broward sheriff israel says we have been looking into this. there is no surveillance in this particular part of the parking lot where this would have happened. so they have to rely on witnesses and interviews to figure out what is going on. in the meantime, the state house speaker, florida state house speaker signed a letter with 73 of his republican colleagues asking florida governor rick scott to suspend sheriff israel for dereliction of duty and incompetence tense stemming from the response to the shooting. for his part, the governor has ordered the florida department of law enforcement to look into the shooting response. that was a let are he sent. broward sheriff scott israel saying today he well comes that investigation from the florida department of law enforcement. and that they will be cooperating with it. amman? a lot of finger-pointing going on right now for this particular tragedy. it is hardly going to be consoling to the parents of those 17 kids. nbc s myra rodriguez li
rally, we re told that douglas student will meet with state lawmakers and florida governor rick scott. nbc news is told there are concerns that the students will be confronted by pro gun advocates and that the change in plans is for their protection. meanwhile celebrities are lining up to support those students. george clooney is the first donate to the rally next month. steven spielberg and kate matched the donation and oprah winfrey did the same. the money will go toward organizing the march and any leftover funds will go to the families of the victims. let s go down to tallahassee. myra rodriguez is joining us you. thank you so much for joining us. there is going to be a gun reform rally as we were talking about. what are we expecting to see? reporter: well, that will get
we are going to turn now to alabama with some numbers that sum up that state s special election. 24. that s the number. and the number of days until voters there will elect their next senator. nine, that s the number of women now accusing the republican candidate ray moore of sexual misconduct. the number eight, that s the lead that democrat doug jones now holds over moore in the latest fox news poll from thursday. 51, the razor thin majority they will hold in the senate if jones goes onto win next month. numb number one in my mind, live in birmingham, rodriguez, as we look at this, because you are on number one, one of the questions out there was how will the religious, the faith community side on the democrat or republican con date here?
expert from alabama joyce vance being a former u.s. attorney from alabama. what are you watching on the ground? we were getting a report from our myra rodriguez who was saying just look at the fundraising, right now it looks like doug jones could potentially and is very probable he ll out spend ray moore. is that going to be the key issue in alabama to winning here? so it seems from the numbers we are seeing this morning, that jones, the deck cramocrat is ou spending ray moore the republican. which would be unusual in any other race in alabama. but typically ray moore when he runs does not seem to attract the high fundraising numbers and engage in the big spending that many alabama republicans use. the real issue in this race will be whether alabama republicans, whether moore s die hard
i m betty nguyen. when asked if allegations of sexual harassment would derail his presidential campaign, herman cain was defiant and to the point. during a news conference yesterday, he said he didn t each know his latest accuser. now a second accuser has identified herself. controversy is sure to his as his accuser consider a joint press conference and his gop rivals start to weigh in. herman cain is refusing to drop out of the republican presidential including groping a chicago woman more than a decade ago. i was very, very surprised and very shocked. reporter: sharon bialek went public with her claims monday, but cain has insists he never met the 50-year-old and calling bialek a product of the democratic machine. the charges and the accusations, i absolutely reject. they simply didn t happen. reporter: his denial came as another accuser revealed herself to cbs news. 55-year-old karen krause hassar. the situation is so volatile right now, she says, i don t want to