A short time later he was spotted by some good police work. Are you Nicholas Jacob cruz . Yes, maam. Reporter 19yearold nikolas cruz, 57, 131 pounds, faced a florida magistrate this afternoon 24 hours after allegedly shooting and killing 17 boys, girls and faculty at the high school that expelled him last year. Cruz is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and will remain held in Broward County custody. Sir, youre going to be held no bond. Reporter unlike other mass shooters who took their own lives, investigators say cruz tried to escape putting down his gun and blending in with fleeing students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Lets go reporter inside the high school, heavily armed s. W. A. T. Teams, police and deputies cleared out each classroom, one by one, rescuing terrified students and teachers who had barricaded themselves and hid in a closet. Put your phones away todays not any easier than yesterday was. All the victims families have been notified. Reporter at
Along with rene marsh in new york, im dave briggs. It is friday, february 16th, 2018. Im here in parkland, florida. We start with the latest on the Florida High School shooting. Families begin the process of saying goodbye to their children. Charges documents in the case show 19yearold nikolas cruz has confessed to being the gunman. We learned the fbi was warned about cruz by someone who saw a threatening post online. That post, one of many, that offer disturbing glimpses into his mental state. All 17 victims have been identified by the broward sho sheriff. As lawmakers fumble with what to do or not to do, the conservative murdoch owned New York Post cover mr. President please act. Seven people remain in the hospital. Four in critical condition. For the latest on what we learned about the gunmans actions before and after the atta attack, we turn to cnns rosa flores in parkland. Good morning, rosa. Reporter good morning, dave. The suspect waking up in a jail cell after confessed to the
Really a struggle over the Jared Kushner security clearance business with john kelly or is john kelly just going along with this whole thing . You know, friday is going to arrive which is going to be the date by which john kelly said the new security clearance thing was going to be in effect and either the new security clearance thing isnt going to be in effect and Jared Kushner is going to still have his gig or there will be nepotism suggestion for Jared Kushner or were all going to pretend they didnt say any of the things they said in the past week. I dont know. Im betting on the nepotism exception issued specifically by the president. He has the power to simply grant Jared Kushner whatever security clearance he decides to grant him. And then well see that little white house line that we see at the briefing every time where they say oh, we can never comment on security clearances. And thats the end of it. The thing interesting about this is by john kellys own design is this is a fuse
Americans, leaving families in imagine unimaginable pain. This is the mother of one of the students. Lori alhadeffs 14yearold daughter was killed in her classroom. She is a mother in anguish demanding action. The gunman, a crazy person walks right into the school, knocks down the window of my childs door and starts shooting. Shooting her. And killing her. President trump, you say what can you do. You can stop the guns from getting into these childrens hands put metal detectors in every entrance to the schools what can you do . You can do a lot this is not fair to our families that our children go to school and have to get killed i just spent the last two hours putting the burial arrangements for my daughters funeral who is 14. President trump, please do something do something action we need it now these kids need safety now it is almost impossible to listen to that without feeling her pain. Her rage is heart breaking. Lori has every right to be angry. Im angry. Most people are angry. P
Where we need to step back and count our blessings. We are children. You guys are the adults. You can say thoughts and prayers. What we need more than that is action. What is unfathomable is jamie took a bullet and is dead. I dont know what to do next. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is new day. Silt friday, february 16th. John berman is in new york. Chris is off. Im here in florida. Thousands of people gathered last night by candlelight vigil to remember the 17 students and teachers who were killed on wednesday behind me at the structure that you can see there in the darkness. Thats Marjory Stoneman douglas high school. We know their identities and so much more about them. We will give you a glimpse into their lives and those lost. Among those killed, 14yearold alaina petty. She volunteered to clean up after the hurricane. She was part of helping hands at her church. Nicholas dworet would have attended the university of indianapolis in th