Good morning. Welcome to early start. It is thursday, february 15th. Im Christine Romans in new york. Good morning, christine. Im dave briggs. It is 5 00 a. M. In parkland, florida. Known as one of the safest cities in america. Waking up to a recurring nightma nightmare. Helpless to stop the gun violence plaguing the country. 17 People Killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Five patients are in life threatening condition and ten others hospitalized with nonlife threatening injuries. So far, 12 victims of the h rampage have been identified. Here are the moments of terror. We want to warn you the video is disturbing. Holy
[ gunshots ] oh, my god terrifying. Imagine getting that out of your mind. Officials say that is the sound of an ar15 being fired from former student nikolas cruz. Senator bill nelson of florida told cnn how the attack began. The shooter wore a gas mask and he had smoke grenades. He went and setoff the fire alarm so the kids would come pouring out of the class
before you jump to conclusions there is a law to pass to prevent it. there is a time to have the conversations through law enforcement and mental illness funding to make sure people are safe. let s bring in political reporter tal kopan live in washington. it is such a sad story. for those kids and teachers and survivors, this is something that will mark the rest of their life. to see it played out every three days, dave said, there is a school shooting. five years after sandy hook, no legislative action. congress doesn t do anything. clearly on this matter. you heard chief ramsey say law enforcement, leaders in law enforcement may have to take a stabb stand. these are people pro gun rights and leadership. they want public safety. the electorate may have to move on this. is there any indication that voters that this is important and these events resonate?