the attorney general pam bondi has victim advocates she has brought tonight. we will have more tomorrow. their job is to help each family member cope with this. the superintendent is going to be bringing in counselors for the students at the school. this is a big school. it's a wonderful school. my wife was there last year. it's a wonderful group of students. they are going to need help and i know the superintendent is going to bring in counselors for the students. pam bondi, the attorney general, is going to bring in counselors or victim advocates for the families. >> shannon: governor, we thank you for your time. we know this is incredibly stressful. our prayers are with you and every single person impacted by the events of today. thank you, sir. i'm joined by former cia analyst buck sexton and former analyst don longino. thank you for your time. i want to play a little bit of what share of israel had to say. he said this again and again through multiple press conference. >> absolutely sick to my stomach to see children who go to school armed with backpacks

bondi, pam, thank you. >> thanks, mr. president. i'm pam bondi, attorney general of florida. mayor, thank you. i know you're going through a lot now. president, was there that night with me, i think until 3:00 in the morning when all these families were being notified and it was horrific. i know you've been through a lot so thank you so much. >> sure, great job. >> i have a couple issues that -- should i talk about them now? >> you can talk. >> well, one it addresses some of the things you said. if florida, it's called the baker act but it's our civil commitment act. it's weak. it's about 1,000 pages long. i had my solie i solicitor gene it. we're rewriting it. along with governor scott. he's going to give you a ton of good information. we're going to bring in something called the gun violence restraining order. so if someone is civilly committed. typically you can hold them for up to 72 hours but people are getting out within 24 hours. the majority of them. so what we want to do is let law enforcement come in and take th

attorney general pam bondi, as well as governor rick scott flew in from tallahassee. they have met with all of the investigation leaders behind me. as we did just hear, sean, of the 17 fatalities. only 12 have been absolutely confirmed as far as theiritis -- their identities. they're trying to further identify some of these victims who left identification behind as they ran for their lives trying to escape what happened here. the accused suspect, whom he is convinced is the lone gunman, a 19-year-old nicolas cruz. a former student of the marjory stoneman douglas high school, which is a quarter of a mile behind me. expelled last year. further details about where that student was enrolled this year, they cannot expand on per the broward county school superintendent. but clearly according to the sheriff, he was armed to the gills with magazines full of bullets, an ar-15 assault rifle and went to the school today. 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 o

florida attorney general pam bondi who we just heard from annette presso conference. i don't think the attorney general can hear me. if she could go into this whole aspect of the social media imprint, what some of these shooters are saying online? are we capturing enough of this? are we paying enough attention to that? >> the first thing he wants me to ask you before you we get to what you said with president trump today is social media and what some of these killers and accused killers inac these mass murderers and shooting sprees are posting or hinting at or alluding to, what can we do about that from a law enforcement perspective? >> first of all, when they are posting it on social media, they have followers. so kids were out there, parents. you've got to monitor this stuff. and if you say it, take everything seriously. take every threat seriously. and reported to law enforcement. we would rather you do that and be wrong 99% of the time that have anything happen in this world. these teams now are vocal on social media. don't just pop up from anywhere. there are war

i also spoke with the florida attorney general pam bondi, and broward county sheriff scott israel. i'm making plans to visit parkland, to meet with families and local officials and to continue coordinating the federal response. in these moments of heartache and darkness, we hold onto god's word in scripture, i have heard your prayer and seen your tears, i will heal you. we trust in that promise and we hold fast to our fellow americans in their time of sorrow. i want to speak now directly to america's children, especially those who feel lost, alone, confused, or even scared. i want you to know that you are never alone and you never will be. you have people who care about you, who love you, and who will do anything at all to protect you. if you need help, turn to a teacher, a family member, a local police officer, or a faith leader. answer hate with love, answer cruelty with kindness. we must also work together to create a culture in our country that embraces the dignity of life that creates deep and meaningful human connections and that turns classmates and colleagues into friends a

. >> martha: in moments my interview with florida attorney general pam bondi but, first, trace gallagher live in our west coast newsroom with how this would happen. the fbi will only identify the caller as quote a person close to nikolas cruz. the agency does acknowledge the tipster was concerned about cruz's gun ownership. his desire to kill his disturbing social media post and the fact he wanted to a professional school shooter. runs a data base check on the person at issue. if it raises red flags, it's supposed to trigger a field investigation in this case protocols were not followed and there were no further inquiries. here is the fbi. watch. >> for myself and over 1,000 employees of the miami field office, we truly regret any additional pain that this has caused. >> as you noted the broward county sheriff's department says only the killer is blame. florida governor rick scott says the mishandled tip is irresponsible. and urging fbi director christopherway wray to resign. quoting 17 innocent people are dead. and acknowledging a mistake isn't going to cut it. an apology will never bri

bondi. >> i'm pam bondi -- >> we've been listening to president trump talking to state and local officials about his thoughts on safety. he talked not just about school safety, not just about gun safety, but went to something that he has talked about for almost three years now, since he was a candidate, which is immigration and gangs and that kind of thing. i want to bring it back around to talk a little bit more about that. the president also, on the issue of guns, went to the notion of mental institutions, which is also something he said yesterday. the idea of mental health and making sure people who have mental issues don't get guns is something. getting there is one thing. mental institutions? that's something different. >> i think this may have been some vamping on his part. >> he did it twice, though. >> maybe. there is certainly an idea on the right that a lot of things started to go badly when the me mental institutions, you know, 30 or 40 years ago were all closed, that this has caused some societal problem and makes more homeless and that sort of thing. there is also a distinctio

pam bondi won't be easy, the won't be easy on this. i hope we get more of a timeline, what inspired him to do this. >> a lonely, disturbed person, appreciate it, 20 minutes until the top of the hour. horrifying footage. have you seen this? showing students huddling in fear, screaming for their lives during the deadly school shooting. [gunshots] heather: many of them taking to social media to document the attack while it was happening, this is very different in today's society. carly shimkus is here and support as it pours in from the florida community. ost office they have businesses to run they have passions to pursue how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com mail letters ship packages all the amazing services of the post office right on your computer get a 4 week trial plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again heather: students fearing for their lives huddling and ducking for cover. megan hill was in a classroom and that freshman building where gun

bondi. tenemos cobertura de equipo y comenzamos con david de matteis quien se encuentra en uno de los hospitales donde han sido atendidos los heridos. >> lo pude ver seis horas despuÉs. lo abracÉ y todavÍa lo sigo abrazando. todos los dÍas le digo que lo quiero y que se cuide . hay un antes y hay un despuÉs. >> estÁ mal que haga esto la gente, estÁn matando. reportero: trabajadores sociales estÁn acá en este momento ayudando a familias y tambiÉn a las vÍctimas de esta tragedia que enluta a todo el territorio de estados unidos, especialmente al sur de la florida. esta la informaciÓn que tenemos a esta hora . enrique: muchas gracias, david. los que conocen el joven seÑalado como el principal sospechoso esta matanza lo describen como un hombre problemÁtico. se lo conoce por la crueldad con la que trataba a los animales y a sus compaÑeros de clase. galo arellano tiene mÁs avances de la investigaciÓn. galo: asÍ es, enrique. en este momento nos encontramos en un lugar clave para

coming up on "fox and friends," attorney general for the great state of florida, pam bondi joining us to talk about where the investigation goes from here. a spiritual advisor to donald trump joins us, how to make sense of the tragedy at that high school. you will need that youtube video blogger who warned the fbi about a school shooting threat from a user with the same name as the shooter in september. what happened? trying to figure it out. a dozen minutes before the top of the hour let's go to parkland, florida with rob. >> reporter: appreciate it, right outside the high school, more and more we got a couple young men here who survived the shooting, to hide from the shooting to get out. you didn't have to get up this early in the morning, appreciate you doing that. it is a terrible story. i know what you have been through this week, i can only imagine you being as well tempered as you are, incredible to me. you are in the auditorium. >> me and a couple friends working for school production coming up soon. we didn't have a teacher with us, she lets us go out on our own, she's in the

he is echoing pam bondi. brian: i have a hunch, we've seen this he have about, we'll find out what role law enforcement played and how many knew this guy's potential danger. there is some reports that not only students gossip bit in school, maybe authorities did know about it. steve: the police had been to his house a number of times apparently through the years. keep in mind he had a terrible family dynamic. he was adopted at birth after his birth mother died. the couple that adopted him considerably older. the father died, when he was very young. then his mother, the woman who raised him, just died 3 1/2 months ago. people said, well, he was depressed. then again his mom just died. ainsley: but a lot of people have had parents deceased and they're depressed but they will not go do this. just not sure, if you're 19 years old, expelled from a public school that big, we were talking about it earlier in the show, some of my friend gone to private schools, they will expel you for one demerit, but in a public sch

steve: florida attorney general pam bondi joins us live with more. good morning, pam. >> good morning. steve: has he provided amazing leadership? >> no of course not. governor scott has not called for him to resign but a full investigation into the matter. i firmly believe that needs to be accomplished. florida department of law enforcement will be investigating him. i know a lot more than all you do now, yes, i believe there needs to be a full investigation. i don't think some people were honest. and we're going to investigate this in florida and right thing will be done. steve: pam, was there a stand-down order? >> i can't talk about that. but all i know -- steve: that would explain why the guys wouldn't go inside. >> let me put it this way. when you have a school full of students and your duty is to protect those students -- even if i didn't have a firearm i would have gone into that scene. that is what you do. that is what the coach did who is a true hero. your job is to protect those students. brian: i know in texas -- >> that is what you sign u

as you know, pam bondi says the director should be fired of the fbi. >> the fbi definitely needs to be held accountable and they need to put processes and procedures to make sure that never happens again. all agencies have lots of information coming in. the problem isn't getting the information, the problem is making sure that something is done with the information received. so i hope that -- and i'm sure everybody hope that is the fbi will look at itself critically and held itself accountable and make sure that information like that never falls through cracks again. >> so much needs to be done, you're exactly right. kristin, the mayor of parkland, florida, thank you so much, kelly. kelly: major changes to white house security clearance process, trump top aide now in spotlight as chief of staff john kelly makes another move to bring order to west wing. plus, how the white house is reacting to special counsel robert mueller indictment and what it means to the president? >> it's been a year with multiple plea agreements, a lot of testimony, a lot of interviews, and they're saying that th

there's not a death penalty in place but we heard from pam bondi that they're going to push for that, the attorney general there. where do you see this go something. >> florida's law has changed substantially regarding the death penalty. florida used to be a flag ship state when it came to number of executions in this country. because of a u.s. supreme court case in 2016, the members -- mechanism has changed. it used to be a judge. now they need a jury. they need a unanimous 12-important vote to invert the death penalty to a case. that's in his favor. but that's probably the only bright spot, if you want to call it that he has to look forward to. he's got lots of problems, lots and lots of problems. it's an egregious case. >> it's heinous, particularly awful. there's so many victims. he's 19 years old. the defense will have their work cut out for them. they'll have to investigate his past. he had mental health problems. what the extent of his mental health problems were. he was adopted. why was he adopted? was his more a crack addict, did he have fetal alcohol syndrome, did he have br

monica crowley, tom fitton, pam bondi, all straight ahead with the latest developments. >> sean: monica crowley has a powerful new >> sean: monica crowley has a powerful new found out today in the "the hill" entitled federally abuses on obama's watch represent a growing blight on his legacy. in all the discussions about the political weaponization of the department of justice and the fbi, allowed corruptions at the highest echelons of those agencies and serial abuse of the secret fisa process about the 2016 election, one name has been conspicuously absent, president barack obama. here with action, senior fellow at the london center for policy research, monica crowley, judicial watch as president, tom cotton, and florida attorney general, pam bondi. it's all true, isn't it? she bricked the primary, pam can answer this later, but i've never heard of an exoneration months before interviewing the main people and investigation. that allows her to continue. she pays for russian government, propaganda, that gets used for a fisa warrant. they don't tell the fisa judge she bought and paid for it

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pam bondi and rick scott respectively. it's absolutely catastrophic, horrible. and the superintendent of broward schools, the sixth largest school district in the country, said the level of grief is just indescribable. their hearts go out to these 17 families and that no one should send their sons and daughters off to school one day in this country and not have their sons and daughters return home. but crushingly, that is the fact for 17 families, some of whom tonight are still scrambling to try to find out whether some of these still-unidentified five fatalities is in fact their loved one. that's the latest there. the suspect was arrested about an hour and 15 minutes later about a mile and a half down the road from the school. he was described by witnesses as wearing a black hat, burgundy shirt, and black pants. upon the arrest, you can see a man in handcuffs being led to a sheriff's deputy vehicle with that exact appearance. black hat, burgundy, shirt, as well as the black pants. no further details as to motive. motive still unclear. but they are believing tha

i'm pam bondi, attorney general of florida, an mayor, thank you. i know you're going through a lot now. she was there that night with me. you were there with me until 3:30 in the morning, where the families were notified. it was horrific. you've been through a lot. thank you so much. >> great job. >> i have a couple of issues, talk about them now or later? >> you can talk. >> one, it talked about some of the things you said, florida called the baker act. it is our system commitment act. it is weak. it is about 1000 pages long. i had my solicitor general on it four days, now, three days, working on it. we're rewriting it along with governor scott. you will meet with him. he will give you a ton of good information. >> good. >> we've been rewriting, we're bring something gun violence restraining order, if someone is civilly committed, you typically hold them within 72 hours. people get out within 24 hours, the majority of them. let law enforcement come in, take the guns. they are a danger to themselves and other. >> which you can't do right now. >> wi

florida's attorney general pam bondi spoke at a press conference yesterday. >> we will pay for the funeral expenses of these poor victims and do everything we can to help their families. >> so, "everything we can." in 2013 the attorney general pam bondi backed the nra's bid to overturn a law prohibiting 18 to 20-year-olds from buying handguns and handgun ammunition from licensed firearm dealers. crime statistics in bondi's home state show that is precisely the most frequent age for a murder arrest. add to that, one-fourth of gun homicides in florida are committed by people between 18 and 20. the nra gives her an "a" rating and gave her $75,000 to support her election. they also called bondi a true second amendment supporter and says she has long been a friend of our organizations. after the orlando pulse massacre, this is at least the second mass shooting for her. today florida governor rick scott seemed to express more willingness to change what's not working. >> we love our children. i'm going to do whatever i can do to keep these kids safe. i'm -- i'm going to talk about every issue to

i also want to thank a tremendous attorney general, pam bondi, from florida. yesterday i met with survivors of the parkland shooting. was so horrible. so bad for our country. families who have lost their children in school shootings and local community members in washington, d.c., who want to make sure every child is safe at school. having a lot of problems in washington, d.c. i listen to their heartbreaking stories. i asked them for their ideas and pledged to then we will take action, unlike for many years when people sitting in my position to not take action. they did not take proper action. they took no action at all. we are going to take action. today we want to hear on how we can improve physical security, the issue of mental health, which is a big if -- issue. this person that was caught after killed -- after having killed so many people, 70, and badly injuring so many others. people do not talk about the injured. they have to go through life with that herbal situation that were put inhey unnecessarily. people do not talk about that. i visited them in th

i would also like to recognize attorney general pam bondi. i spoke with her this morning. she cannot be here today but she has been a true advocate for victims and has been a leading voice in our fight against the opioid epidemic and there is no doubt her efforts have saved lives. a big round of applause for the attorney general. [applause] chief financial officer, jimmy -- [applause] >> i was proud to appoint you as cfo. in a very short time you've done so much to help florida families. i want to thank you for all that you are doing for florida firefighters. thank you. [applause] commissioner of agriculture, adam putnam. [applause] and thank you for fighting for the critical agriculture committee and what you've done to help the citrus industry especially after hurricane irma. i also want to thank the chief justice and members of the florida supreme court. i would like to thank each of you for all of your service. [applause] i would also like to thank my wife, anne. there is not a day that goes by that i'm not thankful for your unwavering support. as first lady had done s

py pam bondy. eif we don't have a due sti here or a police officer here. this is nationwide. we need more. more heroes, more first responders, not less first responders. i know many states have different terms to help our mentally ill, and we all pray for our mentally ill, we pray for them to recover. we all know someone or a family who's affected by someone suffering from mental illness. the baker act in florida allows law enforcement or medical professionals to confine a person earn voluntarily while they get examined and looked at. but you have to have a reason, have you to be able to articulate that they're a threat to themselves or a threat to someone else. what i'm asking our lawmakers to do, go back to places like tallahassee, places like washington, d.c., and give police the power, if they see something on social media. if they see graphic pictures of rifles and blood and gore and guns, and bombs. if they see something, horrific language. if they see a person talking about, i want to grow up to be a serial killer, we need to have the power to take that person and brin

let's go to republican florida attorney general pam bondy. attorney general, very good to have you. what do you make of the latest revelations? this is the third piece of information we have that apparently authorities of various types had access to and this one a snapchat video showing the shooter harming himself and even talking about buying a gun. it's easy to play monday morning quarterback, i like to stress that, but we have a lot of such pieces of information. what do you think of that? >> well, neil, i mean, you can't even say dropping the ball. that's such an understatement. what a total lack of investigation occurred. and it's horrible what happened. i know the information never made it to rob lasky. he's the special agent in charge in miami. he was on the scene. he was incredible. he brought 200 fbi agents in. i watched those great agents work for three days there. it's been incredible, the good agents. somewhere higher on the chain, never made it to south florida, but someone dropped the ball. and it's tragic. it's horrible. warning signs were everywhere. and being at tha

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bondi and broward county sheriff scott is you i'm making plans to visit parkland to meet with families and local officials and to continue coordinating the federal response in these moments of heartache and darkness we hold on to god's word in scripture i have heard your prayer and senior tears i will heal you we trust in that promise and we hold fast to our fellow americans and their time of sorrow i want to speak now directly to america's children especially those who feel lost alone confused. or even scared i want you to know that you are never alone and you never will be. you have people who care about you who love you and who will do anything at all to protect you if you need help to turn to a teacher a family member a local police officer or a faith leader. answer hate with love answer cruelty with kindness we must also work together to create. but only with that i will have more on what president trying to say to the united states and i said at the top of the hour i'm going to. look through. the. good shape i use amy like this. or are you seeing me like that. cataracts and macul

. >> basically minutes after this event happened, i got a call from our attorney general, pam bondi. hours later, she's here. she sadly, when i was speaking to her privately, she knows all too well about these tragedies. she was in orlando in the aftermath of the pulse nightclub, and she's here to help families of those who lost loved ones. i'll bring her up here to talk about some things the attorney general will do for our families. >> sheriff, i cannot thank you, the governor, the fbi, superintendent, fdle, all the agencies working together. it's a horrible tragedy and sadly we've been through this before. i was out in nevada for the mass shooting. in fact one of the victims called me on the way here from the nevada shooting and said, i can't believe this is happening again. she still has ptsd, and she was a survivor. the office, my office functions in a way, this is what we'll be doing. i have five advocates headed in right now. i will have at least ten more tomorrow, driving in from all over the state. we will pay for the funeral expenses of these poor victims and do everything

bondi and broward county sheriff scott is you are making plans to visit parkland to meet with families and local officials and to continue coordinating the federal response in these moments of heartache and darkness we hold on to god's word in scripture i have heard your prayer and senior tears i will heal you. we trust in that promise and we hold fast to our fellow americans and their time of sorrow i want to speak now directly to america's children especially those who feel lost alone confused or even scared i want you to know that you are never alone and you never will be you have people who care about you who love you and who will do anything at all to protect you if you need help to turn to a teacher a family member a local police officer or a faith leader answer hate with love answer cruelty with kindness we must also work together to create a culture in our country that embraces the dignity of life that creates deep and meaningful human connections and that turns last mates and colleagues into friends and neighbors our administration is working closely with local authorities to

we heard from -- from attorney general pam bondy and the commissioner with kentucky state police about some programs they had. the fusion centers, gathering information. a lot of good things going on. we heard from the mental health side and ideas they have that they like to see put in place too. the president was adamant about arming the right kind of personnel. i'm one of the few people that goes along with that. it is not giving anybody a gun and hoping they do what they need to do. it is training. i like to say in the skies over this nation, we have armed passengers flying on aircraft all the time. they're called air marshals and nobody knows who they are or where they are. but the fact they're there and don't stand out certainly has been a large contribution since we haven't had hijackings since 9 9 9/11. >> thank you very much for stopping in town and we know the things the president talked about will be helpful to officers. >> i have hope for that. >> thank you so much. both ahead of the nra and right-wing french marlen la pen addressed cpac and warned good big the government po

pam bondi was being interviewed and one thing she said surprised me. that there is going to be a call for a fool investigation into the sheriff's office when the shooting happened but also made mention of the fact that people may not have been truthful. she could not get into it, didn't specify who but when you hear something like that what did you think? >> i'm glad i live in the state of florida where we are able to get to the truth with broad public records laws which we will see videos and evidence of how people respond and what protocols were in place and i'm hopeful we can get some sense of comfort to those who lost loved ones by having a thorough investigation and going forward we have folks at schools with the capability, the weaponry and response to care for those who trust law enforcement when they send their loved ones into a classroom. rob: is it the optics and public confidence in the department? because people are not going to trust that the police will do anything to protect them. that is what it feels like. >> sheriff's relapse flippant

bondi, who is a familiar figure here around the white house. curtis hill, the indiana attorney general as well as christine, the mayor of parkland, florida, behavioral health specialists and other law enforcement. the president will be hearing suggestions on how to deal with these issues from the state and local folks. yesterday was mostly about personal stories and what happened in marjory stoneman douglas high school. six students from the high school there and parents, and then a parent who lost his daughter in that shooting last week. let's listen to some of what they had to say yesterday. >> nothing ever that horrible should ever have to happen to you. >> there needs to be significant change in this country because this has to never happen again. people need to feel safe and parents shouldn't have to go through the idea of losing their child. >> should have been one school shooting and we should have fixed it. i'm pissed because my daughter i'm not going to see again. she is not here. >> that was the father of meadow pollack one of the stu

i also spoke with florida attorney general pam bondi and the broward county sheriff scott israel. i am making plans to visit parkland to meet with families and local officials and to continue coordinating the federal response. in these moments of heart ache and darkness, we hold onto god's word in scripture. i have heard your prayer and seeing your tears, i will heal you. we trust in that promise and we hold fast to our fellow americans in their time of sorrow. i want to speak now directly to america's children, especially those who feel lost, alone, confused or even scared. i want you to know that you are never alone and you never will be. you have people who care about you, who love you and who will do anything at all to protect you. if you need help, turn to a teacher, a family member, a local police officer or a faith leader. answer hate with love, answer cruelty with kindness. we must also work together to create a culture in our country that embraces the dignity of life that creates deep and meaningful human connections and that turns classmates and colleagues into friends a

jillian: attorney general pam bondi says the state will cover the funeral and counseling expenses for all the victims and their families. she also says the state teamed up with go fund me and is monitoring people claiming to represent the victims families. jillian: a tragic situation and families are still waiting to hear about their children. something we will continue to follow. thank you very much. rob: outpouring of support for the white house as families mourn the loss of loved ones and some still don't know. at the same time some democrats calling for tighter gun control in the wake of this tragedy. jillian: griff jenkins live in washington dc with how leaders are responding. >> reporter: after the president learned of the tragic shooting, florida's governor took to twitter to offer condolences and prayers to families of victims, adding no child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an american school, first lady melania responded on twitter saying my heart is heavy with the school shooting in florida, keeping all affected in my thoughts and prayers. as the tragic n

pam bondi will join us tomorrow night. lots to talk about. the issues of mental health, the issues of weapons, the issues of how to protect our children and what we can do that we are not doing so far. as you heard from some of these young people, they expect answers from the adults in the room in the nation and that has to be the project that we dedicate ourselves to. sinister thoughts, we love to hear them. that is a "the story" for tonight. we're glad you're with us this evening. we'll be back tomorrow night at 7:00. my friend tucker carlson from d.c. is up next. >> tucker: this is a fox news alert. police are searching for clues to explain the mass shooting yesterday and parkland florida. nikolas cruz apparently a murdered 17 people, that's the allegation including teachers and students before being captured off-campus by police. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." we want to give you the update on the latest. we'll go to ed henry who is in south florida tonight. hey ed. >> tucker, good to see you. an affidavit out new tonight from the b

also the attorney general pam bondi talking about how perhaps the sheriff down in broward county florida missed all the signs, a call for him to quit. also house majority whip steve scalise will talk about daca, where we go from here and reince priebus, former, you know, the guy who ran the rnc and chief of staff for the trump white house, we will talk about all things politics and there's plenty. so we have a busy three hours going to kick off in 13 minutes right here in the channel y'all trust for channel news. they'll be back in about two minutes art. it can be sculpted in beautiful detail. or painted in luxurious strokes. and in rare cases... both. jillian: single-payer health system is gaining ground among democrats. center for american progress releasing a plan called medicare extra for all, it would provide government-run health insurance for everyone but people would still have the option to get coverage from their employer, the latest attempt said to be the democrats final step to universal coverage after all the disagreement surrounding obamacare. >> former first lady michelle

attorney general pam bondi had a different take. >> governor scott was on the ground with me nonstop. he's outraged by the response that christopher wray gave saying well, we'll get to the bottom of it. i think he believes these families deserved more, deserved a strong response saying whoever did this will be fired, they will be held accountable. i agree with him that that needs to happen. let's see what christopher wray does next. >> all right. i want to go to a former fbi joint task force member. steve rogers. very good to see you. there's a lot of anger at your old player and this feeling that they botched it. did that they botch it? >> they botched it terribly, neil. the fact of the matter is, the american people are losing confidence in this agency because this is not the first thing they botched. let me add this. the director of the fbi should not only resign but the entire leadership executive officers should resign. if they don't resign, they should be fired. what i'm seeing happen here from the day they tried to explain their way out of this in law enforcement, there's somet

pam bondi as you know, the state attorney general heres is already talking about the possibility of the death penalty, trish. trish: one would think that would be exactly where they go. judge napolitano earlier today saying if they're able to somehow prove that he was in fact quite insane, i always look at these things, you have got to be insane to do something as horrific as this. reporter: right. trish: if they can prove he wasn't in his right mind they won't be able to seek the death penalty but i would think, ed henry, that is exactly where they start. you're talking to families there. you've seen families. i can't imagine what that is like for them right now, for that community. even for the kids that were fortunate enough to make it out, or make it out of that hospital there behind you, their lives, ed, will never be the same. >> you're right, trish. as we've been talking to hospital officials they're saying that the victims are not just the ones who were shot. there are people dealing mental trauma young children witnessed their friend being killed even if they thankfully are abl

i also spoke with florida attorney general pam bondi and broward county sheriff scott israel. i am making plans to visit parkland to meet with families and local officials and to continue coordinating the federal response. in these moments of heartache and darkness, we hold onto god's word in scripture. i have heard your prayer and seen your tears. i will heal you. we trust in that promise and we hold fast to our fellow americans in their time of sorrow. i want to speak now directly to america's children, especially those who feel lost, alone, confused, or even scared. i want you to know that you are never alone and you never will be. you have people who care about you, who love you, and who will do anything at all to protect you. if you need help, turn to a teacher, a family member, a local police officer, or a faith leader. answer hate with love. answer cruelty with kindness. we must also work together to create a culture in our country that embraces the dignity of life that creates deep and meaningful human connections and that turns classmates and colleagues into friends a

i interviewed the attorney general pam bondy. she says things are in place to be able to call for that i don't know where you are going with that it sounds like you are pretty emotional around the issue. i want to point this out this is another one of the segments in the conversation that's critical. we showed polling 77% of people surveyed said that mental health services failed in this and could have been better to prevent it. i'm curious to get your opinion on what's being donte state legal and federal level to address that as well. >> well, i can't address what's happening at the federal level. what can i address is what we are looking at. we have three weeks to get something done. after three weeks we don't meet again until december of 18. >> harris: you wouldn't make an exception when all these kids died? i hear the passion around you. whenever i see on the hill state legislators. until the job is done, why would you go home? >> i can't agree with you more. in fact, after the pulse shooting i was the one that led us in the

. >> basically minutes after this event happened, i got a call from our attorney general, pam bondi. hours later, she's here. she sadly, when i was speaking to her privately, she knows all too well about these tragedies. she was in orlando in the aftermath of the pulse nightclub, and she's come down here to help the families of those that lost loved ones. so i'm going to bring her up here to talk to you about some of the things that the attorney general is going to do for our families. >> thank you, sheriff. sheriff, i cannot thank you, the governor, and the fbi, how you've handled this. superintendent, fdle, all of the agencies working together. it's a horrible tragedy, and sadly we've been through this before. i was also out in nevada for the mass shooting. in fact, one of the victims called me on the way here from the nevada shooting and said, i can't believe this is happening again. she still has ptsd, and she was a survivor. my office functions in a way -- and this is what we're going to be doing. i have five advocates headed in right now. i will have at least ten more tomorrow,

here's attorney general pam bondi on the difficulty that her job requires on times like this. >> the other scene was at the hotel where we were with the family members. having to tell with the fbi advocates and my advocates that a child, some 14 years old, dead, is one of the hardest things you have to do in your career. these parents, tremendous families are grieving. please respect their privacy. we were there until about 3:30 a.m. with these families. many of them had siblings that were in the school and survived. and then a brother or a sister did not. >> a vigil has been planned for 6:00 p.m. at the parkland amphitheater. we expect that right around sunset time to be packed with people because this truly is parkland, florida, a community; shep. >> shepard: thanks, phil. coverage continues after this. patrick woke up with a sore back. but he's got work to do. so he took aleve this morning. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. tylenol can't do that. aleve. all day str

i also spoke with florida attorney general pam bondi and broward county sheriff scott israel i'm making plans to visit parkland to meet with families and local officials and to continue coordinating the federal response in these moments of heartache and darkness, we hold on to god's word in scripture -- i have heard your prayer and seen your tears i will heal you. we trust in that promise, and we hold fast to our fellow americans in their time of sorrow i want to speak now directly to america's children, especially those who feel lost, alone, confused, or even scared i want you to know that you are never alone and you never will be you have people who care about you, who love you, and who will do anything at all to protect you. if you need help, turn to a teacher, a family member, a local police officer or a faith leader answer hate with love, answer cruelty with kindness. we must also work together to create a culture in our country that embraces the dignity of life that creates deep and meaningful human connections and that turns classmates and colleagues into friends and neighbors. o