are both articulate these concerns well. ezra klein and jennifer rubin. coming up, more breaking news. warned not to congratulate vladimir putin on the election, and then he went ahead and does it anyway. also, we ll keep monitoring the situation in austin, texas. the austin pd called on the scene of this explosion. police say there was an incendiary device. but but what police are saying, what i m hearing fresh from our control room as told you we would monitor, this law enforcement briefing is that the latest materials that were collected in the latest investigation they re doing on that most recent site was not actually incendiary. it was not actually what they view to be explosive materials. and not connected to the other bombings. you may recall we mentioned some of the reporting on that. what s new right now, as you can see on your screen is law enforcement officially saying that on the record in this briefing.
that. i wish he wasn t using any gun. tim and josh, thanks very much for sharing your expertise for us. we are standing by for the president now getting a briefing into the shooting and we do expect him to comment during or after that law enforcement briefing. we ll bring that to you right away. meanwhile outfront we are learning more about who died in the shooting. including this student last seen in uniform, helping people escape. and family friend is here. and claimed the national inquiry helped cover it up for him. (avo) help control cravings
through today. thank you for joining us. thank you. as we continue to cover the aftermath of the school, we had a law enforcement briefing at the top of the hour from the governor and the attorney general. the attorney jenna announced that the state is going to be paying for funeral expenses for everybody killed in the incident today. right now with the death toll standing at 17 and the sheriff saying that there are no students who are unaccounted for, that would make this the third worst school shooting in u.s. history after virginia tech in 2007 and newtown, connecticut, in 2012. we ve got a little tape here that i want to show you which is some of the students who were caught up in this today, speaking earlier today about what they went through. watch. i ran. i called my mom immediately. yes, i told her there is a shooter, there s a shooter. she started like she went crazy. i ran to my classroom. i saw my teacher. he saw me.
of parkland, florida, who is mayor christine hajofsky who has been through an incredible day herself in terms of trying to cope with this tragedy. this is broward county, florida, again, this is outside of fort lauderdale, outside of miami. this is the school where this happened today is a 3,000-student school, it s a very large school. we just heard a real vote of confidence today in the school itself from the teacher there who went through this today in terms of the training they went through. but there s no training that can get you ready for something like what happened today. madam mayor, thank you very much for joining us. i really appreciate you being with us today. thank you, rachel. can you just tell us, first of all right now, if there is anything you can give us in terms of an update of the investigation here. we did just have a law enforcement briefing confirming the horrific death toll of 17 dead. we ve had some anecdotal reporting about some characteristics of the v
anything you can give us in terms of an update in the investigation here? we did just have a law enforcement briefing confirming the horrific death toll of 17 dead. we ve had some anecdotal reporting about some characteristics of the victims. we know that the alleged shooter in this case is in custody. can you give us any further update on the investigation and the status of that right now? i don t have any additional updates on the investigation. you just heard from broward sheriff israel, they ve identified 12 of the victims, and they re notifying their families. in parkland we re a very small community, a very close-knit community, a very family-oriented community. and unfortunately several parents are getting those phone calls right now, that they ve lost their children. in terms of the resources that have been brought to bear, in terms of coping here, as you mentioned, parkland is not a large community.