regret additional pain this causes all those affected by this horrific tragedy. warnings that if acted upon may have saved children. my job is to protect my children. i send my kid to school. fred guttenberg s 14-year-old daughter was among the youngest victims. jamie took a bullet and is dead. i i don t know what i do next. according to the county school superintendent, cruz was expelled from stoneman douglas high school last year. disciplinary records show he was involved in an assault last january. afterwards, the school recommended a threat assessment but it is unclear what came of it. tyler went to the elementary school with cruz. what could have led him to do this? i don t know what could have
the lieutenant governor, the governor shall appoint a successor, rick scott. so here we are coming up on a year and florida still does not have a new one. and so lawsuit. the florida democratic activists who filed this lawsuit today against rick scott told reporters, i think it s time he s done his job. it s been nine months. a woman could have conceived and delivered a baby in that time. which is true. now here s where it gets really interesting. because as slow as rick scott might seem to have been about picking a replacement, rick scott has, in fact, tried to appoint people to fill that office. he has tried. first he tried a county school superintendent, but the school superintendent turned him down. said no. so zo then he tried a county sheriff. but the county sheriff also turned him down and said no. then he floated the name of a state senator who didn t exactly say no but who did make it very clear that he s quite open to taking a whole different job
might seem to have been about picking a replacement, rick scott has, in fact, tried to appoint people to fill that office. he has tried. first he tried a county school superintendent, but the school superintendent turned him down. said no. so zo then he tried a county sheriff. but the county sheriff also turned him down and said no. then he floated the name of a state senator who didn t exactly say no but who did make it very clear that he s quite open to taking a whole different job that s not being rick scott s lieutenant governor. tampa tribute saying neither that state senator or a fourth person would answer when asked directly if they would be willing to become florida s number two elected official. so part of the problem may be rick scott. it s not like i don t know. it s not exactly like not being able to get a date but it s kind of like not being able to get a date. he s very unpopular in the state and maybe no one wants to be seen as the side kick to the unpopular guy.
that office has been empty ever since. now, by way of the constitution, there is supposed to be a lieutenant governor for the state of florida. somebody who s ready to take over if governor quits or cannot the florida constitution says the governor has to pick somebody for that job. upon vacancy in the office of the lieutenant governor, the governor shall appoint a successor, rick scott. so here we are coming up on a year and florida still does not have a new one. and so lawsuit. the florida democratic activists who filed this lawsuit today against rick scott told reporters, i think it s time he s done his job. it s been nine months. a woman could have conceived and delivered a baby in that time. which is true. now here s where it gets really interesting. because as slow as rick scott might seem to have been about picking a replacement, rick scott has, in fact, tried to appoint people to fill that office. he has tried. first he tried a county school