Americans, leaving families in imagine unimaginable pain. This is the mother of one of the students. Lori alhadeffs 14yearold daughter was killed in her classroom. She is a mother in anguish demanding action. The gunman, a crazy person walks right into the school, knocks down the window of my childs door and starts shooting. Shooting her. And killing her. President trump, you say what can you do. You can stop the guns from getting into these childrens hands put metal detectors in every entrance to the schools what can you do . You can do a lot this is not fair to our families that our children go to school and have to get killed i just spent the last two hours putting the burial arrangements for my daughters funeral who is 14. President trump, please do something do something action we need it now these kids need safety now it is almost impossible to listen to that without feeling her pain. Her rage is heart breaking. Lori has every right to be angry. Im angry. Most people are angry. P
Safe and clear. When i hear all clear, well begin the next phase. Are any teachers dead . Injuries . We know 14 people were transported to area hospitals with varying degrees of wounds. Well wait for the school to be cleared. Well go to the next phase. This is critically important. Well release the information to Broward County. Can you talk about where the shooter was . Was he inside the school . He was outside and inside at varying times. Have their families been notified . Scott israel addressing the media. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. Were covering the shooting in parkland, florida, north of miami. The Broward County School Superintendent said there are numerous fatalities. A short time ago, we saw pictures of one young man in police custody. The Sheriffs Department confirms a suspect is now in custody. Brian todd is monitoring the situation. The situation is very fluid. The Broward County School System says this occurred sometime the in the afternoon dismissal. Gun fire
And in this part of the american exceptional story isnt so easy to sell to the rest of the world. We are the only country, brian, that has columbine and Virginia Tech and, of course, sandy hook. Good evening, im Chris Matthews in washington. Were following the latest on that horrific scene at a high school in florida where 17 people were shot and killed. Broward county sheriff scott israel briefed reporters during the last hour. Lets listen to the sheriff. Its horrible, its catastrophic. And the sad to say 17 people lost their lives. Nikolaus, nikolascruz was the killer. He is in custody. Weve already began to dissect his web sites and the social media he was on and some of the things that have come to mind are very disturbing. Reporter did he have wounds, injuries. What can you tell us about him . He may be a former student . Hes 19 years old. He was born in 1998 in september. He was a former student of Douglas High School. He got expelled for disciplinary reasons. I dont know the spe
And im pissed because my daughter, im not going to see again. I want to feel safe at school. You know, senior year and junior year are big years for me, when i turned my academics around, started connecting with teachers and i started actually enjoying school. And now i dont know how im going to step foot on that place again. Speaker at the teacher would have a concealed come on then. They would go for special training, and they would be there, and he would no longer have a gun free zone. Gun free zone to a maniac, because they are all cowards. A gun free zone is, lets go and unless a attack because bullets arent coming back at us. Tucker you feel for those kids and their families. Mi seems likely a political matter that some some of gun control may be coming. The white house has signaled support for stricter background checks and bump stocks. Thats not close to what many on the left are demanding. You saw some of those demands today at widely demands today at widely televised rallies
Daughter im not going to see again. I want to feel safe at school. You know, senior year and junior year are big years for me when i turn my academics arranged, started connecting with teachers and i started actually enjoying school. And now i dont know how im going to step foot on that school again. Teachers gun on them go. For special training and they would thereby and you would no longer have a gunfree zone. Gunfree zone to a maniac because they are all cowards, a gunfree zone is lets go in and lets attack because bullets arent coming back at us. Tucker you feel for those kids and their families. Seems likely a political matter that some some of gun control may be coming. The white house has signaled support for stricter background checks and federal ban on burden of proof stocks. Thats not close to what many on the left are demanding. You saw some of those demands today at widely televised. Parkland, its understandable. People become political activists all the time in response to