we'll hear from a father of a student killed at the marjorie stoneman douglas school. it's hosted by donald payne jr. >>> the subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on engaging the community's perspective on school security. good morning, and thank you everyone who is here today. the subcommittee is meeting to discuss community perspectives on school safety and how the federal government can better support local stakeholders in making our children safer. i want to thank the witnesses for participating in today's hearing. first, we have ms. lauren hogg and mr. max shafter's testimony is ones the american public needs to hear and ones that members of congress should take to heart as we go about our w k work. a special thank you to both. the chair would like to acknowledge congressman deutsch who represents parkland, florida, and has been a champion for measures to improve school safety. i ask unanimous consent to allow congressman deutsch to sit and ask questions. without objection it's so ordered. i'm glad this hearing can build upon hearings the subcommitte

marjory stoneman douglas did not conduct a code red drill for several years prior to the shooting.train their teachers, they didn't train their staff what to do in an emergency. and, god forbid, if an active shooter walks on your campus, what happened at marjory stoneman douglas, there's a lot of dead people and that needs to change. so in florida we have mandated, we have come to the realization that schools are not going to do the right thing. they have failed to protect our children. and in florida we have mandated that schools implement drills. we mandated every one of them has to have an active assailant response policy, they all have to train, and training in a lockdown, which is what many schools are doing, is just teaching the next school shooter exactly where to go. we need to be training them and giving them options-based training so they have lots of different options if, god forbid, something happens. so extremely happy we've got the school safety website coming life, but we need more schools to be able to access that information and make their schools safe. there's sti

survivor of the school shooting in marjory stoneman douglas high school. in parkland, florida. although she may be on, miss hogg is undoubtedly and unfortunately, an expert on this topic. i am thankful she is here testifying for her first congressional hearing to she share her experiences. next we have gerald maples, the director of the office of the homeland security to prepare. mister maples has appeared numerous times. i thank him for coming back. next we have ms. cassie, who is the director of texas school safety center. it's a part of the texas state university and has been focused on improving school safety in texas for the past 20 years. lastly, we have mr. shatner, the founder and ceo of safe schools for alex, an organization he found after losing his son to the school shooting in parkland, florida. again, thank you for being here today. >> today. that went out objection the witnesses. will be inserted into the record. i now ask each witness to summarize his or her statements for five minutes. ms. hogg >> thank you all for allowing me the opportunity to give a student's

there were a series of meetings at marjory stoneman douglas high school. they were closed-door meetings, the superintendent made sure that only one school board member was about to speak because if to mexico and would have to be public record in minutes would have to be taken. >> that's called sunshine law. >> sunshine laws, so there are these meetings, some of the parents are not happy with the school district for all sorts of reasons. a couple weeks later the superintendent hold another and become a public meeting at a neighboring high school, and has his deputy e-mail at various activist groups and say we just had a series of closed-door meetings at marjory stoneman douglas high school. we haven't heard rhetoric that this was enforcement please come to the school district and supporter superintendent, right? we reached a point in public education where your kid can get murdered in school and if you ask why are you try to hold people accountable, you will be called a racist, and nobody will really care. that to my mind goes back to the southern poverty l

there were a series of meetings at marjory stoneman douglas high school. closes door meetings, the superintendent made sure that only one school board member was allowed to speak because if two spoke it would have to be public record and then minutes would have to be taken. >> they call it the sunshine law. >> sunshine laws, i and so it's four meetings, stoneman douglas parents north have with the school district, a couple weeks later the superintendent holds another meeting, public meeting at a neighboring high school, and has his deputy e-mail out various activist groups and i said what sea 0 closed door meetings and he have what heard rhetoric this vial since desegregation was enforced. please come to the school district and n support your superintendent. right? so we reached a point in public education where your kid can get murdered in school, and if you ask why or if you try to hold people accountable you'll be called a racist and nobody will really care. and that to my mind goes back to the southern poverty law center and this kind of politically co

on valentine's day 2018 there was a massacre at marjorie stoneman douglas high school in park in florida. every single time like what nothing happened people love to play it off you know thoughts and prayers our entire nation. with one heavy heart is praying for the victims and their families. for once it was just like enough is enough for. a student initiative organize the biggest protest in the u.s. since the 1960 s. when young americans took to the streets to oppose the vietnam war millions took part in the march from liners in spring 2018 to demonstrate against guns in their country guns that kill their friends and that moment was an absolutely riveting and catalyzing moment i think for the country that is different from anything we've seen before but at the same time the arms industry was upgrading and launching new products on the market it has said there's very many factors that make that specific gun an amazing piece. more than $30000.00 people dying through gun violence in the u.s. every year and in some areas the situation is completely out of control but rather than abolish gu

criminal to maintain a clean background check using firearm to murder 17 people at marjorie stoneman douglas high school the obama administration forced these leniency policies serving millions of students by way of a letter which threatened the loss of federal funding if schools were have found racially disparate in suspension rates. co-author of the book is senior fellow at the new york city manhattan institute of former program manager of the education policy studies department of aei and has a ba from yale. andrew pollick is an unlikely political activist entrepreneur and businessman with experience in scrap metal and real estate but everything changed when his daughter meadow was murdered by nicholas cruz last year. he dedicates his life to make school safe again founding a nonprofit americas for children's lives for school safety or class to ensure the families of victims get answers. to begin, mister pollick. [applause] >> hey everyone thank you for coming. i will tell you a little bit about my story which is rough for me to do but i will do it for you. is not in politics before this

facing 34 counts, including premeditated and attempted murder he killed 17 people at marjory stoneman douglas high school back in february of 2018. cruz has already confessed to the shooting. so the trial is not about determining guilt. instead it's about whether or not he'll be sentenced to death for that massacre. his defense team has offered a guilty plea in exchange for life in prison with no parole. if prosecutors removed the death penalty option, but prosecutors have rejected that plea deal. congress is mourning the loss of a legend democratic congressman elijah cummings the maryland representative who also chaired one of the committees involved in the impeachment inquiry has died at the age of 68 karin caifa has reaction now from capitol hill. do not have that story but he died early this morning and it was apparently suffering from long-term health issues he had been in months and certainly was was there cognitively as he and vocal critic at times ofa president trump and also a champion for his home district in baltimore in the suburbs around that now he had recently been in hospice c

shooting in parkland florida. 3 teachers and 14 students were killed by a gunman at marjory stoneman douglas high school. >>take a look at this video a bridge collapsing in taiwan. it happened this morning at least 12 people were injured. 6 people are still missing tonight when the bridge collapsed, it hit 3 fishing boats and one oil tanker causing the tanker did catch on fire. the cause of the collapse is still under investigation. of course is well known for her work helping others in need saturday. she continued that effort by donating more than million dollars to an organization that supports students. >>in charlotte, north carolina and helps him attend college teacher trussell has the details. >>people gathered at the 2019. the keynote speaker. oprah winfrey, i'm honored because my angeles to come all the time and so in her name i get to to to speak on behalf hbc use everywhere money raised here today will support students who attend the historically black college and university. that support will be a game changer for many and keep them in school. this is everyone's issues and we can a

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. >> rodriguez survived the shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school. 17 people died when a gunman opened fire there targeting students and staff in february of last year. >>> happening today, it is your last chance to enjoy presidio picnic in san francisco. dozens of food trucks have been out at the presidio every sunday since march. there are activities including yoga classes, lawn games, a photo booth, crafts for kids and live music. the picnic runs until 4:00 this afternoon. i guess this means summer has come to an end. >> around here we're just cranking it up. those offshore winds and high pressure are building today, a beautiful day. lots ofsun. numbers coming up to where they should be this time of year. mt. tam is a little he's a. 50s in danville. 59 in novato. our warming trend will take us through the entire week. d getting a little interesting by the end of the week. we could see a stronger offshore flow. i'll explain with my accuweather seven-day forecast, next. >> thanks, lisa. >>> next, the san francisco district attorney's appointment is stirring up the race at the b

the 2018 marjorie stoneman douglas high school massacre, to a poll's relapse suspension.measure ghost before florida senate for consideration. hillary clinton's feud with democratic presidential hopeful tulsi gabbard showing no signs of letting up tonight. after the former democratic presidential nominee floated a conspiracy theory that one of the candidates, she means gabbard, is a russian asset, 2020 democrats and donald trump are weighing in. sheet breaking news correspondent trace gallagher has the latest. >> reporter: tulsi gabbard is fighting back and not fighting alone. in a social media post the 2020 presidential candidate suggested hillary clinton's reason for smearing her as a russian asset is payback for her defiance of the party establishment in 2016. >> if you stand up against hillary and the party powerbrokers, if you stand up to the rich and powerful elite and the war machine they will destroy you and discredit your message. but here's the truth. they will not intimidate us. they will not silence us. >> fellow 2020 candidate bernie sanders, beto o'rourke, a

. >> rodriguez survived the shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school. 1 people died in february of last year. >>> happening today, it's the last chance to enjoy presidio picnic in san francisco. dozens of food trucks have been at the main food ground since march. there are plenty of other activities including yoga classes, lawn games, photo booths and live music. the picnic runs from 11:00 to 4:00 this afternoon. a sign that summer is officially ended, but it's going to start feeling like summer again. >> good thing it's today. cloudy and misty. as for today, yes, we're turning the corner on this cooling trend and warming it up a bit. 51 in oakland, 55 san francisco, san jose 54. we'll talk about a beautiful sunday on the way, a slight warming trend to start out the week and high fire danger returning by the middle of the week. we'll put it together for you coming up next. >> thanks. also next, suzy loftus san francisco's interim district attorney but her appointment by mayor london breed is stirring up the race for the office which will be decided in a matter of weeks at the ba

. >> rodriguez survived the shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school. 17 people died when a gunman opened fire there targeting students and staff in february of last year. >>> happening today, it's the last chance to enjoy presidio picnic in san francisco. dozens of food trucks have been out at the main parade ground of the pre sid yo since march. there are plenty of other activities including yoga classes, lawn games, photo booth, crafts for kids and live music. the picnic runs from 11:00 this morning until 4:00 this afternoon. and lisa, sounds like it's a great day to be outside in the city. >> exactly. where temperatures are going to climb through the upper 60s. we're in the low 50s from our east bay hills camera looking here looks pretty calm but upper elevation winds are kind of breezy. we will look for a sunnier and warmer afternoon for you with numbers about three to four degrees warmer than you were yesterday. with the cool numbers in the north bay, we'll talk about a very nice sunday ahead and a warmup for the week ahead. my accuweather seven-day forecast is coming up. >>>

mass shooting in parkland florida. 3 teachers in 14 students were killed by gunmen at marjory stoneman douglas high school. >>for the past 10 days we've been taking you on a tour along the entire length of the u s mexico border. our team from border report dot com started at the pacific ocean. now is that the gulf of mexico and south texas construction of the border wall there is ongoing and with it brings controversy property rights safety concerns. reporter and nikght now that's yards from here but what we're seeing here in south texas is that they're actually having a push the construction of the wall inland to preserve the wildlife refuge. >>dougall mayor john david franz designed it dougall pump house world birding center he envisioned a peaceful nature reserve right on the rio grande, a beautiful i can bike trail for people but since 2009 18 foot steel beams wall runs right down the middle ideally you want. >>you want a wall or a fence at your border, the existing border wall in a dow go isn't on the border, initially we were opposed to it as a community. but we realized a that we didn't

host: how many other people let marjorie stoneman douglas had a weapon?ually, about eight deputies from the broward sheriff's office pulled up to the school and did not go in with the shots going off. deputy peterson was the resource officer on the scene. he came nine feet from the door going in when the killer was still on the first floor, and he did not go in. i daughter was on the third floor. retreated and hid behind a wall. was the last few months, he arrested on felony charges for child neglect. the captain that showed up who was in charge of the command, she resigned. jordan, andnt, jan another lieutenant, he resigned. three or four more deputies have been fired for not going into the building while they listened to the shots. overs in that building for eight minutes by himself. he could have had a musket and killed 17 people. he could have had an ax and killed 17 people. it does not matter what he had. no one went in to save him. the people that went in to save my daughter were coaches and they were unarmed and they were murdered. host: you say it

the state legislature passed that law in response to the deadly shooting at the marjory stoneman douglas in parkland, but so far only a few of the school districts in the state are following true with it. >> reporter: teachers in seven florida school districts will soon be locked and loaded. a new law enacted this month in the state gives schools the option to allow teachers to carry concealed guns. the law expands on the guardian school safety program introduced after the parkland shooting last year. >> that initial program was everybody except classroom teachers. >> okeechobee is one of seven school districts taking advantage of the new option. the assistant superintendent of okeechobee county says their first priority is protecting students. >> you can't have a hash tag of putting student it is first and not want to use every opportunity to keep them safe. >> reporter: he says they already have several volunteers. one teacher, who wished to remain anonymous due to safety concerns, says they are ready for their responsibility. >> in my years as a teacher, you know your kids. you wouldn

andrew pollak's daughter meadow was one of people killed at marjory stoneman douglas.he was going to be the shooter and shoot up the school. eight of disdeputies brian, pulled up, took a perimeter around the school instead of going into the school. 10 people all in all failed. this guy claimed he had amazing leadership. jillian: pollak says he believes the entire community would be unsafe under israel's leadership. we'll see what happens. >>> an urgent search underway for a missing plane that vanished from radar. crews combing through a north carolina park to see if the small plane crashed into the woods. it was expected to land at raleigh due ham international airport when the plane disappeared. it is unsure where the flight took off from. >>> the actor instagramming an picture of his wife's catherine arnold schwarzenegger burned bagel. proud of my darling trying to cook tonight. did it go well? , not at all. this bagel bite never stood a chance. schwarzenegger saying my plans to have you do the cook something working out very well. ainsley: they're cute. steve: someb

sheriff, israel's leadership call intoed question, you remember as the massacre as marjorie stoneman douglasd, florida governor ron desantis hopes he brings some relief the parkland families, the trial of nicolÁs cruz to begin. dangerous forecast forcing utility to look ahead, winds could be worst than gusts that pushed deadly wild fires years ago, all to help prevent fires sparked by damaged electrical equipment, chicago sun times this morning writes light foot, we won't bailout cps, pay for everything teacher unions wants, mayor of chicago shows no signs of backing down, the district has to live within its means, the teacher strike has kept 300,000 students out of class for days now, thousands rallied outside of city hall during first budget address shutting down the famous loop. we will take a break, when we come back, recession proof, how small business owners can prepare for market move of the economy, then overworked, why so many americansle are unhappy in the workplace, stay with us. ♪ ♪ an official message from medicare. hey fred - it's medicare open enrollment. time to compare plans

this bill, our office met with max shakter whose son alex was tragically killed at the marjory stoneman douglas high school massacre in parkland, florida. not that long ago. on that awful day the murderer fired through the window of alex's classroom door and murdered alex and two of his classmates senselessly. had the glass been stronger or had the window been designed with an obstructed view, alex might be alive today. there are simple things that could have prevented that. facing design flaws like these are a simple matter that we need to take a step toward today to make our schools safer. thankfully most schools understand this and they're doing everything they can today to close this security lapse. in august i saw this firsthand when i toured an elementary school in forsythe county, georgia with georgia's first lady. the elementary school has taken incredible steps with the grants from the state to enhance safety measures. using this grant money made available by governor kemp, mashburn elementary resphoirsed doors to -- reinforced doors to every classroom and has new protocols and is able