Congressman schiff. 28 minutes after that, he said if russia was trying to create discord, the Committee Hearings and investigations have fueled that success. Half an hour later, fake news again. Nine minutes later, the focus was on midterm elections. At noon, he thanked ken starr, blast from the past, for his interview regarding russia on fox news. Two lours lathours later, he wag about nascar. Finally, the president tweeted about oprah, calling her quote, very insecure. With me is nbc News White House correspondent jeff bennett, who joins us from near maralago in west palm beach. Whats up . Why is the president tweeting so much . Reporter look, it reflects the fact he spends all of saturday and sunday holed up at his private maralago retreat. A white house official says he opted against his usual golf routine out of respect for the Parkland High School shooting victims and their families so you mentioned the fact he congratulated or thanked ken starr for an interview he gave to fox n
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
That, a level 1 Trauma Center in the area, brow waard county, ve populous place, the school is on the far western edge, think of it as kind of the metropolitan miami area runs out and the protected area of the Florida Everglades takes over. Form msnbc analyst and former new York City Police commissioner bill bratton. We have had some shootings around our country as of late in the past couple of years. Lets talk about the people we saw today, the 4 00 to 12 00 shift is under way for so many in Law Enforcement across the country. No one who works in Broward County expected to be called to a mass casualty incident today. Every one of them we saw was running into danger. The rapidity of the response has improved in the last several decades, in the case of shootings, Mass Shootings, lone gunmen, the idea of responding to a school campus, not knowing what youre coming into, just that theres been a shooting, the rapidity of the officers and the s. W. A. T. Officers, you have students fleeing,
Scores of other marches happening around the country. Our politicians certainly arent bringing it so we as an american democratly need to. People need to start to stand up for what they believe in. Its about every school, movie theater, every community. Its a red white and blue issue. Its a public issue that we need to get that through everyones, like, mind. We are the generation that was built on technology. We are all capable of making change. This is a lot different than other School Shootings. Columbine there wasnt social media. Newtown, they were so young. So this is the one that will change everything. This generation, my generation, is not willing to sit down and be quiet about the things we believe in. Our voices will be heard. All right, everybody. We have been here since yesterday. We are going to be here all day today. And right now you are watching what has become a Worldwide Movement unfolding before our very lives. Today youre watching history. Check out the scene right h
Both secretaries are accused of abusing to those level at john price, who was forced to resign over that scandal. Were expecting to hear from the president later this hour, by the way. Separately during a medal of valor award ceremony. Hes already been quite vocal today, where else but on twitter. I think he sent 30 tweets in the last three days. Hes tweeted ten times today, on everything from russia to the 2018 midterm elections. So lets get straight to the white house. With me now, Nbcs Kristen Welker live from the briefing room, where it has not started yet, kristen. Any idea what the delays about . Reporter we dont know what the delay is about, ali. Good question. It was supposed to start at 2 00, with then it was pushed to 3 00 and then back to 2 50. Were running a few minutes late. But we do have a number of different topics that will be at the forefront today once this briefing does get underway. Russia will undoubtedly be front and center in the wake of those indictments handed