teenager opened fire at a florida school killing 17 children. the device the president wants to ban.>> reporter: the president has indicated for many days that he is will he to make a move or action, he announced he is ordering the department of justice to ban a device that attaches to semiautomatic weapons and potentially makes the much deadlier.>> the president used a ceremony honoring law enforcement officers to make an announcement. >> i signed a memorandum directing the attorney general to propose regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns. >> reporter: the regulation which is being negotiated would likely ban the use of bumps stocks. the accessory that herds semiautomatic guns -- that turns semiautomatic weapons into automatic ones. >> the president supports not having the use of bumps stocks. we expect further action on this in the coming days. >> reporter: the white house didn't commit to further regulation such as a ban on assault weapons. >> i don't have specific announcements but we have not a closed -- but we have not closed the door on thes

shooting in florida that left 17 dead. we have more on the students from the area that are calling for stricter gun laws. >> reporter: students in parkland, florida are mourning the 17 people killed last week during a shooting rampage. and they have a message for lawmakers, never again. >> it is time to take action and hold our elected officials responsible. >> reporter: the group is headed to tallahassee to speak with lawmakers and a town hall is scheduled for senator rubio and nelson. among the messages, address gun control now. >> this isn't about republicans or democrats, this is about anyone accepting money from the nra and using us as collateral. >> we have an incredible support system around us sdw we will be the difference. >> reporter: this movement already has events set for next month. women's march organizers will have a national school lock out to protest gun violence. there will be a march on washington d.c.10 days later where some students, not old enough to vote will push for stronger gun legislation. >> we are losing our lives while the adults are playing around. >> to

empire state building has gone dark to remember the victims of last week's school shooting in florida. the only light visible is a small rotating orange halo. tonight student protesters are calling out lawmakers with ties to the nra. >> tonights survivors of the massacre at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida took center stage at a gun violence town hall hosted by cnn. ♪ we're tired of hearing that we're too young to ever make a change ♪ >> students sang a song in tribute to their fallen classmates. they grilled their state reps top support banning certain assault style weapons. and one student called out senator marco rubio for taking campaign money from the nra. >> in the name of 17 people you cannot ask the nra to keep their money out of your campaign? >> i think in the name of 17 people i can pledge to you that i will support any law that will prevent a killer like this. you have every right to ask that question of me. i will always accept the help of anyone who agrees with my agenda. >> president trump says his administration will work to prevent another

story from last week's deadly shooting in parkland, florida. >> he recently graduate friday there and was scheduled to practice on the field the day of the attack. a text message from his baseball coach saved his life, right? >> he did. >> reporter: he only graduate friday douglas high school two years ago. now he is working his way through the miner leagues with the a's. he was supposed to practice with his old high school baseball team that fateful wednesday afternoon. the same afternoon 17 people were killed. >> i was supposed to be at the school right when school was ending. i was going to go and throw. >> reporter: even though he already graduated from douglas he never got too far away from his high school's baseball diamond. >> i went back and practiced a lot during the off season with douglas baseball team. >> reporter: he was supposed to meet his pitching coast around the same time the 19- year-old, cruz, opened fire. >> got a text from my old baseball coach told me not to show up, there was a shooter. >> i called a lot of people they knew at the school and some would not answ

officer-involved shooting and the suspect was taken into custody. >>> the community of parkland, florida waking up this morning, wounds still fresh. while the healing process is just beginning, we are learning more disturbing details about the shooter's dark past. omar jimenez reports. >> reporter: in the mind of a shooter, group chat messages showing he was obsessed with race, violence and guns. he also talked about killing mexicans, keeping black people in chains and cutting their necks. >> we had approximately 20 calls for service over the last few years regarding the killer. >> reporter: police documents show his mother had repeatedly called police to the home. some incident reports as recent as september, 2016 described the shooter suffering from mental illness being emotionally handicap. nothing stopped this from passing a check and buying a rifle. the f.b.i. saying they were concerned about his tendencies. >> the caller provided information about nikolas cruz. >> reporter: the f.b.i. never acted. and the information was never relayed to the miami field office. meanwhile, a communi

florida. we're learning about the 17-lives lost in yesterday's school shooting massacre. >>> now at 11:00 glimmers of light tonight in a dark time in florida. we're learning about the 17 lives lost in yesterday's school shooting massacre. good evening i'm elizabeth cooke. >> we have learning cruz bought that ar15 rifle legally after passing a background check. tonight he's on suicide watch after confessing to the atrocity that followed. meantime the names and faces of the 17 people he's accused of killing are beginning to emerge. tonight the survivors came together to comforter each other near the site of the deadly shooting at stoneman douglas high school. that's where kenneth craig begins our team coverage. >> reporter: good evening to you from parkland, florida where as you can see more than 24 hours later deputies still have the scene blocked off tonight. it's just down the street from the park inside the neighborhood where hundreds of people turned out tonight for a candle light vigil. 19-year-old nikolas cruz is behind bars facing 17 counts of premeditated murder. his attorney

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school resource officer called a coward for his actions during the mass shooting in florida is defending himself. scot peterson resigned after the sheriff said school surveillance cameras show him standing outside the building where students were being shot and killed. a statement from peterson's attorney insists the officer followed proper protocol calling for assistance, ordering a lockdown and taking up a tactical position believing the gunman was outside. his response to the shooting that left 17 people dead is now the subject of a state investigation. he ress th >>> president trump says school safety is the top priority following the florida attack and today the president met with the nation's governors to address that issue. reporter weigia jiang is live at the white house right now where the president laid out some of his proposals. >> reporter: ken, president trump repeated a lot of the same ideas he's been talking about since the shooting happened, but not everybody gave him a warm reception. in fact, one governor told him we need a little less tweeting and a little mo

more information.>> reporter: florida senator bill nelson says gun like -- guns like the ones in use should not be allowed. >> this is not for play. he adds that new gun control laws are not likely. >> you gotta keep trying. >> reporter: congress observed a moment of silence out of respect for those killed. >> senator chuck grassley out of iowa heads of the senate judiciary committee saying that he plans to sit down with other lawmakers, democrats and republicans to discuss gun laws and what sort of agreement they could reach on legislation with regard to gun violence. as you know, we've heard those rumblings from capitol hill before to no avail.>> hopefully this time it will be different. >> coverage on the school shooting continues at 6:00. we look at california's laws on ar-15's and a bill to make it easier to report those unfit to possess them.>> we're hearing that one of the suspects arrested for the deadly stabbing of the tracy teenager is not doing well in jail. jessica florez was in court as the two suspects went before a judge. >> reporter: the pair accused of stabbing and k

of the florida school shooting. a live look at the candlelight vigil being held at the high school in mill valley. many people wearing orange wearing orange ribbons in support of the national gun violence awareness movement. the shooting rampage in florida made an impression for these students. >> i thought about it all last tonight. this kept me up. it impacted me. i've no idea why. i think maybe it's because there's no reason why it didn't happen here. there's no reasons why, it wasn't me that was my killed or my friends, kids don't get to go home to their family. it took me a while to process that and realize like, there's no reason in this world that couldn't have been us. >> a massive vigil is being held in parkland florida, thousands have turned out to morn the 17 killed in yesterday's rampage and more than a dozen others were harmed.>> we are learning more about the 19-year-old shooting suspect, nikolas cruz walked right into the high school fully armed and began to shoot. the rampage continue through several classrooms until he dropped his weapon and mixed in with fleeing stud

the parkland florida high school shooting. many spent the weekend speaking out for gun control. >> reporter: students are planning more rallies today after holding more demonstrations this weekend. >> it has turned into anger as a motivation to do something. >> reporter: two nationwide protests are being planned. the first by the women's march which is helping to organize a national school lock out on march 14. it will be a 17 minute event. one minute for each person killed in the attack. >> our children need more than our prayers, more than our let's see what happens. they need our actions. >> reporter: students from the parkland, florida high school where the shooting occurred are pushing for a day of protest on march 24 to send a message to lawmakers on capitol hill. the event will be called the march of our lives. >> your job is to protect us and our blood is on your hands. >> if you only look at the instrumentality and you don't look at the person pulling the trigger, then i think you are doing a disservice to everyone who wants to see an end to the killings. >> republican

reports of damage. >>> the suspect in the florida high school shooting appeared in court this morning for a status hearing. 19-year-old nikolas cruz appeared in a prison jump suit with his wrists shackled to his waist. cruz is facing 17 counts of murder. he didn't speak publicly and kept his head down and only answered his public defender's questions. the purpose of the hearing was to discuss sealing certain documents in the case. >>> protesters are calling on lawmakers to pass new gun control legislation in the wake of the florida school shooting. survivors are mobilizing an anti-gun campaign. cbs news' weija jang has more details on the student led protest from the white house. >> this isn't just a mental health issue. he wouldn't have harmed that many students with a knife. >> the survivors of the school shooting in parkland, florida, are speaking out and demanding changes to the nation's gun laws. >> the fact that we even have to do that is appalling. our job is to go to school, learn, and not take a bullet. >> reporter: about 100 students from marjory stoneman douglas high school

. >> survivors from the deadly florida high school shooting rampage are demanding gun control. the lawmakers that are ourld showing support for their stances. >>> and a senator facic sexual harassment claims, when he can expect his fate. good morning, i'm michelle griego. >> and i'm anne makovec. >>> first, we have a cold snap in the bay area and we have live team coverage. sandra osburn is in the mountains live where some snow mraks are showing up. and neta has more in the weather center. >> it feels colder with the wind chill factor today in many areas. if you have the day off, you may want to stay inside and bundle up. some snow flurries with popping up on the hills east of san jose. we are looking at a few snow flurries and the areas in the white and gray, that is snow coming down on the local hills. we are seeing the rain and slush mix as well. let's show you where we are spotting some of this. highway 35 and and further south. you can see a little more of the sloes -- close up of where the flurries are. around red wood grove is where it is turning into slush. it is not cold e

them for inspiration. we believe that their call to actions shouldn't just be happening in florida. it should be a call to action in washington, but also in every single state capitol across the country. >> but gun advocates feel lawmakers are unfairly targeting the second amendment. >> our california legislature is trying to do is basically take advantage of tragedies in order to do something that it is that they have always wanted to do and that is they just want to ban guns. >> if the bill is passed, they will take effect starting on january 1st. in washington, a bipartisan senate bill is being introduced to raise the age of purchase for most assault weapons. weija jang reports the white house has not yet endorsed a plan to make that happen. >> two senators, one democrat, and one republican plan to introduce a new gun control bill in the u.s. senate today. >> moving the age to 21 for assault weapons, those type of purchases to make it in line with what is already there for handguns. >> president trump has called for that to happen. now the white house is being more cautious about wh

-- senator is also planning some legislation regarding that. >>> students across florida walked out today demanding change in the nations gun laws. you can see that hundreds spilled out of this high school and went out into the roads at the same time. those who survived last week's shooting are headed to the state capital. our reporter says they want answers from lawmakers. >> you need to make sure you stay strong and keep the message. >> reporter: it is the message that students who attended the parkland high school hope will forever alter the gun debate. >> this is big. this is life-changing. this is where things will start happening. >> reporter: about 100 students boarded buses bound for the state capital. they are holding a march demanding a ban on assault rifles and stricter gun control for those with a history of mental illness. >> it will be embarrassing for them if they do not listen to us. kids who were in a school that had shooting just a week ago are begging for them to take action.>> i want to let them know that these students lost their lives to the shooter. they were

florida high school. what we're learning about the 19-year-old suspect that was just charged for the deadly rampage. >> plus, the new harassment claims california assemblywoman cristina garcia is now facing. >> and the new deadline set for debris removal in santa rosa following the devastating wine country wildfires. good morning, it's thursday, february 15th. i'm michelle griego. >> and i'm kenny choi. let's start with traffic and weather. and jaclyn is tracking our commute. how are things looking? >> they look good. we are seeing the usual slowdowns but not a lot of accidents or lane closures and that's definitely good news in the traffic world. let's begin by taking a live look at your ride on 580. look at the "diamonds and rubies"! the headlights moving westbound in the yellow for drivers making their way between 205 and 680. about 30 minutes. so not too bad. we haven't seen the red light up our screen just yet. so as you head further west along 580, you will start tapping the brakes again once you get into castro valley and that's all due to an earlier crash along 238 just b

acknowledge some people may not be ready to return. cbs news, parkland, florida. >>> the florida governor is proposing a ban on bump stocks. a growing number of businesses are cutting ties with the nra. they include metlife, national, enterprise, and transfer the rental car company. >> arming teachers is not the answer. in a statement, it says quote bringing more guns into schools is a misguided and dangerously flawed idea. it is the most irresponsible solution you could imagine. the east bay congressman tweeted the nra and president trump would rather have us argue about this idea of arming teachers rather than moving ahead with common sense, gun violence reform supported by the vast majority of americans. he went on to say don't be distracted. >>> the secret service is trying to determine why woman ran a minivan into a security barrier at the white house grounds. a lockdown was briefly ordered as a precaution. the vehicles back windows were somehow knocked out. the secret service says that no shots were fired. the 35-year-old woman from tennessee was apprehended. law enforcement sources

mass shooting earlier this month. this comes as florida lawmakers demand the broward county sheriff be suspended for the way his deputies responded to the shooting. laura poddesta has the latest. >> reporter: it was an emotional afternoon for many students who attend marjory stoneman douglas high in parkland, florida. they walked back onto the campus where less than two weeks ago, a gunman opened fire, killing 17 of their classmates and teachers. >> i'm scared to come back. our school will be safer. >> reporter: sunday's orientation comes as 74 republican members of the florida house called on governor rick scott to suspend scott israel. there are claims three deputies did not enter the building when they should have. >> at this point, we have no reason to believe that anyone acted incorrectly, or correctly. that's what an investigation is. >> reporter: a fourth deputy, the school's armed security guard has already resigned after investigators found he took up a position outside the school, but never went in. >> shame on you! >> reporter: the valentine's day shooting has sparked intens

florida governor announced plans to spend $500 million towards school safety. >> we have to invest in metal detectors and bulletproof glass and steel doors. >> reporter: florida lawmakers failed to pass a ban on assault style rifles on monday but another gun-related bill moved forward tuesday to forbid gun sales to people under 21 years old but an amendment to ban the sale of bump stocks failed. >> we have to do everything we can to make sure that somebody that wants to harm students can't do it again. >> democrats and republicans owe it to these students to act and act in a real and significant way. >> reporter: a new era begins for students at stoneman douglas. >> i think it's really important that we're all together to kind of start the healing process and rebuilding our memories within the halls of this school. >> reporter: i'm john lawrence reporting. >> later today president trump is set to meet with republican and democratic lawmakers to discuss gun legislation. >>> president bill clinton paid his final respects to the late billy graham. mr. graham is at his library. today is t

in september killed almost 230 people. >>> well now, to the deadly high school shooting in florida. within the past hour, president trump visited the hospital where many of the victims are still being treated. >> law enforcement. really incredible. the speed that they got the victims over to the hospital can is record setting. 20 minutes in one case, 19 minute ins another from the time of the shot. >> the president also thanked doctors and nurses. he was asked and said he did meet with some of the victims. meantime, the fbi is admitting it botched a chance to investigate the 19-year-old gunman. agents did not follow up on a tip that came in just last month. cbs reporter kenneth craig is in parkland, florida for us this evening. >> reporter: well allen and liz, the last couple of days, so many people in this community have been struggling to ups how this could have happened despite so many warning signs. and then today, this bomb shell admission from the fbi. the fact that the bureau received a tip just a few weeks ago about this and did not act. a former maybe says this video shows

heard from students and teachers today who lived through last week's shooting in florida. cbs reporter mola lenghi at the white house now with the emotional stories that were shared today. >> reporter: yeah. raw emotion in that white house earlier today, allen, as students, parents and teachers really at times were measured, other times were tearful and in some instances they were restraining anger, understandably so, but president trump insists that this listening session will produce results. >> i was on the second floor in that building texting my mom, texting my dad, texting three of my brothers that i was never going to see them again. >> reporter: president trump welcomed students, teachers and parents from communities impacted by school shootings to the white house wednesday. >> we're going to do something about this horrible situation that's going on. >> reporter: the group included people from columbine, newtown and parkland, florida, the latest town rocked by gun violence. >> i am just grateful that i'm here and we can try to work out something, maybe compromise on s

suspect in yesterday's mass shooting at a florida high school was booked into the broward county jail this morning and has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. we are now learning more about nikolas cruz's troubled past. laura podesta is in parkland, florida with the latest. some of the video you're about to see is graphic. >>> reporter: >> reporter: the suspect was escorted into broward county jail this morning. as the schoolday ended, police say 19-year-old nikolas cruz fired a hail of bullets into classrooms at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. bullet holes are seen on this laptop computer in the classroom. >> he ran up and down the hallway just banging and shooting into the classrooms. he shot through my door. i saw blood everywhere. >> reporter: cruz was heavily armed with what is believed to have been an ar-15 semi- automatic rifle. law enforcement sources say shortly after the suspect entered the school, he pulled the fire alarm causing students to empty out into the hallways. >> he got us out of our classrooms slowly and in a large

minutes from the maze into san francisco. >>> survivors of last week's florida school shooting plan to hold a rally in the florida state capital today to try to pressure lawmakers into enacting gun control. hundreds of students and parents arrived in tallahassee yesterday and in washington, there is a small sign of movement on the gun violence front. hena doba is in new york with the latest. >>> reporter: cheers for the students from marjory stoneman douglas high school as their buses pulled into the state capital last night. today, those students will meet with lawmakers in tallahassee to push for tighter gun control to help prevent mass shootings like the one that killed 17 people at their school last week. >> we're going to keep talking. we're going to keep pushing until something is done because people are dying and this can't happen anymore. >> reporter: three buses with 100 students, many coming straight from funerals for their fallen classmates, made the seven-hour journey. in one bus the students were talking and had reached a fundraising milestone for a march 24 event. >> marc

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hopeless, all there is left is hope, right? >> reporter: 3,000 miles way from parkland, florida, the students of tamalpais high school in mill valley are holding their own vigils. >> i want to just show people that we're not going to pretend that it isn't happening. >> reporter: these students say they recognize the next shooting could happen anywhere unless, they say, they can somehow push elected officials to put restrictions on certain kinds of guns. they say they want the florida shooting to inspire their classmates to vote, to force change. >> our goal is to show those people in florida that this really matters to us and that we're willing to do anything. >> reporter: some of their teenaged counterparts in florida who just revived the shooting are showing maturity as they reject the do nothing approach of their elders. >> they can say we are going to do all these things, thoughts and prayers what we need is action. >> reporter: 17-year-old david hid in the closet with students as the gunman went on a shooting spree. someone is pleading for someone to do something about scho

berkeley. joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> tonight we're learning one man could have stopped the florida shooter. the school resource officer had a gun, but he never went into the building. that resource officer scott peterson has now resigned. the sheriff said he was sickened to see surveillance video that shows peterson stayed outside while students were gunned down inside stoneman douglas high school. s cruz is >> well, what i saw was a deputy arrive at the west side of building 12, take up a position, and he never went in. >> reporter: so what should he have done? >> went in. addressed the killer. killed the killer. >> 19-year-old nikolas cruz is accused of opening fire on the campus and he's charged with 7 counts of murder. two other sheriff's deputies were placed on administrative leave while the department investigates nearly two dozen encounters with the suspected shooter. >>> tonight president trump is proposing bonuses for teachers that carry guns in schools. >> these are people that would actually want them, and it would be a small percentage, but it would be a lot of people, and you'

." from florida to the white house, students and parents pleaded for change to end gun vie loans. >> how many schools, how many children have to get shot. >>> plus storms and melting snow trigger major flooding in parts of the midwest. as water levels rise, people are evacuating their homes and crews are rescuing drivers. >> rooney. she's stopped. the united states wins gol! >> and capturing gold. the u.s. women's hockey team defeats canada in a suspenseful overtime shoot-out. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> well, it was a day of protests and pleas. angry students and parents confronted politicians demanding new stricter gun laws. others staged walkouts. florida lawmakers who opposed gun restriction since 1989 now say they may consider a call for raising the age limit to buy a rifle. in washington, students and others affected made an emotional plea to president trump who held notes with the message "i hear you" written in black marker. hena doba is here in new york. hena, good morning. >> g

inspiration. we believe that they're call to action should just be happening in florida, should really be a call to action in washington but every single state capital across the country. >> a democrat that represents san francisco is one of several lawmakers introducing a new gun control bill. these new bills range from expanding an assault rifle to a gun restraining order to not limit to family members but adding mental health workers, employers, coworkers and school staff to that list. >> what this idea is to expand the kinds of individuals that can go into court and ask a judge for that restraining order. >> another law that may take away their rights. >> i thought the bills they passed last year were supposed to solve the problem. ultimately one has to ask the question, how much is too much. >> craig with firearms policy coalition feels lawmakers are unfairly targeting the second amendment and this weapon inparticular, the ar15, used to gun down students and teachers at marjory stoneman douglas high school. >> our legislature trying to take advantage of tragedies in order t

education, betsey devos met with survivors of last week's shooting in florida and massacres in a listening session at the white house. mean while, other survivors, rallied at florida's state capital demanding action from lawmakers. their message was amplified by students and teachers across the country. we began with major garrett at the white house. >> i'm never going to see my kid again. want you all to know that. never ever will i see my kid. i want it to sink in. it is eternity. >> andrew pollack father of meadow one of 17 killed last week. should have been one school shooting and we should have fixed it. and i'm pissed, because my daughter i'm not going to see again. she's not here. she's not here. she's in north lauderdale at whatever it is, king david cemetery. that's where i go to see my kid now. keep happening. 9/11 happened once. fixed everything. how many schools children have to get shot. >> a student at the high school. >> i lost a best friend who was practically a brother. i'm here to use my voice because i know he can't. >> zeif spoke of the semiautomatic rifle used at the h

heads back to florida to tee it up again next week. >> i haven't played golf in years. i'm starting to come back. it will take a little time. >> roger fedder's first time at the top of the rankings since 2012. the chiefs, by the way, have signed former raider's quarterback david amison to a deal worth $6 million. oakland released him earlier this month. injuries limited him to six games last season. we will probably see a few more raiders released soon. >>> coming up in our next half hour, the latest in the russia investigation. 13 russians indicted over 2016 election interference. >> and now, the california connection. the so cal man pleading guilty to helping the russians in all of this. >> a stunning admission from the fbi. a tip on the florida high school shooter was never acted on. >> and it was planned weeks ago, but, an emergency training drill in oakland public schools is taking on an added meaning. investigation. the special council names 13 russians who tried to tamper with the 20-16 presidential >> the russians and the russian investigation. the special council named 13 r

people. >>> one of the wounded students who survived the florida high school shooting is sharing her story. maddie got emotional as she talked about the first responders and doctors who saved her. >> i was sitting on my couch today thinking about all the letters and gifts everyone has given and just like all the love that's been passed around: i definitely wouldn't be here without it. >> students are preparing to return to school wednesday as state investigators look into law enforcement's response to the shooting. yesterday, florida governor rick scott ordered the investigation after new reports of at least four deputies not confronting the gunman. >>> in the bay area, dozens of high school students stood outside in the rain rallying for gun control, joining forces with raging grannies. demonstrators want to show support and demand change. they want stricter gun laws after the suspected gunman used an rr15 to kill 17 people. >> i -- ar15 to kill 17 people. >> i hope people realize they have a voice and they can use it. a lot of people are going to be voting in november. it's importa

responded to the comments. >>> following the parkland shooting in florida, president trump will host three listening sessions to get input from americans on how to stop mass shootings in schools. yesterday met with students, parents and teachers. jackie ward has details on the meeting with lawmakers. >> reporter: president trump continues his listening sessions with people from cities impacted by gun violence. today he is talking with state and local officials including the mayor of parkland, florida, site of last week's school shooting. >> we lost 17 lives. but the ripple effects throughout the community are devastating. >> reporter: wednesday he sat down with students, parents and teachers who have experienced school shootings. >> i'm because my daughter i'm not gonna see again! >> i lost a best friend. >> people are dying. and we have to stop this. >> i'm just begging for a change. >> reporter: while the president mostly listened, he did say he wants to focus on several solutions including strengthening background checks, increasing mental health services, and arming school staffers who

group and participated in paramilitary drills. the shooting happened in parkland, florida, where we find reporter kenneth craig with the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon. i'm standing just a few hundred yards from where this tragedy unfolded. that is marjory stoneman douglas high school. there's a serious law enforcement presence still out here this afternoon as authorities work to piece it together. a florida judge ordered 19-year- old nikolas cruz held without bond thursday. >> are you nicholas jacob cruz? >> yes, ma'am. >> okay, sir. you are 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 shooting. some students captured the horrific scene on their cell phones while others ran for their lives. >> kids were freaking out. >> reporter: president trump addressed the nation this morning about the deadly shooting. >> no parent should ever have to fear for their sons and daughters when they kiss them good-bye in the morning. >> reporter: authorities say cruz

florida. and she's calling for background checks. she wants to lift the restriction preventing from the center for disease control researching guns and death. >> if we have our disagreement, let's sit down, iron them out basically what we're saying to the speakers. there's not one person in this county, the political survival is important in compared to the lives of these children. >> cbs reporter duncan reports that the surviving students are making their voices heard. >> we are going to be the last mass shooting. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: emma gonzalez was at this anti-gun rally. >> we are going to change the lives and it's going to be due to the tireless efforts of the school board, the faculty and students. >> reporter: they're demanding a change to our nation's gun laws to stop people like the alleged shooter, 19-year-old nikolas cruz. >> reporter: do you think it will happen again? >> the fact that we are personally seeking out this time, i hope it makes a difference. >> reporter: on friday, the f.b.i. admitted to receiving a tip last month from someone close to cru

." grieving teens are turning their pain into action. students from the florida high school that was the scene of a mass shooting are heading to the state capitol to push lawmakers for more gun control. >>> president trump endorses his former foe in u.s. senate run. ♪ >>> and canadian ice dancers put on a captivating show, taking home the gold and making history at the winter olympics. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. florida legislators expect to consider tougher gun-control laws that could include raising the age to buy any gun to 21. 19-year-old nikolas cruz legally bought the gun police say he used to kill 17 people at his former high school. students at marjory stoneman douglas are urging lawmakers to take action. meanwhile, the family that took had cruz is defending their decision to allow him to move in with about half a dozen guns. hena doba is here in new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that family that was housing cruz say they brought the teen in was because it wa

are emerging about the shooting massacre at a florida high school that killed 17 people. officials say there are signs that the loss of life as bad as it was could have been much worse. a state senator says authorities told him it appeared that the suspected gunman nikolas cruz tried to fire out of the school's third floor windows as students were fleeing outside. the windows, however are made of safety glass so that they didn't shatter that day. yesterday cruz appeared in court where he was charged with premeditated murder 17 counts. his attorneys say he had mounting problems and things just fell through the cracks. >> he is a broken human being. he is a broken child. >> it's impossible. my girl! my 14-year-old baby! [ crying ] >> police have interviewed more than 2,000 people so far in this investigation. the school is still a crime scene and will remain closed today. >>> president trump addressed the shooting yesterday. during his address he spoke directly to the children across the country. he urged them to ask for help if they felt alone or scared. he also promised to take action

remained at the high school in florida until february last year when he was removed for behavior issues. meanwhile prosecutors reached an agreement to obtain dna, hair samples and fingerprints from cruz. the 19-year-old has been charged with 17 counts of murder and is held without bail. >>> students who survived that florida attack met with lawmakers in washington d.c. to push for stronger gun control. cbs reporter weigia jiang is in capitol hill this evening. >> reporter: senator dianne feinstein is leading the charge to raise the age to purchase assault weapons from 18 to 21. it's an idea that president trump also supports, but the nra does not and that's why it's going to be so hard to get it through congress even though these high school students have been here making their push. >> how did the meeting go? >> it was really productive. >> reporter: students from parkland, florida, spent the day meeting with lawmakers on capitol hill. they're survivors of a school shooting nearly two weeks ago which sparked a national debate on gun control. >> we in congress, democrats and republicans

allegedly traveled to the u.s. to collect intelligence. >>> in florida, the fbi is now saying that the agency received a tip back in january from someone who knew the accused school shooter might be planning something. the fbi also admits it didn't follow up on that tip. reporter kenneth craig is live in parkland, florida, with the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon. over the last few days, so many people have been struggling to understand how this could happen with so many warning signs and then this afternoon, that major bombshell admission from the fbi that they got a tip about this a month ago and didn't investigate it. the fbi now says 19-year-old nikolas cruz should have been on its radar but wasn't. the agency admits that in january, someone called into its tip line and told the person who answered that cruz had firearms. the caller referenced specific social media and even mentioned the school shooting threat. the fbi says that information was never passed to the south florida fbi field office and no follow-up took place. investigators say cruz confessed to the shooting using

florida high school where 17 people were shot to death last week. he never went inside and he never engaged the shooter. in washington, president trump wants to train teachers to carry firearms and he has proposed raising the minimum age to buying an assault rifle. john schiumo is here in new york with the details. good morning, john. >>> good morning, anne-marie. law enforcement officers in florida are vugling to reconcile the fact that one of their trained first responders failed to stop the bloodshed. the broward county sheriff said it made him sick to his stomach to see a new surveillance video showing an armed officer at the florida parkland school shooting stand by and do nothing. >> what i saw was a deputy arrive at the west side of building 12 take up a position, and he never went in. >> reporter: that deputy, scott peterson, resigned yesterday after being suspended without pay. this revelation comes on the second day in a row president trump called for teachers and other school personnel to be armed. he said, they should even get paid extra to carry a gun. >> nobody's going

make an emotional return to the florida high school where 17 people were killed by a gunman. >> i'm scared to go back, but i know our school will be safer. >> now the gun control debate is heating up on capitol hill. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. at least four people were killed by a large storm system that tore through the central u.s. over the weekend at least 12 tornados were reported in kentucky, tennessee, arkansas, and missouri. a string of severe weather stretched from texas to the canadian border. it brought floods, high winds, and hail, and more rain is expected tomorrow. mola lenghi has our report. >> reporter: violent storms pounded the central and southern u.s. this weekend, leaving behind a trail of damage stretching from texas to canada. >> this is out my back door. >> reporter: there were reports of multiple tornados touching down in kentucky, arkansas, and tennessee. the twister is suspected in the death of a 79-year-old woman in bowling green. police said she was ins

. >>> students in parkland, florida, returned to campus over the weekend and part of the effort to ease the transition back to class. 17 people dressed as angels and students returning since taking 17 lives. a lot of parents will be struggling with dropoff on wednesday. >> i was there to pick him up that day. it was the longest eight hours of my life. i'm not ready to let him go yet. >> the three story building where the shooting took place has been blocked off and the school is working on the student's schedules. >>> this morning many students from a bay area high school set to rally in support of gun control. sandra is live in palo alto and we're seeing this all across the country. >> reporter: what we'll see out here in palo alto and students in a local high school working for a group of gun control and meeting about an hour before gun control. president trump suggested mod rale changes to gun regulations such as raising the age limit to buy weapons last week. here's what an nra spokesperson said about the suggestion. >> the position is not wanting to raise the age. >> that's what the nr

hoping to inspire change in th of the florida massacre. >>> some high school students until the north bay may be too young to vote but they are hoping to inspire some change in the wake of the florida massacre. 3,000 miles away from parkland, florida students of tamalpais high school in mill valley held their own vigil last night saying they recognize that the next shooting could happen anywhere so they are making their voices heard in hopes that it will push officials to put restrictions on certain kinds of guns. >> when you see this cycle of inaction and it seems hopeless, we'll all there is left is hope, right? >> our goal is to show those people in florida that this matters to us and that we're willing to do anything. >> none of the teens has a solution. but their point is stop waiting for an answer and start trying to fix the problem. ds are remembering the young woman killed in a crash with an a-c transit bus in berkeley. doze >>> family and friends are remembering the young woman killed in a crash with an ac transit bus. >>> another somber gathering this one in berkeley t

. we're going to begin tonight with breaking news from florida and a jarring revelation from the broward county sheriff. he said today an armed security officer in parkland had a chance to stop last week's shooting, but did not. video at the scene showed he was outside and never went in. 17 people were killed, 14 were hurt. the deputy has now resigned. manuel bojorquez has more with this late information. manny? >> reporter: well, jeff, the sheriff's office also released thcuments showing that the ofhool resource officer had ticeived information about the shooting suspect, nikolas cruz, oud his "potential to carry out a school shooting," two years before it happened. but it's his actions the day of the shooting that led to his suspension. >> what i saw was a deputy arrive at the west side of building 12, take up a position, and he never went in. >> reporter: broward county sheriff scott israel said surveillance video showed deputy scot peterson arriving at the building where the shooting happened about a minute after the first shots rang out but he never entered during the four minutes t

florida high school. >> this isn't just a mental health issue! he wouldn't have harmed that many students why a knife! >> ninan: also tonight, russian officials call it a fantasy that they meddled in the u.s. election, but the u.s. national security adviser disagrees. >> the evidence is now really incontrovertible. >> ninan: at the olympics in south korea, u.s. figure skater nathan chen makes a remarkable comeback, and superstar lindsey vonn makes her debut. in southern mexico, a massive earthquake leaves millions without power. and overcoming his disabilities. a young man spreading good will by transforming legos into art. >> super terrific happy time is what i like to call it. i just enjoy what i do. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. the outrage and anger over the valentine's day massacre at a high school in florida is overflowing. 14 students and three faculty members were killed, and at a large and noisy rally today, several students from the school made sure their voices were heard. jericka duncan was there. >> we are going to be the la

killed at this high school in florida. tonight: >>> this is just absolutely pure evil. >> now at 11:00 at least 17 people killed at this high school in florida. and tonight the murderous rampage and the teenage suspect. good evening. >> in addition to the 17 killed more than a dozen others were hurt. the suspected gunman a former student expelled for disciplinary rvenlts tonight investigators describe his social media accounts as quote very disturbing. the school is located in the fort lauderdale suburb of parkland, recently named florida's safest city. laura podesta is there tonight. >> reporter: the broward county sheriff says they've identified 12 of the 17 people killed in the shooting. the suspect 19-year-old nicholas cruz remains in police custody as officials work to determine his motive. the nightmare in marjory douglas stoneman high school in parkland, florida unfolded just as the school day was ending. police say the suspected gunman 19-year-old nicholas cruz arrived on the school's campus wednesday afternoon heavily armed. >> he had countless magazines, multiple magazines

massacre in florida. a congressman organized the meeting and says there are common sense gun laws that could reduce the the violence if only congress would act. >> universal background checks would get rid of the loophole. number two, co-author of senator feinstein's bill, put assault weapons bans back in place nationally. >> he says he does face an uphill battle where the nra holds sway but he is hoping the reaction to the shooting might be a tipping point. a congressman will be joining us later this morning. we will be talking about a number of things including the recent state of close calls at the nation's airways and the latest on the russian memo and of course guns. >> certainly a hot topic. >>> dozens of bay area teachers are speaking out against one proposal from president trump to train and arm educators. >> i think it is ridiculous when they mandate that teachers carry weapons. that's the day i will retire. i will refuse to do that. >> teachers turned out for a flash mob yesterday in san francisco. the event was part of a nationwide protest called working people's day of

. this morning students head back to class at marjory stoneman douglas high school in florida two weeks after a shooting rampage that left 17 students and teachers dead. >> eagles, i promise you, i will hug each and every one of you as many times as you need, and i will hold you as long as you need me to for all 3,300 of you. >>> plus the security clearance downgrade. the president's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner is stripped of his top-secret clearance. >>> coming up on la brea. whoa, whoa, whoa. >> and a high-speed chase ends in a white-knuckled crash and a close call for a news photographer. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york, good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the emotions at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida, will likely run the gamut this morning. sadness, apprehension, and, of course, determination. students and teachers are returning to class for the first time since a gunman shot and killed 17 people two weeks ago. we're also learning more about the alleged gunman and his plan