Schools since the beginning of 2018. Around the world these horrific images of boys and girls trying to escape gunman invading their school are sews associated with one country ours. Today the scene was in Parkland High School north of miami. The gunman is behind bars. He killed 17 people today. Its the latest mass murder tragedy. It is a horrific situation. It is a horrible day for us. Said the Broward County sheriff there are no words. This as police apprehended 19yearold Nikolaus Cruz the alleged gunman found lying on the ground and arrested without incident. He was taken to hospital and then to jail. They made an appeal to adults everywhere. If you are on a website and you knowing you see something, you see a person with rife wills rifes or weaponry you owe it to your family and the community to make it a safer nation by calling tonight. We have two reports from dann cuellar at Upper Darby Police and Christie Ileto in the slight satellite center. Kristi christie well begin with you
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
Good morning. Hurricane maria regaining strength after leaving behind an island with destruction and Power Outages in puerto rico. Maria is a major hurricane back up to a category 3 storm as it brushes the Dominican Republic and aims for the turks and caicos. And that means winds of 115 miles an hour but this is the scene in puerto rico. It was a category 4, 155 miles an hour when it pounded into the island and left streets looking like rivers after more than two feet of rain fell in some areas. We begin with abcs arlette saenz. Reporter puerto rico picking up the pieces from the wrath of Hurricane Maria. The category 4 storm tearing through the island. Roofs ripped off buildings. Debris flying. Structures toppling. Some areas seeing 30 inches of rain and residents trying to keep the water out of their homes. The wind howls and screeches. The doors rattle. Reporter the Emergency Management director saying the entire island is destroyed. Many homes not built to withstand hurricanes, let
Good morning. Hurricane maria regaining strength after leaving behind an island with destruction and cane outages in puerto rico. I back up to a category 3 storm as it brushes the Dominican Republic and aims for the turks and caicos. And that means winds of 115 miles an hour but this is the scene in puerto rico. It was a category 4, 155 miles an hour when it pounded into the island and left streets looking like rivers after more than two feet of rain fell in some areas. We begin with abcs arlette saenz. Reporter puerto rico picking up the pieces from the wrath of Hurricane Maria. The category 4 storm tearing through the island. Roofs ripped off buildings. Debris flying. Structures toppling. Some areas seeing 30 inches of rain and residents trying to keep the water out of their homes. The wind howls and sceches. The doors rattle. Reporter the Emergency Management director saying the tomae island is destroyed. Ui withstand hurricanes, let alone a category 4. Abcs Victor Oquendo witnessin
Plus heroic action by an illinois teacher who stopped a gunman shooting at fellow students. How her Quick Response saves lives. But we look at todays eye eppeep opener, your view in 90 seconds. All torn up. Happening an on island that is essentially bankrupt. Hurricane maria crippled puerto rico. The damage so widespread some are wondering how they will ever recover. We have to reconstruct and rebuild and reinvent and be resilient. In mexico, teams of rescue workers are continuing to search for survivors after a powerful earthquake. People here in mexico city are still taking in the horror of what exactly happened. Iran fires back at President Trump. Hassan rouhani called President Trumps speech baseless and offensive. Robert mueller wants new documents from the white house about President Trumps actions. If you are taking swings at the president of the United States, you better not swing and miss. A house explosion rocked a Los Angeles Neighborhood blowing out windows and scattered de