criticized the first responders at the parkland florida high school shooting after reports surfaced that as many as four deputies took cover instead of pursuing the shooters. -- the shooter. >> that we performed was, frankly, disgusting. they were listening to what was going on. you don't know until you're tested, but i really believe i would run in there even if i didn't have a weapon. i think most of the people in this room would have done that too. but the way they performed was really a disgrace. >> laura: joining us now to react to the latest on the shooting as white house deputy press secretary hogan gidley. great to have you in tonight. you had a long day today, thank you for coming. >> absolutely. >> laura: i want to get into the president's reaction. i wanted reaction to what we uncovered tonight about the sheriff israel, who -- quite a piece of work. now we find out that they are sending over these system-wide email saying, support the sheriff, support the sheriff. kind of a cya mode.