Is bad for american business. And red gerard, the youngest male olympic snow board champion ever, comes to studio 57. The 17yearold Gold Medalist will talk about that historic win wearing his roommates jacket. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Are you Nikolas Jacob cruz . Yes, maam. You are charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. The alleged Florida Shooter showed multiple warning signs. We are hurting and hurting bad. No parent should ever have to bury a child. President trump, action, we need it now these kids need safety now authorities in Washington State arrested a High School Student after his grandmother said she found plans for an attack on his school. The socalled dreamers left in limbo. The senate blocked four immigration bills including one backed by President Trump. Steve bannon refused to answer some questions from the house intelligence committee. As part of its russia probe. It will be our recommendation to our leadership that we initiate contempt proceedings. In western new york, a Train Derailment caused a big fuel spill. The cause is under investigation. All that. Vincent joe becomes the first figure skater to land a triple lutz in the olympic games. The Community Comes together to support one another. Every child is our child. Every loss is our loss. On cbs this morning. I grew up at Stoneman Douglas. I played on those fields. Chicago cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo left spring training to return to florida to console family and friends. Were going to be mourning, grieving and a bit broken. I want you to know youre not alone in your grief. Were all grieving with you. The entire country is grieving with you. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota, lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Hes right, the country is grieving with them. So true, norah. This is, weve seen this too many times. Yes. Weve got more on the story. Because the people of parkland, florida are finding strength in each other, after the staggering loss from the third Deadliest School shooting in u. S. History. More than 1,000 people held a candlelight vigil last night to remember the 17 people shot dead at Marjory StonemanDouglas High School. We now know the names of all of the people who died. 14 were students. 3 were Staff Members killed while trying to save others. One of those students, 17yearold nick dworet, planned to join the university of Indianapolis Swim Team next fall. Another, 15yearold peter wang, seen holding a door open so others could escape and he was shot. Adriana diaz is there with this horrible tragedy. Reporter we were here last night at the vigil. There was a sea of candlelights being held by more than 1,000 people. The grief was palpable. It escalated when the father of a victim took the stage. Thats when people in the crowd started crying. I dont know what i do next. My wife is home. We are broken. Reporter Fred Guttenberg beared his soul to a tearful crowd during a candlelight vigil thursday night. His daughter, jamie, was one of the victims. This is impossible. My girl, my 14yearold baby, i sent her to school yesterday. She was supposed to be safe. Reporter earlier in the day, mourners released 17 balloons in memory of those killed, including geography teacher scott beigel. He was engaged to be married and was killed trying to keep the gunman out of a classroom. He basically saved my life. If it wasnt for him, i might not be here today. He will forever be in my heart and forever be my hero. Reporter another hero, assistant football coach aaron feis. Senior Taylor Morales wasnt surprised to hear he shielded students from gunfire. He was always putting others first. The fact i heard that he used his body to protect others, that sounds like something he would 100 do without hesitation. Also among the victims, senior joaquin oliver. He was born in venezuela and became a u. S. Citizen just last year. 14yearold alaina petty helped victims of Hurricane Irma rebuild and freshman Gina Montalto volunteered as a friend for kids with special needs. What kind of girl was gina . She was the sweetest. I never heard her say one bad thing about anyone. No one in the school that died deserved this. I want my friends back. I want the victims back. I want all the innocent people that are scarred from this, i want their innocence back. Reporter late last night, we spoke off camera to the fiance of that teacher who died saving students, scott beigel. She said they were about to start planning their wedding and that hed only started working at the school just this year. She said he was the type of teacher who could make students believe in themselves. Norah. Love teachers like that. Thank you so much. Many people were saved by the quick reactions of teachers and students. Culinary arts teacher ashley ief students. Including senior david hogg. So whats your message . Were in this closet, everyone just hiding together. You would know that this shouldnt be happening anymore and that it doesnt deserve to happen to anyone. And now david hogg and ashley kurth are seeing each other for the first time. Theyre joining us from parkland. David, this is your teacher. This is the first who welcomed you into her classroom. I know this is the first time youve been with her since then. What do you want to say to her . Thank you. Honestly, because of her, heroic actions, she saved easily like 60 students lives or however many were in that classroom. The sad part is, she shouldnt have had to. This should never have happened. Its just its unbelievable. There are not words to describe the amount of gratitude i feel. Because of her heroic actions in a matter of i would say 30 seconds. Taking in all those students and fitting them in about 100 feet of square space is something that nobody else nobody that isnt a true hero could do. I know i heard you say youre not a hero but clearly you are to a lot of people, a lot of family and friends are certainly thanking you today. I read you said one of the hardest things was you had at least 60 kids in your room and you had to shut the door and tell people to keep running. Take us to exactly what was going on and how difficult this was for you. Well, i mean, were we just recently gone through training and ive been through a live action Shooter Training at my previous school. And, you know, fight or flight just takes place. I just started grabbing as much kids as i could from that one door and then i ran over to the other side to make sure my other door was secured. I remember i was shaking as i was trying to put my key into the door. My head was sticking out. You could see all the kids pouring out of the freshman building, screaming, terrified. I quickly ran to the other door to ran as many as i could that were running by. I just kept screaming, keep running, dont stop. At that point, you were hearing gunshots go off. It was ricocheting with the sound off the other building. We didnt know whether it was one shooter or two. One of the boys that initially ran into my room was like, theres two shooters. And the kids were just it was very intense. It feels like it was an hour but in reality it was like 30 seconds. I remember standing there with, like, after my one friend tammy came in with her last two kids that were falling behind, it was like a lull in kids going through and i saw another bunch rushing through and i couldnt stand there and hold the door the door and go into my office area and we started assessing with the kids that were there. We got my laptop out and started taking down the names of the students currently in the room and my faculty members that were with me. So we had 65 kids shoved in my storage closet and my office and my laundry area. So it was and all you could hear is just screaming and gunshots all around. David, your reaction was you take out your camera. Why was that your instinct . Absolutely realized this wasnt a drill. I knew if i was going to die with those around me, i wanted the voices of i wanted all our voices to carry on and proceed. Because even if our souls couldnt, our stories could still have an impact and cause some real change in this country. That is certainly something that we all need right now. Youre exactly right. David, you are so poised and so articulate. Ive seen many interviews with you. One of the more touching things i heard came from a reporter at cbs after the last shooting. Steve hartman said we pray, we mourn, we repeat. Because it goes on and on. And you have so passionately called for change this time. What is it that you want . What is your message to the lawmakers . To the lawmakers . I say work together. No matter what policy you support, you guys are politicians. Make some compromises. Get some stuff done. And keep doing it. Actually, keep your promises. Dont just make false promises just so you can get reelected. Actually follow through. And who knows, maybe youll save some childrens lives. Because the amount of death that ive had to deal with, with my sister having three of her best friends die, and numerous other families that have to go home to silent rooms for the rest of their lives with no children. Its absolutely unacceptable. Its deplorable. And something has to change. The policymakers in this country must work together. And i dont care if youre a republican or a democrat, these are childrens lives. Thats the end of the line. If you want to have Mental Health reform, you support that. If you want to have if you want to have universal background checks, you support that. Why not do both . Politicians, compromise and we can get this done. Its just a matter of overcoming our political barriers in order to save childrens lives and in that way our future too. Okay, ashley and david, thank you so much. The suspect, nikolas cruz, made his First Court Appearance yesterday. He faces 17 murder charges. Police say the 19yearold confessed to shooting his former to shooting his former schoolmates, spending only about seven minutes inside the school. Cruz allegedly escaped by blending in with students running for their lives. Investigators say he bought a drink at a Subway Restaurant inside a nearby walmart, then went to mcdonalds. Cruz was arrested without incident 40 minutes later. Thats whats so tough to hear. He could do all that, just calmly go to a walmart and mcdonalds and drink. New evidence there were warning signs about nikolas cruz. They were overlooked or maybe they were ignored. A Law Enforcement source tells cbs news the local Sheriffs Office was told two years ago that an Instagram Post using cruzs name said he was going to shoot his school. The sheriff tells our miami station, thats wfor, he was unaware of that. Jericka duncan is at cruzs home in parkland where the fbi continues to search for clues there. Ju jericka, good morning. Reporter good morning. Cruz moved into this home behind me with a friend back in november after his mother died. Now, he did live at a home nearby. And police briwere reportedly called there 39 times beginning in 2010 because of cruz, for calls ranging from domestic disturbance to abuse. They were signs that people knew he had troubling behavior and they noticed it. My sister had texted me and said it was nikolas cruz and i said, oh, my god, i know him. Reporter sarah lowy says she knew cruz from his job at the dollar tree store. He had this weird disposition about himself. He followed me on instagram and i saw all of the pictures of his guns. He had a picture of his gun up to his face. Reporter lowy says she regrets not doing more. As soon as i heard what happened, immediately my mind was, i should have done something. I could have prevented this. Reporter people who knew cruz say he spoke about his guns and hurting animals. Shelby speno lived two doors down from cruz. I saw him with a gun aiming at their chickens. Reporter President Trump tweeted on thursday neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities again and again. I probably never forget that name. Reporter ben bennight, a mississippi bails bondsman, says he contacted the fbi in september when he noticed a comment on one of his youtube videos that troubled him. It said, im going to be a professional School Shooter, posted under the user name nikolas cruz. The fbi visited bennight the next day. Anybody who makes a Public Statement like that, definitely needs to be investigated. Reporter but on thursday, the fbi said the post was a dead end. Because it lacked specific information about the time, location and identity of the person who posted it. No Additional Information was found to positively identify the person who posted this comment. Reporter after the columbine shooting in 1999, the u. S. Secret service and Education Department published a handbook detailing how to prevent school attacks. But in that study, it did not it was not able to actually place a trait or behavior on a student to determine if they were, in fact, planning a School Shooting. But obviously in the case of nikolas cruz, a lot of people believe he had the potential. Yes, now we have social media. Jericka duncan, thank you. President trump is promising to tackle school safety. He used an address to the nation yesterday to talk about the shooting. Today, the president will travel to his maralago resort in florida. That is located just north of parkland but the white house has not given details for him to visit victims and families. Major garrett is at the white house. Reporter a plan is emerging with President Trump and highprofile crimes. Theres rapid calls for new action and restrictive policies. In the aftermath of Mass Shootings, the white house says wait, gather facts. No calls for restricted access to firearms. The president s emphasis on mental ehealth undermined by hi own record. Let us pray for healing and for peace. Reporter in the wake of wednesdays high school massacre, President Trump consoled a nation in grief, calling for prayers for the fallen. No mention of the semiautomatic rifle at the heart of the carnage. For the president , Mental Illness was the culprit. We are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of Mental Health. Reporter mr. Trump consistently invokes Mental Health, not gun control, after Mass Shootings. When 26 were shot dead in a Rural Texas Church last november, this is how the president viewed it. This isnt a guns situation, this is a Mental Health problem. Reporter in february of last year, mr. Trump signed a bill killing an obama era regulation which allowed the Social Security administration to provide information on severely mentally disabled people to the National Background check database. There are a number of different ways we look to protect citizens. Reporter last december on the fifth anniversary of the sandy hook School Shooting that killed 20 children, white house spokesman Sarah Sanders was asked to describe efforts to prevent mass casualty shootings. Theyre looking at Mental Health issues. Thats something the president has raised before. In terms of a specific policy were moving forward with that would have prevented that, im not aware what that would be yet. Reporter along with repealing that obama era regulation, the administration has also endorsed longterm reductions in medicaid allocations. Medicaid is one of the nations largest suppliers of Mental Health services. Major, thank you. This morning, the new yorker reports new details of an alleged affair between President Trump and a former playboy model and how it was allegedly covered up. The magazine cites a report that America Media incorporated paid former model karen mack dougal 150 for the rights to her story before the 2016 election. Former ami employees told the new yorker the companys ceo routinely purchases, then does not print, negative stories. The practice is known as catch and kill. He is a friend of President Trump. One former editor said we had stories and we bought them knowing full well they were never going to run. He added, we never print add word about trump without his approval. A spokesperson for ami says mcdougals story wasnt published because they didnt find it credible. In a statement to the new yorker, a white house spokesperson says the president denied having an affair with mcdougal, calling it fake news. Mcdougal declined to discuss the details with the new yorker out of fear of violating the agreement with ami. She did say she now regrets signing that agreement. Ahead, the cdc reveals how effective the flu shot is at protecting americans from the a grandmother is being credited with stopping a School Shooting in the pacific northwest. Ahead, the chilling discovery that led her to alert police about her grandsons apparent plan for another massacre. Youre watching cbs this morning. Ed massacr