Hunkering down as Law Enforcement swept the campus. Now, when shots rang out, broke out at Skyline High School in the oakland hills, the campus immediately went into lockdown as students ran for cover and hid in classrooms. Oakland police chp officers and Alameda County sheriffs deputies all responded to the school at about 1130 tuesday morning. Authorities confirmed that shots were fired, but nobody was hurt. Jose matesmuchin, the 17 year old senior, says she took refuge in the closet of a french classroom. She has a brother who is a freshman. She quickly called him to make sure he was safe. The janitor had opened the closet for him. The custodian, mr. Lee, i think he was doing kind of what he was trying to do. And hes i mean, only meeting him a couple times. I think hes just an all around, amazing person and has led some parents to demand metal detectors at skyline high. But as it stands now, there are no metal detectors at any oakland city school. Well, now Oakland Police had no upd
David muir, amy robach and our Abc News Team spread out across the storm zone. A special edition of gma starts now. And good morning, america. Florida has never seen a storm like this. That is naples. That is drone footage of naples. The destruction there yesterday. Right now the storm hitting jacksonville and expecting a powerful storm surge there. At one point sunday the entire state was covered by this storm. Such a massive force. Now making its way toward atlanta where theyre facing a Tropical Storm warning. And we are now just starting to see images from the areas hardest hit being the keys. It hit there first and hit there hard. Hurricane irma has claimed five lives in florida, 27 across the caribbean. It was a category 4 storm when it first made landfall in florida shortly after 9 00 a. M. Yesterday with wind gusts topping 140 miles an hour. This morning more than 5 million customers without power in the state. World news tonight anchor david muir is leading our coverage on the
David muir, amy robach and our Abc News Team spread out across the storm zone. A special edition of gma starts right now. And good morning, america. We are live for our viewers in the west. That is our drone footage of naples, florida, this morning. Look at that devastation. It has been a tough morning for so many in florida. Irma has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm, and not a hurricane. It has led a path of destruction across there. They are seeing record storm surge, and you see that water. At one point, the entire state of florida was covered by the storm. Such a massive force, and now its barrelling toward atlanta, and they are facing a Tropical Storm warning there. We are now just starting so see images from the areas hardest hit, that being the florida keys. Heres what we know right now. Irma has claimed at least five lives in florida, 27 across the caribbean. It was a category 4 storm when it made landfall in florida, wind gusts topping 140 miles an hour. This morning, more
Died in a florida nursing home that lacked air conditioning because the power had been knocked out. One press account described the facility as, quote, a death trap, end quote, because the elderly are particularly susceptible to heat related illnesses. Last month, this photo of residents of an assisted living facility in texas, who were trapped in waist deep water went viral. As these recent disasters made clear, Older Americans are particularly vulnerable, before, during and even after a storm. In fact, when Hurricane Katrina slammed into the gulf coast 12 years ago, more than half of those who died were seniors. As the then chair of the Senate Homeland security committee, along with senator Joe Lieberman of connecticut, i led a bipartisan investigation into the response to Hurricane Katrina at the federal, state and local levels. Our investigation, which resulted in this some would say weighty report, revealed many weaknesses in our nations Emergency Response system. And although i d
But for those to bridge the gap [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order good morning recently the hurricanes left a path of destruction along the gulf coast of texas and florida and throughout the caribbean. Homes and businesses and entire communities were destroyed and lives were lost then we learned the tragic news that eight seniors ranging in age from 71 through 99 died in a florida nursing home that lacked airconditioning because power had been knocked out. Those that describe the facility as a death trap because the elderly are particularly susceptible to heat related illness is. Last month in this photo of those that were trapped in waist deep water went to viral as these made clear they were vulnerable before and during so when Hurricane Katrina slammed into the gulf coast 12 years ago more than half of those who died were seniors. As the then chair along with senator lieberman i let a lead the bipartisan investigation at the federal state and low levels our