Out max and tom, and your families, and the other families of the tragedies for attending here, and for just your unbelievable dedication turning your tragedy into, hopefully, some positive action that can prevent tragedies for other families. It is just remarkable what so many of the families have done in reaction to so many of these tragedies, which really dates back to about 1998 is where we really had sort of the first directed attack. I know in your testimony, were talking about 710 shootings since columbine in 1999. In columbine, 13 people were killed 12 students, one teacher. 20 more were injured. Sandy hook in 2012. 26 killed. Two were injured. Parkland, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, 17 killed and 17 injured. The death and casualty toll was simply unbelievable, quite honestly. I grew up in the 50s and 60s. We were concerned about the nuclear holocaust. We would hold drills, and talk under our desks. We never had to worry about someone entering our school and opening
The title of this hearing is examining state and federal recommendations for enhancing School Safety against targeted violence. First of all, i want to welcome everybody to the hearing room. I certainly want to thank our eyewitnesses for taking the time, for your testimony, and in particular, i want to shout out max and tom, and your families, and the other families of the tragedies for attending here, and for just your unbelievable dedication turning your tragedy into, hopefully, some positive action that can prevent tragedies for other families. It is just remarkable what so many of the families have done in reaction to so many of these tragedies, which really dates back to about 1998 is where we really had sort of the first directed attack. I know in your testimony, were talking about 710 shootings since columbine in 1999. In columbine, 13 people were killed 12 students, one teacher. 20 more were injured. Sandy hook in 2012. 26 killed. Two were injured. Parkland, at Marjory Stoneman
School safety against targeted violence. I want to welcome everybody to the hearing room. I actually want to thankour witnesses for taking the time for your testimony. And in particular i want to give a shout out to max and tom and your families and the other families of the families for attending here and for just your unbelievable dedication turning your tragedy into hopefully some positive action that can prevent tragedies for other families, its remarkable what so many of the families have done in reaction to so many of these tragedies which date back to about 1998 is where we had the first directed attack, numbers of 56. I know in your testimony youre talkingabout 710 shootings since columbine in 1999. Columbine, 13 people were killed, 12 students, one teacher, 21injured, sandy hook in 2012, 26 killed. Two were injured and parkland, at Marjorie Stoneman douglas school, 17 killed and 17 injured. Anthe death and casualty toll is simply unbelievable, quite honestly. I grew up in the
Florida which remains a active crime scene. Good afternoon, kenneth. Reporter . Good afternoon to you from parkland florida. Im standing just a few hundred yards from where this tragedy unfolded. That is the school. You can see a very large presence from police out here this afternoon as authorities try to piece all of this together. 19yearold nikolas cruz entered the Broward County jail this morning. The suspect has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. Reporter Authorities Say cruz began his rampage outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School then went inside and continued shooters. Some students captured the gunfire others ran out. President trump addressing the nation about the deadly shooting. No parents should ever to have to fear for their sons and daughters when they kiss them goodbye in the morning. Reporter Authorities Say cruz had been expelled from the school last year. Social media posts show him posing with guns. On thursday, fbi agents searched the home of
Street. Im Carl Quintanilla a strong close with buffett on squawk. Fed chair pal on the squawk tomorrow we begin with futures pointing to a sharply higher open on the twoweek rally and buffetts advice for the longterm investor despite volatility, buy equity, not bonds. Ge is planning to restate three new candidates to a streamlined board of director. And the chip war continues over qualcomm urging broadcom to engage in direct talks for a takeover deal. Buffett is one of the big stories of the deal saying Berkshire Hathaway received the new tax law. Heres what becky said earlier on squawk. We had about 100 billion of unrealized gain in equities. Now, when they are sold, you pay tax on that. And previously when the tax was 35 , we would have had a 35 billion reserve for taxes against that as a liability. That would drop to about 21 billion. So 14 billion roughly that was a reduction in the amount of tax that when we saw those securities, we will pay. It wasnt cash now, but it reduced the