Amy oxfam is facing a growing crisis for covering up sex crimes by its aid workers in haiti i afr the devasastating 20 earthquauake. We will speak t to a reporter at the times o of london who exposed ththe scandadal plus the hehead of the coalition against trafficking in women and the haitian writer Edwidge Danticat in miami. Then we look at the role of army junior reserve officer Training Corps program after nikolas cruz, a former jrotc cadet, carried out one of the Deadliest School shootings in u. S. History. Cruz was on the schools jrotc team when it received a 10,000 grant from the nra. All of that a more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Syrian Government is continuing its deadly barrage of airstrikes and artillery fire against the rebelheld enclave of eastern ghouta, outside the capital damascus, with aid workers reporting at least 200 people have been killed over the last 48 hoururs. Mamany of the victims are
A short time later he was spotted by some good police work. Are you Nicholas Jacob cruz . Yes, maam. Reporter 19yearold nikolas cruz, 57, 131 pounds, faced a florida magistrate this afternoon 24 hours after allegedly shooting and killing 17 boys, girls and faculty at the high school that expelled him last year. Cruz is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and will remain held in Broward County custody. Sir, youre going to be held no bond. Reporter unlike other mass shooters who took their own lives, investigators say cruz tried to escape putting down his gun and blending in with fleeing students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Lets go reporter inside the high school, heavily armed s. W. A. T. Teams, police and deputies cleared out each classroom, one by one, rescuing terrified students and teachers who had barricaded themselves and hid in a closet. Put your phones away todays not any easier than yesterday was. All the victims families have been notified. Reporter at
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
Wants to tell it should the circumstances permit. General Michael Flynn has not yet been sentenced. It has dragged on for some time. Now the collusion case, the broader case, appears to be thin, at least at this point. There are no questions raised about whether the prosecutors originally believed that he had actually done anything wrong when he interacted with the ambassador. And now in his case, you have a request for further documentation, and that is raising eyebrows, about where all of this is headed. Jonathan materially and judge napolitano take on this topic. Plus, congressman devin nunez raising questions about the trump dossier, this is chapter two of the memos we were promised, and how it was used against carter page and others. Remember just last week, page said this i think the truth will set people free. Carter page will join me, but first Jonathan Turley just wrote a fascinating piece about Michael Flynn and his potential options. Jonathan, welcome. Thank you. So you begi