Live where you live, this is abc7 news. Home is where the heart is, and yesterday my heart was broken. Tears and togetherness for a small Florida Community reeling from tragedy. Thousands united in grief, try to understand and to cope. Good evening, im daschle. And im kristen sze in for al alma daetz. Maggie ruhle where thousands gathered in solidarity tonight. Maggie . Reporter dan and kristen, its been one day since one of the worst Mass Shootings in modern history. The entire community of parkland is leaning on each other for support. This is our home and this is where we will not be intimidated by evil. Reporter a community in mourning, 17 lives lost, many of them steteenage students. I can imagine going to biology class and not seeing her next to me. Its craze iz. Reporter she survived the attack. Im in shock. An emotional wreck. I dont know how to take this and im just im thankful to be here, but at the same time im so hurt to know that a lot of people i know are gone. Reporter t
The entire community of parkland is leaning on each other for support. This is our home and this is where we will not be intimidated by evil. Reporter a community in mourning, 17 lives lost, many of them steteenage students. I can imagine going to biology class and not seeing her next to me. Its craze iz. Reporter she survived the attack. Im in shock. An emotional wreck. I dont know how to take this and im just im thankful to be here, but at the same time im so hurt to know that a lot of people i know are gone. Reporter the alleged gunman now in custody, charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. Are you Nicolas Jacob cruz . Yes, maam. Reporter nikolas cruz was expelled from his high school more than a year ago. He returned wednesday afternoon in an uber armed with an ar15 rifle that according to records show was purchased legally. The rampage all over in a matter of minutes. According to authorities, cruz was found and arrested about an hour and a half later and has since told pol
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
Today, 100 students will board buses from parkland to the Florida State capital. They speak to state lawmakers tomorrow. Last night, students in florida were rallying and promising to take their message to washington. This is simply a matter of are you with us or are you against us. Are you for taking steps to save us or are you for taking nra blood money . We are not letting the United States be run by the terrorist organization. My friends and i, my community and i stared down the barrel of the ar15 the way you have not. We have seen this weapon of war mow down people we know and love the way you have not. How dare you tell us we dont know what were talking about. You have no idea what you are talking about. There is support for the students view that washington is falling short. A New Washington post abc news poll found 77 of americans believe congress is not doing enough to prevent mass shootings. 62 say the same of the president. New momentum behind the bipartisan effort to improv
In tonight for erin burnett. Outfront tonight breaking news. President trump and russian meddling. Ts white house today going to Great Lengths to say president takes russian meddling seriously. This despite trump tweets attacking everyone from own National Security adviser to the fbi, to president obama, but never once addressing the gravity of a russian assault on the lexus tem or blaming russian president Vladimir Putin for directing it. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders tell can reporters today the president gets it but you guys the media dont. President has acknowledged that multiple times before. He acknowledged it during the transition. He acknowledged it during a president conference in poland. And he acknowledged it for a third time at a precis vent in poll land. He has stated several times, some of you guys seem to be get very confused and seems to happen regularly, the president hasnt said that russian didnt meddle. What he is saying it didnt have an impact and certai