live in des moines. ron desantis is up first, followed by nikki haley. stay with us. ac 360 begins now. tonight on 360, a live report from perry, iowa, scene of the latest school mass shooting. what authorities are saying about how it unfolded, which included their discovery of a makeshift bomb at the scene. that and what a student says tonight about what she went through. also tonight, a new batch of unsealed documents in the jeffrey epstein sex trafficking scandal. what s in them and who. and later, house democrats say they have the former president s number, and knits the millions. what s in the report of how much foreign government money went into trump s pockets during the trump presidency. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight in iowa, but not for the reason you would expect, not for presidential politics. take a look. these are pictures tonight from perry, iowa, northwest of des moines. a vigil, one of two after a day that began with what is a
Tonight, cnn town halls take place less than an hour s drive from that shooting in perry, iowa, that we told you about. one sixth grader was murdered, four students and one school administrator were wounded. this is how ron desantis and nikki haley previously addressed attempts to curb gun violence. why can t you get rid of ar-15s? the reality is even if you did that, it might make you feel good today. there s going to be another shooting next week. we need to focus on what really matters. mental health is the cancer that no one is talking about. my approach to firearms is i m going to stand rock solid behind our second amendment rights, our constitutional freedoms. and i will focus the attention of law enforcement on individuals, convicted felons, people who are mentally ill or dangerous to the community.
Their child was the one who was killed. she said this individual was just the sweetest child, one that you would want your kids to be friends with. police say the gunman died from a self-inflicted gunshot. the 17-year-old was found with a pump action shotgun and a handgun. authorities also say the 17-year-old shooter was posting on social media at the time around the shooting. they also found in another part of the school an improvised explosive device, though authorities did render it safe. as far as a motive, the investigation continues, but the grieving here in this small community has just begun. anderson? veronica, i appreciate it. veronica miracle. earlier tonight i spoke with one of the students who managed to get safely away from the gunfire. her name is rachel karis. she is a senior at perry high. rachel, i understand you were in the band room when you heard shots. can you tell me what happened? basically, we were finishing
Lives. this one did. it happened on the campus shared by perry s middle and high schools. police say the shooter was a student at perry high. before killing himself, he shot six people, one of whom died, a sixth grader, a child killed by an older child. not for the first time, and never it seems for the last. cnn s veronica is at the scene tonight. i know you just got on the scene. what are you learning? anderson, just a devastating start to this new year for this community here in iowa. you can feel the grief, even as you come in and see all of the individuals at the vigil. tonight this community mourning the loss of a sixth grader. five other people were injured in this shooting. four students and one pack cult member, police say. one of those injured are critically injured. all of them, however, are expected to survive. this school shooting happened before school began. it was right around 7:30 when students from all ages, students from all grades were gathered
Live in des moines. ron desantis is up first, followed by nikki haley. stay with us. ac 360 begins now. tonight on 360, a live report from perry, iowa, scene of the latest school mass shooting. what authorities are saying about how it unfolded, which included their discovery of a makeshift bomb at the scene. that and what a student says tonight about what she went through. also tonight, a new batch of unsealed documents in the jeffrey epstein sex trafficking scandal. what s in them and who. and later, house democrats say they have the former president s number, and knits the millions. what s in the report of how much foreign government money went into trump s pockets during the trump presidency. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight in iowa, but not for the reason you would expect, not for presidential politics. take a look. these are pictures tonight from perry, iowa, northwest of des moines. a vigil, one of two after a day that began with what is already the