back on the columbine massacre which shocked america our world. i started screaming and crying and telling him not to shoot me, and so he shot the girl. he shot her in the head in front of me. screaming. the suspects were not only on a shooting rampage, but they were going to destroy the school, they were going to burn the school. the columbine high school massacre had a seismic impact on america. 13 people died and 2a others were injured before the two killers turned their guns on themselves. i have to take this moment once again to hammer home to all the children of america that violence is wrong. the actions of teenagers eric harrison and dylan klebold made columbine a byword for the phenomenon of school shootings. that terrible day often cited as an inspiration for other attacks. in the aftermath of the tragedy the parents of the two killers came in forfierce criticism. people asked how could they not have known? how could they have missed the signs? now, after 17 year
than 20 people dead and cars transport chaos. hello. in a moment we ll be joining viewers on bbc one for a roundup of all those stories, that s with mishal husain. but first, the former president of iran, akbar rafsanjani, has died at the age of 82. he was one of the country s leading moderates and his death comes four months before iran s presidential election. mr rafsanjani was president from 1989 to 1997. well, kasra naji from the bbc‘s persian service, told me a little earlier, about the impact he made on iranian politics. he was an influential figure in he was an influentialfigure in iran since the revolution in 1979, the islamic revolution. he was a close confidant of ayatollah khamenei who was the founder of the islamic revolution. during the iran iraq war, toward the end, he was a major figure who convinced i had to accept a ceasefire and end this year war. ever since then, he was elected twice as president, twice as speaker of parliament and all along has been a ve
weekend looks likely to bring the highest temperatures of the year so far. plenty of warmth, plenty of sunshine. things change a little bit tomorrow across northern ireland and scotland. and i will have all the details you in about 15 minutes. ben, thank you. good morning. it s saturday the 8th of april. also ahead: the united states says it s prepared to launch more military action against syria over it s use of chemical weapons. it follows a missile strike on an airbase where the syrian government is said to have launched a deadly gas attack last week. the us says its also preparing new economic sanctions against the country. here s our washington correspondent, david willis. this was america s first direct involvement in the syrian crisis, its cruise missile attack a contradiction of the trump doctrine of avoiding conflicts in faraway lands and putting america first. and as syria s army chief inspected the impact of the attack on the air base from which us officials insist
but he knew he was in the bathroom and he was able to get out of the building, again, because these exit doors were working well. i can t tell you how thankful i am just to do that one task homeland security told us to do. because in the past you couldn t push through the exit doors? they weren t easily opened. they had safeties on them so they couldn t open either way. but now he was able to get out. i mean, he could be alive because of this. where were you when you found out this had occurred? i was heading up to the service. i m there every i was there last night for service. i go up there around 10:00 and in the morning and one of the vice presidents that i work with on facilities now that i stepped down, he called. he worked for city emergency management. and he said he just got word there s an active shooter at
tree of life. go up there and see if this is true. i tried to get up. i only live a block away from the synagogue. i tried to get up shady avenue and was