New details about warning signs before the massacre. Cnns Kaylee Hartung is live in florida where this makeshift memorial has been set up behind you. Were hearing more from the Broward Sheriffs Office as well . We are, fred. First we heard from the Broward County sheriff scott israel that he was sick to his stomach when he watched Surveillance Video that showed one of his deputies take up a position outside the 1200 building at Stoneman Douglas for upwards of four minutes while the killer was inside. And now were learning through sources with the Coral Springs Police Department that they were surprised when they arrived on campus and found three other Broward County sheriffs on that campus taking up defensive positions behind their vehicles with their weapons drawn. None of these four men making an effort to enter that building. And as the sheriff said, do their job which would have been to approach the killer and kill the killer. This disturbing information coming to light, fred, as t
Everyone. Its february 19th. In the wake of last weeks deadly mass shooting at a high school in parkland, florida, students now are taking call to the debate across gun laws across the country. Students from Marjory Stoneman high school are planning a protest. Recent polling from harvards institute of politics finds momentum is building among millennials. 61 of 18 to 29yearolds believe americas gun laws should be stricter. And new development after coming under pressure following last weeks shooting, some Congressional Republicans say they could support some gun safety bills. Take a listen to this. I have no issue with slowing down purchases for people with all the warning signs. What we need is congressional leaders, specifically in my party, to allow these builts to come to the floor for debate. There are a lot of republicans prepared to support reasonable common sense gun safety laws, new laws, stronger laws that protect rights for responsible citizens, people who are responsible gu
New reporting at the white house a couple of weeks ago the president s soninlaw Jared Kushner was facing significant issues over getting a White House Security clearance and a guilty plea in new charges in the russia investigation. Sarah, rick gates, the former Trump Campaign deputy chair pleaded guilty today. Walk us through the details. Thats right. This is in d. C. Federal court. He pleaded guilty to two federal charges. One was conspiracy to defraud the United States and the other was making false statements. And in these charges he pleaded guilty to prosecutors kind of outlined how he and his Business Partner hid all this money from the Ukrainian Government work, from the federal government and proceeded to lie to investigators about it in 2016. Rick gates had immediately pleaded not guilty to these charges and talking about the change of heart in deciding to plead guilty, why he did not want to go through a trial. We know he had been under enormous financial and personal pressure
the killer. this disturbing information coming to light, fred, as the broward county sheriff says they will be investigating these officers. sources say after these tapes are reviewed we can expect a report likely in the next week. all right, kaylee hartung, lots of questions. thank you so much. so there were countless warning signs and red flags leading up to the shooting. concerns from strangers, teachers, neighborhoods and acquaintances. but somehow the shooter still fell through the cracks of multiple law enforcement levels. here s a look back. the fbi failed to follow up on a hot line typical warning the shooter is going to explode. broward county sheriff s office said they received 23 calls over the last decade about the shooter and his family. police visited the shooter s home 39 times over 7 years. the shooter posted pictures of guns on instagram and made violent comments on the social media site. and florida social services
out it was the coral springs officers who were first to go inside that building. and you also have new reporting about the tip the fbi received before the shooting. reporter: yeah, this was a major red flag that went nowhere. that came in january 5th, and this tipster who called in it warning the fbi that the teen was about to explode or close to exploding. the female tipster spoke of his social media posts, his enjoyment of guns, his violence in school, and she said to the fbi that she feared him, quote, getting into a school and just shooting the place up. meanwhile the fbi as you know has admitted proper protocols were not followed when it came to this tip. somehow it went nowhere even though it was so close, john, to the date of this massacre. and florida social services