good evening, this was already a sad and difficult day for survivors at marjory stoneman douglas high school. , 17 young people murdered five years ago today in parkland, florida. today, parkland is back the news but not as an example of how far we ve come in making such massacres a thing of the past. instead, it s a reminder that the sister and brotherhood of mass shooting victims and survivors is always growing. today s, loved ones of three michigan state university students join that number, after a gunman opened fire last night shooting eight students country them. it is near the first nor the 61st shooting this year. it. according to the gun violence archive it was a 67th mass shootings with four more people shot or killed. in fact, number 68 happened today, with four wounded outside a high school in pittsburgh. before we talk about the larger school though, here s what we know about who was killed in michigan. alexandra verner was in a junior year, and came from the s
congressman george santos today was adamant on twitter that he will remain in office, quote, let me very clear, he wrote, i m not leaving, i m not hiding, i m not backing down. multiple ongoing investigations into his finances. he s told a long series of lies. one of numerous allegations in 2017, santos stole puppies from an amish dog breeder using bad checks. our gary tuchman went to amish country to learn more about the allegations. we ve told this amish dairy farmer in pennsylvania will protect his identity. as a father of ten, who we will call fred, tells us the story of a man who came to his house over five years ago to buy puppies.
so let s get to it. as you heard here, about 90 minutes ago on cnn, the president said that the federal government has gotten too big and complicated. that s not a revelation but he says he can fix it by streamlining, consolidating, simplifying. he said a leaner government would create a leaner and better national security. congress didn t consolidate on its side so now the department of homeland security reports to over 100 different congressional panels. that s a lot of paperwork. that s a lot of reports to prepare. that s not adding value. it s not making us safer. well, congress will have to approve a rewrite and republicans promise a careful review of that. military investigators say that they have tracked down and interviewed at least two of the marines seen urinating on corpses in afghanistan. the video has gone viral. today the deputy commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan issued a directive, reminding troops, and i quote, we must treat the living and the dead wi