as these senators try to come to some sort of consensus, president trump can certainly has the veto power and the ability to destroy whatever they come up with. he needs to sort of be a little bit more proactive, i think, and sort of give people a sense on what are the thgs, what does he want to see done. he hasn t done that t. double dose of matt, be anna and alex, thanks for being with us. there is a big question this morning in a very, very troubling development, why did a 15-year-old student open fire at his kentucky high school? we re live. and the wolf huffed and puffed. like you do sometimes, grandpa? well, when you have copd, it can be hard to breathe.
you re looking at live pictures out of a michigan courtroom in lansing. you re looking at rachel van holinger, one of the women to undergo sexual abuse and criminal misconduct by larry nassar. he has been convicted of this crime against so many young women. she s reading her victim impact statement addressing him directly. when she is done, the judge will hand down his sentence, which will be on top of a 60 year federal sentence he s already received. we ll bring you that sentencing live as soon as it begins. look at the heroism of these dozens and dozens of women, to sit there and face the man who assaulted them. and hope that others don t have to go through that and voices will be heard and believed when they first come forward. new questions a day after a student open fire in this western kentucky high school.
town sing and pray, attempting to come to grips with the senseless tragedy of a school shooting. the first deadliest school shooting of the year erupted in benton, a small town in kentucky. police say a student open fire as his classmates gathered before the first bell. it sounded like a fight. people were hitting on the window. everyone was running. i saw the flashes from the gunshots. by that time, i was just running. calls went into 911 911 mins after the first shots. we found a weapon. it is secure. we have a shooter in custody. 15-year-old preston cope would die of gunshot wounds after being transported to the hospital. bailey holt died on the scene. 20 injured, 16 from gunshots. doctors say the survivors look like they will pull through. police apprehended a 15-year-old they say is the gunman. he has been charged with two
and asked him to set down the firearm. reporter: a state police lieutenant who was dropping off his own child came running to help. it s one thing for an armed state police officer to enter a school and do his or her job. i commend the principal, people that work at the school, for saving many more lives. reporter: police say they don t know why the seventh grade suspect began shooting. his victims, a 13-year-old girl and 11-year-old boy, flown to a hospital in nearby lubbock, texas. she s in satisfactory condition, the boy in critical after undergoing emergency surgery. keep these two children in their prayers. who were shot while simply sitting in their gym, waiting to go to class. reporter: frantic parents came racing to find and hug their terrified kids. deja vu in a country where school shootings are no longer rare. the shooting happened barely a month after another student open fire at this high school in colorado. 17-year-old claire davis was