Parents. This morning with 18 School Shootings already reported this year alone, the search for answers. Where do we go from here . What can be done to protect our schools . Special coverage right now on america this morning. And aall. We begin with they questions surrounding the deadly attack on Stoneman Douglas high school in parkland, florida. 17 critically injured. This image overnight a line of Police Vehicles escorting the suspect from a hospital where he was treated after being taken into custody. Hours earlier the country watched what sadly is becoming a familiar scene. Children evacuating school with hands in their air. Many had barricaded themselves inside classrooms huddled under desks until police led them out. We have team coverage. Kenneth moton is in washington with lawmakers reaction but first maggie rulli at the shooting scene. Ma good morning. This is one of the deadliest Mass Shootings in modern u. S. History and now investigators here in parkland are speaking with s
Pushing away from Atlantic County and cape may county. Wet roads still lingering. As we look at temperatures, 43 in philadelphia. 41 in al allentown allentown. As soon as you open the door and step outside, youll feel the dinners this morning. Keep your eyes out for fog, in burlington county. In the northern suburbs, one mile in lancaster. Wilmington is up from a mile. You get the idea wherever you see the gray which is essentially the northern and western suburbs, may be areas north of trent and partsuth jero slow it down. 54 by 8 10 a. M. , 58 by 12 00. Were going up to a high of 65. Karen well have the accuweather weekend call which includes a chance of snow saturday night. Reporter all right, dave we have an accident on i95. Look at the southbound jam on i95. We can see a number of police and emergency workers on the ri, southbound at girard. Traffic at a s it. Well switch the camera scene and show you the backup on i95 and the travel time. It takes 48 minutes at this hour when its
The police, teachers and administrators go through training as to what to do in case of a threat. Like a number of Law Enforcement agency, darby police train at schools in case of a shooter. Its a community issue. The community has to come together. When we do our lockdowns, they are unannounced. The drills are unannounced to get a real reed on how prepared their schools and teachers are in reacting to an active threat. The process today, you have to take out the threat immediately. We rely on the teachers locking the children up so they are safe. They know what to do. Will they do it if it happened . I hope and pray it never happens. At least the training is there. The author of crazing stress saving todays overwhelmed teenagers says putting kids through drills will increase teens stress. Parents need to talk to their kids about these events. For a child in that situations its traumatic with a capita t. Its imperative to getting our own selves under control first. All of the preparedn
Victor oquendo. We continue to follow the big breaking news. South Florida Community struggling to come to grips with a School Shooting that claimed 17 lives. A gunman opening fire with an Assault Rifle sending panicked students running for cover. Police say the suspect is a former student who was expelled who was arrested without putting up a fight. The white house says President Trump spoke to the florida governor, rick scott, and offered federal assistance in the aftermath of that. And the president sent out a tweet to the victims. No child, teacher or anyone else should feel unsafe in an american school. And former republican president ial candidate was scheduled to make an announcement about his potential run for the u. S. Senate but its on hold in the wake of the florida School Shooting. Last night, he sent out a tweet, as a father and grandfather his heart aches for what he calls a senseless act of violence. Shots fired at the National Security agency headquarters. Police say a