks, forget the nra our congressional republican s on board. house conference chair kathy rogers is here we'll ask her and you're looking live at a very foggy capitol hill where the reverend billy graham's body will eventually be lying in honor starting on wednesday. he is the first private citizen to get that honor, since rosa parks, back in 2005, graham's casket today will be making its way from the graham training center in asheville, north carolina to charlotte in the next hour when liberty university president will be joining us. welcome, everybody, busy morning oil neil cavuto, very glad to have you with us. the f

as athletes from stoneman douglas rally to win a state title days after the tragedy. we're there for the celebration. >>> new this morning, a reported plan by president trump to have his personal pilot appointed head of the faa. >>> a new look at the damage after a dozen tornadoes rip across the midwest. the death toll mounting. now the flood risks growing as rivers rise. >>> later, images of a shocking racecar crash. the driver's condition this morning. >>> a carry-on bursts into flames on this airliner. the cause and the growing concern. >>> and does milk really do a body good? why olympic athletes are saying, they don't got milk. >>> we do say good morning on this monday. we're going to start with the intensifying debate over gun laws as president trump prepares to gather more ideas today in the aftermath of the florida shooting. >> now, this time, the president will hear from the nation's governors. he's sitting down with them today following a black tie event at the white house. this, as congress gets back to work under growing pressure to take action as well. ab

stoneman douglas was the low seed, 0-3.thing happened on the , e, in the semifinals and final, something beyond improbable. >> yeah! >> glor: by winning two pressure-packed, unbelievably emotional winter games, the became state champs this past weekend for the first time ever. >> this picture really just shows what we became, how we brought everything together and just pulled through to win this championship. >> glor: a bittersweet celebration on the ice was followed by a more poignant one at the school. there were 17 people killed in owrkland, 17 memorials now sit ch campus. yesterday not by design, but perhaps some form of divine intervention, there were 17 players on the ice. >> before the game, as a team, in the locker room we decided that we would go back to douglas after the game if we won and each one of us stand behind a cross or a jewish star and put a nddal on each one of them. >> reporter: and that is exactly what they did. >> everyone who was at the school came out and kind of circled around us, and then as d ex

let's bring in now ryan daesh, a student at stoneman douglas.reciate you joining us so much. >> thank you so much. >> what do you think of how the florida house voted today? >> i've heard about the statehouse vote from other people around me and it's just -- it's definitely a disappointment. but it is nowhere near the last step in this battle. it is just one little stepping stone that we have to overcome, we have to just get passed that little hurdle and make it through. we have to show them that we are not just some online presence, we are real people fighting a real fight. >> what do you want to say to those representatives tonight? you have a lot of americans listening to you and you have the microphone. >> well, i want to say that i've always found the florida legislation to be a bit odd. i mean, in my own home county of broward, it is unlawful to sing in a bathing suit in public. i just find that i cannot trust any of their word, if they say that they're going to vote down something in committee, that's just ridiculous to see that it would

paulina, poco a poco las cosas regresaron a la normalidad a la secundaria stoneman douglas, en parklandegresando a la escuela en un horario especial, comienzan las clases las puertas se abren a las 7:30 de la maÑana y a las 11:40 podrÁn salir es un horario especial hasta el viernes dos de marzo en lo que logran reacomodarse a la nueva realidad despuÉs de la masacre, ya hemos visto algunos camiones escolares pasar a mi espalda, pero no nos confundamos la normalidad tardara en regresar porque vemos muchos oficiales del sheriff de la policÍa cuidando la zona y a mi espalda tambiÉn pueden ver el altar que se instalÓ en memoria de las 17 personas que murieron aquÍ un dato importante es que el edificio que se llevÓ a cabo el tiroteo no estÁ abierto al pÚblico todavÍa los estudiantes no podrÁn entrar ahÍ estÁ resguardado por las autoridades incluso hay peticiones de padres de familia para que se mantenga cerrado o que se derrumbe y que en ese lugar se instale un monumen monumento en memoria a las personas fallecidas paulina. >> sabemos que la jornada de hoy serÁ corta, pero sabremos quÉ tipo d

some updates on marjory stoneman douglas high school. activities at school will be closed for the remainder of this week. all activities will be canceled as well. we are going to provide grief counselors. they will be available to marjory stoneman douglas high school students and families at the pines trails park recreation center and amphitheater located at 10555 trails end, parkland, florida, beginning at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. again, that's grief counselors for parents and families at pines trails park recreation center in parkland. we will also have grief counselors available for staff members at the parkland library at 6620 north university drive in parkland. again, for the staff members, we will have grief counselors available at the parkland library at 6620 north university. the grief counselors will also be available at west glades middle school which is right adjacent to this high school as well. and what i can tell you about today's shooter, today's shooter was a former marjory stoneman douglas high school student and was

the players wore stoneman douglas baseball caps also.wo runs given up in the first inning including this lead off. philly's offense having issues. in the fifth inning, caught in mo no man's land. gunned down at third base. phillies lose 2-0. they'll play their opener against the orioles on nbc sports philadelphia. >>> the pfliers and sixers hot since the eagles won the super bowl, they'll look to keep things going this afternoon. the orange and black in the great white north. they take on ottawa at 3:00. they are 8-0-1 since the birds brought home the lombardi tro if i. >>> the sixers have 6-0. both teams are prime to make a nice playoff push down the stretch. the good times still rolling in the city of brotherly love. >>> the eagles and their fans collect the spoils of victory. when you usually win a bet, you don't have to pay up. here it's the philly mayor boxing things up to send to ma. they're honoring the birds' win over the patriots. that's a statue of the hall of fame undefeated heavy weight champ. as if you needed anymore super b

medal of freedom by bill clinton in 1993 when she was 103 years old. >> beyond florida, marjory stoneman douglasa mentor for all who desire to preserve what we southerners affectionately call a sense of place. and mrs. douglas, the next time i hear someone mention the timeless wonders and powers of mother nature, i'll be thinking about you. >> well, on that same day, the president then invited her to witness the signing of the brady bill, the bill which established a federal background check for people buying handguns, a gun law endorsed by former president ronald reagan, opponent of gun who then endorsed it because it was named for his press secretary james brady critically wounded in the attempted reagan assassination. you're looking at live pictures of nikolas cruz going for a status hearing in florida. which should be beginning within the hour. he's arrived for this status hearing after pleading guilty. he is represented by, i believe, a broward county public defender. chief washington reporter for the boston herald and an msnbc contributor and attorney, and jeremy peters, "new york times" p