mcdonald's explains why it's changing the happy meal, not everyone is loving it. and a good friday morning to you all. we begin with an emotional tribute for the victims of the florida school massacre as details are starting to emerge about the suspect's past. >> thousands gathered for a candlelight vigil in parkland to remember the 17 people killed by that one shooter. he reportedly told investigators that he was hearing voices. >> the students, the teachers, who lost their lives were between 14 and 49 years old. a public defender says the suspect is a broken human being. abc's stephanie ramos has the latest from parkland. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: hey, good morning, diane and kendis. since we've been here on the ground, we've seen people emotional, angry, in shock. most of them trying to find strength from somewhere, anywhere after one of the deadliest school shootings in the u.s. took place right here in their town. ♪ overnight, thousands of people coming together in disbelief and grief. >> for the rest of my days this will always be engraved in my mind. and i don't think it will ever go away. >> reporter: leaning on each other for support as the names of all 17 victims were read out loud. >> martin duque, alyssa alhadeff. >> reporter: some in the crowd chanting no more guns. [ chanting "no more guns" ] >> reporter: over the cries of friends age family. many of the victims teenage students. one in the school's marching band. another on his way to college on a swim scholarship. some just in their first year of high school. >> and just knowing that his seat won't be filled next time i enter that class is just -- it's heart-wrenching. >> reporter: for the survivors the moments that were almost their last replaying over and over in their minds. >> i was scared that i was going to be next. i didn't know what else to do. i just kind of froze. >> reporter: lexi tells us the shooter opened fire in her classroom. not everyone survived. >> i'm thankful to be here, but at the same time i'm so hurt to know that a lot of people i know are gone. >> reporter: police say the gunman confessed to the shooting rampage telling them he heard voices directing him to carry out the attack. >> some of the things that have come to mind are very, very disturbing. >> reporter: sources tell abc news this was his instagram account. he's seen here holding a pistol. in another he's holding a large knife. authorities now digging deeper into the suspect's past. the man who told authorities about a threat the suspected gunman posted to youtube saying he was going to shoot up a school, that tipster tells abc news he spoke with the fbi last year and also told youtube. the fbi now says they're looking into it. kendis, diane. >> yeah, he gave that warning in september of last year, and he says nothing really resulted from that. stephanie ramos in florida, thank you. >> stephanie, thank you. and the broward county sheriff had strong words for politicians, as well. >> yeah, scott israel attended last night's vigil and he hugged survivors and warned lawmakers. >> if you're an elected official and you want to keep things the way they are and not do things differently, if you want to keep the gun laws as they are now, you will not get re-elected in broward county. >> in the meantime, a student who hid behind a cabinet during the shooting and was struck by bullet fragments said she forgives the shooter. she says that she still believes in forgiveness and says we all deserve a second chance. we do have more now on the fbi which as we mentioned is launching a review into how it handled the tip that agents received about the suspect. >> the question is did authorities miss a red flag? a mississippi man says he warned the fbi last year about the suspect in the florida school shooting. it was september when ben bennight says he noticed an alarming comment on a video he posted on youtube. the comment read, i'm going to be a professional school shooter posted by a nikolas cruz. >> i thought that to be odd and disturbing, so i forwarded that screen shot to the fbi and reported it to youtube. >> reporter: after he reported the comment, bennight says an agent paid him a visit but he says he never heard from the fbi again until after the shooting wednesday when the same agent who questioned him last year knocked on his door again. >> i actually didn't make the connection till i asked the fbi agent what could this shooting possibly have to do with my youtube video. he said it's the same name and we think it might be the same person. >> reporter: the fbi says at the time of the post last year, they were unable to identify the person who made the comment. >> aggressive, crazy, weird, psycho. >> reporter: people who grew up with the shooter say he had a violent side even at a young age. >> he like cornered a squirrel and was like throwing rocks at it trying to kill it. it was just weird. >> reporter: new images have emerged apparently showing him conducting target practice in his yard as police were called to his home dozens of times. meanwhile, donations are pouring in to help victims of the tragedy. a gofundme page raised more than $600,000 in just a matter of hours. the president is promising to work with state and local authorities to improve security at schools and take on what he calls the difficult issue of mental health. but critics point out the president's latest budget reduces funding for mental health treatment and cuts school safety programs. in addition, one of his first moves as president was to sign a bill making it easier for people with mental illness to buy guns. and now to the immigration battle on capitol hill once again in limbo. the senate has failed to reach a deal on four proposals that would have addressed the issue. leaving the fate of immigrants who came to the country illegally as children up in the air. protections for them under the daca program were due to start expiring next month, but federal judges have blocked that deadline. the supreme court could soon take up that issue. well, steve bannon may soon find himself in contempt of congress. the former white house chief strategist declined to answer questions from the house intelligence committee which is investigating the russian interference into the election. bannon's interview came after he spent some 20 hours answering questions from special counsel robert mueller's team this week. all right, time to take a look at your weather for this friday morning. a powerful storm has been pounding western pennsylvania overnight. at least one building has collapsed and several homes are damaged. heavy rain caused significant flooding as well. intense winds also knocked down trees and power lines leaving thousands of hopes without power. taking a look at the radar, you'll see stormy weather into the northeast. that system is bringing some rain and a major drop in temperatures falling into the 20s by tonight. a lot of chilly air moving east. well, coming up, why the nonstick pans in your kitchen could be causing you to gain weight. but first, the brothers arrested in a new york bombmaking scheme accused of hiring students. and caught on camera, the we're back with images of a train that derailed and caught fire near buffalo, new york, that was carrying a load of new cars. the engineer and conductor suffered nonlife-threatening injuries. an investigation is under way to try to figure out what caused the derailment. twin brothers including a former teacher are under arrest in new york this morning for allegedly stockpiling bombmaking materials. christian toro and his brother tyler are accused of building bombs at home with the help of local high school students. they allegedly paid those students $50 an hour. sources say the school shooting in florida prompted authorities to make the arrests. it's still unclear what if anything the men planned to do with the explosives. we're learning new details about a school shooting plot in washington state that was actually foiled by the suspect's grandmother. police say an 18-year-old student from aces high school in evert was about ready to raid the campus with guns and grenades, but his grandmother called 911 after she found a semiautomatic rifle in a guitar case and disturbing entries in his journal. >> what i'm reporting is i'm finding journal entries from my grandson. >> uh-huh. >> and he's planning to have a mass shooting at one of the high schools. >> wow, just imagine that phone call there. well, police credit the grandmother for preventing what could have been another school shooting tragedy. and a high school track coach in northern ohio state has a teenager to thank for saving his life. video shows chuck glover sitting on a gym bench when he falls on to the floor after suffering a massive heart attack. then here comes 17-year-old nicole fruscella with a defibrillator and shocks him. it turns out nicole is a lifeguard and luckily she's trained on how to use that device. >> autopilot. it really just happened. everything is a little fuzzy. i remember what happened. >> there was an angel sitting on my shoulder that afternoon and her name is nicole. >> very quick-thinking angel at that. glover, it turns out, has a history of heart disease and doctors told him that one of his arteries was nearly 100% blocked. nicole attends the school where glover coaches but had never met before this. he says every time he sees her now he gives her a big hug. well deserved. when we come back, the tainted dog food being recalled. also ahead, a surprising find about the flu vaccine. what doctors are now saying about its effectiveness. and american skier mikaela shiffrin hits the slopes again one day after winning gold. results from south korea next. when you have a cold, stuff happens. 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