to broward health medical center in ft. lauderdale. an absolute chaotic horrific scene out here in parkland when a gunman walked inside of that school and began shooting, taking lives. the superintendent robert runcie saying that there were multiple fatalities. we don't have any clear numbers. you're seeing the aftermath out here, people still trying to figure out where their child is, if they were taken to nearby hotel, if they're still inside of the school being cleared out. handle hundreds and hundreds of students at dismissal time, a time they were supposed to leave, go home. instead, police rushing to the scene to try to figure out what was happening. ma'am, are you still looking for your child? >> no. >> luckily. so you can see parents still walking out. this scene here has been closed off. parents either with a student inside or on the phone or have some contact with their child, allowed in to find their child. this is a plaza here, a walmart inside. many students when everything happened went running to this plaza.

it says parkland this is actually in broward county. broward health north. pompano beach police. they are covering this across south florida as we wait to learn. she said i thought i saw four bodies in there. one teacher who appeared to be a victim. wsvn with a witness. >> they pulled the fire alarm and went on the intercom and told everyone to evacuate. when we were down by the portables, we finally got word from the students. we walked all the way across from the canal and we ended up right over there. i heard a lot of gunshots. right after when the police left us out, there was dead bodies everywhere. there was two there and when i kept walking, there was more. it was scary. >> we were in class talking about project. the fire alarm goes for the second time in the same day which is weird. we go out to the field like we are supposed to. then i hear gunshots. you could tell, definitely gunshots. >> usually when a fire alarm goes off, it's an accident. it was odd to have two in one day. >> you heard though students talk about, it was kind of a weird situation that they had had a f

broward county sheriff's office. he's going to be taken inside, tom, and what's going to happen once he's inside? >> he'll be photographed and fingerprinted for one thing and they'll try to match those fingerprints maybe to the fire alarm that was set off and other locations in the building of the school. but then they'll begin the process of trying to question him. at this point they may believe it's time to give him miranda rights. >> unfortunately we're getting new information on the death toll. what are you learning? >> this is not good news. we're learning that at least 16 people are now dead. this is according to law enforcement sources, federal law enforcement sources and local law enforcement sources in florida. we're being told 16 dead in this shooting now. >> 16 dead, not injured but 16 dead. do we know how many injured? >> we don't have an exact number of injured. we've been told perhaps as much as 14, but this certainly takes this to a new level, a different level. that number of fatalities, certainly sta

all of the fire and rescue with broward swat and the broward sheriff's office vehicles all converging on the school at the same time. a lot of students were certainly evacuated in the early going. the school still has a lot of kids inside even as we speak. again, these pictures from a short time ago. the broward sheriff's office still with an active shooter situation. our understanding of this is that it began sometime around 2:22, 2:30 this afternoon. we don't know what the call was when it came in. we can tell you that agencies were arriving on scene in just a matter of minutes. the choppers were above as well. you can see the chaos on the ground in the early going. live pictures now. this is the divided roadway in front of the school. you can see the authorities have blocked off most of the area. a lot of the students at this triage have all been cleared out. a number of ambulances have gone to nearby hospitals. this is that broad expansive school. you can see the faculty vehicles and the rest still in the parking lot. not a lot of activity around the school itself, just the police

now treated at broward health medical center and broward north hospital. seemed like most news sources were 14. that number is unfortunately moving higher. a few have it at 20. we know the broward sheriff actually asked parents to wait actually, to go to the parents staging area until everything is clear. as your guests have been telling you, on the scene right now, you have county police. you have fbi, you have bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms and explosives. all there on the scene. and we know that this scene is still considered live. so it seems as if the broward sheriff is just encouraging family members as upset as they are and as much as they want to be there, it try to wait to go to the parents staging area which has been set up. i understand it is five miles away at a mariott hotel. that is there for parents and loved ones. we also know, as i mentioned these victims have been taken for treatment to local hospitals. we are waiting of course for an update on their condition. and we heard the superintendent say that they believes that there are

this is broward county sheriff scott israel. we are going to get this audio for you momentarily. >> florida department of law enforcement and countless local public safety entities. i want to think everyone from public safety from the bottom of my heart for your efforts today. the fbi and broward sheriff's office will be doing the crime scene investigation and the follow-up to this horrific, horrific incident. as i said before, this incident truly makes me sick to my stomach. it's horrible, catastrophic. we are saddened to say 17 people lost their lives. 12 people in the building, two people just outside the building, one person on pine island road in two people lost their lives in the hospital. there are people who are still undergoing surgery and just pray for the city. pray for the school, the parents, the folks who lost their lives. it's a horrific, horrific day. as i said before, my triplets graduated from stoneman douglas high school. it's just horrible, absolutely horrible. we continually ask you in the media to continual

schools in broward county. and it is unfortunate in our day and age but that has to be done. >> yeah. obviously, you can't confirm the reports that we've heard of at least 20 injured and the miami herald reporting that a fire chief has said there's one fatality, if not more. obviously, a horrible day in broward county. what kind of security can you tell us does this school have? >> the school has a single point of entry security and there is always a full resource officer, a police officer at the school. >> okay. what are you hearing from parents? is it mainly people worried about finding their students? their loved ones? >> they're worried about finding their students. if their student has been hurt, they're worried about which hospital they've been brought to. apparently the students who have been injured have been brought to various hospitals in the area and they want to see their children. as any parent can understand, they just want to hug them and make sure they're okay. >> all right. parkland mayor chris

wouldn't broward county police be in charge? >> typically, whenever there is a terrorist, that brings in the fbi. and they do along with local law enforcement, the investigation, and then the investigation will be led on down the line as a terrorist act and the fbi leaves that. >> are you suggesting that this is a student, this suspect is a terrorist with some sort of terror-related terror organization, affiliation? >> you asked me the question, why is the fbi leading it? it is standard protocol. >> if there is a multiple shooting like that. >> that's correct. and how many of these have we had, wolf? i mean, are we coming to expect these mass shootings to be a routine matter? and after everyone, we say enough is enough? and then it continues to happen. >> it has just been four months since the las vegas shooting that killed 58 people. more than five years since the sandy hook shooting that killed 20 first graders. what is congress doing anything about it? >> and a year since the shooting at the ft. lauderdale airport, the same c

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broward county deputies took up a defensive posture and position outside. also new tonight, fox news reporting that broward county sheriff's department also prevented the emts from entering the school. and there were questions about, well, would it be proper protocol? students and teachers were shot and dying and bleeding. sources are telling our own laura ingraham that broward county sheriff deputies were told not to go into the school unless their body cameras were turned on, even though those deputies apparently didn't have them. sarah carter breaking news tonight, reporting undersheriff scott israel's leadership, apparently there have been 40 investigations into that department of misconduct. we did reach out to the sheriff's office for comment on sarah's story. we haven't heard back. this is all one, huge, massive, giant blunder after another while students and teachers were being slaughtered inside the school. sadly, that's just part of the story. the f.b.i. was alerted not once but twice about nicholas cruz and his sinster intentions including weeks

this is from broward -- >> no. and that's what -- that's what -- the officer who handled that is on restrictive duty and that's an active internal investigation and we are looking in to it. i can't tell you -- i can't predict how an investigations going but we have -- i've exercised my due diligence, i've led this county proudly as i always have. we have restricted that deputy as we look in to it. deputies make mistakes, police officers make mistakes, we all make mistakes but it's not the responsibility of the general or the president, if you have a deserter. you look into this. we're looking into this aggressively and we'll take care of it and justice will be served. >> are you really not taking any responsibility for the multiple red flags that were brought to the attention of the broward sheriff's office about this shooter before this incident, whether it was people near him, close to him calling the police -- >> jake, jake -- jake, i can only take responsibility for what i knew about. i exercised my due diligen

specifically to broward health north and i'll turn it over to the other doctors for broward health main. at north we had a total of nine patients. one was the suspect treated and released. we had two patients deceased. three patients have been discharged. we currently have three patients in the hospital. one with an extremity wound who is doing well and working with physical therapy. one who is intubated and doing well and following commands. a third patient that remains intubated in critical condition. >> i'm the director for the emergency department at broward health medical center so yesterday was a prior need that we as a team took care of all these patients. we are a facility. right now we have two patients that are critical, stable condition. the other five went home or are on their way home and they are in good condition. the other two are in stable condition. so if you have any questions about those. >> thank you, i'm the medical director of broward health medical center. this is become routine for us. the second such episode we've had in a year, which is very sad. the first thi

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that's the sheriff of broward county. very grim. charles: we just listened to the broward county sheriff scott israel. he began his press conference by saying the entire thing made hick sick to his stomach. he talked about nikolas cruz having been expelled. the shooting began outside and moved inside the school. he talked about searching social media. the fbi doing an on scene investigation. i want to bring back our familiar. bernard kerik. , commissioner, this is a student who was a known troublemaker. he's also known to have a fascination with guns. he had countless magazines along with pane ar-15. this is not a gun question. this is a question how does a trouble kid like this, a known threat at a school carry these weapons and magazines around like this. >> you have to ask a bunch of questions here. he was expelled from school. never the school evidently knew he was a problem. the kids in the school knew he was a problem. his parents had to know if he was a problem when he got expelled. charles: if someone said i saw nikolas on i

specifically broward health north, broward health north we had a tote after nine patients. one was the suspect, treated released. we had two patients deceased. three patients have discharged. we currently have three patients in thel. one wou who's dog well and trauma to the chest but is doing well and following commands. and a third nasht remains intubated and in critical condition. dr. ma men easy. >> i'm the director for the emergency department of broward health medical center. so yesterday was a tragedy that we all as a team took care of this patient. we are a facility who received seven patients. right now we have two patients that were critical stable condition. the other five went home or on their way home. and they're, you know, in good condition. thetae condition, the doctor that was dealing with them is here so if you have any questions about those can he tell you. >> thank it's the second such episode that we've hadn want to say is this second time around, just like the first time around, the first responders did a terrific job. and for those of you who understan

menendez about broward health main, broward health north, we had a total of nine patients. one was the suspect, treated and released. we had two patients deceased. three patients have been discharged. we currently have three patients in the hospital. one with an extremity wound, who is doing well and working with physical therapy. another patient who is still i think incubated after penetratipenetrat penetrating trauma to the chest, but is doing well and following commands. another patient in critical condition. >> i'm dr. menendez. yesterday was a tragedy that we all as a team took care of the patients. we are a facility who received seven patients. now we have two patients in critical to stable condition. the other five are on their way home, and they're, you know, in good condition. the other two in stable condition. my trauma surgeon was dealing with them. if you have questions about those, you can ask. >> i'm the trauma director at the med sical center. unfortunately, this is the second such episode we have had in a year, which is very sad. the first thing i want to sa

specifically to broward health north, i'll turn it over to dr. menendez about broward health main, north we had nine patients, one was a suspect treated and released. we had two patients deceased. three patients have been discharged. we currently have three patients in the hospital, one with an extremity wound and working well with physical therapy, another patient still intubated after penetrating trauma to the chest, but is doing well and following commands, and a third patient that is intubated in critical condition. dr. menendez. >> i'm the director for the emergency department at broward health medical center. yesterday was a -- we all as a team took care of the patients. we are a facility, we received seven patients. of the seven patients right now we have two patients that are critical, stable condition. the other five went home or on their way home and they're in good condition. the other two are in stable condition. if you have any questions about those. >> thank you, director menendez. unfortunately this is becoming routine for us now,

i'm assuming the school is a fairly large high school down in broward. so, they could be evacuating just one portion of it and concentrating their s.w.a.t. tactics and law enforcement tactics to a particular area of the building and, of course, as usual in these particular locations, we're not getting a ton of information out here other than we know there are injuries and there's an active law enforcement response, obviously, when you have s.w.a.t. team coming in. and you see the s.w.a.t. team in a stage of readiness that tells me that there's a very good possibility that the shooter is -- it's still an active shooter information. >> stay with me. i've got james galliano on the pho phone. we've seen multiple layers of police, obviously they've put up this perimeter as they do in situations like these. we've seen some s.w.a.t. members head in. obviously there's a lot they don't know, if it's one shooter, multiple shooters. walk us through what they're doing. >> sure, brooke, to piggyback on what art said, he kind of nailed it in the chronology. first thin

there are many fine ones that serve in the broward sheriff's office. however we have to consider a fundamental lack of leadership. we have a lawsuit going on, the federal civil rights case going against sheriff israel and other deputies for the cold-blooded killing of a african-american man named jermaine mcbean in 2015. the department of justice has an open investigation of their civil rights division about it. we allege in that case, it shows that ultimately the sheriff ratified the policy that happened. it's a matter of not acknowledging mistakes. you know, ben franklin said once, man who is good at making mistakes is seldom good at anything else. makingng excuses, rather, seldom good at everything else. >> sean: the sting in any rebuke is the truth. this is stinging. there is a lot of truth about failure. >> the t lack of accountability. it's a fundamental lack of leadership when deputiesle commt perjury, when a man is killed and the answer is "we wouldn't changed anything -- do anything different in the future," that is a fundamental lack of leade

sheriff's office and broward school system. i cannot verify them independently, but they talk about the fact that they would stop prosecuting or arresting kids for all kinds of different misdemeanors, things happening in school. get the reporting down. it was helpful for the school system. it makes them look better. some say that people like this young man fell through the cracks because they took their foot off the gas pedal when it came to cracking down on crimes and schools. can you tell us anything about that agreement? >> i think there's a misconception about that agreement. basically, a lot of youth are prosecuted for misdemeanors. and they do things, foolish things, -- we aren't talking about felonies. we are talking about misdemeanors. it goes on the record, prohibits them from getting a job, going through the college. the thought behind that was if some youth was caught with a small amount of marijuana or some minor misdemeanor, it wouldn't be prosecuted. it would be handled through the school and through the school's

this is coral springs, broward county, broward county, s.o., i was a florida deputy and 3000 deputies. they have a top s.w.a.t. team, they're going to be able to deal with it but they've got to get in there and locate one or more people if they're shooting inside of the school. >> we are going back and forth between live images and things that have just happened to give you as complete of a picture as we can get. but as you see the movement of either the s.w.a.t. team or some of the teams that were on the field with dogs, what -- at what point in the -- in this incident does this look like? there is slow movement. now obviously in many cases there could be a danger and there will be slow movement of police officers. because they like to do this in a controlled fashion. it doesn't look like mayhem. >> right. well you have to remember now, the job of the commanders on the scene is to make order out of chaos. you see somebody else in a gurney going to -- >> i think that might be the same -- the same one that we're showing again. so we don't know that we have more than one person who we'v

tenemos informaciones del condado broward. reportera: el gobernador de la florida y el sheriff del condado de broward, todos han llegado a ofrecer sus condolencias a los familiares de las vÍctimas, sabemos que hay 17 muertos . 15 personas estÁn hospitalizadas de esta hora con heridas de bala. este ex estudiante de la escuela, segÚn informÓ el superintendente habÍa sido expulsado del colegio, pero actualmente estaba matriculado bajo el sistema escolar. ya han identificado a 12 de las vÍctimas, no sabemos todavía de estas 17 personas fallecidas cuÁntas son estudiantes y cuÁntos son maestros. sabemos tambiÉn y pudimos confirmar esta noche que el atacante es adoptado, que su padre habrÍa fallecido hace unos aÑos y su madre este pasado mes de noviembre. el superintendente de las escuelas pÚblicas de broward, dice que esta escuela permanecerÁ cerrada lo que resta de la semana. tambiÉn las actividades extracurriculares. tambiÉn dijo que tendrÁn consejera para los estudiantes y maestros que necesiten esta ayuda. la fi

de hecho uno de los mÁs grandes y poblados en el condado broward. aproximadamente 3000 estudiantes asisten a este colegio. repitiendo informaciÓn. 17 muertos a esta hora. una situaciÓn en desarrollo. el fbi tambiÉn estÁ aquÍ en la escena. regresamos con ustedes al estudio. estaremos al tanto. jorge: muchÍsimas gracias. la informaciÓn que tenemos es que 12 murieron en la escuela, los afuera, dos en la calle y dos en el hospital. en total 17 personas. ilia: para que las personas en el esto del paÍs se ubican, el condado broward es donde queda el aaeropuerto de fort lauderdale. jorge : vamos a seguir con esta cobertura.. y lo harÉ ya no estÁ en uno de los hospitales que ha recibido a las vÍctimas de esta tragedia. galo: asÍ es. contrario a lo que sucede en la decena de este tiroteo, en el hospital broward medical center hay una calma tensa porque en este momento podemos decir que los heridos que tenÍan que llegar sal lo hicieron a eso de las 2:00 de la tarde. durante el transcurso de las horas, vimos a varias personas ingresar en camilla p

the victims have been and continue to be transported to broward health medical center and broward health north hospital. so, that feels like some good news mixed with bad. those are injured victims. you were speaking about a moment ago about the urgency at the scene that seems to match exactly what you just described, michael. >> again, what jim mentioned the family system center they're going to set up is going to be the primary point of contact for parents. look at the scene. you've got this perimeter all of these parents coming into this area. the chaos still continues, notwithstanding the images there because people aren't allowed near the building. >> right. >> so, that is going to be very, very important aspect of this, is to how you get information to the families. >> jim? >> yeah, i think you know what happens, nicolle, we as parents, we have our kids go to school, middle school, high school, college, they grow up. as they are growing up, we want to have as much confidence in them as we can. we all say we teach them safety, we teach them firearm safety, we teach them vehicle safe

the broward education foundation has set up a gofundme account. and teachers union also provided support. parkland is a resilient community and we will not let 17 bullets keep us down. we will not let 17 bullets to the heart keep us down. we will re-open school next week tuesday. our goal is to get back to some sense of normalcy as soon as possible. we will have counseling services and support on staff. we will also see a significant enhancement in the level of security presence at the school. and that law enforcement presence will stay there for the remainder of the year and into the future. we have a moral responsibility to the next generation and future generations that we move this conversation beyond thoughts and prayers and sympathies to real action. [ applause ] our children deserve nothing less. out of the ashes of grief and despair, we see sparks of hope and optimism. our young people at stoneman douglas have ignited a national movement for sensible gun laws, better funded mental health programs, better funded mental health programs and b

describe parkland for our viewers that don't though broward county, don't know the western part of broward or dade. >> sure. yeah, this is -- this is a beautiful idyllic community. it is a wonderful community. douglas shs one of the best high schools in the state of florida. i visit often. i was there just a few weeks o ago. and yet here we are talking about a school -- another school shooting right in the midst of all of this. this is one of those moments where when you watch the footage of kids running out of the school with their hands up and police and first responders going in with their guns to try to secure the school, and you think boy, we've seen these images just so regularly, you realize that indeed this can happen everywhere, but the fact it is it shouldn't have to happen in your own community for you to care about it. >> it does seem as if that is when people focus on it, when it touches them. and we all get that. what do you -- as you know, sandy hook is about as tragic as it gets in one of these things. the las vegas shooting, the worst massacre we've ever seen. and it didn'

three at broward north are awake. thank god the other three they're working on and hopefully save them all. >> bill: sandra, thank you. a lot happening next hour. we expect to get new information on the suspect. the shooting victims as well as the injured. we'll see the president address the american people. you will see that live. breaking news coverage on the parkland massacre right after this break. i had frequent heartburn, but my doctor recommended... ...prilosec otc 7 years ago, 5 years ago, last week. just 1 pill each morning, 24 hours and zero heartburn. it's been the number 1 doctor recommended brand for 10... ...straight years, and it's still recommended today. use as directed. >> sandra: this is a fox news alert. president trump will address the nation one hour from now as we await an update from the sheriff on the horrific florida school rampage due to begin minutes from now as new details emerge about one of the worst mass shootings in modern u.s. history. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." i'

it was with this man and his leadership as broward county sheriff. and i will have everybody know, tucker, as well as before the sheriff took that stage, him and i sitting up there for this town hall, he was allowed to go out and give a rally-style speech in which he railed against special interest and was naming the nra and really setting the stage up to go after 5 million law abiding innocent americans who didn't get all of the 45, i think is what buzzfeed reported tips that his office received. they didn't have the murderer call his office himself telling him that he thought he was a threat. and that police needed to do something. family members weren't calling the nra reporting this. they were calling his office. and so he has a lot of explaining to do. one more quick thing, tucker. i asked the sheriff on stage whether or not he could have actually arrested this murderer based on a florida state statute that treated anyone sending electronic or written threats of bodily injury laundry room or death to other individuals as this murderer did with t

and the deputies at the broward county sheriff's department are brave folks. what that one deputy did was unconscionable. unfortunately, when you are the face, you are the culture, he established a culture in that investigation, and you don't do anything to protect 17 lost souls, children. i'm sorry, the buck stops here, harry truman. >> we'll leave it right here. thanks very much. >>> still ahead, accountability in parkland. sheriff israel says he's not stepping down. this after a florida representative is calling on his governor to remove the broward county sheriff. i'll speak with that state representative next hour. any chance of an upgrade? upgrade? pretty please? look into my eyes. could be twins. have you thought about being a model? don't upgrade your seat. upgrade your airline. fly emirates. the best economy class in the world. no one burns on heartburn. my watch! try alka seltzer ultra strength heartburn relief chews. with more acid-fighting power than tums chewy bites. mmmmm...amazing. i have heartburn. ultra strength from alka seltzer. enjoy the re

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at the broward county courthouse. this morning we will -- we've begun working with the fbi and you'll be hearing from a special agent of the fbi in a few minutes. we're also working with the florida dp epartment of law enforcement. we will interview every single person in that school that possibly knew something. they will be thoroughly debriefed and we will make sure that we're able to prosecute this case. the suspect's been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. law enforcement will do everything we can. the fbi, ourselves, to make sure that this person is convicted of all charges and that justice is served. sadly there have been copy cat threats made today at other schools. we will respond to every threat. every threat we receive we will not classify it as a copy cat or a prank call. we will respond in full and investigate it. any call that is made f, any ca that's made to take out resources at a time like this and place them in places where we don't need to be, the full power of the sheriff's office will i

what more are you learning about how the broward county sheriffs are look into this? >> well, fred, first we heard from scot israel that he was sick to his stomach when he saw one of his deputies take up a position outside of the stoneman douglas high school building for upwards to four minutes while the killer was inside. that one man was the one armed law enforcement officer assigned to protect the children and the teacher teachers at that school, but now with the help of the coral springs police department, our sources are telling us that their deputies when they arrived were surprise ed d to see that e were broward county sheriffs there on the scene in defensive positions with the weapons drawn behind their vehicles who also chose not to the go inside. those coral springs officers then went inside of the high school, and their surprise continued when the broward county sheriff's deputies did not follow. in light of the information the broward county sheriff's department is saying that they are looking into the actions of the deputies who respond on february 14th t

it was with this man and his leadership as broward county sheriff. i'll have everybody know, tucker, before the sheriff took that stage, him and i sitting up there for the town hall, he was allowed to go out and give a rally style speech in which he railed against special interests and was naming the nra and really setting the stage up toaw go after 5 million law million law-abiding innocent americans who didn't get all of the 45 -- is what buzzfeed reported -- that his office received. they didn't have the murderer office calling his office saying that he was a threat. family members weren't calling the nra purporting this, they were calling his office. he is a lot of explaining to do. were more quickly think i'm a talker. i asked the sheriff onstage whether or not hee could have arrested this murder based on a florida state statute that treated anyone sending electronic or written threats of bodily injury or harm or death to other individuals as his smart averted, whether he could have arrested that individual, charged with a felony, and he did ind

victims continue to be transferred to broward health center and broward health north hospital. >> nearby hospitals there in parkland. we know that they have set up a staging area so parents can pick up their students. now that they have the gunman, the person they believe to be the gunman, that young man wearing that maroon shirt, a law enforcement source tells me he was picked up in a nearby neighborhood. >> he had gotten out of the school? >> this is preliminary ar information. i was told that he was picked up near the school and they're going to the known addresses to see what they can find and do their due diligence as investigators. parents are now allowed to pick up their kids. >> i'm joined on the phone now by lizette roseenblat. your daughter is in the school? >> she called me about a half-hour or 45 minutes ago that she's out, thank god. there were 20 or 30 minutes where i didn't hear from her which was nerve racking. our neighbor is still inside. >> still inside the school? >> as of 4:02 p.m. she was telling me i think we're being ago.ated soon but that's what i i'm in room 22.

call the broward sheriff's office. if you have -- if there's something in your gut that tells you there's something not right with this person, this person has the capabilities in my mind to do this or do that. please don't remain silent. please let us know about it. >> can you explain why he was expelled. >> problems all the way back to middle school. he had an extensive disciplinary record. was he on the school district's radar in some sense? what was done about him, people have known him for years already, prior to his expulsion from the high school. >> you know, as a school district, we have to protect the privacy of our students. so i can't go into much detail at all about the students record and personal information. i will tell you it was a former student. because of issues that arose here, he was transferred to another school within the county. >> was it a troubled school? what type of school was it? >> again, i'm not privileged to provide that information at the moment. it is a student that we have been provid

but first, controversy and question stocking the broward county sheriff's office. that is the focus of tonight's "angle." who is scott israel and what do we really know about him? he is a colorful, brash, outspoken broward county sheriff who has been speaking for law enforcement since the valentine's day massacre at stoneman douglas high school. just eight days after the shooting, before his department had even concluded its own investigation, sheriff israel found time to join a cnn town hall where he decided to join forces with the pro-gun-control lobby. >> 18-year-olds should never have a rifle. an 18-year-old kid should not have a rifle. 18-year-old kids, they're not adults yet. they're in high school. these kids should not have a rifle. automatic rifle should be outlawed, and anybody who says different, i don't know about other people, we are -- >> laura: he is such a blowhard. the sheriff had to know that the automatic weapons he referenced in that sound bite were banned by the feds years ago and that the nra it does not advocate for legalizing them, sheriff.

through our broward health system, woo received 17 patients. at broward health north, we received eight patients and one suspect. the suspect was treated and released in police custody. of our eight patients, we had two mortalities, three in critical condition, and three are stable. >> reporter: what condition was the suspect in? >> i cannot disclose that is. >> can you repeat again, i'm sorry, i think the first sentence you said, you said 17 patients at broward health north. >> no, no, systemwide in broward health, there was a total of 17 patients. nine here, seven broward general and one at coral springs. >> can you talk about what type of injuries you're seeing? how serious are these? >> of the eight patients that we had, not including the suspect, two mortalities, three in critical condition, three stable. >> reporter: what are you seeing? what kind of wounds? >> out of respect for the family members, out of respect for our patients, we're not going to disclose that information. >> reporter: are these all gunshot wounds? >> yes, they are. t

the broward sheriff's office is investigating the actions of three broward county deputies who were outside the school and had not rushed in when other officers from coral springs arrived. this is, in addition to the one broward county sheriff's deputy who did not enter the building as the shooting unfolded. that officer has since resigned. all of this, as we're learning chilling new details about warning signs before the massacre. cnn's kaylee hartung is live in parkland, florida. what more are you hearing from these police departments and from the public reacting to the fact there were now four police officers outside the building at the time of the shooting and didn't enter? >> well, fred, the members of this community who i've spoken to say they're devastated to learn of this news. first we heard from broward county sheriff scott israel saying he was sick to his stomach when he saw surveillance video that showed one of his deputies take a position outside that 1,200 building of stoneman douglas for upwards of four minutes while the killer was inside. that man, the school's resource offi

more developing details out of broward county florida. the suspect in one of the deadliest mass shootings in our nation's history has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. that number could go up depending on those injured in the hospital right now. he is now being held in jail without bond. what we now know about his motivations in the warning signals that were missed. >>> also happening right now, the senate voting on whether or not to move ahead with one of four competing immigration plans, one backed by a group of 22 bipartisan senators the president threatened to veto just narrowly failed. we're live in d.c. with what happens next on that front. joining us this hour, we have broward county commissioner michael udine. a former boston police superintendent daniel malinsky. judge andrew napolitano and oklahoma senator james inhofe. melissa: let's go to nicole petallides on floor of new york stock exchange what is driving this rally. >> 27 dow components in the green with three just in the red. we're looking at a intraday c

the superintendent of broward county schools said he is still a student of broward county schools. we don't know any other details about what other schools he might be affiliated with or any of those other circumstances. we believe he acted alone. we believe it was one young man with one gun, with multiple magazines of ammunition for that gun. as usual, the gun in this case was an ar-15 semi-automatic style assault rifle. semi-automatic means it's not a machine gun, it's not the hold the trigger down and it fires automatically, although you can buy accessories for assault weapons that make them fire that way. semi-automatic rifles fire instead where you get one bullet for every time you pull the trigger a trigger, and that can be an incredibly, incredibly efficient way of unleashing a large amount of firepower in a short amount of time. we don't have a lot of detail in terms of the timeline here from law enforcement about exactly how the event unfolded. we're told people were killed outside the school as well as at least a dozen of the 17 people killed being killed inside the schoo

no, systemwide at broward health, there was a total of seven patients, nine here, seven at broward general, and seven at broward springs. -- at coral springs. you talk about injuries. how serious are these? of the eight patients, two mortalities, three in critical condition, three stable. what have you seen, what kind of wounds? out of respect for family members and patients, we are not going to disclose that information? are these all gunshot wounds? yes, they are all gunshot victims. sometimes we see people that are trampled on their way out or sustaining other sorts of injuries. that's why we wanted to clarify that. so, of the eight victims here, those are all some sort of gunshot wounds? that is correct. can you elaborate on the ages of the patients? again, we can't talk about the age or any information related to the patients out of respect to the families. information related to the patients out of respect to the familieslj know out of respect to the families.” know you guys were in lockout. can you describe for us — in this mass casualty incident, what was it like inside patient

addison joins us on the phone from broward county. i know this has been an incredibly difficult day for you. you did not know the shooter, but you were there. you were hunkered down in a classroom for i'm sure what seemed to be an eternity. you're a junior, i believe, at the school. tell us what you experienced. >> hi. so, first off, the fire alarm went off, as the other student you just spoke with said. and we all proceeded to follow our rules and we started to head out of the classroom. and our teacher was out and about two other students were out as well. and then all the sudden, we heard the type of gunshot noise, but it doesn't sound like a full gunshot. it sounded more muffled. my teacher assumed it was a drill. the teachers had been trained to go through these drills. so we were expecting a drill, actually, for an experience like this. so we immediately went back into the classroom, made sure the door was locked, and we got in our position under the desks. and then we realized it's the last ten minutes of class and it just seem

broward health north had a total of nine patients. one was treated and released, we had two deceased, three patients discharged. we have three patients in the hospital, one with extremity wounds who is doing well. another patient who is doing well following command and a third patient that remains in critical condition. dr. menendez. >> i am the director for emergency department of robert health medical center. yesterday was a tragedy that we all as a team took care of these patients. we received seven. of the seven right now we have two that are in critical stable condition. the other five went home or are on their way home. they are in good condition. the other two are in stable condition. i have our trauma surgeon who was dealing with them so if you have questions about those victims you have him.>> thank you. i am the trauma ethical director of broward health medical center. unfortunately this is becoming routine. the second such episode in one year which is very sad. the first thing i want to say is the second time around, the fi

the broward county sheriff seemed to indicate his deputies didn't follow protocol. just listen. >> when we in law enforcement arrive at an active shooter, we go in and address the target. and that's what should have been done. >> so what cann be the explanation? not knowing what to do? freezing? waiting for other orders? what do you think happened? >> what explanation in this case? police officers since 1999 columbine have been taught no waiting, especially if you hear shots in progress, get in there, find the shooter and stop him. whatever it takes. you don't wait for backup. you don't wait for a s.w.a.t. team to come and put gear on and, you know, do that kind of assault by team. just get in tlahere and stop it. why they didn't do, in this case the school resource officer that we heard about and then the other three deputies. apparently this controversy didn't come to light until the coral gables police officers that arrived went right in with the shooting and noticed that broward county deputies didn't go in with them. and they came back and complained to their c

the broward county school superintendent. but clearly, according to the sheriff he was armed to the gills with magazines full of bullets and ar-15 assault rifle and went to the school today, according to senator bill nelson of florida, who talked with law enforcement investigators, pulled the fire alarm in the afternoon getting all of the students and teachers to suddenly flood the hallways and flee the classrooms and then proceeded to one by one start opening fire. we have 17 confirmed fatalities. 15 others were wounded and have been treated or are still being treated at broward county florida hospital as we speak. the suspected gunman, cruz, did get treatment at broward county of north. he has since been released. we don't know how the government may have been injured, but what those injuries were, but the gunman is alive and appears to be fine and is now being processed in custody at the broward county jail into the next day or two we will take a long list of very serious charges. at 19 years old. that certainly entitles t

also on the broward county sheriff emergency response them. great to have you today and appreciate your time. you have something in the state of florida called the baker act. and it allows -- you tell me what it allows, because it is different from what other states v. how does it work? >> the baker act is an involuntary commitment up to 72 hours that allows to you force someone into treatment if they are a danger to themselves, a danger to others, or gravely disabled and unable to provide for their basic needs. >> harris: does that help in an instance where you have a teenager who is not allowed back on a high school campus with a backpack? >> not necessarily. a teenager coming on to a high school campus if he's not supposed to be there he might be arrested for trespassing but if he not making a specific threat to himself or to other people, then there is very little you can do to take him involuntarily to a hospital. >> harris: dr. bober, in which instance has anything that you can utilize in florida made a difference? >> it's really only a

iba la policÍa de broward y nunca lo detuvieron. eso no quedo en un rÉcord para decir que ese niÑo tenÍa un tipo de problema. carolina: en siete aÑos la policÍa llegÓ a su casa en 39 ocasiones. uno de los grandes interrogantes que tratan de resolver las autoridades es por quÉscott petterson el policÍa asignado a la escuela no hizo nada por detener a nikolas cruz. fue detenido sin derecho a sueldo y regresÓ ayer a su cargo. estÁ reclamando subo jubilaciÓn. donald trump dijo que todo fue un acto de cobardÍa. donald trump: Él ha entrenado toda su vida. es un ejemplo. cuando llegÓ la hora de entrar no tuvo la valentÍa o algo pasÓ. definitivamente hizo un trabajo pobre, no hay duda sobre eso. Él estuvo allÍ por cinco minutos. eso fue durante todo el tiroteo, lo escucho desde el principio. definitivamente hizo un trabajo muy pobre. javier: hasta el momento se ha conocido que las autoridades de la policÍa de broward, llevamos mÁs de una semana y han dicho que hubo problemas con las cÁmaras. cuando la policÍa llegÓ a

pues nos encontramos aquÍ en una avenida que estÁ asegurada por parte de la policÍa del condado de broward porque justamente continÚa la investigaciÓn, es una escena del crimen esta escuela preparatoria es una escuela inmensa con capacidad para 3 mil personas y justamente esta calle conduce a una de sus entradas por eso todavÍa el acceso es imposible y acercarse es muy complicado, entre las novedades sabemos que estÁ enfrentando el autor o sospechoso de haber cometido esta masacre 17 cargos por homicidio premeditado pero vamos con esta cronologÍa. >> fueron momentos de terror una joven graba el momento que empiezan las disparos en la secundaria stoneman douglas en la florida y luego lo posteo en redes sociales, otro joven documenta el terror que viviÓ mientras el pistolero deparaba indiscriminadamente, el atacante de 19 aÑos quien en el pasado asistiÓ a la escuela abrio fuego con un rifle automÁtico, las autoridades y equipo swat llegaron al lugar mientras de los estudiantes salÍan con miedo de la escuela, algunos heridos fueron atendidos alrededor del plantel, mientras otros lle