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
the son is crying all the time. they get on the phone and they say why did you leave me. how come you won t come and get me. what will he understand about zero tolerance? the judge in the case commended the government for its progress, but finds the policy deeply troubling. more on this with tal kopan live in washington. also today is deadline day. how significant is this deadline being that we just said 1,000 will not be reunited by the deadline. there are consequences? dave, it has been a confusing process. the judge has been very quick to praise the government for all the progress it makes while at the same time insisting the deadlines are not aspirational. there will be about 1,600 families that should be reunited by today as established by the government. those are the families the government was able to quickly
trump. corey stewart is an example of the projected republican senate nominee in virginia winning despite refusing to criticize alt-right marchers after charlottesville. instead attacking to republicans. on cnn last night, stewart was asked about his support for pale naelin. when you are losing the argument, you know what the left does? they play the race card. we have a president you don t think that card applies to people you hung out with? you never want to condemn extremism on your side of the aisle. my aisle is proof. senator cory gardner heads up the committee and he says his committee does not plan to endorse stewart. let s bring in tal kopan live in washington. good morning. let s talk about this sort of hostile takeover of the
illegal immigration. strong economy and ability to work. everything i see here in washington and immigration policy is talking about supply, not demand. you know, this is one thing that the administration has really done over time is characterize the problem as one of pull of certain laws. you talk to experts and that is really not a multidimensional enough view of migration. economic factors have been a pull to the country especially when majority of migration was from mexico. that has changed over the last ten or so years. now we really see a lot less migration from mexico and more from central america. those immigrants coming here may be searching for a better life, but many are fleeing dangerous situations of gang violence and poverty. many women, children and
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?