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Were told that he has been talking with investigators since his arrest yesterday. and we also know that that ar-15 he used to carry out this attack, it was purchased legally. he passed a background check despite the fact that he had been expelled from school at least a year ago, and we know that he used this, he carried multiple rounds of ammunition in this shooting that killed 17 people. but john, a lot of disturbing details unfolding here, mostly from his social media profile and the fact that...

A threatening comment to a video he had posted back in september and alerted the fbi who got back to him immediately. the commentator had the same name as the florida shooting suspect. the key to all of this is that this message on youtube, buzzfeed is reporting, from the person with the same name as the alleged shooter here, said he wanted to be a school shooter. cnns jessica schneider joins me with the latest on that. this seems to be an extraordinary clue, jessica. >> reporter: it does, john....

Border security trust. what it does is it also, though, leaves in the diversity visa lottery program. that is a big one that the president wants to eliminate, and that would be the fourth plan, expected not to pass. well wait and see what happens in the senate, which of these plans gets that critical 60 and what the president and how the president reacts to it today. erica? >> suzanne, thank you. still to come, a community in morning. president trump as we mentioned will be addressing the nati...

Gone to this persons house, knocked on the door and questioned him at a minimum, that provides some level of deterrence and the fbi would have been able to ascertain whether or not this was somebody that just said something in the heat of the moment or had really bad intentions planned. >> a knock and talk. we dont know if that happened with the shooter. we know it happened with the person who posted the video and alerted the fbi. we do not know if that happened with the shooter. tom very aney, ...

John berman in parkland, florida. behind me theyre setting up for a press conference. in a few minutes we will hear from the county sheriff, potentially also floridas governor rick scott and officials from the hospital to get an update on the investigation here, to get an update on the people who were wounded and still being treated at this high school behind me. 17 people were killed, more than a dozen were injured. were continuing to learn more from the hospitals where the victims are being tr...

And players and parents online and on our air talking about what a selfless person he was. john, he attended that high school, graduated from there. he went to work there and has worked there his entire career. again, this is somebody who also acted as security guard for them and is being called a hero this morning, john. >> deservedly a hero. dianne gallagher, thanks so much for that. again, were waiting for the press conference to begin behind me with new details on the investigation. joining ...

John berman in parkland, florida. were following the breaking news here this morning, the tragic breaking news here this morning. i should say, president trump will address the nation in just a little bit. the first time he will address the school shooting here directly, though he has put messages out on twitter. i want to make note of one thing, cnn has put out requests to these three republican lawmakers to join us on cnn. they declined our invitation. but they did appear on fox news. there ar...

These folks helped him out, he had no place else to go. they didnt see any danger, any predilection that this is going to happen. theyre horrified. their son was here at the school during the shooting, didnt know -- >> he was a student here, a current student here and he was thereali at the time of the shoeing. >> right. and didnt know anything about it. there are texts between the two of them earlier in the day. theres nothing ominous. >> reporter: here is the background on that family. were to...

From broward county officials. at 11:00 a.m., the president will break his silence and speak to the nation about this horror. i want to start with cnns rosa flores today. shes here in parkland, florida, to walk us through the latest. what are you learning? >> reporter: john, at this hour at least five people are still fighting for their lives. thats the latest that weve heard on the victims still in the hospital, five with life-threatening injuries. seven fatalities so far. the suspect charged w...