disrupt education we are walking out to protect it. we are walking out for those who cannot anymore. one month ago, valentine s day as school was about to let out is when 14 students and three school staffers were all brutally shot and killed at stoneman douglas high school and that led a lot of students and parents to call on more political action and nikolas cruz the 19-year-old former student expelled from here last year, has his arraignment today and his defense team plans to stand mute which is no contest because the death penalty is now being pursued by prosecutors. sandra: phil keating, thank you. bill: and president trump now nominating mike pompeo to be the next secretary of state. what is next in the process and how quickly could pompeo be confirmed and we re watching a nail-biter in pennsylvania.
allow military vets and retired police to go and work in the schools. brian: i would love to see the toomey manchin bills pass. this president was for it they would go over the top. the key is, we discussed last hour, the risk protection orders, so if you have somebody like nikolas cruz in your midst. and you feel hamstrung and feel as though law enforcement can t act, hopefully give them the power to do that. ainsley: people a threat to themselves or others won t allow them to buy guns. steve: sure, after what happened in parkland do something about bump stocks. that refers to what happened out at the monday bay. he says he would like to see the age raised to 21 to buy a long gun. that proposal is not in this. but then again, this is just the first whack at it trying to figure things out. secretary of defenssecretary ofy devos will join us we have
saying that i m going to be a professional school shooter. so despite the fact that they were able to put these two different tips together with the same man, the agent and supervisor did nothing. telling congress we decided to not pursue the matter further and the case is closed. that stunning admission comes as two survivors say that they plan to sue the fbi along with the school and to the sheriff s department for what they call callous and negligent in action. earlier today a grand jury indicted nikolas cruz on 17 counts of first-degree murder and 17 counts of premeditated murder. the charges make him eligible for the death penalty. prosecutors have yet to indicate whether or not today will stay it. it is rare that we get to hear from a person who was able to stop a mass shooting at a school, but my next guest did exactly that. it was 14 years ago at an
in the first degree and 17 counts of attempted murder. now, as you know, wolf, nikolas cruz had confessed to arming himself with an ar-15 rifle and gunning down 17 people. we had heard that he had injured 16 others. but now from this indictment we re learning that, indeed, it s a 17-count indictment related to the attempted murder charges. as you know, the grand jury is a very secretive process. for the past few days, witnesses have been going in and out of this courthouse through back doors. we have seen very few people actually go inside the courtroom, wolf. today we did speak to jim lewis, the family of the snead family, who allowed nikolas cruz inside their home after his mother died. but, wolf, again, breaking news from ft. lauderdale a 34-count
the deadly shooting at marjory stoneman douglas. this afternoon a grand jury indicted the suspect nikolas cruz on 34 counts. kerry sanders is live at parkland memorial, what are you hearing? reporter: the indictment comes as no surprise. it was two days of testimony to the grand jury. the 34 counts, one through 17 are for first murder. the remaining counts, 18 through 34 are attempted murder. the people that nikolas cruz allegedly shot on the rampage on campus. now the defense here, the public defender said that nicholas cruise 19 is willing to plead guilty to all of the charges, even before the grand jury came back if the prosecutor takes the death penalty off the table. prosecution here has said the death penalty, well that is what this case was designed for. he said the death penalty exists for a case just like this. and a trial could we very difficult for family members. but it looks like the prosecution is moving in that direction. i had a chance to speak to fred