Im frank somerville. And im julie haener. President trump hosted a listening session this afternoon at the white house with students and others affected by gun violence. About 40 people attended the emotional hourlong meeting including 6 students from parkland, florida, and their parents. Parents of children killed in the School Shootings at Columbine High School in colorado and at Sandy Hook Elementary School in connecticut also attending. The president listened as survivors and parents spoke out. You cant even think about it. Like, it doesnt even seem real still. Everything seems sick. I dont really i cant even i dont even know whats going on. Its just crazy. Everything happening, its just so tragic. Never, ever will i see my kid. I want it to sink in. My beautiful daughter im never going to see again. And its simple. Its not we could fix it. God bless you all. Along with stronger background checks and raising the age for buying assault guns, the president suggested that allowing con
Times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. In 2016, 22 people in San Francisco died of fentanyl overdose a 50 increase over 2015. Police say its very rare to have three deaths at once. They say they are looking into the possibly they used the same batch of fentanyl. Its not common, but if three individuals were possibly using drugs and were using the same substance, that they had the same experience. Reporter the victims dont have any connection to the private high school. Never good to see for anyone let alone schoolkids. Its just sad that such a nice neighborhood can have such horrible things happening to it. Reporter around the block at the corner of haight and ashbury, the birthplace of hippie counterculture for and a hot spot for drugs. A terrible epidemic really with illicit drugs. I think its really especially bad with a lot of the Homeless Population because people dont really tend to care about them and they dont care about themselves. Reporter the deaths
Doesnt approve of schools doing active Shooter Drills saying they are very negative and bad for children. He said he would rather harden schools instead. A spokesman for the president later clarified that mr. Trump opposed the term active Shooter Drill and prefers calling it safety drills instead. Some School Officials in oakland are speaking out against the idea of Arming Teachers. Ktvus Cristina Rendon is outside the Oakland Unified School district with more. She outside the Police Department with more. Reporter the police chief of the Oakland Unified School district says if the florida gunman had come into their offices here in oakland with the same rifle, he and his officers would be hard pressed to stop that gunman with their handguns because of the amount of fire power the gunman had so he says the idea of Arming Teachers with a handgun is ridiculous. Reporter speaking with state and local lawmakers thursday, President Trump made it clear he wants to see some highly trained and q
Ripping through the roof of an australian mall just seconds after takeoff. The aircraft suffering catastrophic engine failure. 90 firefighters on the scene trying to battle the blaze. The American Television exclusive. Oneonone with Angelina Jolie opening up about her divorce from brad pitt. How their family is getting through it. We will be stronger when we come out of this because thats what were determined to do. What she says about brad as their father. And the role her kids are playing in her new passion project. Its only on gma this morning. Good morning, america. We have a lot to get to on this tuesday morning. You just spoke with Angelina Jolie. That is right. She is in cambodia for the premiere of her new film about that country, the genocide there and a real story of heroism. That country holds such a special place in her heart. Its where she met and adopted her first son maddox who worked closely on this film. She opens up about that and whats next for her family. I cant wai
Lets get to david louie live on on the scene. David . Reporter this is a rescue operation by the san jose Fire Department. You can see how high the water is. Look at the cars behind me. They are up to the top of the drivers side doors. In fact, there is a Station Wagon right now with a window down on the back side, and the water is about to breach that vehicle. Thats a very serious level of water. To the right youre going to see a rescue boat coming in right now with san jose firefighters. Theyre wearing decontamination suits, those orange suits, and theyre wearing that because the water is considered contaminated. Sewer water may have mixed in with floodwaters coming out of the coyote creek which flows to this neighborhood. Lets show you some video shot just a short time ago. We have incredible video of people being brought out of this neighborhood on board these fire rescue boats. Some of them children, some of them adults, some of them elderly. Some of them live in single story home