eyewitness accounts from students, we begin with todd pyro live at the school in parkland, florida with what we are now learning about the gunman. good morning. can't imagine what kind of day it is going to be today. >> you said it exactly right. with each passing hour we continue to learn more about the killer as the investigation continues. you can see over my shoulder that is the scene quiet right now but expect that to pick up over the course of the next couple hours as the sun comes up. another seen overnight, check this out, heavy police presence at a mobile home park 30 minutes from here with sources saying it is in connection with the shooting. authorities were told about a possible explosive device at the home, as a picture of the killer becomes clear. >> he wouldn't talk a lot. >> what is your take on it? >> he was like that weird kid you see walking around the school, a loner. >> here is what we have learned about the shooter, nicholas cruz, his adoptive mother died this past november and he was living with a friend's family, he was expelled from school for disciplinary reaso

rob: todd pyro is outside that park with new information. >> reporter: good morning. with each passing hour we learn new information about this killer as the investigation is over multiple scenes including behind me in this community north of fort lauderdale, a peaceful community. the other seen police are looking at is overnight, a massive police presence, 30 minutes from here with sources saying it is in connection with a shooting. a neighbor in the area telling police or saying police told him it was some type of explosive. a picture of a killer becomes clear. >> he was like shy, he wouldn't talk a lot. he was like that weird kid. like a loner. >> reporter: here is the latest we have learned about the shooter, 19-year-old nikolaus cruz. his adoptive mother died this past november, he was living with a friend's family. nikolaus cruz was expelled for disciplinary reasons and was banned from having a backpack for security concerns with one student said it was for fighting with his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend and nikolaus cruz had been abusive to that girl. that was

todd pyro is here with new developments unfolding at this hour. >> reporter: democrat senator might have some explaining to do, the lawmaker who held numerous press conferences over the past year promising a fair bipartisan investigation into donald trump's ties to russia trying to gain access through christopher steele. the author of the anti-trump dossier writing, quote, so much to discuss, you need to be careful. but we can help our country. national correspondent ed henry obtaining ted henry's texts, he would rather not have a paper trail in case you cannot seal an agreement with the former british spy. donald trump slamming warner on twitter writing, quote, senator mark warner got caught having extensive contact with a lobbyist for russian oligarch, warner did not want a paper trail on a private meeting in london, he requested with fraudulent dossier fame all tied into crooked hillary. this is just the tip of the iceberg as new text messages between fbi lovers expressing concern, peter strzok and lisa page, classified email, strzok texting remind me to tell you to flag for andy, ema

. >> todd pyro joins us with the latest. >> reporter: today is the day he was supposed to appear before until committee in january and postponed until the white house and committee could figure out the scope of her testimony. and any contact trump campaign members had with the russians which is the initial white house statement drafted on air force one about the june 2016 meeting between russians and trump campaign officials, their goal is what role the president had which is of great interest to special counsel robert mueller. >> that shall be fully cooperative but i don't know what we can expect and hope she will fully cooperate. >> reporter: devon nunez saying high-ranking government officials would be, quote, halt into congress to answer publicly for salacious and unverified antitrust dossier. he said a questionnaire about the dossier to those officials when they first knew about it and when they first knew it was used to spy on carter page. if they don't respond by friday they could get subpoenas. >> the bulk of the entire investigation democrats have used over and over again, back

todd pyro with new development and what this could mean. >> reporter: the nation watched donald trumparently x national security advisor susan rice was emailing herself documenting a meeting involving president obama. according to senate judiciary chair chuck grassley, senator lindsey graham, january 5th meeting included obama, then fbi director james comey, deputy attorney general sally yates, vice president joe biden and rice. the topic, how law enforcement should investigate russian interference in the 2016 election. in this email rice wrote, quote, president obama began the conversation by stressing his continued commitment to ensuring every aspect of this issue is handled by the intelligence and law enforcement communities by the book. the president stressed he is not asking about initiating or instructing anything from a law enforcement perspective, he iterated our law enforcement needs to proceed as it normally would. that expression, by the book. triceps attorney responded there's nothing unusual about the national security advisor memorializing an important discussion for the

jillian: todd pyro live with the latest in immigration showdown. >> the president not mincing words orng down the government over legs immigration laws which he blames for the rise of ms 13, the roundtable highlighting how 30% of ms 13 gang members are coming to the us as unaccompanied minors. the doj estimating roughly 10,000 ms 13 members here already. >> ms 13 recruits through our broken immigration system, much tougher since we have been there. we need much better border mechanisms and border security. we need the wall. we don't have the wall we are never going to solve this problem. if we don't change the legislation, get rid of these loopholes, killers come into our country and continue to kill, if we don't change it whatever touchdown, we will have its shutdown, is worth it for our country. >> the tough talk comes the same day the justice department announced federal immigration charges against illegal immigrants suspected of killing an nfl player in a drunk driving crash, 37-year-old manwell had been deported but reentered the us illegally before the crash that killed edwin jac

. >> reporter: nancy pelosi is not todd pyro.g before the house minority leader got heckled during the dnc sponsored town hall in phoenix. take a listen. >> most people have to struggle to make ends meet. we are not talking about that. in any event -- i am a mother of five. i can speak louder than anybody. >> getting a strong reaction from our the was thomas writing on twitter seems she is such an advocate against tax cuts why doesn't she donate her paycheck to working-class? it is only crumbs and all to her. nick thank my brother and sister-in-law got $40 a week in their checks. sounds pretty patriotic to me. according to a cnbc survey monthly paul small business confidence index saw a record high for the first quarter of 2018 increasing 5 points from 57 to 62. the largest move the index has seen since cnbc and survey monkey began measuring last year. much of this due to the president's tax reform. nearly half of small businesses say they feel more optimistic from the tax overhaul. 32% expect to hire in the next 12 months, the p