And again, governor, i cannot thank you for your support. Weve been on the phone constantly. He was here the second this happened. I cant thank you, fdle, the sheriffs office, and this is what you dont see around the country. You see team work. Thats what happens in id special. Thank you. Before we take questions, id like also to thank congressman ted deutsche from coming down from washington, d. C. The elected officials from parkland and around the county. My message to the community to Broward County is simple. Your elected officials, your commissioners, your state reps, your state senators, make sure these are people that arent worrying about millage rates and saving money. This is a time to save lives. We need more Law Enforcement, we need more deputies. This isnt the time to worry about how many dollars might be saved if we dont have a deputy here or a Police Officer here. This is nationwide. We need more, more heroes, more First Responders, not less First Responders. And i know m
Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, Florida School shooting, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from pyeongchang, south korea. Welcome to today on this thursday morning. We are here in olympic park in pyeongchang, south korea, but it goes without saying that our hearts are definitely back home. Theyre back home and our hearts are heavy. Its hard to even imagine that this has happened again. Again. Its happened again. And we want to get right to the latest overnight. The death toll, in a word, is st shootings in american history. At least 14 others were wounded, some of them are in Critical Condition this morning. The suspected gunman is in custody. Officials identifying him as 19yearold nikolas cruz, a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who had recently been expelled. We are also seeing disturbing images recorded and shared by frightened students as they barricaded themselves in classrooms. Thache went through. This is how it looked,
By a gunman who opened fire on wednesday. Last night thousands of people attended a candle light vigil for those that were slain. Each of the 17 victims has now been identified by authorities. Reporter faces of tragedy, grief, and disbelief. As we learn more about 17 lives cut short. A hopeful teenage girl, a College Bound swimmer, a beloved football coach, aaron also a School Security guard gave his life protecting his students using himself as a human shield. He died saving his students. He died saving us. Without him some kids wouldnt be able to hug their parents. Reporter so many kids did not make it home, like hoyer who loved basketball. Active in rotc was seen holding a door so others could escape. Oliver, also lo lost his life. He was born in venezuela and had just become a u. S. Citizen. I had him beside me always, but hell still be there. Reporter i heard two shots. Reporter Samantha Grady was in class with her best friend who died when the bullets began to fly. It hit a few p
A black duffel bag and back. He had a semiautomatic rifle with him. He went straight for a stairwell in the school. Thats where he took out the rifle, and he targeted five different classrooms on two levels of the school. Police do believe he was targeting certain classrooms and we now also know that that semiautomatic rifle that he used, he did purchase legally from an authorized gun store. We also know that he was only inside that school for about seven minutes when he dropped that gun and ran out the back of the school. He blended in with some other students that were running from the school. We now have new video of s. W. A. T. Entering the school and rescuing some of those students. Lets look at that video. Please help us. Please help us. Please help us. Stop talking. All right. Relax. First ten people stand up. First ten people. Chill, chill. I tell you go straight to the stair well. Chill. Dude. Hallie, one of the things the community is grappling with in the days after the shoo
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