Good morning. Welcome to early start. It is thursday, february 15th. Im Christine Romans in new york. Good morning, christine. Im dave briggs. It is 5 00 a. M. In parkland, florida. Known as one of the safest cities in america. Waking up to a recurring nightma nightmare. Helpless to stop the gun violence plaguing the country. 17 People Killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Five patients are in life threatening condition and ten others hospitalized with nonlife threatening injuries. So far, 12 victims of the h rampage have been identified. Here are the moments of terror. We want to warn you the video is disturbing. Holy
[ gunshots ] oh, my god terrifying. Imagine getting that out of your mind. Officials say that is the sound of an ar15 being fired from former student nikolas cruz. Senator bill nelson of florida told cnn how the attack began. The shooter wore a gas mask and he had smoke grenades. He went and setoff the fire alarm so the kids would come pouring out of the class
pulling a fire alarm would do that. he knew what he was going to do. so there was some planning. for how long? who knows. that is all part of the investigation. and interrogation to find out how much planning and if there was someone else involved. the law enforcement community has a busy task ahead. you talk about the law enforcement community and changes you would like to see across the country. congressional action is doubtful at this point. we talked about sandy hook when nothing happened. the congressional shooting and steve scalise and nothing happened. what would you like to see? what would law enforcement community like to see done in the united states? i m not anti-second amendment or anti-firearm. we have to make it difficult for people to get their hands on weapons. if they are not responsible and not law abiding people that will use them properly. if you have some form of mental