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and that news conference with mike jones is scheduled for about a half hour from now. school board officials and others say mike jones quick action by running into the room as soon as he heard shots drawing down and shooting the intruder ending that event saved a lot of lives. again, he's being hailed as a hero here and we're eager to hear his side of the story in just a short while, chris. >> we are looking forward to that, mark, thank you so much. >>> julian assange could soon be a free man and we could hear from him shortly outside the high supreme court in london. a judge rejected the appeal and granted the computer hacker provisional bail. now, we heard from his mother, christina assange less than an hour ago. >> i am very, very happy with the decision. can't wait to see my son and to hold him close. i had fact that the british justice system would do the right thing and that the judge would uphold the decision and that has been confirmed today. >> nbc peter alexander is in london with the latest. a sense of how soon we'll see julian assange and if and when we do,
and that news conference with mike jones is scheduled for about a half hour from now. school board officials and others say mike jones quick action by running into the room as soon as he heard shots drawing down and shooting the intruder ending that event saved a lot of lives. again, he's being hailed as a hero here and we're eager to hear his side of the story in just a short while, chris. >> we are looking forward to that, mark, thank you so much. >>> julian assange could soon...
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thursday mike jones provided new details about the incident. he also reenacted the horrific shoot-out. mark strassmann has the story. >> i wasn't in this building five minutes and i was in a gunfight. >> reporter: when clay duke held an entire school board hostage, mike jones suddenly faced a security chief's nightmare. he showed me how he hurried to the boardroom's back door. >> when i look in there, i see the shooter with a gun. and i seen all the board members and they were all sitting upright. i didn't have a shot. >> reporter: jones tried but failed to get duke out of the room, so he went to plan b. >> plan b was i ran outside to my car, which is parked right outside the back door here. grabbed some clips, .40 caliber, i had my .38 on, grabbed my bull proof vest, shrunk it on came back to the door. >> i knew the fight was fixing to happen. >> please don't, please don't. please. >> he fired the first shot at the superintendent. i thought he was dead and i just opened the door and he and i went at it. i was opening the door with one hand and
thursday mike jones provided new details about the incident. he also reenacted the horrific shoot-out. mark strassmann has the story. >> i wasn't in this building five minutes and i was in a gunfight. >> reporter: when clay duke held an entire school board hostage, mike jones suddenly faced a security chief's nightmare. he showed me how he hurried to the boardroom's back door. >> when i look in there, i see the shooter with a gun. and i seen all the board members and they were...
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he says he is not a hero, but watching mike jones and the terrifying video from that tuesday afternoon school board meeting in panama city, florida, you're likely to disagree. jones is the security guard who, as bullets flew, risked his life to stop the gunman. today, jones, a 57-year-old former police officer said he was just doing his job. here's mark strassmann. >> wasn't in the building five minutes and i was in a gun fight. >> reporter: when clay duke held an entire school board hostage, mike jones suddenly pace faced a security chief's nightmare. he showed me how he hurried to the aboard roomia backdoor. >> i see the shooter with the gun and i see the bored members and they were all sitting upright. i didn't have a shot. >> reporter: the gunman noticed the security officer standing in the doorway, offcamera in this video. >> come on in. >> you you got a real gun there? >> come on in. >>. >> reporter: jones tried but failed to get duke out of the room. so he went to plan b.. >> plan b. of i ran outside to my car, parked right outside the door here, grabbed some clips, 40 caliber u
he says he is not a hero, but watching mike jones and the terrifying video from that tuesday afternoon school board meeting in panama city, florida, you're likely to disagree. jones is the security guard who, as bullets flew, risked his life to stop the gunman. today, jones, a 57-year-old former police officer said he was just doing his job. here's mark strassmann. >> wasn't in the building five minutes and i was in a gun fight. >> reporter: when clay duke held an entire school...
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his name is mike jones. he is known as salvage santa for helping needy children the boater part of a quarter century. he took down the gunman. here is how mike jones himself describes what went down. >> a finance people called me on the cell and said mike there is a man in the boardroom with a gun and i was on the 4th floor, i took the stares down and i done a look in the room the first time, just wanted to get an assessment and see what was going on and drew the guy's attention to me and i hoped to get him to come out of the building to me and he didn't fall for that, and he wanted me to come in and i closed the door to go to plan (b) and from there i went to my vehicle which was parked outside the back door, got my vehicle and extra ammunition because i knew it was serious and the first three rounds i fired and hit center mass but he would not go down and he started shooting at the board members again so i kept shooting but he was moving a lot and he fell and the arm came up and he was still shooting at me
his name is mike jones. he is known as salvage santa for helping needy children the boater part of a quarter century. he took down the gunman. here is how mike jones himself describes what went down. >> a finance people called me on the cell and said mike there is a man in the boardroom with a gun and i was on the 4th floor, i took the stares down and i done a look in the room the first time, just wanted to get an assessment and see what was going on and drew the guy's attention to me and...
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but i do want to give credit to mike jones. mike jones took action, he's the one who did the initial shooting of the shooter. without him there would have been a lot of people dead. he's the hero. martha: he absolutely is and you changed the dynamic in that room as well and for you, you deserve credit as well, ginger, thank you very much, we wish you a meshy christmas. >> thank you so much. martha: to you and your family and we say it again, we thank you for being with us today and i mean that in every way. ginger, thank you. >> thank you so much. martha: well, you can watch this whole thing, it is terrifying, and it's streaming on our website, fox news.com, but you know what, it ended better than anybody could have ever imagined, and that's why it is very worth telling that story. as the superintendent said, god's standing in front of me. he said there's no other reason. this morning when he was interviewed, they said why do you think you were saved, he said because god helped me there. bill: stopped the bullet. martha: absolu
but i do want to give credit to mike jones. mike jones took action, he's the one who did the initial shooting of the shooter. without him there would have been a lot of people dead. he's the hero. martha: he absolutely is and you changed the dynamic in that room as well and for you, you deserve credit as well, ginger, thank you very much, we wish you a meshy christmas. >> thank you so much. martha: to you and your family and we say it again, we thank you for being with us today and i mean...
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mike jones in his own words. mike jones didn't actually kill clay duke, the shooter. he wounded him. it was duke who actually killed himself in the end but it's amazing to hear what jones was thinking. >>> let's get caught up on some of another stories we're following, susan hendricks joins us with the bulletin. >>> julian assange was freed on bail in london nine days after his arrest for questioning about alleged sex crimes in sweden. assange must report to police daily and wear an electronic tag to monitor his location. >>> iraqi authorities have warned u.s. officials that al qaeda may be planning suicide attacks in the u.s. and europe during the christmas holiday season. they say the tip comes from captured insurgents. a u.s. official said the report is being taken seriously, but added there's no intelligence indicating a specific or credible threat. >>> police in new york have found the bodies of four women dumped near a beach in long island while searching for a missing woman but they still haven't found that woman, shannon gilbert. police say gilbert was a prost
mike jones in his own words. mike jones didn't actually kill clay duke, the shooter. he wounded him. it was duke who actually killed himself in the end but it's amazing to hear what jones was thinking. >>> let's get caught up on some of another stories we're following, susan hendricks joins us with the bulletin. >>> julian assange was freed on bail in london nine days after his arrest for questioning about alleged sex crimes in sweden. assange must report to police daily and...
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thursday mike jones provided new details about the incident. he also reenacted the horrific shoot-out. mark strassmann has the story. >> i wasn't in this building five minutes and i was in a gunfight. >> reporter: when clay duke held an entire school board hostage, mike jones suddenly faced a security chief's nightmare. he showed me how he hurried to the boardroom's back door. >> when i look in there, i see the shooter with a gun. and i seen all the board members and they were all sitting upright. i didn't have a shot. >> reporter: jones tried but failed to get duke out of the room, so he went to plan b. >> plan b was i ran outside to my car, which is parked right outside the back door here. grabbed some clips, .40 caliber, i had my .38 on, grabbed my bull proof vest, shrunk it on came back to the door. >> i knew the fight was fixing to happen. >> please don't, please don't. please. >> he fired the first shot at the superintendent. i thought he was dead and i just opened the door and he and i went at it. i was opening the door with one hand and
thursday mike jones provided new details about the incident. he also reenacted the horrific shoot-out. mark strassmann has the story. >> i wasn't in this building five minutes and i was in a gunfight. >> reporter: when clay duke held an entire school board hostage, mike jones suddenly faced a security chief's nightmare. he showed me how he hurried to the boardroom's back door. >> when i look in there, i see the shooter with a gun. and i seen all the board members and they were...
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he says he is not a hero, but watching mike jones and the terrifying video from that tuesday afternoon school board meeting in panama city, florida, you're likely to disagree. jones is the security guard who,
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mike jones reenacted the horrific shootout. mark strauss man has the story. >> i wasn't in this building five minutes and i was in a gun fight. >> reporter: when clay duke held a school board hostage, mike jones showed me how he hurried to the board room's back door. the board members were all sitting upright. jones tried but failed to get duke out of the room. so he went to plan b. >> plan bwas right outside the car. i grabbed my gun, grabbed my vest and put it on. >> reporter: then he slowly opened the board room door. >> i knew the fight was fixing to go happen. he fired the first shot at the superintendent and i thought he was dead and i opened the door and he and i went at it. i was firing with one hand. >> reporter: jones wounded duke at least three times in his back and midsection. >> man, he wouldn't go down. then he started shooting at the board members again so i kept shooting. >> reporter: for cover, jones showed me how he crawled behind the back row of chairs. >> i was trying to keep him pinned down and i looked and
mike jones reenacted the horrific shootout. mark strauss man has the story. >> i wasn't in this building five minutes and i was in a gun fight. >> reporter: when clay duke held a school board hostage, mike jones showed me how he hurried to the board room's back door. the board members were all sitting upright. jones tried but failed to get duke out of the room. so he went to plan b. >> plan bwas right outside the car. i grabbed my gun, grabbed my vest and put it on. >>...
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mike jones said today his heart goes out to the gunman's family. and just hours ago, we heard from one of the shooter's relatives, his stepdaughter. she says clay duke, the shooter, felt school officials were bullying his wife and he wanted to bully them back. >> he loved my mother enough to do something crazy. even seeing now today, we're still just trying to wake up and be, you know, yesterday and this all be a dream and it not be real. >> shepard: she also had a message for the officer, mike jones who shot her stepdad. she said when somebody's firing a gun, you have to take action. and she says jones made the right call. authorities in seattle releasing video of what the sheriff there called a vicious and unprovoked attack on a pregnant girl and her boyfriend. look at this. cops say five teenage girls got on a crowded bus. look at this. they stole the couple's mp-3 player and then started beating and kicking them. the pregnant woman says she feared for her baby and her boyfriend tried to get them to stop. she reportedly got a cut above one eye a
mike jones said today his heart goes out to the gunman's family. and just hours ago, we heard from one of the shooter's relatives, his stepdaughter. she says clay duke, the shooter, felt school officials were bullying his wife and he wanted to bully them back. >> he loved my mother enough to do something crazy. even seeing now today, we're still just trying to wake up and be, you know, yesterday and this all be a dream and it not be real. >> shepard: she also had a message for the...
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we'll talk to mike jones and his wife in just a moment. but first, he and cbs news correspondent mark strassmann take us back to the scene of that standoff. >> reporter: from this back door, mike jones showed me what he saw on tuesday. gunman clay duke holding an entire school board hostage. the gunman noticed the security officer standing in the doorway. off camera in this video. >> come on in. you got a real gun there? come on in. don't run away, man. he probably even doesn't have a gun. >> reporter: jones tried but failed to lure duke out of the room sew ran to his car, grabbed his big gun, more ammo and his bullet-proof vest. then, he slowly opened the boardroom door. >> when i did that, he squared his back to me and both hands in front and i knew he was going to shoot. fired my first shot, boom. i saw him flinch and i knew it hit him in the back. but he didn't do -- i mean, he kept shooting. and so, i came to this position and i fired another shot and i got to about here and i fired another shot. finally, he went down. >> reporter: jo
we'll talk to mike jones and his wife in just a moment. but first, he and cbs news correspondent mark strassmann take us back to the scene of that standoff. >> reporter: from this back door, mike jones showed me what he saw on tuesday. gunman clay duke holding an entire school board hostage. the gunman noticed the security officer standing in the doorway. off camera in this video. >> come on in. you got a real gun there? come on in. don't run away, man. he probably even doesn't have...
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. >> reporter: when clay duke held an entire school board hostage, mike jones suddenly pace faced a security chief's nightmare. he showed me how he hurried to the aboard roomia backdoor. >> i see the shooter with the gun and i see the bored members and they were all sitting upright. i didn't have a shot. >> reporter: the gunman noticed the security officer standing in the doorway, offcamera in this video. >> come on in. >> you you got a real gun there? >> come on in. >>. >> reporter: jones tried but failed to get duke out of the room. so he went to plan b.. >> plan b. of i ran outside to my car, parked right outside the door here, grabbed some clips, 40 caliber ui had my 38 on, grabbed my bulletproof vest. >> reporter: and he slowly opened the door. >> i knew a fight was fixing to happen. >> please don't, please don't, please. >> he fired the first shot at the superintendent and i thought he was dead and i just opened the door and he and i went at it. i opened the door with one hand, i was firing with the other hand. >> reporter: jones wounded duke at least three times, in his back and midse
. >> reporter: when clay duke held an entire school board hostage, mike jones suddenly pace faced a security chief's nightmare. he showed me how he hurried to the aboard roomia backdoor. >> i see the shooter with the gun and i see the bored members and they were all sitting upright. i didn't have a shot. >> reporter: the gunman noticed the security officer standing in the doorway, offcamera in this video. >> come on in. >> you you got a real gun there? >>...
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>> makes me want to do it more. >> reporter: mike jones was already his son's hero. tonight, he's also his community's. ryan owens, abc news, panama city, florida. >>> and still ahead on "world news," a security check before the christmas crunch. before you get in the plane, see what brian ross found. >>> and, remembering an athlete and patriot from a simpler time. >>> and, santa's letters. we told you about the hopes of so many needy children, and within hours, an army of you answered the call. ugh, my sinuses... the congestion... it's your fault. naturally, blame the mucus. well, i can't breathe. did you try blowing your nose? of course. [ both ] and nothing came out. instead of blaming me, try new advil congestion relief. what you probably have is swelling due to nasal inflammation, not mucus. and this can help? it treats the real problem of your sinus symptoms, reducing swelling due to nasal inflammation. so i can breathe. [ mucus ] new advil congestion relief. the right sinus medicine for the real problem. affect wheat output in the u.s., the shipping industry i
>> makes me want to do it more. >> reporter: mike jones was already his son's hero. tonight, he's also his community's. ryan owens, abc news, panama city, florida. >>> and still ahead on "world news," a security check before the christmas crunch. before you get in the plane, see what brian ross found. >>> and, remembering an athlete and patriot from a simpler time. >>> and, santa's letters. we told you about the hopes of so many needy children,...
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. >> mike jones and his wife colleen join us from panama city. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> hi. >> mike, let me ask you this. just to begin with, as you watched all of this unfold, what was your greatest fear? >> that the superintendent was dead. >> that he was actually dead? >> yes. >> because you saw -- >> he pulled that trigger and -- >> right. because you saw mr. duke open fire and you then saw mr. husfelt fall behind the desk there, right? >> right. he had his back to me. mr. duke did. when i seen him square up with both hands with the weapon in front of him, i knew it was over. and when he fired that round and that close range, i just knew he was dead. >> and at that point, do you know you have to -- you have to act? >> right. i mean, that's -- when i opened the door to engage him in the gun fight. >> right. did you have a what you would call a clear shot? i mean, were you in a position where you could really encounter him? >> no. that was the whole problem. i'd entered the room once, tried to draw his attention to come to
. >> mike jones and his wife colleen join us from panama city. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> hi. >> mike, let me ask you this. just to begin with, as you watched all of this unfold, what was your greatest fear? >> that the superintendent was dead. >> that he was actually dead? >> yes. >> because you saw -- >> he pulled that trigger and -- >> right. because you saw mr. duke open fire and you then saw mr. husfelt fall...
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and this is why mike jones is a hero. the door he came in, there's five shots right in the hole with little numbers by them all. but the scary thing, i saw that before i left there yesterday when it happened. what i didn't see were the shots that were behind the board counter. and if you will watch the video, when mike jones comes in, he's still shooting and getting ready to reach over and start shooting again, and there are bullet holes all along the edge where the board members are at. and mike shoots him twice before he finally turns around and mike -- i'm telling you, mike saved our lives. now, it doesn't get anymore real than that. you don't have to believe that or whatever, but we were in there and i'm telling you, that gentleman was not going to stop shooting. he only turned around after being hit twice by mike and mike and him got into the shooting barrage and that's what saved our lives. because he was getting -- he had more ammunition and he was going to keep going. >> where was mike when the shots first started
and this is why mike jones is a hero. the door he came in, there's five shots right in the hole with little numbers by them all. but the scary thing, i saw that before i left there yesterday when it happened. what i didn't see were the shots that were behind the board counter. and if you will watch the video, when mike jones comes in, he's still shooting and getting ready to reach over and start shooting again, and there are bullet holes all along the edge where the board members are at. and...
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jones shot him, he returned fire at mike jones. so not only was he trying to kill the superintendent and the other board members, he was then trying to kill mike jones. this was a diabolical event. so it shows two things: we kind of screwed up, our government screwed up in allowing this guy with a mental illness history and a conviction to keep the hand gun, but number two, shows the importance of lawful hand guns in deterring and preventing death and violence in this country. mike jones heroism points up a lot of good lessons for us. >> gretchen: have is a great weekend. >> you, too. >> gretchen: good morning, afghanistan. early this morning, robin williams surprised the troops. wait until you hear the jokes, the ones we can air for you. looks like buckets in the back of a truck. but take another closer look. that is an illegal immigrant hiding underneath those buckets. that is a human being right there. that story next. >> gretchen: he starred in good morning vietnam and this morning, robin williams popped up in afghanistan to en
jones shot him, he returned fire at mike jones. so not only was he trying to kill the superintendent and the other board members, he was then trying to kill mike jones. this was a diabolical event. so it shows two things: we kind of screwed up, our government screwed up in allowing this guy with a mental illness history and a conviction to keep the hand gun, but number two, shows the importance of lawful hand guns in deterring and preventing death and violence in this country. mike jones...
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mike jones. here he is. he was standing in the back of that school board meeting when he started shooting. today we are hearing from him for the very first time. he talks about what happened and how thankful he was that none of the school board members were even injured in that barrage of bullets. >> when i was planning my engagement and i saw that first shot and i knew the superintendent fell backwards and all the board members fell backwards and he and if engaged in the gun battle, i knew that i'd lost the superintendent. i love him and i love the board. that was the only thing that went through my mind. when the superintendent came up and he came and hugged my neck, that's when i lost it, like i am now, just crying. but just to see him, it was like seeing a newborn baby for the first time. i knew -- i'm not lying to you. i can't get that out of my mind. that's the picture i see the most. i don't see the shots being fired. i see him. and they're coming from -- i knew that it was okay. first thing came to m
mike jones. here he is. he was standing in the back of that school board meeting when he started shooting. today we are hearing from him for the very first time. he talks about what happened and how thankful he was that none of the school board members were even injured in that barrage of bullets. >> when i was planning my engagement and i saw that first shot and i knew the superintendent fell backwards and all the board members fell backwards and he and if engaged in the gun battle, i...
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and the security guard, mike jones, he's got a great story to tell. you'll hear it. >> i'm not a hero, folks. i just did my job. >> yes you are. [applause] bill: forget about that filibuster, half a dozen lawmakers are in the hospital. i should not be laughing here -- with serious injuries after this happened in ukraine's parliament. roll it: >> >>> that's how it started but it continued for quite a while. members protesting an investigation of the former prime minister, blocking the speaker's podium, pro government opponents busting into the room, later they were throwing chairs all over the joint. among the injuries a fractured jaw and multiple concussions. ukraine, we've seen that scene before. martha: a few issues like that around the globe lately. >>> in the meantime, this is a fantastic story this week, the man who helped to stop the florida school board shoer -- shoot ser speaking out, mike jones exchanged gunfire with clay duke. remember this horrific scene that we showed you. his heroic action may have saved lives of half a dozen people. >> i
and the security guard, mike jones, he's got a great story to tell. you'll hear it. >> i'm not a hero, folks. i just did my job. >> yes you are. [applause] bill: forget about that filibuster, half a dozen lawmakers are in the hospital. i should not be laughing here -- with serious injuries after this happened in ukraine's parliament. roll it: >> >>> that's how it started but it continued for quite a while. members protesting an investigation of the former prime...
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when clay duke held an entire school board hostage, mike jones suddenly faced a nightmare. you can see the security guard, off camera on this video. >> i'm a school safety officer. >> come on in. >> you have a real gun there. >> come on in. >> he probably doesn't have a gun. >> jones tried but failed to get duke out of the room. so he went to plan b. >> plan b was i went and ran outside to my car, which is parked right outside the back door here. grabbed some clips, 40 caliber, i had my 38 on, grabbed my bullet-proof vest, came back to this door. >> but he slowly opened the courtroom door. >> please don't, please don't, please don't. >> he started shooting at the school board members, and that's when i shot. >> i thought, okay i'm fine. >> reporter: miraclously, the school board chairperson was okay. >> i saw him come over the chair and i fell to my knees and thought, he's all right. >> jones wasn't even supposed to be working that day. because of the cold snap in florida, his boss asked him to stay in case there was a main break, no security guard was scheduled for a shift
when clay duke held an entire school board hostage, mike jones suddenly faced a nightmare. you can see the security guard, off camera on this video. >> i'm a school safety officer. >> come on in. >> you have a real gun there. >> come on in. >> he probably doesn't have a gun. >> jones tried but failed to get duke out of the room. so he went to plan b. >> plan b was i went and ran outside to my car, which is parked right outside the back door here....
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a mess -- bullet holes in the door where mike jones came through. it is really hard to believe that no one else was hurt. >> and quickly, mark, do we know any more about this man a's wif? he claimed he was targeting the school board because his wife had been fired. >> she has not spoken publicly and says she doesn't want to do that now. the police say they contacted her and that she has expressed shock at what her husband did. it's very hard for the family. and the board members here have expressed their sympathies for his family, saying that they are victims, too, tamron. >> thank you, mark. and thankfully, each of those school board members escaped unharmed. the ordeal surely did a great amount of emotional damage to them. earlier today, those board members described what it was like to be staring down the barrel of that gun. >> i was very afraid. i was scared to death. i did my talking on behalf of my life and my friends. i've got a great wife. i've been married 40 years. i've got two great kids. and i'm not ready to die. >> and that was jerry re
a mess -- bullet holes in the door where mike jones came through. it is really hard to believe that no one else was hurt. >> and quickly, mark, do we know any more about this man a's wif? he claimed he was targeting the school board because his wife had been fired. >> she has not spoken publicly and says she doesn't want to do that now. the police say they contacted her and that she has expressed shock at what her husband did. it's very hard for the family. and the board members...
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. >> reporter: alive because of mike jones, the school system chief of security and a former police officer. he came into the room and off camera fired at duke. duke fell wounded, the only person hit. and on the floor, fired one final round, killing himself ending the drama. >> i'm telling you, mike saved our lives. >> there's no downtown dout in my mind if he hadn't did what he did when he did many of us would not be here today. >> reporter: late this afternoon, mike jones did show up here at the school board. inside he debriefed his bosses about what happened. he says he'll tell his story to the media tomorrow. as you might imagine, the hometown hero got lots of hugs around here today. we also learnedded that 10 years ago, jones was on the "oprah" show honored for his work rebuilding bikes and toys for needy kids. his program is called salvage santa. the shooter, clay duke's widow, did speak today. she said that the world and the economy got the better of her husband. >> couric: mark strassmann, an incredible and terrifying story. mark, thanks very much. turning to washington now, where t
. >> reporter: alive because of mike jones, the school system chief of security and a former police officer. he came into the room and off camera fired at duke. duke fell wounded, the only person hit. and on the floor, fired one final round, killing himself ending the drama. >> i'm telling you, mike saved our lives. >> there's no downtown dout in my mind if he hadn't did what he did when he did many of us would not be here today. >> reporter: late this afternoon, mike...
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all the proceeds are going to a bicycle repair project that's run by mike jones, that security chief credited with saving the lives of the board members. >>> here's your look at some other news going on around america today. five washington teens are in police custody after they viciously attacked a pregnant teen and her boyfriend on a seattle bus. the confrontation started when one of the teens took an mp3 player from the girl. when she approached them to get it back, they attacked her and her boyfriend punching, slapping and kicking them. fortunately the girl was not hit in the stomach, her baby was not hurt but she did require stitches for caught above her eye. >>> one houston woman warns don't do what i did. supermarket security cameras showed the moment a man snatched her wallet the second she left her bag unattended. police are looking for the man who they say tried to use her credit card ten minutes later. >>> with a little help, the hard rock hotel and casino in florida set a world record for smashing 2,400 guitars. but it didn't all go to waste. the broken guitars were donat
all the proceeds are going to a bicycle repair project that's run by mike jones, that security chief credited with saving the lives of the board members. >>> here's your look at some other news going on around america today. five washington teens are in police custody after they viciously attacked a pregnant teen and her boyfriend on a seattle bus. the confrontation started when one of the teens took an mp3 player from the girl. when she approached them to get it back, they attacked...
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and mike jones did what he had to do. and god bless him. >> we don't want to make it an armory where you have to go through all kinds of things to come in. but obviously, we don't ever want to go through that again. i thought i was shot. i think it was a .45 caliber. you said a pistol. that looked like a shotgun when it was pointed at me. >> i was prepared if i was going to die. i knew what i would end up. but i didn't want to die today. >> ginger littleton also appears to have escaped death. you can see her there. she is the only female member of the board. she snuck up behind the gunman and hit him with her large purse. >> my choice was to walk away. and i had no doubt in my mind that he was going to kill everyone sitting in those chairs. can i walk away and live with myself? or do i have to do something that may turn out to be very stupid? >> littleton says the gunman pointed directly at her. but for some reason, did not pull that trigger. we'll hear more of the stories when they join us later on "good morning america.
and mike jones did what he had to do. and god bless him. >> we don't want to make it an armory where you have to go through all kinds of things to come in. but obviously, we don't ever want to go through that again. i thought i was shot. i think it was a .45 caliber. you said a pistol. that looked like a shotgun when it was pointed at me. >> i was prepared if i was going to die. i knew what i would end up. but i didn't want to die today. >> ginger littleton also appears to...
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>> reporter: mike jones couldn't afford to wait. in the boardroom, here off-camera, the school district security chief returned fire and dropped duke. >> i'm telling you, mike saved our lives. now, it doesn't get any more real than that and you don't have to believe that or whatever but we were in there and i'm telling you that that gentleman was not going to stop shooting. >> jones, hugged and hailed as a high row by everyone told cbs news duke fired 11 shots, all missed. jones fires seven shots and at least three of them wounded duke before the gunman killed himself. in the dead man's pocket, police found 25 more rounds of ammunition. rebecca duke, the gunman's widow, said her husband was actually an excellent marksman and if he missed all those targets, even at close range, probably it was because he wanted to. harry? >> mark strassmann in panama city this morning, thank you very much. also in panama city to give us an update on the investigation is deputy police chief robert colbert. deputy chief, good morning, sir. >> good morn
>> reporter: mike jones couldn't afford to wait. in the boardroom, here off-camera, the school district security chief returned fire and dropped duke. >> i'm telling you, mike saved our lives. now, it doesn't get any more real than that and you don't have to believe that or whatever but we were in there and i'm telling you that that gentleman was not going to stop shooting. >> jones, hugged and hailed as a high row by everyone told cbs news duke fired 11 shots, all missed....
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jones of panama city, florida tonight. his own account of what happened there. we'll put his full statement today on our website tonight. >>> now we go overseas. the founder of wikileaks, julian assange, was released on bail today after more than a week in a london prison. he walked out of the royal courts of justice and pretty much picked up where he left off. our own peter alexander is in our london bureau with the story tonight. peter, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you. tonight, julian assange begins what even his own lawyer referred to as mansion arrest to his private estate outside london. finally out of prison, as he fights extradition to sweden. triumphantly stepping out of a british courthouse this evening, julian assange stood confident and upbeat. >> well, it's great to smell the fresh air of london again. >> reporter: he denied allegations of sexual misconduct in sweden that led to his arrest last week. >> i hope to continue my work and continue to protest my innocence in this manner. >> reporter: t
jones of panama city, florida tonight. his own account of what happened there. we'll put his full statement today on our website tonight. >>> now we go overseas. the founder of wikileaks, julian assange, was released on bail today after more than a week in a london prison. he walked out of the royal courts of justice and pretty much picked up where he left off. our own peter alexander is in our london bureau with the story tonight. peter, good evening. >> reporter: good evening...
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security guard mike jones, who stopped the shooter. he'll tell you in heart stopping detail about what happened second by second as he saw it. >> just as i looked through the door he turned his back to me and squared up with both hands on the gun right in front of the super intent ant to shoot. with that first shot, everybody fell backwards. he and all the board members fell backwards behind the counter. also ahead, an american relief worker is in jail in one of haiti's worst prisons, accused of a bizarre crime, kidnapping a sick child and turning it into a zombie. a zombie. we have the bizarre details coming up. >>> tonight, the story of a true american hero. we all watched in horror earlier this week as the scene played out before our eyes. very disturbing pictures. the man named clay duke opened fire point blank range at school board members in panama city, florida. amazingly he didn't hit anyone. it could have been a massacre, it wasn't, and it's because of mike jones, who wounded duke, and then duke, while on the ground, later tur
security guard mike jones, who stopped the shooter. he'll tell you in heart stopping detail about what happened second by second as he saw it. >> just as i looked through the door he turned his back to me and squared up with both hands on the gun right in front of the super intent ant to shoot. with that first shot, everybody fell backwards. he and all the board members fell backwards behind the counter. also ahead, an american relief worker is in jail in one of haiti's worst prisons,...
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mike jones, who is the real hero in all of this, is our safety security officer. when he heard that first shot, he came running in. he's the retired detective with our local police department. he -- they started exchanging gunfire and there was 15 to 20 shots gone off in there. i mean, this wasn't a game, this was the real thing. >> and he did bring him down. how long did all of this happen? did this happen in like a few seconds? it's hard to tell from the video -- >> it was several minutes. because of the way he was positioning himself from sort of beside us and then walked around and he walked around for a couple minutes. so -- i mean, it seemed like an eternity, obviously, but, you know, i never want to take my eyes off of him because i just knew, you knew he was going to pull that trigger eventually and you knew he had a death -- he said in there, he said several times he was going to die and so were we or something to that effect. that's what he was talking about. and the sad thing is, anderson, he just was mixed up. he did not know what he was talking about
mike jones, who is the real hero in all of this, is our safety security officer. when he heard that first shot, he came running in. he's the retired detective with our local police department. he -- they started exchanging gunfire and there was 15 to 20 shots gone off in there. i mean, this wasn't a game, this was the real thing. >> and he did bring him down. how long did all of this happen? did this happen in like a few seconds? it's hard to tell from the video -- >> it was several...
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. >> mike jones was peeking through a door when he saw c lay duke take aim. >> i opened the door and he and i went at it. >> a 911 phone call was made during the shootout. >> is there any shots that were fired? >> not yet. >> he's firing. >> are you secure? 56 year old n shot himself in the head. jones thought at first that the superintendent had been killed. >> when the superintendent came from behind the counter and franklin harrison, and became an hugged my neck, i lost it. i cried. >> duke said he was taking revenge for the district firing his wife. his wife has defended her husband, calling him a gentle giant. >> he was trying to keep people from dumping on him. rebecca and sister has been was only intent on hurting themselves 3 >> by mike jones being able to engage him immediately and draw to a quick conclusion is what saved allies. >> after jones was released from the hospital for chest pains, he spent wednesday with his pastor to come to terms with what had happened. >>> coming up un abc 7 news at 5:00, a drug induced riot at a high school. the students ended up in the hospit
. >> mike jones was peeking through a door when he saw c lay duke take aim. >> i opened the door and he and i went at it. >> a 911 phone call was made during the shootout. >> is there any shots that were fired? >> not yet. >> he's firing. >> are you secure? 56 year old n shot himself in the head. jones thought at first that the superintendent had been killed. >> when the superintendent came from behind the counter and franklin harrison, and became...
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but just to see him, it was like seeing a newborn baby for the first time. >> reporter: mike jones is no stranger to panama city. for more than two decades, he's been known as salvage santa, providing gifts for needy children at christmas time. >> what a giving community, i love them. >> reporter: and love is returned. school board member ginger littleton who used her purse in an unsuccessful attempt to -- even remembbecca duke called hi hero. >> i know you were just doing what you were trained to do and i'm sorry that god had to choose you to do that because you are a kind, sweet, generous man, with all the things you do at christmas time. >> reporter: mike expressed his concern for the gunman's family saying his heart goes out to them. meredith? >> mark potter, thank you very much. and we're going to get a check of the weather from al right now. >> all righty, thank you very much, meredith, and we have got all of our friends out here. wow, this is a huge crowd checking us out today. yeah. whoa. man. let's check your weather and see what's going on. we are talking about the potential
but just to see him, it was like seeing a newborn baby for the first time. >> reporter: mike jones is no stranger to panama city. for more than two decades, he's been known as salvage santa, providing gifts for needy children at christmas time. >> what a giving community, i love them. >> reporter: and love is returned. school board member ginger littleton who used her purse in an unsuccessful attempt to -- even remembbecca duke called hi hero. >> i know you were just...
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my interview with school board shooting survivor mike jones. just days after surviving the lives of his friends. >>> we're moments away from president obama signing the tax deal into richard lui, what is in it for us? >> i'll show you two tools you can use on your own to plan out 2011. ♪ [ male announcer ] there are billions of people in the world. ♪ but only one dad. ♪ show him how much you care with gillette's family of products. ♪ [ male announcer ] there are billions of people in the world. ♪ but only one dad. ♪ show him how much you care with gillette's family of products. ♪ - sure, cake or pie? - pie. - apple or cherry? - cherry. oil or cream? oil or cream? cream. some use hydrogenated oil. reddi-wip uses real dairy cream. nothing's more real than reddi-wip. to london starts with arthritis pain... and a choice. take tylenol now, and maybe up to 8 in a day. or...choose aleve and 2 pills for a day free of pain. enjoy the flight. >>> breaking news to tell you about. lawyers reached a deal to recover $7 billion for victims of co
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mike jones, who stopped the shooter, he'll tell you in heart-stopping detail what happened as he saw it second by second. also ahead, we were going to also ahead, an american relief worker is in jail in one of haiti's worst prisons, accused of kidnapping a sick child and allegedly turning him into a zombie, according to the child's father. we have details on that coming up. home of the highway... last minute detours and spontaneous acts of freedom. ♪ we're wanderers. wayfarers. even nomads. so doesn't it just make sense that we build an electric car... that goes...far. really far. ♪ three. two. one. ♪ don't cha wish your work phone was hot like me?... ♪ the droid pro by motorola knows you need business on the go. with its powerful 1 gigahertz processor... ♪ da da da don't cha... ♪ its globetrotting wi-fi hotspotting swagger... it knows you want a rich web experience with adobe flash and access to over 100,000 android apps. finally a work phone worth taking home. there's a death certificate, >>> tonight, the story of a true american hero. we all watched in horror earlier t
mike jones, who stopped the shooter, he'll tell you in heart-stopping detail what happened as he saw it second by second. also ahead, we were going to also ahead, an american relief worker is in jail in one of haiti's worst prisons, accused of kidnapping a sick child and allegedly turning him into a zombie, according to the child's father. we have details on that coming up. home of the highway... last minute detours and spontaneous acts of freedom. ♪ we're wanderers. wayfarers. even nomads....
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. >> reporter: after he fired at the board members, witnesses say school board security chief mike jones rushed in and exchanged shots with him. panama city police say duke who was wounded then ended up killing himself with his own weapon. >> you can see in his eyes that he was intent on dying. i don't have a lot of experience in this, but you can tell he was going to kill himself, at least, if not other people. we thought he was going to try to shoot us, as well. >> reporter: the entire incident was captured on a school board camera and streamed live as they watched the drama unfold. >> the only thing i could think is that he wants somebody to rush in here and, you know, it was a tragedy all the way around. it could have been a lot worse. >> reporter: on facebook duke reportedly posted some people, the government sponsored media, will say i was evil, a monster, no, i was just born poor in a country where the wealthy manipulate. the v similar to the one he painted on the school board wall. the one some suggested looks like the v for vendetta. no link between duke's action and the movie.
. >> reporter: after he fired at the board members, witnesses say school board security chief mike jones rushed in and exchanged shots with him. panama city police say duke who was wounded then ended up killing himself with his own weapon. >> you can see in his eyes that he was intent on dying. i don't have a lot of experience in this, but you can tell he was going to kill himself, at least, if not other people. we thought he was going to try to shoot us, as well. >> reporter:...