Were noticed, if they were heeded, maybe, perhaps, this would not have happened. There is also so many stories of heroism which well get to. The suspect accused of killing 17 people and wounding more than a dozen others now charged with premeditated murder. We learned one of those killed was assistant football coach aaron fise who acted as a human shield to protect students and were learning the fbi was warned about a School Shooting threat made online by a user with the same name as the suspect months ago. Lets get the latest on all of these developments. Im joined by rosa flores. Rosa . Reporter well, john, reliving the horror, thats whats happening inside the School Building that you see behind me as investigators scour through the deadly trail. They are collecting evidence, trying to connect dots. As you mentioned, the suspected shooter charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. Theyre collecting the evidence that would be used in a trial to prove that that was indeed premedita
Were going to begin here tonight with a live picture of a vigil that is under way tonight for the victims of the shooting yesterday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. You can see how large this vigil is already. Earlier today, the suspect was taken to court. He was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder, one for each of the People Killed in the valentines day attack. Today, we learned who those people were, and who they hoped to be. Senior nick dworet was a swimmer planning to compete for the university of indianapolis. Before his death, facebook friends wrote, we cant wait to see what you can achieve. Alyssa alhadeff was a talented soccer player. Her mother said, all she had to offer the world was love. Friends called Jaime Guttenberg charismatic and lovely. Her dad said, we lost our baby girl. Alaina petty helped victims of Hurricane Irma rebuild. Her family says she brought peace and joy to those that had lost everything. Gina montalto volunteered as a friend for kids w
Monologue. Sean all right, we start tonight with breaking news and details about the investigation into this horrific tragic Florida High School shooting. Now the 19yearold gunman nikolas cruz, he has now confessed to slaughtering 17 innocent people and wounding at least a dozen others. Cruz is also telling investigators details of the sinister attack. He shot students in the hallway. He fired into five separate classrooms and cruz also confessed to authorities that he had extra ammunition in his backpack. Were also learning disturbing new details of missed warning signs in what is now one of the worst Mass Shootings in american history. All of the red flags were there but tragically, nikolas cruz was able to commit this heinous act. Now, the fbi is, in fact, confirming tonight that in september, a youtube user, with the name nikolas cruz spelled the name the same way as the shooter was reported to the bureau for writing, quote im going to be a professional school shooter. The man who
Rant on twitter, the president is add it again, taking on the russia probe, his predecessor and a woman who accused him of sexual misconduct. Whats driving his latest outbursts online . And rallying cry, students who survived the Florida School shooting are confronting lawmakers, demanding action to prevent another massacre. The president just signalled his support for one potential gun control measure, but will he follow through . We want to welcome our viewers in United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking tonight, a new guilty plea in the russia investigation by a lawyer linked to former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy rick gates and to a wealthy russian power couple. Special Counsel Robert Mueller cutting another deal, racking up more charges and possibly signaling that another big shoe could drop at any time. This hour, ill talk with former defense secretary leon panetta about
Campaign and the russians. Chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge is at the Justice Department tonight with details. Good evening, catherine. Well, thank you, mike. The News Conference here at main justice was called with just 45 minutes notice. The indictment is powerful new evidence of a russian plot but does not name any american coconspirators. The defendants allegedly conducted what they called Information Warfare against the United States. With direct oversight of the Russia Special counsel probe Rod Rosenstein said 13 russian nationals and three russian organizations were charged with, quote conspiracy to defraud the United States. And illegally using social media to divide americans and disrupt a 2016 president ial election. Russian con spiritters want to promote discord in the United States and undermine Public Confidence and democracy. As early as 2014. 37page indictment alleges the russian defendants, including a businessman with deep ties to russian president V